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88 · Jan 2018
I Need Someone
Vinnie Brown Jan 2018
-Don’t do this
-You just have to make it to daylight
  -And we have a chance kiddo
88 · Jun 2018
Hurricane and Sunshine
Vinnie Brown Jun 2018
Rainy mornings waking up with you
We have no plans, we have nothing to do
White holy angel with a devil grin
Asking when I want to start the sins
Telling me all the ways that you like it
Biting lips in silence, fighting to deny it
Out of all the chokers that you own
I’m just trying to be your favorite
Cause’ you’re the sunshine
And
I’m the hurricane
Tangled up in these sheets
88 · May 2019
Fire Blanket
Vinnie Brown May 2019
Twenty-six
It’s funny
I use to find the most creative ways
To destroy myself
I use to be able to do it better
Oh, magnificently tearing down
Than anyone else
The smell of gasoline fumes
Surprised when I light myself on fire
Till you came a long
And grabbed my hand
Never looked right past me
Doused me in heavenly water
Nursed me back to health
Holding all I have over open flames
Two-stepping with Hades
As he beckons my broken parts
Oh, come on he says
I can not undo what I have done
But, it’s easier to accept with you
He can’t get to me with you
Yesterday was my birthday.
88 · Aug 2019
Work
Vinnie Brown Aug 2019
Calming the storm inside
Although, it’s raining heavy outside
Through the torrent and dark
Shines a faint glow
Guiding me back home
Slowing the whirring within
It’s just gonna take a bit of work
I still write, not as often as I should though.
88 · Aug 2017
Heavy Lies The Crown
Vinnie Brown Aug 2017
Dreams and dreams of a man
The only one who can do what you do is you
Taken paths of decadence
To the moralities of an heart not yet corrupt
Lie two picture frames
The legacy of a man

1. The family and kingdom adored by all
2. A man of twenty-four atop the world, of snow capped states and stars, yet a lone for the glory

Heavy Lies The Crown.
To choose what to be is the greatest quest of man, especially the aspirations of a king.
88 · Sep 2017
Love Stories
Vinnie Brown Sep 2017
After the endless battle
She threw one last spear
Etched along the shaft
"You deserve to be unhappy."
"For how else would you make pretty worded love stories?"
87 · Aug 2017
Remains
Vinnie Brown Aug 2017
We all have things hidden deep inside
And I am no king, no I wear no crown
But, you are still my queen that I've learned and my heart resides
You've taught me to trust
What lies deep inside
And, I still faulter in these desperate times
Still I weaken somehow
As time still slowly goes by
You refuse to let it tear me apart
Trusting the fears that lay upon my heart
For the day is losing light
But, you remain
Shining, oh so bright
87 · Jun 2018
Dreaming In Words
Vinnie Brown Jun 2018
It’s the same dream every time
If I remember that is...
The moon just looks so pretty
And the waves tickle our toes
As the beach is littered with bottles
Each with a different letter inside
And just for a moment
All of my words
Well, they seemed to be screaming out
I just hope they reached you
Did they reach you?
87 · Aug 2018
The Rockie’s
Vinnie Brown Aug 2018
The breath stealing peaks
Three friends and an existential crisis
Snow covered caps and march air
I thought the farther I ran
My problems just might not catch me
Till a voice whispered so, delicately
To the rest of my body
“What the **** are we?”
87 · Sep 2020
Depths
Vinnie Brown Sep 2020
The salt crusted breeze
Creaking of the sea washed wood
As the sails billow in the wind
I saw it, the heart of the sea
Buried deep in the black mass
That is my tomb
Drowning in sins
Calling my name
Dying with light
87 · Aug 2017
Name
Vinnie Brown Aug 2017
So, point all of the blame
As I am the pain
For that is our game
Since we are one and the same
Just a dangerous train
A heart ready to be maimed
Cut deep from glass and shattered picture frames
A never dying flame
Creating the tenth circle of hell within my brain
Forever cursed with your name
87 · Oct 2017
Trouble Sleeping
Vinnie Brown Oct 2017
I think the hardest thing
I've had to do
Was see this thing through
Knowing that you'd do
What you always do
Shoot me down for now
You slipped right through
In the moonlit rain
Subtle laugh line pains
I can see you haven't changed, only show love when there's things to gain
And if I'm not with you, I guess I'll have to teach myself to fall asleep again
If I need you, I'll see you in my dreams
87 · Mar 2018
Overtime
Vinnie Brown Mar 2018
All you have to do is bring an open mind
Take a leap of faith
Put your hand in mine
Let’s both take the night off
We’ve both been working overtime
86 · Nov 2017
Destruction
Vinnie Brown Nov 2017
She’ll strike again
The green eye’d beauty
For she is a wake of destruction
How many hearts will die tonight?
As she walks the night
And there go our lives
With every departing flight
86 · Mar 2018
Far Away
Vinnie Brown Mar 2018
One day we're young, then we're dead in the grave
We love and laugh, just to decay
Heads in the clouds cause it feels so safe
Hell's never closed, so we're leaving today
Chanting on the way down, "Oh, God made us this way."
Admit we're addicted to the reflection of who we think we are
But what we claim to be, it always seems so far away
86 · Nov 2017
Empyreal
Vinnie Brown Nov 2017
Right or wrong
For a moment in ecstasy
We’d **** our way to Heaven
86 · Jan 2018
The Gates of Heaven
Vinnie Brown Jan 2018
She begged me to come home
So I gathered
the eighth wonder of the world
An army the likes of the world
has never seen
And let them hear my words
“For if you all get lost within the shadows, look to me, let me be the light that guides you, and set the night on fire.”
And I unleashed them
Upon the gates of heaven
And angels fell
In desperation they called to Lucifer
Who brought with him his high command
And we slew them too
Blood soaked and weary
Collapsed upon the throne
Of the high heavens
God kneeling in front of me
Pleaded for answers
“For her, she shall have the world. So, nature call all your forces, your plagues and pharaohs, bring on your storms rages. I am headed home.”
For Annie
Vinnie Brown Oct 2017
You
And
I
We just never could catch eachother
At the right time
Could we?
86 · Nov 2017
Things
Vinnie Brown Nov 2017
With all the selfish things we’ve done
I hate that I don’t hate you
Although, I love that I don’t love you
No matter all the things we’ve done
86 · Sep 2017
Paradox
Vinnie Brown Sep 2017
Their love was something of wonder
For he was an unmovable object
And she was an unstoppable force
Stuck in their paradox
Of endless struggle



