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 Oct 2015
Lily
Whenever
I get lonely
It's either of this two:
words claw out of my mind
and into
the tip of my pen
Or me climbing inside it
burying all my sadness within
I don't know which is which



Leigh Herondale      
*August 2015
 Oct 2015
Lily
I thought we could have it all
That we'd soar high and never fall
Thought we'd have the world on our hands
And free to do the things we want
Actually believed the end won't come
That we would stay forever young
Then it dawned on me
Every color fades
Every new things age
Peter Pan is not real.



© Leigh Herondale  *July 2015
 Oct 2015
Lily
Last night
I told God
That I don't want it anymore
I gave Him permission
To take me away for good
But he didn't
And now I don't know
What to do with my life.
 Oct 2015
Lily
I'm sad.
A little sadder
than I think
A lot more
than you know.
I don't cut
Coz i'm afraid.
But that doesn't mean
I don't wish to die.
I wish to die
I do all the time
But that doesn't mean
I'm not afraid.



Leigh Herondale  *August 2015
I am young and I hate the world but i'm afraid to die.
 Oct 2015
Gwen Johnson
Why do you live knowing you'll die?
I pondered this for a while
because it doesn't come that often
that I am struck with a question
finally I had a question as an answer
why do you smile knowing you'll cry?  
I was proud for coming up with an answer
when I heard the new question come up
why do you cry when you can smile?
And then again I was left struck
for in my head that never came up
question after question left unanswered
only pondered and pondered again
why do you live knowing you'll die?
 Oct 2015
Mayah Seals
Eyes always full of tears,
And I never know why.
 Oct 2015
Walter W Hoelbling
from the crevices of thought
have grown naked ribs of rocks
shaping into mountain cliffs
on whose peaks thick clouds are wrought

there I stand  shivering
   on drizzling heights
strain mine eyes to find some lights
so I see
     and not miss
steps that lead from the abyss

                  * *
 Oct 2015
Walter W Hoelbling
the darkness of the mind
has gorges fathoms deep
with asphalt bitterness

tar babies of the soul
abound and toddle clumsily  
around in endless orbs
that neither know their center
nor their course

a ghastly crowd
   of orphans
floating by open doors
   unaware
 Oct 2015
Walter W Hoelbling
as now
   we end

a cold anger
has almost
   killed my kindness

   turned me
   into granite  

lethal insults
hurled with fury
   shatter on my skin
   leave me
   untouched

I have become
quite invulnerable
to human outrage

maybe this is
what I resent
most

* *
 Oct 2015
Sadikshya Tripathi
An unexpected emotion,
start with a moment,
misbalance the body´s condition,
and
leave with a impact
either good or bad.
 Oct 2015
Walter W Hoelbling
shall I not grieve
to miss
your voice
your sight
the glint of mischief
   in a glance
   from half-closed loving eyes
your smile
   that lighted up my life
   more brilliantly than does
   the winter sun on snowy slopes
   outside the train
   taking me at this moment
   through the landscape of my youth
      and recently of our love
   to places where
      however much I'm looking
      for your face
   I know you will not be -

shall I not grieve?
 Oct 2015
jt
No one, not even the trees, or the flowers can then say that there is nothing more beautiful than falling in love, and nothing crueller than having your heart broken. I used to think falling in love was no big deal, it was just exchanging whispers and kisses that didn't really mean anything. The folly of youth, really.

I kind of hate you, for being able to make me fumble with my words so easily around you. I hate how you make my very insides burn with warmth whenever I see you. Is it a blessing or a curse, to be so attached to someone?

As the saying goes, "All good things come to an end." Sure enough, it did. You got tired of me and it was no surprise to me that I woke up to an empty bed and a half-empty closet and a hurriedly scribbled note on the coffee-table saying, "I can't do this anymore." It was scary, how five simple words put together shattered me into fragments so tiny.

But ******* it, I should have known from all those red flags that were so obviously waving in front of my stupid, dumb face. It was so ******* obvious, how you were so much more distant (red flag), how you rolled your eyes and clenched your fists every time I complained about a little thing (red flag), how you never worried about me anymore (red flag), how a scowl found its way onto your face whenever I asked you how I looked (red flag). It wasn't any surprise when I found you gone and far away from me that morning.

It's raining now, and I’m cold and sad without you. I'm staring into blank space, the occasional clap of thunder brings me back to reality for a while, and I drift off again mindlessly. It's horrible, feeling like this. My throat is dry and sore, and it's somewhat like you are my water. Or my light, because I'm blinded and you are (were) everything I see (saw). Come back. I don’t understand. Please, just come back. Please.

This rain gets heavier and harder, and true enough, there is nothing crueller than having your heart broken.
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