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404 · Jul 2016
Little Bundle of Excitement
Olivia A Keaton Jul 2016
she won't tell me the name
she tells me to guess
I'm not good at this game
I'm excited for sure
but the question that kills me
is one that will be revealed when its **born
She won't tell me the names (sigh)
399 · Feb 2017
In the Name of Love
Olivia A Keaton Feb 2017
are you sad
maybe unhappy
is everything you want to do
simply turning out bad?
maybe add Him to your everyday life
and from this you'll learn He doesn't
want you to experience strife.
so take a moment dear,
listen
and oh boy a better Christian life is what you'll hear.
397 · Sep 2017
Highest lows
Olivia A Keaton Sep 2017
Silly me to think of hope,
I'd be less confused if
my head were filled with dope.
O.K
Love is actually hopelessly confusing.
392 · Jun 2019
Can You Not Hear Me?
Olivia A Keaton Jun 2019
I compose myself before I speak
because if I don't,
I will scream.

And they never like it
if I don't use
my inside voice.
O.K
388 · Oct 2016
Ladders
Olivia A Keaton Oct 2016
ladders
One step up
From this awful place

At the top
I can see your loving face

What about between the steps?
that empty space

It's quite like my freedom
Non existent

I keep climbing even though I should stop
But I just need to get to the
**top
382 · Feb 2019
xoxo
Olivia A Keaton Feb 2019
I never understood why they always use x's and o's.

I never understood how a hug could be so safe and completely surrounding, like an o.

I never knew that a kiss, like an x, could cancel out everything and anything else.

But now I do.
O.K
xoxo, kisses and hugs to the love of my life.
377 · Mar 2018
shivers
Olivia A Keaton Mar 2018
your skin is velvet, soft beneath my quivering touch, too nervous, or lack of the warm, earthy caffeine that I’ve gotten too used to? you taste like passion and berries, hibiscus, silk among my tastebuds and lips, they’ve never experienced something so enthralling. you sound like a waterfall, strong, beautiful, triumphant, jumping over the edge. the edge of literal glory, and I’m really truly hanging onto you. as the water of your voice gushes over the edge, we jump with it and plummet into the darkness of perfection and satisfaction.
O.K
376 · May 2017
nostalgia
Olivia A Keaton May 2017
a little girl's journal
just covered with dust
filled with a mind so naive
the lock; rusted with broken trust
O.K
tonight I am filled with nostalgia as I look back upon my past and see a little girl who hasn't been hurt.
376 · Dec 2016
Sunlight's Passion
Olivia A Keaton Dec 2016
Bitter cold
but breaking through the snow and haze
is a piece of golden sun
coming down in glorious rays
Let's get it trending
375 · Mar 2017
Missed Opportunities
Olivia A Keaton Mar 2017
I hate myself entirely
for not really taking you seriously
when you offered an embrace.
I have wished since then, so desirably
that you would ask for the fourth time.
For the past 3 times
I thought you were joking until I saw your face.

And now I guess I've missed this opportunity of just a simple hug
because now you're with her and all I can do is shrug
:\
367 · Sep 2018
Med-School
Olivia A Keaton Sep 2018
tip tap tapping of a keyboard,
       hours better spent.

her mother's dad told her to go,
       so there she went.

so lovely and eager to please,
       sacrifices ((time with her son.))

a beautiful woman and mama
      simply working to hear "well done."
O.K
to Abigail, I know it isn't always easy, but you'll get there. I love you!
366 · Nov 2016
Disaster Diary...
Olivia A Keaton Nov 2016
dear disaster diary,
this I bring to you today
I'm not really sure what my hand will write
or what my heart will say.
I guess it's raining now,
I really like it too
even though somehow
I don't know what to do.
There's people everywhere who could really use the rain
it doesn't occur to me
but may I say
we all must pray
for the people in Tennessee.
My prayers go out to Tennessee ❤️
Olivia A Keaton May 2018
our first kiss may as well have been our first kiss goodbye.
I’m drowning tonight,
hand me a baguette and wine.
Jack, Jim, all of their friends,
been workin on me,
but can’t you see,
I can’t drink you away?
Not tomorrow, certainly not today.

