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 Jan 2015 Hannah Beth
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I find comfort in reading myths
For even the great gods
with all their strengths and wits
Are prone to anger, sadness and
Are known to love too strongly
And thus are just like us.
They are finite.
Their lofty stories ignite our interest
for they reflect us and connect us.

Have you ever felt like Zeus?
Cause I'm sure he has felt like us.
He is a god but not God
for he is flawed.
I applaud this
for it does remind us
of the similarity between
gods and mortals

Both rather like the other
to the extent that
they falter at the same torment
although we think they do not.

gods can lose their immortality
just as mortals can become gods
It must be said I do enjoy mythologies, especially Greek mythology.
Stale beer and cheap cigarettes.
She tilted the long neck bottle up,
And swallowed another death wish.
She said under her breath,
"This one's for you."

The guy across the fire smiled at her.
His hands touched her softly,
But it reminded her of you.
Another swig of beer.
Tonight was her breaking point,
And you were gone.

It wasn't making love,
they were ******* on a torn couch.
He wouldn't remember her name in the morning,
But she didn't know her name that night.

The sad part is standing back and watching.
I know she isn't like this.
You started this,
All by telling her "I don't know."
As you turned your head away
I Slipped and fell flat on my face
The back of my head stained with with red
but not a drop of pain
The front was unrecognisable
dented with black ice
this daily occurrence
won't get me very far
But I am stubborn
And apparently content in my rotting misery
                       /
I think I have started to unlearn those secret lessons
those valuable things you have taught me
Although sometimes
they spring back into my memory
Usually at the worst of times
But being so stubborn
I brush them away like a smog cloud on a chimney top
                       /
When I look at myself in the mirror
I see someone else
Some haunted red eye beast
Something I cannot bare to know
Let alone believe as myself
If only I could reach into that mirror
And slip away into a word of reverse
Eighteen out of three
 Sep 2014 Hannah Beth
Queen
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 Sep 2014 Hannah Beth
Queen
I saw my ex today.
we're friends now you see,
but the attraction still lingers between us
like a magnetic field,
Even though we've both moved on.
Sometimes I regret leaving him,
because when I was with him,
like a bird soaring the sky,
I felt free.
maybe it's because deep down inside,
I want to go back to him,
but for the first time in his life,
I feel happy to see him with someone else.
His finally decided to settle down.
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