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 Mar 2013 FrannyFoo
Melissa L
It wrapped itself around me when the lights went out
And took my form, all my shapes
The way you did

It protected me from any monsters below
And made everything safe and sound
The way you did

It kept me warm when the cold air got me
It listened to my screams of angst
It caught me when I fell down
And never failed to abide this calling

Just the way you did

When you were away
I lay my tired body on half the bed
Going through this whole cycle
Wondering if you too were being
Warmed,
Guarded,
Comforted.

This down feather blanket isn't you
It is a new friend
My friend
No one else's

The way you said
You were no one else's
 Mar 2013 FrannyFoo
Nizar Qabbani
My lover asks me:
"What is the difference between me and the sky?"
The difference, my love,
Is that when you laugh,
I forget about the sky.
 Mar 2013 FrannyFoo
Josh Hayes
My body is so tired
So tired that not even
Two and a half liters of you
Can't even help.
Why Mountain Dew,
Do you make my chest hurt?
 Mar 2013 FrannyFoo
Tru Baker
I envy the cup of coffee that gets to kiss your sleepy lips awake every cold and bitter morning.
 Mar 2013 FrannyFoo
Tori G
There is a pretty girl
With a pretty face,
With a pretty body,
With pretty hair, and
With pretty eyes.

In the eye of the public
She has a pretty smile.
She is the perfect girl.

But at home,
Dark thoughts
Poison her mind.

She hides her true self;
Depression chokes her very soul
But she pretends it doesn't exist.
She buries this deep within until it hurts.

Because on the outside she is...
Beautiful?
Don't ever assume who a person is just from a passing glance...
 Mar 2013 FrannyFoo
martin
I once knew a woman who got cancer
I don't know why
Perhaps it was genetic
Environmental
Or she swallowed a fly

They sliced it out
Bombarded with radiation
Chemo
It might as well have been a spider
To wriggle and wriggle around inside her
Because she died
Oh it's true that I've left myself slipping into this weird sensation, this hallucinatory feeling of security and self-reliance.
This feeling isn't all it's cracked up to be, in fact, it's completely devoid of what I thought it was supposed to be.
It's all upside down what I feel here.
Confused, I ramble the deepest desires I have to myself to keep focused on human goals.
I know that I'll never see space with my own eyes but I still have hope to experience isolation on my own.
It's such an incredible thing to perceive life the way I have, and the way you've yet to experience.
Somewhere we'll find each other in the way that it was meant to be, until then of course, we'll live life the way we best know how.
Life will be displayed in a thick red, exposing the flaws that flow to the surface revealing holes in the atmosphere that allow for indifference and carelessness.
"Manifest Destiny!" I shout from my pedestal, proclaiming that everyone has their own possibility and action, when I know that truthfully we are all just reactions, impulsively driven to the actions that shape who we are and what we are to become.
 Mar 2013 FrannyFoo
Tori G
Roses
 Mar 2013 FrannyFoo
Tori G
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
Life's a *****,
And so are you.
The author of this poem is my wonderful brother Gregory Gray.  (:
He poured the coffee
Into the cup
He put the milk
Into the cup of coffee
He put the sugar
Into the coffee with milk
With a small spoon
He churned
He drank the coffee
And he put down the cup
Without any word to me
He emptied the coffee with milk
And he put down the cup
Without any word to me
He lighted
One cigarette
He made circles
With the smoke
He shook off the ash
Into the ashtray
Without any word to me
Without any look at me
He got up
He put on
A hat on his head
He put on
A raincoat
Because it was raining
And he left
Into the rain
Without any word to me
Without any look at me
And I buried
My face in my hands
And I cried
 Mar 2013 FrannyFoo
Alex Bautista
You turned left,I turned right
You run,I chase
There's a fight
And that's what I hate

My brain
My heart
Will always be insane
But that's just my part

Your quiet
Your fun
We both start a riot
I love you my sweet ***

But then I knew
That there's someon else
Now I'm plain confused
That care only for yourself
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