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279 · May 2018
Falling Stars
Vinnie Brown May 2018
Late into the night
Up in the sky
I see nothing
But, stars
Falling.
Vinnie Brown Jan 2017
Sometimes I think I'm bound for losing it all
I read you attract what you're ready for
So, I hope to god you're okay with running
Cause I'm living this life just in the moment

So, let's do this all or nothing
If you stay or if you go is a scary thing
A day with no ending is what this is like
You know, we may be pretending, but we still have tonight

I'm no hero, and I'm definitely no saint
There's too many ways to say goodbye
It's quite the opposite this time
All I know is this just has to last forever

One step back and two steps forward
Pretty girl, I just hope you know we're making history
And, sometimes you just can't help but say
That this is just the life you ordered
I just want to be able to say I faced this fear on my own
It's a lot easier knowing, I'll never be left alone
276 · Jul 2017
Souls In The Garden Of Eden
Vinnie Brown Jul 2017
In the garden of Eden
All of the king's horses
And all of the king's men
Couldn't piece together these lands again
We're all looking and searching just to find ourselves drowning
There's wolves in our heads and they're howling
Just when it seems like we lost it all
We somehow find something to believe in
Just needed one reason
To save our souls from the sins we've been bleedin'
274 · Aug 2017
Ache
Vinnie Brown Aug 2017
When the storms a rage and loving you is a losing battle
If I were to drown here, it wouldn't  matter
There's things you seem to do
I thought that love was never true
And everyday I'm a slave to the heartache
No, it's not heartbreak, it's an ache I crave and put everything at stake
You tore my world apart
Like it was something you had planned to do
Trying to find our love, headed back to the start
Cause giving up a love like you
Is something I just can't seem to do
272 · Jun 2017
Red and White
Vinnie Brown Jun 2017
It would be quite a thing to see our hearts break and age like fine wine
Wanted by someone ready to get drunk in our flavorful taste

She's as dark as the red that stains my lips
Stronger than most highs, especially the glances from those eyes
We have this all, so let's just share all these best years

You're my drug of choice, not popping pills
As long as it's you, I'll never have my fill
Older now, seems to be we went from nothing to everything
Can't believe we never found each till we started running
Whites over red, seem to get to us
White dress and black tux, red just happened to be an accent, not sure what was the fuss

Do you recall? Those years
We didn't know each other's names
Just love drunk on red and white
265 · May 2017
Find Yourself
Vinnie Brown May 2017
My dear,
It is going to be hard letting you go
The ultimate sacrifice
To become completely selfless
We must accept the fact that when we love someone
We shall put their happiness before our own
So, run and run fast darling
Find yourself, when you don't think you can
This is one of the hardest things I've ever had to do
I shall do it regardless though, because of the love I have for you
Come running back, when you know who you are.
265 · Jun 2017
On The Other Hand
Vinnie Brown Jun 2017
You've been drinking
You've been smoking
Trying to forget me
Since the day you left me

You know people come and people go
We both know looks can be deceiving
We'll stay on breathing knowing that you'll be leaving
Somewhere deep in your bones
You're not one for power
I know you've got your eyes on the throne
I'm not the one that you're using
Just like the attention, it's self abusing
A plan is great, but I know you'd rather slowly feel this all out
The only problem is my lack of relationships fills me with doubt
You know people come and go, but this time I'm leaving
It looks pretty hard, but trust me looks can be deceiving
265 · Dec 2015
This world.
Vinnie Brown Dec 2015
I’ve contemplated every outcome in my mind, every single one...things change in an instant of that I know.
I’ve seen the greatest sides of life and the darkest.
This world can be a dark place full of terrors and unworthiness
honestly it can just be one of the worst places, but in the same instance this world is magnificent and glorious in every step
Full of wonder and awe and love.
As I said I’ve contemplated every outcome seen every ending in my mind and still through all the pain I’ll always choose you it doesn’t matter I can’t convince myself otherwise...
I choose you this misery is worth every second, you’re worth every second and I’m content with that
As I said this world is full of love and my minds made up.
I would choose you always A.C.
261 · Jul 2017
Free
Vinnie Brown Jul 2017
This world
Isn't quite
What my heart expected
Except you and I, two hearts
Refusing not to be connected
If the church knew were weren't believers
Living stupidly free just lost dreamers
Oh, how badly I crave to be free
Just, trying to find my home sweet home
Maybe, something's just wrong with me?
It doesn't matter cause, it's not just me, but it just so happens to be we
Thanks for helping me feel so lively
Just trying to find my way back home, oh sweet home
261 · Dec 2016
Run Far
Vinnie Brown Dec 2016
I guess it's just the way that you are
You run so hard, but you don't get far
You're a little broken but you can only piece you together
We both know that no one owns that heart its all yours

