Shelby Young

Shelby Young Oct 2012

whispered thoughts flow through my brain 
while ice cold blood flows through my veins
 my mind is dark and my heart made of stone
 i’m left to obsess in this house all alone
 my glass is breaking, i’m fading fast
 consumed with my many ghosts of the past
 it is clear this world is not mine for the taking
 as i realize dreams are not meant for the waking

Shelby Young Oct 2012

the truth

forever means never, to believe is to lie, to trust is to lust and to try is to die. so hope for forever and keep on believing, trust in yourself and your goals keep achieving. but, forever will happen and lies may be told, lust is inevitable and you die when you’re old.

Shelby Young Oct 2012

@#!%

F.* orever is
* U.* nclear right now but I
* C.* an’t just
* K.** eep waiting.

Shelby Young Oct 2012

"pick up lines"

the alphabet is full 

of pretty little letters

 two of them are u and i

 but they’ll never go together

Shelby Young Oct 2012

wonder, land?

sleep does not come easy
 reality wears thin 
insecurities are peaking 
i’m unable to let you in  

forever in the shadows
 shunning all the light 
the clock is ticking faster now
 this is my frightful plight

  curiosity becomes you 
like the rabbit telling time
 i understand you’re perfect 
but you’re no friend of mine

Shelby Young Oct 2012

one year

our summer fling became something that i could not believe
 all by chance a fall romance blossomed from the seeds 
by winter-time it seemed a crime to miss a day with you 
and then by spring you were everything our love so just and true
 now a year has passed and at last it is time for me to leave
 in the summer sun it sure was fun au revoir, mon ami

Shelby Young Oct 2012

THINKING NEVER HURT SO GOOD

in this room, my prison cell 
where shapes and shadows alike do dwell
 i recall once more the story you tell 
as i drift to sleep  

in this room, this dungeon place
 i fear the light and shrinking space
 i think of how my heart did race 
and then i softly weep