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Sep 2018 · 701
Exhaling O's
Emmalee Sep 2018
I once thought
That being in love
Was better than
Being alone

And then I realized
That with love
Sometimes comes tears
And an empty bed at night

Oh what a world it would be
If love could exist
Without any sadness
Any insanity

A blooming of cold nights
And cigarette smoke
Tend to be what love is
To me

And with you
I have found love
But have also learned
That love is not what I thought it would be
What ever happened to the honeymoon phase?
Jul 2018 · 574
You Told Me Wrong
Emmalee Jul 2018
You told me you were leaving
And I believed you
Then one day you came back
But I didnt need you.
I never thought I would see the world without you in it, but instead I saw the universe.
Jun 2018 · 346
Fear
Emmalee Jun 2018
I scare myself sometimes
When I look you in the eyes
And see myself as something
Just as beautiful
As you do.
Jun 2018 · 503
Trace My Spine with Kisses
Emmalee Jun 2018
Feed me
Those pretty lies
About how
You believed in me
Wanted me
Loved me

They all keep me begging for more.
Grab me in your arms and place your hands upon my hips. Oh, those fingertips.
Jun 2018 · 354
Dig
Emmalee Jun 2018
Dig
You held me close,
Although my body
Ached
As your nails dug deep
Into my forearm
Leaving me breathless
And unable to
Pull away.

I ripped away,
Hoping for your nails to slide out
But with my skin
You took a part of me.
I miss your gentle touch.
Jun 2018 · 612
11 P.M.
Emmalee Jun 2018
Someone once told me
That I was beyond
What the night sky
Had to offer.

And like a silly young woman,
Not knowing how beautiful the stars are,
I believed them.

What a mistake that was.
The night sky was beyond what I was. Even just the stars alone.
Jun 2018 · 469
Don't Close the Door
Emmalee Jun 2018
You followed me
From room to room
Asking what was next.
Was it the fight?
Was it the scowl?
Was it the tears?
Only I knew best.

I wish you knew
That when you followed,
I wept. I begged
For your effort
For your love
For back then.

You followed me
From room to room
Never asking what may be
The reason behind
My insanity,
My sorrow.

I wish you knew
That it was you.
Your empty heart,
Your black and blues.
Your hurtful words
Your hidden clues.

You followed me
From room to room
And never once
Did you say sorry.
Never once
Did you mean it.

I wish you knew
That I was broken
Into not one, but two.
I wish you knew
How far my feelings,
They flew,
For you, for this room.

I wish you had opened
A page or two.
Why did you never ask?
Jun 2018 · 373
Half as Much
Emmalee Jun 2018
I wish you had wanted me
Half as much
As I wanted you.
I wish you had known
That your words, they stung
They were a bee's stinger to
Bare skin- they dug.
Those words dug,
Below the surface
Until bleeding occured.
I wish you had wanted me
Just one half as much
As I wanted you.
I needed you.
Jun 2018 · 358
Oxygen
Emmalee Jun 2018
The average person
They take
Between 12 to 20 breaths per minute.
With you, I barely took 2.
I could not feel my breathing anymore,
I could not feel my breaths,
While tears shed from my eyes,
To my cheeks,
To my legs.
I could not feel anything.
I could not feel me.
Instead I felt sadness,
The loneliest and most empty feeling
One could imagine.
I felt suffocation.
And suddenly, those two breaths,
They turned into none.
And I did not feel myself anymore,
My self as a whole.
I was gone,
Gone like the last flower of summer.
Goodbye, my oxygen.
It would have only took one more tree, to keep me breathing.
Sep 2017 · 302
Hurricane
Emmalee Sep 2017
He pulled me in a dark room,
Lightened by only the sparkle in his eye,
And quickly I awoke
From what I thought was a dream.

My eyes pondered at him,
Wondering where his next touch would be,
And my mind raced to find the zipper on his jeans.
And that was it.

Quickly, clothes poured like rain,
From the ceiling to the tiled floors,
In which I found myself so cold,
So bare against.

