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Emmy Dawn Apr 2014
if you untied every knot from the rope twisted inside of my stomach except for one, how long would the noose be?
Emmy Dawn Apr 2014
Rip out the clockwork beneath my skin
Knock down this faulted exterior
Leave the gloss of my eyes to dust
Eternity will take its toll
This waiting is unjust
Shadows move across my face
And the sun makes me sick
But I can't even begin to alter how
Time has swallowed me
I am forever trapped here now
Throw the endless hour glass
Hard against the wall
Take out my gearset heart
Unwind that twisted dial
Before I fall apart
Emmy Dawn Apr 2014
I just can't wait any longer
All the time, numbers jumping around
in my mind like an infestation
crawling through the seams of my brain
leaving me itching and raw
I think I'm going insane
Emmy Dawn Apr 2014
Between ******* I hold a coin
a token of unspoken desires
it doesn't matter if it's a penny turned teal
because right now the cold of the metal
is all that I can feel
You're supposed to toss it in
Throw your hopes into the water
Shut your eyes and make a wish
Trust the earth's everlasting hunger
Hold your breath, give the wind a kiss
I allow gravity to take its course
watching the sparkle through the dark depths
seeing my dreams being swallowed
submerged in lies and forgotten lives
and everyone who followed
*I really like the title/theme of this poem, but I'm having a hard time executing it. (hence this is the second version)
Emmy Dawn Apr 2014
in a certain light your hair
looks like black brush strokes
against the red of these walls.
I see how your eye lashes
brush against your skin,
and I wonder if you could
paint just by blinking.
Emmy Dawn Apr 2014
Some men say that there are five senses
But I know that this is a lie
For when our bodies are pressed together
I can feel beyond the nerves of my skin
More than synchronized heart beats and falling breaths,
I close my eyes as the differences between us wear thin

From birth we have an idea
Of where the body lays
Whether in motion or at rest
The distance of various limbs is known
Without a single glance
And now, I cannot tell what is yours and what is my own

We are so close
Wet with whose sweat,
They say you can't really touch anything
Because in between there is always an infathomably small space
But here, I know where you are
And this is something not even physics could displace

You're not my other half
But ****, does it feel like it
When you smile, so do I
And if you're wondering where I am, me too;
Once I'm alone, with this empty sense,
I am so lost without you
Emmy Dawn Mar 2014
Each pulse is a tick
This clock of my thoughts
Never allows time to stop
I feel this heat of light
Behind my eyes
Glowing brighter
Branding me with anger
and it won't
shut
off
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