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Feb 2020 · 116
Eight questions
G Feb 2020
Should we take the chance?
I guess the question should be
Should I take the chance?
What am I missing out on if I walk away?
If I stay?

I feel safe around you but,
What is it to feel safe in the arms of
Someone who couldn’t love you back?

You told me I’ll find what I desire
But what if I’m not actively looking?
I’ll wait til it finds me
Can I wait with you in the meantime?
Would you be okay with that?

I can’t pour into you by emptying myself
But I will fill myself up only
To hand the excess over to you
Jan 2020 · 107
Untitled
G Jan 2020
Your fingers intertwined with mine as
I beg you to pound the sadness out of me
You whisper sweet nothings into my ear
Knowing my body couldn’t handle it

I desperately wanted you to
Swirl those white lies back into my mouth as
Our bodies became water
Taking form of each other
Taking form of whoever we wanted to be that night

My hands found their way up to your neck
Your eyes glisten like you know what’s to come
My grasp gets tighter &
I watch your eyes roll back
Like you’ve been waiting for this your whole life

It’s been awhile old friend
How sinfully sweet to see you again
Jan 2020 · 95
Micro-dose
G Jan 2020
Tonight feels like your breath on my skin
How your lips would form a smirk when
My goosebumps presented themselves
Your fingertips tracing my spine
Making their way down to my thighs
My body was your instrument
And you mastered it
Oh so well
Jan 2020 · 96
To the 20's
G Jan 2020
To the person I used to be
It's been a whole decade
You hid your scars well darling
Dodging empty promises left and right
You learned to survive
You learned how to build your walls up
Brick by brick
Brick. By. *******. Brick.
How many wolves tried to blow it down?
Was your heart aching to be set free?
I know survival became easy
It became home
But now it's time to let it all go
To heal your inner child
Who desperately wants you to grow
Jan 2020 · 159
Last Dance
G Jan 2020
You could write a book about us
How the sky cracked open and
Broke down once we kissed

Turned around and witnessed raindrops
Slapping the pavement
In honor of our pain

We fell apart like our souls were
Never in need
Like they never weeped
I didn't think we would bleed like this

But blood knows
Oh,
How blood knows

You asked me not to run
Instead I chose to slowly slip away
From the depths of the ocean
To where our love knows no gravity

We got swept up in the midst of our last dance
Struggling to plant our feet back on the ground
We spilled over each other trying to break free

I let go of everything I knew
And embraced uncertainty
I thought I was made for love

Can you hear that sound?
I’m ready to run
Jan 2020 · 236
Park Talks
G Jan 2020
Your fingers caress my face
As I rest my cheek in your palm
I can feel the blood rushing back in
As if this was the signal to feel alive again

The beating of our hearts become louder
Until it drowns out everything around us
Is this what home feels like?

You grab my chin and tilt my head upwards
Until our eyes meet
Your eyes are low,
Your eyes are *****

You pull me in and kiss me deep
I wrap my arms around your neck
As my legs become weak
Is this what passion feels like?

Two bottles of wine in and           
Fear is completely out the window
As I allow my body to finally take over
Feb 2018 · 381
To my lover
G Feb 2018
To the man I love
who soothes me into pure bliss
Whose eyes are hidden jewels
painting waves of ecstasy
with each and every chocolate kiss
tracing spines and burying ourselves between thighs
with every explosion
hair pull
& pinch of sin
I climb the floors of your soul
to discover that, well,
I think we’ve met before
maybe in another time,
maybe in another place
but here we are with our hearts
beating at the same pace
discovering what lies beneath the skin
To the being I become one with
I will love you wholeheartedly
unconditionally
openly &
fearlessly
’til my heart is out of space
’til my last bake for goodness sake
To the heart I'll give my all to
stay vibrant
stay true
stay you
To the man I love
I will interlock my fingers with yours and
take you to the moon and back
just to show you the stars
and the world that is ours
Feb 2018 · 366
2/14/18
G Feb 2018
6 am
When my breath coats the back of your neck
I’ll whisper sweet melodies to you
as those hands discover my thighs
Aroused by the marks your teeth leave behind
The trail of your love that seems to stops
when you reach my drinking fountain
Can you feel me?
Can you taste me?
We’re dancing with our eyes closed
In a constant summer haze
The thumps of our heartbeats are
the only sound we
can make out despite the world bustling
Right outside our bedroom
drunk energies crashing into one another
over
& over
again
until we come,
home.
You are the sun
& I am the moon
At 6 am when I start to fade back into me
Remember,
Our souls are forever intertwined.
May 2016 · 553
Rolled Together
G May 2016
I watched the heavens open up
And cry souls in forms of rain drops
Smacking the pavement around us

