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Cora Lee May 2014
I know we're not sure,
Though I can't help but to think...

What if we went back?
Skip all the bad parts,
And replay the rest.

If we did, I promise
I'll hold your hand,
And tickle your neck.

If we went back?
You'd pick me up when we hug,
And I'd kiss you like this.

If we went back,
Would we fall in love this time?
Would we hurt each other again?

Can we go back?
I would never let you go,
And you would never ask me to.

I want to go back...
Things would be perfect...
You'll see.

Maybe if we went back,
We'd discover we don't need to.
We'd realize that all we want is here.
And now?
This is what I want... I want you.
But how...?
We have other people to deal with too...
Cora Lee May 2014
I missed you so much...
I didn't know it until I didn't have to anymore.

You still confuse me,
And still infuriate me,
But I don't ever remember feeling like this before.

We kiss now.
We touch.
We tell each other we want more...

But we're still just friends...
Right?

Just friends that can't take their eyes of each other.
Just friends that hold on for as long as possible.
Just friends that kiss until the guilt becomes overwhelming.

I want to tell you everything...
Tell you what I want.
I want to be selfish and make you mine.

You say you want that too...
But that it wouldn't hurt if I let you go.
And that you don't want to be honest about your thoughts anymore.

You say you'll never leave me again.
You say you're sorry.
You say I read too much into what you say.

Forgive me for being confused...
Forgive me for wanting to be yours...
Forgive me, David...
Because I never want to lose you again.
I want to mean the world to him, like he means the world to me... is that so wrong?
Cora Lee Feb 2014
The girl is quiet. With dark brown hair laced back with care into a delicate bow, and her eyes focused with an intensity only to be achieved by someone so young, she watches intently as the grain swirls beneath her dainty limbs. She paces in her tiny, chocolate dress, twirling her hands, plastic bracelets clicking to the soft sound of her little feet rustling as they alight on the worn wooden floors. Her lips and toes are silent, but oh, if we could only hear her thoughts.
        The man is still. His many wrinkles long set in his now tired features soften what was. His pale green eyes seem vivid only when compared to the chair he now rests in. His shoulders sag, his face turned to the sky beyond the ceiling. He cannot remember her, his daughter, for she exists only in lost hopes; but he has seen her, once, and his eyes do remember.
        The woman is asleep. Her hair spread across a white pillow long-since gone cold, along with blankets of all shades of green, her favorite color. She thinks of him and him of her, what could have been, and who now lies peacefully surrounded by loving, brown, warm, earth.
        Her eyes remember what her mind may never. Her daughter dances in a scene of sepia.
        I have one green eye and one brown eye. The green eye sees truth, but the brown eye sees so much more.
Wrote this is in Creative Writing class with the last two sentences as the prompt. This is my first abstract piece and it's been something I've wanted to get involved in for a while. Critique and questions welcome of course. I've heard it's not the best reveal...
Cora Lee Feb 2014
Why can't the words just come out?
Already formed, perfect, and true.

You think I'm a liar,
I think you're a hypocrite.

You said, "I'm done with you."
"How could I have said it nicer?"

And your promises?
"Those were just words."

No. I'm done with you.
I'm sick of the games.
What, are we second graders?
You know I don't do silent treatments.

I don't hate you.
I wish things had gone better.
I wish you'd grow up.
I wish you hadn't talked bad about me and ruined my friendships.

How dare you?
I never thought you would treat me like that.
I never thought you could treat anyone like that.
You are not who I thought you were.

So this is my closure.
You won't talk to me.
You won't ever realize you were wrong.
You don't feel sorry for what you did to me.

And that's okay.

I'm fine.
I'm still me.
I'm stronger now.
I've proved you wrong.
I don't need you anymore.
I don't even want you anymore.

I'm more me than ever.
I'm happier than I can ever remember.

And I'm happy for you too.
Cora Lee Sep 2013
A lone gnat, glides to climb easily upwards against the rain, expertly dodging the drops. A tiny spider skitters onto the porch, seeking refuge from the drizzle, is joined by another, also seeking asylum. Another gnat, entombed in a clear prison, escapes it, seconds before it crashes to the earth, spraying in all directions. I'm not usually a fan of spiders, but the two that joined me are quiet enough, I'm glad they found shelter. A third spider, scurrying onto the bottom step, pauses, believing he is safe. He waits there several seconds, before a stray droplet catches him on the rear and sends him up on to the porch in a flurry of black legs. A moth tacks back and forth again the slight breeze, finding a dry corner amidst the leaves of the walnut tree. The splatters tickle my outstretched hands. The cool drops force my eyes to close, though I wish I could truly take it all in.
Just a simple descriptive piece. Critique is welcomed.
Cora Lee Aug 2013
The Dark is my companion. The Dark is easy to be consumed in. Oh, there is a light, but the Dark is soothing, stroking, comforting, albeit with a cold hand.
*And what of the Light?
Cora Lee Mar 2013
You are not here, I am alone.
Cursed to think, to care, to breathe.
Yet I will think about you tomorrow.
Excerpt from "I Am Alone Again"
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