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Leyla Siraj Aug 12
A silent longing, a plea divine,
In love's embrace, I seek my place,
But a flaming ache steals this space,
For in this fire, no warmth is found.

An empty throne, a bad religion,
Amidst the chaos, a wish is born—
Not for riches, nor worldly adorn,
But for a fleeting moment, a tranquil escape,

Not in death's cold clutch, nor sorrow's bind,
But to fade away, like gentle rain,
Dissolving into mist, into nothingness.
Yet as the mist clears, the heart yearns anew,

So I cherish the longing, however long,
For in this yearning, I am reborn.
Kalliope Aug 3
I just want someone to look at me
To see me,
For all that I am
Look AT me-
Not through me
And past where I stand

I just want someone to know me,
To feel me,
To want who I am

And for a second,
Quite briefly,
I think our eyes met
And that scared me so bad
I immediately left
I crave quiet understanding
But the chaos is too loud
Once I was finally seen
The fear took all my sound
Kalliope Aug 3
A rose without thorns
Would not be a rose
But I tried to trim mine
Before you left me to wilt
Watering myself down
Drowned us
Kalliope Aug 2
A green light
On a cold phone
Is the only way
I'll ever feel your presence
I'll never feel your arms wrapped around me
Kalliope Jul 29
When the spark is gone
And just a candle burns
I can't promise I'll be around

See the wax it melts,
So painfully slow
But the sparkler,
Knows how to put on a show

The wax could warm me,
And make me feel whole,
Scented with safety and patience

But the fireworks?
They make my heart race,
And for a second it's my only focus

And I know what they'll say
You can relight a candle,
A sparkler's a one time thing

But that won't stop me,
From fighting for the spark
Even if it keeps me on my knees
All good things come to an end
So they say
Or do I end all good things?
Kalliope Jul 28
And I'll think of you
In the morning blue
While sipping my tea
Wishing we could be
The first glimpse of the sunrise over the trees is what you felt like to my heart
Kalliope Jul 28
I wore my heart on my sleeve
For way too many years
And now she is tattered and torn

I still ball up the shreds
And hand them to men
In hopes she won't come back worse
Loving love is a curse
relahxe Mar 31
I look at you
A ghost without boundaries
My hands reaching out
To grasp your heart
Nothing there to stop me

I look at you
Ephemeral
And ethereal
I wonder when you’ll see
The way I view you
An abstract concept
Far away
Never to be found
Never to be touched
Yet an object of limerence
An object of love
That is not to be realized

Saudade
Object of obsession
You are nothing more than that
You are much more than that

A ghost without boundaries
Dead yet alive in my mind
Fitting in the puzzle pieces
As I fit the parts of my heart
Last time it fell for you
Ash Feb 14
And so I dig a shallow grave
for the fairytale castles
All of a love that never was,
laid softly in the earth
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