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713 · May 2013
How the Heart Aches
Erin-Taylor May 2013
After a while, the pain starts to subside,
And leaves you with a dull numbness.

However, the feelings never go away.
Your senses are fogged as are your thoughts.

Not knowing which way is up and which is down;
Right from wrong.

But then again, none of that matters.
All you are now is broken

Oh how the heart aches and
Ruptures your whole being.

It's funny how this vital ***** can make
You feel dead even though you sadly keep living.

Hilarious how it effects your soul and body.
Mind is cloudy.

Your thoughts are no more.
You are no more.

Now, you are just your heart-ache.
A painful throbbing inside your chest...

Reminding You Of What Used To Be.
703 · Dec 2013
Mother's Meals I Never Ate
Erin-Taylor Dec 2013
I sat on my bathroom floor, body shaking uncontrollably.
I had just thrown up another meal, I couldn't stop it from happening.

"Oh yes, dear mother, the food was delightful…"
Little did she know, that nothing I ever ate, stayed to be digested.

People might ask, why would she do this to herself?

Well, she might answer:

There once was a girl who wasn't the tiniest, the prettiest, or skinniest, who longed to be someone else.
She weighed 130 pounds, although one might not think this as heavy, all the other kids did.
She was bullied and called names: she was fat and ugly. Evenutally, there came a point to where she broke down.
Becoming what she is, was the best decision, she'd ever made…but laying there on the bathroom tile…she wasn't sure.
Erin-Taylor Apr 2013
My blood boils throughout my veins.
The rain pours down hard from the sky,
but my tears pour harder.
They make puddles at my feet,
deep enough to drown me in sorrow.
I'm so angry at you, but at the same time
I'm too overcome with grief to even care.
How could you love me, then leave me...?
What kind of love is this?
Why won't you rescue me from this ******* hole!?
Why the **** do you do this?
I can't take the in and out apperances.
One day you love me, the next you're gone.
I just want you to love me.
Forever and always...
But we both know, that is the impossible.
Erin-Taylor Jun 2013
How do you get the pain to subside?

Do you drink so much that your liver drowns?
Numb the pain to make it go away?
Or maybe shoot some, get high and feel good now that you're in your happy place? Drown yourself with tears of sorrow?      Or does time heal all wounds?
Time does heal all wounds, but you'll forever bear the scars, reminding you of them.
In reality...the pain never does subside...it remains whether out in the open or in the closet, always with you.
694 · Mar 2013
Her Reflection
Erin-Taylor Mar 2013
She looks into the mirror,
stares at her baby blue eyes, speckled with gold,
and wonders how such beautiful eyes could be placed with such an ugly creature.
"Her black hair is too long," they say, "it has many split ends!"
So she cuts it, right up to her chin.
"Her body is too curvy," they say, "lose a little weight!"
So she eats less and less every day.
"Her lips are too pink," they say, "let them be pale!"
So she stops dressing warm.
"And that voice! Hush child with the singing!"
She cannot seem to stop once it is released...so she stops speaking altogether.
Most people only judge her from jealousy...but they do not realize the toll their words have taken on her.
Little do they know, she hasn't eaten very much in the past few weeks, nor has she gotten much sleep.
But all you can see that now resembles beauty is those beautiful blue eyes deeply set into her unhealthy body that's being weighed down by others insecurities lashed out at her.
Are you happy now that you've ruined her life?
692 · Jul 2013
Via Text Message
Erin-Taylor Jul 2013
Friend: Hey!

Me: Hey!

Friend: How are you?

Me: I'm great! I'm happy...I think.

Friend: You think?

Me: Yea, like sometimes I think I'm really happy...and then other times, I'm not sure if it's all just a mask.

Friend: I understand completely. If you need anyone to talk to, I'm always here.

Me: Thanks. :)

Friend: You're welcome. :)
I could speak forever and as loud as I could...but no one would ever hear me, no one ever would...

