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 Oct 2015 Leyla Jude
Lily
Be Brave
 Oct 2015 Leyla Jude
Lily
If you're too scared to spread your wings
How will you be able to fly?
 Sep 2015 Leyla Jude
Susan Wilson
Down. Over all, a losing word.
Who wants to be feeling *down
?
To be considered down and out,
Brings pity, we're assured.

We can't be caught by our downfall,
Or have things go downhill.
We can't let people get us down,
Or otherwise feel small.

Up is what it's all about!
Up is the winning word!
I'm moving up! I'm upward bound!
Is what we want to shout.

But Jesus came, from Heaven, down,
To earth, to humanness.
He had no home, He had no wealth,
He wore a thorny crown.

He taught downward mobility,
He gave up everything.
He showed us all that moving up,
Starts with humility.
 Sep 2015 Leyla Jude
grace
you can't have a broken heart
if you don't let anyone hold it long enough to let it fall
I hold on to my past
because it's the only thing that reminds me that I have substance
I'm so quiet all the time
because everyone around me just talks about themselves
and I don't have a self to talk about
so I just ask questions
I don't feel like anyone knows me
because I don't even know myself

who am I?
the answer could solve everything

but I'm a walking question mark
The truth is, I'm not fine.
I'm very good at pretending that I'm fine.
But deep down,
I'm drowning inside.
 Sep 2015 Leyla Jude
wyatt rabbit
i got really good at living in my head when i was a kid
and now i can't seem to find my way out.

how much is reality?
which parts did i wish to see?
I fall just short on everyone's expectations
Just short-ly after the dead line.
Just short of the finish line
Just short in ALL expectations
Just short regarding all aspects of life
Just short from ever becoming someones wife
Just short of success
Just short of finesse
Just short of being a good part of society
Just sort on being a true friend
Just short of even having a broken heart to mend
Just short on being the right kind of daughter
Just short in being that leader I should of been
Just short I've fallen
Today yet again.
 Sep 2015 Leyla Jude
kyle Shirley
Thanks Bruno mars, she does make me feel like iv been locked out of heaven now.
I hate that I love you, and I love that I hate you, you make me feel like I know what love is, this pain I constantly feel, it never numbs or goes away, iv just learned to deal with it.
I stay close to you, because if I ever let go fully, id loose a best friend along with a lover. Its karma, I thought I knew everything there was to know about you in auch a short time, even now im finding things I love more about you.
I love that I hate you.
Forever and longer, from
a time long before this one,
we are souls drawn together
in a rare and deep love.

Not always seeing eye to eye,
always, eventually, seeing into the
heart of each other, into the place
where being is all there is.

Our bonds of blood,
and an ancient, hybrid  
ancestry braid continuity.

Breathing into the starry interstices
of this infinite correlation, living
within this web of connectivity,
we are never fully apart.

You are my brothers, and forever
will not be long enough to love you.
©Elisa Maria Argiro
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