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I never knew what love was


                          until I saw the way he looked at her.
Sarcasm runs in my veins,
I am a sucker for a sad face.
I can get claustrophobic on trains,
I love things that have fringe and lace.

The world is cold and lonely,
But that’s how I want it to be.
Please don’t treat me like I’m your one and only,
I’ll understand you even if I don’t agree.

I like when you call me nasty names,
That’s how I know we’re close.
I like to put all of my pictures in frames,
I find peppers and pineapples gross.

My hair is like the dark ebb and flow of the seas,
And my green eyes are the reflection on that watery surface.
My body is gorgeous from my love handles to my knees,
And my mind making me a complete circuit.

Every human is different and odd,
But each one is just as interesting as the next.
We all are broken and flawed,
But would we be human if we weren’t complex?

Every being should enjoy themselves,
And not care what society thinks.
Why is hearing criticism like walking on eggshells?
Ignore it because life will be over in a few winks.
I love you deeper than the ocean,
farther than fish can swim,
I love you as high as the stars beyond our sky,
oh the happiness that you bring.
Love is such a complicated thing
I just could never understand,
I'd never waste my time on any boys
or let them ever hold my hand.
When I look into your eyes
its not like the others I've ever seen,
when I look in your eyes I see the whole world, I feel as if I'm in a dream.
Is this real? Is it true? I can't even comprehend,
all I know is I dream of being in your arms until the very end.
Time ticks on, the days drag on, and I grow fonder of who you are,
in this dark black sky that is my life, you're the one and only shining star
who guides me through my times of sadness, hopelessness, and despair,
truly without any doubts,
you're the only one who cares.
I've never had a man look at me the way that you do,
it seems as if I'm seeing the world as if it is brand new.
As I lay down before I go to sleep,
I pray to the god above us that my heart, you'll always keep
. I felt like a flower in a vase,
slowly but surely withering away,
but you are the water that was poured into me,
and kept me alive, don't you see?
without you, love, I could not be,
my darling without you, I wouldn't breathe.
without you my love, surely I would cry,
my darling without you, surely I would die.


2013 © O'Brien Devin Brielle
i sit here on a cold December evening
watching the snow fall
over the dead trees
and i cannot help but think
that i am somehow like those trees
because i am numb,
and fragile,
and dead,
and i am being buried by
the storm of challenges
life is pummeling me with
but like those trees
I will one day become full of life again.
i haven't seen You
spoken to You
or heard from You
for so long that i cannot possibly count the days

but that doesn't mean you are gone
You left your presence running
through my veins
and i can still feel your hand
against mine if i try hard enough

You sneak your way into the music
blasting in my headphones
while i am alone on a Friday night
and during long drives through my hometown
memories of you flood my mind.

if only i could keep driving until i reached You,
and together return to the life i once knew.
Hook the loops of your bag
between your forearm crease,
let it swing not lag
whilst you walk to see your niece.

Your nephew is ill in hospital,
your parents too ill to help out,
your sister is depressed, it's postnatal,
and you've been there from the beginning, throughout.

Those aren't tears, but the effects of the wind
while you walk nervous to see.
******* in your cold coat you’ve thinned,
but no one will notice nor disagree.

As you’re there to help, encourage with wise words,
short bursts of helpful blurbs will
satisfy your sister just enough
for her to get through.
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Sometimes there’s this emptiness in the soul
With which the saddest songs would not heal
And the soft kisses of tissues would not soothe
The burns of the acidic tears
Something in there
Cannot be resurrected
Nor stimulated  
With a thousand voltage defibrillator

Most of the time,
the rotting flesh is still alive
The heart still beats
The EKG device monitoring
Each stubborn peak and trough

Sometimes
In this blind bleakness,
There is still a small spark
An iridescent bubble that refuses to be burst
And with quiet determination,
There is a defiance to live
And sometimes
This small act of defiance
Is the greatest courage of all
Don't tell me you meant all those words you said.
The times you made me believe that I am truly beautiful just as I am.
That night was a night I will never forget.

'I love you' , you said to me.
It was all a pretty little lie, a lie I believed even if I knew ot was not real.
You are the reason for some of my scars.
You think this is a joke, don't you?

One day when you get your little heart broken, I will be standing there laughing at you.
Laughing because karma is a *****.

You didn't mean it, so don't say you did!!
 Dec 2013 frankie crognale
REAL
i fell into my skin
and i saw my mind is beautiful
saw the afternoon shine touch the trees
warm thoughts
unfroze
the deeply frozen
pains
my days are smelling like coffee
my toes turning
into liquid
bye
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