Sophie

Sophie Nov 2014

He is inches away

I try to reach out but my arm
Strains

I can't do it
I am too weak

I'm not like those other girls I'm just
Me

I am unsure though
If me is good enough

Because he is right
There

And I just can't bring myself
To do it

Sophie Nov 2014

painful

i've felt it before

but not in this way

this way is painful

this way is hard

and i love it

Sophie Jul 2014

gone

smoke
all i could see was smoke

and flashing lights

everything is gone
all gone

what surprised me most, though,
was the absence of pain

there was one thing
on my mind

my family standing beside me
could never be replaced

that "everything" isn't really gone

**my family, standing beside me,
could never be replaced

I wrote this for my best friend, who's house burned down today. Her family is okay, so thank god.

Sophie Jul 2014

lost at sea

you know,
i've always had a fear
of being alone in the middle
of the wide open waters.

no one to turn to
and no one to save you.

yelling and crying,
gasping for air.

you keep kicking your feet
and waving your arms
telling yourself that
everything will be okay

but you know, deep down,
that the time will come when you can't
hold yourself up any longer.

you'll be
sinking and sinking
and sinking

as everything
gets darker and darker
and darker.

yet

your eyes
are as blue as the ocean

and i'm lost at sea.

help me,
*i think i'm drowning.

Sophie Jul 2014

"there's no such thing"

perfection
is a matter of opinion

therefore, perfection
does exist

Sophie Jul 2014

want

many people forget
that want isn't the same
as need

many people mix up
meanings like these

they just don't want to
admit the silly truth

oh

they just don't need to
admit the silly truth.

Sophie May 2014

swimming pool

life is a swimming pool.
it is
sometimes too cold,
but
the ground cooks my feet.

you just need to jump in
all at
once. before fear
and
doubt catches up with you.

and while all your friends are
going
in one step at a time,
you
get the whole pool to yourself.