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Sometimes your heart needs to be broken
So you can see what's underneath,
To the flicker and flame of your soul
That you've always been destined to meet.

Sometimes your spirit shines brighter
Through the glimmering light of your tears,
And when you arrive at the end of it all
Love will outshine the darkest of years
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In the bed early
Up before dawn
Wear my hair curly
Get my scrubs on

Drop off the baby
Before she is tardy
No exercise today and
Breakfast was hardy

Get in to the office
And clean my desk
Open an email
Delete the rest

So is the story of
The daily grind
I need an escape
But none I can find

Work everyday and
Still needing more
I'm running away
Watching the door

There must be better
A reason to cope
A way to escape
Therefore I hope...
The night fills the air like a dark summer's cloud
Riding on billows of wind
Screams of anger spoken so loud
That can't be returned again

Hearts break in two like pieces of glass
Shattered and easily torn
With edges that cut with precision and crass
Bleeding and seething in mourn

Walking away you left me to bleed
With tears falling down like rain
Crushing my soul and not taking heed
Of my gripping sorrow and pain
Losing myself in a long, hard gaze
Falling across the vast mellow haze
of fuzzy thoughts and subtle tunes
Dancing towards a cloudy moon

Finally leaping on billows of fluff
It's not too much yet almost enough
singing a whisper of soft, hushed tones
I'm gone, I'm gone, and flying alone

Wandering around a long corridor
Of dreams and wishes longing for more
But reality beckons me back once again
And my thoughts like a vapor are lost in the wind

Come back sweet dreams
It is what it seems
A wish filled with hope
to cope
What once was a smile
Has faded to pain
With wrinkles and lines
And clouds filled with rain

Wishing our lives
had been so much more
Than pain and regret
And walking the floor

Now loneliness fills
every room and hall
With echoes of goodbyes
that shadow the walls

Not looking back
To what once was okay
Now with a focus
Of turning away

We dare not speak
Lest it should finally end
Trying to salvage
What might have been
Jumping and swinging
Rolling about
Laughing and singing
Inside and out

Colors and sparkles
Shiny new shoes
Sugar and sprinkles
Ice cream too!

Snuggles and breath
And sweet little smiles
These are the treasures
In the eyes of a child
She peeked through the blinds into the dark street with only one bright light atop a lamppost outside the window.
The glow  from the lamppost seemed stark white against her white shirt with dark bars across her chest from where the blinds covered the light.
In the dark shadows she waited....
He would be there soon to sweep her away into another world.
She could see the headlights in a distance, it was her escape.
She ran into the night blocking the thought of her precious children.
She wanted more than he gave her and she would return soon.
It was only after she realized the pain they endured. They needed her too.
The void can never be replaced.
What she thought was need was selfish desire paid in full by her children's anguish.
Now regrets are her memories and heartbreak to know that what was taken in darkness can never be returned.
Innocent children had to grow up too soon because mommy and daddy needed more....
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