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519 · Nov 2020
Ritual
Isobel G Nov 2020
How many people have I known;
taking them into me,
speaking that universal, ancient language
of intimate bodies.
All the beds I've slept in,
all the hands that have felt me move
as I dance the age old dance.
©Isobel G.       Written 04.02.2020
519 · Jul 2012
Fire
Isobel G Jul 2012
I met him once,
under a hazy night
that leaked gasoline.
He looked like light,
but he was fire.
©Nicola-Isobel H.          08.07.2012
518 · Oct 2011
It Wasn't Your Time
Isobel G Oct 2011
You were so close,
I could feel your weight,
Your hand on my shoulder,
Your words were foreign,
But the message clear,
Aged, yet so full of life,
I would have died,
To give you one more moment,
A goodbye,
It wasn't your time
©Nicola-Isobel H.     16.08.2011
515 · Dec 2011
Transition
Isobel G Dec 2011
Twist
                                 and twirl
     and dance
                   and leap
                                                    and fly
            and sink
                                       and crash
                                                           ­ and fall
                      and break
     and cry
                                                  love
      ­                                                           and die.
©Nicola-Isobel H.      12.12.2011
515 · May 2015
Empty shell
Isobel G May 2015
Why do we destroy ourselves?

Why do we live?




Why do I love you.
©Nicola-Isobel H.         14.05.2015
514 · Sep 2012
In Completion
Isobel G Sep 2012
You fill me
with a love so strong,
it could bring me to pieces.
You fill me
with joy.
©Nicola-Isobel H.            14.09.2012

To my beloved, happy anniversary.
514 · Jan 2011
Walking
Isobel G Jan 2011
Walking,
I feel my weight,
So strangely weightless,
Yet heavy at the same time,
Crowded is this room,
Full of strange faces,
None but a few familiar,

Walking,
I feel so alone,
Even amongst this crowd,
So large, so loud,
Wishing for a place,
Secluded and tranquil,
To lie beside you,
Confide in you this feeling,
A place to belong with you,
In your strong - yet cautious - arms,

But I am walking
©Nicola-Isobel H.      02.01.2011
513 · Dec 2010
November Snow
Isobel G Dec 2010
Lie with me on my un-made bed,
So I'll have a place,
To rest my troubled head,
As your heart beats fast,
I'll run with you,
Through the sunsets,
And milleniums of grey,
So we can spend centuries,
We'll sleep on lonely shores,
Forever more, together,
Don't have to care about the past,
The present is all we know,
I'll bury my worries,
Safe with yours,
In the November Snow
©Nicola-Isobel H.     29.12.2010
512 · Aug 2012
New Toys Get Old.
Isobel G Aug 2012
I hope you're all cut up,
seeing the red between
the lines. I hope you're
seeing me when you fake
it with her. I hope you're seeing
my reds on her whites. I
hope you **** her up just like
the last one. I hope you ****
her up, just like me.

I hope you're all cut up,
just reading this.
©Nicola-Isobel H.        05.08.2012
512 · Feb 2012
Stains
Isobel G Feb 2012
Don't  you  wish   we
could drink red wine
on    the    sand    and
watch  it   run   under
our    fingers,   in   our
blood, washed  up  in
the sand   like    stains.
©Nicola-Isobel H.         16.02.2012
511 · Jan 2011
The Awakening Of Hope
Isobel G Jan 2011
You call to me,
From above,
Patience riddled with desperation,
While I slumber,
Waiting in Death's anxious hand,
Your gentle voice awakens something,
I thought it to be dead,
But hope arises,
I thought us both conquered,
But you breathe air,
Into my fragile lungs,
Reviving lost hope,
Stealing me away,
From Death's inpenetrable clutches,
With your passion
©Nicola-Isobel H.     01.01.2011
511 · Jan 2011
Almost At The Bottom
Isobel G Jan 2011
I know there's no point,
Crying or pondering,
On whats been said and done,
That I'm wasting my time,
Waiting for things to get better,
But when you're stuck,
Hopeless and destroyed,
Almost at the bottom,
And the climb back up,
Seems so impossible on your own,
You can't take your eyes,
Off the darkness surrounding you,
Because in this place,
The light isn't bright enough,
To be real
©Nicola-Isobel H.    20.01.2011
511 · Oct 2011
Beneath You
Isobel G Oct 2011
I wonder how I feel,
Within those hands,
Am I as cold,
As I remember feeling,