This is not fictional. This is a very real conversation via text message between a friend and I. I thought this in poem form would be more impacting.
692 · Feb 2013
Beautiful
Erin-Taylor Feb 2013
....Hi.
I don't know your story.
And you certainly don't know mine.
But we share the same things.
The same thoughts and pain.
I wish I could ease your broken soul.
Help understand, and make you see..
That you are more than you think you are.
You are a beautiful being...with a voice.
Your words paint a canvas of beauty.
The poems you write are inspiration.
Others look and read your work in amazement,
Thinking, "How does such a young girl...know so much pain."
I get chills, just piecing together what I know.
But just know....that you are **Beautiful.
To a new friend, who is amazingly talented. Her work makes me cry. It is simply heart-wrenching, but written so well. Thank you for writing, Rebecca~
Only madness knows my name.
689 · May 2013
Castle Fallen
Erin-Taylor May 2013
But the rose is dying,
Can't you see?
The Beauty and the Beast,
Could never be.

With one glance, the rose looks,
as if it is in full bloom,
Yet, it is far from it my friend.
And it leads the unlikely couple to their doom.

Beauty and the Beast.
Love conquers all,
But every castle has a battle,
that leads to it's fall.
687 · Jul 2013
Such A Shame Dear
Erin-Taylor Jul 2013
It's truly disgusting
how easy it is
to paint a smile
on your face...
even when you're at
your lowest...
670 · Jan 2013
Gone, you went away
Erin-Taylor Jan 2013
Nothing could have prepared me for this day.
The day my soul dispersed.
The day when you went away.

Life is now gloomy and gray.
I knew from then on I was cursed.
Nothing could have prepared me for this day,

There was nothing no one could say.
Words just made everything worse.
The day when you went away

My feelings will now decay.
Turning me around in reverse.
Nothing could have prepared me for this day,

That moment just chooses to replay.
The day death got you first.
The day when you went away

Now forever my heart will stray.
Wishing the day you died, it burst.
Nothing could have prepared me for this day,
The day when you went away.
665 · Jan 2013
Why do you hate me so?
Erin-Taylor Jan 2013
Nothing makes sense,
Everything’s tense.
Why do you hate me?
What did I ever do to thee?
You glare from a distance,
I can see your resistance,
And urge to **** me with your glance,
Your gaze evil and hot, like when embers dance.
I’d like to know, so please tell me why,
Otherwise, I ought to cry.
I mourn the loss of our relations,
I know that is most certainly not on vacation.
So when you’re ready to say,
What has you at such dismay?
I’ll be here, watched by your hateful eyes,
Squirming because of your despise.
658 · Jun 2014
The Hopeless Siren's Song
Erin-Taylor Jun 2014
If I were a song, I'd be a long sadistic chord full of woes and sorrows.
My song would make the angels cry and bring even the mightiest to their knees.

If I were a song, I'd be forever; an infinite thing. I'd never be forgotten.
My song would live in infamy and no one would forget this song full of broken dreams

If I were a song I'd sing until I no longer could. I'd scream until my heart gave out.
My song will be everlasting.
It will live on...I will live on...
656 · May 2013
The Same Exact Way
Erin-Taylor May 2013
I feel as though I am just going through the motions. Silently, but annoyingly, repeating the same routine everyday. I am starting to feel sad. Incomplete. I don't know. I just am upset. Feeling as though I am unimportant and invisible. You know, just how thousands of other teens feel everyday. The same exact way.
654 · Mar 2013
Hell on Earth
Erin-Taylor Mar 2013
Life can be cruel sometimes,
so cruel that you have to ask,
"Why am I here?"
Fate has so many twists and turns.
From one extreme to the next.
Unbearable.
Intolerable.
Unacceptable.
I never knew my life would
amount to this.
God, help me get through these
following years of Hell on Earth.
Give me the strength to pull through....
649 · Dec 2013
More Bitter Than My Coffee
Erin-Taylor Dec 2013
I have a confession.
I didn't know you'd be the one to hurt me.

I have a question.
Why wouldn't you try harder? For us?

I have a confession.
I'm ready to cut the ties.

I have a question.
Did you really ever even love me?

I have a confession.
I wish I knew how to cope with loneliness.

I have a question.
Was it all a lie? All a joke?

I have a confession.
I'm as a bitter as the coffee I was drinking that dreadful morning, when you broke my heart.

