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When a kid
I used to put
My boot
On the wrong foot!

A grown up
I put trust
On the wrong heart!
Now I make a mistake of a different nature
Charlotte Oct 2015
I loved you
I worried about you
I followed you
I cried

You loved me
You cared about me
You left
You lied

I gave up and let you go
*I love you
Amy H Sep 2015
How can I believe
by light of stars,
the things you speak?
I can see it in your eyes
the wine
makes inhibitions weak.

In this light
I'm special.
But this eve I know
that tomorrow
I'll be hidden;
nothing will show.

The faith you see,
the trust you feel
won't hang upon the wall.
By sobriety of sunlight
you'll have
no need to call.

Intoxicate my brain.
But fire in my soul,
is not as high.
When no one
tends the glow
the embers die.

You, master
teach me
what forgetting is.
My back is turned.
I have no need
and nothing to give.
Taken for granted.  Nothing gained, nothing ventured.  Even in zoology and anthropology, the dove will leave when nothing can be won from a hawk.
April Jun 2015
I know you're out there
and I know you want revenge

the music is blaring
but I hear you, trying to break in

it's late an I'm all alone
yet what scares me the most, is seeing you
with bloodshot eyes
wanting me dead

I'm afraid, that's true,
not afraid of death
or being trapped with you

I fear of your hands, touching me
and memories swirling
reminding me- I used to believe in *you
It's kind of repetitious, or at least it seems that way right now. I don't really know, I just had to write this out. Feedback welcome! :)
DM Apr 2015
It creep-ed up on me.
Like a dampness in my bones,
or a shadow in the many cracks of my skin.
This eerie breeze found its way between my existence, and my uncertainty.

Repetition in my mind,
a wobbling and restless insanity,
and it ate away at me.
Layla Emory Holt Mar 2015
As humans
during our
first year of life
we are supposed
to learn
how to trust
other people
for the
basics

but what are
we supposed to do
as we get older
and the hurt
increases
and the pain
won't subside

what about
when
our learned
balance
of trust
versus
mistrust
goes away

what about
when we
lose ourselves
and we are not
children
anymore
Erik Erickson's Stage Theory: Stage One of Eight
Derekis Mar 2015
When you speak, I hear only silence.
Every word formed on your lips, I devour
Every reason for your trust, a defiance.
Every second of your anger, feels like hours.

Sunlight comes swiftly flooding in,
behind the morning curtains of memories.
A lonely mirror reflects my past sin,
a monochrome world hidden deep within.

Scars reminds me of broken promises,
of aged smiles and earlier losses.
A cruel chasm between us,
made of assumption and mistrust.

Bleeding out of sheer circumstance,
stabbing pain, cant afford any feeling,
these old wounds, never healing.
Dream and fears, darkness concealing.

Mirror of self-loathing,
nihilistic temptation,
so enticing.

Save your heart,
until you can become one..
in the meantime.. run.
tc Feb 2015
I'm not an artist but I've opened up galleries with your name painted all over the walls

they're a souvenir encoded in brush strokes of downward spirals and rose tinted tunnel vision

the lights are blaring and my sight is blurred by tears and the street lamp flickers, almost sympathetically

a street lamp can understand, so why can't you?
DaSH the Hopeful Feb 2015
Oversaturated
The colors you provide are somehow tainted
I can't take it
Huffing paint makes me feel amazing
Green makes me feel jaded
Even though im homeless i pray i dont make it just to pledge allegiance to satan
Red makes me blue
Seeing her go
Disappear into hues
It had to be her
But i'd rather it you
I gather myself into a corner and blame myself
New
Allegations of chasing tail just to get head
Moments spent worthless as pennies when i'd rather be dead
Abigail B Jan 2015
i was blind
for quite some time
as the veil of
deception
and lies
covered my eyes.

i was blind
for quite a while
during my time
of mistaken lust
and misplaced trust.

i am sorry
for the time we lost
while i was blind
and i am sorry
for not being there
while i was lost in my mind.

i am sorry
for what i have done
for what i have said
for what i have left

i am sorry
You wasted Your time
i am sorry
i made You waste it

i am sorry
You trusted me
i am sorry
i destroyed it

i am sorry
for paying You no mind
i am sorry
for being blind.
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