But the warmth of his body was all I needed
To satisfy me.
His heavy breath and subtle sighs
Left a trail of goosebumps just upon my thighs.

And my heart fluttered,
Or rather, it skipped a few beats,
When his precious waves,
Flew in so deep.

He was panting, waiting to turn
His waves into a hurricane.
But with a hurricane comes rain,
So he held back this desire.

As the pressure of the current
Became too intense to control,
He pulled back from his hurricane
And let it explode.
Sep 2017 · 279
Home is Where the Heart is
Emmalee Sep 2017
They say that home is where the heart is
But when has my heart ever steered me in the right direction?
I believe it to be that my heart has had its faults.
My heart has leaned me toward the past
And prevented me from moving forward.
My heart has betrayed me, loving someone
Who never, not once, loved me.

So how can I call something
I barely even know myself,
A home?

Home is where the heart is to some,
But to me, the heart is where I become numb.
Sep 2017 · 242
Feeling
Emmalee Sep 2017
He placed his hand around my neck,
He whispered, "say my name."
But the most confusing part is that
I didn't know his name at all.

Although I didn't know his name,
I didn't care in the very least.
I wanted his body, on top of mine,
Just like I had in my dreams.

He still gripped my neck,
But rather than fear,
Lust shivered down my spine
And my lips quivered for more.

My eyes filled with passion,
And my legs clenched in the air
As his whispers went from my neck
Down to my thighs.

What a high this feeling was,
What adrenaline this offered.
I admired the beauty of my fingers
Wrapped around his scalp.

And for a moment, just for one,
I lost myself.
Sep 2017 · 229
Goodbye
Emmalee Sep 2017
I followed my heart
And it led me to you
But at the end of the road
You were cold and blue
You weren't awake
You weren't even you
Instead you were gone
And with wings you flew
You flew to the sky
You were becoming brand new
But my heart nearly sank
From losing you
I didn't realize
How much a person goes through
When losing the only one
That ever loved you
Sep 2017 · 226
Questions
Emmalee Sep 2017
What is this feeling
I'm hiding inside?
What is this mask
I seem to stand by?

Why are my feelings uncertain
Yet so very kind?
Why is it you
That lingers on my mind?

When will this feeling
Begin to slide?
When will I be able
To feel alive?

Where are you going
In the dark of night?
Where is the love
That seems to just slide?

Who can make me happy
When looking through my eyes?
Who is waiting for me
To open my mind?
Sep 2017 · 211
Gray
Emmalee Sep 2017
Our hearts were buried
Beneath the waves.
My broken heart
Was turning gray.
You never felt sorry,
You never went away.
But the hardest part
Was watching you stay.
Sep 2017 · 198
You Won
Emmalee Sep 2017
Amongst the world
You are only one
A small little matter
Against a ton
But because you are one
You entirely won
Because being yourself
Is only something done
By you, your mind
That endless run.
Sep 2017 · 277
A Flower in the Blue
Emmalee Sep 2017
I was once a flower
Blooming for you
Until my color completely faded
From pink to blue.
My petals were upright,
Incredibly beautiful,
And then at one point,
I started dying for you.

You were like winter,
Cold and blue,
Your words left me wondering,
Who are you?
The brightness I felt
At the beginning of June
Faded to nothingness
Without you.


                         What is a life without you?
Sep 2017 · 247
Love to Be
Emmalee Sep 2017
What do you consider love to be?
A tender apple falling from a tree?
A simple kiss above the knees?
Is it true that love comes in threes?

I consider love to be
The world itself, the world to me.
A world that's fair, a world that's free.
What do you consider love to be?
Sep 2017 · 231
Glue
Emmalee Sep 2017
The feeling went away
But never did you
You stuck like glue
To the sole of my shoe.

You left me tired
You left me blue
But lately I
Don't think of you.
Sep 2017 · 273
Six Years Old
Emmalee Sep 2017
The pain-
It goes away
But not forever.
It is hidden
By love, lust, fortune,
Maybe even fame.
But the slightest itch
The slightest memory
Can drive one insane.

