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  Jul 2016 cass
Caitlin Cacciatore
I look at her,
All graceless, shameless beauty,
And I am again
Amazed that us two should
Have come together in the way we did,
Astounded that we swim in the same waters,
Awed that I get to walk in her world,
I, who started from the bottom up;
She, who started at the top, and,
Like Lucifer cast from Heaven,
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Paradise Lost and Losing My Religion
Are sacred to her,
As am I,
But I don’t tell her
About the scars I count like stars
And call by name,
Nor do I mention the blood on her hands,
Mostly her own, mingled with that
Of us unlucky few.

She dances in the sun,
And I wish I could join her,
But fear stills my tongue
And I am silent still;
Silent, and silently suffering,
Tending to her wounds
But never to mine,
And wondering, as always,
When she will flit, fairy-like,
Into the arms
Of someone better than I.
You can find more of my poetry at caitlincacciatore.wordpress.com
cass Jul 2016
Flowers and skinny jeans, and pretty little girl things are what remind me of you
Tiny smiles and docile eyes that are kind of things which remind me of you
Cheeky jokes and happy blood rushing body rumbling laughs are easy to find with you
For you are kind and wonderful, and poweful. You are my very best friend
  Jul 2016 cass
Lex
Sometimes I cry so hard
A thunderstorm erupts in my rib cage
And my hands tremble like beach houses
In the path of a tsunami
But thinking of your eyes
Helps me escort oxygen to my lungs
And hold a paint brush instead
Of strangling the sheets of my bed
As if my tears will create a waterfall
Sweeping me away from you and
My pillowcase is wondering why I haven't screamed into it
In about a month or so
But I found reconcile in how your freckles
Resemble stars in the sky
And I've been trying to tell you
If you need the galaxy rearranged
I will do that
every single time the moon says hello,
I can promise you I can make the sun play hide and seek for as long as you'd like
If it means I can see the creases being created
By your smile again
For M
cass Jul 2016
In a world full of bipolar emotions I want to be polarized toward happiness
  Jul 2016 cass
Leia R
her heart was bursting
at the seams
as her eyes fluttered
with untold dreams

l.r.
and maybe nightmares, too
cass Jul 2016
Here I lay down my cross
My sins at your feet
You cast them aside and hold me
cass Jul 2016
I find comfort in my body
I grew with it since before my beginning
Each heartbeat I grow stronger
Get bigger
Love longer
My body is a comfort
Each freckle
Each scar
Tells of a story
Mine
Loving myself is not vain, it is wonderful.
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