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You may be gone, but you're still here
You're the first rays of sunshine I see in the morning
You're the coffee that wakes me up in the morning
You're the colours of the vivid flowers that grow outside
I see you in everything wonderful, while I know you don't see me at all
 Jan 2014 Shari Forman
N E Waters
Your smug
exhausts me.  
Wasted,
under desert skies by
stagnant waters reflected
in your shades, and--
I had to shake you.
And whence the dust had loosened
from cracks
like earth
beneath your skin,
I was afraid
and fled from mine.
Bring me happiness in pills

My only hope to overdose
Let my feelings overflow

How did I become a footnote to myself?
Forgotten toy on the shelf

To every lock I'm missing a key
I'm not even the main character of the story about me

Is suicide a sin because you're beating God at his own game
I win
 Jan 2014 Shari Forman
Love
Darling put down that knife,
Take the razor from your mind,
And quit dreaming of a noose.
You're better than that.
I love you,
And you should love yourself,
Just as much,
If not more than I do.
Honey flush those pills,
And never pick them up again.
Throw out the scales,
You dont need them.
Along with that nagging voice in the back of your head,
The one that's driving you closer and closer to the cliff,
The one that keeps telling you you're less than,
Or not good enough.
Because you are.
You are good enough.
You are beautiful,
And I wish you could see that.
But whenever you feel like all is lost,
And your heart beat goes a mile a minute,
Then you feel those walls closing in on you,
Just take a breath.
Look up at the stars,
And clear your mind.
Think of me,
Think of the things that I am saying to you right now.
Because I love you,
And its all worth it.
I know you dont really believe me,
And you dont have to,
I just want you to listen to what I'm saying.
I know how bad it is,
To hate yourself so much that you just cant.
But there comes a day,
When someone shows you the light,
And you cross the bridge to the other side,
And the other side is beautiful.
Its full of hope and love.
No judgement,
No caring.
A person took me to the other side,
Into the light,
And it was one of the most terrifying things ever.
But now that I'm here,
Its worth it.
And now I've come,
To show you the light,
Even in some of the darkest times.
And lead you across that bridge,
To happiness.
It gets better,
It really does.
I love you.
I caught myself
feeling that kind of emptiness
as if I was the only person
in the whole wide world
not having anyobdy loving me..

*All because you seemed to be
more absent  than ever before
It made me realize, that love is fragile,
even when you think it's the strongest
force on earth
Ok, this is not really a poem.... In these days I just really can't seem to think of love as being real or strong. It's so fragile. And my connection to love is so fragile too. It really gets me down some times, even though people don't really seem to notice..
 Jan 2014 Shari Forman
Katelyn
sick to the bone
i was tired of words i could not swallow
"i've been starving myself"
of food of hope of love of lust
i was tired of diving into toilet bowls
"i do not like to throw up"
i insisted this but my fingers did not listen
life lesson or self pity?

ingesting smoke
i was afraid this was all i could eat today
the fridge had told me different
and the cabinets too
i am tired of teary eyed binging
"i have to leave you alone"
i reiterated but i could never have enough
selfish promise or short term goal?

dizzy accusations
this was all my fault
i swallowed my words whole
and could never spit them out
it's starvation eating me up
i am tired of leaving tables early
"i could have stopped myself"
but my legs have proven otherwise
routine or bad habit?
My momma bought me some more of those pills
the ones that control my moods, keeping me sane
I only just opened them, took off the cap
didn't do anything, just swirled my finger around,
my thoughts consumed by the elegance of them,
the perfect roundness and sunshine yellow.
But then the dark thoughts came, like storm clouds,
as they always do around this time of the evening
and i heard them ask me, a hiss in my ear
now what on earth, could a girl like you do
with all of those
pretty
little

**pills
Feel like dancing,
I.

If Dr. Who
Can
Boogaloo,
Then
So
Can
I.

Rose
Is
A
Rose
Is
A
Rose,
As
Dr. Who
Knows.

And dance on the bridge
Of the TARDIS,
They
Did.

Enough
Now
Of
Dooms
And
Emergency
Weathers....

We Dance
Hilarious
Dances
On the TARDIS
Bridge.

Tomorrows
We
Cannot
Imagine
Before
And
Yesterdays
Behind.

We
Pause
for
A
MO...

And
Just
Dance.
Just watched Episodes 9 and 10 of the 9th Doctor Who. Rose and the good Dr. dance on the bridge of the Tardis after saving future of humankind, which was nearly destroyed by rogue Jack Harkness' accidental release of medical nanobots into the atmosphere.... The celebration of life and success was intoxicating! Recommend!
Oh my dear offspring
I am not one of you
your mother has monkey genes
the one you call father
is just a fading memory

I did hide very well here
yet too many wild ones got me noticed
they wondered how I was still living
oh foolish me, forgetting about dying
know dear children, I am not one of you

It drives me to disrepair
broken is my heart
that most don't grasp
what I am all about
yet this is my confession

From the edge of today
till the end of tomorrow
I will guide you to death
a new life wonderful
so sweet children never fear

By Christos Andreas Kourtis aka NeonSolaris
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