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Gabrielle Oct 2018
I am a monarch butterfly
one look at me
will have you questioning
your understanding of reality

I'm in awe every day
of how I move without direction
knowing full well that I am trusting an invisible truth
still, I reach out into the world
for anything I can hold onto
doubting that I understand direction at all
letting the rain wipe out the light I know is there
the light that I helped create

full of doubt
full of fear
falling slowly

I will rise again
I have a place that I belong
a place I have never seen
it holds a space for my body
for my soul, for me
and I will get there one of these days
just you watch
Gabrielle Oct 2018
I keep falling behind
then forgetting to catch up

my heart overflowing
blood so cold
makes my skin
match the temperature of yours

mind is frozen
body numb
life moves on
can I stay here?

why do we merge
time with movement
and claim that life is our own

life is
too cruel and beautiful
to be owned
Gabrielle Oct 2018
my dreams force me to face
this unhealed reality
I'd call them nightmares
if it surprised me
Gabrielle Oct 2018
I broke
some time ago
watch as my light fades into fear
watch these eyes fight the friction of my mind
watch as my life falls to pieces  once more
I will be right next to you
watching
too
I told you I hate scary movies
Gabrielle Oct 2018
2 pills to keep me moving
3 pills to fall asleep
makes me wonder
if my dreams are more real than reality
Gabrielle Oct 2018
im drowning underneath this smile
why cant anyone see
im struggling to breath
screaming through my eyes
hold my gaze
long enough to see
theres nothing inside of me

broken heart
breaking my broken mind
how many more pieces
do you think will come

lost
but theres nothing to find
these tears fall lifeless and cold

where am I
Gabrielle Oct 2018
I crave freedom from words

tear out from the box my thoughts put me in

damage the exterior beyond repair

I am a diamond in a cardboard box

trapped behind the fear of being seen

I crave space to fill my lungs

space to lay

spread my body

into the world

relentlessly me
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