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 Feb 2014 marina b
Megan Grace
it's comforting to know that
someday my skin will
forget what it feels
like to touch
yours
 Feb 2014 marina b
marina
.
 Feb 2014 marina b
marina
.
(when icarus fell
did he have time
to cry out?  or did
he fall without
warning or grace?)
i write about icarus too much
 Feb 2014 marina b
Megan Grace
My hair was wet and
in knots. I apologized
for coming over
unannounced and
messy but you shook
your head. You said
"No, you look so
beautiful. You always
look beautiful."
 Jan 2014 marina b
Ironatmosphere
Why does it crack you up?
Is the idea of
Someone
Loving
Me
So preposterous
That you can’t keep that laughter of yours
From spilling out of your mouth like poisoned arrows?
 Jan 2014 marina b
Megan Grace
I remember only that
you had the lamp on in
the living room, and I had
crawled into your bed
because you said I couldn't
go without talking to you
for twenty minutes and
I was trying to prove that
I could. You were playing
your ukelele and I swear
I have never had so much
trouble breathing as I did
when I peeked out of the
doorway and you gave me
that slow, lazy smile. God,
who were we then?
 Jan 2014 marina b
Megan Grace
I think I maybe breathed
in too much of you and
now you're trapped in my
lungs, clawing to get out.
But I can't
I can't I
can't
 Jan 2014 marina b
Megan Grace
you breathe
like
the cities
that I long for
but
your heart beats
like
home.
 Jan 2014 marina b
Ironatmosphere
I am my own best friend
And my worst enemy
I love myself more than anybody else loves me
But I also hate myself more than anybody else could hate me
I am the gardener who helps me grow
But I am also the inconsiderate ******* who tramples me down
Without even looking back
 Jan 2014 marina b
Lilyy
Enigma
 Jan 2014 marina b
Lilyy
Once I was called an Enigma
and it was different than I had expected.
My whole life I had prided myself
on being able to hide
everything
and remain a mystery
to keep my desires to myself
and let the others do the wanting.

But, I messed up.
Because being an enigma
leaves all the mysteries to be solved by you.
 Jan 2014 marina b
hkr
cells ig
 Jan 2014 marina b
hkr
snakes get a new skin
every one
two
three months

we get one every
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven years

in five year's time
i'll have a skin
you never
touched

and i'll still probably
be conflicted
on how i feel
about that.
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