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 Apr 2016 erin
Montana
I grow
 Apr 2016 erin
Montana
I grow up
but you don't
Etched in a memory
Laughing
Bereft of ego
and adult responsibilities

I grow old
but you don't
Stuck in the amber
of a yesteryear
Forever fourteen
White teeth and sweaty palms

I grow hard
but you don't
Frozen by a lens
Smiling
Nothing but sunshine
Behind bright, brown eyes
 Apr 2016 erin
Meg
drowning
 Apr 2016 erin
Meg
someone once told me
pain is like water;
you need a little
to know you're alive,
but too much
will drown you.
and now I think
isn't it funny
how the things we do
to feel alive
are the things
that can **** us?

i suppose
it's because
we just want to feel
**something
I've been writing a lot of poetry lately. Sorry if I'm obnoxious. Credit to my friend for being the ambiguous person whose quote I used. (Take that, Danny.)
 Mar 2016 erin
adrien
he was navy blue
                                 and heavy rocks
        
            he laughed the way you nervously scuff your feet
he was October
                                                    and raisins

                    he walked the way a bird picks at worms
        he looked like a well traveled gravel road

he was rust
       he was silver

a.h.d.
 Mar 2016 erin
Phoenix
To feel love
You must know hate

To feel joy
You must know pain

To feel surrounded
You must know being alone

To feel free
You must know being cornered

There is always a negative
To a positive
A good
To the bad
Yin to yang

I've faced my fears
Been to Hell and back
Been pushed to my limits
Been close to death
I've shed so many tears

But don't get my wrong
My beloved readers
I'm no coward
I haven't backed down
And I won't back down

Because I know pain
I know love
Because I know sorrow
I know joy

Life is a series of hardships
Life is a never ending war
Between good and bad
Happy and sad
Love and hate

The pain of yesterday
Makes me stronger today
The sorrow of tomorrow
Helps me value the now

Since I've been to Hell and back
I know the value of love
I know the meaning of friends
And family

Since I know death
I know life

Since I know death
I know how to fight
Even if it is hard

Since I know life
I know what to fight for
Even when hope seems lost
 Mar 2016 erin
Lakin
Untitled
 Mar 2016 erin
Lakin
"Write and keep writing. Because a pen does not bleed for art; it scars for survival."
a personal quote
 Mar 2016 erin
bee
fernweh is a german word that means to be a homesick for a place you've never been, so i wonder what you call missing someone who was never yours.
 Mar 2016 erin
James M Vines
A vacant lot has been taken over by people in rubber boots. The asphalt is being torn up and the earth beneath gets to see sunlight for the first time in years. Seeds are being sewn in neighborhoods without the governments help. People are taking charge of their own lives. The air is becoming cleaner and neighbors are working together again. Children get their hands ***** and learn what a garden is. No more is it a place where a lone farmer grows our food, but a place of unity that builds a community and breaks down barriers and abates fear as it helps people learn to live together again.
 Mar 2016 erin
James M Vines
My soul is held hostage in your embrace. I cannot escape the remembrance of your warmth. Your kindness and gentle ways confound me and make it hard for me to concentrate. All the day I am in a state of dreaming. I cannot complete even the simplest task. I drift back to the night of passion before the day of labors. I am enchanted by the scent of your body. I hold tightly to the memory of you as I walk through the day. I long to return to your side and once again find myself, as I am lost in your love.
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