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1.4k · Dec 2016
The Reflection
Alex Riley Dec 2016
When I look in a mirror this is what I see,
I see someone looking right back at me.
It's a girl with brown hair!
With a smile and skin fair.
She has freckles and blue eyes
And a shirt with green tie dye!
I ask her, "What's your name?"
But there is no reply...
For that girl in the mirror
Is a reflection of I.
857 · Sep 2020
Distorted Reality
Alex Riley Sep 2020
Scroll through the gram, read through a book,
Don’t know who I am, try not to look,
At a mirror, an image of the one I don’t want to see,
The scarred and bruised, broken picture that’s me.
Rather have seven years of bad luck
Than see that ugly face,
That I know I should embrace,
But time and time again
I close my eyes and try to pretend
That I’m a princess, an angel, the focus of a poem,
Where a man falls in love with the face that is shown
But that’s not me, that’s only – a fantasy,
And sadly, the reality,
Of it is this.
I compare myself to her, to them, to anyone and everyone.
See, I’m never half as pretty, never half as skinny, never half as lucky,
But that’s not true… is it?
According, to my reality, the way I see, the way I think,
It is.
This is my truth. This will be the death of me.
Can’t you see? This is my distorted reality.
I just put this together in a couple minutes, so if you have any suggestions with the wording or content, please let me know!
756 · Mar 2016
The Mask
Alex Riley Mar 2016
Creates a beautiful                                    illusion to hide
    behind making others only guess and wish to know who lies beneath
but I'll never tell... it is my secret, mine, and mine alone, the secret only
I know the                              answer to but maybe                    who knows
   I will tell                                   but not tonight                           this is my
     night to make people wonder but not only will they guess I will too
          and who knows maybe                              we'll both guess right
            but most likely not                                        for the mask hides
                and all will be                                                hidden for just
                       one                                                              ­      night
(in the shape of a mask)
729 · Mar 2016
HOME
Alex Riley Mar 2016
Home should be loving
Home should be neat
Home should be filled with something to eat
Where family surrounds you
Or if they are gone
A place you can rest alone all night long

Home should be looked forward too
And not at all despised
A place you should be looked upon
With loving caring eyes
715 · Mar 2016
Masquerade
Alex Riley Mar 2016
Masked ball

Hidden faces

Dancing around freely

Imagination dances too

Magic
641 · Mar 2016
Behind the Mask
Alex Riley Mar 2016
Behind the mask… A great surprise!
Look and- Lo! - You shall find- The eyes!
The window to the soul some say
The soul that has come out to play
A game! A dance! A great surprise!
Behind the mask- Behold! - The eyes
582 · Dec 2016
A Wishful Thinker
Alex Riley Dec 2016
A wishful thinker things of magic, dragons, and knights.
A king with a daughter as pretty as light.
Dreaded forests as far as the eye can see.
Or sitting in the shade of a magic will tree!
A big, wide land with giants of stone.
A mansion with all sorts of musical tones.
Or the Kingdom of Camelot with Merlin at hand.
A hot, dry beach all covered in sand!
Fairies with wands, dragons with gold.
Knights in armor, secrets untold!
Kingdoms with kings, dreamers with dreams.
And if you look closely it seems...
That a wonderful God has made up this mind of adventures and things!
580 · Mar 2016
The Masked Creatures
Alex Riley Mar 2016
Colors splashed across bodies of mysterious figures

Their steps are mesmerizing, drawing me in

I take their inviting hand and they set me in my place

Trapped among those creatures… visible, yet unseen

Hiding behind the dark mask of their past

Pretending to be, for just one night...


*Perfect
540 · Feb 2017
Permanent Ink
Alex Riley Feb 2017
You wrote in my heart with a pen
A pen full of permanent ink
And now that mark can never be erased
Because you wrote with permanent ink
No matter how hard I scrape away the image
It never goes away
Because you wrote with permanent ink
500 · Mar 2016
You Complete Me
Alex Riley Mar 2016
When all hope seems lost...
You give me reason

When darkness has fallen...
You give me light

When I am broken...
You fix me up

When I feel empty...
You fill the void

When I am alone...
You stay beside me

You are my light,
                              my hope,
                                             my true love…

You complete me
456 · Mar 2016
The Binding Dance
Alex Riley Mar 2016
Hide yourself away for the time
Nobody knowing who you are
That is the beauty of the night
The mystery that brings you in
And does not let go for one bit
Holds you close and makes you wonder
Pulls you into the rhythmic trance
Drawing you to this binding dance
Alex Riley Dec 2016
Spring is now here,
A new type of year,
The flowers all bloom.
Birds sing a new tune,
The snow goes away
On that warm, sunny day,
And people all sing
The joy song of Spring.
It comes and it goes
And the sun starts to glow.