Do the scars,
Hollow your fingertips,
As they trace,
The rips clawed into my flesh,

I wonder how I feel,
When I'm beneath you,
Am I bones and blood,
Under the webs,

Do the tears match,
The texture of my veins,
As your nails chase,
That hollow pulse
©Nicola-Isobel H.       21.10.2011
509 · Oct 2011
As The Winter Grows
Isobel G Oct 2011
The coldness settles,
Surrounding me,
I shrink into the fog,
Letting the frost,
Eat out my eyes,
And turn my world,
To grey,
As the winter grows,
Inside me
©Nicola-Isobel H.      12.08.2011
509 · Dec 2015
"Clean up on Isle 5."
Isobel G Dec 2015
The icy sting shocks me into consciousness,
and the water weighs heavy on my lashes.
I blink away the soft blurred white
and the sink is bleached and
clinical as the water rushes
over it's slick, porcelain skin.
The coolness traces the blood-rush red
of my crippled fingers, and slowly, I crumble.
©Nicola-Isobel H.       15.12.2015
508 · Apr 2013
Child on Paper
Isobel G Apr 2013
Clothed in endless fibers of unsolved equations,
my skin is every A, B, C+ I've ever had.
My tongue and teeth carved from
over-used quotations.
Hair of flowing shreds of wasted time.
Eyes of burnt projector lights.
Red ink corrections on my lips.
I wear my science textbook heart on my sleeve,
dissected and un-beating
in your unyielding grasp.
©Nicola-Isobel H.            22.04.2013
507 · Dec 2011
Falling Again
Isobel G Dec 2011
I'll be falling again,
Dripping,
Tripping on gravity,
And cold footsteps,
High on wonder-lust,
Lost amongst white salvation,
With my black rubble hands,
Pawing at heaven
©Nicola-Isobel H.        13.12.2011
507 · Feb 2012
Dreaming
Isobel G Feb 2012
Under my lids,
We pull blankets,
Over the plaster sky,
And sleep away time
©Nicola-Isobel H.       28.02.2012
Isobel G Jan 2011
Drowning under the weight,
Of mourning tears,
How could they not have told me,
There was so little time,

Even though inside I felt,
Something was wrong,
Didn't I deserve,
To be told anyway
©Nicola-Isobel H.     14.01.2011
506 · Dec 2011
Tomorrow I Will Dream
Isobel G Dec 2011
Tomorrow I will dream,
And the carbon sky will fade,
Finally revealing that blue wonder,
I have missed for so long
©Nicola-Isobel H.      10.12.2011
506 · Jan 2011
Empty Air
Isobel G Jan 2011
Drowning in my sorrow,
With nowhere to go,
There's no up or down,
Just the weight,
Of recent events,
Crushing my chest,
Suffocating me,
While I wait,
For something, someone,
To ease the burden,
And hold the pieces together,
Before they fall to the floor,
Where I lie,
Longing for something so simple,
For an embrace that says it all:
I love you,
I'm not going to leave you,
We'll get through it together,
Just something that's real,
That doesn't slip through my fingers,
Leaving me with a handful,
Of empty air
©Nicola-Isobel H.     18.01.2011
506 · Apr 2011
Waking Up To Darkness
Isobel G Apr 2011
Three weeks on,
And I'm still terrified,
Of waking up,
To darkness
©Nicola-Isobel H.      02.04.2011
502 · Mar 2013
Vacancy
Isobel G Mar 2013
A humble void, announced
by glaring, violent neon.
Glowing between the bones
of dusk and reborn light.
You wander between the space
of almost and not quite.
You are never quite, never quiet.
©Nicola-Isobel H.             14.03.2013
501 · Jan 2011
My Thoughts At 9pm
Isobel G Jan 2011
I want to know where you are,
While I'm thinking about him,
While I wonder why it feels so wrong,
When he says my name,
Why my heart doesn't beat when you do,

I don't want him to say anything,
I want you to say everything,
I want you to tell me we'll be fine,

