#openbook
Through paper thin walls
I can hear my neighbour
Marigold.
She starts with the same lie
every time
my husband Finnegan
will be home soon
let’s make this quick.
I can tell what kinks
the john has paid for
by the uniqueness
of the name she gives
her fake husband.
I once asked,
why the make-believe spouse?
Marigold responded
with delicate articulation
a girl in this line of work
needs to pretend
to have some normalcy
in her life
a reason to be kept alive.
Having nothing left to conceal
she lives her life
like no one is watching.
She leaves me astonished,
wishing to live one minute
as open as she lives every moment.
May 29, 2019
May 29, 2019 at 12:46 AM UTC
you told me i was like an open book—easy to read, but difficult to understand.
”why?” i asked, and you simply simled at me and said,
”because you’re written in a language i am not fluent in.”
May 21, 2018
May 21, 2018 at 6:58 AM UTC
Maybe I love her more.
Then again maybe she loves me more.
To her love is a test.
I know I've missed my share of answers.
I looked at the clock.
Knowing I need to take my time but can't slow down.
In a time I couldn't think she hid my calculator.
Telling me to use my fingers.
I knew the answers, I used them everyday.
Maybe I love her more because I studied.
Then again maybe she loves me more because it was a pop quiz.
But thats ok, because it was open book.
Motivation to love you better
Feb 13, 2018
Feb 13, 2018 at 10:21 AM UTC
My digits tremble
as ink falls to paper
*Drip...
Drip...*
I know you’re listening
My eyes blur
as tears fall to smudge
*Blink...
Blink...*
I know you’re watching
My insides crumble
as these words are written
*Creak...
Crash...*
Because I know you’re reading
Nov 20, 2017
Nov 20, 2017 at 3:51 AM UTC
With these tears
also wash my dreams away
I don’t want to think or feel
i’m clothed but i’m bare
i don’t wear my heart on my sleeve
my heart is sewn into my eyes
so i can try to lie
but i can never hide
everything comes out of me
these thoughts and feelings
for anyone to see
in blood
in tears
in sweat from fear
even the air i breathe
tastes like broken dreams
and tells you everything
i could never want
you to know about me
~MN
Nov 7, 2017
Nov 7, 2017 at 5:12 AM UTC
Smile and wave,
Pretend it's a normal day.
Don't stop to look down,
There are people all around.
Stand tall and fair,
Even if they stare.
Be nice and polite,
Don't go picking a fight.
Hide your true feelings,
Pretend like your heart isn't peeling.
It isn't you who they want,
It's the monster inside they hunt.
Act normal and laugh,
Hide your other half.
Don't show yourself,
Let them see you're in good health.
These lies won't hurt them.
Just don't look into their eyes,
That's where they can tell these are lies.
Jun 13, 2017
Jun 13, 2017 at 11:14 PM UTC
Floating here out in the sea
All you can see is me
The good the bad the ugly
All packed up so snugly
I am an open book
All you need is to take a look
I hide nothing in the binding
I hide nothing in my rhyming
It's all laid out so plainly
There was never anyone to save me
Countless times I've given in
Countless times I've committed sin
But I've only ever hurt myself
So I finally put me on a shelf
Mar 1, 2016
Mar 1, 2016 at 8:39 PM UTC