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Thomas Alan Jan 2022
to every single person
who has stolen
a little piece of my heart

can you please mail them back to me
inside of an envelope
addressed to the person
who's words made you art

Thomas Alan Jan 2022
You left me in the Forest of Dean
talking to the trees
and there's now a nicer part of me
that nobody ever sees

I never once doubted
that I was going to survive
but I knew it would change me forever
even if I was to make it out alive

Sometimes it can take a broken heart
for a man to see the error of his ways
and now all of the lonely nights
are bleeding into the days

I lost my interest in meeting strangers
beneath the branches in the park
and ever since you left
I've been scared of going out after dark

Thomas Alan Jan 2022
I do not think you realise
that you hurt somebody's heart
and you aimed for the bull's eye
with a hand crafted poisoned dart

you may have missed the board
but you took the paint of the wall
the damage was done regardless
and now they're shouting the last call
Thomas Alan Jan 2022
let's just put on our masks
and go to the masquerade
because we are so well equipped
for putting on a show

we can dance until midnight
until the clock strikes twelve
then we must reveal ourselves
and admit it was all faux
Thomas Alan Jan 2022
you hacked away at my insides
like a butcher with a knife
you just kept on going
until there was no sign of life

you watched me bleed out
onto the floor
and with a sinister smile
you enjoy the gore

Thomas Alan Jan 2022
i may have loved you
with a damaged mind
and blackened veins

but the kind of love i gave to you
never ever wanes

Thomas Alan Jan 2022
Do I only belong to early hours
and having meaningless connections
under disco ball reflections?

Would I have kept my next of kin
if I had managed to keep myself thin?

I am being carried into morning
by the spirits that do not live in hell
and if i pricked my finger would it even break the spell?
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