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mk Apr 2016
she was nihilistic, pessimistic, narcissistic
but he had her believing
in the magic of early morning coffee,
the sound of the waves against the shore,
& second chances
Pauline Morris Apr 2016
Mom always said not to frown
If I'd had something to be happy about, my smile wouldn't of been upside down

Now on my brow
Is a permanent scowl
Chiseled in stone
From when I've grown cold

People complain about crows feet
But every person like that I meet
I can't help but see smiling eyes
A happy face has always been their guise

Maybe their an optimist always seeing the glass half full
Boy wouldn't that be a useful tool

But it's hard not to be a pessimist when your glass is always empty
Not even for my thoughts a penny

Even when there is some hope and I think my cup is getting full
The powers that be shows me to be quiet a fool

They knock my cup over to watch me run
Like a little bug under their gun

Is it to much to ask for a little fun
To see a little more than the midnight sun
So on my face a smile can bleed
Not just temporary happiness that misleads
toots Mar 2016
When
your inner optimist becomes someone else,
someone pessimist,

-that has decided to see the good things,
the least.
I need some cheer-up in the moment :c
Jo Baez Feb 2016
Every now and then I lay awake at night.
Staring out my window as the moonlight covers me in bedsheets made of allusions piercing through my half-shut curtains.
Reminding me to pray, even though there's no gods to pray too.
Faith escapes through my finger tips and I've learned so graciously to live being lost.
I've learned to unconditionally love the angst in my veins and embrace the pessimist that I am.
Beinghonest Feb 2016
I'm always switching from optimist to pessimist,
why not realist?
I don't know why I can never be realistic...

-just being honest
i'm so used to looking down that it hurts to look up
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