It was a race of who can
Drift back to Earth faster &
We were in the midst of it all

I'm on a carousel
Riding the stars
On a one way path up

I’m 15 again
My body is up in flames
& my eyes are sealed

I go with it
Tucking my legs in as I go higher
Staying in rhythm with each breath

My heart beats so loud that
You turn to me and ask
If I can play that melody louder

I watch your fingertips
Paint imaginary masterpieces
Over the curves of my breast

I'm still riding the stars
Tongue twisted & choking
On the emotions I can't spill out to you

Ready to put my knives down
Surrender my heart
Open my soul
Give my all

To you &
only you
This is an edit of the first poem
May 2016 · 435
Rolled Together
G May 2016
I watched the heavens open up
And cry souls in forms of rain drops
Smacking the pavement around us

I'm on a carousel
Riding the stars
On a one way path up

My heart beats so loud that
You turn to me and ask
If I can play that melody louder

I watch your fingertips
Paint imaginary masterpieces
Over the curves of my breast

I'm still riding the stars
Tongue twisted & choking
On the emotions I can't spill out to you

Ready to put my knives down
Surrender my heart
Open my soul
Give my all

To you &
only you

I want this now
I want this forever
Jul 2015 · 377
Diner Blues
G Jul 2015
It's usually over some random breakfast date that you ask me why I love you. For some reason I can't ever answer you. With my shaky voice and trembling hands, I open my mouth and like a drought, nothing spills out. Don't think my heart doesn't feel for you or my soul doesn't ache at 3AM, when I'm left with nothing but your scent as I roll over.

When I was 5, I put myself in between an argument that my parents were having. When I asked, I was told, "We're not fighting baby, we're just talking loud. Everything's fine." The next morning my father was gone. Everything's fine. Five years later I finally was able to read between the lines. And a blade was finally between my veins.

Don't think my stomach doesn't flutter for you. The first guy that made my stomach turn told me he loved me. He whispered such sweet words into my ear. Shortly after, I realized my stomach was only turning because he repeatedly began to kick it in. "Do you still love me?" He chuckled so much, it was only a year later I found myself chuckling when I was in pain.

Don't think my body doesn't yearn for your touch. Like . . . Like how your hands ring around my neck while you love me. It was only a couple months later trying to swallow all those pills set my throat on fire. I looked in the mirror and just laughed. Silly little girl, you don't belong in this world. Having fingers down my throat wasn't my idea of sunshine.

Don't think my fingers trace your veins for no reason. The first guy I fell in love with, traced dotted lines around my heart. I guess it made it that easier for him to rip it out. That Autumn I spent downing bottles of alcohol or in bed. Reality didn't seem to exist. The only words I could recite were, "I want to die." Oh boy, did I.

You see, don't think I don't love you. I do. Baby, I'm in love with you, and the way your eyes turn honey brown in the sun. I find myself waist deep in your sea, but I'm not drowning. Instead, admiring the small island in the distance, and how I love you dearly. Adore every goose-bump and birthmark. Swim away with me my love.
Jul 2015 · 516
Blue Moon
G Jul 2015
How do I ask you not to leave me by myself when you’re battling demons of your own? I’m a danger to myself, I’m terrified to be left with this hole in my chest and my pulsing veins waiting to be ripped into. Relief lies in the blood waiting to flow up and above the surface of my skin. Don’t leave me by myself, the moon isn’t shining bright enough tonight to let me know I’m not alone. I understand time heals everything, but does time wash away the addiction when I’m lying in bed straining myself, trying to stop the sensation. Yelling all my secrets into my pillow, hoping they’ll shout back. How do I stop snapping my rubber bands against my wrist while counting down the stops on the train ‘til I get home. Don’t leave me by myself, only you can be my full moon for tonight. But just for tonight.
Jan 2015 · 257
Untitled
G Jan 2015
I don’t remember what color my walls are
and It seems like I can’t breathe anymore
I don’t know what’s taking you so long

