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Touch me,
it doesn't matter where
and it doesnt matter how
I need to know I'm still alive
so someone touch me now
Shake my hand and say hello
or pat me on the back
kiss me on the cheek
that I may feel this sense I lack
slap my face and pull my hair
make me bleed I just don't care
dig your nails into my skin
so I can feed this need within
I've been numb for such a time
that even pain would be sublime
so touch me, touch me now
I don't care where, I don't care how
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Raindrops fall down on my window
To be wiped off

Cascading down, trickling too
They move so irregular

With one swipe they stand unmatched
Unable to exist

But then another raindrop falls
So the swipe shall persist
She's all alone
It's Thursday night
She's eating with a candle light

A glass of wine or maybe three
To help to drown her company

The noise around is all a blur
Everyone's laughter seems to stir

As people pass they all will stare
She noticed, and hoped that one would care

No love for work
No self-esteem

No one to love
Nothing to dream

She's had enough
It's all the same
Not another day of this stupid game

Her shopping bag is fully packed
No thoughts for action, the plan is exact

With one last toast she'll kiss goodbye
Her loneliness and the beauty of its lie
All of this shouting, but who's to really claim
When we walk around so faceless with nothing to gain

It's just a system to extrapolate your fears
Designed to be destructive, disgusting, and to jeer

Quiet as we sit, appearing only to view
Questioning nothing, we're erupting into something new

It's a victimless society, for we have all chosen consent
As we cry to the TV for what's true, we pray and repent

Blinded by the odds we ebb and bob like a float in water
But the bed is dry, there's nothing to deny, enjoy this job
Call a                          doctor/ plumber/ priest
My heart is               broken/ leaking/ deceased

My life is                   worthless/ so much better/ over
I'm going to              **** myself/ tell your wife/ Dover

How could you         leave me/ not know/ lie?
I hope you                return my stuff/ come back/ die

I'll never                   forget you/ forgive you/ go away
I need                        closure/ a DNA test/ to tell you I'm gay

Your                           face/ crotch/ top of your back
Is                                so beautiful/ lumpy/ unusually slack

Your                           ex/ mother/ best friend from school
Always made me      great coffee/ feel inadequate/ drool

I will                           miss you/ **** you/ stalk you forever
That way we can      be friends/ get away with it/ be together

I'm sorry                   you did this/ I did this /we failed
I promise to               pay you/ dye it back/ get you bailed
Please don't               leave me/ show the Polaroids/ write or call


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sinister,dark,
looming, brooding horizon.

angry ghouls growl,
flailing their arms,
hissing,
spitting venom

icy breath
frosts my window

miserable mongrels
howl a dirge,
mourning souls long-departed.

an unseen hand clicks
a silent flash.
eternity poses,
but for a moment.

— The End —