I've learned a lesson.
Never trust the ones who seem harmless, they, like all people, will just end up hurting you.

You know……you said that you'd never hurt me……
Well thanks for the ******* lies.
******* too.
647 · Oct 2013
Steel Blue
Erin-Taylor Oct 2013
Blue.
His eyes are so amazingly blue that they could fill an ocean with their depth.
They're almost crystalized and fragile.
Glass eyes; if they shed a tear, they would surely break.
His eyes see more than just plain sight; ironically, it's almost as if they can see into the souls of all around him.
His eyes can see the real quality of a person for all they are.
Underneath all of the games and masks, he can see who I am.
Blue.
Eyes that blue could make the sky jealous of it's vastness and color.
Steel Blue, my favorite shade.
His eyes are beautiful, and if possible, I'd like to lose myself in them for a while.
646 · Dec 2013
Not Across The Road
Erin-Taylor Dec 2013
She didn't do it for the attention.
She just wanted the pain to end.
She didn't know people would stare,
When the cuts started fading in.

It was just a temporary dose,
Of a different kind of pain.
Physical, instead of mental.
She knew that she wasn't insane.

She wasn't crazy as everyone might say.
Everything just got out of hand,
And the kids at school bullied her.
She cut, so that she could travel to a different land.

So one night while her parents were fast asleep,
She cut down the river, but went too deep.

Her life flashed before her eyes and everything went black,
She had got what those kids had hoped for, and never came back.
643 · Jul 2014
Our Feeble Hearts
Erin-Taylor Jul 2014
You told me,
Not to cry over you,
But that was before
You got pleasure,
Out of breaking,
Fragile hearts.
Message me or something. Feedback appreciated
642 · Feb 2013
Every Single
Erin-Taylor Feb 2013
Your mouth like poison,
Your lips like wine.
Intoxicate my senses,
Every single time.

My vision's hazy,
Blurred with a high.
Makes you look more desirable,
With every single lie.

My heart starts to beat,
Eradictly so.
Hurting my chest,
With all of its woes.

You confuse my thoughts,
I can't tell up from down.
Stop making me feel this way,
It hurts to cry and not make a sound.
635 · Feb 2013
Of Yourself
Erin-Taylor Feb 2013
Isn't it perfect, how what people say,
Can simply just ruin your whole entire day?

Words hurt just as much as bruises,
It's a hopeless fight, everyone loses.

"Funny" jabs will never not hurt,
So look around and be alert.

Don't break down, don't cry,
There are other ways to get by.

Ignore the negative things you're told,
Let those things turn into a beautiful mold,
Of Yourself.
626 · Apr 2013
Beauty of Spring
Erin-Taylor Apr 2013
The wind blows across my face, my hair smacking my cheeks with a sting.
The smell of flowers and fresh air fill my nostril with their sweet aroma.
I love the way the sun shines brightly, heating my body with its warmth.
It’s wonderful to have spring in my life.
Spring is the season of new beginnings.
It represents the start of a life.
While winter is dreadful, representing death and cold,
Spring is happiness in the gift of beauty.
625 · Aug 2014
Cloud 9
Erin-Taylor Aug 2014
I've found someone.

Someone I know loves me for all that I am.

And I love him too.

I've never been happier than right here and now.

He makes me feel wanted..

And that's all anyone ever wants to feel.

Wanted.
He makes me happy. C.D.P.
623 · Dec 2012
Pain
Erin-Taylor Dec 2012
There is no way to describe it,
the pain someone else feels.
But you know that it's lurking close by.
You know that this pain is real.
612 · Jul 2013
Nothing Left To Say
Erin-Taylor Jul 2013
I stand rigid, looking into my shattered mirror.
The glass cutting all of me.
I didn't do this.
This isn't me..
The figure standing in front of me, skin and bones, bleeding out, could never be me.
Because I'm huge, and I wish I could be skinny.
The shards stick out everywhere I look.
This body is not mine.

The world around me starts to spin...I become dizzy and nauseous.

