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5.0k · Dec 2013
riddle (((for school)))
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
I am something everyone searches for
No matter who you are,
Deep down, you crave me.
I can make your sun shine
Or I can bring you grey clouds
I can make you feel high
I can make you feel on top of the world
Like nothing could ever harm you,
Like you're invinvible
Or I can tear you down so low
I can make you do things you swear
You'd never do
I can turn the strongest people weak
The bravest people into cowards
I can be the reason behind your smile
When you wake up
Or I could be the reason you cry at night
When your head finally hits the pillow
What am I?
2.3k · Oct 2014
Untitled
Brielle O'Brien Oct 2014
I have always wondered
If I died,
if you would have attended my funeral
But I never imagined I'd be going to yours
Dead at 19
2.1k · Jan 2014
just breathe
Brielle O'Brien Jan 2014
i dont know what to think. i dont know what to do. i love him. right?
yes, i do.
but no, i dont, i can't.
why am i still thinking about you?
yes, he makes me smile,
but, when im with him, i wish it were you by my side
i wish it were you looking into my eyes, not him.
the things he says to me,
they make my heart melt
but i think its because
i hear them in your voice.
i picture your lips moving and
i am reminded of the way you lick your lips after every few words
i remeber the effect the sparks that your words had
on my heart
and for some reason,
i just dont feel them with him the way i did with you,
especially when he tells me im beautiful.
He gives me the world, but for some reason,
it's just not enough.
I know it sounds so selfish,
but in reality,
all i want is to be happy.
i'm not happy.
i can never sleep at night.
the voices in my head keep me awake,
sometimes, those voices tell me to forget about you
and to continue being with him
those, i consider those to be nightmares.
but sometimes,
those voices sound like your voice
and like to repeat old memories in my brain
slowly, but surely,
drowing me.
These waters im in continue to rise.
so what should i do?
contiune to go through the days, pretending im happy?
or should i just find a way out?
oh, i forgot,
there is no way out.
ever.
I dont want to hurt him,
yet I dont want to be in pain either,
I want you to be happy,
Yet i want to be the one to make you smile.
So,
i guess i'll stay here,
stuck in the mess of emotions,
while the waters im in
continue to rise
eventually drowning me in my
own thoughts,
wrong doings,
and my own pity.
when will i be able to
just breathe?
i wrote a monolouge similar to this last year, but i lost it, so im sitting in class bored so i thought id try to re do it.
1.5k · Dec 2013
I wish you were here
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
There are nights
When it really sinks in
That you're not right down the road
I can't just call you up
When I'm feeling alone
Because you're so far away.
I wish you were here

There are days when
I'm having so much fun
Then it hits me that you're not
Experiencing it all with me
And I'm left with an overwhelming sadness
It won't let me be
I wish you were here

There are times when
I can't wait to leave this life behind
And come be with you
Day in and day out
I just hope you'll be able to wait for me
I know its not as easy as it seems
I wish you were here

When I cry,
I wish you were by my side wiping away
My tears
Holding me and making me feel
Like nothing in this world even matters
Except for that moment
And us
But,
You're not.
I wish you were here

Every time I'm happy
I become sad within a moment
Because I realize
I could be happier
If only you were with me
I wish you were here

The days drag on
The nights seem endless
One day we'll be living a life together
That is never ending, limitless
But right now
I wish you were here.
1.4k · Dec 2013
soothing nightmare
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
I hate you
Yet I dream about you

And when I awaken in the middle of the night

I ache for you

And when the morning sun shines through the cracks of my window in the early day

Deep down inside me

I wish you had stayed

2013 © O'Brien Devin Brielle
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
Everytime I see pictures of you
I want to cry.
Our past wasn't so perfect
Well, at first it was
But that was when
Your kisses were sweet
Your voice was calm
And our hearts weren't teared
Then, you just left me.
I was asleep
Then I woke up to
A letter that said
"Goodbye'
I was devistated
And from that day forward
I never have said goodbye
Because
You showed me
That goodbye
Means forever.
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
Staying up until dawn
Out star gazing on the roof
Talking about what life had in store for us
Talking about things that have no proof
We'll never know
How we're going to die
But there's beauty in not knowing
When you have someone by your side
I remember the nights we would
Just cry
Reminicing on the past
All the things we had to leave behind
Or the nights when we'd get drunk
And have the best time of our lives
Went swimming naked in the creek
At three in the morning
Went down bad paths
Without any warning
Or those nights we'd take baths
In my parents room
Chain smoking all night
We were like flowers in bloom
Or the nights when we'd blaze
And eat and laugh
Dream about the future
Make jokes about the past
Or the nights when we'd talk about
Our ****** up family
We'd talk about how we'll never do what they've done
And You always had faith in me
The days spent out by the pool
The days we just spent sleeping
The memories that we shared
I'd always keep them
We've seen the same things
We've seen the pain heartaches brings

We've seen what most people never should
Have seen
We've both been ****** up on drugs
We've both been clean

We've both been happy
We've both been sad
We've both done what is right
We've both done what is bad