Beautiful eyes like the summer time
Pretty hair like the dark blue water
Beach days and long legs
A smile to make your heart ache

She's not a bad girl, just got a little bad side
She just wants it all for the idea
Even though it's everything that she fears
See, she can't go back to that thinking cause that's what got her ****** up in the first place
Knowing what the price is, she doesn't want to chance it, everything she got to appear was searched until she found it

See, she can't be the one for you, but regardless it's her nature she'll always come through.
259 · May 2017
Sins
Vinnie Brown May 2017
Maybe me not being able to have you
Is me having to pay for sins
I didn't know I had
256 · Feb 2018
Chemical Imbalance
Vinnie Brown Feb 2018
There they are, the falling of stars
When devils and angels danced
Where the sacraments of our validations
Lie wasted upon ocean waves
Of seratonin highs
And dopamine lows
255 · Aug 2017
Cuffs and Red Lipstick
Vinnie Brown Aug 2017
She turned and giggled
As she watched a boy struggle
To button his cuffs
As she helped
He couldn't help, but admire her perfectness
The bareness of her shoulders
In a miraclous red dress
The lightness of her cheek bones
From perfectly applied makeup
She had her hair in a style he'd never seen
She was always so adventurous
Finally looking up after the job was done
To lock eyes with a lover
Lost in nothing, but a moment
As he kissed her not caring of the perfect red lipstick on her lips
254 · Apr 2017
Lungs
Vinnie Brown Apr 2017
Inhale
Exhale
Just take a breath and breathe
Cause' she is all that you need
252 · Apr 2017
Tipping The Scales
Vinnie Brown Apr 2017
I must be out of my mind
I'm so drawn and craving for more
You're truly one of a kind
My hearts never been so sore

Tipping the scale and whirling sit my fears
A feeling of coming undone
Yet, your love appears
I'm hoping this isn't just all games and fun

I'm not where I belong
So, shine your light
Bring me your love tonight
Give me your hand, and let's rewrite this wrong
250 · Jul 2016
Mrs. Hyde
Vinnie Brown Jul 2016
Where she goes I can't tell no one knows
When you leave, she's not there
Can't quench my thirst
What's it like living with that poison that keeps coming out your of mouth?
I was thinking about the day we met
The love came rushing out
You were empty handed and filled with regret
I've been drowning here for days
Every inch of me there is to trace
No secrets left here on our page
Underneath your skin I see some change
You really wore me down
You use to make me feel like a piece of art
Now the only thing hanging on your wall is just my heart
Now you're asleep, way to deep, living like no one else ever did before.
I see that look now in your eyes
I just guess I don't know