Why does it feel so fake,
When he holds my hand,
And asks what's wrong,
Why do I wish you were him,
That he was gone, and you,
In his place,
A much better fit,
Walking into the sunset,
As I watch from heaven above
©Nicola-Isobel H.     02.01.2011
Isobel G Jan 2011
Within the confines,
Of my empty room,
I dwell on sombre thoughts,
That haunt my heavy head,
Day and night alike,
For the musings,
Of my troubled mind,
Do not stop with light
©Nicola-Isobel H.     15.01.2011
Isobel G Apr 2016
I live my life from one encounter to the next;
the way a ****** lives for his next pay check.
I need my fix and every moment in between is nothing,
every moment is empty until I'm beneath you.
© Nicola-Isobel H.      06.04.2016
500 · Jan 2011
Where Is The Happiness?
Isobel G Jan 2011
I wonder,
At the world,
Far more beautiful,
Drowned in rainfall,
Than the too-bright sunshine,
I wonder,
Where is the happiness?
©Nicola-Isobel H.     11.01.2011
498 · Dec 2015
China Doll
Isobel G Dec 2015
Sometimes I don't recognise
my own frayed edges; that pale
painted-faced girl slung on the
mirror's edge, the shadow I have become.
©Nicola-Isobel H.       16.12.2015
497 · May 2011
Who You've Become
Isobel G May 2011
You seem so sure,
There's no good in you,
But I know you're wrong,
If only I could make you see,
All that you've done,
I will show you,
Who you've become
©Nicola-Isobel H.     09.05.2011
494 · Oct 2011
Grace The Birds With Sun
Isobel G Oct 2011
Soar o'er the sky,
Paint feathers on the clouds,
Breathe life,
Into the hollows,
Of the waxen, silver moon,
Fall like tears,
Brightness rippling on the ocean,
Gold in the summer sand,
Be not forgotten,
To the violet sky,
A mirror shattered,
By the lightning in your eyes,
Your eyes filled with shards,
Glass and broken stars,
Grace the birds with sun
©Nicola-Isobel H.     20.06.2011
493 · Jan 2011
Thank You
Isobel G Jan 2011
I just wanted to say,
Thank you,
For taking me seriously,
When no one else did
©Nicola-Isobel H.     19.01.2011
492 · Jan 2011
Looking At You
Isobel G Jan 2011
I've been feeling this way.
For days now,
So sick inside,
From chills to fevers,
Stomach turning over,
Shaken,
So hot I'm cold,
Unsure if I can hold back,
The acid in my throat,
I'm in knots,
Twisted and queasy,
I'm not sick,
I'm just looking at you
©Nicola-Isobel H.     11.01.2011
492 · Aug 2012
Periphery
Isobel G Aug 2012
You're closer, almost
in reach of my senses. Your
familiar sting on my skin,
that touch I could never quite
trust. Don't let me breathe
you in.
©Nicola-Isobel H.           13.08.2012
Isobel G Mar 2011
Lying awake for days,
All the things I'd like to know,
Do you ever feel alone,
You've never been alone,
Bleeding from the scars,
You drew, they never closed,
They never closed

I'm drowning in emotion,
That you're not feeling,
I'm falling apart,
'Cause you can't see this,
I'll break my own heart,
If it makes you smile,
But I've been keeping quiet,
Far too long

Inquisition of the sunsets,
All the doubts I'll keep at bay,
How could you not ponder,
If we're falling the right way,
You could be the lies,
Fuelling all this pain,
It never ends

I'm drowning in emotion,
That you're not feeling,
I'm falling apart,
'Cause you can't see this,
I'll break my own heart,
If it makes you smile,
But I've been keeping quiet,
Far too long

So here we'll lie,
In the darkness,
Does it matter at all,
How hard we try,
To pick up the pieces

I'm drowning in emotion,
That you're not feeling,
I'm falling apart,
'Cause you can't see this,
I'll break my own heart,
If it makes you smile,
But I've been keeping quiet,
Far too...
(repeat chorus)