You said our love was true,
now I’d like to be downing something,
something with a strong alcohol proof.
O.K
not really drinking, calm down.
I find that this poem is about my two past loves.
362 · May 2017
choke
Olivia A Keaton May 2017
i was fighting
im tired of hiding
my love for smoke
im quickly smiling
really trying
to be myself
ah
im quietly screaming
loudly dreaming
i wish i would have spoke.
my mouth closed
my mind open.
am i supposed to feel alone?
cant i walk away,
even as i choke?
O.K
361 · Apr 2018
that boy
Olivia A Keaton Apr 2018
do you see that boy? that one is mine.
Let me paint him for you:

His eyes are the impossibly beautiful ones. The kind that aren’t one color, but thousands of shades at once. His eyes are worthy of drowning in.

His hands are the type that know to protect, but to never overstep their boundaries so clearly drawn. The type that might be cold, especially when they aren’t tangled perfectly with my own.

His hair is like a sea of midnight, with parts of the waning crimson of dusk shining through. Soft, like the moon’s glow, and long enough to smile into.

His skin is pale like fair moonlight against the dark shadows of the world. His skin is soft, but not too soft. Everything perfect to touch, and to kiss.

His lips are perfectly... perfect. When they’re twisted into a smile from a laugh from a joke or comment I made that wasn’t even really that funny. ((His lips are best when they’re writing beautiful words against my own.))

he is perfect. in so many ways.
O.K
Olivia A Keaton Jun 2018
I’m done with your garbage.

          Pack it up,
Tie it shut,
                      And. Take. It. Out.
O.K
Olivia A Keaton Jul 2017
as i look up into the sky
i think about many things
besides the overwhelming
beauty of the stars above.
i think about how
comfortable the cooled
grass is beneath me.
i think about the sunrise
that will come soon enough.
i think about how warm i
feel even though im chilled
by the night.
but as i drift away with the
stars at the suns awakening,
i allow my mind to wander
farther and thoughts of you
fill my dreams.
O.K
dreams are such beautiful things, arent they?
356 · Sep 2019
Please Not Soggy
Olivia A Keaton Sep 2019
Fries
Need to be cooked longer
For nice crisp
Golden deliciousness
347 · May 2016
The Scream
Olivia A Keaton May 2016
mysterious man on the boardwalk
who are these men in dark cloaks behind you that chose to stalk?
mysterious man if you know them why do you scream?
are you afraid of their malicious scheme?
if you scream don't keep walking then stop
for the men might **** you
then dead you will drop
mysterious man you must've stood quite a while
for your picture is made and viewed by the hour
Based on the poetry prompt: base a poem on a famous painting.
I chose the scream
347 · Nov 2016
This Old Rusty Key
Olivia A Keaton Nov 2016
You told me this key opened your heart
but it turns out that I'm not the girlfriend part.
I used to love you but then you broke me
shortly after you gave me this old rusty key.
This key has been used before
over the years it's become a thing of yore.
344 · May 2017
but why
Olivia A Keaton May 2017
even though I was working out the problems
and trying to figure out whatever chemistry was between us,
you managed to take away my breath
when I was suffocating already.
O.K
337 · Nov 2016
For What Are You Thankful?
Olivia A Keaton Nov 2016
I'm thankful for...
Love
Friends
Enemies
My Dog Bear of course
wait.. is that odd?
I'm thankful for...
Family
Home
but guess who I'm most thankful for?*

God
337 · Nov 2019
William of Orange
Olivia A Keaton Nov 2019
But why would I care about this Will that's not about death?
What did he do?
Pick oranges, anyways?
334 · Nov 2016
Keeping Hush
Olivia A Keaton Nov 2016
hush
the word travels on hot, breathy air
hush
thats what I say when I believe no ones there

often I'm left alone
but hearing the subtle
hush
chills me right down to the bone
I don't know what this is.
330 · May 2016
**Warriors**
Olivia A Keaton May 2016
He left me on a stormy night
My eyes were filled with lightning strikes
I close my eyes imagining him
My warrior in all *white
Credits to my friend Haylee
329 · May 2016
Nightmares
Olivia A Keaton May 2016
Alone
Me
Never again shall I see
That beautiful loving face of yours that used to be
To you I used to cling
Now a sad song I sing
Walking home
All alone
To where we used to be
My love I miss you
But do you miss me?
326 · Oct 2016
Cold Tears
Olivia A Keaton Oct 2016
The body is cold
Don't jump to conclusions
The story is yet to be told
I've done something bad
It was really quite fun
Yet it has made me go mad
I've ruined my life
Guess what I used?
My aid it was a knife
******?
I've hurt her.
Not killed but hurt
There's a space or a difference if you please
A space between my knife and her neck
Which I could slit with ease.

