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 Jul 2014 Kathleen
just a girl
i havent been myself lately.
and i need you to see it.
you, to see it in my eyes
i'm not okay
no matter
how many times
i say "i'm fine"
i want you
to keep pushing
to keep digging
until i crack
i just need you to see it
i want you to help me...

*(c.m.h)
 Jul 2014 Kathleen
Life's a Beach
Useless
Toothless
Helpless

Can't give it
Can't take it
Might as well
Help less

Can't prevent him slipping
Into darkness
Can't stop her sinking
Into oblivion

Can't even help myself

Useless

I punched myself in the leg today
I had to stop the way
The voices were clamouring
In and outside
My head
I had to stop the dread
That's my problem
When it comes to the punch (haha)
All the voices come at once
Then
Overload

Then comes hate
Hate myself
Useless

The punch didn't even help
Wasn't worth it
It bought back something else

Never

Do

This

To

Yourself


Her hits would punctuate her words
Her cheeks reddening on each strike
She might as well have
Hit me
It hurt as much to watch.

her eyes locked in on mine

Darkly humorous really
That I was always so split

Between fear that he'd hit me
Fear that she'd hit herself
And always, always,
The fear that they'd leave
Because I'd made them
Want to once too much.

Faultless
Helpless
Useless
I was never truly innocent
Because the guilt was
Always mine
 May 2014 Kathleen
Henry Bandini
My dreaming angel
So dark, and tired
Without a spark you've brought me light.
And to be honest
My life entire
Have seen enough of your delight.
Your greedy eyes
Your dull desire
Have witnessed better days and nights.
Under destructive chains of tyrants
The vanished scars
Come back to life.
Don't be afraid
You fools!
You liars!
Don't fret to gaze into the stars.
While smoke erupts
From lakes of fire
You must continue with your gods .
 May 2014 Kathleen
Henry Bandini
Egg
 May 2014 Kathleen
Henry Bandini
Egg
My trembling egg
In black attire
Is beaming light of thousand stars.

It's fragile shell
I have admired
And held so tight against my heart.

The role of you is undecided
Too young to know
Too old to live.

You've never brought
Enough excitement
For that I squeeze you in my palm.

My little eggshells
Are much like diamonds
Spread out across your filthy hearts.
 May 2014 Kathleen
Henry Bandini
She does not write any poems,
She does not take any pills,
And only brews her green tea when the kettle gets chilled,
She would do anything to stay in my mind,
She dreams of the summer,
When it’s been long time gone,
And there is something about her, that is making me yawn,
She does not like any friends that I love so much,
And starts to dig in my pockets once my eyelids would touch,
Her favorite thing is to dream and talk about it out loud,
I am a shallow grey ocean that feeds on life and demands,
But for an unexplained reason she would not let go of my hand...
 Mar 2014 Kathleen
blair asher
ii
 Mar 2014 Kathleen
blair asher
ii
capricorn:* cover your heart in acrylics like you are art and promise yourself you'll leave after this one last kiss (you won't, you never do)
aquarius: you never stopped trying to be your own worst nightmare and this is why people find their breath of fresh air in you
pisces: something about the way shouting something off of a rooftop never feels the same as whispering it in their ear
aries: you are both a quiet tuesday morning and a tornado in the middle of april and there's never been a more beautiful disaster
taurus: you are the apology strung between two streetlights and you will never give up on finding the worst person to love
gemini: you are something along the lines of a fairytale but i think your author was drunk because this isn't going how it should
cancer: you are something of a tsunami stored in shaky palms and uncertain breaths and she will still love you with 100 mph winds
leo: you are nothing less than the scream your heart begs to let out when you feel like you're losing them and i want to punch it out of you
virgo:  
picking flower petals*—they love you, they love you not, they love you, they love you not, they love you, they know you want to die, they love y
libra: and ten years from now, you will still be falling in love with people the same way others skydive from planes
scorpio: you are more than the last "im sorry" between two people whose infinity was shorter than it should have been
sagittarius: death has been flirting with you from across the room all night long and there's a good chance that it's love at first sight
 Mar 2014 Kathleen
Tyler Nicholas
He says to her, "goodnight." ("I never meant to hurt you.")
She walks away from him. ("You never hurt me; you shattered me.")
He begs her, "I hope you sleep well." ("I am sorry. Please let me put you back together.")
She continues to walk. ("I am a sinking ship. I am an earthquake. I am a falcon without a falconer.

I am beyond repair.")
 Feb 2014 Kathleen
Brandon
To Sea
 Feb 2014 Kathleen
Brandon
Would you break your silence
As the tide washes over me?
Lend me your lips for one last kiss
Before I'm thrown into the awaiting abyss
It's become abysmal to walk the surf
Without holding your hand in mine
And the soft pallet of your laughter
Drowning out the music from seashells

It makes what time we have
Feel like a short eternity
But names written in the sand
Have a tendency to wash back out to sea

There's footprints I follow
Will they lead me to the beating in your chest
Or are they where I've already been?
Have I touched the tender ache of your skin
The way I dig my toes into the sand
And feel the ocean caress me like your finger tips
Have I known this all along
Or have I sank to the bottom
Lungs filled with melodies of woeful maladies?

It makes what time we have
Feel like a short eternity
But names written in the sand
Have a tendency to wash back out to sea

When the tide comes in
Would you break your silence
Would you struggle to save me from my fate
Would you cry if you were too late
When the tide comes in
Would you forgive me for not staying

When the tide comes crashing in
There's a tendency to wash back out to sea

It makes what time we have
Feel like a short eternity
But names written in the sand
Have a tendency to wash back out to sea
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