Goodbye, Mrs. Hyde.
A lot of influence here.
249 · Jul 2017
Disappear
Vinnie Brown Jul 2017
If I asked so sweetly, would you pack up all your stuff and get out of here?
Tell all our friends and family we might just come back next year
Run to the end of the oceans, where space and time collide, when they finally figure out we're never coming home and our names are finally forgotten and we've all, but disappeared
244 · Dec 2017
Two Souls
Vinnie Brown Dec 2017
Someone asked me
How is it two souls meet?
Maybe us humans are truly nephalim
The children of Angels and Demons alike
Drawn to one another like good and evil
Perhaps one is born under the moon
And the other under the shining sun
There’s an unlimited amount of moments
In a fragile lock of the eyes
To say that our eyes are locks and keys
To the one true person who can see further
Maybe it’s just dumb chance
For in a world full of possibilities
How impossible does it sound
That the world has someone
Dreaming of you
242 · Jun 2017
Fireproof
Vinnie Brown Jun 2017
I'll be the first to admit, I am not fireproof
I feel it burning me
Oh, and darling isn't it just scorching you?
I really hope I don't ****** me
If only being sent to heaven wasn't such a burden too
If only we say oh, we do, we do
242 · Jun 2017
Love and Other Sins
Vinnie Brown Jun 2017
Love each other like there ain't another day
Lead with our hearts, I swear that's the only way
Let's keep our heads from thinking what we could lose today
I guess, when all of this is finally over, I'm just finally asking you
Oh my love, won't you just please stay?
241 · Jul 2017
Seasons Change
Vinnie Brown Jul 2017
Everstrong
Mountains in the waves
Crossing the seas
Can't seem to find my home where we are
Watching seasons change
Roads with never ending adventures
I still hear you in the breeze
See your shadows in the trees
Letting go of memories
Standing tall in this world that I've made
240 · Mar 2016
Time to share
Vinnie Brown Mar 2016
Sadly I awoke to find myself still breathing
As I do every morning now
Maybe I should have a dance with fate
See if the dice roll sevens
Take a chance and see if my lungs still have air left to breathe
Not as if you'd notice love
You gave up on me
And it only seems fitting I do too
239 · May 2017
A Message To My Muse
Vinnie Brown May 2017
There are 31,536,000 seconds in a year
I wonder how many of them
I'll spend with you in mind
Burning through the minutes talking
Swimming through the hours touching
Flying through the years loving
Hey, maybe time will be on our side
Opposite of death wishes
I got a love wish
Just be my last kiss
237 · Apr 2017
Unmistakable
Vinnie Brown Apr 2017
Reject me now, and I will undoubtedly
Make it my life mission
To find the most beautiful girl
She will be perfect, and it'll be a ploy at happiness
The resounding fact is, she could never be you
I will love every part of you, and even more so your flaws.
235 · May 2017
Maybe Someday Soon
Vinnie Brown May 2017
One day, when you wake up before the suns up
You'll realize that I was the man of your dreams
The sun won't rise and shine
It'll be a bit gloomier
You'll question to text me and fight within yourself to see what I am doing
The truth is, I might let you back in and I just might not
You'll have to earn your spot amongst the great things that reside within my heart
If you do manage to fight your way in
I'll never use your journey of life against you
234 · Jan 2017
A Stranger's Advice
Vinnie Brown Jan 2017
I went for a walk early in the morning, and as I made my way through the empty park I ran into a boy of seven. He asked me how I was, and I said "Not bad I guess, could be better." He kept the conversation going, and asked how life could possibly be better, and I smirked and foolishly replied with "It could always be better." He asked what I saw in the park and I looked around and said "The leaves are dead, and the sky is black, the snow and ice make today look quite bleak."

He smiled bright, grabbed my hand and led the way. As he led me down the path he softly said "Don't you think that black and white are some of the most beautiful colors, it gives you the chance to imagine and see colors unseen in this world."

