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Melanie Jackson Dec 2021
zoom in on you screaming
your hands beating
purple bruises on the surface
zoom out on me

zoom in to catastrophe
your arms choking
stealing cold breaths from soft lips
zoom out on me

zoom in on your apology
words flowing off your lips
thoughts that maybe you truly are sorry
zoom out on me

zoom in on your voice
whispering how much love
you had welling up on the surface
zoom out on me

zoom in on you screaming
bruises once again
growing purple
zoom out on me finally leaving
Melanie Jackson Dec 2021
i hate you
i tried to be nice
tried to beat around the bush
so please stop
i cant stand to see you type
i love you
when i know you don't
and that i cant
Melanie Jackson Dec 2021
the worst prisons arent in citys
arent the ones with bars
but the prisons we lock ourselves in
the prisons that live in our heads
Melanie Jackson Dec 2021
i usually dont cry
i would say I've done pretty good
at shutting you out but
last night was the very first time
I had you run through my mind
at I thought I was going to die with you in my heart

I usually go out with friends
not even thinking of you once
but then I hear our song again
and for some reason, it takes me back

I usually don't break
when I hear your name
traveling out someone's mouth
really thought I was done with the hardest part
learned how to pull myself out of your arms
Melanie Jackson Dec 2021
when we write on the walls
in our big crayons
when we where toddlers
it is almost the same
as writing on these poetry walls
they both release our pain
Melanie Jackson Dec 2021
my lips are stained
made bittersweet by my defeat
my words on your lips
made salty poisoned by your words
my life is gone
made buttery by your knife
Melanie Jackson Dec 2021
everything looks dark
when you leave the lights off
sometimes those lights
don't come from bulbs
sometimes our lights are the people
who we allow around us
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