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Nov 2015
Out into the warm world I stride
I breathe in the smooth air
But it's filled with cyanide

Autumn sings it's song
with the smell of leaves
Reminding me of a time long gone

How can you keep me trapped
Grasping my lungs and choking out
Every ounce of hope I have left
You're gone but still remain everywhere
Memories flood my mind
As I wish to be anywhere but here

You left more than few marks
You bore deepening scratches within my soul
Your memory a salt stinging my heart

So every time I leave that place
And Smell the deadly fall air
You resurface and destroy any hope of saving face
Because I cannot respect myself alone
So how can I expect any from others
When I know you still have such a strong hold

So I jump on my bike
and ride as fast as I can
Until I reach the prison that is my new home
Where pollution clouds the clean air
But sets me free
From you and our old memories
Nicole
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Nicole  27/Non-binary/Wisconsin
(27/Non-binary/Wisconsin)   
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