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Dec 2015 · 131
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Laura Katherine Dec 2015
i am as constant as
the waves that kiss the shoreline
know that it all gets a bit too much
and all you wanted was time
but im drawn to the need of
never staying still
you begged me to stop
looking at you
with pity in my eyes
as you told me pretty words
that were just wasted on
people like me
and it all just felt inadequate
Nov 2015 · 199
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Laura Katherine Nov 2015
my insides and outsides tangle together
and i breathe as if i'm underwater and
it is immensely loud and quiet at the same time
quiet like the streets of the town i grew up in on sunday mornings
quiet like the times i failed to say the words stuck on my tonque outloud
loud like the times i'm trying to fall asleep but
the mistakes i made years ago keep screaming
loud like the memory of your voice saying you needed to go
quiet like the way i let you
Oct 2015 · 199
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Laura Katherine Oct 2015
darling;
           I
is the loneliest word
it will haunt you
when it's loud
                       loud
                                loud 
inside your head
and i'm still missing from your bed
please don't get caught on my edges
i promise i'll try to do this better
perhaps some people
were never meant to
build rooms inside each other's hearts
maybe we were only ever meant
to fall in love for
hours at a time
Oct 2015 · 137
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Laura Katherine Oct 2015
she turns into earthquakes
cannot be changed
shall not even try
she is calm
like the traffic at 5 am
on a sunday morning
mind that runs in infinite circles
thoughts tangled and knotted
big drunken words that sound like promises
the paradox of too much and nothing at all
she tells all her secrets with a smile
murders the meaning with truths told
mixed with white lies
fools only listen to what is left unsaid
remember what they say about blind eyes seeing the best
Oct 2015 · 133
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Laura Katherine Oct 2015
there is a map on my wall
reminder of how small i am
the queen of wanderlust
and craving for a home
never stopping hunger for seeing
feeling
everything
all of it and nothing at all
getting lost in trying to find myself
and the nagging fear of losing time
Oct 2015 · 108
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Laura Katherine Oct 2015
with kisses i trace the poems
written on your skin
i want to know all your secrets
love the broken bits the way
they deserve to be loved
surely you must be made of sunlight
but youre only ever watching the stars
Oct 2015 · 132
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Laura Katherine Oct 2015
always always waiting
for you to stop living inside
your own head

        been waiting for years

when did you decide
you were above it all
ultimatums don't work
if you just keep crossing your fingers
what are promises worth
if you make breaking them into a game

         i'll wait
Oct 2015 · 106
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Laura Katherine Oct 2015
i want the stars to teach me how to dance
i'll tell all my secrets to the empty sky
like tidal waves i'll kiss you as if
we have all the time in the world
but like all things that move with the moon
i'll leave i'll always leave
there is no standing still
for things like me
no matter how much i wish
i could grow roots
Oct 2015 · 131
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Laura Katherine Oct 2015
you were made of
comets mountains and stars
your mistake was settling down
on being treated as if
you were dirt dust and mud
you will lose sleep over making the mistake
of thinking that other people's hearts and yours
are made of the same parts
Oct 2015 · 135
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Laura Katherine Oct 2015
it rains and rains
as you momenteraly come to
senses of sorts
it isn't anything but fitting
for there never was anyone else i knew
to be bigger on the dramatics
i wonder what kind of freedom
such indifference brings
do you ever stop to wonder
how you do not know your own flesh and blood
the way you make soulmates with bottoms of the bottles
does it burn your insides better
than the tiny hand of tattoos
where is the irony of only ever excisting
on top of your heart
i will no longer be the one for you to call
i do not want the crown
if the kingdom was only built
for liquids secrets and sadness
Oct 2015 · 141
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Laura Katherine Oct 2015
not another half
waiting to be whole
not here for you to be saved
if these glitches and tales
with too many details
fail to fall under the area of
your expertise
do not blame me for cutting any ties
if you have gifted me with the scissors
i am under no obligation to be understood
nor do i need your permission
to be a different person from who i was
five minutes ago

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