I have no control.
603 · Jul 2013
Someone Like Me
Erin-Taylor Jul 2013
I've finally found someone who knows every inch of my life, and I don't even know her.
Our lives are somehow connected and we share similar stories.
I wish my friends knew just how much I write...but this "someone" does.
Together, we seperately write of similar tales revealing heartache, self-harms of sorts, loneliness.
I'm glad I met her.
Someone like me.
I'm no longer alone.
She is my inspiration.
598 · Jan 2014
The Unsinging Cannibals
Erin-Taylor Jan 2014
They said to sing out our hearts,
But they didn't know that our hearts were already severed.
Already in two and apart,
Nothing could mend them together.

So one said, "Go ahead rip it out!"
Another, "Yea! Let's eat our hearts out!"
They tore and clawed through the muscle, but didn't feel a thing,
And ate out their hearts so they never again had to sing.
594 · Apr 2013
Despite What You Think
Erin-Taylor Apr 2013
I wish I wasn't broken.
I wish I wasn't so "vain."
Apparently I'm "egotistical"
And drive quite a few people insane.

But how is this so,
When I'm so insecure?
And I can't ever help myself,
for always wanting more.

Why judge one for smiling,
Because you're not?
Just because I'm making sweet memories,
And you're making less than lot.

Don't judge a book,
By it's cover.
You never know exactly,
what lies under.
The first two stanzas are something I was working on all morning. Recently someone noticed how many pictures I take of myself, and they called me "egotistical". It kind of hurt my feelings, but I blew it off and instead of being rude, I wrote this. I take photos of myself enjoying the scenery and people around me. If they have a problem with it, then confront me about it. I don't see how it bothers others, if what I'm doing doesn't even effect them. End rant. :)
593 · Jul 2013
You
Erin-Taylor Jul 2013
You
Everything is falling into place,
Of course they are.

And I should be happy of course!
..But..I'm not.

You had to walk into my life like a freight train and knock me off of my feet.

You had to make me believe in everything you said, and throw everything else away.

You had to confuse me.

And now I don't know what I want...but one things for sure....*you
592 · Feb 2013
The Truth Is
Erin-Taylor Feb 2013
We grow old. We die.
Our lives made up of lies,
Come crashing down.
Shattering like glass without the sound,
Of terrible screams that keep you up in the night.
When your heart bleeds, you're out of mind out of sight.
The truth is, we live, we die, and we regret.
We live in anguish and pain, in stone it is set.
But one day, it'll all disappear,
So please do not fret, do not shed a tear!
Be glad, it's not over yet.
581 · Jun 2013
The World is a Rose
Erin-Taylor Jun 2013
Roses bloom...
But they also die.
It'll be morning soon,
Another day full of lies.

Roses are expensive,
Just like pure gold.
The world around you fills up your senses,
each passing minute, getting old.

Roses are easy to burn,
like all beautiful things.
And yet, people never learn,
how much love could bring.

The Roses are dead,
and nothing is left.
The nations have bled,
Not hearing one another, believing to be deaf.
This honestly isn't the best, but I kind of like it. Tell me what you think :)
578 · Mar 2014
Unfinished Words
Erin-Taylor Mar 2014
Love is a game of give and take,
But what happens when that heart starts to break?

Too much love and too much sorrow,
Causes a yearning of a better tomorrow…
573 · Dec 2012
Her heart, knows no love.
Erin-Taylor Dec 2012
Beauty dies, angels blow away.
I scream with my memory forever of you.
Makeup covers your lips and cheek.
I scream, you really pick a fight.
Not there, one night,
No one saved the love.
Always in my heart,
I only dream I’ll fall in love with someone else now.
Running more,
Hoping to never remember you.
571 · Jan 2014
Release
Erin-Taylor Jan 2014
Let go of this hold you have on me,
Let me be the person I've always wanted to be,
Let me finally breathe,
So that I can be free
562 · Feb 2013
Have You Noticed?
Erin-Taylor Feb 2013
Do they notice?
Can they see what she's doing to herself,
To become Perfect?

Her mind is overwhelming her with thoughts like:
"Is that a whole bite of food?"
"Wow, packing on the calories."
"Why can't you be skinny?"
"Why the hell are you so **** fat!?"
"Wow, you're really letting yourself go."

