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Carlo Mark Apr 2017
Today is your birthday
and I can comfortably say
that I am glad the ties that once bound us
have broken and frayed

Apathy rushes over me
as memories of us come reeling back to me.
A pathetic series of attempts you see
to find something

anything

to go back to what we once were

you and me.

Today is your birthday
and I can comfortably say
things are better now
that I have pushed you away.
Carlo Mark Oct 2013
Sometimes it creeps.

But tonight
it gives no warning
Carlo Mark May 2013
a clearer night,
more conscience,
more control.

to see you turn away
after a short embrace,
is harder than
resisting
yet another taste.

a constant pull
brings me back to you,
yet liquor seems to be
the catalyst
between
you
       and
              me

an urge, yet again,
failed to fight off.
a cautious embrace,
slowly approached.

a clearer night,
more conscience,
more control-
yet,
a somber taste lingers
after a quick shot
of repressed passion
Carlo Mark May 2013
wallowing in sadness
highlights regret.

basking in glee
leads you to happiness.

To have a second chance
at life,
a redo, soft reset.

To change one thing to make
it good
a turn, three words.

A life not lived
yet constantly craved.

Parallel, yet,
better,
kinder,
happier.

A world where a touch
needs no liquid courage.

No kiss is a slip
of judgement.

A society that loves all.
Parents that support you.


What if?
every night.

What would I change?
if I had the right.

Where would we be?
if you won the fight.

wallowing in sadness,
hooked on the past.
what if? and who?
forever it lasts.
Carlo Mark May 2013
Night after night.
You long for the flash,
the crash,
the bang,
of the raging storm.

Clouds race by
and no rain falls.

Week after week.
You anticipate the wind,
the pulling,
the gasping,
of the raging storm.

Stars shimmer sadly
in the calm midnight sky.

And then, it hits.
A surge like never before.
Crash,
gasp,
boom.

A blip of something,
the future or not?
A taste
that satisfies not.
Leaves your craving
for more.


Linger on the flash,
the lightning,
of lust.

Slurred words and
blurred thoughts.

Echoes the thunder
of never-will
and have nots.
Carlo Mark Mar 2013
A chance to get better,
to recover,
to heal.

An opportunity overlooked.
Carlo Mark Mar 2013
I once was told:
"You're going to go far."
I worked hard,
to live up to those words

I once was told:
"You can't."
I worked hard,
to ignore those words.

I find myself here,
Far from home.
"Go far"
Failing.
"You can't"
Trying to to better.
"You're not good enough"
Trying to find myself.
"You're insecure"
To live my life.

I tell myself
"Just try"
I work hard,
But their words,
they bring me down.
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