#real-life
Glasses are half empty
sent sliding down the bar
as they clink together
a tip put in the jar
Mood is ever changing
as people come & go
to have a laugh & cheer
& see the crowded show
Broken hearts everywhere
just lying on the floor
mine just left with you
walking out the door
If I had only known
exactly what you think
perhaps I would have waited
to order up a drink
Instead, I gulped it down
& chased you with a shot
it sizzles all the way
my insides burning hot
I'm really not a lush
can handle what I sip
except for in the words
that cursed those pretty lips
I'd like another kiss
I'd really like to know
I guess not meant to be
it seems you had to go
I might just be here waiting
but then again,
...might not
cuz' unlike this here drink
my heart ...
it can't be bought.
Cherie Nolan © 2016
Oct 7, 2016
Oct 7, 2016 at 1:58 PM UTC
I smile
As you yell in my face
I laugh
After you push me down
I skip
When you want me to lay down and cry
I love myself
Even though you've told me for year
no one would ever love me
I stare in the mirror
Despite you trying to make me hate how I look
I enjoy life
Regardless of the fact you pushed me to the
point were I was going to take it away from myself
I smile
Though all I've wanted to do some times is cry
I laugh
When I really just want to just
ball up and die
I skip
Even though I live with a monster's
voice in my head telling me I'm not good enough
I love myself
After all the years that it took me to get to
this point
I stare in the mirror
Even though I can still hear your voice
feel you hands
I enjoy life
Because I don't know when it'll all be over
and I want to enjoy it now that I've decided to have it
And I refuse to let my past,YOU
Take that from me
Because you've already taken so much
Sep 19, 2015
Sep 19, 2015 at 3:06 PM UTC
she feels so alone
even with her family at home
maybe that's why she loves books
hey, at least she isn't a crook
she feels connected to the words
she wishes she could fly to them like a bird
the characters have become her best friends
they make her not want to reach the end
they make her feel special
she knows the feeling isn't artificial
she wishes they could last forever
reality's response to that is "never"
there is a connection between the books and she
from real life, they allow her to flee
Jul 27, 2015
Jul 27, 2015 at 11:47 PM UTC