*she cries and cries
the tears flow like a flood
she is still alive.
so what's with all of the blood?
326 · Oct 2016
My Sweet Rain
Olivia A Keaton Oct 2016
rain,
I want to tell you how I love you so.
rain,
I want to share this with you so you'll always know.*

rain,
I love how with a little light
you make me see in colors
when I'm used to my black and whites.
rain,
you on an old tin roof
can make me high
like moonshine that's 100 proof
rain,
the sound of you puts me at ease
even when a dreary day
comes along I know I can go to you whenever I please
and say...
rain.......
326 · Mar 2017
Across the too Silent Room
Olivia A Keaton Mar 2017
i've traveled
across the raging river of murmurs
and through the quiet woods
it's my journey that is important now
this journey is anything but good
this too quiet room in which i sit
has an awfully awkward tension to it
but then I glance across the deadly sea
and spot the careless boy who's just perfect to me
323 · Jun 2018
henna
Olivia A Keaton Jun 2018
I got a henna tattoo.
It’s a cute infinity sign with “forever” written as part of it. it’s in cursive.

I got it because it fascinates me.
How forever is a small part of infinity and how neither should have to exist. Nothing lasts that long.

Except love and hatred.
I have the one that makes me sick to my stomach when you’re sad and I can’t fix it.
O.K
323 · Jun 2019
Falling
Olivia A Keaton Jun 2019
From the heavens, the most pure snow
Rain, again from above
Little did I know, I was falling too
not down to earth, but in love.
O.K
I constantly find myself reflecting on my relationship before it became what it is now and I truly begin to wonder how long my heart had been yearning for something so beautiful.
321 · Nov 2018
H B W
Olivia A Keaton Nov 2018
And here I am,
the happiest I’ve ever been.
All because I’m in love,
and he happens to be my best friend.

When he sings to me at night,
it’s music to my ears.
I go to sleep,
for in my head is filled with beauty, love, and light.

I love him so much,
that silly spoon.
I just keep waiting for the day
when “now” is instead of “soon”.

For him I will wait,
and I would walk miles.
For him, he is worth it.
He is worth while.
O.K
320 · Jan 2019
15
Olivia A Keaton Jan 2019
15
sometimes I hate,
I'm only 15.
O.K
320 · Jun 2017
Happy Father's Day, Dad
Olivia A Keaton Jun 2017
Believe me when I say that
I love you
because boy it sure is the truth.
I love how one look
in my eyes allows you
to read my emotions and make me feel better.
I love how your
sighs and shrugs make me laugh
as we walk through a too
crowded store.
I love that even when our time
with each other is over,
I hold on to every second
of our hug, as I feel you do the same.
I love how you get me
every word, look, or laugh
we share a heart and a mind
and I love you for that.
O.K
I know no one that is even close to comparing to my dad and I love him so much. I'm glad to say that no one knows me better.
320 · May 2018
the struggle
Olivia A Keaton May 2018
everyone asked why I wore that little, pretty, black dress to school today.

(with the too lilac shoes)

“what’s the occasion?”
or
“you look so pretty today, you never wear dresses! what’s special about today?”

come close, I’ll tell you the special secret about today:
Olivia didn’t want to put on pants this morning.
O.K
sometimes I’m just not feeling pants, ya know?
Olivia A Keaton Sep 2019
papers will burn eventually
their fire will rise
it will hush the smoke
because it always gets the credit
314 · Oct 2016
Autumn
Olivia A Keaton Oct 2016
Autumn
It's my favorite you know
The creek or the river softens its flow

The leaves swirl, tumbling no certain way
It's just what they desire
Something so simple can quite oddly make my day

