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Gem Feb 2018
they make me want to bite my lips raw
put my hands in my hair and tug
that's not me, that person making all of those terrible decisions
I didn't know better
let me go back in time
the memories
  Nov 2017 Gem
Star BG
Its a beautiful day to live.
Its a beautiful day to die.

But I shan't die today.
I have to much to do
of my souls journey.
Yes to do merging
with the suns powerful ray's
and drifting clouds.

Too much to do to integrate
between the raindrops pitter pater
and the moment that calls.

No, I shan't die today.
for the heart tells me so
and I shall follow its lead-
gratefully surrendering
inside trust, inside day.
Its a beautiful day.
Inspired by Anon-Thanks I worked with an Apache elder. She taught us a prayer and at the end of the daily prayer it goes "Its a beautiful day to live, Its a beautiful day to die."
Gem Nov 2017
Regret, binding and drowning
The rough feeling of overwashed blankets and the smell of ***
Warm skin at night only makes me feel colder in the morning
  Oct 2017 Gem
Star BG
Go
Go out and get it,
I say.
Go and get what you want,
by believing in yourself.

Take your show of truths to the road.
Feel the cool air in moment to fuel steps.
Expand heart with self love
that opens heart wings.

Be the co-creator you are,
as sun shines and moon glows,
as rain comes and rainbows born.

Go out and get it, I proclaim.
Go out and feed your dreams
as life stage is yours to direct.

If you want to be a doctor,
lawyer, teacher,
follow the vibrational pull
of your passions.

Go out and get it
with focus, I say.

I did,
finding affirmations of support
to help seal with success.
Success on highway of my dreams.
  Oct 2017 Gem
BR
He drew a figure eight on my spine, absentmindedly,
and traced the nape of my neck with his fingertip when he said,
“You are beautiful to me.”

But the ellipsis in the silence spoke louder than he did, and the look in his eye was not born because I was lovely;
It was not because he loved me.

A thing too small for love-
But far too large to be lust;

Simple. Ugly.

He looked at me like he was hungry.

So sweetly he critiqued each curve, every line, blurring my edges with the images of every bent perception pulled from the mire of his mind;

and I
could not
satisfy


Pretty innocence diminished in the grip of his vice,
Pressed tight against my body, despised in dark eyes.
I am not the inhuman creatures you contrived in the middle of the night.
I am not the feminine expression of your ******* pride.

What a wicked crime,
to take a woman’s body and leave the woman behind.
  Oct 2017 Gem
vxliangkylie
i'll chase the dreams that are part of my control,
and live the rest on fate's parole.
-
i am beyond what
i've perceived of me.
i just have to keep my eyes shut
and complete my journey.
the path ahead lies
my destiny
and i will rise
in order to be free.
-
  Oct 2017 Gem
Angela Rose
He made sure I knew just how lucky I was to have him
But he never hit me
He played games with my emotions repeatedly
But he never hit me
He made sure I didn’t leave the house in a skirt above the knees
But he never hit me
He knew the words to say to make me feel so small that I could not breathe
But he never hit me
He tossed me in and out, in and out, until my mind was in an out of control tizzy
But he never hit me
He messed around on the side late at night while I rested in our bed
But he never hit me
He made it clear that I wasn’t to go out at night with the girls
But he never hit me
He told me over and over again just how hard it would be to find anyone else to deal with me
But he never hit me
He fell asleep safe and sound as I laid in bed trying to catch my breath through tears
But he never hit me
He needed to have the password to every device, app and account
But he never hit me
He knew the power he held and used it over my head to weaken me
But he never hit me
He made jokes at my expense in front of friends and family and we all giggled together instead of cringed
But he never hit me
He assured me the women he texted were coworkers or colleagues but I could never know what they spoke of
But he never hit me
He made it clear that my interests and goals were not of pertinence
But he never hit me
He knew the exact words to say to take my entire day downhill
But he never hit me
He broke my heart over and over and over again until it was minuscule shreds
But he never hit me
If you or someone you know is suffering from domestic abuse please contact 1-800-799-7233 this is the national domestic abuse hotline. Abuse can happen to anyone, man or woman. It does not make you weak to seak help. <3
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