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They say that to see a dark angel
Is a sign of approaching death.
But this dark angel is my best friend
And the rush of heavens breath.

He has the smile of a thousand suns;
To brighten up the grey.
He's also prone to frustration
At any time of the day.

His words can be like music;
Ambrosia to your ears.
And yet, they can be bullets;
They bring me close to tears.

Whilst my love for him is not so large
Or deep as the sea,
He holds a place inside my heart
For this angel's dear to me.
 Oct 2013 Josh C DeWees
WAli
I scold myself repeatedly
Why didn't my heart consult my mind before falling for him?
Why did it bypass my logic?
How did I love so easily?
So quickly?
So strongly?
The strength I knew not until he examined my love
Toyed with it
Pushed the boundaries
Exhumed it
That he ripped open to study
Wondering all the while if I was worthy
He shook his head and passed back my love
No, its not what I thought
He said
No, its not what I want
He said
I blinked with disbelief and stared at what he had returned
He'd destroyed
Picked apart
No, I cried out as he turned to leave
Leaving me holding my heart which he'd massacred
This isn't what I gave you I stuttered
I offered my heart renewed by your essence
Plump, glowing and infinite
Full of love and hope
Of endless possibilities
You've given me back a wreck
A shell of what was
How was it still able to be be radiating such love?
Such intense raw adoration?
I pray for it to begin to lessen
I pray, I pray, I pray
Seemingly to no avail
 Oct 2013 Josh C DeWees
jerely
If I'm more clever to write
Such beautiful pieces to light
Then there's no paper to be waste
As much as i haste

At the last risky time
That needs to be rhyme
I dont effin' care
Who told you to bare?

If i'm digging in the hole
Will i slip and slid at the pole?
Throw the trash 
I don't need a cash

So Please don't beg me to write 
This ain't a battle to fight
Maybe i need time & space
Were i could tie the lace.
October 9,2013
@jerelii
Please help me understand
we call this place free
but when I want to love
you won't let me just be

Please help me understand
you really hate "my kind"
but Jesus said love all
unless there's something to find

Please help me understand
how love could be so wrong
when all I do is feel
my love is oh so strong

Please help me understand
how a mother could just quit
when her daughter needs her the most
I'd rather take a hit

Please help me understand
how self-hate is better for me
than loving another girl
I just wish you could just see

Please help me understand
how I can't change my way
how I can't see my self with another
because yes, I am gay

Please help me understand
how love could be so wrong
when Jesus said to do it
and the love I feel is so strong

Please help me understand
how one day your my friend
but when you know the real me
you try to make me bend

Please,
help me understand.
This poem comes from my heart. It may not be the most beautiful thing ever but it's honest and written with a lot of pain and me laying my heart on the line.
 Oct 2013 Josh C DeWees
Amber S
no, no, love,
tonight, we are going to become the monsters
we hid from when we were
small.
do not be polite, do not kiss softly,
make me bleed, make me vacant,

let’s release our demons.
 Oct 2013 Josh C DeWees
Anna
Please forgive me for my lack of meter and form of a paragraph. Let me take you to a day in my life, of what was supposed to be the conclusion, on February 9th, 2013. I was on the floor of my bedroom, the cold wood no match for my fevering body. My hollow gaze melting into the green walls, the picture collages of magazine cutouts I spent whole weekends arranging. There were no tears. No feelings beside this hungry ache of emptiness. The clenching grip of depression enclosed around my ribcage.

There were no tears because my mind was made up.

I drew the razor blade  across the fair delicate skin on my wrist, perpendicular. I just wanted to feel something. One. Two more times, crimson paint flowing down my arm, onto the wooden floors. Steady stream, throbbing pain.

It wasn't until my head was light and vision blurry that I noticed my mistake. I cut too deep. But there were no tears. No feelings. Besides acceptance that my time has come. I slowly closed my eyes involuntarily, giving into the soft waves.

Feeling the grip loosen.
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