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jer May 2018
“Shame shame shame
Oh shame on you”

I plead a thousand times
There’s nothing I could do

I told him
I’d rather by dead
I really told him
That’s what I said

If I’d worn my dress longer
Or fought a little stronger
It was really my fault
It could’ve been stopped

Shame on me, I couldn’t see
One bottle less
Anything but that dress

(Oh God
Where were you
When dirt touched my skin
When he let himself in?)

One bottle less
A longer dress...

I’m very sorry
To bother you, at all
But this is really
Actually my fault
jer Apr 2018
Oh glittering star in the night sky
Can you hear my forsaken cry?
Your sparkling sisters and beautiful brothers
Betrayed our kind fathers and loving mothers

Your fires in the sky of stories untold
Gleaming and shining molten gold
Heroes we see in the nighttime
Scattered diamond dust, glittering grime

Magellan’s guide to places unknown
Lights that illuminated Elizabeth’s throne
There before Caesar’s empire fell to dust
There before Solomon’s silver turned to rust

Our sobs at night turned to awe
Because your brilliant glow that we saw
You’re an angel’s halo, a poet’s tale
Beacons of hope cutting night’s black veil

We wished on your light, gave our dreams
Now in return, all we hear are our screams
Because of your dazzling light in the pure dark
Growing closer now with a different spark

Stifled silence, a war plane’s hum
Whispers of a war that can’t be won
Our horrifying nights, our respite days
Glorious stars now a distant haze

Moving faster, a shooting star
Close to my eyes, once from afar
Breathless panic, the scent of smoke
An infant's cry, the fear you woke

I feel the earth shake, the sky on fire
I look to the stars we once would admire
But alas I see your bombs in the night sky
And now you’ve silenced my forsaken cry
Blitzkrieg. the Battle of Britain
jer Apr 2018
Tattoos
Winding my waist
Kissing my face
Smiles, haughty
Around my body

Tattoos
Watching me cry
Saying goodbye
Laughing, smug
At the grave I dug
jer Apr 2018
I’m on display
But the glass is fragile
And it will  be a while
Before I decay
jer Apr 2018
On
In the sun
Day’s begun
Stay awhile
And we smile
Feel alive
Take the dive
Pretty face
Sunny days

Off
In the dark
Nighttime starts
Leaving soon
Harrowing croon
Feel no more
Lock the door
Wretched face
Numbered days
jer Apr 2018
Where do I live?
I don’t know
But there’s a million places
That I’d rather go

Where do I live?
I don’t see
Any mountains or forests
Surrounding me

Where do I live?
I can’t feel
A heartbeat, skin, anything
If my breath is real

Where do I live?
I can’t know
My skull lost my head before
A million years ago

Where do I live?
I don’t know
I am no longer breathing
And I’ve lost my soul

Where do I live?
I can’t tell
Maybe I’ll go to heaven
Or I’ll end in hell
jer Apr 2018
New
Snip snip snip
I feel new
The strands hit the floor
My troubles find the door

Snip snip snip
I look new
My hair to my shoulders
That lost their boulders

Snip snip snip
I am new
It came off with the old
It freed my chained soul
I took six inches off my hair which is four more than my ex’s **** :)
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