Without you
I don't know what I'd do
You saved me from myself
And I never even knew
But my eyes are open
And I could never thank you enough
You are everything
Anyone could want
1.4k · Jan 2014
the crow
Brielle O'Brien Jan 2014
A crow came to me in
my dream
And said
"Tomorrow you will die"
The next morning I awoke and
Had the earge to laugh
I was alive and well
And reassurred myself
It was just a dream
Just in my head.
Later that day,
The boy my heart ached for
The boy I adore
Told me he had to go.
The crow's foreshadowing came true
I'm dead without you
1.3k · Jan 2014
mud on the tires
Brielle O'Brien Jan 2014
I fell for a boy
Who wore muddy boots
Lights jeans
Who drove A cummins truck
With stacks on the back
With a confederate flag flying high
With pride
He liked tobacco
Whether it be cigarettes or dip
I remember telling him that they were
Bad for him
He smiled and inhaled the nicotine
Without a care in the world
That was before I smoked a pack a day
As you can see
That was almost a lifetime ago
Because he's gone
And now I'm addicted
1.2k · Dec 2013
my darling
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
I love you deeper than the ocean,
farther than fish can swim,
I love you as high as the stars beyond our sky,
oh the happiness that you bring.
Love is such a complicated thing
I just could never understand,
I'd never waste my time on any boys
or let them ever hold my hand.
When I look into your eyes
its not like the others I've ever seen,
when I look in your eyes I see the whole world, I feel as if I'm in a dream.
Is this real? Is it true? I can't even comprehend,
all I know is I dream of being in your arms until the very end.
Time ticks on, the days drag on, and I grow fonder of who you are,
in this dark black sky that is my life, you're the one and only shining star
who guides me through my times of sadness, hopelessness, and despair,
truly without any doubts,
you're the only one who cares.
I've never had a man look at me the way that you do,
it seems as if I'm seeing the world as if it is brand new.
As I lay down before I go to sleep,
I pray to the god above us that my heart, you'll always keep
. I felt like a flower in a vase,
slowly but surely withering away,
but you are the water that was poured into me,
and kept me alive, don't you see?
without you, love, I could not be,
my darling without you, I wouldn't breathe.
without you my love, surely I would cry,
my darling without you, surely I would die.


2013 © O'Brien Devin Brielle
1.1k · Dec 2013
far away
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
At night
Instead of sleeping
I lie awake
Constantly weeping
Of better days
That I wish I was dreaming

Miles are just numbers
Numbers aren't that large
Don't believe me?
Just compare them to the stars
"Distance isn't real
Nomatter how far"

The stars and planets
Are free up in space
And here I am loathing
Aching to leave this place
I have no power
I have no say
I can't not just get up
And walk away
But I hope
You will find a reason to stay
Even if
I'm
A
Million
Miles
Away.
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
I'm over you
You mean **** to me
So why do I constantly
See you in my dreams?
I'm moved on,
I'm head over heels in love with someone better
You're long gone & out of my life forever
So why did dream I was looking into your eyes?
Why within my dreams,
I finally didn't want to die?
Why is it that when I saw your face
My broken heart began to race
But that's not fair my heart does not belong to you
For every chance I gave you,
you blew
But then again
I always blame myself
Maybe its my fault you wanted someone else
But if I'm still mad at you,
Why do I see you in my dreams?
This is much more difficult than it even seems.
It felt so real it felt like the old times
It breaks my heart thinking
We had to leave it  all behind
Things could be different
If we both weren't so selfish
To fix the past would be my deep down wish
But I don't care
Atleast that's what I tell myself
But I do,
That's why my heart is in a jar
On the very top shelf
I tried more than once to fix things
But in doing so
Misery is all that it brings
I don't think I mind seeing you in my dreams
But once I wake up
I come apart at the scene
Brielle O'Brien Jan 2014
In this life you are given
There's too much to uncover
deep within your mind
Your heart
And your soul.
There is much, much more to live for
There is more than what meets the eye.
In no way is living
suppose to be
Where skin and bones are what
Determine you
Or your beauty
The true location for this
Can be found burried deep in your chest
True beauty is hidden
And can only be seen
By those who truly look inside.
In no way is living
Spent being unhappy
Focusing on materialistic objects
Or the deceitfulness
Of money.
Money is not real
Money cannot buy you
What your soul secretly yearns for
In no way is living
Swallowing a couple pills
To make you feel something
when you are numbed
By mental pain
Or heartache.
If you are empty,
May you always
be filled with love
May your wells of happiness
Never run dry
In no way is living
about
letting a man
Sink into your body
Your precious, naked, body
Which is Meant for creating and sparking
A special love connection
deep within your soul
And another's,
Not just for the pleasure of your body's
Fullness & Quivering.
In no way is living
About the opinions of others
Directed onto yourself.
You must dig deep within,
But not expect to find a treasure chest
Full of gold
Salvation lies within.
In no way is living
Meant to be something painful.
When the sun rises at dawn,
You should be rejoicing
You should be at peace
Life is more than just existing for a certain period of time,
Then withering away deep in the earth
What's in Your soul
And what's in your heart
Will continue to overpower
All evil
For eternity.

