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Mar 2015 Elizabeth Lawrence

distance

Mar 2015 Elizabeth Lawrence

rantipole

distance

I could hang myself
from the distance
between us.
can't you see
the rope burn
on my neck?
can't you hear
my desperation?

maybe it's not
the strangulation
I'm afraid of,
but instead
the idea
of breathing
without you.

#desperate #scared #you #distance #breathing #hang

Feb 2015 Elizabeth Lawrence

Mirror, Mirror..

Feb 2015 Elizabeth Lawrence

FallenAngel93

Mirror, Mirror..

Mirror, Mirror, on my wall,
I just want to be thin, pretty, and tall.

Mirror, Mirror, if I change my hair
Maybe someone will start to care.

Mirror, Mirror, If I starve myself,
at least I'll be beautiful, forget my health.

Mirror, Mirror, If I cut my wrist,
will I feel like I exist.

Mirror, Mirror, Don't you see?
what you show, is ruining me..

Feb 2015 Elizabeth Lawrence

When I Die (Haiku #4)

Feb 2015 Elizabeth Lawrence

Analise Quinn

When I Die (Haiku #4)

I hope they find me
Surrounded by poems that
Are yet unfinished.

#haiku #death #poems #unfinished

Feb 2015 Elizabeth Lawrence

***

Feb 2015 Elizabeth Lawrence

Ruzica Matic

***

You were my professor
and I was your flighty student
and you could never teach me to
think before I loved

You were always so serious
with your frowns
and your sad grey eyes
and I was a swirl
of dancing skirts
and little white lies

You talked with me
and you walked with me
for many winter-kissed miles
and when I felt you turn away
I tickled your hidden smiles

And I want you to know
you were my first place prize

#love #feelings #life

Feb 2015 Elizabeth Lawrence

Cuts

Feb 2015 Elizabeth Lawrence

Holly

Cuts

Cuts heal,
The memories stay,
Scars fade,
But i'm not okay.

Sep 2014 Elizabeth Lawrence

4 minutes.

Sep 2014 Elizabeth Lawrence

Court

4 minutes.

It's 4:36am
and here I am
Face down on the floor with wet, swollen eyes that won't seem to stay closed.
4:37
the sun will shine in a few hours, but the light can't keep the darkness of my heart away.
4:38
I thought you were an open door to save me
turns out you were an open window for someone else.
4:39
Winter is coming up soon and our pictures are coming down,
but pain isn't a season or a memory. It's here to stay.
4:40
My heart is damaged just like you said I was. I'm saying good bye to the world. Good bye to you.
May my dreams put me 6 feet under tonight.

I hope you're happy. I hope you're happy. I hope you're happy. I hope you're happy. I hope you're happy. I hope you're happy. I hope you're happy. I hope you're happy. I hope yo-

#love #poem #sad #depression #life #pain #death #hurt #thoughts #you