That must be what love is.
86 · Nov 2017
Deals
Vinnie Brown Nov 2017
It’s going to be a ****** day
When she realizes
She shouldn’t have to bargain
And make deals
For your love
Take a note from the reckless
She will figure it out
Sooner than you’ll be ready for
86 · Dec 2017
You & I
Vinnie Brown Dec 2017
-Thoughts of midnight

             -I think God forgot about you and I
86 · Nov 2017
First Dance
Vinnie Brown Nov 2017
Do you think years from now
This old town will still call us family?
Cause’ I remember what you said
Let’s not lose our heads
And I’m moving fast
You’re holding slow
Leading the way
Learning to swing and sway
Every move is so dramatic and erratic
The gleam in your eyes has me fanatic
Always there and never giving up on me
My own personal therapy
Dancing under her starlit canopy
It’s so hard to see
The future is blinding me
How will this end for me? I can only imagine quite tremendously
Could I convince you?
Let’s do all the things we’re were not suppose too
Let me see a different view of all the carnal sides of you
Meet me at the twenty-fourth floor somewhere on the roof
Whisper pretty fictitious truths
Let our first dance a top the world be for the world to see
It’s just you and me
86 · Jan 2018
Elephant In The Room
Vinnie Brown Jan 2018
It's about time we address the elephant in the room
It's standing in plain view
Everyone can see
That it looks just like me

Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity
So, tell me what's the remedy
There's things that they don't teach
Things so out of reach
That gods and devils envy us
For when our bones have turn to dust
And, love transcends all natural bounds
That's when true peace is found

A wise woman told me to let go of the poet
That life's ******, but it's not some tragedy line
In the fourth stanza of an endless summer
And her daughter showed me some love
Igniting winter's fires
Under cracked thrones of proverbial highs
85 · Sep 2018
Buzzin’
Vinnie Brown Sep 2018
I just got back and had my beats on
Jogging up the stairs
So, steep for an apartment complex
You were coming down
Crossing paths
Locking eyes
With the lyrics screaming in my ears

