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 Sep 2014 Layla Thurman
r
fever
 Sep 2014 Layla Thurman
r
I find solace in the clouds
-she brings rain
to cool my brow

tranquil in my fever-
I close my eyes
and leave here

solace in tranquility.

r ~ 9/4/14
For Joe Cole's challenge.
Now,

I don't mean to be offensive,
but every
time I come to you,

with great news, 
about something I've done,
something I'm proud of,

you're so apprehensive,
like what I've done can't possibly be greater,
than what you've accomplished in life,

I come to you excited,
and I leave you,
a crater,
of a person once happy,
once passionate,
once excited,
for life,

you were once the reason,
I went home,
sat down,
and brought out my knife,

to bring the blade to my body,
to carve out my soul,

I’m just a corpse now,
and I'm starting to mold,

my mind has deteriorated,
I can’t think straight,

I'm afraid to speak around you,
I'll just stick to my plate,

because if I,
say the wrong thing,
if I appear to be fine,

you'll take your words,
like a fork,

and on my happiness
you'll dine.
 Sep 2014 Layla Thurman
Darkness
imagine driving a car
in New York
alone at night

That's how our love is

imagine walking
in paris
together in spring

That's how our love is

imagine riding a bike
in Barcelona
afternoon sun glowing on our
Smiling lips

That's how our love is

imagine dancing
Together
in a cosy bar
in the heart of Rome

That's how our love is
She was delicious
Something else
I never knew how girls could taste
She's still beautiful
Those moments we shared

She refuses to admit
Our chemistry
She's straight
I am too
But I'm not ashamed
Of the confusion
In our shared past

Not ashamed to admit
A girl was
My first,
Second, and
Third kiss
I thought I was lesbian for a while, which really conflicted with my Catholic beliefs. I'm straight, now I'm sure, but I still love everyone who isn't ;)
 Sep 2014 Layla Thurman
cuber
Dear heaven
I beg you times seven
Let her in, and welcome her
Forgive her sin, and welcome her
Lover her
Love her like I loved her
Love her more
More than she's ever been before
Dear heaven
I beg you times eleven
Comfort her
Raise her
Dear heaven
Be her home
I beg you a million times seven
1210

The Sea said “Come” to the Brook—
The Brook said “Let me grow”—
The Sea said “Then you will be a Sea—
I want a Brook—Come now”!

The Sea said “Go” to the Sea—
The Sea said “I am he
You cherished”—”Learned Waters—
Wisdom is stale—to Me”
I want to write again
I want to feel
Like I did back then
When my day depended
On the words I had chosen
-- The life I put
In my poems

I want to write again
I want to feel
The thrill of the pen
The delight that rushes through my veins
When the right words blend
The pain I endure
Once my thoughts
No longer make sense

I am exhilarated
When I start
Scribbling on paper
My heart at peace
As soon as I polish it
On my typewriter

I write again
I write
Like nothing ever happened
Like not a thing prevented me
Months at an end

I write again

I write
Because it is who I am
Because in time,
I always return
To my essence
-- That in the end,
Nothing feels quite right
Unless I am writing.
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