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Rukhshona B May 2019
I put on a cute girls face.
I cut my hair to get to make you see my taste.
I want your attention so badly,
That I will deadly regret my changes.
My friends tell me be yourself.
I yell at them each time "It is not working!"
Drop by Drop
I topped all the girls,
still no change;I did not get his attention.
Then I went home crying
I said trying is useless!!!
Looking at the mirror I said who is this?
I hated the reflection in the mirror on the wall
I needed to change. This time the way my heart wants.
Took off my mask,
Looked at the clear glass and relaxed.
I was agitated free.
All I needed to do to get his attention was to love my self.
Colm May 2019
You’re the drug I see from an old distance
A smile that I cannot hold

How I wish and wish
And wish and wish
And grow older

Sipping on cups of memories
Which I thought I'd emptied long ago
Not that it matters, but she was mine.
Esther L Krenzin Apr 2019
Some people wear their hearts
on a string around their neck
while others cut that string
and shove it into their pockets
to pull out
and put away
as they please.

-Esther L. Krenzin-
-Roguesong-
Smoke Scribe Feb 2015
crazy idea, silly notion,
then again,
come back, circle around,
why not, you ask yourself

now prior to posting hereon,
every word with extra care reviewed

sharing, checking in
with my beloveds,
here, those gone/disappeared

telling myself
telling anyone,
talking to you
letting you know
my grace, your grace,
one and the same,
my face, your face,
my child, my son

know you're
checking in,
checking out,
the comings,
the goings,
knowing full and well,
I see you,
my face, your face
everywhere and everyday

our conversation never ending,
look for me here,
at the intersection
of memory and what's up,
you see my messages,
responding in a thousand
different ways,
our dialogue unending,
formally organized
Face to Facebook,
your face, my Facebook
my child, my son
DM00 Apr 2019
It is Spring,
and you look at us,
take a picture
in the cherry blossom dress,
surrounded by your friends.

Summer nights
when you look at one of us in the bathroom,
grin and laugh at your drunkenness.
We smile back.

The leaves fall and you’re alone,
your breath fogs the glass in front of us
tears sliding down
“I'm dramatic”, you say.
If we could tell you something new,
it would be that we are there for you.

no one has seen you like we have,
checking your mascara
before your dates,
glancing in bathrooms when you feel overwhelmed,
before those college interviews,
sending pictures to the boys you like
that moment right before you cry.
Chin wobbling, lip teetering—

do not be afraid.
We are crying with you.
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