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Emily L May 2015
Tossing and turning
like a smooth stone in your hand
that you've been itching to throw
It's the dullest of sunsets,
dead grass pricking your bare soles
but the mud doesn't bother,
your searching to know
The right place
where my fate
is you're raised hand
I go soaring then
Skidding across a surface
so calm.
I begin sinking
without a merit of warmth
from your palm.
like the earth on it's axis
I still revolve
What to do in this darkness
of cold pillows and soft sheets
almost too comforting
for my body to sleep.
Perhaps,
my skin is changing
like reptile flesh
among these tiny blue fishes
who bubbly laugh
whilst I plummet.
I keep ruffled in cotton,
thighs bare to the chill
of a fan that's kept going
I bend to it's will
except it's too difficult
for me to shed.
So you cast away
all your problems
out of sheer dread.
You cannot handle a girl
left in the ravine
like a ghost undressed
I drown in unrest
wondering if you'll
come back for me
but
the panic of staying
makes you uneasy.
So, leave.
Edited for better flow but may also change later!
Emily L May 2015
******* pressed
against your neck,
I think I can feel it
the way an ear would hear
the rhythm of an ocean
in a shell.
Is this racing for me?
or someone else?
85
beats
per
second.
Emily L May 2015
She listens to No Doubt singing
"I'm just a girl,"
while shaving her legs.
The hair collects in the bathtub
all scattered across
like blown dandelion puffs
over the water's murky face.
Tiny wishes for
the barest underarms and legs
but she's a women
'they make us bleed'
or so they say.
'Cause I'm just a girl
I'd rather not be,'
while my innocence
circles the drain.
Lucky me...
I'm torn and *****
'living in captivity'
but "I'm just a girl."
"Don't you think I know
Exactly where I stand"
No Doubt lyrics in quotations!
Emily L May 2015
Sun
If the morning comes
before I wake
I hope the sun
kisses me softly.
You are so bright,
my eyes can hardly take it
but your warmth
is a comfort to me.
I keep safe beneath
these blankets
filling the emptiness
with thoughts of you
How close you are
but still how far
it seems you tend to be.
All around me,
I feel the breeze
from my opened window
brushing the hair away
from my face.
The touch of your glow
against my cheek
helps all the more too
let me greet
the day
but if you come before
I awake
Promise me
that you'll be
the first sight I will see
when my eyes open.
Emily L May 2015
God,
I wish
I could be yours and
you'd be mine.
Emily L May 2015
This sadness
seeps into my skin.
Every saline drop that falls
from my eyes.
My arms carry the weight of
elbows to knees,
sullen teenage blank canvas
In retrospect I'm too old
to be this tragic.
I want what I cannot have
and like a baby
someday maybe
I'll have a way to pacify
these faults
because you are the wheel
spinning on this cycle
and I am heading into traffic
helmetless.
All the while
never thinking about
anything but you.
It's dangerous to fall in love
With love.
Emily L May 2015
One mistake marks a person
who may be
of grand or little importance
It's all amiss to fate.
retracing lines on palms
That tell their future
lives lost to choices made
I wish
I want
I can't
I won't
All the words
that lead every eye
In your direction
Fingers point too
Your small cracks
heaven knows
You need an intervention
but no one ever
Thinks to ask
Chest tight,
Worn clothes,
Promises all broken
Every lie that's been spoken
Passes from me to you.
One mistake
One grave move
Shakes the soul from the body.
People like us tend to be
Built so shoddy
It's the marks that make us cave.
May change later.
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