He stopped and instructed me to close my eyes and so I humored this little fellow, and he started to count down and as he did so I started to feel a warmth growing inside, when he instructed I opened my eyes and there she sat, a beautiful girl with a book in hand bursting at the seams with colors I've never seen.
I wanted to try something a little different, and write a short story.
233 · Jul 2017
Vinnie Brown
Vinnie Brown Jul 2017
In a lost amount of complexities
You're quite simple aren't you?
In a testament of strength
You fair boy, you seem to be my greatest adversary
Breathing in and out
Cause' rooms filled up with faces
And the air so thick we could taste it
Heavy heads always seem a racing
And somedays you can feel yourself erasing
Freedom in the high lows
Find some space and learn to let go
As a soul seems to be shifting higher
Bursting at the seems of good hope
Clashing like images of kaleidoscopes
That sounds like my life though
233 · Jul 2017
Of All, The Moon and Sun
Vinnie Brown Jul 2017
Suddenly the moon comes out
And I feel my love creeping out again
Bathed in moonlit madness
Stuck in crowded rooms
Getting drunk off Bacardi
Knowing my place isn't at this party
Knowing tonight I'm drinking more than recommended
It's the only thing I can do to keep my heart corrected
Finding my way outback poolside
Imagining that the stars are listening as my mind confides
Oh, at least the suns suddenly coming up
And, I feel my love burning up again
Bathed in sunlit happiness
233 · Sep 2018
Childish Ways
Vinnie Brown Sep 2018
And if there is one thing to take away
From all the learnings of our childish ways
It’s that we all have devils inside
Burning low waiting to shine
As other people are distractions
From our own faulty reactions
Yet, we all still hope to learn
To love what’s deep inside
232 · May 2017
Waves pt. 2
Vinnie Brown May 2017
I got you feeling
Some wanting type of way
Crash into me like the waves
Love seeing you pull me to the top
Slow on the breathing
Floating away
Drowning in me
I know that you can't get enough
Crashing together high tide
Swells in our life wells
Love marks and bitten lips
I can see in your eyes that you want to just drown
I can see in your eyes that you want to go now
Drown in me.
231 · Feb 2017
My Confessions
Vinnie Brown Feb 2017
My mother always said, "Do right by the one's you love."
These are my confessions
You were the most beautiful woman I had ever seen
You killed me
We lived in accidental happiness
You know for two unlucky people
We got pretty lucky
I know we're far from where we need to be
This adventure is going to be long
Just trust our love will keep us strong
231 · Feb 2021
Balance Of All Things
Vinnie Brown Feb 2021
I am attempting to find balance
The balance of all things
For I am an unbalanced man
But, for you I wish to balance the world
As Atlas I hope to be strong
Undeserving as I am
I dream of your love
If I've lost it
Or if I've just finally found I've always had it
Baby steps is what it takes
As I'm inching towards our future
On my tippy toes, hoping you'll help me along the way
230 · Dec 2017
Frostbite
Vinnie Brown Dec 2017
Sometimes you find yourself
In the cold December clutches
Going 90 in a 54
With the windows down
As the frost clings to all the life
And for an inkling of a moment
You start to feel alive
For if you love them in the morning
You might just never feel the pain
Of falling in love with the wrong person
That’s the one good thing about frostbite
228 · Sep 2019
Ocean Love
Vinnie Brown Sep 2019
Ocean sea spray
And salt crusted cheeks
I won’t pretend that I never hurt you
I’m saying sorry again
Yet, at least I’m trying
Giving everything I’ve got
While you’re wishing it away to the sea
You’re everything I’m not
We’re not on our own
No where to go
Let’s run to the dawn
We’ll need the sun
And I don’t want to die lying in a coffin
Years and years of thinking of nothing
That’s not where I’m meant to be
I want a chance with you
Dancing in the sea
228 · Apr 2018
What To Write?
Vinnie Brown Apr 2018
Love, Hope, Depression, God, The Devil, and The Sea
Which of you shall it be tonight?
227 · Mar 2017
Hands On
Vinnie Brown Mar 2017
A vicious game
Now a days they say love and hate is one in the same
I really wonder what it is that I offer you
I mean, at least you feel my touch whenever I walk on you

