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 Dec 2014 shosho Rea
Chaos
I'm in love with the
                                  thought of being in love
It consumes my soul
If you knew
it would end like this,
would you still have loved me
as much as you did?
 Dec 2014 shosho Rea
L
Mine (25w)
 Dec 2014 shosho Rea
L
At the end of the day,
I can lay my head
against a pillow that
smells of sweet vanilla
and know that
you
are
mine.
The best happiness is one that makes your heart feel like bursting.
For my R.

**
Leigh
You think I rub my arms over and over again
because it’s a little chilly and I should have worn a sweater,
but really I need to distract myself from the reflection
of you playing cat’s cradle with her fingers and nuzzling
your kiss into her wild hair. It’s not me who’s there even though
when the moon’s face wears the night to it’s annual masquerade
you’re the one who’s reaching out to me. Maybe we don’t kiss
but we don’t have to, because our souls have been suspended
above our heads like mistletoe and you chose
a long, long time ago to hold her instead of me. And you think
I’ve found recovery in the time, found separation
between the summers, but I tuck my hair behind my ears
and crush my lips back into my teeth not out of habit
but so that I don’t scream, That was supposed to be me!
That was supposed to be me. You know, too, or else you wouldn’t
recall some stupid puddle memory just so I’ll cling
to that last ember in the bottom of my heart and light it on fire.
So I’ll be the one to remind you of the frame you cut from my soft cedar
to put her in. You can turn my light down. I’ve got nothing for you now.
 Dec 2014 shosho Rea
axr
Metal permeated into her skin
Needles containing ink poked her
She moaned in pain.

It was the only way she could forget him.
 Dec 2014 shosho Rea
susan
i won't tire you
with my constant woes
and misdemeanors
i won't burden you
with my worries
i won't squash you
with my unending need
of confirmation
i won't use you
as a sounding board
i won't turn to you
for comfort
that is short lived
i'll forget you
i'll pretend you don't exist
   instead
i'll pack away all my troubles
into the suitcase of my mind
 Dec 2014 shosho Rea
Prodigy
Outside the window
a woman is
     beaten upon
          spit upon
a black man is
      unfairly judged
          unfairly punished
a gay man is
       hated at
          jeered at
but none of it can touch me
if I just
       draw the blinds
          close the curtains
shut it out.
How I feel that some people in society view the injustice of the world.
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