You just have to find the true meaning of what it is to live.
Brielle O'Brien Jan 2014
He told me everyday
that what we had
Was far more special
and different than
What Anyone else had.
He said our love
Is the strongest thing to be put on
This earth
Amongst mere mortals.
So why did he decide
The best thing was to
Wait to be together
Because of distance?
I thought our love was strong enough to
Spark fires?
But he told me
We will be side by side
Until the day we die
Someday
But I guess distance got the best of us
And now deep within these bones
I feel some explosion of emptiness.
He will wake up in the morning with new
Eyes
And soon see another girl who makes
His heart flutter
Even if only for a short time
And ill be here
Left behind
Rotting
And forgotten
Because he won't come back
He's already too far gone
I guess distance got the best of us.
1.0k · Dec 2013
nothing
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
You're nothing but the ground I walk on, depending on the weather and seasons you could be the warm green grass tickling in between my toes
Or you cold be the cold winter snow numbing me inside and out
You're nothing but the clouds up in the sky
Or maybe the stars
Either way, you can never seem
To stay too long.
You're nothing but the winds in the air that pass through ever so briskly yet calmingly
Always Leaving me breathless
You're nothing but the christmas lights
Filling houses with vibrant colors and happiness in december
But its january now
And the bulbs are burnt out
But still they hang lifelessly
And broken
You're nothing but the flowers in a vase
At first so beautiful
With such a lovely aroma
That look so pretty sitting out
For everyone to look at
And admire
But now the petals have fallen off
And the dead flowers hang down
You're nothing but the waves in the ocean
Always leaving
Then coming back to crash down
With intense force and power
You're
Nothing

Yet, You're everything.
1000 · Jan 2014
(my ♡ is in) a (mason) jar
Brielle O'Brien Jan 2014
These words I'm writing down
Don't matter
They never will
You'll never see them
You'll never be able to understand
Or  uncover
Exactly what they mean
Or to what extent
Words are just words
But you can use them to paint
A vivid picture of just about anything
But I don't think words can describe
In detail
The pain that flooded me with your goodbye
And the heart wrentching
memories that circle around my
Mind with no end.
Its very strange another soul could
Have made me feel a way I can't
Exactly comprehend
My heart is cold and icy
And
Pain hit me like lightening
Even in my innocent youthful years.
But then came along this boy,
Out of nowhere
And within minutes of conversing
I felt my heart swell
And within a blink of and eye
just like that
He simply made me feel.
Oh how my fickle heart ached
For his attention
He was nothing but a boy
With bright eyes and a diesel truck
Always looking for trouble and
Getting stuck
But he was not just a boy to me
He was my everything
He was something to look forward to
A spark of light, hope,
In the dark depths of despair.
But he never knew
How much he meant to me
And I guess I never really told him
Either
But time changed everything
We both went our seperate paths
With bitterness aimed towards eachother
I tried to get him to understand
To try to see through my sad eyes
But he wouldn't
And my heart cannot get over him
It belongs to him even though it shouldn't
So I'm enclosing my heart
In a jar
In a mason jar
For a boy named mason
983 · Mar 2015
Untitled
Brielle O'Brien Mar 2015
Break me down
I don't give a ****
Shattered my bones
Mess with my heart

Maybe I am just a little insane
But just as long as your here to fix me
& pick up the pieces of what of me remains
Over & over again
Brielle O'Brien Apr 2014
If you are lucky
Sometimes before you die
You figure out your purpose

You realize why you are breathing.

Some still say life is a waste

You live you die and who knows
What's next

But while living you can't truly live
Unless you're living for something

In my case,
There's one reason
And one reason only
That I'm alive
That I'm trying
That I'm sane

There are these 6 kids
All younger than me
All look up to me
My very own blood

Everyone of them have been
Through hell and back
Have seen what none should have
They're mentally stronger
Than any I know of

They are the reason I get up in the morning
They are the reason I stay in school
They are the reason I stay away from the drugs that have caused the downfall of my family

They are the reason I'm alive.

And in living for them,
My only goal is to make them proud
Show them that if I can do it
They can do it.
I'm here to somehow make things seem okay
To make them feel safe
To make them know how wonderful they are
To make them feel loved

If I didn't have them
I wouldn't be who I am today
I'd like to think I was put here
To save them

But in all reality,
They were put here
To save
Me.
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
Out there somewhere
There's a girl with soft hair
That falls halfway down her spine
She dances with the stars until they're aligned

She sings with the moon
Convinced that the sun will come back soon
But she's always left in the darkness

She says "that's ok"
Because things always go astray
Yeah sometimes things get in the way

She's innocent and unaware
Quite frankly she doesn't care
She just want to be free
That's why baby lives for the
lsd



2013 © O'Brien Devin Brielle
897 · Dec 2013
eternity
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
And in that moment
When I realized
That we stayed up all night
Until the break of dawn
Lying in that hotel bed
Drinking jack
Smoking cigarettes and bowls
Sharing our deepest secrets
Our hopes
Our dreams
Our fears
Making love
Then falling asleep in eachother's arms
That's when I knew
I found my eternity
That's when I knew
What all those love songs were talking about
That's when I knew
I was long gone
Lost In his eyes for good


2013 © O'Brien Devin Brielle
881 · Jan 2014
pain takes it all
Brielle O'Brien Jan 2014
Oh The things that you do to your body
To cope with mere emotions
To numb a heartache
To blind your insecurities.
You cut your arms until you bleed
You swallow pills until you can't see
You drink yourself blind
You starve until your bones
Are protruding out at every inch
You cry so hard
You can't even breathe
So you continue to hold your breath
You hide away always feeling ashamed
You have *** with people you hate
You try so hard
But you never succeed
In ending all your pain
So after trying all the alternatives
Which of none suceeded
You decided it was time to leave
This pain behind
So you smiled and waved and said your
Goodbyes
Looked in the mirror one last time
With a sorrowful look In your eyes
And you Loaded that gun
And you Put it to your head

