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“Please leave your message after the tone.”

Beep

“I just, needed to remind you that I love you and I think of you constantly, and I’m having a deja vu, but, I- I don’t know if this one will end badly, but the last one did.”

Beep bop doop don beep boop boop

Ringing

“Please leave your message after the tone.”

Beep

“Hey, I don’t know what good it is to tell you I’m sitting on a corner, alone, in the rain just, shivering. But, I miss you. I miss you like a flower misses the sun. Like an ear misses sound. Like a heart misses lo-”


*Love.
'Limousine by Brand New' for the title.
Oct 2013 · 256
Broken Bones
His name was Three,
His childhood free,
But he fell out of a tree,

Now he sits all day,
His parents always pray,
And he doesn't say,

"I will stand tall,
I will not fall,
It will be like, I never did at all."
Oct 2013 · 407
I Cannot Dream
Would you come to my funeral?
Would you wear black all day?
Would you mourn me at all?

Or maybe it’s fleeting,
Your needing, our leading,
It’s seething, I’m bleeding,

The painting of a morgue,
My body on a table inside, checked all over for his cuts,
Accused of ******* ******,
And using their bodies, for all of his worst intentions,
His cold lifeless corpse still needs warmth, still needs someone,

Where are you,
Why aren’t you here,
You say you’re fine, you say you laugh, you say everything’s good,
I cry, why don’t you care, I need you please, I need all of your warmth,
Please keep me dry, my cold tears, they all fall, they cover my warm clothes,

It’s winter, it’s freezing, I’m stuck out in the cold,
It’s thawing, I’m gnawing, I’m craving someone’s meat,
It’s yours, I need you, I need to know you still care,

Don’t waste your time. And please, don’t waste mine.
I'm glad we felt the same way,
I still do,
Do you?

I want to wake up on the next 60 Christmas mornings and see your face,
Your collar bones, your chest, your hips, your gorgeous legs and those quaint feet of yours,
Because I love you.
And I will never, nor have I ever loved another as much as you.

You are made for me and I am made for you.
The two pieces to a two-piece jigsaw puzzle.

The picture we make is love.
Oct 2013 · 334
Yea
Yea
Let me hear you speak your 'Yea's,
Not just see you type them.
Oct 2013 · 1.1k
Fox
Fox
Fox, where did you come from?
Where is your hubbyhole?
Why did you find me?

Your tufts of fair hair,
Your perky smile,
I don’t get it.

I don’t deserve your perfection.
I don’t deserve perfect winters.
I don’t deserve your lighting eyes.
I dream of *** with pale girls,

It's honest and it's true,
Some nights I lay awake and only think of you,
My dreams don't come when I'm asleep,
They often come at day,
Sometimes they come while I learn,
Sometimes when I should pray,

I dream of white, soft flesh,
Her black hair's contrast soothing,
I think of how you may not approve,
If I did all the moving,

I don't know how to end these mirrors,
And they don't come all too often,
But I know that if I look too long,
My apathy won't soften.
Oct 2013 · 325
You make me bleed.
You make me bleed
When I can't hear you speak.
You make me cry
When you don't lie.
You make me ache
When your intentions aren't fake.

Don't get my hopes up.
Then shoot me.
Oct 2013 · 334
Untitled
WHAT DID I DO?
WHAT DID I DO?
I DON'T DESERVE THIS.
What did I do, I didn't hurt anyone, steal anything. I committed no sins.
For what am I being punished.

I don't understand.
Oct 2013 · 1.2k
Rosa roja.
Me llamas Dante,
Soy del infierno,
Soy del corazón,
Soy de mi pasada.

Si soy de nuestro porvenir,
Amas me.

Yo soy.
Oct 2013 · 1.8k
Kit-Kat
I remember the December weather,
I wore a smile outside your door,
They locked you out, but you weren't shocked,
I was, but I knew it must have been my chance,
So I acted cute, I was grateful,
But I wanted you, I was faithful,

Hand shake? Hug?
None of that;
A kiss on my cheek,
My legs went fleet,

I nearly fell over on the December ice, outside your home.
You look best during winter, although your summer shoulders make me smile.
Home again.