I should've known from the start
I'm still a little lost and don't understand how I feel so alone with your hands on my heart
Yet, were still so far a part

Our generation is taking love out of ***
So, only to question is left
Its alright together it's always better it seems
It's funny, if you have feelings you're weak
So, we'll just say less than what we mean
Song inspired
226 · Dec 2016
All the way down
Vinnie Brown Dec 2016
Pour me a double shot
Of ***** and bleach
Heavy on the bleach
Make sure to mix it
With your spiraling straw
Of endless lies
In the end
The alcohol will burn
And the bleach will **** all
The ***** feelings we left behind
On the road we took all the way down
226 · Feb 2018
Identity
Vinnie Brown Feb 2018
Let me toss you a question, who are you?
Man, the difficulty is resounding
It almost hits like a brick wall
Why though?
I suppose I don't really know
And that's so detrimental within itself
Not, that I don't know why it hits like a brick wall
No, I don't know who I am
I'm ever changing every single second of every single day
When past lovers say a girl or a boy I use to know
And we aren't really in love with people but memories
Of who people use to be
And I'm like lemonade, but today it's too hot out to play
And you're like the sunshine, when it's been raining for days
To the ones we haven't met, take us for what we are
For we are changing and our identity isn't set in stone
We're human and mistakes are what we are
What we crave to be
It's okay, you're okay
The idealism that we have identity
Is that we're all constellations in someone else's eyes
225 · May 2017
If I Believe You
Vinnie Brown May 2017
Been praying to a God I have trouble believing in
God,
        Watch over her in these times
Shine a light wherever she seems to go
Hug her in an embrace and show her she's never alone. Lighten her eyes on days the sun refuses to shine, and on her darkest days let her glow. She thinks she's an absolute mess sometimes, but she's a mess I want to call home. I'm asking you to help her along a path I can't take, and I'm begging you keep her safe. She's going to stumble and maybe even fall, please be the help she needs to stand tall, it can't be me, and so I need you now.
All the words I can't say directly
225 · Jun 2017
A Life Less Frightening
Vinnie Brown Jun 2017
Why deny that you and I
Got swept away by the high tide
To be found lost again on stranger sides
224 · Dec 2016
Midnight Cravings
Vinnie Brown Dec 2016
Hey babe, are you awake? Cause I'm a tid bit drunk and havin' trouble sleepin'
You're the first stop drop that comes to my mind
From what I hear there's always some truth in every lie and tonight
I think I don't need you
That there is the little white lie as the truth comes to surface and it's that I ******' crave you
Don't you feel so alone? Come and empty your heart and let me
just sink in
Your words they burn just like the night,
you let my hands wander into the depths of your soul and being
Have faith as were just kids playing
We'll find the love in one another we just like the teasing
I hope you enjoy.
224 · May 2017
Never seem to have
Vinnie Brown May 2017
In these thunderous storms
I just want to be brave
Scared to death, I'm not good enough
Would you love me if I was famous?
Would you love me if I was not?
Been stressing out, been havin' sleepless nights
All your past lovers haunt me
Now I have your love
The kind of love I never seemed to have
Did you truly see me waver before the world knew my name
Did you really love Vinnie before the fame?
I want that love that never seems to fade away
224 · Apr 2017
Love Laces
Vinnie Brown Apr 2017
I'm feeling weak, trying to stop this pendulum in my head
Back and forth, now I'm feeling guilty
Running to you, when all fears have fled
Finding out you were the one who'd never flee

I keep finding myself nervously rehearsing for when you're around
Watching your soul grow beyond these bounds
We were never lost, we just chose never to go home
Cause' my dear, you know when they say 'When in rome.'