Now the once beautiful you
Lies Dead on the floor

Are you happy now?
Did you eliminate all the pain?
Are you beautiful now, as you rot in the ground?
856 · Dec 2014
Untitled
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2014
"But you're not like her, that's why I love you"
854 · Dec 2013
nothing but ashes
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
I'm awake
Its nearly 2:30 am
And once again, I dreampt of you
Your eyes
They will always possess me
And I can feel your voice
Giving me chills, flooding me,
And piercing through my black soul,
Full of sorrow and full of despair.
By this, you create a feeling of ecstacy
Swimming through my veins
And shattering my bones
This is why I awake at nearly 2:30 am
Simply just to write songs about you
Simply just to get you off my mind.
Inhale me,
Let me takeover your every breath.
Flooding into your lungs,
You are now mine.
Surely until I fade away
Into thin air
And leave nothing but ashes
On the ground.
Spill out everything you're filled with;
Who knows whether your glass is half empty
Or half full
Now its on the ground
And that's okay,
Because I'm on my hands and knees
Cleaning it all up.
You remind me of stain glass windows in a church;
Some see your beauty, on the inside and out,
But they only notice when the sun gleams through your colors and cracks,
Showing off such vivid and lovely colors.
Some people,however,
They don't see your beauty. The can't fathom it.
They're the ones who throw rocks at you,
Leaving you shattered into
A million pieces
On the floor,
Not able to be loved,
Not able to be appreciated.
But, while you're that shattered mess
On the floor,
Let it be known
That I am the one
On my knees
With my fingers cut and bleeding
Picking up every shattered or broken
Piece of you
And I will mend you back together
I will make you feel whole
I will make you feel special
Because you are.
Look me in the eyes;
I'm not sure whether they remind me
Of the sound of the rippling waves in the salty ocean on a hot summer day
Or the smell of the smoking flames of a bonfire on a warm july night
Either way,
They set my soul at ease.
Things are impermanent.
We all know this too well.
Roaring fires turn to embers
Embers turn to ashes
That soon blow away into thin air.
This is why our love is not like fire.
Our love cannot be described.
"Nothing lasts forever"
Our love
Is nothing
Our love
Is forever.

2013 © O'Brien Devin Brielle
Ashton.
842 · Dec 2013
not a man not a dad
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
Where was that man
To make you feel strong?
Where was that man
To teach you right from wrong?
Where was that man
When you were feeling so sad?
Where is that man
Who goes by the name "dad" ?
He's not a dad
He's a low life
A loser
Addicted to drugs
Come on dad
I just wanted a ******* hug
Is it really that hard to love your own daughter?
You just walked away
You forgot all about her
But you don't care
Its all about you
This is your fault
These are the cards that you drew
You made me feel worthless
You should have made me feel proud
But instead
You didn't make a sound.
So have fun popping your pills
Not paying any bills
I hope one day you'll see
What you could have
Made your life out to be
We could be happy dad
You and I  
But instead you tore my down and made me cry
And I don't do with tears
Tears are for the weak
But I just wanted your love and acceptance
That's all I truly seek
But its done its over the war had been won
So whatever you're doing wherever you are
I hope you are having fun
And maybe one day you look up to the sky
And you think of your children
You decided to leave behind

2013 © O'Brien Devin Brielle
841 · Jan 2014
it is all just in your head
Brielle O'Brien Jan 2014
Hope
Isn't a wonderous thing
It doesn't deserve
to be praised
To be inked onto someone's body
Hope
Is a coward;
it destroys every ounce
Of your being
Of your mind
Of your soul.
Hope so much for something
it makes
Your body quiver and ache
And constantly lust after the impossible
And once you realize
Its all out of reach
You're left to somehow comprehend;
To try to uncover what not one can fathom
Hope
is a way to
Pretend its all going to be okay,
A way to say that the sun will always shine
Out of the black heartless night
A way to say
That happiness is almost at your reach
And that you're only a few feet away
From reaching the warm sand
And soaking in
the salty comfortingness of the sea
When you
were once stuck in a blizzard of snow
And now you finally are free
Hope
Is but an illusion
Hope so much your
Mind starts playing tricks on you
Promising you what you yearn for
Yet deep down know you'll never have it
Hope
Is just another way
To drive one insane,
Forever Trying to bring back
What once
was.
840 · Apr 2014
led zeppelin lyrics
Brielle O'Brien Apr 2014
He doesn't know all the words
To every led zeppelin song
So he doesn't sing along with me
While I'm belting out the lyrics
He doesn't idolize jim morrison
He doesn't love stevie nicks
He doesn't listen to johnny cash
He doesn't feed my mind
He can't tell me something
That I don't already know
He doesn't bite his nails
Or lick his lips
He doesn't have long hair
That I can twirl around my finger
He doesn't know
how much I adore my mom
He doesn't know
How much my father has hurt me
He doesn't know
I live solemnly for my siblings
He doesn't know
That I cry at night
Because I hate my appearance
He doesn't know
The little things that make me laugh
He doesn't know
That the shawshank redemption
Is my favorite movie
He doesn't know
That I hate wearing shoes
He doesn't know
Where I've been
Or where I want to go
He doesn't know
i'm a big fish in a small pond
and i'll never make it in the ocean
He doesn't know
all I ever wanted
was to be loved and taken care of

