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Janica Katricia Aug 2016
you gave meaning to the songs on the radio.
making your favorite song be my jam.
you made those simple city lights glitter
though i haven't seen you all my life,

we wasted time wishing
we wasted time talking
yet you gave me lessons i couldn't forget
and you became a mistake i wouldn't regret.

you somehow made me the person who i am today
you somehow became the reason to wake up everyday

to wake up and hope for a better day,
gave me reason to smile even you're the one who got away.

from a far there are moments we almost have met
but yet you just destined, it's just not that moment yet.

we kept and wished for every day...
you said you almost loved me...
but you went away

thank you for walking away when i finally wanted you
thank you for leaving when i needed you.

thank you for letting me realize and have him do your job.
he does it the best by the way. Now, it is him that i love.
...
Do I regret the night my world changed?
I guess the simple answer should be yes,
But in fact, I wish it had been my last.

Now I know what people claim.
Do you know how lucky you were?
But I do not find that night luck.

I guess in my heart I somehow knew.
I had this gut feeling something was wrong,
Yet I chose to be there anyways.
Why? You may ask, and really
I do not have answer. Or do I?

I felt myself spiraling down the rabbit hole.
Though, this is something I cannot
Fully comprehend or fathom.
For once in my life I had everything.

Success, great grades, a car
Diploma at 17, college fully paid
Finally my father cared, or did he?

I think to myself it is my self destructive
Nature. Deep down, I cannot accept love.
I know this now, for every time I get close
I find a way to sever ties.

Maybe it is from a life of deception,
Manipulation, abuse, fear, loneliness,
Abandonment or was it the lies?

Was it the constant promises, promises
I knew deep down were bottomless pits.
I used to believe I was strong, but I learned
Pain changes people. It has a way of altering
People into the very person they swore
They would never become. I became my own fear.

Now all I can think about is the bliss.
I beg for the bliss I felt that night.
The same bliss that came with a screech.

I can’t remember the incident,
But I still feel it deep in my bones.
I feel the rattle inside my head,
I hear the shouts from people all around.
There’s this faint sound of metal crashing around me.

It’s pitch black but I smell something terrible.
Burnt rubber, smoke, no something else?
My head is pounding but I’m numb.

All around people are urging me not to move.
My vision is blurred, there’s broken glass.
I can’t moved, I can’t breathe, unable to think.
To my side, I see my airbag deployed, yet I
Still can’t comprehend what has happened.

This all just feels like one of my nightmares.
I think to myself, any moment I will wake up.
My door won’t open, why won’t it open?
Dizziness engulfs me and blackness consumes me.

I awake to bright lights, but I can’t hear.
Hands hold me down, but who are these people?
I look at my leg wrapped in a makeshift cardboard cast.
I try to move it, I tear at the tape, but I’m detained.

Panic seeps in, was I in a crash. My breaths come
More and more shallow. Waves of pain crash against me,
Suddenly I drowning in what ifs and confusion.
Did I **** someone? What have I done?

It was in this moment I took my last breath. I hear
Beeping around me, as my vision starts to blur.
There’s panic in the voices of each EMT. There’s pain
In my chest but I don’t fight it. I accept it with open arms.
The pain turns into a rush of relief throughout my veins.
Soon my vision fades, along with the voices of the people
Around me. Then everything is silent and I am at peace.

Now I think to myself, why didn't they leave me be.
Why couldn't I forever feel the bliss of that night?
Why did I have to wake up, why can’t I go back?
So in a sense, no I do not regret this Father’s Day.
This is the first thing I have written in almost two years. It is free verse to express how I truly felt.
mari Jul 2016
let me just start out by saying, i'm sorry that my life's a mess, but you can leave anytime you'd like.
that is, if you want to.

i'm not trying to make you go, but i'm not trying to make you stay.
you don't deserve this ****.
if you left, I wouldn't be that mad.
matter of fact, i'd understand.
I know it's tiring; dealing with all of this.

just want you to know i'd still love you even if you left me high and dry: dangling like my diamond earrings.
i'd still cheer you on in life.
no matter what, i'll stay by your side.
even if you stopped loving me, i'd still love you.