I hold the door, and sigh. Holding my axe in one hand,
Orange, white, and red plaid shirt. Chin covered in stubble.
A warm fire inside. My sweetheart reading by the hearth.
A glance up. Her light blue eyes, so inviting.
Her smile.

I enter.
And rest.
I am home again.
Oct 2013 · 524
Conejo Blanco
I'm so tired of taking what I want,
I'm so tired of trying so hard,
Don't wanna find the truth,
I'm okay with the silence I live with.

Things will happen, they always do,
And I will not stop them,
Why hold back an elephant,
When it is too strong for you.

Sin tu, tengo tristeza,
Mi alma estâ vacia,
"Ayuda, ayuda. ¡Por favor!"
"K."

This is why I must find my gold in the banks of a dry river.
Oct 2013 · 2.1k
The Blacksmith
He stands there against the silhouette of orange glow.

Hammering steel, sweating.
Hands aching slightly more each time.
"Fuerte."

He retires from his workshop.
*Duerme, "Fuerte," duerme.
Oct 2013 · 407
The Only Mystery
Pinpricks. All over my body,
A topic undiscussable,
My cheeks like fireworks,
My arms like flame,
My heart like mud.
I’m sorry Flaxen Maid,
Not even this Sherlock,
    Can solve you.
Oct 2013 · 345
A Little Over One Million
One million for you,
Double it, triple,
One million one,
And a million more,
All. For. You.
Every shred,
Every piece,
Grows stronger.
Steal them all,
Leave me none,
It will start,
    Anew,
    For you.
Oct 2013 · 282
Inviern
And so it will be,
The path halts,
The last apple falls.
Black shows only best on clean white like snow,
Tis why you stand out so well in the dark,
Because you are the light I used to know,
My past can be compared to a red mark,
But our future is that of a serpent,
It will weave in, it will weave out, constant,
It bites, slithers, hisses, so divergent,
But from afar it seems so triumphant,
Said plain, what our love truly is; a win,
Success over the dark, over the hate,
The overpowering of good to sin,
When I see your blue eyes, I know it’s fate,
Light shows only best on darkest nights,
On darkest nights you take away my frights.
Of Belle, whose eyes I dream of.
Sep 2013 · 1.5k
Streetlights
The glow of neon lights illuminates the spot he stands,
It is raining and their reflections are quite clear on the ground,
Using one hand propped up against a street sign,
The other holding an almost invisible, dark umbrella,
One leg crossed fashionably over the other,
Long coat, hood up, shadowed face underneath,
    He waits.

Cars go by, all of any color, but really just one color; darkness,
They reflect the seafoam green, and cherry red lights of the lining shops,
The venders are fast asleep, for the hour is late,
Their shops are closed, but the lights show on,
The nearby pedestrians glance up at the man, the signs, but walk on,
But one girl, white coat, black hair, face in her phone,
    Walked
    Right
    Into him.

He felt it, she felt it; there was a shock between their hearts,
For one split second, they shared a soul, a past, a future,
Neither said anything, they just, stared into each other,
The light shined in her stormy blue and his oak brown eyes,
Mouths agape, he slowly started to smile,
“It’s been awhile since I saw an angel on Earth,”
    She gleamed.

“I knew I was waiting for something, didn’t know it was you-
Come with me.”

She went.
Sep 2013 · 612
Terraced
I see you.
I gasp.

Perfection comes in the form of steel blue eyes and a Mona Lisa smile.
Merely the sight of you wipes my mind.
I know your voice, inside and out.
I know your lips, your taste, your laugh, how you tilt your head.

But your heart confuses me.
Sometimes it hurts me, sometimes I hurt it.
But it gave me the most joy. More than I could imagine.
It patched and healed the holes in my chest.
Gave me a new place to rest.


I beg,
Don’t go away forever.
You are my perfection.
I can't stop thinking of her.
Sep 2013 · 256
"K"
"K"
"K"

Does that K stand for ****?
Is this your attempt to bleed me?

