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Zack Ripley Nov 2019
Money. Cars. Jewelry. Life.
What do these things have in common?
Value.
We value money because of the things we can do with it.
We value the comfort and convenience of cars.
But they're not part of who we are.
We say jewelry is valuable because of the time that is taken. The care.
We value the looks people give when they gawk and stare.
We value life because we are alive.
Without life, we wouldn't be able to enjoy spending money, wear jewelry, or know how free you can feel when you drive.
But there's one thing missing from the list.
One thing we always seem to forget.
Ourselves.
Andrew Layman Mar 2020
You are exhausting---

The constant hammer
that falls upon my head;
driving me to fulfill a goal,
making me always think,
with ideas that keep me fed.

Years before---

I was feral as a man
wild of tooth and tongue.
Uncaring in my approach
both aimless and blameless,
from the badge of being young.

Still---

Out of the faceless crowd
I chose an expression,
imprinted now, only you would do.
To save me from my sickness,
and secret life that only you knew.

That stubborness---

I can not quit because of it
and so I reach to climb;
through thorn and thistle,
moving higher, higher still,
until I reach that azure sky.

However---

Once I'm staring at it
I feel it's just not true.
Thinking ******* the challenge
I dig up through cloud and heaven,
and continue on my way...

Because you taught me to.
EXHAUST ME, Copyright © 2020
Andrew Layman
All Rights Reserved.
hayley robertson Mar 2020
10:50pm
i haven’t written in two years
this one goes out to music
and the stars
because who needs a person when you’ve got all your favorite songs to sing you to sleep

10:50pm
this time last month i’d be waiting
sitting and waiting
and waiting and waiting
waiting to feel something
anything
and i’d get in my car and i’d drive
seal myself up in my own little world where i couldn’t feel anything but the bass rattling my lungs
and the stars

10:50pm
all of the stars are out
although it doesn’t seem like it here
not like at home
but i imagine them
just me and the stars
and our favorite songs
and we drive
and we sing
and it’s perfect

10:50pm
clarity
comfort
peace
tmartin Mar 2020
the breaking
of
one wave
could never
explain
the entire
ocean
but it did
the shores it swashed
Amanda Kay Burke Feb 2020
Sometimes want to close my eyes
Let the blackness in
Surrender to peace of death
Allowing reaper to win

Sometimes want to lay my head down
In a permanent sleep
Lips will never part again to sing
Or make another peep

Sometimes darkness pulls me in
At 2am resting in bed
If I have not slept when the clock strikes four
Usually say "**** it" and stay up instead

And more reckless when I drive to work
Than can admit out loud
Remembering times before I was so ******* up
Sometimes I wish I still made my parents proud
Sometimes I get caught up in suicidal thoughts but sometimes I want to live forever..
Ally Barnett Feb 2020
I used to sit and wonder
What it was like to be happy

But now I know

When you're happy
You laugh at the memes
Your friends send you

When you're happy
You come out of your room
And watch movies with your family

When you're happy
You love the brightness of the sun
And appreciate the colors of the sky

Being happy means
Windows down and music up
Even in the cold
You dance in the rain
And laugh until your chest hurts
You take pictures
And not just when you are smiling
But when you want to be goofy too

Being happy
Isn't all that easy

It can take a while
But the road to become happy
Is the best drive
I've ever gone on

With the windows down
And the music up

Even in the cold
Philomena Feb 2020
Come get me, lets go, just put it all behind us.
I want to watch the road disappear beneath us as the miles add up
And I want to see you out there on the cold stone.
Green lights, yellow lights, red lights
We will dance beneath them all.
Go until the darkness takes us
Drags us
Claims us
will19008 Jan 2020
Drive
Someday alive
Someday I’ll find terrific
     love, crap, courage
even though
even though
     Could have
         used a Human author
who understands Poetry crap stuff
Could have used a Human author
    who understands Poetry crap stuff
Driving alone,
    confused
Someone called
    the words
          Someone didn’t call you
Someday
happily becoming
    a used Human author
          understanding Poetry crap stuff
Drive:
    first Pretty Big nice flower arrangement
Drive:
    first Pretty Big nice funny arrangements
Someday alive
    someday, Friends, available
             finding terrific love
Absolutely we could have used a Human author
    who understands Poetry
Absolutely I could have used a Human author
    understanding Poetry crap stuff
Fall
      day,
Keep
      reading
Find
terrific
love:

      Drive
Łëïçkî Jan 2020
Mosquito bites and warm summer nights.
Cold beers and unfounded drunken fears.
Sinning in the garage,
Seeing double like a mirage
Driving slow and enjoying the afterglow.
Sweet *** and the afterglow.
My sweet romantic teenage nights
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