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Rose Alley Apr 2013
In mutual misery, we found it comforting we weren't completely alone
We were planning, preparing and speaking and sharing, there was much we had yet to be shown
We harnessed our sadness, and all of our madness, and blinded and beat down our angst
But beneath our belligerence there was a persistent longing for future and change

We both were pent up, and fully fed up, and said 'we'll get the hell out of this town'
If just for a short time, we'll hop in and start driving west with intentions unknown and
Probably, maybe, we'll find ourselves saving ourselves by just waiting it out
It seemed so far away when we'd all move together and be happy at home in our house

And
Then out of nowhere, but probably somewhere deep down inside you found fate
You didn't look further than right where you were for her and I must admit you look great and
I can't let jealousy take hold of the best of me, don't think I am trying to blame
I remember you saying that this didn't matter, but now I see it's not the same

In the middle of all this, I was slipping unconsciously under the weight of my thoughts
I knew you'd been set free, and wanted to help me, but I knew not what I sought
I turned down the volume, and in turn was consumed entirely with what I should do
I imagined you smiling, while making new memories, and wanted the same for me too

Your time is now spoken for, not like it was before when weekends were spent working out the kinks
You need her, I know this, I'm trying to show this, with each word and each kiss, I'm missing it all in a blink
I'm sure I'll be ok, I feel better these days, I've learned to let go of my stress
I know in due time I'll be getting what's mine and we both will be at our best

So long story short, I wrote this to report, to say that we will always be fine
Let's try to forget, but have no regrets, and make the most of each moment in time
But try to remember, I'm always around, and want to come down, to the places where you plan to be
We'll share time together, in life and forever, in harmony eternally :)
Rose Alley Apr 2013
I feel like I'm the grass and You're the rain, because the only time I grow is when skies are gray
We both know this is true, that I'm brightest when I'm drenched in You and
Now the sun shines and brings the rays, and Your water dries up and the flames will blaze
I need to be soaked in You, to stay alive, or else I'll start dying at the roots, I won't survive
Could have guessed the wind was all it would take, to turn thick to thin and fog to mist and rid me of my haziness
You left too fast and all I ask is give me back my overcast, I get comfort in shade
The heat is beating down and random spots are turning brown
I'm warm on a summers day but that's never been enough to make me ok
I'm dehydrating, with each moment passing, it seems this might be everlasting
We used to have the best front yard on the street, then You left, now it's filled with sticks and leaves, and dirt
I'm weak and withered You know **** well it hurts and
The weeks will pass and the months will turn from the day you let that fire burn
In springtime I hope You'll return with a downpour that will quench my thirst
Rose Alley Apr 2013
It may be true that love does not make the world go 'round
But it is the warmth that makes my heartbeats pound
Its force the sun and I the earth turning as it burns
I've been told the bigger they come the harder they hit the ground
But I've found it's the size of your heart that determines to whom you are bound
The dimensions of our bodies serve only as suits to surround our souls
I know a heart that's breaking makes an awful sound
It's a mirror that's shattering and a thousand howling hounds, in mourning

Those wounds will heal, though the pain is profound, and another hearts heat will be coming around
Rose Alley Sep 2012
Can somebody please tell me what this world is coming to?
It seems the end is near and I'm only twenty two
In a day and age ruled by fortune and fame
Be it shame stress or blame, it's all the same
Inexplicable malice performed in random acts of violence
Unrelenting anguish caused by planned events in blindness
A single mind produces multiple wounds
To heal is to hurt is a thought confused
Do you see what you've done, are you happy now?
We know your name and face but don't understand how
You feel you've gained or had your way
Altering people's lives as if they're prey
Leaving all to wonder what's wrong with this place?
We question this world and this human race
How could this happen?
How much worse can it get?
But it's him that's the problem, we mustn't forget and
It's a regret to inform you these wolves do exist
They're a pack that's been scattered but we must persist
In tragedy reality seems both too real and fake
But hope remains and within it our spirits won't break
These predators among us wish to bring us down
But we will not allow this, we will stand our ground
We will remember our losses, their lives were not his to take
We will remember the good times, and the love they did give
They will rest in our hearts, they will sleep in our souls and
Though they did depart, we still can be whole
In the truth rest assured they'll be waiting for us
Our grief may be great, but in our faith we must trust
There's a better day coming, though now it may be difficult to see
In the darkness a light shines bright to help lead our way and
We will see again

These wolves may not be alone
But they are few and
We are many
Written the day of the Aurora, Colorado shooting in reverence and respect of the victims and their families and loved ones.
Rose Alley Sep 2012
Please put down Your shovel
Stop causin' me trouble
Quit diggin' holes in my heart

The more You burrow deeper
My breathing growing weaker
You dug my dignity from within me
Please, I beg You, depart

You're unearthing my will to live
Excavating my desire to give
Tunneling through what I thought I knew

What I thought I knew about me
About You
About We
About whoever I wanted and needed to be with

You've sifted through my tears
My smiles
My fears
Scooped out all You could get for Yourself

Piercing, penetrating
My being now concave
Just ******* leave
Why do I have to beg?

Take Your *****
Go do Your gardening
Leave me behind
My heart will be hardening
What little there is left
I'm afraid now
You've drilled a hole right through my chest
Rose Alley Apr 2012
Insatiably You inhale my every remark,
Swallowing each phrase as a personal token for Your own validity
The words bathe in benevolence and the
Sorrow of your guts and lungs;
Churning round, changing from light to dark-
Until You
Regurgitate them maliciously, coming up through Your throat, bypassing every past lump once resting there
Soaring past Your teeth, they grab hold of a few incisors while sailing toward me with a clatter
Chewing straight through me

Insufflate adulation, emanate malevolence
Rose Alley Apr 2012
A-L-I-B I know you lie to me
I-R-O-N-I see things quite clear
L-I-A are you still there?
N-U-M be all that you can be 

I see those lies in your eyes,
I despise It insults my intelligence, and,
I watch your pupils they dilate with
Each word you exaggerate,
Fabricate 

I don't ever want to see you again 
I try and I tried but maybe we can't be 
Friends
And I'm addicted to the way you 
Pretend
That everything is alright, when I know 
Different
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