Silvana Franco: Favorites

Mar 2016 Silvana Franco

a new favorite word (20w)

Mar 2016 Silvana Franco

b for short

a new favorite word (20w)

Your name I say over and over.
I love how its kind shape feels
as it rolls over my tongue.

#word #hope #new #quickie

Mar 2016 Silvana Franco

I ONLY EXIST WHEN YOU MAKE ME REAL

Mar 2016 Silvana Franco

the dead bird

I ONLY EXIST WHEN YOU MAKE ME REAL

the favorite stuffed animal
from a now-grown child
lies
in a pile of mud
soaked through with rain
after one of the dogs got ahold of it
and forgot
to bring it back inside

the baby bird makes a running
leap
and tries to lift her wings
to surprise her mother
with the gift of flight
before she comes home with dinner
total failure
lying fifteen feet
from her nest
with a broken wing
and a voice thats too small
her mother will never
notice
the baby bird will decompose
and become one
with the earth

the blank journal
which was purchased
over a year ago
lies
collecting dust
under piles of
never-to-be-used school supplies
hopes of confessions
or doodles
or even notes
are lost
as it has been forgotten
no one even
remembers
that it exists at all

everything
is exactly the same
as it's always been

#depression #lost #empty #soul #forgotten #emptiness

Mar 2016 Silvana Franco

Twinkle Twinkle

Mar 2016 Silvana Franco

archwolf-angel

Twinkle Twinkle

How are the stars looking tonight
The ones sparkling on your side
Twinkle twinkle little light
How do you always shine so bright

The heartbeat beating next to you
It always sounds so beautiful
He carefully brushes his hand on yours
He wasn't me, of course

Twinkle twinkle little star
How are you doing so far
It could have been me smiling with you
But I need to stop being a fool

Amongst the satellites, you still shine
Shine shine, oh so bright
Gently twinkling your little light
Still you make my heart race on sight

*Twinkle twinkle little light
Here I'll finally draw the line
You and me, it shall not be
I'll accept it, please just be happy

When this gentle love can't exist.

#love #forbiddenseries #twinkletwinkle

Mar 2016 Silvana Franco

Wasted.

Mar 2016 Silvana Franco

Shiloh

Wasted.

I don't really have insomnia
I just live with regrets
even though I know I shouldn't
my time would be better spent

I sometimes dream of things
what it would be like if
we had never met

Or if those few moments
led to something different,
anything would be better
nothing about you to be drawn to

I know what I have learned
through my youth
wasted on you
there is just that one thing...

I've been driven insane
gnawing on the concept
willing to live through the horror again
just to be given the chance to change it

It has been said I'm where I need to be
but this has held me back
I can't even give myself sympathy
because I know I'm just pathetic

I need to shine my light again
but the panic settles in
between that and the sleepless nights
I can't say that I will be fine

I never thought I'd be condemned
by giving everything I am
ridiculed for what gave me strength
dampening the flames at long length

If I had known all it would take
I'd have stepped on your stones long ago
I bet you didn't expect that you'd help make
someone better than you'll ever know.

Mar 2016 Silvana Franco

past/future

Mar 2016 Silvana Franco

aurora

past/future

tasting you takes me back
to times when I was younger
not for the worse
but for the better
and your smile shows me the future
light at the end of the tunnel
getting brighter
coming closer

#love #depression #life #future #past #smile #young #light #better #worse

Mar 2016 Silvana Franco

The Truth

Mar 2016 Silvana Franco

James Walker

The Truth

let it be known
be shown
what there is for eyes to see
we will grow
and die
and live
and be
with
and without
but the balance is everything and
the Present is all that
exists

#love #truth #life #nature #reality #honest #existence #present

Mar 2016 Silvana Franco

Looks Decieve

Mar 2016 Silvana Franco

Payton Catalino

Looks Decieve

My eyes didn’t become blue on their own.
You wouldn’t think they were quite as pretty
If you’ve seen every single thing they know.
Yes, my blue eyes have seen the greatest days,
but they have also seen blood and way too many graves.
My eyes are often glossy, like glass that may shatter
You think they look like ice, is appearance all that matters?
My eyes have seen true love, my eyes have seen you at your best
But have you looked deeply into them, can you see the memory of death?
My eyes are like an ocean, hypnotically blue and alluring,
but don’t let their appearance deceive you- for there may be demons lurking

#sad

Mar 2016 Silvana Franco

Disheartened

Mar 2016 Silvana Franco

NeroameeAlucard

Disheartened

As a black guy,
No, no as a black man
I feel disheartened often
Not just by media or pressure at home
Or at the office
But by our chocolate to caramel skinned sisters at times
How? Well allow me to describe this through rhyme.

I know we guys can be a//holes at times
But forever saying we aren't anything drills into our minds.
And if you wanna avoid a heartbreak then here's what I suggest,
Pray over it, then consider your options like an instagram or Snapchat post at best

And moving on if you complain about the selection among your ethnicity
Then get mad when we say "Enough of this" and date outside that group that doesn't make sense to me
Fact is there's a stigma around mixed relationships

If someone makes you happy, no matter what their skin color then why trip? Let them be happy

#love #life #race #socialcomments

Mar 2016 Silvana Franco

humanmesh.mp4

Mar 2016 Silvana Franco

Marshall CB Hiatt

humanmesh.mp4

We cannot measure the nights we have,
Until they're all up,
Each beat of heart could be your last,
And fade you into dust.

So why do we fret over the smallest bauble,
And fight about it all,
Why close our ears when pain is audible,
Not answering the call.

From ashes to ashes we all circulate,
And search for meaning,
This sense of dread we can all relate,
We all have this needing.

So fight nought with your brother,
We are the same flesh,
Embrace the sameness of each other,
Embrace this human mesh.

Nihilism is best thing to happen to me.

#love #life #death #society #futility

Mar 2016 Silvana Franco

love isn't a horror movie anymore

Mar 2016 Silvana Franco

AJ

love isn't a horror movie anymore

love is a four letter word that has always terrified me.
it has been replaced with other four letter words- "lies" and "gone",
harsh words with harsher meanings buried underneath the gentleness of love.
but when I look at you,
I know that "love" is more than just a word.
I know that it doesn't hold nightmares behind its sweet exterior.
I can look at you and see myself loving you for forever,
and maybe forever is too long,
and maybe forever is more terrifying than a four letter word could ever be.
maybe you can't see forever when you look into my eyes,
but I see forever with just one smile of yours.

too many cheesy poems and letters are coming from this relationship

#love