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Sep 2023 · 60
Untitled
carla Sep 2023
i wish the man pulling all the strings would pull mine a little harder
just a little harder until i break
Sep 2023 · 66
i’m sorry
carla Sep 2023
i’m sorry for being too much
yet too little
too loud
and too quiet
too stupid
yet too cautious
too stubborn
yet too forgiving
i don’t know who i am anymore
Sep 2023 · 51
guilt
carla Sep 2023
guilt is a debt left unpaid
it grow by each waking day
and the longer it sits still
collecting dust and others feelings
it takes more in its wrath

guilt is an infection
it spreads to every bone in your body
takes over you immune system
until it is all what every cell in ur body feels

guilt is a mindtrick
it fools you into thinking it’s over
then it wraps you around it’s finger
and like a serpent it strips you of any air you have left to breath

oh guilt
i stay a victim to your actions
a slave to your thoughts
unable to climb myself out from a hole of my own creation
Mar 2023 · 92
reduced to a feeling
carla Mar 2023
you were so much but so little at the same time
and so when asked
i reduced you to a singular feeling
that feeling of water dancing along your fingertips
of light catching you by surprise in the space between two clouds
of the specs of salt falling on your face along the shore
Mar 2023 · 106
it’s too loud
carla Mar 2023
the tunes of song weren’t enough anymore
i tried to drown myself in the rhythm
in the lyrics
and i still felt the same
the music playing in my head
was so much louder than anything i could play
Mar 2023 · 104
i cant do it anymore
carla Mar 2023
i was drowning and you held me under water
Mar 2023 · 102
you are art
carla Mar 2023
there’s something about the way your nose creases when you smile
the way your cheeks light up a bright red
and that subtle highlight on the right of ur eye glistens that much stronger
i hold my breath when i look at you
not wanting to miss a second of your beauty for something as insignificant as a breath of air
i stare at you like art
you are art
with your delicate intricacies
your presence so captivating
and i’ll keep staring until i run out of air to breath
Mar 2023 · 97
fantasies
carla Mar 2023
witches and gargoyles,
sirens and werwolves,
dragons and monsters,
oh protect me from the tundra kind sir
save me from the terror that is your dismay
be my knight in shining armor if you will
Mar 2023 · 111
seasons of torment
carla Mar 2023
summer finally came
she was ever so beautiful
with her golden hairs reflection on the crystal blue clearing
her warmth so enticing so forgiving
she could lure anyone in
yet winter came in with his icy touch
and froze everything within reach
Mar 2023 · 365
an angel we call sleep
carla Mar 2023
i want to be swept away by a closed eye
by an angel we call sleep
and as my eyes start to shut
i’ll live ever so incandescently in your memory
Mar 2023 · 81
Untitled
carla Mar 2023
dig your nails into my skin as we touch
and watch me bleed into your sour words of goodbyes
Mar 2023 · 105
childhood lies
carla Mar 2023
i wanna go back to when the tooth fairy existed
this piece of myself of kept under my pillow
wishing she would visit and bless me with her presence
it was only when investing myself fully in the tooth fairy that she truly existed
are you my tooth fairy?
do you exist purely in my mind?
Mar 2023 · 76
Untitled
carla Mar 2023
im not the person you said i was
but now i feel myself turning into her
your cruel words ingrained in my mind
and now all i can do is drift towards the story you wrote of me
im nothing but the person you said i was
Mar 2023 · 66
i’m falling
carla Mar 2023
i don’t think it’s called falling anymore
i think i’ve fallen
using the verb falling would imply hope to get back up
i’ve lost that hope along the fall
Mar 2023 · 100
death comes knocking
carla Mar 2023
death comes knocking door to door
the thought to answer so incandescently present in my brain
so ingrained in my thoughts
but i don’t do it
i sit in agony and watch as death walks away
it’s strange
i miss him
i hope he comes back to knock on my door
this time maybe i’ll answer
this time maybe i’ll finally be set free
Mar 2023 · 85
i’m so lost
carla Mar 2023
i don’t know who i am anymore
i feel myself becoming her
becoming all that i said id never be
the cigarettes i used cough around are now the only way i feel at ease
the alcohol id get goosebumps from is now the only thing to numb the pain in my mind
the razor i had used to feel pretty i now use to free my mind from its torment
the body i used to call beautiful i now see as disgusting  
the friends i thought i’d hold onto forever are now slipping through the cracks
the person i used to be is gone
i’m her now
May 2022 · 125
an angel on a horse
carla May 2022
an angel on a horse
you are an angel on a horse
galloping around a meadow of our memories
the good part of it all
and as the sun touches your face
the blue in your eyes glistening
the song in your heart echoing through the leaves
as it all starts to look up
the song in your heart comes to a standstill
the lush green forest turns into mulch
the
you look down and there i am
with a knife to your heart watching the notes of song pour out
along with the shining velvet of my pain dripping down inherently
it was all a lie
for you are the devil in disguise
and i fell for it
May 2022 · 95
i come stained
carla May 2022
i come stained
unable to wash him away with every attempt i make
unable to reverse the mistake i made
the looks i gave
the flame i ignited
it’s my fault
it’s my ******* fault
although not physical,
i am stained
my heart so fragile, so disposable
that with every beat it becomes more and more empty
my brain eventually letting go of any thoughts it blurts out
until i depend on no one but myself
but how can i depend on myself when i myself am the predator
Jan 2022 · 93
winter
carla Jan 2022
knuckles tucked under warm sweaters
hugs masking the falling snow
birds all wrapped up in their feathers
watching all of winter grow

