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IL Mare May 2015
i remember
the way you say my name
like i'm the only person you know
i remember
the way both of our eyes meet
in the middle of the crowded room

i remember
the way you say goodbye
like there's no tomorrow that'll arrive
i remember
everything about the chase
i thought it was impossible to just fade that way

but we were such a progressing question
an expectation we couldn't meet
and you gave up too soon
and that's what both of us is gonna be
we can always just remember it all
Genevieve Wakutz May 2015
let the fire lick your veins
it's not like you'll need them
let the smoke carrel in your lungs
it's not like you'll need them

let the days fade away
it's not like you'll use them
let the dishes pile up
it's not like you'll use them

keep your eyes glued to the TV
it's not like they need you
keep your head in the clouds
it's not like they need you

keep your stories to yourself
it's not like they need you
keep your love to yourself
it's not like they need you

let your children grow old
it's not like you'll need them
let your family move away
it's not like you'll need them
Sarah Ann Brown May 2015
It kills me to think of the thing we once had
Together we laid in the silence we shared
The magic created in the touch of a face
The love that I felt in your caring embrace
It kills me to find that this chapter has ended
Turning pages in our book we'd so carefully written
Reminiscing of times where you'd long to be near me
Now I'm lucky when I talk if you even hear me
I'll miss the warmth between us on cold summer nights
And the sound of your voice as I moved up your thighs
I'll miss laying back to back in the heat of the Sun
I'd give anything to hear you say I'm your 'one'
I know those times have passed, I need to let you go
It kills me that no more memories will be ours
You once made me feel like the most beautiful girl
On the days spent together, just me and you in the world
I love you so much, in all forms of emotion
I wish you had seen why I'd been angry and sad
I wish you remembered the things you once loved
I wish so much that I have nothing left to give
But mostly, I'll miss you, for as long as I live.
Sera Amour May 2015
When I was a little girl,
Mama always put my hair in two pigtail braids.
She'd separate it so one was on each shoulder,
and then gave me a finishing twirl.

Never have I ever thought of what the hair felt like.
From day one in science class, I was taught it was dead cells,
nothing more, nothing less.
Never have I ever thought of how it felt to be pulled so tight.

It's taken a few years, and I've long since grown out of the pigtail braids.
Now, I make them more fancy, a french braid or a fancy one to the side.
Maybe this is a lesson, that things only get pulled tighter and tighter with hidden rage and growing age.
Never have I ever known how fast a stressed and pulled heart fades.
J M Surgent May 2015
I am jealous of you who find love young
And understand how to make it stay
Because I have found it many times
And it always seems to fade away.
When goodnight
Turned to
Goodbye

When sun
Turned to
Stars

When smiles
Fades

When laughter
Is lost

When tears
Turned to
Sobbing

When the eyes
Twinkle lost
Their luster

When pen
Turned to
Razor

When words
Turned to
Blood

When life
Became
A nightmare

When daisies
Turned to
Dead roses

I said
Goodbye
Her head so high,
All of her achievements are plastered against the walls.
Strangers know her name,
Everyone is aware of her game.
A smile plasters her face to hide the pain.
Day after day her mind starts to fill,
Her heart starts to fade.
Nobody knows,
They believe she's the same.
Deep down it's consuming.
Every thought ends in a question mark.
Every breath she breathes suddenly gets ripped away.
Guilt surrounds her every move.
Tread lightly, they're watching you.
Disappointment leads to tears,
Late in the night, alone with her fears.
The demons come to play,
Silly girl,
Don't you fade away.
Mel Mar 2015
You were the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen,
so calm, compassionate, and loving;
there was just something about you that made me feel so serene,
you gave a reason for living.

Every move you made,
every word that rolled off your tongue,
words that never made me afraid,
but moved me and had me strung.

With every thing we did,
you always took me higher,
we kept nothing hid,
especially our burning desire.

I always keep your photograph with me,
as a friendly, hopeful reminder,
of what you used to be,
when your love was so much kinder.

There’s nothing worse,
than looking in your eyes,
god it hurts,
knowing that the old you died.

Having you on my side in life,
I felt like I had already won,
but now I’m caught in this strife,
and the fire’s gone.

Looking into your eyes,
I could see that they lost their light,
I told myself that it was a lie,
as if that would make anything alright.

I’m holding onto this photo,
because it’s all I have left,
of the one who made my insides glow,
and my senses deaf.

So this photograph of yours,
I hold it close to my heart and pray,
that you’ll be like you were before,
because I don’t want us to drift away.
heatherlyheather Mar 2015
Like a fading dream,
I envision what no longer remains.
The softness of your grin.
Your smirk was of pure desire.

Looking in your eyes,
Was like looking at the ocean.
The blues of your iris captivated me.

Lightly I would stroke my hand,
Up and down your soft, pale skin.
Your complexion, perfect.

And that cute patch of freckles,
There on your back shoulder,
Made me smile.
Even your imperfections were perfect.

But it's all a dream now...
duhastnach Mar 2015
Bare face, full moon, we danced in irony.
With swollen eyes, anticipating dawn,
We jumped to the abyss for clarity.
Succumbing, you were fighting and withdrawn.

Swirling and twisting aimlessly, I fell.
Flaming broken bones, soaring hastily.
Your eyes pierced through me, a poisonous spell.
Damp cheeks, bitter tongue – growing vacancy.

Come hither, frightening solace of dusk,
Darkness echoed your face in paragraphs.
Part these lips with punctuations and brusque,
Poignant blank verse, depicting parallax.

Second crescent came, it was disaster.
You vanished in thin air, my sought after.
Last time I wrote a sonnet was in high school. My skills are getting rusty. But this is for you, my lost lover my most sought after. You will not be forgotten, you are now living within these lines. You will stay with me, even just in memory.
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