I remember being six years old
Swallowed by dreams,
Until I realized
Dreams are not what you think.
The sudden taste of forever
Can linger in your mind,
But forever is only a fear
You hide inside.

Forever's not given,
Forever's not kind.
Forever's not something.
You don't understand why.
But rather than dwell,
You just say goodbye.
Goodbye's a lot easier
Than not knowing why.
Posted for a friend.
Emmalee Dec 2014
It started with music,
The beautiful soothing sound
Of strings gently piercing the silhouettes
That danced, the keyboard
Forcefully striking at the ears that
Bled for the composure in song.

It led to something greater,
The slashing of skin
And the oozing of open wounds
That carried their way down arms
And to the legs, where numbness arose
And sadness was hidden.

It all got old, so it moved to the next
And the brain cells swelled,
The cotton in the mouth along with it.
Vision was obscure and speech
Was almost completely impossible
And it moved into bed,
On top of you.

One thing led to another,
More gaining it's speed on the veins
That crawled so vividly open
When the clock hit midnight.
Every midnight became a part of the past
And every season brought new tides.
From music, to blood, to drugs, to *** -
It all became an immunity.
Nov 2014 · 1.5k
Drugs and Cuts
Emmalee Nov 2014
It's like a terrifying drug,
One that pulls you in further
And further
And even further
Until you're addicted and
There is absolutely no way out.
The ****** that escapes itself
From my cold and ****** slits
Laying parallel on my forearms
Is so comforting and normal.
My ******* up mind,
It leaves me with no recognition
As to what is going on
In the present time of my life.
I'm addicted to the pain and torture
That these cuts seem to take away.
Nov 2014 · 482
I Call Mine
Emmalee Nov 2014
My body shakes with thoughts
Of the lies and manipulation
That my loved ones seem to find
So amusing, so satisfying.
To feel better about themselves
Is all they mourn for and desire.
I'm becoming insane with the thought
Of purely disappearing and never
Speaking one word more of what
My life had become, or what it could be.
I am lost and shaken with the idea
That maybe someday I can find
Complete closure and satisfaction
In the life that I so effortlessly call mine.
Oct 2014 · 747
Power
Emmalee Oct 2014
Your exalt may be intimidating,
But I still want you.
I still want to know your mind.
I want to know the simple breaths
That so slowly escape your lungs
As we walk down a cold road,
Hand in hand - our feet
Gently hitting the pavement
In a synchronizing melody.
I don't care if you are above me,
Because you are a benevolent man.
You don't care if I'm low
And completely broken,
Because you see something beyond
My furrowed brows and
Sunken cheeks, which are tired
And empty, like my fragile heart.
Oct 2014 · 575
Love Request
Emmalee Oct 2014
Your love is pending.*

Will you accept my request?
Take me into your heart -
I promise to give my soul to you.
I have no reason to keep
Any part of me.
I am useless,
My bones are bare,
So take me completely.
Don't distain me.
Instead scrutinize my feelings
And take them into consideration.
I promise I'm not as ****** up
As I may seem, as I may have been.
Dig into my mind,
And I promise that you may find
Someone who not only wants
But needs you too.

*Your love is pending.
Oct 2014 · 2.3k
Unidentified Match
Emmalee Oct 2014
You're like an alien to me,
Distant but in the same galaxy.
You come and go as you please,
Leaving markings on my ground.
You pull me into your UFO -
Torture me as an experiment.
But I am still so completely
Drawn to the idea of you.
I want to discover you
And see inside of you
For the first time.
I want to know what
You have to offer
On a planet far away.
I wonder -
Could your world be
A perfect match to mine?
Or are we too distant and different
To be side by side
Without judgement or confusion,
Without hatred or being pushed away.
Or would we be a perfectly imperfect,
******* up and unaccepted
Match in this galaxy?
Oct 2014 · 9.8k
Math
Emmalee Oct 2014
Our bodies lay parallel
Next to each other -
We never cross,
We never touch.
I forget what it's like to feel
Perpendicular to you.
These coordinates I've learned
To graph over my years
Finally have meaning to me now.
And I now realize that I
Hate mathematics more
Than I did my sophomore year.
Oct 2014 · 5.7k
Guns
Emmalee Oct 2014
What if we were to be
Locked inside a room
Where one of us had to pull the trigger?