He doesn't know

He's never going to know

But you know

You know

All the words

to every led zeppelin song
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
I'd swim all the oceans for you
I'd break all my bones for you
I'd let all my blood
Run dry
I'd put my right hand on the bible
But still I'd lie
I'd walk ontop of broken glass
I'd drive a car
Then crash
I'd make decisions
That are rash
I'd wipe the makeup off my face
Even though that is a disgrace
I'd run a thousand mile race
I'd risk my life
I'd leave this place
I'd rip the wings off a butterfly
Just To see if it would still fly
I'd put a bullet through my head
Just To see if I'd die
I'd pray to the god that may or may not exist
I'd swim in a tank with the fish
I'd take every single risk
I'd lay down in my bed
And think of everything I dread
I'd re live nightmares
That go on in my head
I'd fly to the moon
I'd say "ill be back soon"
But if I had to,
I'd just drift off into the galaxies
Like a balloon
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
Oh mary j
You make things okay
I love you beyond words.
I love to light you up
Watching you burn
Baby you make my world turn
Hits from the ****
Tokes from the bowl
Miss Mary jane
You make me feel whole
You will be my best friend
Until I die
Without you I could not survive
Everyday, I give thanks to god
Me and mary
Are like two peas in a pod
Well my lungs and my bones are craving
Your smoke
Ill see yall later I'm gonna go ****
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
Hundreds of miles is where he is
And also my heart which is stone hard
Hopefully he has it kept safe
In his jean pocket, or maybe in a jar
Why
Do we have to be so far?
Why
Does this have to be so hard?

I'm just a young girl who's lonely
And who's slowly
falling apart
little by little
My skin is paper thin
And my body is. weak and brittle
Why is this life an
Unsolved riddle?
Why am I always stuck in the middle?
Why do I taste the fruit that is bitter?
I want him here to hold me when I cry
Without him
its like trying to live underwater
There's noway you could survive
But into his waters I want to dive
Why is sadness a regularity?
Why do I want to always die?
Why is my breath just a constant sigh?
I have nothing
You have it all
I'm the sun shining
you are gravity
Without you, I will fall.
I'm an artist
Without a pencil
How can I draw?
I'm a guitar without strings
How can I play you a song?
Will the pain go on forever this long?
Did I do anything wrong?
The sun beams
And I dream
Of the days I wont constanly weep
Of the nights I can finally sleep
But this can not be
Until I'm laying next to you
Forever you and me
Is this what you've been waiting for too?
Will you promise me eternity?
Without you
Simply I cannot be
Without you
Truly I cannot see
Will you stay forever?
Promise you won't leave?
In me, will you alway believe?
Distance won't ruin us
Wait & you will see
Distance did ruin us.
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
To put it simply,
We
Are made of nothing
But brittle skin
& fragile bones
That will end up
Completely worthless
Left alone for eternity
to rot.
Our red blood
Sails throughout our veins
Like a sailor
On the calm ocean;
But once the wind begins to stir
The oceans become
Rough  
And you're left there
to eventually drown.
Our hearts,
All serve the same purpose;
To beat to the rhythm
Of the song
that keeps your body from shutting down, that keeps you breathing.
It has the most complex job,
Such a fragile thing
That is expected to
Take care of so much.
The heart is where
Your deepest secrets lie.
Where your fears are hidden.
Where pain left its marks.
Your dreams are burried deep within.
Your favorite memories,
Along with the bad ones too,
Are swimming around inside.
Our hearts,
Are made up
Of things we cannot humanly explain;
It is beyond being capable
Of truly being expressed with
Mere words on a page
That will be crumbled up
Thrown out,
Never serving
any true purpose.
There are Things
In the heart
That will overpower it all;
Every detail in your life
Is now determined
On the unknown effect
it will leave.
Things,
That will make you see
Mountains with endless heights,
When there's really only
Hills in front of you
That you can walk on top of
And crush.
Our hearts,
They are consisted
And constructed
For the action
Of
Loving and being loved,
Even if vulnerable.

My heart,
To sum it all up,

Is made up
Of all the things
You do
That keep me breathing
That keep me from dying

You, are my heart.
783 · Dec 2013
I'm not sure why
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
As I stay here where my feet
Are permanately planted
I catch myself seeking you
Watching you from a distance

You seem to be content with yourself
And what you're doing nowadays
But for some strange reason
I wish I could be a part of it
And not feel so astray

But I guess
some fields
just aren't as green as the others
And some oceans not as blue
And I guess that's what its like with
Me and you
You could always do better than me
You could find a blooming flower
Instead of a withering ****

I could have been the sun shining
Maybe just not as bright
I could have been the calm snow falling
Maybe just not as white

I could have been the fire burning
Maybe just not as hot
I could have been a memory
But then you just forgot

I know I'm nothing special
But there is something about your eyes
That won't let me forget about you
I just don't know why

You could have been the captain
To my smooth sailing ship
But you decided you didn't want me
So I was surely left to sink

