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i miss you
but i cannot forgive you
i need you
but i do not believe you
i fight you
but i can't exorcise you

this is miserable
just waiting to not care
you're winning so far
but neither of us are quite there

i'm angry at you
for not treating me right
for doing what you can
because you know i won't fight

bubbles rising to surface
last ditch effort to seem perfect
maybe they won't notice
keep saying who cares if they do

on my words i keep tripping
my coverup is slipping
finally it hits me
i'm perfectly doomed

trapped in the house i built
of anger, pain, regret, and guilt
believing you're nothing
so you treat yourself like nothing
waking up realizing
this is what you wanted
but you just wanted to make someone feel good
since all it seems like you do is fail
a steep price for a broken solution
to a problem you could've fixed
by being honest with yourself
why couldn't you just be wrong
now nothing is alright
i feel it burning down in my gut
when i see the facts all laid out
like i should've just known
and maybe i wouldn't have seemed like such a clown
too bad i guess
there's not much i can do now
but cry about it in the dead of night
and pretend it's okay when daylight comes around
talking to wall
but he's a good looking one
and that's something at the end of the day

lucky to be
with someone like him
even though the lack of chemistry drives me insane
it's a no for me
wiping my hands
leaving before i can't

i'd love to
but already made other plans
hope you understand

cool that you offered
but i'm actually great
thanks but no thanks

actually can't do that time either
or make that other date
not trying to frustrate

(except i totally am
listening to you whine is painful
so i make myself unavailable

can't care about anyone else
you're incapable
besides my plate is full

dealing with my own things
struggling on the side
crying when out of sight

you're no help
stop trying to invade my mind
and take up all my time)
even when it hurts
and i've never felt more alone
the things that make me feel that way
are not things i go through alone
wanna highdive headfirst into an empty swimming pool
and have my skull ******* shattered
get in my car and drive up the off ramp
to see how far i could go before i am shot through the dashboard
wear bricks as anklets and try to swim
a game of how long can i hold my breath
everytime i close my eyes
i'm mesmerized by death
it's beyond the need to feel pretty
or feeling fat and ugly
it's that feeling in my gut
that says no one will ever love me
because i just feel unlovable
i feel like i could be easily replaced
nothing too special about me to miss
they're probably tired of seeing my face
it's easier to just not care
so that's what they do
why put in effort
when i'll do it for you
and there's a few who try
but it's all cluster ******
they do it for themselves
so it's not really love
they're preying on my need
to feel understood
i'm scared of those people more
because they really think they are good

oh... i just feel unlovable
i hate how uncomfortable i am in my own skin
everytime i start to forget
the self-loathing monster creeps up again
all i can know is me and mine
and even that can be a mystery sometimes
i could waste time trying to read your mind
or work on bringing love to my own life
and honestly the best thing
seems to be investing
in the best me
not being messy
what happened
what went wrong
what made you stop
what held you back
what scared you off
what did i do
what can i do
what can't i do
what were we
what was it
what do you regret
what do you miss
what is there to
what is there to save
what was there before
what can be salvaged
what is worth keeping
what is worth it

                                                                      what?
much regret
i fill my cup
then fill another
and call it a night

i'm tired of being afraid of what could happen
what i would give
to operate in the realm of reality
to purge myself of emotion and impulsion
to make a better life for myself

and its not that i can't
it'd just be easier if i didn't care
i notice that your smile is not as bright
how it no longer reaches to your eyes
i see it in the way you walk away
how your shoulders fall when you think it's safe
when you think you're alone and you pray to god
it's okay to not be okay, you dont have to brush this off
when you've been burned
as many times as me
you don't even
react to the heat
i avoid pain of course
but don't wince as i bleed
prepared for the worst
as i traverse cautiously
that's not me anymore
in the depths of my tired mind
you materialized
it was love if i have ever known it
suddenly taken once awoken
and i know it wasn't for ever
it's just now i crave a together
i spend too much time isolated
heart too fragile to avoid the breakage
already gone but you never existed
when will i look forward to more than dreams and wishes
your own medicine
is your poison
you blow ****
out of proportion

layer the *******
liberally
yet everything must be
taken literally

the hypocrisy is
astronomical
a larger discrepancy
virtually impossible
it's not that hard
it's not so bad
you doubt yourself
after the fact
you led me on
now want me back
gonna kindly
reject that

if i'm being honest
i feel fine
i've found better uses
of my time
maybe the offer
was quite nice
but i'mma have to
politely decline