Cause it's working.
Sep 2013 · 317
Trail of Trials
This crow, this raven,
Bird of black,
Has a back of a thousand colors,
The brightest, lightest, flightest colors,
On his back.

He flies.
Sep 2013 · 5.6k
Persuasive
A sharp tongue comes with broken hearts.
Sep 2013 · 582
I suck at limericks
Limericks are not my triumph,
Most of mine classify not high up,
But once in a while I get quite lucky,
And one of them isn't so fucky.
But this one will burn in fi'ya.
Sep 2013 · 517
First Rain
Love,
Dismiss my words if it pleases you,
But when I say love, I do not lie,
You may think my repercussions untrue,
The teenage seat I sit on is not high,
    by any stretch of the imagination.

Beau,
I asked for leave to find myself, no other,
I drifted the truths and fallacies in my mind,
Everywhere I looked, I found your eyes of thunder,
I clipped my wings so could not fly,
    rather I dug myself underground.

Jami.
I retired my soul into the shape of a seed,
I’ve undone any impure thoughts, confessed,
Gone into stasis, awaiting my lead,
Demoralized, destroyed, beat back by the stress.
    I can wait. I will wait.
Sep 2013 · 681
Maas
Dry is a color,
It is a texture,
A feeling.

Dry is a well of no measure.
She was the golden apple that I chose from a tree of hundreds, I washed her flesh, excited her senses, felt her wonder,
And never, Bit in.
I don't blame her for hating me.
Of Katriana, my regret.
Sep 2013 · 547
Carce
The smell of cigarette ashes
     is for me.
Musty, slow, deep and strong,
Breathe in gradually,
But breathe.

The scent reminds euphoria,
     of smokers long past.
A past even more so.

So if you catch me breathing in deep,
When you let out a lung of smoke,
     Remember I am just remembering.
Sep 2013 · 347
Someday Who Knows
Split.
Like a fork in a tree.
The path diverged.
Infinite.
Sep 2013 · 324
Like A Lump In My Throat
Like a lump in my throat,
I wanted to say I love you,
I said that goodbye,
And felt my legs ache,
Say it.
Sep 2013 · 1.5k
Shout, a longed for sonnet
Curses through the misty air of my dream,
Within my brightest thoughts, darkness in light,
If I stand here and stare I see black sheen,
Enjoy my brightest day till dark brings night,
The sun doesn't shine in a sinner's mind,
It has no right to levy heavy tax,
No lost mind can find what lay saints find,
Any gold I find must be only flax,
The music in my ears is a sobbing,
The sight in mine eyes is an aching hue,
The pain in my human skull is throbbing,
The color to escape my head is blue,
Don't leave my head here to turn inside out,
Don't leave me alone to the point I shout.
It's been roughly 5 months since my last sonnet.
Sep 2013 · 334
Eros
My own body doesn't tick,
My virus spread,
It's like I'm sick,
Surprise I'm not dead.

I can't take another pill,
I've had my fill.
Sep 2013 · 383
She Doesn't Say Goodnight
Mediocre dreams,
Okay sleep,
Alright day,
And all that follow.

No blessings.
Sep 2013 · 484
Acetaminophen
It seems the little man with his hammer and chisel,
Has cracked the top of my skull,
Made a crack not so little,
And now my brain’s far too full,

Tick tick tick,
Ting ting ting,
He caused a split,
Heavy hitting,

This migraine is mine,
There’s not enough time,

Not enough,
        Time.
Sep 2013 · 939
No More Painkillers
Pop*
     Goes the cap on this small, oblique, orange bottle.
     Out come the shapes.
     In my mouth they go.
     Water.
     Cringe.
     Something sweet to aid.

     A glance in the mirror.
     “God you’re ugly.”

     Goodnight.
     Try not to cry while you sleep.
Sep 2013 · 1.8k
No Makeup In The Mornings
I...
I moan...
    Like a dog.
I don’t have control.