So she puts it down and nibbles instead.
Each day decreasing her meal size.
And no one notices, oh but she does.

She looks into the mirror and stares at her body....
She smiles at her ribcage poking out,
At her hips bulging unnaturally.
"I'm finally perfect," she says, "I can finally stop doing this and eat."

Then she's slapped back into her reality. "Are you kidding me?!"
"Look at those fatty thighs!"
"And oh that tummy has got to go!"
"That needs to be changed immediately!"

So she continues with her ways.
Just needing to be Perfect.
But do they notice?
.....Did they ever?......
561 · Jul 2014
Decrepit
Erin-Taylor Jul 2014
With my bones broken and my blood flowing, I'll continue to love you, even though you're killing me...
•e.t.
Trying something new
557 · Jan 2013
Pretense
Erin-Taylor Jan 2013
It is a midnight hue,
A blue-ish black.
The lies that flew,

And stabbed my back.
My heart is dark and cold
The warmth and loving it does lack.

Now I’m empty, but oh you were so bold.
Taking me in and revealing to me your love.
As to let me think I was worth more than gold,

As if I was something heavenly from above.
Now I know it is purity you unfold.

Making pretend you’d give me free-love.
Never again shall you lie to me.
I hid myself in, almost like a glove.

You are gone and I can finally see.
Love was always priced and never free.
Erin-Taylor Mar 2013
I flew so fast, racing down towards my demise.
My pride was injured, that is all.
No need to cry now.
When I fell, no one was there to catch me...
They let me get cut and bruised.
I never wanted to feel this way.
They made me curse and shout and deny their "wrong"
But truth be told, I wasn't right either.
When up so high on that power of smugness,
I took a hard fall and crashed down from my pedistal...
Erin-Taylor Jan 2013
The wind howls outside.
It’s getting pretty chilly.
Whipping at your face.
Dark rain clouds follow you here,
In the desolate cold night.
547 · Feb 2014
My Love, I Still Wait
Erin-Taylor Feb 2014
I remember the day my love sailed out to sea,
but that was years ago; that was when he was with me.
It's never been the same again, nor will it ever be.

He told me that he'd be home before I knew,
I guess he underestimated how hard the wind blew,
Or how mighty the waves were, knocking off and drowning his crew.

And no matter what others say,
I know that there will be a day,
When you return for me and rest your head to lay.

So, I will wait until then,
Until you're home once again.
The way that it's always been…

▲▼▲▼▲

I still wait…
It's been 50 years now.
I will wait forever more.
I know you will come home.
547 · May 2013
My Envy Is Quenched
Erin-Taylor May 2013
It finally happpened!
I've become friends with the impossible!
The poor girl still doesn't know how I wish I was her.
We are now friends, and talk regularly.
My goal has been reached, so now I need A further one. A risky one...
And so for now my envy
Has been quenched....
But not for *long
To whomever read my work frequently, you might know of a sort of "obsession" I might have with this girl I know. Well, I thought I'd just tell everyone that I am finally friends with her and I'm working my way up the friendly scale! I'm no longer so crazy! This Record is being Fixed! The Green Monster is Going Away!
540 · Jun 2017
Old Times
Erin-Taylor Jun 2017
Do you ever look back at old photos..and just the memory is so strong,
That it brings you back in such a deep pull,
That you can almost place yourself right in that photo, sitting in your best friend's car...
You can almost smell your surroundings, like the interior of her car and the freshener.
You can almost remember exactly how you felt in that moment--
You can think of how happy you were, how things were changing for you...

But now they're just memories and they can not be relived again, only remembered.
I miss that.
536 · Jan 2016
I didn't cry tonight
Erin-Taylor Jan 2016
I'd like to say that I've conquered all of my demons...but I haven't.
I still think of you.
I still listen to the voicemail I saved that you sent me a year and a half ago.
My heart still pounds when I hear your voice, just continuously hoping you'd say, "I love you" again.
But tonight, I willed myself not to give in.
I can't give in to you anymore.
Besides...there's no use in crying over a lost cause.
I can't stop thinking
528 · Feb 2013
....Right?
Erin-Taylor Feb 2013
She'll admit,
she's not particularly
proud of some
of the things
she has done,
but everyone makes
mistakes....
...right?
Somtimes,
she feels like
complete ****.
More worthless
than dirt on the
bottom of her shoes.
She has many regrets.
She has many memories,
that she'd like to erase,
but in the end, it all
makes her human....
*....right?
522 · May 2016
this does not have a title
Erin-Taylor May 2016
i thought i could be the girl

