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 Aug 2013 madeline may
brooke
Nm.
 Aug 2013 madeline may
brooke
Nm.
I still
look at the
moon and wonder
if you are looking
too
(c) Brooke Otto
 Aug 2013 madeline may
marie
cold air hits her harshly
toes shiver as hair stands up
bringing a blanket closer to her self
the rain continues to pelt
and she continues
to indulge herself in words
that provide her home and warmth

she was a quiet one in tongue
but a loud one in hands and heart
she wrote endlessly about her pain
about how no one ever heard her speak
how no one ever saw her tongue dart out
she wrote it all to a man
who would never notice her words
or ever hear her cries

the cold air was harsh, and she had no blanket
rain pelted down mercilessly on her body
bare feet touching little oceans of waters
the sea bed being cemented and lined yellow

traffic lights  jammed
no consistent lighting in sight

heart drowned in the flood
rain coming from the heart
overflowing through her eyes

she took a gulp
cloudy eyes drifting upwards to a window
a man pushing a woman against the glass
plumped fleshes on their faces
touching one another

how she wished to be the woman

all her words dried up in her throat
every thought became frozen in her mind
no pen in sight
no paper to crumple and catch her tears

the flood was overflowing in her heart
and yet it continued to rain

she shrugged off her thin jacket
and she shivered
hair stood up
toes trembled
no source of warmth

silently
she lunged herself forward
not noticing the eyes from above
and the scream that erupted behind the window
but instead
noticing the car
that was swerving recklessly
in her direction

the one that kept her stationary
was the one that pushed her

him.
#PrayForThePhilippines
 Aug 2013 madeline may
brooke
you said so many times
that you would love me
for the rest of your life
and only now do I
realize you may
have understood
that love isn't
confined to
a relationship
it just lasts.
(c) Brooke Otto

This realization was sudden and very painful.
 Aug 2013 madeline may
brooke
Because despite
everything love
is resolute.
(c) Brooke Otto
 Aug 2013 madeline may
brooke
before you left, we
sat in my car for a
few seconds, I should
have kept you there
a while longer so that
i would remember
more. And before
you left, it was cold
and the wind wasn't
paying us an ounce
of respect, I said, "we'll
probably never see each
other again" and I kissed
you while rubbing your
cheeks with my thumbs.
there was turmoil in my
heart but I wouldn't let
it leave my mouth. Yes,
I am reminiscing, I can
still see your face in my
rear-view mirror and I
wonder now if the love
I have for you will ever
dissipate.
(c) Brooke Otto

Part 2.
 Aug 2013 madeline may
brooke
I always relented when
you tried to put cayenne
pepper in the dishes you
made for me. Spicy things
open up the taste-buds
you
lectured. And no matter how
much I'd poke your shoulders
you always managed to put
a pinch in. I claimed to hate it.

This morning I poured hot salsa
onto my breakfast and ate it without a

problem.
(c) Brooke Otto
 Aug 2013 madeline may
September
Hell froze over
The Devil stolen in ice
Now I've got nobody
to give my favorite advice
i'm so lame
(ha)
(haha)
 Aug 2013 madeline may
Morgan
Naive
 Aug 2013 madeline may
Morgan
You come to a city,
oozing pain from its very core.
Well, hey, you only find
what you're looking for...
I see you playing your sad game of
Who Hurts More.
I just hope for your sake
you maintain the lowest score.
 Aug 2013 madeline may
brooke
the difference between the way
i cooked and the way you cooked
is that you would get everything
ready first and I would pull things
from the fridge as I went, you made
everything from scratch but the one
thing I taught you was how to make
perfect kraft macaroni
(c) Brooke Otto
 Aug 2013 madeline may
brooke
you whistled
when you
ate
(c) Brooke Otto

subtle things.
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