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Caroline May 2013
it's a grim thought that changes my whole mindset
i can't find a way to shove the image of your face
out of my mind
i'm frightened that it will soon be gone
out of my grasp

i have nothing to hold onto
slowly sinking under the waves
again
my eyes inch up to the surface
to find the children and friends
laughing and whistling

crimson waves take me further
it slowly seeps from my own body
frozen, i find strange comfort
deeper by the second

how will i escape this once more?
Caroline May 2013
i want to write about you
and how i wish i could unravel your dense mind
make your complicated countenance simple
to yell at you about how i passionately love
how easily your words flow to and through me
and echo when you're gone
how i feel as if you're the only one i have left
and how desperately i wish i could hide you
in my lungs and breath you
so that you couldn't move
and couldn't leave me
alone

i'm pretending i didn't hear you tell me
that you had to leave
Caroline May 2013
soft, pure, precious
i'm losing all of my words
'cause i've spent them all on you
secure, blissful, warm
your smile is electric
the most intoxicating sight
sacred, hidden, enthralling
i can sense you here but
i cannot reach you
Caroline May 2013
your little eyelashes flutter against my chest
i feel you sigh as you wake
your hand curls around my finger

i'd give everything i have to grow up for you
to carry the burden of subjective glances
and the heart-dropping goodbyes
Caroline May 2013
i tried so hard to clean up your mess
but i made it worse
and more confusing
now you want nothing to do with me
who was i kidding?

i can't clean up my own
Caroline May 2013
if you want honesty

i constantly rewind the first time
you hugged me
and how your hands lingered on the small of my back
found their way all the way around
my waist

your smirk still haunts my dreams
i know it was an understanding smirk
as dark as it was
i wanted to curl up and sleep in it
the biggest turn on

sometimes i still wish
you would have drunkenly stumbled
upon my front porch
called me down and gave me a sip
convinced me to be yours
while i tasted your whiskey tongue

i fell in love with your arms
sturdy and strong
i knew they could wield off dangers of any kind
when i miss you the most
i can feel them on me and
my heart
drops

please tempt me again
Caroline May 2013
it's quite sad

they all look and see
innocence, happiness
blissful rhythmic thinking
love and patience

I look and see
scars, stretch marks
nights spent wallowing
absence of self-worth
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