Kelly

Kelly May 2021

Please know I’m always working and know I, too, will Falter
Just remember what molds best the stone
Is soft, consistent water

be kind to me, I'm trying

Kelly May 2021

him.

The more you're gone, the less I've fought
I've reason less to breathe
I break their skin
in hopes of thin
reminders of your heat.

I've grown more quiet in this game
though actions play the same
I hold them hard and look away
Afraid I'll say your name.

i can barely remember

Kelly May 2021

suffocating.

with each short beat constraints bring pain
like tortured boards
sliced, lost remains
The stark confines
these tethered chains
They weigh me down
They haunt my brain

let yourself out.

Kelly May 2021

clarity.

Your own head lead to personified
ambitions blocked by tainted lines
incriminating
undefined
injustice catered to your blind side

you never saw it coming.

you never saw it through.

How could she see you better than the way you thought you knew?

thank you.

Kelly May 2021

control.

"She's lost control"
She said it first
the words you'd buried deep

You had your path steady in hand
before this swift defeat

i want to know you

Kelly May 2021

dreams.

what happens when you fall in love with somebody

in a dream?

i wonder if you'll ever dream of me.

Kelly May 2021

villain.

I am a villain in somebody’s story
Multiple perhaps
more than likely

And that is excruciating.

I wish I could’ve done right by every single one of them

So every indention of me left brings only warmth

I’m so sorry for the times I didn’t acknowledge my faults