Brielle O'Brien: Favorites

Dec 2013 Brielle O'Brien

I am to God what Atom is to Me (unfinished)

Dec 2013 Brielle O'Brien

Randal Webb

I am to God what Atom is to Me (unfinished)

But you see I am to God
as an atom is to me.
We’re all just swimming
in a living sea.

So Adam is my Dad
while God is my Father.
Canceling the difference
between blood and holy water.

Dec 2013 Brielle O'Brien

following in the footsteps of an addict

Dec 2013 Brielle O'Brien

untitled

following in the footsteps of an addict

you made me this way.
you made perfect guidelines
of the way you wanted me to be.

here i am dad,
high on pills, gun
loaded. your footprint
fits perfectly around
my shoe.

mom said i was always
a daddy's boy.
this is it, i'll see you soon you ****.

Dec 2013 Brielle O'Brien

Dime Store Love

Dec 2013 Brielle O'Brien

Harry J Baxter

Dime Store Love

I'm not Shakespeare, not some romantic poet clad in flowers and doves
I'm no Fitzgerald, a dapper socialite at home with the intellectuals and aristocrats
I'd like to be Hemingway, a man in all senses of the word, guided by a certain wit and drive
Hell, I'd even take Bukowski, or Kerouac, drug addled and safe in the strength of my arrogance
I'm not your favorite department store
no recognizable brand
no jewelry
My love is not measured in the moments quenched with awe
no symphonies or trips to the opera house
In a dime store I trudge through the aisles of shelves
rummaging through the lost and found of people long forgotten and dead
I find a necklace, shells strung together on a piece of fishing line and I think of you
young and happy with a bucket and a *****
so curious as to the motion of the ocean, you slowly approach
only to run away - giddy in your fear - as the cold tide licks at your heels
digging up ***** to show to your Mom and Dad
I think of you, my hand clutching that Dime store necklace
I think of you now
Me so intrigued, I draw up my plans with tact
only to crumble before you
I am the shells you dug up
I am the fishing line your dad cut off for you
the knots he taught you to make
I am your lost and found
helplessly missing you always
I am your Dime Store love

Dec 2013 Brielle O'Brien

Precious Girl.

Dec 2013 Brielle O'Brien

Morgyn Harris

Precious Girl.

i wonder what it would be like if you were here
would you wipe my tears? laugh away my fear?
would you protect me from our mother?
are you my sister or my brother?
if im lucky, maybe even one of each
my dreams are way to high to ever reach
was it our mothers smoking
that had you trapped in her womb, choking?
or was it just god changing his mind
leaving only the memory of you guys behind
i cant help but hope you would have loved me
and not let our parents view me so terribly
id be your favorite little girl
youd protect me from the dangers of the world
id like one to be a brother to protect me from dad
and a sister to cheer me up when mom makes me sad
somehow my hearts still badly torn
that the two of you were never born
please take me away to be with you
but what if you hate me too?
cause i cant seem to do anything right
thats why im wondering about you tonight
would you guys maybe give me a break
even if i do make mistakes
maybe you would hold my hand
hug me tight, and tell me you understand

Dec 2013 Brielle O'Brien

Slits on my wrists?

Dec 2013 Brielle O'Brien

Nadia

Slits on my wrists?

Some days I want to sit in my bathtub and slit my wrists.
Wont do it because mom would wake me to clean up the mess.
She would get the sponges and bucket and say get the hell up and
clean up this mess after she came home from one of her dates with
internet men she picks up now that dear old cheating dad has a *****.
Dad would say what a ******* waste of a good life. No need to pay
for college for this useless ******* we called a daughter.
Hate my life, hate my life, hate my life! It ***** to be me!
I'm getting married on the internet and my folks have no clue.
I'll have virtual *** and no clue what the **** to type when I do.
Net fiance is anxious to have at it as he says every time we chat.
Want to say I'm not ready but he wont stick around and I will have no one.
***** being me and I hate my life, I hate my life and it ***** being me.
Should being 18 be this hard? Should being 18 be so confusing.
I want to sit in a bathtub and cut my wrists til I bleed over the floor.
Wont do it because I want to see 19 and I wish the lady who reached
out to me was on so I could talk to her about my messed up head.

Dec 2013 Brielle O'Brien

What I can see

Dec 2013 Brielle O'Brien

Jay

What I can see

Some days I wish I could be blind
That way I couldn't see the flaws that we try so hard to hide
My friend once told me that she hated the color of her eyes
Just because they weren't the color gray or maybe green
Her exact words, "Brown eyes are so boring and mainstream"
My eyes are brown

Some days I wish I could be blind
That way I couldn't see the flaws that we try so hard to hide
My sister once said she wanted to work out whenever I did
Even though she is just a 9 year old kid
Her exact words "I wanna look like you and weigh 103"
I weigh somewhat close to 130

Some days I wish I could be blind
That way I couldn't see the flaws we try so hard to hide
My cousin said she wishes she had straight hair
She thought maybe her dad would be there
Her exact words "maybe if my hair was straight like daddy's he would love me"
My hair is also curly

Some days I wish I could be blind
That way I couldn't see the flaws we try so hard to hide
I know your flaws are different from mine
And we can forget them, from time to time
But when you're around me
I want you to see what I can see
I love the fact that your eyes aren't green
Brown is a beautiful eye color to me
I love that you weigh so much more than 102
Because if you weighed any less I wouldn't know what to hold on to
And even if you weighed 95 pounds maybe minus point 5
I would find you in my sheets, your heartbeat would be my guide
If your hair didn't curl I wouldn't know what to play with
And even if it was bone straight, I might learn how to braid it
I don't love your flaws, I'm not romanticizing your insecurities
But there are more important things to care about, so many beautiful things to see

I know you could be so happy
If you saw what I can see.

Dec 2013 Brielle O'Brien

I wasn't born this way

Dec 2013 Brielle O'Brien

Nadia

I wasn't born this way

My parents are messed up in the head.
I'm messed up in the head.
I wasn't born this was they made me this way.
Yesterday mom took a long nap woke up then went out.
She went out with another man she found trolling personals.
Mom and her friends don't just answer personals.
Mom and her friends create ads to meet men using words men like.
Mom and her friends say they can't get a man if they lose their girly figures.
Dad's body is flabby with man ***** facebook his women on facebook
could give a **** about looks because dad has a big fat at bank account.
Love of money my mom's friends say makes gross men hot.
Mom's getting laid nightly to prove she can still get laid.
Mom *** ain't love *** is *** that's what dad and his friends say.
Dad you broke mom's heart and now she's messed up in the head.
Dad's evil ***** is near my age but when she gets saggy **** and wrinkles
dad will leave her like he left mom for another evil ***** off facebook.

Dec 2013 Brielle O'Brien

why I want new parents

Dec 2013 Brielle O'Brien

Nadia

why I want new parents

mine are messed up
mine are hypocrites
mom answers too many personals and gets laid by strangers
dad stopped caring when he got another kid
dad bellows at me over stupid ****
mom don't want to talk to me
mom leaves her rules written in notes all over the house for me.
mom is never home to help me with homework
dad is too busy with his ***** and his new kid to care about my homework
dad calls me a little ***** when he gets mad
mom says I will be a ***** if I sleep around. HA! mom's a hypocrite!
mom hates breaking nails so I do all housework
dad drinks every day now that he's with the evil *****
dad friends ladies a few years older than me and flirts with them.
dad tells ***** jokes on facebook and I want to unfriend him.
mom doesn't do her laundry and steals my *******
mom and her friends discuss what I don't want to know about men.
Got thousands of reasons why I want new parents.
I hate my life, I hate my life!