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The sun
is teasing me

It peeks out
kisses my eager skin
then hides again

behind grumpy clouds
who like to
drink my soul

Commitment
is hard
to come by

Unnatural,
I suppose

I don't want
promises

*I just want you there
In the kitchen you were trying to remember the words
While I was trying to remember how to act cool

Everyone was dancing and I felt old, at 18 something

You were sitting at the island, toasting with a Natty Light
While I raised my Diet Coke towards the candle wax splattered ceiling

Everyone drank and I felt old, at 18 something

You beamed your bandaid of a smile in my direction
While I locked my eyes with yours, silently accepting your first aid

And I felt old, at 18 something.
 Mar 2014 Olivia Mercado
furies
The Promise
floats in the air
swaying softly
catching in the wind
before the gust
comes on too strong
and suddenly
the promise is nowhere
to be found
 Mar 2014 Olivia Mercado
marquida
How can i show you that i love you?
Sunsets, water fountain views, playful bare feet
And giving you half my gum stick.

How can i show you that i mean it?
Long hugs, sly winks, my finger tracing your smile
And cherries in your stomach.
this is a poem i wrote when my husband and i first started dating. we've been married 11 years now!
She suffers from mental flurries inside her head
Questions and worry keep her awake in bed
Looks that paralyze, statements that can make you numb
People don't realize the habits she can overcome
Wishing for an end of this unreasonable pain
Causing tears that fall like rain
Tears like crystals, concealing the hurt she suffers
Standing for herself relating to no other
Obsessions that **** her slowly with nothing to hide
With everything lost, her hope never died
Shes stands with a strong will and courage to shed
Nothing can stop her, not even the questions and worry inside her head
this poem is about a friend who suffers from OCD
A whisper left,
Upon my lips,
No one was meant,
To hear.

Shaking through
My Fingertips,
The numbness turned,
To fear.

And now I have,
Been ******* to,
A knot I cant undo.

For every time,
I seek release,
My headspace fills,

With you.
I'm at a loss for words
This weird confusion in my head
A funny love in my heart
Right now, I'm blank
Right now, I'm not special
Right now, I'm okay
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