*Would you **** me?
Oct 2014 · 539
Hold On
Emmalee Oct 2014
He grabs me in his arms,
And for a moment I feel insecure.
My body is frightened, maybe
Just a little more than my mind.
Without warning, he makes me
Feel more complete and beautiful.
And I find myself falling into him.
It's such a joke, for me to feel
Even the slightest bit of confidence.
But with him I feel it all.
He leans into my ear and whispers,
"Hold on."
These two words have haunted me
Ever since the first day we
Locked our bodies.
It's frightening how two words
Can make you want so much more.
Oct 2014 · 825
Drug Bust
Emmalee Oct 2014
Rather than dealing with drugs,
Dealing with the pain and change,
We are dealing with our own words.
We exchange them so secretly,
Like a drug dealer and his client,
Hoping for not one word repeated.
We smoke away the worries
Of somebody finding out about us.
In the back of our mind,
That scare is still relevant.
My body aches for more,
But the fear inside of me-
It may be just a little much to cope with.
Would I rather be in trouble
Or whispering into your ear again,
Begging for your last dose?
Oct 2014 · 585
What You Don't Know
Emmalee Oct 2014
"How did you catch up to me so fast?"
You asked this question sincerely.
"I guess I just wanted to see you."
In those words, sarcasm fled
But behind them,
There was a hint of truth.
I do want to see you.
I do want to be next to you.
I want everyone to see us,
See how wonderfully we would
Put the puzzle together.
But I'm not quite sure
You want to fit the first piece.
Oct 2014 · 2.7k
Stem
Emmalee Oct 2014
I'm longing for your lips on mine,
Your touch that shivers down my spine,
And every ounce of poison you feed
To me and every single ****
My heart shall stem.
Oct 2014 · 849
I Want to Know
Emmalee Oct 2014
I used to want nothing
              More than the slits upon my wrists
And the tears that fell from my cheeks.
              I wanted nothing more than pain.
But now I want something else.
              I want to be loved and know
What it feels like to be wanted.
              I want to be happy and smile
When our hands are locked and feet
              Are touching as we sleep.
I want to lay with you, and tell you
              How much I truly love you.
I want to know what everything means.
Oct 2014 · 667
In the Dark of the Night
Emmalee Oct 2014
The dark of the night
Can bury hidden thoughts
That no one has known before.

It can hold in memories
That have never escaped
And are stuck within.

The night can bring sadness
That you thought had never been there
Until the stars slowly fade.

Whispers of the night
Can tell you things that have
Been stuck in the wind for years.

Salvations that have been lost
Are brought back to vision
And escape from your soul.

The night tends to pull a person
In so deeply that there is no escape,
Until the sun shines again.

Blood races it's way through skin,
Tears form their way into vision,
In the dark of the night.
Oct 2014 · 742
Nobody to Blame
Emmalee Oct 2014
I claim to hate you,
But I hate myself more.
And how could you be at fault
When every single part of me
Isn't worth fighting for?
Oct 2014 · 1.1k
Imprint
Emmalee Oct 2014
Whispers arise from the sidewalks.
There are footprints stained into
The concrete where my feet gently stand.
Glancing into the distance,
I realize that many people have walked this path before.
Once I thought that I was the only one.
These people, were they once as broken as I am?
Do any of these faded souls still stroll
Down this cracked path, as I do?
These voices whispering into my head
Are telling me that I shouldn't be here.
This is the wrong path to take.
Like I always have, and always will,
I have ignored their requests and continued with my journey.
The stars are behind clouds tonight.
There is no light in the sky,
But there is in fact a bright image
At the end of this broken road.
Footsteps are slowing down.
Prints of prescience are turning around.
Should I continue, or should I twist my posture
And make my way back to the beginning?
Should I listen to those voices that have warned me?
My left foot seeps into the ground once more,
Before I make my decision.
Oct 2014 · 390
I knew
Emmalee Oct 2014
I know the simplicity
Of walking down a dirt road,
The smell of the air opening your lungs,
Your hand in his.

