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You can't always focus on what is gone,
but focus on what you have.
Even if you're mad,
and sad,
and things get bad.
When people leave you,
because they have to.
And people stay because they want to.
You can cry a day, or maybe two.
But when tomorrow comes,
and the day is new.
You should try to smile
for the things still here.
For the things that will never disappear.
That only grow stronger with every tear.
we were never people
but maps
with worlds to explore
an almanac of oceans
body parts cut up into
states.
you were california
always so far away
and i was alaska
in a cold dark place.
one day
our bodies folded
atlas hands
joined together
splitting mountain
ridges
to be with one another.
 Aug 2013 madeline may
brooke
your parents
gave up too
early, right
when you
needed them
the most
and only
I saw it
(c) Brooke Otto
 Aug 2013 madeline may
brooke
You spent nearly a year
toiling over my love and
I was cooking an omelet
down in the kitchen just
now when the coconut
oil reached up and bit
my hand, when I realized
that maybe it was my turn
maybe it is my turn. I am
not quite so sure what It is that
I
deserve.
(c) Brooke Otto
 Aug 2013 madeline may
brooke
you can find me
tearing off my shirt
and screaming

*is this what you want?
(c) Brooke Otto
 Aug 2013 madeline may
hkr
i'm sore.
 Aug 2013 madeline may
hkr
i've told the story of
how you broke my heart
so many times
that there is no heartache
left only for me;
i'm empty.
feeling this hollow is worse than feeling hurt.
 Aug 2013 madeline may
brooke
I drew today
and each line
didn't hurt as
much as I
thought or
maybe each
line hurt less
and
less
(c) Brooke Otto
I slash my skin
into
violent
grins;
welcome
my friends
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