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528 · Feb 2018
You Could Say I'm Dying
Em Feb 2018
I feel off
Like there is something missing
Between my skin and my soul and my heart and my teeth.
It hurts a little -
Like the cold does.

I am shivering.
My bones feel fragile -
Not like they could break but like they could just melt into nothing.
Maybe I want them to.

I am weak.
My eyes beg to not be forced
to stay open any longer
But the dark makes it hard to speak.

I don't want to talk anymore about anything to anyone.
But I am dying
of silence.
I am dying
of heartache.
I am dying
of me.
526 · Dec 2017
Here I Lay, Counting Sheep
Em Dec 2017
The counted sheep
Have become closer to me
Than you are
As far away as can be
In our full sized bed
That you persuaded me
Was just right for a couple
As in love as we.

And now I am left
The sheep and me
In a full sized bed
With an un-full heart
Un-loved
Un-restful
And not Un-married.
444 · Mar 2018
Writer's Remorse
Em Mar 2018
I have before criticized the English language
But the lack of dialogue I can muster
to express the depth of my thoughts...
That's my fault.

I have not settled deep enough.
Somewhere between my heart and my soul
to find a way to elaborate on what I know.
That's my fault.

I promise to dive deeper.
442 · Mar 2019
Pale
Em Mar 2019
Unfulfilled and filling
I am a bucket with the smallest hole.
A drain half clogged
We are bogged down
boats
wondering why we didn’t
remember
that the water’s shallow here.
And here lies the swallowed
words on the wayside.
The shivering, wavering
night skies.
He who lies
is also he who fixed the smallest hole.
On my inside.
417 · Dec 2017
For the Holidays
Em Dec 2017
My heart,
My brain,
My stomach,
is full.
I am home.
399 · Apr 2014
She
Em Apr 2014
She
She plays
the strings
of her guitar
like she
toyed with
the strings
of my heart:
beautifully
with grace of
an angel
But the power
to ****.
390 · May 2014
She Kissed
Em May 2014
She kissed him
And I cried
They fell
and I died
He loved her
More than he ever loved me
She loved him
More than ever could be
371 · Mar 2018
Succumb
Em Mar 2018
I am not afraid to drown in you
Because a death
sinking into your love
would be extravagant
362 · Apr 2014
What
Em Apr 2014
What a funny
stupid
thing
to fall
into
something so avoidable
What a  funny
stupid
thing
to cry
over
something so "lovely"
What a funny
stupid
thing
to believe
that you would
ever fall
too.
348 · May 2014
I
Em May 2014
I
I had a world
In my brain
high was a kite
low were the clouds

I had a world
in my mind
that could not be taken
away

Until one day
You broke my heart
and my mind
and my soul
and my world

— The End —