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SC Kelley Aug 2018
You’re like a storm.

But in the best and most beautiful way.

The kind of storm that happens all of a sudden on the most average of days.

You’re like a hurricane coming into my life and tearing away the ugly grey buildings and leaving only the green freedom to overgrow my heart again.

Like a thunderstorm that pours out love filled raindrops to fill my soul and grow back the childlike happiness that's slowly been deprived of its pure ecstasy.

Like the tsunami-sized tidal waves that wash away my lost ambitions and filthiness.

A blizzard that whitewashes my view with your unmistakable perfection and pulchritude.

The flash flood that appeared into my life at the snap of a finger and since that death-defyingly moment my love for you has only grown.

You’re the faultless storm that has taken my heart, life, and soul into steady hands and locked them all within yourself.

Since then, I’ve never looked back and never will.

You’re the perfect storm.

~S.C. Kelley
For My Love
Tuffy Mutombo Aug 2018
Hashtag my soul away, so many can see it
I’m waving my hands saying hey look at me
Posting pics, statuses and videos
Can’t do it quietly
I want them all to See
Envy me and make me their fantasy
A few likes on this post is not enough
I deserve to get liked like I’m roylaty
adore me while you stare at the pictures
I spent hours cropping, adding more filters to guard my insecurities
Before I hashtag it, I dress it with perfection
Cut out any ugliness, clean up the mess
Show the world purity
because if they see the negative
their words will expose my insecurities
Behind this screen I found a secured me
That is the side I only want them to see
So I hastag popular tags so they can all see
The better side of me
Hopeful Cynic Jul 2018
She's young but old, her beauty calls my soul,
The world listens greedily when she laughs, her tears tear my heart in half,
The desires she inspires, give me all the motivation I require,
To remain at her side, she'd make a beautiful bride,
Her top layer is savage, her tongue primed to do damage,
But her heart is good as gold, fair and kind truth be told,
She pretends not to feel, but her emotions are very real,
Her happiness my heart's desire, of her smile I'll never tire,
She brings out from inside me, that smile which defines me,
If my words were kisses, she'd be covered like scales on fishes,
Her brilliance astounds, her opinions are profound,
I've found one worth respecting, there'll be no neglecting,
The fine jewel that she is, I'd change her to Mrs from miss,
But only when I have to offer, the best life possible for her,
She doesn't need me and never will, the miracle is that she even wants me still,
She's a person as gifted as I, yet one whose gifts are constantly applied,
She's hard working and dutiful, and oh so beautiful,
Can have any man she wants, as easily as selecting a font,
She's loyal a rare quality, she only goes to bed with me,
And there I fall into her arms, in the storm of life she's my calm,
Words can never describe her, there's no unit which can measure,
The worth of a woman so fine, nor the love I have for this creature divine,
If I could I'd destroy every clock in the world, so when it's time for her to go she'd never be told,
And I can languish in the pleasure, of a woman who's such a treasure,
And maybe one day, I'd find a way to repay,
The way she's made life for me, the happiest it can be,
If you ask me what I think about her, there's no woman better,
Would I ever cheat while I called her mine, yes I'd cheat death and old Father Time,
So with her forever I could I could fly, and never ever have to say goodbye.
faeri Jul 2018
slowly they walked,
with flushed-red cheeks

perfection in simplicity,
her hand in his.
Moni Jul 2018
Pretty, skinny. perfect,
Everything I want to be.
Well, I mean on the outside at least.

You post pictures of your "great" feast,
But I know it was a binge.

You appear so perfect and normal,
But you shed that skin
As you become out of sight.

Anxiety, mental break downs,
And I don't even know what.

You don't try to hide it,
Yet you somehow don't let it show.
At least to those who you don't know.

I understand so much,
Yet I don't at the same time.

You are so skinny,
Yet you don't eat and call yourself fat.
I understand hating yourself so much,
You make yourself suffer.
I understand it is your only need to cope.
Yet I don't understand
How someone has never been fat like me
Is taught and told to hate herself.

I want the best for you,
But I still don't know how bad it got.

I just can't stand to see you look perfect,
While no one sees your pain, fear, or guilt.
If you're reading this, im sorry. you deserve better than any of what you're going through
Lyda M Sourne Jul 2018
Music is all but
Perfect; tis a faux concept
In an abstract world
Praggya Joshi Jul 2018
I keep finding flaws
In my natural reflection
And keep searching for beauty
In my unnatural reflection
then sit and wonder
Why am I bereft
of any sort of happiness
Kay Jul 2018
Per-fec-tion (noun)
/ pərˈfekSH(ə)n/
noun

Perfection isn’t

An Endearing personality
That captivates all who see you
Paired with a captivating voice
Others look up to

Waking up every morning
With a smile on your face
As you walk through life
The embodiment of beauty and grace

Passing through
Day to day trials with ease
Treating the storms of life
As if they were only a breeze

That’s madness

Perfection is

Coming home to bills
Scattered across the kitchen table
Wondering if your daughter’s childhood
Will ever be stable

Having a face marked with
A new wrinkle line
Paired with your
Unquenched need for more wine

Not knowing if the tears will stop
Or where to run
When your best friend’s
Time on Earth is done

That’s imperfect
Perfection lacks the things in life that make it beautiful and worth living. Life is raw and unfiltered and perfection is unattainable so I think it's a shame that we're encouraged to portray ourselves as perfect in society today and act as if we never struggle. In real life, I think perfection is imperfect because imperfection is what makes everyone who they are life worth living.
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