i don't want none of the *******
that comes with loving you
dealt with it for months now
and where has it taken me to
besides the edge of this bed
and the end of my wits
can't find it in me to be
the idiot you fell in love with
finally awake
avoiding today
i love you all
and have to say
this last week was rough
but i need to be okay
thank you for waiting
until i was safe
it's really sad if you think about it
how fast we burned to nothing
thats why i don't think anymore
so if you're running out of reasons trust me
there goes another one
add it to the pile of flaws i've accrued
in this process of trying to become
loved by you
walking away with nothing but my pride
in the end
wouldn't dare reach out now
or bear to call you a friend
it's easy to say it now
but you would've never said it then
you didn't even have those kind of thoughts
and haven't had them since
you would be the world's biggest liar
if you tried to say you felt the same
you're sparing no feelings and frankly i'm insulted
how easily you could lie to my face
toss and turn
i'll never fall asleep
at this rate
or at least that's how it seems
caught up in imagining
what it'd be like to just love
the dreams and hope mean well
but they're nowhere near enough
are we up this time
or did we fall down
is she gonna come tonight
did she not stick around
keeping crashing into my life
to sneak your way out
this time the call is mine
and i don't feel it right now

i'm tired of being your second choice
i'm not gonna fight or raise my voice
yelling at you will do no good
you'll only apologize because now you should
not worth the headache or tears that follow
it's over and i'm done pretending it's not so
finished with being your backup plan
you no longer get to know who i am
can you make it fine
i don't wanna get hurt
it's just been such a long time
since i heard those words
since i felt this way
since i felt safe
wanna trust your intentions
but i have no faith
in my ability to protect myself
after all of the things i couldn't stop
you hate that i'm somebody else
than who i was when we first talked
blurry
not in a hurry
trying to remain
unworried

but the more we talk
and the more i stalk
the more i wanna
cut this off

don't wanna be a ****
but i'm trying to save you as much
heartbreak as i can
since i don't know what i want
didn't think
no i didnt
didn't think
you would

even then
i'm not angry
even then
i'm not so good

there's something burning
smoke making it hard to see
there's something hurting
pain making it hard to breathe

and oh if you could kiss it away
don't you believe it would be gone by now
every surface could be washed by the rain
and it still wouldn't rid us of the blood on the ground
if i could sleep this all away
i'd surrender consciousness no doubt
but  when i'm forced to be awake
it's all the same regardless of how

hard i try and deeply i wish
for everything with us to be okay
but you don't care as much as i do
so i was always doomed to feel this way
not one for gambling
i'm staring at the door
no one is coming
no one said they would
but i'm burning a hole in the wood with my gaze
that was meant to be a draft but since some of you appreciated it, i'll just let that be 😅
following directions
that lead to dead ends
listened to the people
i thought were my friends
don't know where i am
not even a clue
someone come find me
i'm just a little too confused
to find my own way back
and be okay
can't see past my issues
or deal with my pain
i just feel so lost
so broken and hurt and torn
i dont understand why
i can't feel anymore
it is all so gray
_________
i just started writing again
and lately i've been overwhelmed
forgot where i left off
and don't know how to continue
so i guess this is what i get
and basically this summarizes how i feel
i don't feel appreciated
or loved
or wanted here

everyone's taken a bite out of me
who'd want a person
everyone's been near

value depreciated
through the wear and tear
throughout the years

my body count
only serves
to fuel misguided fears
no one has to know
because it's all inside my head
you'll never look to me
or wake up in my bed
i know all that waits for me
is solitude and dread
i know if i say anything
it'll be followed by regret
even then
nonetheless
you fill my thoughts
like mercury and lead
the weight of you
comes to a rest
and settles in my heart
just to be trapped inside my chest
slipping under
falling down
finding myself
new ways to drown
thoughts lost somewhere up in the sky
the stars replace them inside of my mind
all my doubts could fill up the universe
but i'm appreciating how the moon sits so high
gonna enjoy how the darkness is so calm
not focus on what i didn't do right
pushing the negativity somewhere out of existence
just letting myself relax underneath the stars as they shine
no more anxiety or worrying tonight
soaking up the tender moonlight
like i'll never see the fine Miss Luna again
tired of wasting precious time
and if you wanna sit here and argue about who's right
i can leave you to yourself to lash out and start a fight
have some nice dnd for once and a quiet night
sometimes it feels like all you want is to see me cry
you know they say love is blind
all your red flags up on display
with thousands of views
you ****** with my head
now i feel so alone and used

you said you wanted me
you lied through your teeth
you said you wanted me
that you would never leave
and now i'm left here so ******* confused

look at all my insecurities
now on display for the world to see
you made me feel useless
left to clean up this mess
once again

