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 Sep 2015 Crooked Youth
Tommy
Do you burn for me
Do you cry and do you pine
Do you dream of calling my name
Do you dream of me calling you mine

Do you dream of my kisses in the morning
Do you long for my warmth in the night
Do you know the pace of my heartbeat
Or the glint of my eyes in the light

Do you know my deepest fears and secrets
Do you know what I dream in the day
Do you know the workings of my brain
What was that I heard you just say?

Call me your baby girl
I’ll give it straight up
Take me home with you tonight
I only want your love.
ironic, in case anyone needed confirmation
crumpled on the floor

finally, you're out the door

could it be,

I finally gave you what for?
******* ******* ******* *******.
growing up with a concrete exterior

stern eyes and pursed lips

you are nothing

but a walking message in a bottle

that nobody would dare to open.

that's the thing about resilience

it never really does you any favours.
there is a legend that says if you fold a thousand paper cranes and make a wish, it will come true.

I could fold ten thousand paper cranes and make ten tiny wishes and not one of them could cure you

I see your bones, your sunken eyes, your thinning hair

and it makes me so ******* sick that I have my health, my happiness and my life ahead of me.

you're terminally ill and I'm terminally guilty.

so although there is no hope

I will fold paper cranes and make paper wishes

because sometimes we all need something to hold onto
clenched fists

eyes rolled back, tousled mane

face red from Master's slaps

gentle violence

*good girl.
here we go again...
 Sep 2015 Crooked Youth
Graff1980
Hair greying sharp bark saying he’s in pain
Milky eyes hardly have any sight left
I lift him up the stairs and back into the house
My hand slips just a bit rubbing a sore spot
A gentle nip reminds me not to touch it
Then comes the apologetic course tongue lick

Soft soothing words whisper a token of my spoken
And unbroken affection
The end is near and I can hear the congestion
Breathing more labored so I pet him gently
Making sure that he can hear and see me
Comforting him until he finds oblivion
Anxiety is preparing yourself to say "here" when the teacher does attendance.
Anxiety is shaking so bad you can barely keep food on a spoon.
Anxiety is being so quiet that even your mind stops for a second.
Anxiety is never texting first because you feel needy.
Anxiety is not being able to walk up to the teacher to hand in a paper.
Anxiety is always sitting in the back of the class so you don't feel eyes know you.
Anxiety is being afraid. All the time. Afraid to love, to smile,  or even to say hello.
Anxiety is only having a few friends because it's hard to talk to people you don't know.
Anxiety is wanting to talk to the cute boy who sits across from you, but you're afraid of him knowing the real you.
Anxiety is finally saying hello

20 times in your head
"I would rather die of passion than of boredom."
-Vincent Van Gogh
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