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 Sep 2013 sw
echo
Pointless (10w)
 Sep 2013 sw
echo
.
To put it
bluntly:
We both
know
this is

Pointless

.
the pursuit of happiness
oft bypasses common sense
 Sep 2013 sw
David Martin
The leaves that fall in late November
are tears that I can still remember
All my words could still not mend her
broken heart that burned like embers
We were both just sweet pretenders
As cold as winds that bring December

David Martin
 Sep 2013 sw
AM
Flooded
 Sep 2013 sw
AM
Please let this be the last salty river
That runs down my face
Whose current whispers your name
 Sep 2013 sw
Julia
I spent too long drowning
under the weight of your devotion
breathing in your pressurized air
and counting the days
on the underside of my arm.
For you,
I tweaked myself, freaked myself
out by my willingness to fold.
And after everything,
it was you who walked away.
 Sep 2013 sw
AM
Forbidden fruit
 Sep 2013 sw
AM
I see the warning signs plastered all across your grin.
I know your every flaw and I know your every sin.
I know what you've done and I know what you've yet to do,
But my temptation overwhelms me each time I look at you.
You are colored orange and labeled "toxic" head to toe,
Still every time you smile my thoughts begin to slow.
You cannot know the power that lies behind your eyes,
When one can peer over your walls and see past your clever disguise.
It is overwhelming the way you look at me.
Now I see why Eve took the apple from the tree.
 Sep 2013 sw
AM
Untitled
 Sep 2013 sw
AM
He said he didn't love her
But when she laughed he came alive
He said he didn't love her
But wanted to kiss her every time she smiled
He said he didn't love her
He pounded the thought into his head
For he knew he couldn't love her
But I knew he did
 Jul 2013 sw
AM
Hollow
 Jul 2013 sw
AM
I fill the void that lies within me with anything I can find
be it clouds of thick, black smoke that permeate every once immaculate surface
within my hollow frame
or the bottle of whiskey that burns its way down my throat
like you, these things are fleeting
and only make me feel whole for a moment
and I can't help wondering
if it was you who left the void
or if you were just another substance
with which I tried to fill it
 May 2013 sw
AM
Poison
 May 2013 sw
AM
I read the Surgeon General's Warning
As I inhale my sorrows
And exhale all troubles
And a slight tinge of worry crawls up my spine
I replaced relationships with cigarettes
Poison with poison
As I sigh and allow the guilt to melt away
Letting it drip into the deepening pool at the bottom of my conscience
I allow myself the small comfort of knowing
At least the cancer sticks
Come with a warning label
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