Sierra Carleton

Sierra Carleton May 2014

Sunrise

I crave the dazzling colors
Twisting together in the early morning
Red
Orange
Yellow
All churned into one image
Pulsing in my dark eyes
Elegantly finding the way
To the gloomiest pit of me.
They make a trail to my heart
Brightening the display
Pumping happiness to every joint,
Every bone structure,
Every muscle mass present.

Was this why I was told to enjoy the sunrise
Every morning as  petite child?
Did they know I would be this now?
Surely,
They must have.
I just wish they'd stopped me before this
Before I became my own enemy.

Sierra Carleton May 2014

Love Turns To Hate

I've learn to abhor many things such as
The taste of salty, **** tears on my tongue,
The aroma of the dewy, crisp forest floor,
The vision of blue eyes intertwined with bliss dancing away,
The feel of a burning hot neck being pressed on by a gelid nose
The sound of a drowsy midnight voice whispering "I love you."
But it seems that what I've come to execrate
Are the same as what I was once learning to grow fond of.

Sierra Carleton May 2014

What I Need

All I really desire now
Is to feel you again-
In my arms,
In my house,
In my bed.

And I mean really feel you-
Not just your lingering presence,
Not the thoughts of you with me,
Not the memories I keep going back on.

I need to feel you-
Your skin on mine
Your emotions on my heart
Your thoughts in my head.
I need this.
I need you.

Sierra Carleton May 2014

Problem With People

The problem with people
Is that they don't realize
What they've lost
Until it's gone forever.

Sierra Carleton May 2014

I See You

I've had relationships with many others after you
And in each one it's you I see all the way through.
I sometimes see your eyes or your smile
And that's what makes it all worthwhile.

But the boy I met the other day
He makes your image fade to gray.
Because when I look into his blue eyes
They aren't like yours in disguise.

Sierra Carleton May 2014

Untitled

I wish I could get lost in your eyes
Because I would stay there forever
Clinging to the only thing known
To a mind as lonely as me.

I want to be swept away in your voice
Because I hear it every day
Playing through and through
To a heart that's lacking me and you.

Sierra Carleton May 2014

Skies

The sky
Distant, dark
Holding the rarest diamonds
That contrast the void
Filling in the holes of a soul
Lonely and stark
Struggling for release.

The sky
Longing for some light
The twinkling gone
Like the darkness inside.