I thought you’d come right back.
patience was never me and while,
I’m missing you, I can’t stop crying

and the sky isn’t blue no more
I can’t stop dreaming about you,
only to reach over and find an empty space

Mama told me boys aren’t worth it
but only if she knew what I’d do for you
she’d be sure of it too.

my body seems to stay numb,
I might be losing it
my stomach doesn’t flutter,
and my fingers don’t tingle

my eyes don’t sparkle,
and my heart seems
to beat at a normal pace.
I seem to still miss you.
Jan 2015 · 389
16
G Jan 2015
16
They told me to get over you
I had to fall in love with myself
But how?
Every inch of my
Sun kissed skin
Starry soul
Was touched by perfection
When your lips
Crashed against mine
How can I fall in love with
The me that
You made
I'll cry instead
And die a little inside
Like the way I did
When you first touched me
Jan 2015 · 370
Untitled
G Jan 2015
It's 12 am
I'm curled up in bed
Reminiscing
How you use to hold me
Like the moon held the stars
You'd brush a strand of hair
Off of my face
How the ocean breeze brushed
Sand against my skin
And you'd say
Everything's going to be ok
You'd kiss my neck like the sun
Would stain my ****** skin
In your presence you'd
Take me away
How the waves would
Wash away my worries
Jan 2015 · 1.5k
Kings.
G Jan 2015
To my black brother
We feel your emptiness
We’re all bleeding for you
To my black queens fighting
Continue to stand tall
Hold our black kings tight tonight
We recognize your pain
The sun will continue to set
But keep on marching
Our lost brothers
Won't make it home tonight
So keep on shouting
To my childless mothers
Don't let your blood stained tears
Become the finale of your fight
Remember black is beautiful and
You're the foundation for this
Young generation to create a movement
To my black Kings
Survive.
You are revolutionary
It starts with you, you are now
You are the epitome of change
We recognize you.
Be good
Be great
Jan 2015 · 499
Ride
G Jan 2015
I belonged to no one. Rode into the sunset with boys whose lips tasted of cigarettes and regret. My mouth was always blood stained red like the sins I was to commit that night. Grey skies and you came around smelling like vanilla, tasting even better. I might've inhaled you as our breathing pattern became one. Slowly then all at once I got lost in you. Wiping my lips clean, cleansing my dark aura on ecstasy with a few more skeletons stilled buried beneath my nails. The moon pulled the tides and I needed you to need me as I collapsed to my knees. Shouting to the God I don't believe in, and I vowed to protect you for there I finally loved you.
Jan 2015 · 300
Fire In Your Arms
G Jan 2015
If you loved me as hard as you ****** me, maybe we could turn this into something extraordinary. Instead your hands caress my curves as you try to pound the sadness out of me. But here’s the truth, if I loved myself even an ounce more than I hate the person I have become, there’d be no chance in hell that I would be between your sheets wanting to crawl out of my skin. I would be glowing in the arms of someone who holds me like they’d lose a part of themselves if they ever lost me. So here I am fighting back tears as you tell me how good I am. Finally breaking down, “I never meant to make you cry” as you just watch me sob uncontrollably. This is who I’ve become, a reflection of you. Yet your still the only person I have eyes for.
Jan 2015 · 942
Painting
G Jan 2015
You caressed my body like art
To create this painting of us
On this starry night

With every ****** into my little dipper
You reached my north star
and I came, home

My Cepheus
My man on the moon
The Gods would be proud

— The End —