“I don’t want no temporary
Give me all or nothin
Imma keep it real with you
And give you all my lovin
Girl to tell the truth
It’s been a year and I’m still crushin
Girl let’s take a ride and keep it quiet
No discussin, we can take it slow
Nowhere to go no need to rush it
And if you need me I’ll be around to keep you buzzin”
85 · Feb 2018
Winter Moon
Vinnie Brown Feb 2018
The moon and I have what you might call
A love hate relationship
As I find her overwhelmingly beautiful
And she likes to show me my loneliness
85 · Sep 2017
L.J.
Vinnie Brown Sep 2017
Caught you dancing in the corner of my eye
You're a beauty, baby girl and I can't say goodbye
Can I go back to that night we had
A once in a lifetime kiss, it drove me mad
Laying arm in arm in the midnight summers laugh
Memories cut like diamonds, made to last
You always come sprinting back
To my mind
Seeing you every time you look your best
Take me back to that time you laid your head on my chest
I swear I don't belong here
For there are parallel universes where this didn't happen
And you and I made it out alive
So, I choose there, that is where my heart resides
Cause' a kiss from you is surely heaven sent
Let's get lost somewhere east of Eden
85 · Feb 2018
Donor
Vinnie Brown Feb 2018
If I go
Let me go like a ******’ rockstar
Cause’ secretly I’m an ***** donor
And I’m more afraid of waking up
Feeling less alive than I do now
84 · Oct 2017
The Kingdom Of Us
Vinnie Brown Oct 2017
Found myself running down to the ocean stream
Neck deep in the swirls hoping you'd find me in a dream
For uncontrollable emotions teeming with heartache
I seem to be teeming with lovers lost fate
Oh, drown in your love
Take me away, to the shores of begotten memories
Where the sun scratched waves
Draw away at my brain
Festered and spliced happiness
Revolves all around just your lips
We were dancing gods
Lost in embracing melodies
Never growing old, free to do it on our own
Crept back to the place we belong
And we can play pretend
Just don't play house with me if love is absent
Looking to go back to when we were fine
Looking to go back, except this time I won't make you mine
84 · Nov 2017
Glimmers
Vinnie Brown Nov 2017
I’ve never been good with religion
It’s a damning personal decision
Even then I find myself on my knees
Begging you please
This world has glimmers of hope
They’re all that allow me to cope
To be honest, I shouldn’t be here today
It’s a moment I’ve learned to replay
Every day, in my mind it’s the only way
For I am a sinner and you’re a saint
Lost for words and only images to paint
I wanted to dance in the chemical rains
But, they never came
You were dancing with the sun
I guess I’m just not that fun
84 · Sep 2017
Tempted Fate
Vinnie Brown Sep 2017
Nothing is ever perfect
I suppose it's human curiousity
To tempt the fates
Just to grab the flames of a lover
When I lay me down
I pray, we keep each day
Just please stay with me
84 · Jan 2018
Sandbox Thoughts
Vinnie Brown Jan 2018
Life’s filled with some really ugly things
Some of the worst moments
And life’s gonna throw them really hard
And you’re all at least once going to feel
As if the world and everything you know
Is simply falling apart

Except life didn’t know one thing
You are you
And every fight within your own mind
Every fiber of your being
Screams for happiness
And, you’re all beautiful
All works of art
Covered in your own tattoos
Colorless and full of scar tissue
So, don’t give me that ****
That you’re tired and can’t go on
Cause, life isn’t about these moments
That are pretty and beautiful
It’s about these moments
Where you feel like your shell is cracking
And you get to take a couple deep breaths
Just to take the next step in your day
That’s living
That’s life
Every single day
And it’s stupidly gorgeous
84 · Sep 2018
Attached
Vinnie Brown Sep 2018
I suppose I just didn’t hear you
The waves were too loud
But, I definitely could read your lips

“Don’t get attached to me.”

But, the sun was setting low.
84 · Aug 2017
Couple Of Lifetimes
Vinnie Brown Aug 2017
Saw you in the summer
Your face came to life
You could be my lover
Oh, baby we're falling so deep
Only took a couple lifetimes
Take our bodies higher
I saw you in my dreams
Middle of the night
You told me we're all we need
Together let's go
Your voice and sound set my soul on fire
The girl guys hope to meet by running into
Whoever you are
Just hope you take my body higher
83 · Nov 2017
Fireflies
Vinnie Brown Nov 2017
She’s the kind of girl
Who makes you
Want to chase fireflies
In the dead of winter.
83 · Dec 2017
Long Before
Vinnie Brown Dec 2017
And I wrote of her
As I had with many things
I had fallen in love with
Long before
83 · Sep 2018
Truce?
Vinnie Brown Sep 2018
Every time I write
I’m filled with a feeling of this is the last
After this, I’m done and I’m complete
Just to find my veins filled with ink again
Dripping from my fingertips
Caressing your lips with all the unsaid things
So, disastrously impatient
Filled with incredulous amounts of self doubt
But, it seems you are too
Truce?
Funny how when we stop yelling
You and I both start to speak
Stop and wait for the other
There’s just nothing to say sometimes
And we’ve been at this for quite some time
Calling all skeletons
Hidden away by time
83 · Jul 2019
Alexys
Vinnie Brown Jul 2019
I use to think
I belonged down in hell
Going to church
Where the addicts go to meet
Seeking shelter from their demons
Trading shame for amnesty
Till reprieves fell on hurting shoulders
While my thoughts eat me alive
From the inside
And my body feels like a prison
Where my soul resides
Till I wake up
And there you lay
83 · Mar 2018
Carried Home
Vinnie Brown Mar 2018
The city screams
And my echoes dream
I long for hope, it’s all I see
The morning brings such a longful dawn
All that we see is not a fairytale
Except all this could be
Is a miracle for us
In a flush of panic
We all forget the reasons we feel so blessed
Holding smiles in memories
Now is my time to carry you
She’s fallin’ over
So, I’ll carry you home
83 · Dec 2017
Subtle Hints
Vinnie Brown Dec 2017
Pay attention to the curves of her body
Her motions scream
That you talk too much
And feel too little
83 · Sep 2017
Wishing Wells
Vinnie Brown Sep 2017
When
I
Was
Young
I
Use
To
Wish
For
Girls
Like
You
In
Wishing
Well­s,
Now
I
Just
Wish
You
Well
Witt Lowry
83 · Aug 2018
For You
Vinnie Brown Aug 2018
I do this for my father
Who I’ve only ever seen from time to time
In my dreams

