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Liz Sep 2020
The wind is my friend
He's always there
Sometimes he sings to me
Or holds my hand when I'm sad
He'll hold me softly so I know I'm not alone

The wind is my friend
He's always by my side
And he always lets me know
I just need to breathe
And remember to take it slow
Liz Sep 2020
How do I know if I'm me?
How do I know if I'm lying to myself?
How do I know if I'm not someone else?

What parts of me are real?
Learned?
Mimicked?
Faked?
Lies?

Who is this soul inside me?
How come I barely know her?
What does she feel?
What is she pressured to think?

Is she brave?
Confident?
Friendly?
Generous?
Afraid?

What does she believe?
What are her dreams?
Does she love the life she lives?
Or is she just getting by?

How do I know if she's me?
Or just a passerby?
Why am I so sad all the time? Am I lost? Am I the result of my past? Am I my fears? If I'm always changing, am I even myself? Am I behind of where I should be? Am I a disappointment? Am I alive?
Liz Sep 2020
What if we couldn't think in our head
How loud would the world be?
How gruesome, disgusting and torturous.
How many people would be betrayed?
How many would stay truthful?
How many songs, poems, dreams, and nightmares would become general knowledge?
What if we spoke our minds without fear?
What if we could not lie.
How terrible that would be.
9/1/2020
Liz Jun 2020
I held my father's hand for the first time that day
My grandfathers blood fell cold
"Don't you ever get old"
Emergency calls, laughing through the fear
Try to remember to
breathe
breathe
breathe
Dinner was silent than evening
Beause the reality of death grew closer in our minds
And our heart beats matched the thunder
Liz May 2020
Do you not remember how you treated me then?
What do you mean you "miss me"? When I was there you didn't see me but now that I'm gone you finally notice me.

Don't you remember what it was like? I was the place holder,
the one no one talked to,
the one you ignored for 3 years.

Did you forget?
Do you think I'm someone else?
Do you suddenly miss me now cause I'm finally making something of myself?

Don't you remember all the times I was ignored,
all the times I had panic attacks in the bathroom,
all the times I was afraid to go to church cause I didn't want to feel worthless again?

Its ok, I wouldn't expect you to.
You were young, friendly, outgoing, just what everyone wanted in a friend.

I don't expect you to remember me.
Liz May 2020
My dreams are where the shadows creep
Exhaustion lurks but I'm afraid to sleep
Liz May 2020
The fire inside
Burns your eyes
But the tears can't put it out

The shadows move into patterns you choose
But the friends you choose
Don't always choose you

Dehydration
And contemplation
Bring back thoughts of home

Thoughts of a home that dosnt exist
Thoughts of the opportunities that you missed
Friends who betrayed
Hate was displayed
What is home?
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