Why Autumns my favorite
I don't really know but how the wind may blow
However following after is snow

oh no
Autumn is my favorite time of year. However winter is my least so here's this little poem.
312 · Nov 2016
Tear Soaked Relief
Olivia A Keaton Nov 2016
My pillow is soaked in tears
now it's ok, I know that you're still here.
I worried because your nights are full of danger
knowing you're ok is really a game changer.
Hearing your voice say my name
it's quite a relief, and who am I to blame?
I never really call, maybe four or five times per week
but I notice the uncertainty you go through as these warm tears roll down my cheek.*

Dad, I'm so glad you're ok
please be safe because I don't know what I would do
If I didn't see you another day.
The feeling of uncertainty as my dad drives his transport truck through the dangerous night is really awful, but I love him and I know God will take care of him.
310 · Sep 2019
beautiful dangerous
Olivia A Keaton Sep 2019
it amazes me every day
that some of the most beautiful things
can cause the most devastating destruction.
307 · May 2017
be mine?
Olivia A Keaton May 2017
not asking for a lot,
but will you be the friend
of mine that I can just
casually fall in love with?
O.K
That'd be great. Thanks
306 · Apr 2017
Honestly I Need To Wake Up
Olivia A Keaton Apr 2017
Honestly though
I've been asleep too long
dreaming of nonsense
continuing to stay drowsy
and drunk on my dreams
305 · Aug 2017
little baby blue
Olivia A Keaton Aug 2017
good morning little boy
bundled in blue,
today is beautiful
and so are you.


a gift from heaven
that God perfectly made,
you are worth a price,
it was very well paid.


two parents just smiling away,
oh baby boy,
how you've made their day
O.K
I am so happy for my cousin Abigail and her husband as they begin to grow their beautiful family. I wish the best for them and happy days for them and their baby boy.
Olivia A Keaton Oct 2016
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*its my writing's writing that makes my poetry alright
The font is trick but try your best ;) ❤️
296 · Oct 2017
a breeze in October
Olivia A Keaton Oct 2017
there's nothing like a chilled breeze
that simply swifts through the leaves.
there's nothing like the colors above
that are falling with me, I'm falling in love.
O.K
294 · Sep 2016
Self Portrait
Olivia A Keaton Sep 2016
Obviously clumsy
Living with it well
Indecisive for sure
Very loud and over excited
Irreplaceable one of a kind
A** bad poet that pays no mind
Stole the title from Abby but I thought these were cool.
292 · Sep 2017
the nice
Olivia A Keaton Sep 2017
I hate that I'm truly so sad,
but I'm the friend that's forced to
make a laugh because the others have it 'bad.'
O.K
291 · Apr 2018
an actual rain dance
Olivia A Keaton Apr 2018
she allows the raindrops to get their way with her. they’re allowed to touch her in any way they please, running from angle to angle, tracing her curves like no human ever could. and then, when they’re done, they soak into her skin, down to the bone.

her feet dance, almost involuntarily, to the beating drum of God’s thunder. He knows how to play, He knows how to get her to move, in heart and by feet. she’s always loved the rhythm of any drum, but this one, from the sky, was much more special.

I think that she connected with the storm so well, because there was one raging inside her as well.
O.K
289 · Sep 2020
Longing For Freshness
Olivia A Keaton Sep 2020
cigarette smoke and coffee plague the air
I feel it hurting my lungs by the second
The ashtray sitting among the clutter
whispers to me for some relief from the filth upon it.
My lungs cry back in a defeated tone
They care not about our cries.
It’s been proven time and again with the empty promise of laying it down.
Like the ashtray, my lungs will continue to suffer.
Until I break the chains of childhood and fly into open skies. Full of fresh air.
289 · May 2017
Untitled
Olivia A Keaton May 2017
Hey. Hi. Hello.
Go follow my friend
Kyleigh F Goss
she is knew to HePo
Shoutout!!
Go follow her because shes an amazing poet. If you cant find her, look at the latest reposted work on my page! Thank you!!
287 · May 2017
my blue neighborhood
Olivia A Keaton May 2017
want to leave?
that's up to me
not to you or anyone else.
time to keep
the waves and good beats
I am keeping this all to myself.

I'm made to disappoint
what's the point?
please tell me
just tell me
I really need to know,
don't you see?
my blue neighborhood is just for me.
O.K
I'm sorry for all of these poems I've been writing, but I'm very obsessed with this artist.
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