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Eva Encarnacion Aug 2013
i guess we’ve picked up on each others bad habits
dysfunctional sadness that drives us to madness
blissful chaos —who could blame us
happy is a thing we no longer know how to be
only wounds and scars for each other to treat
when at our best we’re an organized mess
neither brave enough to leave this inhabitable nest
and though leaving each other might be the right thing to do
it gives us nothing familiar to fall back to
and to that i say
          —lets plan leave some other day
Eva Encarnacion Aug 2013
. . .
If only words could come out of her mouth
she could salvage this that went so south
If only meaningful thoughts could be formed
she fears she's coming off as bored
But it isn't that—
Her brain and mouth are trying
Really trying to work together
She's on the verge of crying
right at the threshold
Her mind she wishes to unfold
but fear is blocking the way
She only needs one thing to say
. . .
But the moment has passed
And the silence still lasts
and now she tries desperately
not to fill it
-shout out to all my painfully missed opportunities
Eva Encarnacion Aug 2013
The night was incredible.
The dress looked perfect.
The smiles were radiant.
The laughter was booming.

And the memories would be forever.

The incredible night wasn’t so if you looked too closely.
The perfect dress had sequins coming loose at the threads.
The radiant smiles couldn’t hide pained eyes.
The booming laughter was forced.

And the memories would be forever.
Eva Encarnacion Aug 2013
Stretch tall, breath in, grow strong.
To live like a tree is hard
when my heart feels to weak.
My trunk does not straighten,
my leaves do not open,
I starve myself of the nourishing light.
I wither, shrink, and die
Eva Encarnacion Aug 2013
We’ve grown and changed
and there are only shadows
of what once was.
When life gets too heavy I return
to those familiar shadows.
Not fitting perfectly, but
comfortable enough;
reminded of the good.
If I stay too long
the seasons change
and the once relaxing shade
turns to biting cold.
Embittering me
with each icy memory. It is then
I know my time is up,
I must return to the present,
until the next too heavy day.
Eva Encarnacion Aug 2013
They each hid the truth
Thinking letting it out would bring endless consequence
When the real pain came from holing it in
It weighed on their hearts, ate at and their conscious, crushed their spirits
A house of broken cowards
Each slowly suffocating
Dying from their self contained flames
Eva Encarnacion Jul 2012
It rang through my chest
And settled deep in my heart
My shields weren't up to numb me from the start
I was unprepared for your choice of her over me
A pain deep down I couldn't let you see
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