I do this for my mother
Who’s finally clean
No longer a fiend

I do this for my sister and my brothers
The few that I unknowingly need

I do this for you
To understand
That these things are me
82 · Oct 2017
Open Arms
Vinnie Brown Oct 2017
Stubble and eyes worn
Just got in
You're pleasantries questioning my sins
Two wrongs never win
You claim you want to save me
I know you're frustrated
You know I feel the same
I'm stuck in the cold rain
Will you be my shelter?
Will you be my open arms?
Lost to my own devices
Patience just seems to wear you down
Sometimes I'm just so self righteous
It seems I'm indefinitely caught in the rain
This time I'm headed back to town
I know I can be saved
For I have a shelter
With welcoming open arms
82 · Sep 2018
Metaphorical Tattoo’s
Vinnie Brown Sep 2018
And whomever you may be
That read my words
Whether in a pretty love story
Or the salt licked sympathies
Scattered over hills of rolling sins
Where space and time collide
Within the great blue tides
And sunspotted eves
I hope that whatever it is you take away
Gets metaphorically tattoo’d
All over your skin
For you and I to know
Even if, but for just a fragile moment
82 · Aug 2018
Drunk On The Moment
Vinnie Brown Aug 2018
Diving under waters
Still trying to be honest
Sometimes that **** really hurts
And my sins are catching up to me
Just hear me out
Ive been looking for a brand new start
I just happen to see you
In my dreams at night
Surrounded on the beach with pretty light
Dancing away, asking me to stay
So, I guess I’ll swim back to the surface
Take a step back
Watch as what I want sways in the night
Blonde and smiling
A little drunk on the moment
And we just may never be who we want to be
But let’s just see
82 · Sep 2017
Sorrows and War
Vinnie Brown Sep 2017
To the sorrowing man
May apathy get lost searching for you
For the age of war is upon us
81 · Sep 2017
Her Storm
Vinnie Brown Sep 2017
For she is my queen
Goddess of all my personal hells
Ruler of this heart
Torment and sweetness
Depths of madness only achieved
In craving kisses and unjustified bites
For the lands of my soul
Feel a despairing drought
When your love rains cease
So, please pour
Let your inner storm
Rage down upon
These fires within my heart
So, that you can begin to heal the charring remains
81 · Jul 2018
Los Angeles
Vinnie Brown Jul 2018
Your sinful instigations are problematic
When I just want to lose myself
In the city of lost angels
Vinnie Brown Jan 2018
I fled the grasps of society
Gasping for the air of the open land
Maybe there I could finally breathe
Except I found that out in the open
You came crashing down like the ocean
Angry and seething as the sea
I wonder if the stars and moon
Look the same where you are
I wonder if your mind flutters and dashes
To thoughts of me
As mines covered in the star dust
In the ocean of stars
That you are
I want my heavens and my oceans too
I just want every single part of you
81 · Oct 2017
Prosecution
Vinnie Brown Oct 2017
How curious for summer must end
As every line tends to cease
I feel you're incomplete
Yet, pushing to the ends of my reach
Even if you go unread
You'll still be one of my greatest treasures
For your words are me
Moonlit madden times
Suncrazed laughs and smiles
Just a glimpse to the realities
I'm dealing in time troves
For every line I write
Surely, does feel like a miss
So, here's a my confession
Summer may just be over
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