Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member
 
~
rattletaptap Nov 2016
~
In summer's embrace, I wish to feel the winter.
rattletaptap Jan 2016
I keep silent until I no longer have the patience for it
?
rattletaptap Jan 2016
?
I open my eyes and see you the way I want to.
I close them, and I see the way you truly are....
.
rattletaptap Jan 2016
.
Dot. Dot. Dot.
Dotted became the sky.
Dotted with stars that
Dance and flicker. But I can't
Dance with them, as well...
...
rattletaptap Jan 2016
...
I died today...
Wish I had stayed that way...
)(
rattletaptap Jan 2016
)(
Another night fell,
but it doesn't matter.
I never knew the sun anyway...
rattletaptap Jan 2016
Be my raven,
Tell me
**Nevermore
rattletaptap Jan 2016
Show them a tear
and see how much
they truly care...
rattletaptap Jan 2016
When you look you see the outer shell,
When you think and feel you see the mind and soul beneath
rattletaptap Dec 2016
If you can run away,
why are you still here?
rattletaptap Feb 2017
I am not afraid of the darkness
but the shadows that hide within it.
I am not afraid of silence,
but the sounds that eventually break it.
rattletaptap Oct 2018
There is a line I'm not sure whether to cross.
Things could be better if I do, but maybe not...
I think and think and overthink.
I could leave behind a wreck, or maybe no trail at all
Things get worse yet I still fail to act.
rattletaptap Mar 2016
“Love hurts.”
Maybe it’s supposed
To be that way.
Maybe you need
To like that pain.
Because maybe,
Just maybe,
It’ll all be make sense
In the end.
rattletaptap Jan 2016
Sometimes the silence screams as well
rattletaptap Jan 2016
If you knew what
was waiting for you,
would you fight for
or against it,
or would you sit
and wait for it come
for you?
rattletaptap Jan 2016
Don't worry, I'd never leave you, my abyss,
Whenever I'm sad, I'll stare into you,
And you'll whisper in my ear, quietly,
But it'll be enough for me to hear you
And know that I'm not alone...
rattletaptap Nov 2016
Within him dwelt the stars
and she was his moon
rattletaptap Feb 2016
Silent mouth means
Loud mind.

Silent mind means
Loud mouth.
rattletaptap Dec 2016
He could not hear
and she could not speak.
Through pain they realized
that all that matters is to feel.
rattletaptap Jun 2016
If they've built a wall,
don't tear it down and
bring them into reality;
take a few bricks out
and sneak inside.

Have yourselves
a fantasy with a
bit of reality
seeping in
through the
hole you made.
rattletaptap Feb 2016
“How would you
Describe me?” She asked.
“Like the person
I dream about.” I told her, gently.
10w
rattletaptap Jun 2015
10w
We act grown up, but we're only the universe's babies...
10w
rattletaptap Jun 2015
10w
In endless mist buried.
I die to see you again....
10w
rattletaptap Jun 2015
10w
Blaming others for your loss is admitting that you're weak
10w
rattletaptap Jun 2015
10w
All perceived as whole is unwhole without you near me.
15w
rattletaptap Jun 2015
15w
Only a mindless fool would allow the vultures
To devour him while he's still alive
rattletaptap Apr 2015
With open arms face me
Hold me tight, embrace me
Wipe my sparkling tears
Take away my bitter fears
Put your wings around me
Show me what life can be
Show me it's not all dreary
My journey has left me weary
Don't let my soul fall apart
Nurture it like a form of art
Be both, my friend and lover
But you must help me recover
rattletaptap Apr 2016
Cold as a hunter's heart came the wind.
Clouds as grey as a wolf rode across the sky.
Vultures pecked at the once-vigorous villagers.
Crimson liquid dripped from their beaks.
The stench of the decaying corpses merged
with that of the coming rain.
Empty homes longed for the happy children
that once lived there...
Gone. All of it gone.

The sun never warmed the village again,
but the flames which turned it to ash did.
Once... and nevermore.
The flame's light was be the last the village saw.
Then, into the darkness of history it faded...
Once... and forevermore.
rattletaptap Jun 2015
Keep your head down
And your memories
Only to yourself.
Cry it all out,
Do it once, then twice,
Cry for all that is bad
And all good that is over,
But remember this:
Time does not heal,
But instead it reveals
That which is to be.
rattletaptap Jun 2015
The road strings up day and night
Upon my only shoelace.
Twenty four hours with no rest
I walk only to see your face.
rattletaptap Jun 2015
I was always there for you
And you weren't for me.
But I didn't care, not at all.
No matter how dark your
Days would get, I would
Always try to light them up.
Even though I knew I'd fail,
Even though I knew it was futile....
I did it. I did it and I would do it again,
But in a matter of days you changed
And you pushed me away. You tried
To throw me out of your life and succeeded.
But why?!
rattletaptap Jun 2016
Late at night
I see what I've become --
A picture on the wall of death.
And I wish I could've not,
But I'm already dead and gone.
rattletaptap Apr 2015
Where ****** creatures crawl,
Up and up, going up the wall.

Where tranquility doesn't exist,
Only fear is able to persist.

Where peace knows no place,
****** leaves no trace.

Where stories of the dead begin,
Despair shows on your skin.

Where darkness has descended,
The tale of light has ended.

Where life is filled with hate,
Silently, my death I await.
rattletaptap Apr 2015
Inside a haunted room,
A violin is being played.
But for whom?

A stranded soul,
With an unknown path,
It is in pieces, it is unwhole

A requiem is being held,
In its honor,
For such pain, it had withheld.

