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 Feb 2016 Kayla Marie Hogan
JSL
I miss you but only in secret,
as a whisper,
it lives darkly within me.

It can't be strong,
only a quiet tide.

It can't be known,
because you don't belong to me.
I miss Liam.
little girl blue,

They reminisce over you,
In the cosmic blues,
A star before the fire sparked,
consistent front page news.

A heart of golden rock and roll,
Nothing stopping you.
The pain inside took its toil,
the grain in your voice and tortured soul,
stole us all from you.

It was time that took your life,
In the the time of your life
You wanted to be loved so much,
but not enough to change your mind.

Now you are a shooting star,
that burnt out years before,
Captured in the music left,
that all of us adore.
Janis joplin
 Feb 2016 Kayla Marie Hogan
r
She stopped at the light
outside the Double Drop D in Cortez
and looked me over

I was day dreaming about a girl
with finger cymbals
between shows

Her top was down
and I could hear Neil Young
singing Cinnamon Girl
on the radio

...*i could be happy
the rest of my life..
An old one from a long gone account. RIP Creeker. :)

Neil Young: Cinnamon Girl/Everybody Knows This is Nowhere/1969
#doubledropd
Smoke fills the room
I wish I could look as cool as them
Smoke fills my lungs
I don't feel cool at all
The minty fresh feel sets in
I'm not worried about looking cool
Or feeling cool
I'm not worried
anymore

*now I know why they look so cool
HOW DID IT HAPPEN, WHAT DID I DO,
TO DESERVE THE ATTENTION OF SOMEONE SPECIAL LIKE YOU?

WE KNEW FROM THE START THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE,
BUT NOW I DON'T WANT YOU AWAY FROM ME.

AS TIME GOES BY, MY FEELINGS GROW STRONG,
THOUGH DEEP IN MY HEART I KNOW IT IS WRONG.

YOU SAY IN TIME THE FEELINGS WILL FADE,
BUT I FEEL YOUR WRONG BECAUSE OF THE LASTING IMPRESSION YOU'VE MADE.

MY HEART FEELS SOMETHING SPECIAL AND NEW,
AND THESE FEELING ARE THERE BECAUSE OF YOU.

ONE DAY YOU WILL LEAVE AND I KNOW THIS IS TRUE,
BUT REMEMBER ONE THING, I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU.
She told me, “Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is the stars above you on your darkest nights. They remind you that you are so minuscule and the battle you’re fighting is just a grain of sand in this universe. Sometimes, the light is within you. It’s in the way that you decide to dust yourself off and pick yourself back up again after falling and being kicked. It’s in the way you decide to rise about your circumstances. Sometimes, the light at the end of the tunnel is all in the mindset. Love, please, do yourself a favor. And count your stars. Not your scars.”
from a book i'll never write
 Jan 2016 Kayla Marie Hogan
Sky
I should be touching the stars still
Because I have you, holding me in your arms
But I'm slowly falling again
About to hit the ocean's roaring surface
About to shatter, then sink
So hold me close, and never let go,
promise me
If I break, you'll piece me back together
Promise me
If I wander away, you'll follow me
You'll find me and bring me home
Promise me,
promise me,
promise me
You'll only ever tighten your grip
but don't smother me, no
Help me breathe
Just promise you won't give up on me
When I am falling, you'll catch me
promise me,
promise me,
oh, please, promise me
you won't leave me to fade away
alone.
 Dec 2015 Kayla Marie Hogan
Kylia
I cannot find you anywhere
Not behind heavy-lidded eyes
Nor underneath those covers 
We used to share, do you remember? 
I cannot find you, though I search
Trust me, I search high and low and near and far but you--
You remain a mystery, an abandoned house sitting
Among fields of wildflowers
Boarded up, roof caved in 
Creeping moss along cracks, ivy climbing up your 
Cold, concrete cast.
They say eyes are the windows to the soul
But you've pulled the blinds shut
Padlocked, hammered like
Every single Friday night 

I cannot find you anywhere 
Not among the stars in the skies
Nor in the dreams I used to discover
With only you and the cold air of December.
As it stormed, the leaves on the birch 
Fell like snowflakes, like the doves on our tattoos--
We were one, but now we are two two twoanditstings
It stings that I can't climb this tower
To rescue you. We can begin again! 
But you slipped like shadows out of this door (our door)
A missing person broadcast
And suddenly I am a boat without an oar
I am human but you are the eye of a storm and my heart!
It reels me in for the strike.
I don't fight
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