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 Mar 2019 Steve Raishbrook
LARA
...
Staring at the window
You come with the shadow
Suddenly I swallowed
Frightened and feelin low.

Just like a leaf
Believing you'll left
Wishing you'll be gone
Through my one blow.

You hooked me up
I can't figured it up
My room feels empty
Longing for sympathy.

All of the sudden
He whispered to me
Saying entrust me
I got you just believe me.
~~
There he was

Glowing in a bundle of stars
Shifted to see his dull reflection
There was no glory in his eyes for they melted a long time ago
Back when the birds flew and the sun smiled

It was all metal now
His world

Tilted into a triangle
Inverted in ink
He had a crumpled paper heart
With permanent creases
He was imperfect

He buried himself in minutes
Swallowing the hollowness from out the air
The shallow room was nothing more
Than a stained glass prison

He disliked the colors
Wishing they would bleed from his sight

They did

But it was only because his prison shattered
For his wings had bloomed

The colors he hated were on his wings

He was free
But he will never forget how his freedom came to be
For those colors were the sorrow he suffered
Now they are the jewels of his rebirth
~~
I love him so much
I wonder if he
Could ever love me as much as I love him
And when I say love I mean my whole body aches for him
I couldn't imagine another soul feeling like that towards me
 Aug 2014 Steve Raishbrook
Lauren
I don't want to talk about school or how your last test went or any small talk for that matter

I want you to tell me about that new book you've gotten lost in or the way your father's voice shakes as he erupts in anger and blame for the third time that day

Tell me about the scar that's just above your left eyebrow and why a candle is your favorite metaphor

Show me the hidden parts of yourself and for you I might do the same
Funny what you can find when you look through old writing
Lately I've been trying to forget who you are. Did you know that every seven years the human body replaces each and every cell. I think that's lovely. How invigorating is the thought that I will soon have a body that you have never loved, that you have never touched. However,  I've still got years to go and tonight you're the only thing pulsing through my veins. ***** and ***** and ***** is the only thing I can feel. I'm trying to forget you but it seems like the only thing I'm forgetting is my name and how to walk. It's so hard to keep going when you're the only thing on my mind, sober or drunk.
What ever your reasons
what ever your story
we owe you so much.
You woke up everyday and risked your life
to give those alive today a future,
from me I'd like to say thank you
you are a true hero.

Despite my own views on war
you risked your life to save us all
you helped give us a future
and helped preserve our freedoms
from the bottom of my heart, thank you
you are a hero
 Jul 2014 Steve Raishbrook
Jade
Stuck in the land of perplexity
Untying labyrinthine cherry  knot on
Thorny mountains and alleys
I've got a war in my mind
Throwing dice flipping coins
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