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Nicole Dawn Jun 2015
Keep your friends close
But your enemies closer

It's a good rule
But here's a better one:

If you want to survive
Keep 'em all at least
An arms' length away

Because if you let them in
When they leave
And they will leave

It just might **** you
I know from experience
Nicole Dawn Jun 2015
You must be perfect
Never mess up

Be beautiful
Never average

Be smart
But not too smart

Be silly
But not ridiculous

No you're too fat
Too tall
Your hair is too frizzy
And what's with the bangs?

What are you thinking?
You look like a nerd
You want to look smart
But not that smart

Idiot
You're far too quiet
Be louder
But not so loud you're annoying
You'll never fit in

Just be perfect
Don't make any mistakes
Oh wait
It's too late for that

You stupid human
You're too human
You're supposed to be perfect
It's what everyone expects
But you're failing miserably
  Jun 2015 Nicole Dawn
Lauren Leal
That moment when your brain betrays your heart

It happens in slow motion


and all you can do is watch.
These moments are not easily forgotten
Nicole Dawn Jun 2015
Maybe if I'm strong enough
I'll break away
From this world

Maybe if I'm thin enough
I'll slip through the cracks
And be free

Maybe if I cut enough
I'll bleed the bad out
And be happy for once

Maybe if I try enough
It will actually be okay
Not fake like now

Maybe if I cry enough
I'll make an ocean of tears
And swim away

*Maybe
Maybe....
Nicole Dawn Jun 2015
WWND
What would Nicole do?

I've changed so much
There is sadness in my eyes
But I can't let it show
It can never show

So for each and every decision
I ask myself,
WWND
What would Nicole do?

I don't want to do that
I'm too frightened
I don't want to get up
I'm too tired

But I'm not allowed to be me
So I ask myself,
WWND
What would Nicole do?

I build a mask
And let no one in

WWND
What would Nicole do?
Nicole Dawn Jun 2015
You danced through your tears
But drowned from the rain

Then I danced in the rain
But drowned in my tears

*I miss you so much
For a friend who lost their child to a river that was moving too fast from excessive rain
Smiling is so overrated
And so is shedding tears

If I smile then I'm fake
If I cry then I'm weak

I will lock away all my emotions
And be the broken shadow no one notices
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