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5.6k · Sep 2014
dissociation
Patience Sep 2014
glass spits stupidity in my face
until my identity dissociates
old habits rendezvous with my senses
dancing with my lost soul
casting fainting spells

the bathroom floor is cold
on my cheek
my body and memory
feel weak
black clouds
all i see
until all i know
is not me.
1.5k · Aug 2014
probable criminal
Patience Aug 2014
crave (crumble)
shiver (shake)
dying to keep
my bones
awake.                                                   ­                       (strange) thunder
                                                         ­                             (thrives) under
                                                           ­                            my skin
                                                            ­                          threatening to stake
                                                                ­                       the progress
                                                                ­                       i've made
promising to make it
go away
with a better addiction
a better conviction . . .
                                        how  do  they  n­ot  see
                                        the  criminal  bene­ath  me ?

                                                            ­                   maybe its not there
                                                                ­                    the wind whispers
                                                        ­                     maybe it doesnt have to be
                                                             ­                       the truth answers me
1.3k · Oct 2014
The End of the Day
Patience Oct 2014
my body is tired,
my mind is numb,
my eyes are wet
and i've bit my thumbs.
they're bleeding now,
and i want to sleep,
but my mind wont rest
without your blessing;
the queen can't end the day
without a kiss from her king.
1.3k · Dec 2014
Schizophrenic Greetings
Patience Dec 2014
right before I go to bed
a little voice speaks in my head:

"Hello Angel."
I am so scared
I am so scared
I am so scared
1.2k · Oct 2014
scratching
Patience Oct 2014
and what is it worth
to fulfill an addiction?
a scratch to an itch
only puts more dirt
under the skin
causing the need
for relief to thicken.
ignore the itch
and responsibility fades
satisfactory made
in a reasonable way.
1.2k · May 2016
Concerts
Patience May 2016
The beat booms
Echoing through
My heart and ears
Just like the cheers
And off-harmony
Singers who are
Brought to tears
By the music you
Share with them,
Anonymous short-
term friends.
1.1k · Dec 2014
uncomfortable
Patience Dec 2014
I am the elephant
in the room
the frown, the tears
the sob, the gloom.

I am the tree
that's torn in two;
do I stay with myself
or do I change me for you?

So many decisions
rendering my distress.
Lack of comfort puts
jagged holes in my chest.

Breathe  in;   Breathe  out;
but why breath at all?
if even in my favorite spots,
I'm still uncomfortable.
1.1k · Mar 2015
difficile
Patience Mar 2015
fare well to walls fell through
subtle cracks in the foundation.
simple trick to overlook it
in sacrifices for socialization.
lesson learned, confidence burned;
ill have to take a different approach now.
new opportunities are reaching for me
and to rules ill better bow down.
1.1k · Sep 2014
Makonnen
Patience Sep 2014
my friend
who wrote poems
and liked ping pong
and was grateful
for everything
is dead.

i cant find the poem he wrote for me.
i dont know how not to cry.
1.0k · Aug 2014
spinning
Patience Aug 2014
slivering smoke
sinking down my throat
sends satisfying shivers
up my spine.

lurking, living
spirals making me
alive with a lightheaded high
creeping behind
my glassy eyes.

your velvet finger's
soft trails linger
deeper than my skin
could let you touch.

it makes me want to save my breath;
to know your kiss
is waiting at the other end.

choices flowing at my feet
i find myself wandering
in a muddy river bend.

i could choose
to make you
my silent surrender
to my ending hunger
of the comfort
you provide.

or i could mess up again
just get addicted
to the way you smile
because of mine
and the way
you send shivers
up my spine.

spinning smoke
exhaled with a jolt
a cough, a sneeze
a retch, i feel
the weak need
to sit down.


*a.r.h
966 · Aug 2014
/
Patience Aug 2014
/
"you know, it's been 3 months and you've gotten nowhere as far as quitting cigarettes."

"i know. i'm addicted to them.
but,
it's been 3 months I've known you, and the times I haven't seen you adds to only 12 days or so;
so  i  can  say  i'm  addicted  to  you  too."
/you're making me fall for you/
936 · Mar 2015
Blurry surely
Patience Mar 2015
in  sleepy  haze*
i  see  my  days
unwind  into
solely  craving  *you
901 · Sep 2014
Remorse for Lost Souls
Patience Sep 2014
everything*  is  different  now;  
                        ­                                                   its edging on
                                                                ­           two whole years
                                                           ­                with out the tears
                                                                ­           of being beaten down  
                                                                ­           by cold hearted kids
                                                            ­               who couldnt find themselves
                                                      ­                     and took it out
and now i feel                                                    on me.
a pathetic remorse
for the scars
all those
lost souls
left on my legs,
my hips, my arms;
but not for me
                          for  them.
                                                     because
                                                       ­                    how lacking of love
                                                                ­           all your lives must have been
                                                            ­               for you to punch me,
                                                                ­           and scream
                                                                ­           painful lies in my ears
                                                                ­           for you to kick me,
                                                             ­              and use your nails
                                                           ­                and pencils to tear
                                                                ­           cuts crying red
                                                                ­           upon my pale skin.          
Oh, i feel worse
for all of you
then i do for myself;
because id never do
an innocent life
so wrong
and youll never
be able to retract
what you've done.
865 · Nov 2014
a blessed guest
Patience Nov 2014
a foreign hello
from a rare butterfly
who's name tag read "happy"
greeted me recently
letting me thrive in its presence
and capture its meaning
848 · Feb 2016
Therapy Rocks
Patience Feb 2016
"what's worse?"
I ask
a little pebble,

