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Elise Jul 2013
Tears are falling from your eyes
but I choose not to wipe them away
and instead I let them stay.

selfish

Alone in your bed
with thoughts of harsh words that she said,
I choose not to listen
because I have fled and have left you astray.

selfish

Your heart, it is aching,
sharp knives, the pain from it's breaking
but I choose to not comfort you
from this trouble you are taking.

selfish

*but I do love you, and that may be the most selfish thing of all
Elise Jul 2013
I miss you so much,
why is it so hard for me,
to just let you be?
I know you are struggling,
and that kills me because
I am being so selfish just to make
you see how much you mean to me.
Oh my god, you are so beautiful and
I guess that is all I have to say,
all I can say because you leave me
speechless, really.
And so for now I will just miss you and hope.
Elise Jul 2013
I am listening to classic rock
thinking of you with every drum beat,
every strum of the guitar,
every note played on the piano.

You are somewhere far away,
probably busy doing something you love,
because that is how you are,
you don't waste your time doing silly things
that aren't important to you.
You take every moment and make it
into a precious memory. You love life
fully and completely. You see the beauty
in the world around you without hesitation.

Your heart is the drum beat.
Your hair, the guitar strings.
Your spine, the piano keys.

*And I want to play them all.
Let me learn your music.
Let me be the maestro.
Let me hear the melodies of your soul.
Elise Jul 2013
I know it's true,
but I keep denying it to myself
because I cannot have you.

These feelings are wrong,
and  everything is backwards,
I just wish this once I would be right.

I think in the end
it will have been worth the fight.
Elise Jul 2013
I fell down the rabbit hole,
curiously searching for the
Queen of Hearts.

The Red Queen,
known for spilling blood
at the neck, ripping people apart.

Not possibly all bad though.
When I got to that land,
I didn't know which way to go.

I came across a silly cat,
who questioned my sanity.
Yes, I want the Red Queen,
are you surprised? You shouldn't be,
everyone knows I'm as crazy as a bat.

He directed me to the hatter,
as the smallest eye could see,
that he was just as crazy as me.

He understood my troubles,
told him the Red Queen had my heart,
let him know that if she did get to my neck,
the act alone would be a work of art.

He showed me the way to her castle,
we walked and walked all day,
when we finally arrived
he was too scared to stay.

I found her in the garden
crying over broken hedge,
her tears fell and I took her hand,
saying 'please back away from the ledge'.

She wanted things to be beautiful,
but no one understood,
so I painted the roses red for her,
just like she knew I would.

Her tears ceased and she looked into my eyes,
she saw my crazy and understood
that I wouldn't tell her any lies.

She loved me from that moment on,
knew I wouldn't leave,
because when I love, I really love,
there's no use stopping me.

Madness runs through us all,
and if you're lucky you will fall
down the rabbit hole and find
the craziest thing of all;
the one that's been waiting,
the one that's got you mad,
the one that'll catch you in the dark,
and there'll no longer be reason to be sad.
Rachel told me to expand...not really an expansion, but this is what I came up with.
Elise Jul 2013
I haven't left the bed yet,
I'm too comfortable for my own good,
so I'll just roll over and turn the pages
of this very good book.
Elise Jul 2013
For about one quarter of a second
I didn't think of you.
Then your name meandered it's
way back into my mind and I smiled
simply at the fact that you exist.
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