I promise not to shed a tear when I see you up at Sunoco.
just know that I still love you when you're lying in her bed.
I won't make you leave, j, but I won't make you stay.
just want you to know that I won't wilt when you've made your choice.

i'm not trying to make you stay, but i'm not trying to make you go.
I don't deserve you.
when you leave I won't be that mad.
matter of fact, i'll understand.
I know it's tiring; dealing with all my ****.

just want you to know that i'll still love you, even when you leave me high and dry: shattered like the mirror on my wall.
i'll still cheer you on in life.
no matter what, i'll stay by your side.
even if you stopped loving me, i'll still love you.

(the tinsel has lost it's gleam. my silk roses have wilted. the engagement ring has been tucked away beneath the floorboards. I think i'm going mad. I swear, I can still hear your voice as the summer storms roll in around 2 am. I miss you so much I feel as though I might just- just- [stick my head right in the oven!].)
Veronica Jul 2016
He's looking for help and he's not strong enough to pull himself up from the surface, no one can help him, not even me.
dlx Jun 2016
I miss you
I don't know why
But true, I just do.
We don't even know each other
We don't even know anything about us
We even still ask each other questions about who we are
We didn't even talk to each other, looked at, or meet
But somehow you are always there whenever I need you
You might not ever present now, to held me like what others think about us.
But someday, maybe it could happen
But now is now, tomorrow is tomorrow, and then let it be a distant memory.
What I feel this may be hard to guess by anyone, like they know everything about love, they thought they're pro
But when they found out about this, whether they still remain as a pro?
It seems big no.
Because this feeling is indeed hard to understand, even you, or me.
No one understands,
Until it makes me like this.


- dlx
dlx Jun 2016
Whenever you feel tired,
Just breath.
Whenever you need a hugs but you can't get one,
Just breath.
Whenever you feel give up,
Just breathe.
Whenever you wanted to lose yourself,
Just breath.
Whenever you get upset or mad,
Just breath
Whenever you think that you've already gave your best but you failed,
Just breathe.
Whenever you feel unsave,
Just breathe.
Whenever you need someone to talk to but people are just *****,
Just breath.

Don't drive your heart, baby.
Just don't.
Give yourself a little space,
A little break,
And a rest.
Your mind, heart, and mental can sick too.
Take care of them just like the cells keep you healthy everyday even every beat of your heart.
Breath.

Just breath yourself in.

- dlx
Saltnoon May 2016
We held hands at grungy cafes and we tasted food like no other.
We kissed for hours and plan for the future.
We argued and argued for days and sometimes for weeks.
We kept our ***** secrets and cry for our own pain.
electra Apr 2016
Art
Art is not defined by a brush,
Or the type of lipstick you wear,
Nor the picture through your lens.

Art is the beauty within you,
The beauty of the world you carry through your eyes
And the happiness you bring to this world.

You
Are
Art.
  
      I
      Am
       Art.

We're
       All
           Pieces
                  Of
                       Art
               And
                       Art
    Is meant             to be
                beautiful.
mari Apr 2016
i'm just a rusty knife stuffed in the back of a drawer whose occupation is collecting dust. everything i do sounds like nails on a chalkboard but i don't care, it's not like i can change it anyway. there's a sour taste in my mouth that tastes a little like ***** and a lot like the acrid words i keep to myself. i'm choking on the smoke left behind by a broken promise that's burnt itself all the way down. the lacerations on my wrists may have healed but the scars will always remain like the hole you left in me. i'm rotting away in my room but it's not like i belong anywhere else so i guess it's okay.

i'm sorry i ever bothered and i'm sorry i ever tried. it's not like you gave a **** about me anyway, you made that pretty **** clear when you decided to abandon me.
for c: you electrify me with every touch, every whisper. i've loved you since we met even though you're bitter.
anna macleod Mar 2016
and i swear
in that moment
we were the only two people
in existence

and i’ve been
meaning to say it
for awhile now

cause i see
that you’re getting so…
distant

our conversations
hold no value
and the distance between
is like a chasm

we used to have something
and like a flower,
it bloomed and withered away…
to nothing

and there’s this ache,
this pain…
and i try to ignore it
but i can’t
cause the memories
just won’t fade away

and the longer we go
without talking anymore,
the chasm will grow

and then we will be
so distant
so far away

but we’re already distant,
already so far away

and i don’t know
if it will ever be the same
again

cause when something
cuts you deep,
the pain goes away,
but the scar remains.
it's a cold rainy day as i sit here writing poetry, listening to weezer :)
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