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 Apr 2014 J
Kim Trojel
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 Apr 2014 J
Kim Trojel
Most days are fine
Or as okay as they can be
I don't care much
Or I just don't think at all

But some nights
When I'm alone
These thoughts come racing by
And the restlessness comes back

Like a reminder of old days
Of darkness and confusion
Sadness and then numbs
With a blade inside my palm

I don't know why
But I do know how
Like a blender in my stomach
And a noose around my heart

Like a race inside my head
That will never stop
And a swirl behind my eyes
Though I'll never cry

I guess I'll have to cope
And learn to just get by
My spirit is mile high
And my head is in the skies

The worst is over
 Apr 2014 J
Olivia Kent
Manhunt
 Apr 2014 J
Olivia Kent
She went upon a dinner date.
Tried to pursue that perfect mate.
Stood up straight, performed on stage.
Crazy words from paper page.
Went hunting, armed with nothing but words.
Most of them fellas out hunting birds.
Just wanting maybe, a rapid **** from some *******.
Went to the library to check all the books.
Sitting there silently.
Self absorbed, in their looks.
Took her wallet to the store.
In the hope that maybe  she will score.
After all, single men still need to shop.
Will that single woman ever stop.
Or must her quest go on?
(c) Livvi
 Apr 2014 J
Gabrielle Magana
Drink
 Apr 2014 J
Gabrielle Magana
They say falling in love is not easy, but all it takes is a shot glass glance, and no sooner than later you’ll look at her profile in the dim light, and you’re in love.

Everything then becomes crimsoned, not because you are in a pub,
but rather because it is the shade of passion,
love.
And no sooner than now, you are dreaming of throwing your hands beneath her dress,
and thinking of mouthing, “I love you” from your eyes, to hers.

But no, she does not walk up to you, and you feel that the stereotypical misconception of a woman never making the first move, is true.

This is a man’s work, you tell yourself, dubiously forgetting what too lies between your legs, is nothing that of a man.

You’re intoxicant now, perhaps from the four Pabsts you've downed because you’re cheap and cool,
and you are incoherently waltzing
on over to her, and of course she smiles,
either because you look like an idiot,
or because she is charmed.

You cup your hands on her face.
The skin is soft, she says nothing,
but feels warm.

This is not love. You’re just drunk.
I wish I was who you think of, when drunk.
 Apr 2014 J
Simon Obirek
curfew lips
 Apr 2014 J
Simon Obirek
Your lips
tasted like strawberries
and salt
as they hoisted themselves from the deep and
rammed into mine.

Your lips
tightly sealed at day
never speaking
never laughing
never opening.

But at night
curfew was lifted
your lips were open to anything
cigarettes
*****
pills
tongues
*****.
 Apr 2014 J
Lelu
Miss Conception
 Apr 2014 J
Lelu
Photoshopped fantasy fictions
Misogynistic oppressive depictions
Unobtainable beauty
Fake imagery
This LIE is but violence and bigotry
 Apr 2014 J
Amanda
12:00
 Apr 2014 J
Amanda
And it is midnight again.
We will write the date different.
Breakfast will be slightly changed,
hair will be terribly ruffled on one day,
then fine on the next.

Our souls may sometimes be coloured blue,
for now,
it's mellow sunshine melded with silent notes of wistfulness.

The handful of stars dotting across the grey-navy blue sky will sometimes become an infinite sprinkle.

Rain.
Sun.
Raindrops & damp hair.
Sunshine dancing across our collarbones.

Closed eyelids, but unclosed heart.

Tired soul but it keeps say a quiet 'No' to
sleep.

Lovely days flit in between the not-so-good ones.

And it is twelve at night again.
My white heart painted the loveliest red has been
trying & trying
to say
'Hello' or was it.. goodbye
to
yours

*again.
Hello there! How is your day going, lovely?
x
 Apr 2014 J
Nick Dubuque
I live so close to train tracks
It would be so easy
To just take a rest
And be rid of this world
I never asked for life
I've only begged for death
But what of the people
Whom I've crossed paths with
If I could only explain
The pain in my mind
Festering from birth
Consuming my life
Maybe they would be okay
Maybe I will be okay
 Apr 2014 J
Wednesday
Skin Thrills
 Apr 2014 J
Wednesday
I learned more about you in a Tattoo shop than I should have

I was talking to an artist named Adam
when he mentioned a goblin shark
and how even in 2014
we have only researched 1% of the bottom of the ocean

and until then I would have never compared you to a sea floor
but it seems that is just what you are : undiscoverable

deep
dark
dangerous
 Apr 2014 J
Wednesday
I fell in love with you all over again in a hospital waiting room

I fell in love with the deep purple under your eyes
like delicate bruising

I fell in love with the paleness of your lips
from lack of nutrients

I fell in love with the way you moved slowly
and achingly wrapped in a white blanket the color of your skin

I fell in love with the deep crimson of your blood
as it ran through your IV

I fell in love with you again as I laid with you in the hospital bed at 3 am

we’d been there for 10 hours
and you had a little too much morphine in your system
and a lack of sleep
when you pulled me close and said

“I could really see myself marrying you some day”

and that was right before you kissed me with your dye stained lips
so they could see your insides better on the x-ray

I fell in love with you again when you looked at me with your
big hazel eyes that turn black around the edges

You said god had sent me from heaven
An angel to watch over you

I'm not too sure about that but what I do know is:

I Do
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