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358 · Aug 2014
losing the light
Elli Aug 2014
Before:

The world can crash and burn
and everything would still be fine,
because I still have the light that guides me
and warms me to the bones.

After:

The world can go to hell for all I care,
and darkness lives within me
for I am lost;
Sharp cold protrudes my lungs,
and I feel death is beside me.
(still editing)
357 · Aug 2014
Untitled
Elli Aug 2014
you were my eternal bliss,
my sunshine,
my moon,
i would've reached the stars for you
and i thought you would do the same

you were my river
endlessly flowing
my heart beats for you
yet somehow yours didn't beat for me

you are my own destruction
the clouds that covered the sun
and the storm that poured forever;
the stars stopped shining
and i stopped reaching it
because i realize i was standing on a cliff

you are the rock that constricts my river
the one that blocks the blood in my veins
and i have a heart
that already stopped beating
the river was only an illusion
it was simply an arroyo
who never saw the rain
arroyo-(Physical Geography) a steep-sided stream bed that is usually dry except after heavy rain
354 · Apr 2014
out of love
Elli Apr 2014
I love(d) everything about you
every fibre, every detail

I love(d) watching you
whenever you weren't looking
your serious face, or when you
walk ahead of me
the way you walk
and the way you move your shoulders

I love(d) the veins on your hands
as if they're a road map
do they lead to your heart?

I love(d) the way you smile
and your face
too close to mine
and I would say "stop"
but I love(d) staring at those
brown eyes of yours

I love(d) the talks that we have
late at night
when we are both vulnerable
and you'd tell me things
you've never told anyone
and so will I
together, we'll share,
this secret

And from time to time
I'd sneak a look
and your eyes would meet mine
then i'd pretend it was merely a coincidence
silently happy, that you were looking too

I love(d) when I would act silly
and then you would join me
we'd act silly together, and they would wonder
why those 2 kids aren't normal
but we both know
that being normal is boring

and I am sorry
that my walls, which i built
are too high, too thick
and I wanted to let you in
so I'd try
and try
and try
and kick at them

but they're too high, and too thick
for your patience
were wearing thin

I despised myself
for building such walls

and whenever I am near to giving up
I would remember those times
we spent together

so I'd kick at those walls,
even when you're simply just
touching it,
not trying to break it anymore

those happy memories
ah, good times
good times

but then I'd hear my alarm
at 6 in the morning
knowing it was just a dream

and my walls are finally breaking

but something else broke together with it
realizing that dreams, will only be dreams
I feel like im vulnerable by writing a poem like this. (still editing) the title is "out of love" because the person I'm writing for is out of love for me. I'm expecting the worst, thinking that this person will never want to be with me anymore, so there's a (d) at the end, because I am only thinking about the past, and that it will only remain in my dreams.
354 · Aug 2015
who am i
Elli Aug 2015
We are so intertwined
that I can't distinguish where I end
and you begin.
Are your thoughts mine or are my thoughts yours?
I can't even recognize myself anymore.
351 · Dec 2013
Only Friends
Elli Dec 2013
You make me happy
And you make me sad
Because you're too good to be true
But you are anyway
I don't know how you do it
You're perfect for me
And it is not infatuation
Because I see your flaws
But I like(love) you anyway
You're unattainable
It's like reaching for the stars
Because how can someone like you
Fall in love with someone like me
You're the kind of person
Who I don't want to lose
So maybe just friends
Is easier than lovers
And that's why you make me sad
Because all I can ever be to you
Is friends
Even if I want something more
But that is all I deserve
351 · Aug 2013
Emptiness
Elli Aug 2013
I look in the mirror and I see flaws
I see the things that I try to conceal
with make-up, fake smiles, and friends
Yet it never fills up the void
As empty as a dry well
And as deep as the ocean
I can never fill the emptiness within me
So I use pain to find control
Because in this chaotic life
I cannot find what I need nor want
So I resolve to pain and sadness,
But pretend it's alright
Because it's much easier to say I'm okay
than say the reasons why
To someone who won't understand
349 · Nov 2013
A Bittersweet Memory
Elli Nov 2013
I took down your pictures
Off my wall
I burned all the poems
And love letters
From you
I deleted the songs
You wrote for me
Because I made my choice
To leave,
Not because I didn't love you
But because I was tired
From all your lies and pretends
Because I realize
that not everything
that is broken
can be fix,
So now you're just
A bittersweet memory
And nothing more
349 · Sep 2013
"I'm Okay"
Elli Sep 2013
I'm okay
Those words are on repeat
Whenever I *don't
feel okay
And I try to believe it
But in the end,
I realize I'm not
And never will be
346 · Feb 2014
never
Elli Feb 2014
I will never get tired of you
Even when Niagara stops falling
And when the Earth finally swallows all oceans
For I can never forget
Someone as extraordinary as you
hi raymark lol
334 · Oct 2013
Broken
Elli Oct 2013
Every single day I pretend
I don't feel anything
Because that's what you did to me,
You took everything and left me
With only a broken heart
And memories
That also happened to be fake
Was everything an illusion?
Or did I actually meant something to you

