what once was a kaleidoscope of colour
is now dimmer than any other
all this monochrome, it smothers
but then again it might just be my covers

l.r.

i'm doing my best but my best isn't good enough
i guess i just never thought that life could be so rough
i think i might be on the brink of relapse
but i don't want to be; i left that life in my past
so what am i going to do if i don't get better?
the sad girl is trying to get out but i'm trying not to let her


l.r.

justification for cruelty is the most slippery of slopes into darkness. be wary of those who walk it.

l.r.

I pray for you
to be delivered
not only to God,
but into my arms
so that I may cherish
not only you,

**but your everlasting soul as well

she's one of those girls with a dynamite dream that believes in true love

l.r.

"Don't speak," I tell you.
You've had enough to say

I shut your mouth
with mine because

*there is no better way.

there's just something about the way
you touch me that feels
different from what i'm used to
there's something about it that
makes me feel special
i don't feel human when
i'm with you
                           l.r.

...to see me cry?
To watch me break?
To see me die

Slowly,
Inside myself.

I've put my heart
up on a shelf.

I bet you hate me
I know you do.

I mean, what else
could be your excuse?


l.r.

'Tis true
your love
is the
saddest form
of poetry.

my love for you is like the heavy beating of a falcon's wings
it is the sun that shines over the white-capped mountains
it's rays peeking through the valley just to lay upon your face
the rushing waters of even the greatest rivers call out your name as if it were a prayer upon their fluid lips

l.r.

it's two a.m.
and i can't help but think
of what we could've been
if you hadn't hurt me
but treated me right
instead
                   l.r.

and every year it seems that i lose my heart to different people with the same intentions


l.r.

endlessly searching for
knowledge in a world of
fear,
we are the white knights of
our generation.
                              l.r.

They all say I'm "too young"

to experience the hardships

of life.

But how then,

would they know,

if they hadn't felt the same way


Themselves...?

it's kinda sad to
look back at the people
i once knew and
remember how full my heart was for them.

l.r.

your love is so artificial
i feel as if i'm choking on plastic
there is such a wall between us
you never could get past it

l.r.

her tangled heart is like
a fight behind closed doors
              
                 l.r.

i've seen who you are
you don't have to pretend
i'm sorry that you're trapped
into being my friend

l.r.

This one feeling,

is one I truly

U N D E R S T A N D.



I'm just empty,

Disconnected from

E V E R Y T H I N G.



And for a moment,

it's as if I don't

E X I S T.



l.r.

i'm sorry if i've ever made you feel like ****; made you feel like i didn't like you. it's exactly the opposite, i'd say, but i've never really been good at taking care of the things i love

l.r.

i asked you to take care of me,
to nurse this deepened scar.
you said that you couldn't fix me

*it's too much for a galaxy to ask of a star.

forget the darkness
cut your ties
dawn is coming,
open your eyes
                             l.r.

you taught me that i meant something. you gave me someone i could rely on, and then you left. you've let me down more than anyone i have ever known.
even myself.

she is afraid of no man and she fears no monsters

it's impossible to tell how long i've been here
when i don't even know where i'm at


l.r.

i love you
i thought you loved me
i guess we were just interested
in different things
                                    l.r.

the stakes are high and time is short
i guess our love is a danger of sorts

l.r.

the sounds of waves echo off of
bleached beaches
the iridescent moon is my only guide
as i try to
blink the fog away

" i have never felt like this "

maybe if i close my eyes it
will all go away
maybe if i fall asleep
everything will be okay

l.r.

it seems like only last year
we were standing here,
our toes in the rolling tides.
you told me that you loved me
but I could see some sort of
reservation in your eyes.
and now I'm standing here
my toes in the sand,
facing the setting sun.

*i hear your name in every breaking wave

a sparkle of light
i wish that you cared
about one savoured night
and a kiss that is shared

l.r.

We took the
    risk of falling
  apart

          Knowing
there  was
         nothing

That could put
         us back
                 together.

you had
found me
before I
could even
find myself

i'm no good at being myself but i'm even worse at being without you

l.r.

don't take me somewhere i've never been
take me somewhere i've been before
so i can see how different the world is
when i'm with you

l.r.

after all this time
i put myself to the test
and i realized i deserve
nothing less than the best

l.r.

her heart was bursting
at the seams
as her eyes fluttered
with untold dreams

l.r.

i hope that one day
you can learn to love
my mind the way you
love my body
                            l.r.

born to be free
never to be tamed

is she a woman or a wildflower?

l.r.

chest pains.
heart aches; crying from
repetitive breaks.
i guess i just don't have what
it takes
to differentiate real love
from the fakes.                      l.r.

cold mornings brought on by
the absence of you in my
bed.
sheets lay unwrinkled because
there is no one to help me
tangle them.
the only thing that remains unchanged
is the noise; except that the sound of
my moans have been replaced by the
sounds of my struggle
                        l.r.

you say your dad hasn't
been doing too well and
that you haven't really been
whole lately
saying things to keep me
away from you.
well, love, i'm not scared
to fill the hole he's leaving
behind or too frightened to
help you fight the ghosts that
will haunt the halls
                                      l.r.

Hurt is hurt
no matter what
has caused the

Pain.

her voice was
a beautiful song
his ears had never
heard before
                        l.r.

When you're alone, do you think of
me?
Well I've never quite been good
company.
I'd much prefer you leave me
be,
If it is indeed out of
pity.

A prayer a day

Keeps the demons at bay

But I cannot say

How long they'll stay away.

it funny to think
of how much sway
you have over my
heart
              l.r.

kiss me in the way the waves
touch the shore.
love me in the way the stars
love the night.
whisper sweet nothings to me
as if you were telling a secret.
                                   l.r.