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Olivia Greene Feb 2014
I don't know how much more I can offer.
Or how many pieces I have left to give.
I used to think being alone was better than being with someone and disappointing them…
But now it's me who is disappointed.
I don't want to be alone, but that's where I am headed.
Constantly slipping away.
Constantly falling back into the old pattern,
of not opening up.
Putting up the wall.
Sounding the alarm when anyone tries to break in.
I'm tired of falling asleep.
Olivia Greene Feb 2014
Jesus ******* Christ.
I said it at the beginning and Ill ******* say it again.
Jesus Christ.
I read your poems again.
I read them and my eyes blazed and my heart pounded.  
My eyes filled and almost pooled over.

I read them in a new way this time.
I was transported.
To a time where I didn't know all that you withheld.
But somehow I saw it and,
now I  could never forget it.
                                                     I won't forget you
I won't forget your eyes, your hands, your embrace.
How sometimes I can look at you and feel better.

                                        Jesus, we've been through  a lot.
Sometimes it's hard because I can see all the amazing things you're going to do with your life, and I feel like I am holding you back from doing those things.
You're stubborn and almost too honest sometimes.
                              It's hard for some people to handle.

                                We're alike and yet so different.
                             You speak your mind- I remain quiet.

You don't owe the world anything.
Free-spirited.
Electric.
Velvet voice.
Wants something bigger than this town.
Brutally and beautiful honest.
Protective.

When you speak your mind the world shakes.
Never stop doing that.
Never let someone stop you.
From having what's yours.

I'll say it again; if you were do to that, just be you,
that would be amazing.
because
you
*******




are
Olivia Greene Feb 2014
I feel like I'm stuck in a world I created for myself.
"A Prison by my own design"
Except,
I lost the directions,
I don't know my own way out.
I was placed here by grayish hands
and a convincing smile.
I kept trying to look up,
but every time I did I saw the same convincing smile with the same words pursed on their lips...
"This is normal, honey"




So I stopped looking up.
Olivia Greene Feb 2014
i feel like I'm slipping away
and I'm okay with that
Olivia Greene Feb 2014
your arm was around my shoulders
and my arm was wrapped around your waist
i was drunk and you slowed your pace to match mine
you started singing softly and i shut my eyes to listen
i let down every wall and allowed you to guide my every step
my body felt heavy but my mind was at ease
you did that thing with your voice



i don't think i have ever heard something so beautiful
Olivia Greene Jan 2014
I want to take on the world.
I want to be so in love with the world, myself, and possibly another human- I can't see straight.
I want to touch every corner with a fierce passion.
I want to look in my lovers eyes and see the world.
To look in their eyes when were 80 and gray and see the gleam I fell in love with as a kid.
To gaze in their eyes and remember the world we took on as our own.
I want to experience every emotion a thousand times and feel heartache when I have to.
I want to lay down somewhere next to the people I love…
and not give two ***** about the next day.
I want whomever I lay next to, to know I care about them…
whether I take them in my arms and kiss them with every part of my being,
or simply hold their hand and make them feel safe.
I want to feel the extent of loving someone and never knowing the limits.
I want to be alive for as long as I live.
Olivia Greene Jan 2014
I can't wait for you anymore.
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