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Everywhere I go I see your face
I love you but sometimes I just wish you'd go away
You haunt me when I'm wide awake and when I am asleep
I'm trying to move on but you keep following me

Everywhere I go I feel your presence lingering
I thought that death would take you but I can still feel you breathing
I want you to move on so maybe I can too
How can I be happy if I'm haunted by the ghost of you?
haunted by the ghost of you
 Jan 2021 Flatfielder
Marie-Lyne
We need to thank the people
that gave us support this year
that understood our pain
The people that never left us
Their presence
Their voices
Their words
gave us hope
to never give up
 Jan 2021 Flatfielder
Owen
Tonight
 Jan 2021 Flatfielder
Owen
Im sorry,
but tonight
I want to forget
everything
and everyone before
this night.
Ill drink and medicate,
let go of control,
for just a night.
I just want to feel,
alright.
I want to be ok,
and want to cry
at the same time.
I want to be wanted
and give love.
I want to laugh
and look at her smile
all night.
I want to smile back.
Search her eyes
and memorize
their hazel perfection.
 Jan 2021 Flatfielder
Khoisan
Quickly
learn
to
swim
in  
tears
so
you may
rescue
you may
save
Even yourself
Remember you are the fastest most determined seed.
(conception)
Here I am
Standing outside in the freezing rain

You don't understand
You think it's fair to make me wait

There you are
Coming outside and inviting me in

It hurt so hard
When I realised your true intentions

I'm in your bed
The regret is so extremely putrid

I can't pretend
What made me feel beautiful now makes me feel worthless

Here I am
I'm on the train home after deleting your number

You'll never understand
How one sinful night ruined my whole summer
a mistake ruined her whole summer
correct me if i'm wrong
but i cannot be corrected
sorry but i'm not actually sorry
i cannot help being right
do not correct me
Choreographed.
Designed.
System
in place.
Rules
to follow.
Accepting
the stage.
Parts to
be played.
Parameters,
lanes to
be observed,
traversed.
Designated.
Substrate,
maze
engineered.
Appa­ritions
injected,
game
begins.
Outcomes
limited
yet infinite.
All seems
normal.
Anything
but.
Define
normal.
Normal
here.
Normal
no­w.
Normal
then.
What else
is known?
How else
to believe?
Choices
what choices?
Choreographed.
Playing
the part,
enacting
the role.
Living
on a
pebble,
stage
in a
limitless
void.
Caught up
in the
play.
Accepting
the role.
Questioning
naught.
Dancers
on the
stage,
following
design.
Spinning
to the tune.
Choreographed!
I am a professional liar
It pays to learn deceit
Only the naïve believe in honesty

I am a professional actress
I've perfected every line
I've mastered every mask
You think you've got the answer
I've made you drop your guard

I am a professional liar
My name is whatever you call yourself
Honesty is naïveté
Naïveté is hell
naïveté  is hell
To no one in particular
You said goodbye

To no one in particular
You sang a lullaby

To no one in particular
You delivered a gift

The ghost in your mind
No longer exists
the death of a child
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