Summer is hot
Like a warm coffee ***.
The sun rays burst out
Like a big water spout.
So you will get hotter
So drink plenty of water.
Yay! School is out,
But soon kids will pout,
‘Cause it comes and it goes
And cold winds start to blow.

Fall is cold.
(As I have been told.)
We make big leaf piles
As high as ten miles.
You jump right on in
And have fun with your kin.
But put on your jacket,
And make a big racket,
‘Cause it comes and it goes
As Jack Frost nips at your nose.

Winter is near,
My favorite time of the year,
Cause the snow starts to fall
A hundred feet tall,
And there’s Christmas Vacation
To go to a fun location.
You make angels and snowmen,
And eat yummy cookies (about maybe ten)
But it comes and it goes
And warm weather warms up my toes.

And here we are again
At the beginning and the end.
The place where we started,
And the place where we parted.
And soon you will see
The think that is key…
That God made the seasons
For a good reason,
To give us a smile
For a long, long, long, while.
368 · Mar 2016
Dancing Alone
Alex Riley Mar 2016
Together
Partners, lights
Remembered, lively, warm
Dancing, smiling, standing, waiting
Cold, empty, forgotten
Walls, shadows
Alone
322 · Mar 2016
Masked Ball
Alex Riley Mar 2016
Glide into the halls
Vivid figures dancing 'round
Forever spinning
315 · Mar 2016
Blabbermouth
Alex Riley Mar 2016
I can see straight through your fake facade
You blab away your mouth and I just stand here and nod
But really if you were inside my mind
You would understand why you're just wasting your time
285 · Feb 2017
Time is Gone
Alex Riley Feb 2017
I held on to the time before me
I never let it go
I kept it in my arms at last
But when you left I let it go

And now I am spent
And I don't think there's anything left
Time is gone
And I'm alone
Nothing here at my home

Now time is fleeting fast
Seeping through all the cracks
The cracks that formed
The day you left me torn
269 · Mar 2016
Dancing
Alex Riley Mar 2016
Dancing
All
Night
Continually
Imagining that I am
Never
Going to stop
266 · Jul 2018
Sincerely
Alex Riley Jul 2018
The words I wanna say,
I can't express the way
that I feel
My words are lacking in beauty, they're bland.
I just wish they'd come out through my hand
When I'm writing
I just wish that they'd flow
So you would know
How much I care about your growth
As a woman, as my friend
And I hope that our friendship never ends
But frankly I'm scared
That you're not aware
That I am here too
It's not all about you
I feel so used

But no matter what
I'd do anything for you
Cause I'm trynna help
Cause I know that you're hurting
Inside though you cover it
By throwing
Yourself on these men
Who don't love you for what is inside
And it hurts me to tell you
That you need to stop.

It's not worth the pain
Of them leaving after one night of ***
So you move on to the next
Your convinced that they love you each time
But I'm trynna tell you through this rhyme
That you need to take your time
To find out who they are,
And I know you've been scarred
And that is why I am here.
To take you into my home
So that you don't have to be alone
Just put down that **** phone
And see those who love you
Who wanna help you and guide you

But listen I'm gonna be honest
You can't stay here forever
And if you don't wanna change then that's fine
Whatever.
There's nothing I can do
Except tell you
How much I care
But when you leave
Always remember
You can always come back
It doesn't matter
The way that you come
Cause I'm here to help you
And we are still friends
And that will never end

Sincerely,
Someone who cares too much
242 · Mar 2016
Mask
Alex Riley Mar 2016
Mask
Always
Seems to
K**eep me hidden
235 · Mar 2016
Never Alone
Alex Riley Mar 2016
Hiding myself with the door locked in my room
Music covering my sorrow and never ending doom
I cry myself to sleep each night
Never a one with care
But then I remember
You are always there
183 · Dec 2017
What to write
Alex Riley Dec 2017
As I pick up my pen and start to write
I suddenly don't know what to say
My mind is turning every which way

What to write, what to write?!

The question lingers on
My heart speaks out and soon
Feelings turn into song.

— The End —