melted marshmallows on a stick
family gathered around it all
never once feeling sick
of the surplus of joy not present in fall

christmas carolers chanting lyrics
showing what it means to be
putting aside all our gimmicks
underneath the christmas tree
wrote this back in winter forgot to share it on it, warm fuzzy feelings thinking about it
Jan 2022 · 135
to be a sunflower
carla Jan 2022
oh to be a sunflower
called upon by the sun
to dance delicately around the moon
with arms long and wide
soaking up every last drop of sunlight
until the day you die
your soul fluorescent
like the yellow that shines through you
to not have a care in the world
the only thought in your mind
wether or not the bees stopped by
coming to say hello
on their way to all the other sunflowers
all living such an simple
yet wonderful life
oh to be a sunflower
Jan 2022 · 340
the two old men
carla Jan 2022
he was a mean scrawny old man
anxiety
causing havoc
in every direction he stepped foot
making you to think of all the possible ways you could fall
when reaching for the stars
while his best friend overthinking
sat and thought of a million more
suffered a lot with anxiety the last couple of years , finally getting better enough to start writing about it
Jan 2022 · 256
constant
carla Jan 2022
why do i feel this constant need to be sad
to think about it
because if i don’t dwell on it
did it ever even happen?
he would say it didnt
the 10 other people in the room would agree
so why do i still think about it
it sits still in the back of my mind  
watchint the dominos begin to fall
all caused by its very presence
Jan 2022 · 96
lemon drop
carla Jan 2022
like a lemon drop
expecting a slight taste of sorrow
but instead being met with the overwhelming grief that accompanies it
as the drop melts onto your tongue
the flavor slowly triggering your appetite
your hunger for more becomes apparent
you’ve been starving yourself
not feeling anything really
the sweetness of it all starts to seep in
that sorrow,
that grief,
all dissipates into nothingness
thoughts clouding your mind
when everything but nothing remains
who would do all this?
just for the sweet taste of what once was
for with every true adventure
comes a nasty resurgence,
it’s perfect complement
Oct 2021 · 75
blue
carla Oct 2021
blue.
not the blue in which u smiled goodbye to
the blue on the floor
where my tears fell down onto
the blue crashing through the waves
killing what was left before you
but in the end
it is blue i hope you drown into
Oct 2021 · 499
beauty knows no age
carla Oct 2021
she was beautiful
even at 86 as much as at 21
even without hair
she shined like the sun
as bright as she was
she poisoned herself
one cigarette after the next
her lungs were begging to be set free
and when they finally gave in
she was nothing but a happy memory
it was my grandmas memorial the other day wrote this in remembrance, i miss you teta
Oct 2021 · 77
silent chaos
carla Oct 2021
it’s funny how something so incredibly stable
can turn to chaos in a matter of seconds
the silent chaos
the type that shatters you inside until nothing but the memories are left
the memories your trying so hard to forget
that are now etched onto your chest
that’s the worst kind
the silent type
because no one knows what’s happening
no ones aware of the damage you endured
of the loss you felt in that moment
of the hands you see on you whenever you look in the mirror
of the hours you spent arguing with yourself on wether or not to speak up
the internal dispute, fighting with none other than yourself
which you eventually lost
the weak side in you always prevails doesn’t it?
kicking past the door of possibility wherever you step foot
Oct 2021 · 85
it happened all too soon
carla Oct 2021
i came crashing and burning
like tidal waves in a storm
trying to wash away any parts of you
and when it all came down to it
when i thought you never left
you weren’t there from the start
not where i was at the very least
in a fairytale of my own creation
the memories fluorescent and bright
the future filled with promise
the past nothing but a bad dream
but everything comes to an end
the clock finally stops
and all that’s left
is the bitter taste of what once was
carla Mar 2021
just shut up
i need silence,
an escape
it’s loud enough in my mind
i need to catch a breath
a breath?
funny how that’s what i’m fighting for
so please for the love of god,
shut up.
Mar 2021 · 274
here i come
carla Mar 2021
ready or not here i come,
she said to her younger brother as they played hide and seek.
ready or not,
she screamed 10 years later,
her voice trembling and shaking,
her hands ****** and bruised,
here i come,
she whispered
Mar 2021 · 105
skin and bones
carla Mar 2021
why is it that all i ever want is,
skin and bones,
brittle and shaken,
making me weak and fragile,
yet i smile,
because this is all i ever wanted right?
Sep 2020 · 92
one day
carla Sep 2020
one day your smile will be real,
one day you'll want to get out of bed,
one day your tears will be of joy,
one day you'll say your okay and mean it,
wait for that day
Aug 2020 · 80
Untitled
carla Aug 2020
Oh cry me a river, I cried an ocean over you
#heartbreak #toxic #sad
Aug 2020 · 79
Untitled
carla Aug 2020
Take my hand,
And take me to a place where pain and sorrow is an art,
So I can paint the room with my heart
first poem, hope its decent

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