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My stomach is a lake of red wine and pills that are supposed to make me feel better about my life. They didn't. My hands vibrate and clench themselves into fists that are sometimes full of my own hair. My eyes are heavy and decorated by deep purple half circles from lack of sleep. But Sometimes my stomach is filled with butterflies, and I silently hope they don't drown. Occasionally my hands are in another pair of hands. They're held like a prize. Some nights my eyelids are kissed lightly to sleep. My pupils dilate from the drugs, and from that boy's love. The white circles I swallowed every morning are supposed to make me feel better about life, but I don't think any scientist, pharmacist, doctor ever once anticipated the thought of another human being like him.
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Mar 25, 2015
Mar 25, 2015 at 2:46 PM UTC
anti-depressant
My stomach is a lake of red wine and pills that are supposed to make me feel better about my life. They didn't. My hands vibrate and clench themselves into fists that are sometimes full of my own hair. My eyes are heavy and decorated by deep purple half circles from lack of sleep. But Sometimes my stomach is filled with butterflies, and I silently hope they don't drown. Occasionally my hands are in another pair of hands. They're held like a prize. Some nights my eyelids are kissed lightly to sleep. My pupils dilate from the drugs, and from that boy's love. The white circles I swallowed every morning are supposed to make me feel better about life, but I don't think any scientist, pharmacist, doctor ever once anticipated the thought of another human being like him.
leila-warren
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Mar 25, 2015
Mar 25, 2015 at 2:46 PM UTC
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