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659 · Sep 2014
Crack, Snap, and Pop
Rachel Sep 2014
pop
crack
snap*
Arthritis.
One day at a time.
One knuckle.
One finger.
One hand.
Preventing use.
Preventing work.
Preventing hands.
Children cry.
Mothers run.
Everyone hides from the terrible sound the emanates from your knuckles every time you take it upon yourself to crack them.
658 · Aug 2014
please and thank you.
Rachel Aug 2014
to: the backbone
please stand up straight
love, the vertebrate

to: the hair
please stop being tangled
love, your comb

to: the hands
please stop popping your knuckles
love, your future arthritis

to: the feet
please be less clumsy
love, the scraped knees

to: the nose
please stop being stuffed up
love, the mouth

to: the eyelashes
please stop falling into us
love, the eyeballs

thank you for your consideration to these pressing problems.
367 · Jan 2016
Camera
Rachel Jan 2016
Zoom
Focus
Flash
All settings on a camera that I'll never be able to use
To capture even a little of how beautiful I think you are
301 · Dec 2015
Error
Rachel Dec 2015
404 not found**
refresh the page
refresh me
still not working?
try customer service.
'have you tried
turning it off
and turning it on again?'
today I feel off
maybe I need to turn on again
but there's that break
after you turn your computer off
where it sits there and thinks
no matter how many times
you push the power button
the computer thinks
does it want to turn on again
or does it want to stay off
today I am thinking
because
I've found an error
or maybe I should say haven't found
either way there's an error
and I'm thinking
295 · Oct 2014
Rain, and the like
Rachel Oct 2014
around here
when it rains
it's kinda weird
and sometimes it's pretty great
like sunshine and rain
at the same time
and other times
it's kinda annoying
like big fat drops for five minutes
when you're outside
and half an hour of dryness
as soon as you go in
and I'm not sure how I should feel about this
280 · Oct 2015
My Opposite
Rachel Oct 2015
Sometimes I cry
And I feel like I need to
So no one will notice if I'm sad
Because my tears are already dried up

I don't really know why though
I'm usually happy
But I guess we all have opposites
264 · Jul 2014
Untitled
Rachel Jul 2014
Sometimes,
I close the curtains
and I turn off the light
just so I can sit in my darkness
and pretend that it's night

why can't you tell
that I live in the dark
I've created my very own living hell

why can't you tell
that I only come out in the dark
when I can blend in with my cell

and maybe,
just maybe,
you'll come save me
from these walls I've put up
just for you to break down

or perhaps
I'll sit here and rot
'cause you couldn't tell
that I cared for you,
a lot.
260 · Oct 2015
Untitled
Rachel Oct 2015
I only ever feel in color
And yet I see in black and white
The people around me are multi dimensional
But I am as thin as paper
I understand the gray areas
Even though I think of them as a rainbow
I have no regrets
At the same time I always feel every mistake I've made
I look happy
I feel like crying
I see in color
And I feel in black and white

— The End —