But truly everyday
you somehow flood my brain

So I'm begging
Please help me
Please come stop this rain

I'm drowning
I need you
To stop all of this pain

But I wouldn't burden you
To help me get through

I hope youre happy
And I hope the sun shines on you
772 · Dec 2013
this is to my one and only
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
The truth is
I've never been so terrified before
In this life,
We never know what's in store
I'm a terrible mess
Left scattered on the floor
Because everything I've ever loved
Has walked out the door
So there I was,
I finally got the strength to build
Up some walls
They're made out of
Bricks and cement
They will never fall
But you came in
And somehow knocked them over
You promised me you'd be mine
Even when we're older
I fell for you so fast I can't
Even explain
How wondeful you are
To take away my pain
I love you
As the sun loves the moon
You promised me
You'd be back soon
But right now you're so far
But I will always keep my door ajar
Just incase you come back home
For I don't believe its safe for you to roam
But I've never been so scared before
All I want is forever to be yours
I hope nothing gets in the way
I hope your feelings never fade away
I know for a fact you are better than me
Its so very easy to see
I'd give you the stars
Because you healed my scars
Please never leave me
There's no way I could breathe
I could never love again
My love for you is until the very end
You are my soul mate
My sunshine
My prince
And my fate
This is why I'm mortified at the thought of losing you baby
So will you always stay, maybe, just maybe?
Nope he's gone.
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
Some things
Are not forgotten
Even with time
Passing by
Like when I watched
At such a young age
My father drink and beat my mom
Simply because he "loved her"
My mom is an angel
Yet she was doomed from the start
Being a serious alcohol addict
Since age 15
Getting pregnant with me at age 16
She never knew true love
Her parents lives revolved around money
They showed no love
towards their beautiful daughter
They blamed her for being ****** up
But in all reality
It was all because of them
My mom wanted love
My dad gave her it
Thinking he was destined to fix her
But how could he fix her if
He was also broken?
My mom
Addicted to drugs and alcohol
Was in and out of rehab
Back when I was in middle school
I was so young and didn't understand
The concept and struggle of addiction
So I hated my mom
I believed she left me
At the time a girl needs her mom
The most
I was alone and had no one by my side
Some things are not easily forgotten
Like when I watched my mom
Cut her arms until she was bleeding on
The floor
When I watched her make herself throw up
When I watched her drink herself blind
These things
Are forever implanted in my mind
726 · Aug 2014
Untitled
Brielle O'Brien Aug 2014
I woke up this morning

And realized I'm in love

And I cried and cried


There's no turning back now.
724 · Feb 2014
pathetic
Brielle O'Brien Feb 2014
How pathetic is it
That everytime I hear the roaring
Of a diesel engine
I turn around to glance
Secretly hoping it may be you
But you sold your truck,
And you no longer come out
To this part of town.

How pathetic is it that everytime a sad song
Creeps up on me
On the radio
My heart begins to pound
And the sound of your voice
Swirls around in my brain
Like a never ending vortex
And I'm reminded
Of everything you once said
The song may be over,
But I still remember it word from word
And I always seem to find it
Still stuck in my head

How pathetic is it
That still to this day
You're the only soul that's ever gotten
To me
So deep you pierced my heart
Your mark is within me forever
And it never will heal
The scar will forever be noticable


How pathetic is it
That when I lay down at night
I replay the whole past in my head
I remember every word
Every detail
And the exact way you said my name
And If you said my name
One last time
I then could die a happy girl

How pathetic is it
That you control my every day
Yet I have not seen you in almost a year
And you are always there waiting for
Me
In my dreams
I just can't seem to escape from you
And once I awake
I'm left feeling as if a hole was punched
Through my chest
I feel so empty

Maybe tonight I'll be able to
Get you off my mind for a little
When my blood is flooded with alcohol
Even then,
You cross my mind and I feel
Myself wallowing in my own sorrow
Dreaming of the future we could have had
And wondering where it all went wrong


Its beyond pathetic knowing
I'll never get over you
Even though you're over me
And long gone
Never to return to this part of town

I'm pathetic and I'll admit it
Only because maybe you'll see
I need you
And come back and save me
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
Gently
And at that exact moment
I felt the comfort and love
Surround me
As you came into my life.
You made me realize
Who I am
Who I am as a person
Oh, my dear,
My dear love,
Let me know that you will guide me
Through the dark
Past the demons.
I am too naiive to be on my own.
Looking past your flaws
Is like finding the sun
On a very cloudy day
There is that one spark in you,
You just have to look beyond
All the grief
And the suffering
Brielle O'Brien Jan 2014
I finally worked up the courage and said
To the boy who wrecked me
"Did you know I write poems about you, if you want, I'll let you see"

Before the boy could say anything
I decided it was okay
to let him see within my soul,
To see the words I never could seem to say

The boy has bright eyes
But he simply can't see
How much he hurt me
But how much he still means to me

The boy replied
"Well I can say I've never had a poem written about me"
I didn't understand
How could that even be?
And I sat there in disbelief

I told him I've written far more than one
So he asked "how many"
I lied and said "a few"
But its more like infinity.

