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Liz Carlson Feb 2018
you're too stuck on tradition to see it's killing you,
like a moth attracted to the light,
you'll never stop.

we try to help you,
but you keep going back to what you know.

you're not worth the fight if you won't change,
it hurts to say,
but this is goodbye
my friend.
PASSIVE PEOPLE WHO WON'T CHANGE. arg.
Liz Carlson Feb 2018
what drives me crazy
is how people interact.

we all listen to reply,
not to understand.

we listen to share our
experiences instead of
just being there for that person.

next time you interact
with someone,
try to really listen.
Liz Carlson Feb 2018
im constantly caught up in the past,
in the what-ifs,
in the what-could-have-beens.

the future scares me,
so i retreat to nostalgia.
my favorite friend.

she makes my heart so sad,
yet so full of joy.
Liz Carlson Feb 2018
they follow me,
all the little things I did wrong,
all the things I wish I did.

constantly buzzing in my ear,
they never leave,
and I'm afraid I'll never be brave enough to let go.
to move on and realize it's okay.

regrets are just mistakes we wish we could change.
Liz Carlson Jan 2018
my life has become one of those dreams,
where you watch yourself ***** up from afar.
everything's perfect, everything's fine.
i speak those lies, for i can't even explain what it is.
all i can say is, i can feel myself slipping away.
i'm leaving myself behind,
goodbye.
to.
myself.
it's been weird...
Liz Carlson Jan 2018
you don't know it,
but my heart is slowly dying.

each day with no reply,
i can't even breathe.

i try to act normal,
but everything is a mess now.

you're too busy for me,
and i'm not enough for you.

i should let go,
but i need you tonight.
Liz Carlson Jan 2018
i willingly dove in,
knowing my heart would
bleed and shatter.

for your eyes were as blue
as the sea, and your smile;
the sweetest one i'd seen.
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