"Indulging in sin
or decaying within?"

of course,
he doesn't reply,
he never has or will—

but at least he hears
my faint cry
and listens, real still.
839 · Aug 2014
flakes
Patience Aug 2014
the sick you left
spiraling through my soul
wasting me away
is burning slowly
releasing poison flakes
ashes dancing in the wind's
soft summer exhale.

and the lifting of toxin
no longer weakening my light
makes me feel awake
an ancient savoir id thought i lost.

*a.r.h
835 · Aug 2014
(please)
Patience Aug 2014
stress sweats
through my pores
over-heating
my fragile flesh.
pain stabs
my spine
ever more
to make sure
the wound
remains fresh.
shaky, shallow
troubled within
searching for comfort
in my own skin.
your smoke
makes me choke;
watching you waste
yourself away.
no ones ever
made it this far
dealing with me
and all my pain.
i know its selfish
to ask you to stay
but your presence
washes my fear away.
please wait with me
until were both okay
834 · Aug 2014
waste
Patience Aug 2014
i
wake up
to red sheets of skin
blanketing
my rusty
eyes.
  losing motivation
sleep seduces my senses;
losing young life
to chemical highs
and dreams that falsely
make me feel
alive.

and sometimes

i
think;
why does everyday need
my participation again
if every night
i finish
in the same
dead end.

*a.r.h
800 · Jun 2016
Getting-
Patience Jun 2016
basking in blankets
of warmth;
the heat from my high
boils beneath my bare
skin, within my soul,
soothing miffed winds.

i fold
surrender to it,
embrace its exothermic
reaction.
704 · Feb 2015
oblivious
Patience Feb 2015
empty texts;
stalling for
the words we
lack to actually
say,
standing for
the longed after
trio: i-miss-you,
that we have forbade
after we gave away
what was built
and what was made
on our ground.

i crave the
i-miss-yous
and i crave
your scent
and your touch
but dont mistake me:
not the recent, but
i crave the touch you
once possessed, when you
invested in the rest
of your life.
instead of your now
obsessed, depressed touch;
addicted, submitted,
your desperate touch
for acception of
all of your regrettable acts;
for acception of all your
acquired repulsive habits
ruining you.

oh  baby ,  dont  you  see  they're  ruining  you?
686 · Jan 2015
Lonesomely Familiar
Patience Jan 2015
dont know where i belong
what website i should log on
to in order to not feel so ****
alone; im on my own again.
681 · Oct 2015
In the Big Picture
Patience Oct 2015
Freckles of time
Fly effortlessly by
Leaving me behind
Closed doors–what I find

is a knack for creation–
Indulging syncopation
In establishing my mark;
I desire differentiation

in my work to designate
The things I’ve done
Quite innate
Is my notion to be unique–
yet

Like a speckle of dust
Surrounded by stars
In vain, I do rust
At the thought of my existence–

in comparison to my surroundings
my hard work isn’t astounding
or significant at all;
my life–like dust–
is smaller than small.
667 · Jan 2018
In conclusion
Patience Jan 2018
I think it will take me a long time to ever truly trust someone again.

Including myself.
660 · Aug 2014
shared serenity
Patience Aug 2014
i find it refreshing
to breathe you in.
the soft in your scent
settles the wars in my head
in the moments
my face is against your neck.

with every kiss
you sing a song
of content and peace,
satisfaction strong
and i cant say that ive ever felt
this serenity
that you leave behind
in our embraces
with anyone else.

your fluttering eyelashes
and dilated pupils
gently set my soul at ease

im finally enough
and it feels free.