Once
I was happy
But now, I don't want to
Because happiness doesn't last
Like you
And forever doesn't mean
Anything anymore
Because you left me unfixable
And miserable

I can pretend
But I'm falling apart
Because at night
Feelings rush back in
Like a storm
And it takes over me

But I'm broken
And that's all I see;
All I know is
I can't paint over broken
334 · Jul 2014
again
Elli Jul 2014
I've been here before
grey and tattered walls
secluded and small
where i stay up all night
playing sad melodies

pray for me dear,
that i may break the surface
pray for me,
even a smile will help

because i'm all alone again
stuck in this place again
no one to go home again
334 · Jun 2015
Untitled
Elli Jun 2015
He stands at your bedroom door while you're at the edge of your bed, staring at him. There are wilted white lilies on top of your bedside drawer. He sits at your bed, not too close to you, but close enough you can feel the heat radiate from his skin. You feel like this distance is too far, you want his skin to clash against yours, his lips at the nape of your neck. The street lights pour from your window, his face illuminated with it. His face looks so innocent, yet deadly because of the light. Red for passion? no. Red for blood. Red for deadly. This is not love. This is destruction and pain. He reaches out for you, and you moved too eagerly. He holds you without care, his nails scratches your back, too deep. You're in too deep. Red for stop. His lips crushes against yours, and he tears off your dress, and he kisses your neck, and you realized that he has your heart in his hands.  You didn't pay attention to details. Red for deadly. You're going crazy and wild, you are empty handed. You finally realized that his ribs are intact while yours is wide open. Red for too late. There's a broken vase with wilted white lilies on the floor, and his lips ******.
white lilies are used for funerals.

(idk what i'm doing with my life and exams are finally done. I'm going to be a university this fall. why)
332 · Dec 2013
Untitled
Elli Dec 2013
Just because the moon
Shines brightly at night
It doesn't mean that
The moon doesn't have
A dark side, casted away
From the shadow of it's craters
323 · Apr 2014
the deadly poet
Elli Apr 2014
beware of her
she can make you feel
and make that ice heart of yours
beat

to her rhymes you will be moved
her words will make you cry
it will make you feel
the pain she felt,
or the love she wanted the world to know

beware of her,
because if you love this deadly poet
she will carry you far and wide
across continents,
and seas

she will sway you away in reality
and bring you to her world

she will let you feel the love she feels for you
and you will drown in it
you will realize that her heart only beats at the sound of your name

you will be hypnotized,
you are now under her spell

but you have to realize
that this deadly poet
is sad inside

no, she cannot tell you exactly why
but let her poem speak to you,
do not force her,
but rather understand her

and if you commit half-heartedly
then leave her,
she doesn't need you

no, she needs a person,
who will be strong for her

someone who will watch her intentsely
the way she does to you
and you need to admire her imperfections
as if she couldn't be more perfect than she already is