I know the agony
Of parting after dark,
Your lips shaking from that last kiss
You so dearly wanted to hold forever.

I know the trembling
Of skin that is cold,
Waiting for his jacket to swoop over you,
And bury you in it's scent.

I know the fire
Of a heart and mind,
When you see him holding
Another in his arms, genuinely.

I know the beat,
Of his favorite song,
Which I hated when I first heard.
My opinion has changed, because it is a reminder of you.

I know the vibration,
Of his Adam's apple,
When he speaks the words
"I love you," calm and tenderly.

I thought I knew the person
That I thought you were.
Jul 2014 · 367
Drawn
Emmalee Jul 2014
"They aren't as beautiful
as you think," he says.
But they are.
They are so beautiful
That I have nothing more than the urge
To go and create them once again.
I want to watch the dark blood race from them
And see my weights get carried along in the process.

"But they are," I say.
"They are the most beautiful things
That rest upon my body."

He smiles and pulls my sleeve
Back down over them.
"Could it be that you're insane?"

I may indeed be insane,
But right now I feel completely sane.
"Maybe," I say.

His hands wrap around both of mine
And he sits down next to me.
Even though only our hands are touching,
I feel like every inch of our body is interlocked.
I feel his soul bury it's way through mine.
"If you're insane,
I suppose I'm drawn toward insanity."
Jul 2014 · 438
Tragic
Emmalee Jul 2014
The silent whispers of the wind
Are gently piercing the wounds
Which lay so beautifully on my arms.
Oh, how beautiful they are
In this dark night, with the stars
And the moonlight.
And for just a moment,
I want to be alive.
The air is pushing me further
Toward the end of the ledge
But my heart is beginning to beat faster.
Nervousness fills my body,
And maybe, just maybe,
This isn't what I want.
But there is no turning back
For a butterfly with wet wings.
The wind will carry it further
Until it reaches the water
And the strong pressure of it's landing
Completely smashes it's body
And leaves the blood rushing in bubbles
To the surface of the glistening water.
The butterfly will not feel air any longer
Although it's wings are meant to fly.
The butterfly cannot regain it's strength,
Although it may not have meant to die.
And suddenly, the whole world shifts.
The clouds become whiter
The water becomes bluer
The sky becomes much more bright
From the millions of stars sleeping in it.
And the world is renewed.
I know what I want,
I know what my choice is.
And just like that butterfly,
My wings become soaked
And my body sinks,
And the oxygen meant for my lungs
Is taken from me and brought
Back to the surface in the form of spheres.
Maybe someone will hear
My last scream for help.
But it's already too late to save me.
Jul 2014 · 322
Off the Ledge
Emmalee Jul 2014
Jump, you stupid ****.
   But I need just one more moment.
A moment for what?
   To say goodbye.
What is there for you to say goodbye to?
   My family, my life.
They never loved you anyway.
   Will they love me when I'm gone?
Stop fooling yourself; you're procrastinating.
   I just need my time.
Jump before you change your mind.
   I never would.
Hurry up, before someone stops you.
   Goodbye mom, goodbye dad.
You have only a few seconds.
   I'm sorry I've become so broken.
Five.
   It isn't your fault at all.
Four.
   Take care of yourselves.
Three.
   Goodbye my sisters and brothers.
Two.
   I love you all dearly.
One.
   I can't breathe.
You're not supposed to be able to.
   I really can't feel my body.
You shouldn't be able to.
   I want to turn back.
You can't turn back now.
   I want to go back to them.
You don't need to go back to loneliness.
  I don't want to die -
You're gone, accept it already.
May 2014 · 1.1k
Chaos
Emmalee May 2014
Sometimes loneliness is all this world
Has to feel anymore. Lately it's been
Rotting and decaying before the eyes
Of the billions of people who fill it.
Not only is the sky deteriorating
But the souls as well.
There are way too many broken hearts
To pick this world back up.
There is much chaos in which needs to
Be fixed and reborn.
This world, it has no savior.
This world has no humanity
Even though it is filled with humans themselves.
The brokenness that lies within
Each one of the worlds souls
Is impossible to bring back to life.
May 2014 · 431
T A K A
Emmalee May 2014
Seeing you was like a sunny day
In contrast to my other days
Which were complete storms.