I...
I cry...
    From my eyes.
Every ******* night.

Regret...
So much...
    But I need to see.
I need to test me.

Why did I have to say yes then.
Why did I have to... To bend.
Cause now it hurts more than ever,
I bent my heart backwards like a lever.
Never...

Looking out the window,
I can’t see.
Looking into the night,
I have no sight.
Looking into the past,
I thought this would last,
Looking into your eye,
I didn’t think I would cry,

Last night was my test, It was my hell.
Last week was my start, Ripping out my heart.
Taken away,
I can’t stay!
Sep 2013 · 351
No Promises From A Flower
I need some kind of relief,
I need some kind of assurance.

I need to know that my blood will halt,
I need to know that my breathing won’t.

I need somebody,
I need you.
Sep 2013 · 955
Headache
I’m sitting here alone.
This empty car lot.
Another heart broken.
No preconceptions.
Nobody to point the way.
I need to break all the rules.
I need to beat the system.

I need to stop crying.
And stand up.
Shout out for her.
She is out there.
I can feel it.

For now,
    We have fun.
Sep 2013 · 732
Royalties of the Night
Sometimes it’s okay to have ghosts,
A ghost of flesh, bone, and wings stalks me,
She kisses my scarred knees,
Pats my shoulder,
And sends me off.

Three months later I’ll come back,
She’ll come back,
Embraces follow,
Maybe some affair,
And while we stand there,
I’ll be thinking
“I don’t want to leave you this time.”
She’ll say the same.

What do you do when life is right?
The pieces fit,
The poems stop,
The peace comes.
The panic calms.

What do you do when the kiss is true?
What do you do.
Wrote this last night. Internet was down. I have bad dreams.
Sep 2013 · 423
Smells like Death
It feels like a hot iron,
Sitting
on the back of your hand.
Burning
away all the flesh.
Exposing
tendons and bones.

Blood. Burn.
Sep 2013 · 877
Guilty
No sleep can wash this away,
No soap can clean,
No run can sweat this away,
No restored sheen.
Sep 2013 · 618
Rib Cage Ghosts
My arms are too weak to hold up this shield,
So they can see my face.

And I look horrible.
Sep 2013 · 301
Cariño
Thank you for not acting
On what I commanded.

Thank you for not cutting
Deeper than alive.

Thank you for.
Sep 2013 · 310
Conver
I felt
A wave
A chill
Down me
Through me.

It ends
Chapter four
No more
Chapter five
Slowly alive.

Sun shines
On rain
Old rain
It heats
Goes away.

Rain.
Sep 2013 · 307
Happenings are Happening
How much can I write,
Without saying too much.
Checking in. Did you hear me?
Did you see?
I told you.

Looking up. Did you ask?
Remove your mask?
No adieu.


I had a feeling the violet would bloom,
A couple months late,
Under the wrong light,
Too much of a fight.

*Take flight.
Sep 2013 · 777
Self Portrait
Golden horn player,
    blow.
Tune out the world with your sound.
Tune out the sins, the needs and wants,
Tune out the cries for help in the dark,
    The compliments and appraisals.
Tune out the world which beats you down then apologizes.
Tune out the ‘Yes No’s. The ‘Maybe So’s. The ‘Not Right Now’s.
Tune out every kiss, every touch.
Tune out every heartbreak and every scream. Every time you bled and cried.
Tune it all out.


Golden horn player,
    *Blow.
My music is my home.
Sep 2013 · 230
I'm about to make a mistake
And I will love every second of it.
I can still recall the scent of my three loves.

Every night, sleeping is torture for my restless, substandard emotions.

I don’t want to keep living a life like this.

I can’t stand being away from you for so long.

Come to me and live with me, love me so.

I need comfort. Comfort from your soft lips and voice.

Concerts and friends and parties, none of it satisfies me.

Escape into my fantasy worlds forever with a bullet’s help.

But I couldn’t leave you behind to cry over me.

Marshall left this building months ago. Call me his corpse.

Revive me. Cry for me. Crave me. Lie for me.
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