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347 · Jul 2013
When lovers drown.
Elise Jul 2013
Just give me one kiss
with those saltwater lips
and I will give you my soul.
You can drag me out to sea,
the water heavy over me,
and watch me gladly drown.
As the water fills my lungs,
I'll look up to the sun,
reminded of your beauty.
The red spots that color my eyes will
be a memory of those lips that
brought me to my gorgeous demise.
345 · Jul 2013
Tomorrow brings courage.
Elise Jul 2013
I have no idea what tomorrow will bring,
but I know that I must tell you how I
feel before it's too late, before you
choose someone else without even
thinking of me in consideration.

I knew this fear had a reason for building
itself back up, I knew my nerves were not
for nothing, so now I must act, I must tell you.

There is no moment like the present, and
I cannot sit back and watch someone else
steal you away again. At least not without
you knowing what you mean to me.

I am scared. I am finally scared as hell.
This better be worth it. I don't want to
find the pain again. I don't want my
soul to escape me.
342 · Jun 2013
Mistaken
Elise Jun 2013
Warmth and light rushes
through me. I think you are near.
It is but the sun.
342 · Jul 2013
She's just a little crazy.
Elise Jul 2013
I know this girl
who likes to open up the chests
of other girls, straight or not,
and stick her hands inside
the cavity where the heart is located.
She then proceeds to play with said heart
while it beat beat beats
like a drum drum drum.
She just wants to see what kind of music
she can make. Little harm done.
341 · Jul 2013
No spare change here.
Elise Jul 2013
And so she
was in love with someone
else

who did not
care half as much as i did,
but

there was
nothing I could do to change
that.
340 · Aug 2013
Proof of Passion
Elise Aug 2013
Through the fights,
and the rage,
and the love,
on each page
of our book,
when you give me that look,
the one that says it all,
it proves our passion,
who could resist,
just never give me that very last kiss,
your lips would be mine to forever miss.

What love is worth the time,
if there is no fight?
340 · Sep 2013
Stay warm.
Elise Sep 2013
It's cold,
the blankets aren't enough.
You stir, your hand strokes
my arm.
Chills run through me,
I take you in my arms;
no intention of letting go.
334 · Jul 2013
Besas
Elise Jul 2013
I wish I could tell her without
******* everything up,
without her thinking that I don't care,
without her thinking I will just toss her aside
if she doesn't feel the same way as I.

I wish I could tell her because
I would give her the world,
I would give her the flowers,
and the trees,
and the birds,
and the bees.

Besas.
I would give her those too.
But ****, I can't tell her and
I don't know what to do.
Elise Jul 2013
I am completely in love
and I cannot get myself out of love.

It is like I am swimming in a pool of Jell-O,
floating, no effort,
but stuck, never moving,
forever and ever and ever.
326 · Sep 2013
Too little, too late.
Elise Sep 2013
The coffin closes
on memories
left from lovers
words unsaid.
10w
Elise Jun 2013
soft* breathing, warm touch,
quiet laughter, slow caress,
gentle lips. Always.
324 · Sep 2013
Poetic blood.
Elise Sep 2013
I wish I could write forever,
I wish my thoughts
          never stopped thinking in rhymes,
          never stopped counting syllables,
          never stopped making metaphors.
I want to be the poem,
I want to be the art.
Elise Jun 2013
I am the saddest
little petal there ever
was. No pigment left.
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.
322 · Sep 2013
Flames.
Elise Sep 2013
My love burns
like the letters
I've taken a
match to, the
ones I wrote to
you but couldn't
send, the love
masked with
friendship, my
love burns hot.
321 · Jul 2013
A lover to leave.
Elise Jul 2013
Now I know
I am not the only one
waiting for my current interest's lover to leave.
320 · Sep 2013
Tears.
Elise Sep 2013
Your eyes scream 'help me'
so I come to you.
10w
316 · Jul 2013
I will try.
Elise Jul 2013
My heart aches at the thought
of you being missing for the next
few days. Should I let you know I'm
here for you? You know that I am but
I know you won't act on it. You would
rather suffer alone than allow someone to help,
for fear that you are bothering them, burdening
them. How could you ever be a burden, silly girl?
I already miss you and it has been one day. One
small day. But I know I have these pains because
you are alone in your head and your thoughts run
ceaselessly. I will try not to worry, but I know it won't
take me very long to fail. But for you, I will try.
Elise Sep 2013
Soul
            like
       the                                        