leave, if you can't understand this world she lives in
where both reality and fantasy resides

because if you never see the sun when you look into her eyes
while she sees the whole universe within you
then don't fall in love with her
because surely she already loves you
the moment she wrote your name
on a piece of paper accompanied by a rhyme
321 · Aug 2014
Untitled
Elli Aug 2014
I feel like dying,
but that doesn't matter.
I feel nothing,
but that doesn't matter.
I feel unimportant,
but that also doesn't matter.
I go to sleep wishing to never wake up,
but then again, it doesn't matter.

I guess a smile and "i'm fine"
is all that matters.
i don't know. i'll probably delete this later.
320 · May 2014
friend?
Elli May 2014
You said you love me and that you care
I really thought you did
but friends shouldn't make me feel bad
for being sad

You always want me to be happy
but that's unrealistic
because we are sad beings
in this lone universe
isn't that why we always crave to be with people?

I thought I was happy
but I was wrong
I simply forced myself to be
because I know you'd leave again
and you are a drug to me
I simply cannot live without

But you demand so much from me
you crush my bones into dust
and you like to take control of me

In a simple sense,
you have the wheel
and you never let me learn how to drive
and when we reached a wall
you simply jumped off and deserted me
instead of taking a turn
you don't need a friend who makes you feel bad for having a mental illness.

I think that the stigma is much worse than the illness itself.
317 · Jul 2014
nothing lasts forever (10w)
Elli Jul 2014
they asked us what is our relationship,
you answered "nothing"
313 · Mar 2014
the demon
Elli Mar 2014
he was a demon,
considered himself monstrous
of course he is,
even the flowers wilt
when he touches them

he was afraid to touch
the person he loves the most
always kept her apart
even if he wanted to held her

she reminds him of a flower,
so fleeting,
fragile,
wouldn't she crumble
if he touches her?
312 · Aug 2014
the city where i died
Elli Aug 2014
oh darling, darling
bury me with the earth
i grew to love

sing me a song of sadness
let it make you insane

let me see your pain,
the city must mourn

bury me here,
the city where i died

the place where you broke my heart
where everything collapsed

no, this isn't the city i lived in
but rather where i died
Elli Sep 2014
she said "goodbye"
and he didn't realize that
she never really say that word;
unbeknownst to him that it will be the last thing she will say to him.
so he said "goodbye" too,  but didn't find out it was final until the next day.
304 · Dec 2014
I ran away
Elli Dec 2014
I'm sorry.
I am a coward, I know.
You said "I love you" but instead of saying it back, I choked on it instead. Like that time when my friend was crying so hard at 2am because her boyfriend said that he didn't love her anymore. So she choked on her tears, and I watched her fall apart.

Then I look at you at night, lying on my bed. I was holding your hand tightly, just to make sure that you won't leave. Because every time I see you sleeping on my bed, it reminds me how my old house shook when my dad closed the door one last time. He left in the middle of the night, with no warning. I held my mom as she try to pretend she's okay in front of me, but then collapse because her own body couldn't carry so much pain. She cried, she cried so much that she didn't have any tears left. She talked less, and you almost feel like she's invisible. I was afraid to blink because I might lose her. She was fading away.

Then there was this girl in my grade. She was so vibrant and lovely. We sat together in math class. She only talks about her boyfriend and her love for music. One day, she skipped class. I saw her in the hallway, her hair wasn't combed, and she didn't even try to dress pretty like she used to. I remember going to the washroom and finding her there crying. She didn't go to school the next day. She drowned her pain with pills, and it worked. She will never feel any pain ever again.