*a.r.h
615 · Jun 2015
desire
Patience Jun 2015
i wonder what its like
to have a guy who finds
everything he needs
in just my eyes.
615 · Feb 2015
Continuously Unresolved
Patience Feb 2015
cigarettes steal my boyfriend from me
every thirty minutes now, not just at night but daily
a hit before you leave, a **** when you get home
it seems like the only thing you do is smoke
stop a conversation for it
no matter what help you get, you just cant quit
intimacy doesnt matter
unless cigarettes are reconsidered
tired of never being enough
tired of fighting, tired of rough
attempts to help your pathetic addiction
the only thing that it does is cause confliction
in our relationship, to your pocket,
to your dads ******* life
you couldnt quit cigarettes
if to your throat, there was a knife
it doesnt matter who they ****
or how they make me feel
or how you act
as long as you get that hit
youll be happy at last.

im tired of them,
im done with this.
just want to move on with my life
from all this artificial bliss
stupid waste of time
stupid waste of life
im above this ****
and i want you to be too.
610 · Aug 2014
Today
Patience Aug 2014
you told me
how i am
the ignition
to the fire that strikes
your beautiful green eyes.
and when i doubted
my ability to do
such an amazing thing,
you told me to believe it;

"believe   me   baby"

what i mean to you
is more than i
could ever ask for.
im thankful for you now
and i will be evermore.
605 · Nov 2014
(immerse)
Patience Nov 2014
(whispers  tell  me  ive  found  heaven)
smoke between my lips
******* wounds and numb them through
(and  drown  me  in  your  bliss,)
603 · Jan 2017
What it's like to be sick
Patience Jan 2017
No one gets it
Is an understatement
Because even the people that do
Interpret it different than you
Leaving you lonely
Wherever you go there's
That lingering feeling
That reminds you you're not
okay
And you might never be

So they try to teach you
That that's okay,
That your life can be taken away
Just like that and everybody
You know will continue
To live on without you
But your body won't make it
Your mind will break by
The time everyone's lives start

I'm already broken, stop.

So go tell me it's all okay
That I won't wake up one day,
That's lately what they all say.
602 · Sep 2015
the great awakening
Patience Sep 2015
what  is  love?
but games of tug
and war with self
on who to pelt
the cupid arrow
with, i narrow
down the candidates
and find
there's *nothing

and no  one
i sincerely like;
no to mistake with lust
which rustles with
my hormones
constantly.
basing on chemistry
i can't find a
soul who's harmony
will ever
understand me.
594 · Oct 2014
Letter to God
Patience Oct 2014
I've got a question
for you, God
you took so much
when i was young
i was safe at school,
not safe at home
from age four,
i felt all alone
and thought
of death
each day
that went on.
And finally,
seven years passed
and the ones who hurt me
so bad left
and i entered middle school,
so sure
what id been through
was the worst.
Some boys thought i
wasn't "worthy"
of sight, of breath,
so they hurt me
and no one listened
for two years
until i transferred
from my fears.
At 14  i had more pain
in my past
than i could handle,
i couldn't last
i figured it was
my time to go
into my grave,
down deep below.
200 slices
on my wrist
4 were deep enough
to let me kiss
the taste of death
on my fingertips
but not enough
for me to devour it.
I tried again,
just one more time
with pills i swallowed,
and my parents cried
when they walked in,
tears streaming down my face
"I'm sorry," i said.
"My life is a waste."

And still i stand,
leaning on my past
tougher than my youth,
tougher than the rest
And finally,
i get one good gift
of life in mine,
she was my favorite
soul in the world
and i thanked you so
figured all the pain
was worth it now.

I woke up this morning,
and she was dead.
Was fine last night,
And now she rests.
So why, i ask
did you keep me alive
if you're just going to insure
i die inside?
*******. It's all *******.
588 · Oct 2014
weights
Patience Oct 2014
sore soles
pad my feet
weak sobs narrate
my defeat
looking up
but seeing down
breathing in
but feeling drowned;
echoes wander
in my head
of everything
not done yet
so much to do,
so little time
weights on my back,
stress on my mind.
585 · Feb 2015
Untitled
Patience Feb 2015
pitter patter
toss up and shatter
my hopes in the tangled
mess that is your
lack of speech.

do you even know you're doing it?...
                                                                ...or must you hear it from me?
584 · Jan 2015
Risk
Patience Jan 2015
fire on my tongue
and smoke in my lungs;
what an irreversible drive
we take to arrive
at a relaxing high
for only hours at a time.

