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May 2015 · 998
stomach ache
collin May 2015
as the years unfold
common sense has told
that if the bread
you hold has mold
on the edge
it should not enter your face
but the trash can instead
but common sense *****
and i want a sandwich
May 2015 · 232
Sun
collin May 2015
Sun
wake up to the german sun
you might say son, it's all the same one
but i'm no dunce, i know the sun
we've had fun, we were friends once
then i moved away from the states
that made me stay the same and changed

now all i see is his brother
who shines a billion different shades
Of homesick
May 2015 · 285
last mistake and testament
collin May 2015
my last mistake
will be to make
the women in my life
carry me in casket
to my grave
so that they can let me down one last time
May 2015 · 275
some kind of fan
collin May 2015
i only want to hear the words you write
i thumb through this mess of mistaken identity
and spilled guts that i truly appreciate so much
but there's a heart i want to explore inside
and you're the only one
May 2015 · 342
serenity
collin May 2015
the window stood open and watching
the curtains danced to the song the late night rain played
your body painted over in constellations
found a hammock in my arms
which give birth to the hands of a musician
they pluck the secrets from your hair
and strum the pain away, serenade
May 2015 · 295
sunset
collin May 2015
and so the sun set
once again on our story
i will patiently wait 'till morning
to hear your final allegory
May 2015 · 193
parenting
collin May 2015
make babies
into daisies
not crazies
May 2015 · 329
to say the least
collin May 2015
someone mistook my
lacoste for axe or old spice
i was offended
i take pride in the way i smell
May 2015 · 1.1k
condolences
collin May 2015
a caricature of compensation
he's a decent gent but spent his rent
on bug repellant and a British accent
they circumvent the scent of malcontent
present tense, presenting the tents
to the residents of the tenements
post trauma
May 2015 · 315
the days we live for
collin May 2015
when each cheddar fry
tastes better than the last
and each song on spotify
reminds you of the past
not the bad parts, the ones that spend a discounted rent to live in your heart
you invite the sunshine
and the cool spring breeze
and they show up hand in hand
with diamonds in their teeth
that's when you'll see
you're okay
May 2015 · 188
procession
collin May 2015
i saw them watching and thought
what a curse
they probably think they thought
of it first
but i've been leading this cavalcade
long before it had a hearse
May 2015 · 225
unproductivity
collin May 2015
i was busy all morning
organizing thoughts
and upon completion
i dropped the box
May 2015 · 204
natural causes
collin May 2015
you died upon that pedestal
because i wouldn't let you down
until you stopped being beautiful
May 2015 · 239
everyway
collin May 2015
you're* the thing i wanted
not the thing i needed
the way your eyes could ****
one day you said you loved me
           but unfortunately,
May 2015 · 142
pzzl
collin May 2015
it would be pointless
to piece this broken canvas
back together now
May 2015 · 169
us who think too much
collin May 2015
people like us
think the same things
the same way
and sometimes
at the same time
it's the nature of being lost
together in different minds

we all share directions
so that one day we might make it back
we don't need your corrections
May 2015 · 346
return to sender
collin May 2015
grasp a balloon by its pendulous string
ride it to the moon, O glorious thing
marooned across that giant rock
draw your own map so you don't get
lost
take a nap
take a coat
it gets cold
when it turns its back on us

there's certain stars
never seen from this angle
who have never seen such an angel
and when your host turns a crescent
cast a line back down
i'll take the bait
so i too can drown
May 2015 · 202
day to day
collin May 2015
it's like stepping out of a warm shower
into a meat locker
May 2015 · 1.6k
chivalry
collin May 2015
under the dress
they daintily caress
lips pressed to chest
my fingers slide
where pleasures hide
and feel your eye
that only sees
your inner thighs
they poke and pry
their way inside
the unknown
you rollover and moan
your backbone bows
fingers and toes
themselves almost broke
you've found your throne
now it's time to take you home
May 2015 · 243
insanity
collin May 2015
the sky rolls it's weary eyes
almost as if to say
he's watched me make the same mistake
day after day
and he's tired of seeing me fail
May 2015 · 274
the crew
collin May 2015
when work calls
and the day's long
it's just me
but when dark falls
it becomes us all
and nothing can keep us down