Now that was it
That's all he said
Now all that's left of his words
Float around in my head

I hope he liked what I wrote
I wish he told me he did
Even if it was a lie,
Because the boy doesn't understand
That I'll be writing
poems about him
Until the day I die
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
if you look into the mirror
and you don't break down and cry
you better thank the so called god above
that you don't want to die

you are blessed
unlike the rest
who cry themselves to sleep
because they hate their ****** reflection
they just want to love themselves
sick and tired of all the objections

why is it that
I see deep inside
I am nothing but worthless
why am I even alive?
661 · Jan 2014
Untitled
Brielle O'Brien Jan 2014
He's an arrogant *******
Who likes the way it feels
When pills trickle down his throat
In a river of lemon iced tea
And the way the smoke from
***** and american spirit cigarettes
Fill his chest
He thinks he knows it all
He tells me stories of when he was a kid
Always breaking the rules
And doing what he wanted
As we sit outside by the fire
And he puts a glass bottle of beer to
His mouth
And I sit back with a smile on my face
Wishing times like these
could last forever
He tells me that what we behold
Is sacred;
That not many people get the chance
To bestow it and cherish it.
He told me that no matter what
He's here for me.
I came up with every "what if?" Scenerio
Never actually imagining that one day
He really wouldn't be here for me
But he reasurred me that there was
Absolutely not a thing I could do
To make him love me any less.
Now that was a long time ago
That was before our lives fell apart
And the words he said
Quickly faded
Just like the remains of the
fire that july night
I remember him also telling me
That sometimes things happen
And sometimes people change
Well,
I didn't ever think
That my own father
Could change his mind
And to think he said
He'd always be here,
Is like saying july nights last forever
And that fires never burn down to embers

And fade away
657 · Jan 2014
gone
Brielle O'Brien Jan 2014
When I first wake up in the morning
Its an instinct for me to think about you.
The picture of us to the right of my bed
And the letter you wrote me
Are the first things I see when I awake
From my dreams,
That also always involve you.
Throughout the day
I have constant reminders of things
That you do
Things that you said
And I sometimes see your face
On strangers wandering the roads.
On the nights when I'm
Exessively lonely,
I'll lay next to him and let him
Give his love to me
Just so I'm not so numbed
Just so I'm not so empty
And I'll close my eyes and imagine
Its your hands caressing me
And imagine
Its your eyes hypnotizing me.
Maybe I should have fought for you,
But I'd rather solve things with peace
So as if you were a dove in a cage,
Or a fish in a tank,
I realized it was not right to keep you
Trapped
So I set you free,
And now
an emptiness takes the place
Of where you once belonged.
Maybe I should have
Fought for you
But once I set you free
You were gone
In the blink of an eye
Forever out of arms reach
649 · Dec 2013
If
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
If
If the sun didn't shine
If the moon didn't beam
If the salty ocean didn't gleam
If the rain didn't drizzle
From out of a cloud
If the peak of a thunderstorm
Didn't make a sound
If lightening didn't strike
If snow wasn't white
If the stars in the black sky
Gave off no light
If I still had you
None of this would ever even phase me
You keep me sane
Yet you drive me crazy
If the earth didn't spin
If the galaxies didn't go on forever
Our souls
Could still never be dissevered

2013 © O'Brien Devin Brielle
648 · Dec 2013
he
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
he
He was the blue sky
She was the rain
He was the sunshine
Who took away all her pain

She was the black sky
In the middle of the night
He was the brightest star shining Reasurring her
That it will be alright

She's an old untuned piano
With dust on the keys
But he sits down
And makes beautiful music from her
But she never ever will see

He was the smell
After the rain
She was like the seasons
Always eager to change

He tastes like cigarettes and jack
She is at war with herself
Ready to attack

He has the  universe in his hand  
The world in his palms
She has nothing to live for
She sits alone writing song after song

His soul is full of awe
His eyes are filled with wonder
Her heart is much too cold
Down her life it plundered

He is like a warm summer breeze
Setting all souls at ease
And she is like these cold december nights
Always
Chilling
Always causing a fright
639 · Dec 2013
vulnerable
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
4am
My bones are shaking
My heart is slowed down
The tears in my eyes
Are falling to the ground

My fingers lay softly on the piano keys
This is my very last plea

I can never find the words to say
So the music helps me drift away
Please baby please
Just tell me you'll stay

My heart is hollow
My chest is full of air
For I'd let all the blood in my body run dry for you
without even having a care

I'm wondering what you are doing and how you feel
But nothing really phases you
You're so strong
You're made out of steel

Unlike me
I'm as soft as clay
Mold me into something
That would make you wanna stay
And You can always have your way

There's shivers up my spine
The stars are never aligned
Because you and I
Are not side by side


So as I play the last notes
I feel as if instead of swimming
I'm just barley staying afloat