bargain my breath
for sweet stories of salvation;
to live in my delusion once again
that im content with what i am.
570 · Feb 2015
lining up for death
Patience Feb 2015
loss brings out demons
lying in wait
in the darkest part of the soul.
they tell you to drink
smoke, cringe and weep;
they trick you into thinking
you've lost it all.
and I know it's hard
no, I don't understand
because I'm privileged enough
to have my dad;
but just because you don't
have him here with you
doesn't mean you should
waste yourself away too.
why can't you learn from his mistakes?
556 · Jan 2015
Yearn for You.
Patience Jan 2015
craving your affection
your simple actions
of desire
follow kisses
pattering on my neck
shivers up my spine
oh, how divine
your fingers caress
my hips
playing tag on my back
my lips
tingle with what I want

oh,  i  want  you
& you  want  me  too.
Patience Aug 2015
constant pain
feeling faint
tired always
limbs shake
body aches
sugar fades
from my veins
so fast i fail
to reciprocate
what's wrong with me?
530 · Aug 2015
stuck
Patience Aug 2015
freckles of time
fly effortlessly by
leaving me behind.
510 · Mar 2016
endless
Patience Mar 2016
my bones tremble
my ribs cave
into my lungs
releasing pain
beneath each breath
I dare to take.
507 · May 2015
.
Patience May 2015
.
insecure & confused
faced with
having to choose
whether to
remain a fool
or be lonely
& craving for more.
498 · May 2016
Faustian Bargain
Patience May 2016
I met Him at the crossroads,
Where he asked my soul away;
Naivety took hold of me
And strangled me to say,
"All to do,
Is sign this through
and through, and then
My wishes will come true?"

The smile that embraced
The warm flesh across his face
Digs deeper in my mind
As I replay this (all the time):
Where did I waver,
Trip and cave into desire
deeper than my own
morality?

Maybe I'll never know,
Might as well give it a go,
And enjoy this whole no-soul
****;
It looks as if
I'll be dealing with it
for quite a while anyways.
495 · May 2015
S.O.S.
Patience May 2015
im screaming for release
from the voices telling me
i ******* **** at everything
487 · Aug 2014
living death
Patience Aug 2014
there's* a poison that sleeps
inside my head
has lived there a while
built itself a bed.
there's a toxin that leaks
into my lungs
i thought i could control it
but ****, i was wrong.
there's nails hammered
into my frail bones
i don't bother them
yet the cracks still widen.
you could shoot me in the head,
but the ****** bullet
would just sit there with the rest;
making friends with my worst memories
learning my weaknesses,
training against me.

and  in  the  end
                                     they say it'll be okay.
but they've said that since the beginning
so what should i believe?

and  in  the  end
                                     they say it'll be okay.
                                                         ­                 but  i'm  lost  now,
and home is far, far away.
484 · Sep 2014
My Ocean
Patience Sep 2014
My brain is made
Of blue fumed glass
That glistens with
A sea of thoughts
And ripples in
Their memories.
My hands and skin
Are simply sand,
Rocky structure
For my sea to stand
Upon, and spread
It's ideas abroad;
A human figure, but
None-the-less a fraud.
My hair is waves
To the wind
A whispering tickle
To my skin
It flows when pushed
By the airs kiss;
A lovely version
Of a sin.
My eyes are wide
Bright with pride
Of pure perspective
And many years to live.

My story lies
Hidden in the waves
Of my ocean
And it's lives' graves;
Quite like the lines
Atop a page
Filled with secrets,
Love, and hate.
I'd tell you to come
And take a swim
But you'd be there forever
In my sea within.
I know I am.
476 · Dec 2015
A sinning winner
Patience Dec 2015
I wonder how long
Until someone catches on
To how addicted to
Everything I am.

Each drug I take,
and lie I tell,
Each guy I bang,
and time I steal

A sick flush of dopamine
Erupts through me
Embracing my veins in
Everlasting euphoria.

I wonder if this makes me
A bad person;
Indulging in sin,
sure floats my boat--
does that mean I win?
468 · Feb 2015
gone
Patience Feb 2015
my comfort wont be back tomorrow
my sunshine in this world of sorrow.
no one to share my giggles with,
lost my one and only, my best friend.
and though we both continue to roam
among the earth, with or alone
the bond so broken down between us
would take so long to heal;
i fear that we may lack the patience.
i hope i fear wrong
462 · Dec 2015
life out of reality
Patience Dec 2015
pressure on my lungs to ease:
big intake, big release--
the cold just tightens them, you see,
smoke rusts the paths in which I breathe;
it helps my heart, it's calming,
I plead
hopelessly convincing
myself to believe
that I'm not who I've come to be.
451 · Sep 2014
alone
Patience Sep 2014
i just need some one to talk to
about my life,
my stress, my issues;
but unless im holding
a knife to my throat
no one will take
2 seconds to hear me out.
of course, that only makes me feel worse. . .

why  do  i  have  to  dance  with  suicide
in  order  to  get  someones  advice *?
i feel alone
437 · Jan 2017
Kill me already
Patience Jan 2017
Tired of having
A gun against my neck
Please pull the trigger
I just want to be dead.
429 · Apr 2015
surrender
Patience Apr 2015
silky skin
soft to your touch.
greet my satin,
render your rough
a new section
into my sins.
lack of fine lines
where love begins.
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