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 Aug 2013 fragile
theaphile
You allow your insecurities to swallow you up and define you -
transforming you into something
weak and dangerous.
Be careful young one,
for the journey ahead
will tease and abuse
these insecurities
and play with them
as they play with you
and your
mind..

Congratulations.

You have now shed your false skin and exposed your true colors,
for deep inside, was a demon
plagued by trauma
plagued by sin and
plagued by drama.

She now seeks to wreak havoc on those around her and those who cared for her,
but they shun.

Depressed, shunned.
Depression.
They laugh. She run.

I myself can see that she is desperate.
Desperate for help and change and peace.
Desperate to find herself.
A lone animal behind
that facade
that everyone had abandoned,
and although she wants help, she's not sure how to accept it.
Self destruction becomes her monotonous path,
and you watch as she kills herself.
No blade, no gun.

Just, naturally.
It was her destiny.
-c.m
 Aug 2013 fragile
Redshift
my mother always used to say
(usually in distaste for someone else's behavior):

"if the shoe fits."

as a child i
puzzled over this phrase.

i never understood people who hated their mothers
mine seemed alright
we'd have a fight
once in awhile...
but i think it was when
i was sitting with a judge
on my right hand
my mother in front of me
and the brown-toothed woman lawyer
next to her
both of them
talking out the corner of their mouths
bringing up
any bad thing
i'd ever done
and some that
i hadn't
that i finally realized
what "if the shoe fits"
truly
meant.

that day i guessed your size,
mother.
and i knew
just which pair of shoes
you'd chosen to wear
for the rest of your life.
one is called
mockery
the other is called
bitterness
and you have a backup pair named
hatred
and
scorn

today i looked at her
in her shoes that fit all too perfectly
(like they were even
made for her)
and realized
that they are one of the things
(out of many)
i wouldn't like to
inherit...


mother,
if the shoe fits...
wear it.
 Aug 2013 fragile
Ellenah
Excuses
 Aug 2013 fragile
Ellenah
I’m done with the disappointment
With the heartache and tears
I’m done with the promises
Always postponed, never fulfilled

I'm finished with the "I love you"s
With the confusion between truths and sweet nothings
I’m spent with the let downs
With the excuses and "I’m sorry”s

I say I am finished with the romance
With the kisses and heartbreaks
Yet my every wish it to have such
To be wrapped in a lovers arms; to be loved

I say I am done with the disappointment
With the heartache and the tears
But I have yet to give it up
Nor do I honestly want to.
 Aug 2013 fragile
Sophie Herzing
I delivered
19
chocolate-chocolate chip cookies
to your house the other day after midnight
because it was you nineteenth birthday and you hate that day
above all other's
so I decided to celebrate
by making you junk food even though you're on a diet
and just came from a late night workout
and you'll ask me why
I care about something so much that's not even that special
and I'll tell you it's simply because
"It's your birthday!"
or
"Why wouldn't I?"
but really
truth is

You're going away and I haven't decided how I'm going to deal with that yet.
You're going away and I haven't been able to write.
You're going away and this may be the last
time
I'll see you on your birthday.

So take the **** cookies and say thank you,
because I baked them while I was crying over missing you
and tried my hardest not to let the tears fall in the batter.
No one should have to taste sadness like that.

Don't be mad at me because you're bitter about your birthday
and you can't stand it when people show that they care about you,
because you don't know how hard this is for me.

I bet you never even thought how hard
it will be for me
and that's why I baked the cookies.
That's why I'm so upset and that's why I'm begging you
to come outside and just kiss me on your birthday
because I've been counting how many kisses I have left
before you're too far away to feel me.
Just give me all you've got while we still have the chance.

This is going to be hard enough when you're gone
so don't make it so hard now.
Just kiss me and eat the cookies.

Oh,
and happy birthday.
 Aug 2013 fragile
R
(10w)
 Aug 2013 fragile
R
She just makes me
want to smile and
cry alltogether.
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