you said you wanted me
you lied through your **** teeth
you said you wanted me
that you would never leave
look at me sitting here struggling to breathe

i told you how i felt
you still show no remorse or guilt
still no response
no spontaneous admission of love
that i wish your heart felt
look at me picking up my pieces once again
the distance ruined what could have been




red flags that were somehow not seen
when you said you wanted me
when you promised to never leave
you lied through your **** teeth
and you know it

trusted you with with my insecurities
thought we were sharing vulnerability
now as i struggle to breathe
it's out in the open for all to see
and you condone it

yes
you control it
if you feel guilty
you don't show it
facade never cracks
not for a moment

yes
i should've known it
with most of these feelings
i've outgrown them
nonetheless i'm here
but i don't wanna own it

i told you how i felt
still no response, still no guilt, no remorse
no attempts at reaching out from your end

no spontaneous admission of love
look at me picking up my pieces once again
the distance ruined what could have been
make it quick
smother me in bed
push me off a building
shoot me in the head
make it all stop
make it all better
i always said i'd love you
not that we'd always be together
why would you do the same
you'll have me anyways
no need to work it out
if i decide to live with the pain
why would you ever need to change
or force yourself to rearrange
the way things are right now
have come to like your place
slapped across the cheek
this is what you thought of me
maybe i have been weak
i needed to see what you see
to be chewed up and spit out
be stomped into the ground
to flinch at words from your mouth
needed to be shaken back to the reality of now
i want you to talk to me
but i don't wanna ask
the edges of my mouth itch to smile
but i'm terrified to laugh
all the nice things
seem just out of reach
how am i to know
if you really want me
unless you say so
if it's gentle
let it crash
if it's fragile
let it break
you shouldn't
have to work so hard
to be with someone
anyways

if he wanted to
he would
if he cared
he'd show up
for some people
your very best
will never be
enough

find someone
who understands
find someone
who wants to
don't waste
your precious time
trying to make
someone want you
it's easy to forget where i stand
when you whisper in my neck
so lost in your words
i don't remember what to expect
because it feels so warm
like sunshine in my chest
special until you
act different with your friends
golden until
you change at sunset
butterflies stop feeling good
i just feel upset
my alternate reality
shattered by what you've said
putting in effort
past the point where i should be done
trying to be
the Sierra you need me to be
everything to everyone

a sister
a lover
a confidante
put a quarter in
and get the Sierra you want

nice and sweet
soft and cuddly
honest and blunt
submissive and loyal
a Sierra that succumbs
there
are
things
you
just
don't
know

understand
accept
be grateful
my titles are weird but i think i need to explain this one lol. basically you know that game where its like you are getting hotter or colder. that's what this is based off of, at least the title
i've taken some time
and gave it some thought
fit the pieces all together
then pulled them all apart
looking for answers
and finding none
some things can't be explained
to the brain or the heart
i tried to understand
why you can't feel the same
but i can't psychoanalyze you
without ruining the mental image of who i think you are
more than some distraction
i waited and you noticed
i wanna be more and i'm not gonna be less
balance has been broken
understand the benefit
of having someone worship you
but i'm too mentally disfigured
to continue to
be an easy child for you
i'm a rat king of a person
as ****** as i can be
we both know i don't deserve this
please don't let me die out here
don't leave me all alone
can't you just care a little
i don't want to let you go
teeter totter
neck deep in water
tried watching my step
but why even bother
can't find a way out
can't see a foot down
not opposed to dying
so why not just drown
my fingers walk up my arm
as i wonder if i'm making a mistake
are you losing interest in me
or am i driving myself insane
should i hold back
or say what i wanna say
just so tired of losing people
and pretending that is okay
the day
i have the motivation
to do anything not required of me
you'll all be doomed
heavy tears
paperweights for a paper heart
securing my spot in hell

holding my place
while my soul decays
and only i console myself
i don't know but this describes how i feel
overreactive
painfully attractive
just cause you want it
doesn't mean you should have it
what else could be a problem
i couldn't even say
i wake up everyday
and find new ways to waste
the little energy i have
on people who never change
wanting to be acknowledged
but just gonna have to wait
or move on before
i give the last of it away
and i can't muster up the effort
to convince myself to stay

i am trying
but thats nothing
when i have nothing at the end of the day

i wanna be understanding
and share so much love
but that gets drowned out by the pain
the price of a joyride
the heart of a boy i
will never truly know
seemed like a cool guy
now i feel used dry
ending on a flat note
i made the decision
said i was okay with it
even though i was reluctant to even go
ofcourse he's indifferent
should've trust my intuition
but i just didn't wanna spend the night alone
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