Maybe in my dreams you'll come visit me
And we can go drifting
Amongst the seas
616 · Jan 2014
the impossible
Brielle O'Brien Jan 2014
Many tell me,
That if I can never love myself,
I can never love another,
But this heart beats
Solemnly for love
to be pumped
Throughout my veins
into my blood stream
Filling my body
Keeping me alive
I was created
To love
But the love I have
That is circulating
Through me,
Simply isn't enough love
To learn to love
a
monster
Before I can love
You
612 · Nov 2014
Untitled
Brielle O'Brien Nov 2014
The man I used to love with my whole being contacts me and says he still loves me and he'll wait eternity for me
I never thought this day would come
Without a care without any tears I delete it, I have finally moved on
607 · Dec 2013
its all unknown
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
None know
What tomorrow will bring
People can change their opinions
There is always a new song to sing
None know
If in the morning
You will see
what you claim to love
with the same eyes
Its all unknown;
An anxiety ridden surprise
None know
If
What you said yesterday
Still applies to today
Or if
Those words are now dead
Gone
Forever faded away
None know
What time can really do.
With enough of it,
It can change so much
This, I never even knew
Until everyone I loved
Woke up one day
Then Walked away,
They said they couldn't stay.
"The blood in my body doesn't run through my veins for you
No longer would I break my bones for you there's nothing you can say or do."
None know
How quickly some change their minds
Deciding its the time to leave it all behind
They don't feel the same deep within
As they did when it first did begin
None know
How you will feel about me tomorrow
I know You're not like the rest
I know this,
Baby you're the best,
But
None know
How you'll feel tomorrow
I'm holding on
Until you break my heart
And I'm left alone in sorrow
None know
How much longer
you'll waste your time on me
When there's so much out there for you
To see
I just hate not knowing what
It will be
None know
And that's what kills me
555 · Jan 2014
that one boy
Brielle O'Brien Jan 2014
There was a boy whom I knew
Inside and out
Backwards, sideways, and upside down
I think I knew him almost better than I
Knew my own self.
We grew together for some time
He was by my side through
The darkest of days
Always there to ease the pain
And he was
also there
On the most soothing nights
When life was full of bliss
And we'd sit on my roof star gazing
Talking about what we wanted out
Of this thing called life.
This boy gave me everything,
Treated me beyond wonderful,
But the boy reminded me too much
Of myself,
So I had to let him go.
We were so similar,
Yet so very different,
And the time to say goodbye
Was now manditory.
So we went our seperate paths
And
Things were left unsaid
And bitterness and
Hatred grew within.
I never meant to hurt the boy,
It was never my intention
To cause pain to the fragile heart
Of a boy who
saved me once upon a time.
I don't think I like to admit it,
But I cared about that boy,
That's why
I had to let him go.
553 · Dec 2013
fade
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
We are not flowers
That bloom
Then die

We are not butterflies
That flutter
And float by

We are not fire
That burns for a little
Then turns to ashes

We are not time
That quickly passes

So please promise me
Your love for me won't fade away
Like the stars in the early morning sky do
Because they simply cannot stay
550 · Dec 2013
Forgiving my Father
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
I've told myself I'll never forgive you
For what you've done and said to me
But deep down I know you didn't
Truly Mean all that mean ****
I Eventually began to believe
You were hurt, I know I was too
But why didn't we stick together
And try to make it through?
The **** we were forced to deal with
It brought us closer
Even if only for a short time
But that's the past all of the good times
They're gone, all left behind
And I'm left with nothing but
Bitterness towards you
You can't expect me to know what to do
I won't apologize
Even if I realize
You were putting up a wall
A disguise
Its hard for you to show your emotions
To put them into action
So you get mad, an immediate reaction
But listen dad this is my way to say
I don't hate you
I just hate the things
that got in the way
Of our bright days
There were the times you were the only
One I had
When mom was in rehab
we really had
Eachother's backs
But look at us now,
We don't speak a single word
Mainly because I resent the past
The things we once said out of anger
were disturbingly absurd
But this isn't about what you did wrong
Or anything that went on in the past
I just want to give the forgivness
To you, so we can be in peace at last
You know, I need to stop and say to you
There isn't ever a day that goes by
When I don't think of you
When I don't think about all the good things you've done for us all
Yeah sometimes you weren't here but you never let us fall
Especially 17 years ago when I was just born
And you decided to stay with mom and me, when you
Could have just walked out the door
And I will never be able to say how much
That truly means to me
My dad, that, you will always be.
So,
Maybe one day ill have the power in my heart to read this to you
So you can understand,
And know the truth
I love you and
forgive you, dad,
This letter is my proof.
Brielle O'Brien Dec 2013
There's a boy
Who I've always seen in my dreams
I never saw his face
But I knew he was where my heart belonged

Ever since I was a little girl
I've wished for him
I was afraid
I'd never find him

All I've ever longed for
Is the type of love
That only exists in movies
But I wanted it in reality

So I've searched
And found nothing
I've been left unsatisfied
And also broken hearted

But one day
The sun was shining
And I found the man
I'm was going to spend eternity with

It was so unexpected
But the moment I saw him
Time stopped
Like they say

I knew right then and there
That he was the man I'll one day marry
Even though I'm afraid of commitment

I was stuck in the darkness for so long
And he was the light
At the end of the tunnell

I've never had someone
Who has ever looked at me as
Something special
But he does

I don't know why though

He's beyond me
He's better than me
He deserves this whole world

I guess what I'm trying to say is
That I'm 17 years old
And I found the love I've dreamed of
For all my life
And now I have it
In the palm of my hands
I could never be more thankful

God gave me an angel
Who saved me from myself

I've never looked a man in the eyes
And said "I love you"
And meant it

But with every fiber of my being

I ******* love this boy
More than anything in this whole ******* world

And if I'm lucky enough

Ill get to keep him forever
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