The room is brimmed,
With an audience of one,
And its pain is at last, being trimmed.
"For such pain, it had withheld." =  It didn't ask for help, decided to keep all the pain to itself
rattletaptap May 2015
A kiss is like a falling leaf
It falls until it feels the ground
And then it waits for the loving wind
To come and raise it high to feel the sky
rattletaptap Jun 2015
What is broken will be whole once more
When the sun sprouts behind the mountains
And peeks through the Earthly door
And all that is whole will be left unwhole
For there needs to be balance
between the world and the soul
rattletaptap Jul 2015
Gunshots and screams
Are ringing all around,
Neither silence nor peace
Inside me can be found.

Bullets slice through air,
Swift; like a winter wind.
Bodies fall into mud,
Like red autumn leaves.

The odor of their blood,
Brings tears to my eyes
And within them hidden,
The cry, for my fallen allies.

Explosions shake the ground,
Leaving people in distress,
Soldiers moving around,
Like peons in a game of chess.

Corpses are used as shields,
Blocking piercing rounds,
Missiles fall from up high,
Ending lives with heavy sounds.

A ****** pulls the trigger
From deep inside the forest,
Within my chest a raging pain,
Shackles me to enemy soil.

The rainbow-painted sky,
Distant and ever-reaching,
Finally smiles upon me,
It knows I am about to die.
rattletaptap Oct 2015
In the magic of the dark I am lost.
And though alone I am here,
lonely I am not,
for I feel its beauty around me.
No, I, create that beauty.
I paint the dark, the brushstrokes,
leaving a trail of darker shades in their wake.
I paint portraits of nature and of mesmerizing beauty.
And... I stare at them, for it is all I can do.
I watch the trees I paint grow and the flowers bloom,
and I watch the mountains break and the clouds move.
But rain does not fall for I feel no droplets of water touch me,
nor do I hear them...
The rocks too... they are sturdy and sharp, I see them so,
but upon my touch they turn to weightless air.
And... I stand in silence, for it is all I can do.
Though lonely I may not be here,
alone I certainly am,
for the beauty I so desperately want, wants me not...
rattletaptap Aug 2015
A hallow gaze meets me halfway
On the path from somewhere to nowhere.
She's dressed in colors, in a world of gray.
I simply see her, now here, then there...

Like a mirage, created by my needs,
Like a goddess, that listens to my pleads,
She's like a raven that whispers "nevermore",
She's like the wishful peace, in times of war.

I only wish to see her in my dreams or in reality,
I do not care where, as long as she's next to me.
In this world of monochrome, she is an abnormality.
She simply is... like a land at sea...
rattletaptap Jan 2016
There is a river that everyone wants to cross.
And everyone wants to be on the other side,
believing that it's there that everything lies.

And some wish to cross it, because
they are running towards something,
while others wish to cross it, because
they are running away from something.

But in the end, it is we who need to build
the bridge, and not wait for someone else
to do it for us.
rattletaptap Apr 2015
I watched them from afar,
The dancing shadows,
As they lingered,
Underneath the twilight sky.

The way they moved,
And touched each other.
The way they waltzed,
And held each other.

They were within a world,
They had created themselves.
They were, its God and Goddess.
rattletaptap Jan 2016
In all
The wonders
Of nature
I still
Can't find
Something
More fascinating
Than the
**Darkness
rattletaptap May 2015
Dark age knocking
Thumping on your door
Entering your home
Through the gates of war

You see the reflection
Of its shape in the mirror
With each step it takes
It draws ever nearer

It comes then disappears
Like a serial killer
A giant sword in its hand
Bigger than a pillar

In its mind the power
Of endless deception
It will deceive you
You are no exception

Forever robbing you
Of all your expressions
Killing for its cause
But no time for confessions
rattletaptap Feb 2017
Death is a relief for the dying,
But a suffering for the living.
rattletaptap Apr 2015
Golden vines, wrapped around her neck,
Clenching tightly; Not releasing her, not even slightly.
Her mind and body, a complete wreck.
Now she is dead; Her tale and life have gone unsaid.
rattletaptap Apr 2015
Awakened from your slumber,
Trapped in a cell,
In a world down under.
The dreadful Hell.

Glorious your wings,
Oh, ruler of kings.
Black as night,
Their magnificence forthright.

Dire your horns,
The mightiest of thorns.
Stronger than steel,
Making all the knights kneel.

Crimson your skin,
Reddest of your kin.
Your muscles bulk,
Making the strongest sulk.

Your head terrible,
Your sight unbearable.
Your ears long,
Your legs strong.

Your voice deep,
Making all the women weep.
Your life eternal,
Your wrath infernal.

Frightening your sight,
Immeasurable  your might.
Torture is your pleasure.
Your collected souls,
I cannot measure.

To you, killing is a game.
In Hell,
Echoed is your name.
rattletaptap Jan 2016
Insane and weird* -- some may think of me.
Shattered and useless -- others may think of me.
But I am what I am -- *different!
rattletaptap Dec 2016
I wish to be
one who sails the wind.
I wish to be
one who gets lost in the clouds.
because even though lost,
up there, I won't panic at all.
rattletaptap Apr 2015
As I drew
My final breath,
The morning dew
Smelled of death.

Beneath the sky,
So deep and blue,
I felt the wind,
As it blew.

On a bed of grass,
Silent I lay.
Waiting for my soul,
Away to stray.
rattletaptap Apr 2015
Like toxic fluids,
Flowing through your veins.
Starts slowly,
But it hurts too much.
You just wish,
It would stop.
20 words :)
Next page