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 Jan 2015 Devon Webb
Rianna
My feelings
are changing.

I feel renewed and
f r e s h
like the blossoms
on a cherry tree,
or the fresh smell of growing grass
peeking through the melting snow.
When the rain comes,
dance with me.
Then take my hand, sit,
and watch as the rainbow
emerges from the dark clouds.

As the months go by,
we become more comfortable
in the summer heat.
The storms are stronger
but the sun is brighter,
w a r m e r.
And I want to spend every night
cozy by a fire with you.
No responsibilities or cares,
just sharing the humid air
and closing the space between us.

Then the color comes
and washes away the green
with beautiful hues of red and orange
and everything is dying beautifully.
But darling,
not you and I.
The nights are colder,
c r i s p e r.
Somehow, everything seems more fragile,
and I think you feel it too
as you press your icy,
October evening lips
gently onto mine.

Now,
the frosty chill of winter is upon us
and I am wrapping myself up in you.
So warm and
c o m f o r t a b l e,
like my favorite sweater.
Feeling your warm breath
on my neck
and your hands
on my hips.
If only this perfect moment,
our beautiful, ever-changing moment,
could last forever.

The spring will come again,
but for now
I only need you
to make me feel new.
 Jan 2015 Devon Webb
Rianna
It's amazing how
a simple tune,
a melody,
can carry so many memories.

Even after all these years,
I heard Our Song
and my heart started to race,
the same way it did when you would look at me
or call me "dear"...

And even though we're distant now,
it's like I can still feel
the touch of your skin,
soft and warm against mine,
before everything fell apart.

I wish we still talked,
I wish we kept in touch,
I wish I hadn't said the things I did,
But it's gone and in the past.

I have no regrets.
And no matter what,
you'll always have a part of me...

and I'll always remember you.
"I will love you now and forever."
 Jan 2015 Devon Webb
Abby Payne
January 20, 2014; 8:00 p.m.
I still remember this moment like it just happened.
I till feel all the emotions that i felt.
I was the happiest person in the world.
Only if i knew what was to come, I could've saved myself from all the pain.
Only if i knew that after tomorrow i'd lose everything i ever cared about.
Yes, everything is gone now.
But yet, it is all my fault.
If only i would've stopped him from hurting himself over me that next day.
I don't know if i can ever fix anything i did wrong.
I don't even know half the stuff i did wrong.
Its been six months.
There's so many questions left unanswered.
Why I still love him.
Why i still care. Why I;m still trying after all this time.
Why i cant let it go.
 Jan 2015 Devon Webb
Abby Payne
Not a word has gone by, not the sound of a person's breath; nor a the sons of their heart beat. Silence is what I'm afraid of; but yet, it's gives me solitude. I guess that means there are different kinds of quietness.  What I'm afraid of the most is when it will be silent forever. When I well never be able to hear the sweet sounds of their voice, witness the words they say. Not even watch the beautiful mess I just happened to fall in love with. Silence is what I'm scared of, not that I might lose them forever; I can handle that. But I cannot stand listening to the nothingness that has has been bestowed upon me. Silence is the death that is soon to come to me.
 Jan 2015 Devon Webb
Abby Payne
On what seemed like the happiest day of all,
Turned into the day that I will start to fall.
So on that one beautifully horrid Christmas eve,
you turned and took your leave.
But There was something I could not tell you.
with you gone, my thoughts, my happiness will begin to subdue.
you see,
there are monsters that live deep inside of me.
with them growing stronger by my pain and fear,
they will start to tear me apart beginning with a single tear.
My monsters feed on my despair, but run in fear when I find a smile rising across my face.
You gave me happiness, something to think about instead of the monsters filling my mind.
You gave me hope; something that I needed to find.
Unfortunately nothing lasts for long,
but your happiness is more dear to me than my own.
Win the war that you're fighting.
If you ever see me later in life,
remember me as I was in your memories.
not the way you should see me.
For I may not know what I will be.
With you in my life coming coming to an end,
Let the fear and darkness start to ascend.
 Jan 2015 Devon Webb
Abby Payne
I've shed a sea of salty tears that flood the world. And not even the fish survived.
 Jan 2015 Devon Webb
Cate
Retrieval
 Jan 2015 Devon Webb
Cate
She’s discretely picking herself up
yet again.
her toothbrush is in the front pocket
of her ripping knapsack
her necklace
refastened around her neck.

he’s still holding on to
her vintage
beach rock CD.

someone will always walk away
with something that wasn’t theirs.

the look in her eyes
when she was trying to drive,
was exhausted by the streetlights
and repressed remnants of
secretly sought after destruction.

she and her passenger
were separated
though verbalized indignation
seeped into
timid toleration.

he’s god knows where
touching who know who
it took three whole days
to move on.

She’s not strong
she just knew he was wrong
and lost in a throng
of undesirables

left overs in Styrofoam cases
with their names carved out
are shoved to the back of the fridge
silent and molding
like unspoken words
hanging their mouths.

it’s the mid-afternoon
and he couldn’t be bothered to wake up
before two.

she slipped out of his grasp
and dangled off the porch
in an overcast lavender blue.

back inside
the wood floor gives way
to her moon beam knees
and she loses perception
in the imperfections
of her dreams
and realities.


c.m.
7.15.14
 Jan 2015 Devon Webb
Cate
Post Haste
 Jan 2015 Devon Webb
Cate
To the crushing of bones
when you implode;
my stubborn skull
was no match for the concrete.

I flew face first-
now I am ground into dirt,
or the dirt is ground into me
wherever I’m bleeding.


I can’t clean these wounds sober.
this girl?
you won't know her.

my jaw is popping-
is there any chance of that stopping soon?
The moon is closing in on the sun,
threatening to collide
and I've grown wearing of hiding in the night.
I'd just like some
medical attention.

My knees,
my knees...
I forgot to mention they're all ******;
I don't have the money to call off
for a few days.

can I sleep on my face?
my pain is evidence of my shame-
these wounds just my physical disgrace.

I'll regain coherency
at a quarter till three
with a swollen, puffy face
and vinegar in my veins.

just add it to the list
of blundering strains
maybe some time in the future
I’ll be able to worry about it again.

it never ends.

my new lamp, shattered
my clean sheets
dirtied and tattered.

my left ear is buzzing-
everything has gone fuzzy
and my head is numb and
throbbing.

maybe I’ll sleep well tonight,
and my nightmares will find me
without any fight left
in my dried out bones
and pseudo studio home.

c.m.
draft/original: 8.5.14
posted: 1.7.15
revision/edit: 1.8.15
written in the late summer as an ode to my destructive behavior and my continual crashes that never seemed to stop because I would keep getting back on my bike and my board. Thankfully I have slowed down now that there is snow but the pain still remains at times.
 Jan 2015 Devon Webb
Cate
Lost Time
 Jan 2015 Devon Webb
Cate
Let the wind take me like smoke
And every other over used metaphor
You’re a bore
No I am
I don’t know where I stand
Where we stand
We used to hold hands
Not anymore.
I’m in the bathroom hiding
Biding our time
Lets rewind
You’re always on my mind
Its inevitable that I’ll fall into my old ways
I’ll start littering again
And slithering around with suburban ****.
I haven’t become anything.
I’m just coming undone.
C.m.

8.3.14
I really honestly love this particular one. It's also from conspire--inspire.tumblr.com but it just holds so true to so many interactions I have had with people that eventually and inevitably end. This causes me to dramatically and cynically wonder if anything, including myself, will ever change.
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