I beg you, please
Out of everything
You could possibly do
Don't hold back
What's important
To you

Yes, I know
There are times where
You don't feel safe
Or heard
Or accepted
Or maybe
You're scared

This world is tough
People are cold and stubborn
Sometimes you feel alone

But I have been starving
For just a hint
Of honesty and self-expression
And I bet I'm not the only one

So please,
If you have someone close
Someone comfortable
Someone there
Share your truth

l.v.s

Conversations
Can be
Composed of
Lifeless
Letters

l.v.s

It's far less vulnerable
To show a pale scar

Than it is to expose
To another
Your bloodied self

l.v.s

I've met people I didn't think were human
and I've broken the human in me trying to figure them out

As soon as he showed
No interest
In reading my poems
In learning who I was
I should have
Turned away

Instead,
I let him
Take many firsts
Which he didn't
Deserve

I didn't think...
But now I know,
I should have
Left him
Behind
Sooner.

l.v.s

Bitter waves lap at my feet
Whilst the tempest tugs at my hair
Pleading me to step forward

Leading me into the depths
That hold me captive
Left to scratch my way out
My last attempt at anything
Why didn't I expect to fail?

Finally, you come to see
How I am coping
But silence is your only reply.

You're too late.

l.v.s