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 Jan 2014 Francisco Ortiz
Celeste
I'm afraid to admit
That I crave your lips to split me open
Spilling forth every unevoked feeling and emotion
Into an uncontainable flood
That I wouldn't know how to control

I'm afraid to admit
That your exposing eyes
Appear to know my secret
That i do not revel in the loneliness
And all too often my laughter is a lie

I'm afraid to admit
That with you I'd be willing to change
Together we would cross every line, then burn it to ash
And I would never look back
To see if anyone was watching me
For I would no longer care
 Jan 2014 Francisco Ortiz
Celeste
The worst kind of loneliness
Is when you crave the company
Of an individual who has yet to exist in your world
The stars aren't as bright as they used to be,
but maybe it's because I don't wish on them anymore.
And I haven't asked the moon for a favour in ages,
but I guess I never got much from it in the first place.
At what cost does love come?

I lost my friends in the sky when you kissed my lips
and whispered the bitter truth that every shooting star is dying.
Sure it was naive to wish on stars
and to wholeheartedly believe
that escapes would reach me by magic of the night.

But my innocence was never yours to rob,
and I wish, upon dying stars
that I had known that before.
 Jan 2014 Francisco Ortiz
haley
i want to write about the way my lover makes me feel
and the way we fit together like the teeth of the zipper on my favorite jacket
but i am loveless
and unlovable
and it's for the best
because i was never
patient or forgiving
enough
to love
anyway.
 Jan 2014 Francisco Ortiz
brooke
the water in
the bird feeder
is frozen.
(c) Brooke Otto 2014
1/1/14
 Jan 2014 Francisco Ortiz
Tatiana
Thousands of mirrors,
you're everywhere.
Or is it that i'm everywhere?
Who are you?
Who am I?

The mirrors are shimmering,
nothing could be prettier.
Except that I know it's all a lie.
I dare you to reveal,
you're true self.

The mirrors lost their glow.
Now there are shadows everywhere.
...
*My reflection, the end is coming, you'll see
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