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 Dec 2013 Meredith
Emily Hammer
fifteen is your first polaroid camera
fifteen is your poetry phase
and your journal phase

keep these poems
these journals
these ideas
because as much as you deny it they are all about someone

fifteen is the confusing dance of friendships
fifteen is the flaws your afraid of
and the person you dream of becoming
don't let your flaws eat you alive
become the person you are dreaming of

fifteen is goosebumps in class
fifteen is first love
and the first heart break

but everyone underestimates fifteen
when in reality fifteen is forever
fifteen is the first traces of alcohol on your lips
and the first fingers on your skin
fifteen is the late nights in the rain
fifteen lives in us always
fifteen is forever
 Dec 2013 Meredith
J R
Identity
 Dec 2013 Meredith
J R
What's my name
My distilled essence
A bag of meat
Or something endless
A card with a number
Someone's dream
A reflected face
A thought, unclean
The sum of parts
A point of view
Or am I just
A half of you
 Dec 2013 Meredith
Emily Hammer
she went from two servings
to one
to none
hoping someone would notice
but no one did
*-(e.h.)
 Oct 2013 Meredith
Lincoln H
rape
 Oct 2013 Meredith
Lincoln H
you had too many drinks that night,
and she was wearing a dress,
so you thought, "she's a ****," right?
because you label women as:
what they wear is what they are, right?
you tried to woo her countless times,
but she still said no,
and you thought she was playing with you.
you thought, just because she was wasted,
that means she's ***** and wants to ****.
she was an innocent girl.
all she wanted was to have fun,
but you ruined that for her.
even after she pushed you off,
and smacked you in the face,
and called you every swear word,
you thought she wanted you.
she cried for help,
but the music was too high,
and everyone was too drunk,
and they all thought she wanted it too.
and that makes me sick.
because she didn't want it,
she wanted a place to let loose.
she didn't want it,
she just wanted some fun.
a couple of beers,
a couple of cheers,
then she'd go off with her friends.
but you've formed her into a woman,
a woman who screams in her sleep,
who locks all the doors,
who jumps at every bump in the night.
you've done that to her,
and you don't even feel sorry.
you thought she was an animal,
just a play toy.
but she was so much more.
and after she stopped weeping,
you tried to kiss her again,
but she pushed you away,
you got angry with her.
you shook her and smacked her,
you beat her black and blue.
don't lie to me, i know you want me.
i know you want me.
I KNOW YOU WANT ME.

and she screamed,
even if you hurt her.
she screamed and screamed,
even when you broke her jaw.
she shrieked.
she cried.
she never wanted you.
a week later i was walking home,
and coincidentally i looked up,
and on top of the building was a figure.
there was a goddess up there,
black and blue from a beating,
but still beautiful.
her sobs floated from her mouth,
down to the streets,
but no one bothered to listen.
but i did.
and i went up there,
and brought her down,
and hugged her.
she flinched and squirmed,
because some **** had ruined her.
some ******* poisoned her thoughts,
making her believe every guy is the same.
every guy she has ever loved or trusted,
became another trespasser.
she couldn't even look her father in the eye.
but she broke down before me,
revealing herself in blood in tears,
painting me a story that made me sick.
she cried for hours on that roof,
curled up in front of me,
begging me to let her die,
but i refused.
i saved her life,
and i hope no one saves yours for when karma comes around.
 Oct 2013 Meredith
Eliza
7:26am
 Oct 2013 Meredith
Eliza
7:26am
is where it all began.
Angry words were being thrown
back and forth between a woman
and a man.

A little girl woke up from her dream,
as she heard her name in between those screams.
Tears spilled from her eyes as she began to cry,
asking questions that mostly began with why.

7:26am
a tale of two lovers comes to an end,
leaving a girl with a broken heart
that cannot be mend.

*(n.d.)
 Oct 2013 Meredith
B Tuominen
365 days ago
I fell for you.

222 days ago
You broke up with your girlfriend
and told me your secrets until
5:30 in the morning.

187 days ago
I felt you drifting away
and I held on, white knuckled.

171 days ago
I watched you
fall for her.

134 days ago
I took control of my painful thoughts
and went on medication.

28 days ago
I kissed a different boy in front of you
and I watched you watching us.
I can only hope you felt a fraction
of what I felt about you.

1 day ago
I realized I was over you
and I don't think you can handle it.
 Oct 2013 Meredith
GKirtz
I want to die choking on my own tears,

So that I can taste something real

Right before the light fades.

I want to drown in them

Wade into my own

Salty, watery disappointments.

I want every open sore on my body

To sting and ache and throb

So that I can remember where I came from,

How I got here.

I want to sink to the bottom of a sea

made from my own eyes

thrashing about

clutching at nothing

Right before the light fades
 Oct 2013 Meredith
Kalithen
The smile that stole my heart,

The lips that form the smile,

The kiss those lips give,

The love that kiss brought,

The gentle passion that love gave way to,

They all belong to her,

The only girl I see.
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