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 Nov 2014 Gwendolyn
Gavin Betty
I wanted to change the world one day,
Then you told me to go back to sleep.
 Nov 2014 Gwendolyn
Sin Rose
sick to my stomach
and bloodshot eyes.
nicotine stains
and scarred thighs.
I live on little sleep
and lost hope.
wondering just when
you'll return home
again.
 Nov 2014 Gwendolyn
Taylor
anxiety
 Nov 2014 Gwendolyn
Taylor
anxiety comes as a haywire mind
a situation in your head
worlds away from everyone
words unsaid
scared to be anyone, much less yourself

but most of all
it comes
and it never really leaves.
 Nov 2014 Gwendolyn
Hannah Mary
I'm always being told to let go of all bad things in life
but if I did, I would have to release myself
and I managed to do so a couple of months ago
sometimes we can be our worst enemy
but that's life
 Nov 2014 Gwendolyn
M
Location
 Nov 2014 Gwendolyn
M
Your location on this globe
Ceases to keep you from pinpointing a spot my heart-
Even though you're far off elsewhere,
Your stake on the beating in my rib cage reinforces that we are never truly apart.
 Nov 2014 Gwendolyn
M
Real People
 Nov 2014 Gwendolyn
M
We should just kiss like real people do-*
It's fine if your lips are chapped from the cold ones before me,
And mine are a bit too tight from all the times I've tried to save face.
We might bump noses or hit teeth,
I might laugh and you might blush.
Maybe your hands might shake,
And maybe I'll be too nervous to keep your gaze.
There won't be fireworks or an orchestra to set the mood,
And that's all fine by me so long you just kiss me like real people do.
Hozier' new album is obviously on my mind. I also have gravitated more towards what's natural rather that the grandiose expectations of what people should be and do. We all have these checklists and one day it hit me that maybe I don't even make my own cut. I know my worth and I don't sell myself short, I know what I want and I know what I don't. I also know that humans are imperfect, and having a "checklist" won't lead me to anything but disappointment because I won't meet anyone who can be everything. Rather, I just want to meet someone who understands that we're all wandering around trying to figure it all out and be honest rather than put on a show. I want realness over a perceived perfection.
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