M: Favorites

Jan 2016 M

ASB

you see   it does not matter
that you love him
reject me with
your fiery eyes
it does not matter that     you
your graceful movements
restless smiles    and your hands
impatiently wait for time to pass
until he will return to you --
that you look at him    with starry eyes
and affectionate glances
or that you rest    your arms    in his
in comfort     and blush, almost
unnoticeably, when
he touches you
softly.

it does not matter that you
disagree   with every word I ever say
that you think you are above me
that you never look my way --
it's irrelevant, you see, to how I
still
feel about you

I'm convinced that I don't love you
but
I see your face
and
do.

Jan 2016 M

You'll Be Back

Jan 2016 M

L

You'll Be Back

"Oceans rise, empires fall. We have seen each other through it all."

From "You'll Be Back"
written by Lin-Manuel Miranda
sung by Jonathan Groff in the Broadway show, "Hamilton"

Leigh

Jan 2016 M

12:55 PM

Jan 2016 M

L

12:55 PM

We all see each other in the hallway
   in between classes, at lunch, at 3:15
      but do we honestly see each other?
Do we see these poems, these words
   that are often full of darkness and misunderstandings
       but sometimes light and forgiveness?
I see you, friends of mine
   hiding in the shadows of our legacy
      ...but do you see me?

For all of you

Leigh

Jan 2016 M

I will dance

Jan 2016 M

Roanne Manio

I will dance

because I am not a good dancer,
because it makes me feel alive,
because everyone would stare,
because I am a star,
because he would dance with me.

#dance

Jan 2016 M

Can't Stop

Jan 2016 M

Rj

Can't Stop

No I never get used to silence
But I don't hear, no, I don't hear, I don't hear you anymore.
I know I had to look hard to find it
Everything, everything, everything is gone.

//onerepublic
Good song

Jan 2016 M

Blood

Jan 2016 M

Roberta Adele

Blood

sometimes I fidget
uncomfortable with the weight
of the words
that course through my veins

unable to rid myself of the itch of the need to write

#words #blood #write

Jan 2016 M

Olfactory

Jan 2016 M

L

Olfactory

Lavender makes me sick
Vanilla makes me cringe
Set me free from olfactory memory
The smell is much too thick

I don't know
it worked in my head

Leigh

Jan 2016 M

Untitled

Jan 2016 M

L

Untitled

No parent should outlive their child
And I'm sorry I almost let you

Jan 2016 M

vulnerability means something different now

Jan 2016 M

L

vulnerability means something different now

nothing is the same with the lights on
your face can't hide anymore
and there are earthquakes in your hands

vulnerability means something different now
you're exposed and sometimes it feels right
sometimes it feels like nothing

nothing feels like the day you said hello
and goodbye
all at once

nothing feels like sleeping together
together
but so alone

leave the lights on
nothing feels like the shadows after you left
nothing feels like you

and vulnerability means something different now
and i see your face every time i catch a stranger's eye
and i wonder if i turned the lights on

would they see my face
would they see my past
would i feel something again

nothing is the same with the lights on
and everything feels like you
everything feels like you

uiefjdknmls;skjfbkvjnldkc;mkdjwefnvdsc **** me please

Jan 2016 M

A Dream

Jan 2016 M

L

A Dream

Shingled roofing caves in quick, the wallpaper all peeled back
The devil walks these halls
The sinner paints them black

It's been a long time coming, the end to all our ends
The night covers misguided deeds
The moonlight shadow bends

To which do I owe the honor, the joy or haunting dreams?
The guardian stands upright
The sunlight through it streams

I don't usually like to rhyme in my writings
But in any dialogue in my dreams/nightmares, there's always rhyming

Leigh