You helped me through those wicked storms;
Helped me fight through the heavy rain.
You brought me to my feet again.

I wouldn't say that this poem can explain
The thanks that I have toward you
And the personality that gave me life.

Your words, the beat behind them-
They had completely perfect timing.
I was nearly at my breaking point.

You brought me back to life.
You gave me the opportunity to save myself
From the darkness that poisoned me.

You lifted me above the clouds
Where storms were invisible
And I was close to touching heaven.

Arigatou, arigatou-
This is all I can give to you.
Although I want to give you it all.

I would give you my life,
All because you've saved mine
And recovered my imagination.

I would leave this world happily,
Although I don't want to anymore,
All because you stood in front of me.

You may explain tragedies within your lyrics
But that is a life you've overcome.
And for that I envy you.

I envy your determination
To "make tomorrow
A brighter and better day."

You were my light
In the complete darkness of this world.
I couldn't have asked for anyone else.

I would have never stood straight again,
Be placed upon my feet again,
Without your whispers in my mind.

*Arigatou.
Apr 2014 · 1.5k
Stability.
Emmalee Apr 2014
The trap around my heart
Is completely broken.
And the entrance of you has
Completely invaded.
My veins rush with
Your words once spoken.
And my modesty and
Tolerance has completely downgraded.

Your voice is my ******
It seeps through my blood.
I fall asleep to the thoughts of you
And surround myself with regret.
Regret for the situation I'm in
And the answers I don't know.
Questions become a flood
In my mind.

Am I too broken to be able
To fall in love?
Am I too lonely to be considered
A woman in love?
Am I too emotionally unstable
To deal with being in love?
Apr 2014 · 378
To M
Emmalee Apr 2014
Is it worth
Anything in the end?
I truly do pray
To the seasons
And the rain
And the tears that fall
From my eyes to the floor.
To the sky and the
Clouds and the spirits
Traveling throughout the atmosphere.
I pray to them that
One day this may be sanity
And I may be in love
With someone who wants me
Nearly half as much as I
Want to be next to them.
Apr 2014 · 1.7k
All She Ever Wanted
Emmalee Apr 2014
She begged for you
Just to love her and inject in her
Her own happy thoughts
Rather than others'.
Instead you gave her complete madness.
And you ruined her with your own perspective.
All she wanted was comfort.
She wanted sanity and purity.
She wanted to be loved.
Instead you gave her wounds in her heart
And slits upon her wrists,
Blood drawing itself from her veins to the floor.
You left her with a scar around her neck,
Her eyes closed and her lips shut
Still waiting for a kiss from you.
It's all she ever wanted, was a kiss from you.
All she ever wanted was
The feeling of adrenaline rushing through her veins
As your bodies interlocked with one another's
And your skin, warm, so warm, eating at each others'.
It's all she ever wanted, and it's nearly impossible now.
All she ever wanted was tape to fix her broken heart
And wine to settle her addiction and fix the glass surrounding it.
All she ever wanted was your laughter
And your hope.
No, she never wanted for herself anything sinful.
She wanted the feelings of you.
She wanted your happiness and satisfaction.
She may have just wanted one thing in life.
She may have wanted your acceptance of her.
She may have wanted you to fully
Take in the flaws that placed over her body
More than most.
It's nearly impossible now,
For her to gain any of that, it is impossible.
Unless there's a hidden trick to devote yourself
To a spirit in the dark,
It's impossible.
And still, as she sleeps for the rest of her years,
That one thought lingers in her mind,
That one possibility eats away at the tissue in her skull,
And until that thought is gone,
She may never escape to heaven or hell.
She will never escape.
She will forever be in pain.
Apr 2014 · 327
Sweet 16
Emmalee Apr 2014
The date of my birth is weighing in
And I honestly have not much to ask for
Other than you to be by my side
And give me one of your fascinating smiles.