ten hundred horses can't hold us back
the bayou's worst nightmare couldn't
stop us from throwing a lasso
around the stars
and making this nights ours
collin May 2015
this world consists
of a contradictory prism
people telling people
what they're supposed to be
because that's what they were
told they were supposed to do
but if a person who is told
to tell you who the right you is
tells you how you're supposed to live
neither of those people deserve to be close to you
May 2015 · 488
office
collin May 2015
no matter how much you talk to him
*you'll always be the pam to my jim
May 2015 · 295
imagination
collin May 2015
i watched a documentary today
about the rise
to fame
and fortune
and pride
then the violent drug-induced collapse
into an existential depression and
a shallow grave
family and friends joined along
concerned they all gather around
*you've been staring in this mirror
for hours now, please come down
May 2015 · 520
slow down
collin May 2015
i'm losing it
trying too hard
this beach house
is overcome with waves of praise and solipsistic rage
May 2015 · 220
the irony in loving you
collin May 2015
like a doctor's list of patients
with obsessive compulsive disorder
filed alphabetically over and over and over
May 2015 · 376
bon voyage
collin May 2015
wistfully washed away
i am sanctified in silence
********
*******
*******
May 2015 · 226
range day
collin May 2015
while i lay in bed, watching episodes
of the office for the seventh time
you and him stand in the mountains
firing a high caliber weapon
at silhouette targets that might as well be me
May 2015 · 242
leave me alone
collin May 2015
you hold my attention
for ransom, long after
you've walked away
your laughter lingers
dancing on my fingers
in a way that's so seductive
i forget everything i learned in school
whenever your name is mentioned
if only i was lucky enough
to be cursed with dementia
May 2015 · 317
523AM
collin May 2015
time seems to have become aware
of my awareness
perhaps, it's her insecurities that make
her slow down while i'm watching in awe-inspired wonderment
May 2015 · 349
5AM
collin May 2015
5AM
everything starts to make sense now
as fatigue takes its seat next to delusion
if i can't sleep, no one can
these hallways bang on pots and pans
May 2015 · 417
2AM
collin May 2015
2AM
i am getting angry
with each invisible, wasted second
leaving on an indefinite vacation
May 2015 · 282
lionheartandlost
collin May 2015
oh, how the floor boards creak
they screeched words like
ooooh this place is either haunted or old
and
yeaah you should be startled
but i'm not
i'm brave
i have the heart of a lion
you're my light in this cave
May 2015 · 785
umbrella
collin May 2015
we could call this chapter silhouette
it slips beneath the stairs at night
and in the morning, wakes up abruptly
without warning
without a blanket
without anything
wearing my monday best
she rolls over and whispers
with lips like an anesthetic
*if you don't die
then i might
May 2015 · 157
the storm
collin May 2015
i'm trying so hard to keep up
please believe i am
but the way you move is like lightning
within millionths of a second
striking the ground and caressing
every rain drop on your way down
May 2015 · 314
1AM
collin May 2015
1AM
the ticking has grown to be quite a nuisance
begging the muscles in my arm
to introduce the bones in my hand
to the face of the clock
May 2015 · 214
00:29
collin May 2015
i'm drunk with this now
yet not a single drop has
touched my filthy mouth
May 2015 · 2.6k
windmill
collin May 2015
if i shiver
it's not from the brisk wind
if i twitch
its not from withdrawals
if i flinch
it's not from an abusive step parent
if i stutter
it's not from gynophobia
if i blush
it's not cause i was standing in the sun
May 2015 · 252
body of work
collin May 2015
there's been a terrible accident
it's mangled and unrecognizable
and bleeding out
May 2015 · 354
calculated risk
collin May 2015
you about to smoke your life away?
one cigarette at a time, he replies
well at least, he's thinking rationally
collin May 2015
where asphalt meets paper mache hearts
i'll stand amongst the cattle with a loaded
deck of cards. at the corner of content and 35th
watch me make money off of people who
don't have it and laugh at cabbage patch
kids in their graphic deaths
their parents' massive debts is probably the problem
May 2015 · 273
dendrology
collin May 2015
she was the flame that ignited him
from a sapling to a beautiful oak
but when he grows too close to her
he catches the fire she emits
and they both pass impetuously

he knows this is inevitable
so he waits until autumn
and prays his leaves will escape
from her burning passion
and shape the tale taped to their backs
yeah i don't really like it either
May 2015 · 144
i'm losing hope
collin May 2015
it's a little bit like
waiting for your mom to pick you up
and then you see her car
but it turns out to be someone else with the same car
collin May 2015
i set out to exercise
or exorcise the demons
of the weekend
they were sleeping
they thought they got away with it
what i found in the
earliest hours of the day
was the world glazed
over with golden rays
that say good morning
to the joy and love
and hate hiding in the shade
and scares them all away
as they disperse with the shadows
May 2015 · 231
you are everything
collin May 2015
i want to give you everything
so i sat down
took a deep breath
laid it all out
came to this corny, cliche conclusion
that i would buy you a mirror
May 2015 · 348
preternatural
collin May 2015
i'd rather have one friend who's
entertained
than a hundred friends who are
snoring
ten times out of ten
i'll pick weird over boring
collin May 2015
she hung, crucified if you must
she died and then was brought back to life
they'll call it witchcraft
they'll never believe us
*what if we told them your name was Jesus?
May 2015 · 490
oh captain, my captain
collin May 2015
inhale.
a pale pail
sent through the mail
exhale.
inside written in braille
the crucial details on a sail
and a crudely drawn picture of a whale
they were on sale
we were derailed from the start
but my next tale will not fail
to impale your ailing heart
May 2015 · 205
cap space
collin May 2015
when i tried to make sense
of who's who and what's what
unfortunately, you didn't make the cut
regardless of your cute ****
May 2015 · 211
testimony
collin May 2015
that there is someone out there for everyone
is the greatest lie we choose to believe
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