who would change you for the better

and everyone would know me as

the one who saved you from yourself.
The title is actually what it reads
Erin-Taylor May 2013
Oh my god.
Are you ******* kidding me right now?
This world turned to complete ****.
How is a teenager, maybe younger, going to block text someone and tell them to **** themselves.
"You're so fat, it's not even funny. Why don't you cut a little deeper the next time your slit your wrists. I hate you and so does everyone else."
Do you even know what words can do to someone?!
I swear to god, if that happened to me, I'd probably go ahead and do as they said.
That's the worst thing to say to someone. Basically the lesson is that:
Words can Cut just as Deep as Knives, so think about what you say. They can have a greater effect on someone than you think.
A friend of mine, recieved a message saying what is in the quotations and much more worse things from a blocked number. This made me so angry, I didn't know what else to do but vent. I hope anyone whoever reads this, will never do this at all or ever again. Words can cut just as deep as knives.
491 · Mar 2013
What I Wish I Didn't Know
Erin-Taylor Mar 2013
Did you ever have that moment in your life, when you find something out, that you wish you never found the answer to?
That deep dark secret, you were always curious about, but afraid to know?
That moment you want to crawl into a hole and die?
I'm there...I'm so there.
489 · Aug 2014
So Close Yet So Far
Erin-Taylor Aug 2014
His eyes are like glass, but stone cold.

I feel like the one who is close to shattering. I can't be the strong one.

What's wrong with me.

I miss him.
485 · Feb 2018
The Mayfly Effect
Erin-Taylor Feb 2018
When we’re young, all we can think about is growing older.

I remember when I was 11 years old, I could hear myself saying how all I wished was to be 16 years old. (Funny, I know, but when I was 11, the cool age was 16!). And now that the time has gone and passed, it feels eerie thinking about how young I once was and how you never really see how much you change over time.

I look at myself now, 20 years old, and haven’t come to terms with how I don’t want my life to pass by too quickly. Everyone says that high school goes by before you know it; for me it did. Even as I go through the motions of college, it’s flying by me.

Each day on the calendar is another mark I check off as passed.

Everyone is always looking forward to something; like a work party next Friday or even dinner on Sunday, but no one ever really stops to live in the moment.

We as people, are always looking forward and reminiscing the past, but never live in the present. And funnily enough, as each day passes, you can’t tell you’ve grown or aged.

As each birthday passes, do you actually feel any older?

Until one day you wake up in the house you own with your significant other, possibly with kids, going to the same job for 15+ years, what happened to your life?

Did you feel yourself getting older? I know this is out of the blue, but it’s scary to think how quickly life passes you by, until one day it’s over.

That’s why we should always remember the good times in the past, but not stay in them; we should always think about the future and strive for better things…but we should always remember where we are. Right here and right now.

Live for today, before you run out of tomorrows.
477 · Jan 2013
No one cares... (Sonnet)
Erin-Taylor Jan 2013
Your limbs are withered and gray,
Your leaves are crumpled and torn.
Your roots hold you in dismay,
Mother Earth lets you mourn.

This world is killing you,
These people don't care about your health.
Even the sky isn't as blue.
People nowadays only care about their self.

Yet, no one notices, no one minds,
Everything is dying,
Even your pines.
But not a soul knows, that you're crying.

Soon you will die and wither away,
But the world will just go on like everything's okay....
474 · Mar 2013
That Old Cliche
Erin-Taylor Mar 2013
I realize that
maybe I'm not
the most drop
dead gorgeous
girl alive....

But what I do know
is that I am loved...

Unconditionally,
by my friends,
my love,
and my family.

Looks don't matter.
What counts is on
the inside.

Yes, that old
cliche.

Sometimes,
most times,
it works.
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