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Jade Melrose Dec 2014
never a cheat,
never a tease
are you sure about that?
I know some tricks,
that will certainly drive you mad

slowly dragging and drowning
and I can’t get enough
the warning signs,
now flashing above

hush babe don’t make a sound
now you're getting too close
to my mind,
to my soul

ice cold fingers wrapped around
and caged up my heart
now surely,
it will never break apart

raw and unplugged
an ephemeral flame
of love,
pleasure,
and pain

that fragile flicker
of a lover’s game
still sends me shivers,
but it’ll never be the same
Jade Melrose Nov 2014
Weight
unbearable weight.
Shackles,
Chains,
drown me.
Out of grasp
at last.
Struggling to break free
Wings failing,
desperately.
Fluidity
Softness
Hopeless shouts
Heavy breaths
Fighting to keep my head
above the water
Useless attempts,
they drag me under
Feet collapses
Wings flutter
I sigh.
It was all over.
Yet another poem inspired by the ballet Swan Lake.
Jade Melrose Nov 2014
He can't see it in my eyes
longing
needing
no.
Slightest touch
shifted feathers
I steal a glance
forbidden
Reaches out
Pulls back
Just one moment of sincerity
melancholy
desperation
I fall
He catches
safe
vulnerable
I give in.
Another poem inspired by the ballet Swan Lake.
Jade Melrose Nov 2014
Eyes rolled back
Lids flutter
Ruffled feathers
Longing feet

I try and hide
but he forces me to not go under
Strangled cries
Muffled sighs

Given up hope
'look at me' he says
I fall back

My heart he tries to open
I sank even lower

Gentle touches
Desperate whispers
One last time
back to the first sight

Eyes connect
No, not this time again.
Inspired by the ballet Swan Lake
  Sep 2014 Jade Melrose
Ashita
You don't need
a knight in shining armor.
You need one
who is battered and bruised
but alive and real.
You need a knight
in stained armor.
A shining armor
would mean,
no battles won,
no battles lost,
just a piece of
jewelry
to dress up.
A stained armor
would mean,
battles fought
with bravery,
battles lost
with acceptance,
and most of all
making it through
all of these battles
to be with you.
Jade Melrose Jun 2014
Last night I had a nightmare,
a nightmare I could not bear.
They took me like they did you,
and there was nothing I could do.

No one knew they were coming,
how awful the world was becoming.
We stayed where we are,
as we had no where to go afar.

But I got a sense they were approaching.
Our home,
they were soon encroaching.
They charged in with machine guns,
“Into a line!” they dunned.

We were like sheep,
in the corner I weep.
The wolves hunted us down,
and the rest didn’t make a sound.

A million possibilities flashed past my mind.
Fear is all I had felt,
and it swallowed me from inside.
Clutching on to my father’s hand,
I fulfilled their every demand.

With a startle,
I woke,
the nightmare,
I didn’t want to evoke.

My night terrors were just the tip,
of the iceberg ****** emit.
The sensation I was exposed to,
the vulnerability
to this hostility,
is nothing compared
to how you were bared.

Bare of your dignity,
along with everyone else in the vicinity.
Bare of your freedom,
like a prisoner in a kingdom.
Bare of your esteem,
A monster, you were deemed.

How I never wanted to experience,
the result an evil influence.
But knowledge we seek,
from its original source,
we attempt to reap.

We say we comprehend,
but the time is misspent.
For we try and try to understand,
but we never will,
we never can.
Jade Melrose Jun 2014
Spread your wings my angel,
open them wide,
so you can fly.
Don't cage your heart in,
set it free,
feel it beat.
Don't shut your mind out,
let it go,
speak it so.

When you're ever down,
remember,
you have a glittering crown.
On you head it sits,
your thoughts,
it lit.

You mustn't loose hope,
for me,
you must cope.
My Angel,
My Angel,
spread your wings,
and fly.
Written for an English assessment for our Holocaust unit.
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