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-df Apr 2016
I've discovered
That people can slip from your grasp,
And sometimes all you can do is sit and watch.

All I wanted was to be
Your friend.
The person you'd come to.

You were supposed to be
The one.
The only one.

And yet, here we are.
Distant strangers
That never met.

(-DF-04/25/16-)
(i'd like to shut down my feelings at this time. please and thank you.)
Julia Mae Apr 2016
66.
the good nights
used to be tinged
with kisses
and a soft caress
against my back
sending shivers
down throughout my spine
but now you say good night
with silence and
unmoving touches
i'm not too sure
how i became so dull
and unlovable
and cast away
to the colder side
of this bed
it's 5am,
i'm wide awake
this ache kept me awake
as you slept
your arms were in the wrong place
they were supposed to be here, here
holding me and keeping
the slumber less thoughts away
Brianna Mar 2016
Me in between the fog on top of the mountains we used to climb. 
Between the “I love you’s” and the “I’m so sorry’s” we used to say.

You’ll find me in a box labeled “memories and stuff” and when you unpack it you’ll remember the times we shared.
I’ll be that distant memory. 
I’ll be that “girl you used to date”

You’ll find me between the highway signs leading from Pennsylvania to DC. 
And when she asks why DC you’ll smile and laugh because you’ll remember everything.

You’ll find me in your hometown down the street in that same old neighborhood we used to roam. 
When you bring her back here so she can see how you grew up.

And if life keeps heading down the same path we like to run, you’ll reopen that box in about a year or so… 
You’ll find me still waiting around thinking of you every now and then.
Seth Milliman Mar 2016
And though the day is gone and done,
Don't forget me,
Don't forget me.
Here lies a space left for one,
Don't forget me,
Don't forget me.
What is,
What isn't.
That's how it goes,
People come then leave me.
This is what I know,
Life brings them here and there.
What part do they play in my role?
Are they lessons for another stroll?
Talking to myself has grown old,
But what am I to do?
When they leave me cold.
Leila Valencia Mar 2016
Your book hides its head
Thinks below
Our gaze waits for you
Beginning, the show

Writing My arms in black and blue
Message from lily pad hearts
The start, of a melody
The end of a symphony
See. The glow, the permanent
Hidden code
Showed, what I feel in hieroglyphics
My love will not show
Will not breathe, stand close, or far
Below, ago, you may know
My love can not show
What I cover. What Skin I wear, a visage, but truthfully a disguise of my truest feelings.
Tony Luxton Mar 2016
I leaned on the rail, stared through
my mental zoom and wondered.
Were ther footprints in the sand
of that island to the windward?

No sign of man. Startled cliff caves
gaped at us, seagulls dived at us,
while whales schooled us and led us away.
We passed by and the North Channel sighed.

Now it's just a floater in my eye,
a landscape's distant daub of grey-green,
a mystery mote that still returns,
but I pass by praising Gaia.
Amber K Mar 2016
I remember when you were always there for me.
You'd keep me safe at night.
You always kept my fears at bay.
I could always count on you.

Then one day everything began to change.
No matter what I did,
it was never enough to make you happy.
You were always angry with me.

Now I've just started to distance myself from you.
Because I'm tired of hearing about the same things over and over,
and feeling like a burden to you.
It hurts to much.

I wish you'd see how much I've tried to reach out to you,
and how many times I've tried to express that I miss you.
But you refuse to listen and I'm exhausted.
I can't keep doing this.
This poem is about a family member of mine who I wish would listen to the things I say and get that I really miss when she cared like she use to. It really breaks my heart, but I'm just to tired to keep trying to rebuild our relationship anymore.
Irlomak Feb 2016
like the moon
adores the sun
she can only admire him from afar
never too close
but
always too far
for the moon can never be with the sun
like she can never be with him.
Danny Price Feb 2016
He drowns himself in cities:
Grey walls and blue lights.
Maturity, they call it, when
Blood turns brittle and eyes
Lock the soul. Warmth
Comes in bottles now.
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