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D May 2017
hold my hands
then twist them
kiss my lips
and rip them
hug me close
break my bones
dont tell me no
just make me go
I cant do it alone
allie May 2017
Sweet chirps come from the trees
Small warbles of the animals echo around me
As I stare at the grass
Which is stained in scarlet.

Your body body lies still
Frozen in ice.
Your eyes never opening.

I wish I could turn back time
To when you stood by my side
Smiling that goofy grin
With your dimples pinching your cheeks.
Strange thoughts come at the oddest times.
feeling faraway
feet moving forward
and body battling between
clockwise and counterclockwise,
all while my heads runs zig-zags
across highways steeped in traffic.

I counted the scars once. It was easier
than counting the stars, but I tried
that too, tried to get some perspective.

hot chocolate summer, cotton-stuffed
ears and a niggling hum that reminds
me where I am. feeling my clothes
shift against my skin, unnerving.
unsettled, a dislocation, like
my body has moved an
inch away from me,

makes me dizzy.
JAC Apr 2017
Nothing would make me happier
than if I were purely selfless,
but then I'd be happiest
and I'd have only served myself.
The Unknown Apr 2017
You watch white people become millionaires
By spinning a wheel and guessing words
Is that entertaining for you?
Because you don't forget who you are
No matter how many of these people you see
You don't forget who you are
But I do
I forget who I am
In fact, I forget so well
that it's as if I never even knew in the first place
It's like being strapped
into a self-driving car
and you have no idea where it's taking you
Like my life is a wheel of fortune
and misfortune
Spinning around the blue
Shaniqua Johnson Mar 2017
Void of emotion,
fake smiles ever so slowly become my nature.
Bones to pick, pick and pick away
leaving my wall nothing more than a pile of rubble.
tick
Conflicting thoughts
flicker and flutter searching for a way out.
Anger , hurt and melancholy
merge in the pit of my stomach and out comes anxiety.
tick
Laughter?
Who’s that?
Happiness?
A headstone to mark its existence.
tick
Enduringly awaiting
  the ...
   final ...
                  tick.
This is a poem taken from my Creative Writing portfolio 'Time is of the essence'
Ali Qureshi Mar 2017
Still deciding:
Was I lucky
or unlucky?

To have met you!

**© Ali Qureshi
Loving someone is hard, always.
Tiarnán Murphy Jan 2017
Who is that man really?
He is this person now, that person later
Personality changing, when company changes.
Does he know his own true face?
Truly he is a ghost to those around him
A ghost to those who want him
Truly a ghost in his own mind.
Amanda Francis Jan 2017
Im so busy seeing your side that i forgot where mine is!
AMcQ Jan 2017
The draping curtain draws back
revealing a dimly lit set.
The cast scuffle backstage
in their daily quarrel.
I wish their din would cease.
The lights awaken,
Silhouettes of exasperated
hands come into view.

"A Comedy, it must be".
"Satire, surely, is what she needs".
"No, no, another Tragedy".
"Lets sing and dance; fill her with glee".

"Can we not do this again",
comes the voice of Reason.

Meanwhile, the protagonist;
She waits 'till the eleventh hour
to know of the script.

*It's all an act, at the end of the day!
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