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Aug 2016 · 553
Untitled
Elise Brown Aug 2016
And I'm back
Stuck in this cycle

Why are we expected to live this way?
Stuck in this stifling house of hot air
Suffocating air pushing our feelings down

What if we open a window?
Letting out that air, letting it rush out and fill the sky
That would be the worst, would it not?

If you feel the love and support of a women, feel that warm summer air...
You might catch on fire, you might yourself be suffocated.

So go on, push it back on us, push us into the fire, mold us to be what is most convenient for you.
Aug 2016 · 542
please, just free me
Elise Brown Aug 2016
I'm trying my best to let you go.
Why do you stay in my head?

I beg, I insist,
I have to give him a chance...

He is too good for the broken girl you left behind,
But still I want him.

I want what he represents,
A new beginning.

I want to be healed by this good man,
Have him erase the damage you've done.
Aug 2016 · 385
All that matters
Elise Brown Aug 2016
I float between these two realms
Am I waiting today?
Am I doing today?

Whether I sit around
Or decide to take action
The mockery, the backlash
It's always just around the corner

I try to take control, make things happen
And it is why can't you just chill?

I try to be patient, step back and let destiny do its thing
And it is you can't expect something to happen when you do nothing

No matter what I do
I can't be the perfect middle you want me to be
Well guess what?

TODAY is the day I fight back
TODAY is the day that I refuse to back down
I will continue to be who I am
Because I am enough
Because who I am is powerful
And loving, and crazy, and just perfect

*For me
Jul 2016 · 597
I miss...
Elise Brown Jul 2016
The way you used to talk to me
The way you used to call me beautiful, say good-morning every day

There was so much promise, so much hope

How was it taken away from me so fast?

I try to be calm and subtle
But how can I do that when all that was promised is a lie?

I yearn for what used to be
Before we touched
Before we fought
Before you pushed me away

Help me understand
Help me heal
Help me move on
**Tell me what went wrong
Jul 2016 · 293
Don't you get it?
Elise Brown Jul 2016
I don't love you.
It isn't that.
I just hope
And yearn
And crave
To be noticed,
To be touched.

I want that validation,
Can't you afford me even that?
Apr 2016 · 310
The storm
Elise Brown Apr 2016
It was such a whirlwind.
You came in
Made me feel
Made me hope
Made me crave

Then you're gone.
The storm of your presence has passed.

But it is still muddy.
I am still left to pick up.
I am still left to wipe off my boots.
I am still left to try to carry on,
When everything is dripping with a reminder of you.
Apr 2016 · 390
The emptiness of feeling
Elise Brown Apr 2016
Do I feel anything?

I feel you slipping away.
I feel the hole you left.
But do I actually care?
It feels like a dream.

Only tomorrow will show what is real.

I pray to the moons and the stars that you will become a fleeting memory.

I pray you slip out of my life unnoticed;
Just like you let me fall out of yours.
Mar 2016 · 734
Untitled
Elise Brown Mar 2016
Don't speak
We are silenced
We are shutdown
We are *crazy


Why?

Is it so impossible?
Is power really unattainable?
Is a voice that repulsive?

The rules aren't the same
Expression must be stifled
Love must be dimmed

Our thoughts, our hopes, our wants
They just aren't valid

**Are they?
Mar 2016 · 373
The Float
Elise Brown Mar 2016
Drowning?
Not a chance
Swimming?*
Not even close

I’m trying, can’t you see
Barely above the surface
Minimal effort
Maximum exertion
Holding on,
Letting go,

I’m just... *floating

— The End —