We're drawn to violent natures
Your love laces tied me tight and showed me what the hell our souls were born to do
Lost in our love behaviors
I'm stumblin' and just sometimes getting it wrong, at least I'm lost in you
220 · Mar 2018
Art
Vinnie Brown Mar 2018
Art
I am sorry for the man I’ve been
And I’m sorry for the man I am
I like when I bleed
Because if I’m feeling something
I’m feeling free
Numb to the fact
Your heart’s black
Cause’ you’re angelic, but no angel
More hell smitten
I take white canvas and paint it black
Pretty worded love stories
Seem to be the aftermath
With blood tones in sunsets
And a calling from the moon
We can’t seem to answer
219 · Mar 2017
Apocalypse
Vinnie Brown Mar 2017
Take what we need while there's time
The city will be up in a short while
If I'm not mistaken it's catching flames
Let us run and escape back to the beach side

The city is burning and the ocean is turning
All the light that you possess scattered by lakes and sea
Guiding as we dance and sway in the tattered remnants of our destroyed moonlit eve

You are my lighthouse, the sea mark
The tempest of apocalypse has created this tide
I'm always pulled to the black silver ocean
Where these currents and the heavens collide
You're so unpredictable and I'm this solid brick who's unwilling to stray
We're in this solid state where the currents can't seem to carry us away
I'm the navigator who never could seem to lead
You're the ship who was always too proud to ever sink
219 · Mar 2017
Under The Stars
Vinnie Brown Mar 2017
Spendin' my evenings on the roof
Can't tire thinkin' bout you
Thinkin' that you're truly heaven sent
Making all these hollow hearts feel again
219 · Apr 2017
Strokes
Vinnie Brown Apr 2017
An infinite amount of piano strokes
In a everlasting minute
I think that's what my heart and mind felt
When I knew I was falling in love
Every key more beautiful than the last
It's coming so natural
Even the sharps and flats
218 · Dec 2017
What Do You Say?
Vinnie Brown Dec 2017
What do you say
To the girl you love
When "I love you" just doesn't seem like enough?
Do you jump to the skies and the mountains above
To the welling waters and the oceans embrace
How the never ending sea kisses the sands in wavy embraces
Old myths of four armed and legged beasts
Powerful enough to tear the world asunder
Split into two's, for the gods feared their power?
I heard stories of them from long ago
Given a mighty name: Soulmates
Perhaps, you recite bible verses of love, forgiveness, and sins
What if we jump to the unconditional loves?
Oh, maybe you recite poetic lines of Romeo and Juliet
Imagine disabilities of Traynor and Clark
When the words Me Before You became the norm
Tell her you'll have infinities in moments
Like The Fault In Our Stars
Maybe, you tell her everyday without her
You're just another lost soul


There's always the possiblity
I have this all wrong
That the most I can say is in the silence between us
In fragile moments
When our lips interlock
And, the sun catches her eyes in a flavor of a minute
Or, the times she's smiling to herself lost in the line of a book
In the moment where she takes the first bite of icecream
After a day that left both of your feet sore
It's really hard and even a little soul tearing
That I cannot seem to find an accurate description in words
Of how I truly feel, because it all is not enough

So, I will just say this
I will be at my 10
Until the sun burns out
Or the Sea's tide overcomes us
When California becomes The Bay of Arizona
And Yellowstone has finally had it's time with us
For, I am in love
Maybe, it's just as simple as that
Annie, I'm not sure my words will ever be enough, but I suppose you'll be the judge of that.
216 · Jun 2017
T.A.Z
Vinnie Brown Jun 2017
You were a lot like the game that day
Sun shining bright almost matches that blonde perfection
Perfectly green cut grass made your eyes look ablaze in emerald
Puffy white clouds and pearly smiles
There's nothing I would've changed
Most days in baseball and a pretty girl
Just seem to be good for the heart
213 · Nov 2018
Mama Said
Vinnie Brown Nov 2018
My mother use to tell me
To be careful with the blonde girls
With pretty smiles
For they carry daggers on their lips
And their favorite place to kiss
Is the back of your neck
So, you can’t see the blood
That’s been drawn
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