That's why I have to run. It's not because I don't love you, but because I do.
(still editing)
302 · Apr 2014
is this love at all? (10w)
Elli Apr 2014
you said you love me,
but not my dark side.
301 · Nov 2013
Untitled
Elli Nov 2013
Death knocks at your door
Saying It's time
As you clutches your life
With your broken and ****** hands
You don't feel ready
And you never will
Because you ran out of time
To find happiness
You look back
And see you never really
Tried
And now death will look at you
With pity in his eyes
But then he says again It's time
No goodbyes
No I love you one last time
And your last words were
*Why me?
293 · Sep 2014
Missing you
Elli Sep 2014
When I miss you at 3 AM
I don't want to go to sleep
because at times like this
my dreams would be the same,
I would dream of kissing you
and holding your hand,
I'll tell a joke
and I wake up to the sound of your laugh
as if you were actually in my room
but it's just a dream,
yet i'm still breathless
because it felt so real;
and I wanted to call you
to simply hear your voice
but it's 3AM
and you're probably asleep
and you're the reason why I haven't sleep well in a week
282 · Aug 2013
Who are You
Elli Aug 2013
A conundrum, that's what you are
I thought I understood you
But I was wrong
You were a mystery, even to me
A question without an answer
I thought you were my mystery
But I never owned you
Were I able to break through your walls?
Or did you just rebuilt them again?
I stretched my arms
But you never reached back
Did I really know you?
281 · Oct 2013
Untitled
Elli Oct 2013
My love for you is hopeless,
Yet I still do
It is a battle I already lost
But still fighting for it,
Because to love you is to die
And to die is my end
My feelings are worthless to you
Because in your eyes, it's simply a game
But it's definitely not a game I'm willing to play
281 · Oct 2013
I'm Sorry
Elli Oct 2013
I will always think
That it's my fault
No matter what the situation is
You can hurt me
And I'll ask for forgiveness
For inflicting the reason
Why you've done it
I will always blame myself
For stupid reasons
It won't matter if it was your fault
Because in my mind
It was always mine
I'm the problem
A waste of space
You can stab me
And I will simply say
Sorry for ruining
Your shirt with my blood
And for causing inconvenience
275 · Aug 2013
Moving On
Elli Aug 2013
You used to be my sun, moon and stars
I felt like my world revolves around you,
But not anymore
You're simply just another person
Who I met and broke my heart
269 · Mar 2014
Untitled
Elli Mar 2014
i would always say i love you
and you would look up
from your book
and flash that nonchalant smile
as if you know that you would hear those words
years from now, no matter what
and you would say, without a failure
you're an idiot
but i knew from your eyes
that you meant *i love you too
266 · Sep 2013
For My Dear Friend
Elli Sep 2013
Fate is so cruel
Took you before I realized
That I meant I love you more than as a friend
But I guess that's okay,
Because now you're on the other side
So please watch over me
While I live a life for both of us
254 · Nov 2013
Love
Elli Nov 2013
They tell us to love
Who we want to love
and aspire happiness
But then you hear them say
no darling, you can't love him
you're a boy


Who are they
To tell us who to love?
Because love is a strong desire
Of someone

They weren't beside him
At 3 in the morning
Watching his chest rise
As he inhale
Or the way his heart beats
Faster whenever I hug him

They weren't with me
Watching him cry
Because of a tv show
He grew to love

And surely
They haven't seen
His quiet strength
As he held my hand
During my darkest times

So tell me why and how
Can society dictate
Who to love
If they haven't seen
What makes the person lovely

Because we can't pick
Who we love
Nor can we stop the desire
252 · Nov 2013
The Stars Are Fading
Elli Nov 2013
I find refuge through kind words
They always utter
I love you
I care
You're important to me
Yet now I wonder
As the darkness approach
I am all alone
While everyone just watches
My existence fade
We are all lonely beings
Searching for the light
But running away from the darkness
And now as the stars die away
One by one
I fade away with them
And everyone will forget
The lonely girl
At the corner
With books at her hand
She's gone
*Forever
249 · Feb 2014
Untitled
Elli Feb 2014
I was wrong to stay
Thinking I could fix you
I am no heroine
Nor a savior
I should've just
Saved myself
From all the pain
246 · Dec 2013
You
Elli Dec 2013
You
You've been on my mind
Once
Because you never left

