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Lisa Ann Rakow Aug 2013
***** them.
What right do they have to rule my life?
They're so intrusive.
So commanding and demanding.
I know what I want to do.
I know what I want out of life.
But evidently that isn't good enough.
I want to do whatever I want, whenever I want.
It is absolutely unfair the way they try to run my life.
"Do this."
"Do that."
"Why would you do that?"
"You have no idea about it."
Well you know what?
I HAVE A CLUE!
I've been put on this Earth for a reason.
And it's not to live under he rules of someone else.
My purpose is to run my own life.
To live the life that I choose for myself.
To figure out what God wants for me.
To just be happy.
Lisa Ann Rakow Aug 2013
Pure Hell
Makes No Sense
We Can Do Without It
Lisa Ann Rakow Aug 2013
I've been having *** with you for more than a year now.
For the longest time,
I had nobody in my life.
There wasn't anybody to hold me at night when I was alone.
Nobody to kiss me when I was scared.
Nobody to cuddle with me when it was cold outside.
Nobody to feel and touch me when I needed it.
Then you walked into my life.
I thought that I was totally satisfied.
Everything seemed to be in perfect balance.
I loved myself,
And I loved you.
But now,
I feel nothing.
Sure, I still love you.
Sure, I'm glad that we have made passionate love together.
But it's not what I want.
I'm no longer happy.
I actually started to weep when you held me in your arms.
I felt disgusted when you touched me and undressed me.
It just...
Wasn't there...
How can life change so much in a year?
Why am I no longer happy with my life?
How did I get ****** into a cycle of a meaningless life?
And now that I'm stuck,
How can I escape?
Lisa Ann Rakow Jul 2013
Friendship.
Something that should be valued highly.
Jessica.
Sometimes we take our oldest and closest friends for granted.
Sydney.
We forget just how much we love them.
Rachel.
When we meet new friends,
Holly.
We become scared.
Sierrah.
We...
Dylan.
I...
Kaitlin.
Do ridiculous things to impress them.
Emily.
Sometimes, my mind just slips away.
Hannah.
Why can't I always be my true self?
Hollie.
I suppose that's a hard thing to do...
Brooke.
I'm very fortunate for you.
Beth Ann.
I drag on you at times.
Megan.
But my life would be so different without you...
Olivia.
I don't know how,
Molly.
But it would be.
Tiana.
Thank you.
Abbey.
You keep me in line.
Kateri.
My life is like a puzzle.
Madeline.
(Well, I think ALL of our lives are like puzzles.)
Taylor.
I have many pieces and sections to me.
Shaely.
When one piece is lost,
Sam.
Then the puzzle is not finished.
Drew.
You actually do complete me.
Zac.
This poem is long.
Kevin.
But  bear with me, please.
Will.
I can't come up with the perfect words to describe our relationship.
Liz.
This poem may seem redundant,
Suzy.
And that's because it is.
Brittany.
I am a lost person in the wild.
Sister.
And you, my friends,
Mom.
Are the trees,
Dad.
The wind,
Grandma Bruns.
The grass,
Grandma Johnston.
And the things that guide me along the shattered glass road.
Grandpa Bruns.
The things that keep me safe.
Grandpa Johnston.
For that I must thank you.
*Friends.
Lisa Ann Rakow Jul 2013
I like him so much.
But it could never happen between us...
We're just too different.
But I still like him.
He always wears basketball shorts.
Ooh, they look so **** on him.
And his shirts.
They're so simple.
Just graphic tees that relate to sports!
But when you put al of it together,
It's perfect.
He's perfect.
All of these thoughts are wrong.
He' older.
He's married.
He's my teacher...
Lisa Ann Rakow Apr 2013
Snow falls down to me.
I stand catching the white flakes,
Pink tongue hanging out.
Lisa Ann Rakow Apr 2013
I never learned your last name.
That doesn’t keep me from thinking about you and remembering all of what you said to me.
You asked me for help with your Lion’s jacket and pinning it together.
When you got bored during rehearsal, you would pester me.
Kicking the back of my chair.
Fanning the back of my neck and my hair with your script.
You acted as the brother I never had, but always wanted.
I enjoyed playing charades and telephone with you.
Playing 20 second fairy tale, and killing you off as Tinkerbell.
We acknowledged each other’s presence each day.
We made quirky and witty remarks and slams that we all laughed at.
I walked in on you while you had your shirt off, and of course you made a big deal about it as if you were completely naked and exposed.
You told me that you weren’t nervous, but it came through your voice on stage.
I ran your lines with others, and you would **** in and try to deliver them yourself, even if you didn’t know them.
I always called you out for moving in Red Light, Green Light.
You never won any games, but tried very hard.
We talked about our siblings, road ****, Disney movies, and Navy Seals.
You even like MAS*H, which just happens to be my absolute favorite.
Backstage, we had shoot-outs.
I ALWAYS shot before you even proclaimed “draw,” and watched you fall to the ground.
There was hardly a moment together we didn’t enjoy.
The ***** talk and the calm, sensible, personal talk.
Everything was exciting to me and made my heart and my mind giddy.
I think that you liked me.
How, I can’t distinguished.
You were definitely a friend, but more than that, I don’t know.
You told me your last name once, but I can’t recall it.
That doesn’t keep me from thinking about you and remembering all of what you said to me.
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