  u          
  n
                   i
  v    

          e
  r            
           s
  e

within              
                       you

every

star                                          
          forms

                                                                                       Constellations.
10w
314 · Jun 2013
Hunger.
Elise Jun 2013
I give you my heart.
Here, take it. Rip it from it's
seams. Teach me to bleed.

If that's not enough,
sink your fingers deep within
pull apart sinews.

Are you satisfied?
No? Me neither. I want more.
I'm not yet hollow.

Drain this blood; warm, red,
from these small veins. Leave me cold.
For you, my soul, dear.
for you, everything.
312 · Aug 2013
Find you, do you.
Elise Aug 2013
I lost you,
just like that,
in my life one day,
out the next.

I'll let you walk away,
if that's what you think will make you happy,
you can keep my love,
I don't want it back,
I gave it to you,
hold onto it real tight
when you realize what you lost
and memories are no longer black.

My words were sincere,
my heart's intentions were clear,
you couldn't face yourself,
you're so full of fear.

I hope one day,
you can face what's true,
but not too late,
you need to be you.
312 · Jun 2013
My petal. (Haiku break)
Elise Jun 2013
Your heart is as cold
As the soil I planted this seed in
But, as the seed grows into a flower,
So will your love.
The ground will become soft,
Your heart less hard.
With each,
Beauty will show.
311 · Nov 2013
release
Elise Nov 2013
death would erase all the pain from my face
that is hidden under a mask by day
and revealed  in the mirror at night when i cry
311 · Sep 2013
Pieces.
Elise Sep 2013
I missed saying your
      name to you,
I missed how you say mine,
      always with such
            certainty,
you always take your time.

I missed the way you talk
      to me, your words,
they make me blind, so
      completely sure of
             yourself,
my darkness turns to light,
       now that you're back
             in my life.
306 · Jul 2013
Letters.
Elise Jul 2013
I could write you day after day,
week after week,
month after month,
but nothing compares to the scent
of your skin when I am holding you
in my arms,
and a tiny envelope with words written
in my handwriting,
addressed to your house,
with your name scrolled on the top,
will never be enough for me,
because that is only a smile from your lips,
that touches your eyes,
and though I may send these letters to
you for that sole purpose,
I still do not get to see it happen,
and you are still not wrapped up in my arms.
303 · Jul 2013
Same old, same old.
Elise Jul 2013
Like always,
I think it's all in my head.
Why would this time be
any different than the others?
301 · Jun 2013
Melodies.
Elise Jun 2013
My ears are bleeding
in the best way possible.
My soul is flying.
299 · Sep 2013
coming home.
Elise Sep 2013
You've given me life,
you came back. Two moons from now
you'll be in my arms.
going to stick with haikus for a while...i don't know what's been going on with my poems lately but i'm not feeling it.
298 · Jun 2013
Truly Certain.
Elise Jun 2013
You truly loved me
Everyone knew it was true
You can't deny it.

I knew it when you
Said my name. You knew it too.
You stopped saying it.

I knew it when you
Held my hand. You knew it too.
You let go of it.

I knew it when you
Pulled me close. You knew it too.
You pushed me away.

I knew it when you
Kissed me twice. You knew it too.
'It never happened.'

You were afraid, love.
I would have kept you safe, love.
You were all mine, love.