Whenever and wherever
I just suddenly
Remember you

The way your skin
Feels, as you lean on me
Or the way you breathe
Deeply as if it was your last

The way your eyes twinkle
And your lips curves
As you smile and talk about
The things that you love

Every thought or every action
I make
Makes me think of you
As if every path
I take will always lead
Back to you

And I just love
Being with you
Because you make me forget
All the horrible things
As if they don't exist

How would I know
If this is love?
235 · Feb 2014
Untitled
Elli Feb 2014
You try to breathe
As the pain suffocates you
And you cover your face
With shame and guilt
You cradle yourself
And say soothing words
To give yourself fake assurance
That it will be better
234 · Jan 2014
Untitled
Elli Jan 2014
You have to know how to shoot
In order to be with me
Know that I'm a danger
Even to myself
If I tell to you run
Don't look back
Because I don't trust myself
And neither should you
I'm a loaded gun
Never to be trusted
We can pretend,
But a love like this
Wouldn't last
232 · Mar 2014
Untitled
Elli Mar 2014
I know what you are;
You laugh at my own demise
I hear it still,
so loud
and yet painful
I see you smile
as my blood meets the ground
you're mocking me
I see your mouth move
and form a word
idiot
you seemed to say
but i couldn't hear
over this piercing sound
of my tears
my skin stings
because it's covered
with fresh wounds
where did this come from?
I am crestfallen
how could you?
how?
and yet you just stare at me
with those eyes,
you seemed entertained
watching my own destruction
that's right,
I know who you are
you're *me
224 · Dec 2013
Memory
Elli Dec 2013
Every passing year
My memory grows weaker
But I don't want that
Because I know that
One day I will forget
What exactly the colour
Of your eyes are
Or the little things
That you always do
Which I grew to love
So I try to write
And write with all my might
Every detail,
Every word
But still
The memories are
Starting to to slip away
From my grasp
212 · Apr 2014
Untitled
Elli Apr 2014
I use my head
before I use my heart
but in so many ways
you are smarter than me

It keeps me breathing
knowing that you're by my side
but the thought of us falling apart
makes me dread of the future

do you believe in destiny?
is this what you call fate?
will you believe me when I say i do?

my darling, I hope your dreams
are as sweet as mine

Sometimes I catch myself smiling
and realize it is you that I'm thinking

and I always ask why me?
because you could've fallen for anyone
who is infinitely better than me

In so many ways,
I've wondered what you goes through your mind
do you think of me as often as I do?

I just hope that this last
this whimsical love of mine
I know it's a bit inconsistent, but in a way it represents my state of mind. (still being edited)
209 · Oct 2013
Untitled
Elli Oct 2013
We carve our names to the trees
Hoping to prevent oblivion
But trees decay
And so does your love
So here I am at 3 in the morning
Thinking about you
Wondering what happened
To your promise of forever?
208 · Oct 2013
Sadness
Elli Oct 2013
I told you I'm sad
Thinking you'd understand
But instead you said
get over it
But the walls are too high
Because it was built
From years of hatred
And doubt
So tell me how
Can I get over it?
196 · Oct 2013
Untitled
Elli Oct 2013
I like you
And I hope the feeling is mutual
But I'm asking for the impossible
Because while I spend my time
Thinking about you
You spend your time
Wanting her
And I know I can never match up to that
Because I can only make you laugh
But she can make you happy
And I only say encouraging words
While she can give you inspiration
Compared to her
I am nothing,
I can never be her
And that's a fact
151 · Nov 2013
Untitled
Elli Nov 2013
You expect too much of me
Even though I have nothing
Yet I tried to give you my "nothing"
Which is my everything
And was left with *nothing
does it make sense? I wrote it out of a whim, thinking about how I can give my 'everything' if i had nothing to give.

— The End —