Caroline K: Favorites

Jul 2013 Caroline K

Flowers

Jul 2013 Caroline K

ella maria

Flowers

It's so easy to hang your head in shame,
To apologise without sincerity.
It's so easy to wither and crumple,
To let self loathing eat away at you like blight.
It's so easy to allow yourself to become nothing; something temporary.

Simplicity is a requirement,
we avoid all which attracts anarchy within us.
We do not anticipate accidents, we do not anticipate
those who clamber into our lives and shine
with individuality and complexion -
we fear those who possess difference.
It reminds us of what we lack,
or of what we are too afraid to expose to others.

And I fell in love with a rose, when I am merely a dandelion.
I write poems only to destroy them immediately;
endless words dedicated to people who will never dedicate a single thing to me.

I wither, I crumple.
I chose simplicity.

Jul 2013 Caroline K

inhale, exhale

Jul 2013 Caroline K

Courtney Snodgrass

inhale, exhale

My chest rises and
Falls in a matching rhythm,
Syncing along yours.

haiku

Jun 2013 Caroline K

Scar

Jun 2013 Caroline K

CAM

Scar

The urgency to escape,
The agony of the pain.
My eyes tired, worn out and sore,
From the countless tears I cried.

I looked around desperately,
Grabbing the only thing in sight.
Tears crawling down my face,
Deeper. Deeper. Deeper.
Redness trickled,
Stinging sensations burst.

I glare into the mirror,
Scowling at my reflection.
My eyes drawing towards the deep scar,
That seems eternally engraved into my arm.

Jun 2013 Caroline K

Mane

Jun 2013 Caroline K

JM

Mane

Stone washed denim sky,
Tree limbs bathed in emerald,
Birds whistle, dogs bark.

Jun 2013 Caroline K

How to Feel

Jun 2013 Caroline K

Mackenzie Vieth

How to Feel

Of course the truth hurt, but it is your lies that killed.
Honestly, honesty is a cup that you'll never have filled.
Since you're apparently incapable, I'll be the one who is real:
The colder than steel glances we share cut deeper than the one-sided feelings I still conceal.

Just let me teach you how to feel,
this time it'll be the right way, it'll be real.
Not with hands, but with your heart-
Eyes on me, I have this down to an art.

I think I just needed time heal,
my pride was hurt, the floodgates opened, you broke the seal.
I'm coping now, I'm over it, but let's make a deal-
You stop breaking hearts, if I teach you how to feel.

Just let me teach you how to feel,
this time it'll be the right way, it'll be real.
Not with hands, but with your heart-
Eyes on me, I have this down to an art.

I know exactly how to feel, the right way, it's real.
I've cared too little and way too much, so trust me- I know the drill.
I've loved, I've lost, wanted to help you live, wanted to ****-
But now all I want to do for you is teach you how to feel when things are real.
So tell me, darling, do you really know how it feels?

Jun 2013 Caroline K

Babylove♡

Jun 2013 Caroline K

M

Babylove♡

Lay weak in the emerald plains.
With your shadow blind sight and blend with every breeze.
Weightless and without worry your soul sways to break expectation.
As a pure parcel of the world, glow.
Glow and the world will watch you, Beautiful.
You are my dream in which I wake.
My infinite soul, in this infinite universe.
I miss you like the waves miss the sea.