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Elizabeth Thorn Dec 2013
Life, however normal
It always has it's times
Where no one can console us
As our memories unwind

At times it's something simple
Like a phrase or a name
And with it comes emotion
Knowing you haven't been the same

That time is in the past
No use in sparing thought
As soon as you've accepted it
Will you receive the peace you sought

Sometimes it's not so simple
To turn away the memories that call
With this we stand alone
Sometimes we lose it all

In the end they are but memories
Just a replay in our head
Pleasant or unpleasant
Some we simply wish dead

The triggers of this world
All rushing by so fast
Thus proving to all
That nothing comes to last
Elizabeth Thorn Dec 2013
What happened to my wonderland?
My world of truth turned lies
What happened to the happiness?
My world composed of skies

A world once so peaceful
A sanctuary of my mind
A world now made of storms
Perhaps I've just gone blind

And now I'm left alone
All my wonders now have gone
Say goodbye to wonderland
The final hand has been drawn
Elizabeth Thorn Dec 2013
I've never been intent on a destination
I've only ever dreamt of freedom  
I've always seen the world that lay outside as a path
A path I'm caged from taking
The means of travel mean little
When faced with a world of excitement
I can't say much on a world I've hardly been in
An adventurer lives inside me, reaching for the stars
I have a sense of wanderlust
And one day
I'll let it take me
Elizabeth Thorn Dec 2013
I don't belong here
I'm out of place
Chasing after fireflies
In this lifeless race

This world is a sickness
And it's sinking in
I'm infected to my soul
An illness beneath my skin

I'm searching for a cure
Some form of solution
The means of clarity
The means of resolution

This world infected me
Only one thing is sure
I've found a way to stop the beating
I've found my perfect solution, a cure
Elizabeth Thorn Dec 2013
No one will ever replace your company
No one will ever replace who you were
I still don't think my heart began again
I still don't think my sanity could ever stir

They drag me from my solitude
Force my limbs to function
They pretend somehow I can go on
While my body continues deconstruction

They don't understand
I was pushed too far
Mourning burns from within
My lungs coated thick with tar

This isn't living
No matter how I try
Leave me to my solitude
Leave me to die
Elizabeth Thorn Dec 2013
I'm afraid again
I'm alone again
I'm trying again
To have a voice
To speak up
To show someone this pain

Here it comes
This is the part
This is where you pass me off
Just a child
Just a kid
Knowing nothing of pain
Don't be silly
You aren't really hurting
You aren't really dead

It's not a real pulse
My heart stopped
Long ago
Do I not look dead?
Of course not
You aren't even looking

I'd do anything to breathe again
I'd give anything to feel anything but this
Anything but pain
Maybe, just maybe
If I carve in the heart lines
Deep enough
My heart will start again
Elizabeth Thorn Dec 2013
I am less than my aspirations
I am more than my expectations
I am worth less than my possessions
I am worth more than my confessions

I have survived
Only because I have died
I have found meaning
I am left forever sleeping

I am no longer
I am not stronger

The biggest lie I have harbored
Was pretending to know myself
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