You truly loved me.
I truly love you. My heart
Is yours forever.
Elise Jun 2013
Fame? Who cares? Not me.
Fate? Maybe. Luck? No. But you,
You are wonderful.
Elise Oct 2013
I want to go home
but today home walked away.
10w
294 · Feb 2014
Little Blue.
Elise Feb 2014
He's staring at me with his little black eyes,
trying to see all that he can see.
Why can't we live in the same place,
you've given me love,
you've given me shelter,
you've fed me well,
why can't we be together?
Why am I blue when you are white,
you look like my mother her eyes were cold as ice.
Her eyes were cold as ice, but inside she had melted,
her warmth left me filled with hope when we were forcibly parted.
It is dark in this room but we sit and we stare we see each other,
looks don't matter,
so why can't we be together?

I reply to those eyes, "you and me, Little Blue, you and me forever."
294 · Oct 2013
Home.
Elise Oct 2013
Wrap your arms around me,
fill my body with warmth.
10w
294 · Sep 2013
Z
Elise Sep 2013
Z
Galaxies float above me while
I dream of other lives.
10w
293 · Jun 2013
On Beauty
Elise Jun 2013
appearances don't
mean a thing when your soul is
burning me like *fire
293 · Jul 2013
Just to be with you.
Elise Jul 2013
I want to write the world,
I want to sing the sea,
you could be a part of me.

I want to rhyme the night,
I want to kiss the sun,
you could be my only one.

I want to do all of these things because
I want to show you
what I'd do just to be with you.
292 · Oct 2013
Come home.
Elise Oct 2013
The light is still on
so where are you now?
10w
290 · Jul 2013
And then she fell fast.
Elise Jul 2013
And so tonight
of all nights I wish
I could sleep
because I know
that my dreams
would be happy dreams.

But I cannot sleep
because you have left
me with a fluttering
heart and the biggest
smile. You waited for
my reply to you,
and then you fell fast.
Elise Sep 2013
slender fingers run
down the length of my long spine.
i wake, a nightmare.
Elise Jun 2013
I am missing you.
Even when I am speaking
with you I miss you.
286 · Sep 2013
Tears on my pillow.
Elise Sep 2013
left alone for good,
I'll cry myself to sleep now,
you've left me hopeless.
285 · Sep 2013
Not yet lost.
Elise Sep 2013
May the beauty of the Earth
remain in my eyes.
10w
284 · Jul 2013
Lovers or friends.
Elise Jul 2013
Honestly,
this feeling is so overwhelming.
I can do nothing to make this ache subside.
There is a hollow feeling within these bones,
and I know the only way to make it go is to be close to you.
We both know that is not possible, as you see me as a friend and I see you as a lover.
283 · Jun 2013
Salt in my Wounds
Elise Jun 2013
They say saltwater
heals, but then why do my eyes
burn at your absence?
282 · Sep 2013
Am I Breathing?
Elise Sep 2013
My bones shift under
your heavy gaze;
my heart stops.
10w
282 · Sep 2013
you are the stars.
Elise Sep 2013
i cannot see the stars in the city,
and it reminds me that like the stars,
you are also gone.
Elise Jun 2013
Gentle as the breeze,
thoughts of you run endlessly
through this troubled mind.
281 · Jul 2013
And so now I am in love.
Elise Jul 2013
She called me crazy.
Just like Alice.

we are all mad here

She is too.
Together we are mad.
Mad about me.
Mad about you.
Elise Jul 2013
I am not quite sure
if my words reached your head,
as your hair is a mess of long, brown tangles.

I am not quite sure
if my worries reached your heart,
as your muscles are strong, protecting it.

I am not quite sure
if my love reached your soul,
as your warm eyes are fixated on another.

I am quite sure
your listening ears heard my voice,
as you kindly replied through closed teeth and biased tongue.
280 · Jul 2013
Slowly falling.
Elise Jul 2013
My eyes are heavy,
my breath is weak,
heartbeat slow,
slowly falling.
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