I ask for you to just hold me and
Embrace my body while I'm warm
Next to you, where I want to be.
And I've always wanted to be.

I only want the sweet sound of your
Sugar-coated voice and the feel
Of your prickled beard against my cheek.
I want your long arms to hold me.

When the not-so-important day of my birth
Finally arrives, will you please, I beg,
Just be there for me?
Just say sweetly, "happy sixteenth."
Apr 2014 · 266
Hell.
Emmalee Apr 2014
I wonder if this
Has any meaning to it.
I wonder if my fight for you
Is worth it in the end.
What if I have spent these years
Reliant on the future of us
And created a miserable path for myself?
I don't regret the times we've spent
Or the words we've said,
But what if they mean nothing in the end?
Time will tell, but the sickness in my
Body from waiting for you has
Reached it's limit,
And I feel the virus aching through me.
I may die tonight, tomorrow, ten years from now, or maybe seventy.
But if I am to live for long,
What was the point of focusing on You, and only you?
If I am to live a short span,
What was the good that came from
This bitter situation?
Will I live in hell with closure?
I cannot say I will.
I will live there still in love with you,
Hoping that when you join me
You may admit to loving me as well.
And we can fight the devil together.
Apr 2014 · 438
Season's Lips
Emmalee Apr 2014
It's almost the end of winter
Nearing spring's warm lips.
I swing to the rhythm of my heartbeat.
Forward and back
Fast then slow.
The cold air gently bites my fingertips
And I know for sure that I have some kind of feeling
Left in my body.
My lack of realization to humanity
Was almost as if I were dead.
My heart races and my fingers bleed coldness,
But at least I know I'm alive.
I may be hurting and utterly confused,
But I've realized that I'm human.
I couldn't picture the difference
In the life I was living compared to
Death itself.
But now I know that being alive,
There's more to it than the sadness I so effortlessly longed for.
I'm ready to take my next step
And breathe my next breath
Into the warm spring air that should
Arrive shortly.
Emmalee Apr 2014
It's gone back
To the distance
And the feelings I once had.

I'm used to these feelings
But for a few moments
I felt so high.

How is it that the emotion
That I always felt
Is bothering me now?

I shouldn't feel locked up like this.
I feel as though it's worse now
Because you've left me stranded again.

I feel as though the pain
Is ten times more hurtful
Than it was before.

I want you to embrace me like you once did.
I want you to shelter my heart with yours.
I want to go back to the spark that made me smile.

Why did you leave again?
Why did you abandon me?
I'm so afraid.

I feel that I had much less fear
When I was a little girl.
I had no fear in love.

I had no fear in emotions
And no fear in pain.
I openly expressed those things.

I was confident and well behaved.
Now it's different.
I fear love every day.

I fear the emotions that ooze through me.
And every single day,
I experience pain. Not just mentally, but physically as well.

I wish I could go back to those times
When I was just a little girl
And I was so easily living life.

I miss my childhood every day.
I miss your touch every day.
I miss you every day.
Mar 2014 · 499
Let it Be Me
Emmalee Mar 2014
His broken smile
Is what kills me on the inside.
           Cry me, cry me, cry my name.
Just fall asleep to the sound
           Of my name.
I don't necessarily want
You to be broken,
But if you are to be,
           Then let it be for me.
Let your wounds which
So silently slip open,
Let your tears which
Slide slowly down your cheek,
           Whisper my name.
Because I know I will
Never let you go,
And I will easily help you
In recovering from myself.
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