Rebecca-lee Greene

Rebecca-lee Greene May 2013

Say goodnight,
as I lay awake taking my last breath.

Remove this noose from my neck
and replace it with a tourniquet,
for i do not wish to die,
but I do this to be numb.

Remove this noose from my neck
and replace it with a tourniquet.

Rebecca-lee Greene Apr 2013

The city of the fallen angels

Falling from grace.
Once pale white wings,
suddenly turned black.

I have sinned.
We have all sinned.
Sins.
Our sins have turned our souls black,
our wings.
Black.

Falling from grace,
into the city of the fallen angels.
Forced to roam the Earth alone,
in darkness *forever

Rebecca-lee Greene Apr 2013

Mask

The dawning of a new day.
A new mask is chosen,
selected for this day.
I place it upon my face.
This mask works a charm.

I mask myself from the world
that envelopes me,
surrounds me,
suffocates me.
I hide beneath this facade
of smiles and bright eyes.
Yet underneath the surface,
underneath this perfectly positioned mask,
I am dying inside.

Rebecca-lee Greene Apr 2013

Coffee House

Sitting in this coffee house,
the harsh smells of the course beans
burn my nostrils.
The busy people rush and blur around me.
Yet I remain calm.
These coffee house people
fade and intertwine.
These coffee house people
are a figment of my imagination.

Rebecca-lee Greene Apr 2013

First interactions.

Those wandering eyes,
never seemed as significant at the time.
How was I to know,
those eyes could see me,
see me the way no one else could.
The first interactions were the hardest.
You were shy.
As was I.
You would stand upon my feet,
as I stood on yours.
This became but a game.
How was I to know those first interactions
would change my life forever.

Rebecca-lee Greene Apr 2013

Childhood Games

Take my hand,
Let us run.
Run.
Run away with me,
Where nobody knows our names.
We'll play our childhood games
of hide and seek and kiss chasey.
We can claim a tree as our own,
Cling to its limbs for dear life,
Cling to these moments of
innocence and true love.

Rebecca-lee Greene Apr 2013

Mirrors

Laughing mirror,
Taunting mirror.
Lies.
Tricks.
I see many eyes, many faces, many shapes.
She is fat
She is ugly
She is skinny
She is pretty
She is ugly
           fat
           ugly
           fat
Laughing mirror,
Taunting mirror.
Why do you laugh at me so?