I've been keeping quiet,
Far too long
©Nicola-Isobel H.        19.03.2011

This is the full set of lyrics for Keeping Quiet. Enjoy.
490 · Apr 2011
I'm Not Suprised
Isobel G Apr 2011
I guess I'm not suprised,
I always knew this had to end,
But I never thought,
It would be like this,
I never expected,
You would give up so fast
©Nicola-Isobel H.      16.04.2011
489 · Jan 2011
Jump
Isobel G Jan 2011
Such timid creatures,
We are,
So fearful of tomorrow,
Of rejections and goodbyes,
That we hold back,
The words we want to say,
And wait patiently,
For our lives to begin,
For the sun to shine,
For joy and love,
To make themselves known,
But sometimes,
Waiting is not enough,
Sometimes,
You just have to jump
©Nicola-Isobel H.      19.01.2011
489 · Feb 2011
Desperate For His Promise
Isobel G Feb 2011
I wrap my arms,
Tightly around,
My empty, shaking self,
Struggling to breathe,
Aching,
Inside and out,
So desperate,
For his promise,
And Death's mercy
©Nicola-Isobel H.      05.02.2011
488 · Dec 2011
Perfect Things
Isobel G Dec 2011
My mind fills,
With perfect things,
Perfect things,
That used to belong with someone else
Maybe they're not so perfect...
©Nicola-Isobel H.        26.12.2011
487 · Jan 2011
How Far We Have To Fall
Isobel G Jan 2011
Tears fall like dew drops in the morning,
Love recalls the early hours of the dawning,
Of the fire,
In our hearts,
In our eyes,
As we lost sight of what we've won,
In our minds,
In our souls,
See how far we've come to fall,
How far we have to fall,
We have to run,
To hold on
©Nicola-Isobel H.     07.01.2011
487 · Oct 2011
As I Remember
Isobel G Oct 2011
The winter winds,
The grey skies,
Exactly as I remember,
It seems I never left
©Nicola-Isobel H.     22.07.2011
487 · Jun 2011
All That I Am
Isobel G Jun 2011
My problem,
Is not coldness,
Nor sadness,
It is not the absence.
Of my sense of self,
Or my longing to die,
All that I am,
Is lonely
©Nicola-Isobel H.     13.05.2011
487 · Mar 2011
Screaming For Nothing
Isobel G Mar 2011
Hope eats away,
At my insides,
Hollow though they are,
It burns through it all,
Desperately,
A sickness fills my heart,
Nauseating,
A chilling fever,
Freezing the emptiness,
'Til everything melts away,
And I'm screaming,
For nothing
©Nicola-Isobel H.      17.03.2011
486 · Mar 2011
Over
Isobel G Mar 2011
In those moments,
When the world slows,
To a stand-still,
And the seconds,
Take an eternity to pass,
Don't you wish,
It would all just be,
Over
©Nicola-Isobel H.        30.03.2011
486 · Feb 2011
I Don't Want To Be Amazing
Isobel G Feb 2011
I don't want to be,
Amazing,
Just something,
More than yet,
Another face,
To someone,
Who meant everything
©Nicola-Isobel H.      16.02.2011
486 · Feb 2011
What Was Once Happiness
Isobel G Feb 2011
He penetrates stone walls,
And sees the truth,
Behind the lies,
And the empty smile,

There is something beyond,
Laughter,
Something dark,
Something hollow and broken,

Layered with dust,
Lies the grave,
Of what was once,
Happiness
©Nicola-Isobel H.     17.02.2011
486 · Apr 2016
Intimacy Issues
Isobel G Apr 2016
In the stillness of moonlight,
punctuated by your steady exhale
and the brief swell of your chest,
I sunk into your warmth.
Encased in your arms,
I felt myself slipping into a feeling
that I had almost forgotten.
Like a child with her ear
pressed to the whorl of a seashell,
I lost myself in the drumming beneath your ribs.
©Nicola-Isobel H.         26.04.2016
484 · Apr 2011
Stay
Isobel G Apr 2011
I want to help you,
Please don't push me away,
I need you,
I want you to stay,
I'll still be here,
We don't have to change
©Nicola-Isobel H.       17.04.2011

Yes, I am attempting to rhyme for some unknown reason.
484 · Jan 2011
To Walk In The Sun
Isobel G Jan 2011
I think I'd like to be,
Someone else,
For just one day,
To shed my heavy cloak,
Of black and despair,
And walk in the sun
©Nicola-Isobel H.     15.01.2011
484 · Oct 2011
I'm Alone
Isobel G Oct 2011
I'm standing,
On my own now,
In the rain now,

It's been a long time,
Since I saw you,
Since we last spoke,

And now I need to know,
Where you are,
Where you were,

You promised to hold me,
When they lost me,
When they found me,

You made your vow,
To close my eyes,
To guide me home,

But I'm alone now,
I'm alone.
©Nicola-Isobel H.        27.04.2011
483 · Jun 2011
Why I Love You
Isobel G Jun 2011
I love you,
Because you make the sun,
Shine a little brighter,
And the pain,
Drift away to a place,
It cannot be felt,
I love you,
For your honesty,
Because of everything you are,
For giving me a reason,
To wake up,
I love you,
Because I feel so alive,
So real,
When I'm with you,
I wouldn't dream,
Of closing my eyes
©Nicola-Isobel H.     24.05.2011
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