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Leah May 2014
I can change
be aware of happiness
I can change it to
beware of happiness.
Leah May 2014
if I die tonight
I die with green eyes
cut into little slits
by pixelated bits
bloodshot around the edges
and wanting for just a bit of sleep
it's only a tragedy if I end up boring or predictable.
1/9/14
Leah May 2014
couldn’t sleep so I went out for a cigarette; contemplated the true meaning of being lonely

and it’s something to do with being just good enough for everybody around you, but never good enough for yourself.

something to do with wanting to regret a touch, a feeling, a smile. being too scared to accept a lapse in judgement.

being too self aware to just let it happen

my fingers went numb while I smoked and thought it over. the best revenge is never taking it. And the worse curse is a slow curse.

I hope you never have to end up this lonely.
Leah May 2014
this is what gothmess says, in 140 characters or less..

on going out, and going home:
"just can't be happy tonight"
"so I left. unwilling to be anything but alone"

some things are better left forgotten:
"forget what I was going to tell you"

about to pass out:
"radio silence"

cough medicine:
"dextromethorphan"


an autobiography:
"if you like what you can't have and the smell of stale cigarettes
you're sure going to love me."
"and that's dedicated to somebody"

a confession:
"theres an awful lot of rapid life changes being thrown at me & so typically I've decided to sleep more and smoke more and be lazier overall"
"additionally I might add that all of my friends have discovered how infrequently I get laid and have decided to comment about it"
"so that feels nice. okay goodnight"

on relaspse:
"puked my throat out. the taste of loneliness is the taste of failure"

on alliterations:
"migranes and mixed feelings today"

on fine dining:
"stir fry is the best way to eat your feelings"

death cab for cutie references:
"tiny vessels from the other side of the microphone isn't great"

on setting goals:
"tomorrow I will wake up new and fresh and young and me"
"replacing all meals with green tea"

and not quite accomplishing them:
"old habits die hard"
"I didn't wake up new or fresh because I woke up me"

missing MySpace's "current mood" feature:
"tired and jaded and bored to tears"

potential comedy ideas:
" "my easter hickey"  "

on having a hickey:
"tiny vessels *******"

on alka seltzer cough and cold medicine:
"no such thing as a half dose"
"orange carbonated salvation"

on life outlook:
"**** 'em"
Leah Dec 2013
screaming inside.
deaf like winter nights.
as unbroken as a sheet of glass.
blank and see through.

the lump sum of every rotted feeling.
all the things I've always known I am.
all the things you always thought I was.
all of these things,  they come out at night.
and they are not sleeping.

they make me face the many ways,
how I wanted to mourn you.
how I wanted to forget you.
and how I'm never sincere enough,
to know just what I want.

how I am hurting.
no one but myself.

I am, screaming inside.
making myself deaf like winter nights
when I am afraid to make a sound,
I'm only courageous enough to take a drag,
and then I have nothing left to take from you.
Leah Oct 2013
this is a distress signal.
I'm going under.

I looked across lake ontario,
I couldn't find the edge.
I couldn't see across that flat grey abyss.
I wanted to dive in; to drown trying to find you.
I wanted to float on the the other side,
where I might find you; see you one last time.

that was two weeks ago.
that was october 12th, a saturday.
I survived it then.
but I'm drowning now, on dry land.
in my bed.
on my bed.

I don't know where to find you.
I haven't got a clue.
I don't remember the sound of your voice.
I don't remember the curves of your face.
or the color of your eyes.

this is a distress signal.
this is a desperate plea.
this is my lake ontario.
this is my grey abyss.
my message in a bottle,
floating across the frigid waters.

I am the titanic.
you are the carpathia.

I will sink before you reach me.
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