Lexie: Poems

174 · Nov 2014

Lexie Nov 2014

Why do I want people to like my poems?
The joy is temporary.
And it doesn't change my life.
It's just a drop in my tank of ego.
And a drip in my heart that's cracked.

But I enjoy in anyway

174 · Oct 2015

Less

Lexie Oct 2015

Less

Eighteen days.
Eighteen hours.
Eighteen minutes.
Eighteen flowers.

Some for now.
Some for later.
Some for love.
Some for haters.

Days to begin.
Days to finish.
Days to win.
Days to diminish.

Less than lies.
Less than before.
Less than true.
Less than more.

Eighteen days some less nights
Each a star in its own right

174 · Nov 2015

Dimensions

Lexie Nov 2015

Dimensions

If I asked you to join me
In gravitating towards a
Parallel universe of love
Where we would be the
Opposite of ourselves
But it would be okay my
Most affectionate love
Because we would be
Together in this world
And every other world
So let is journey to our
Other worldly home so
Let us go to never be
Apart and never be alone
Just in each of the known
Dimensions we thrive
To kiss your lips always
So you can stay alive <3

174 · Jun 2019

Temple (pt 4)

Lexie Jun 2019

Temple (pt 4)

I will meet with you
Come down from the mountains
My words become those most familiar in your mouth
You were worshipping gods in the valley
Gods that have no home
My name nearly forgotten
My words not written in stone
Concrete in their absence
Absent of light, hope, pain
We move in our own way
Bear my cross as the wood it is
Not the worries or weight of the world
Meant for another's shoulders
Feel the joy of the world
None of her aching
A delicate life is not cheaper
Lashes on my back speak
To a crown of thorns
I am no deity
No matter what I eat, drink
How wise I speak
Ichor does not flow through me
Humanity is liquid, thoughts fluid
Hopes dry, day by day
Each day is new, I water them the same
May they bloom as never before
Beautiful things are for you
Whether I bear them or not
The stars will lay themselves at your feet one day
In the holiest part of your temple
Walls adorned with things that have passed
Paint that is fresh
Things that will one day be known
I see them coming
I prayed them for you
On the rooftop of this temple
Call the stars down
When you know them by name
Call me to you
A voice echoing of marble
I will come
Just as I am
As you are

174 · Jan 2016

Little Things

Lexie Jan 2016

Little Things

sometimes its the littlest things in life
that can cause you to break
the opening of a lid
the creaking of a door
the sound of a loved one
you can't be there for
maybe being left by yourself
and you have to put
those feelings on a shelf

174 · Aug 2018

Rage

Lexie Aug 2018

Rage

I have set out to destroy myself
In a lifetime of desperate moments
Let the festering oceans
Rage againt the cliffs
As I rage through
This farce - of peacefulness in life

174 · Mar 2016

Picking

Lexie Mar 2016

Picking

If it is one or the other,
I chose you <3

173 · Jan 2023

Twenty 20

Lexie Jan 2023

Twenty 20

You never should of shown me
Who you are
I saw right through you once
I can never claim blindness again

173 · Nov 2022

Back Rooms

Lexie Nov 2022

Back Rooms

It does not matter how I got here
Only that I cannot leave

173 · Jan 2016

Silent.

Lexie Jan 2016

Silent.

Maybe you are broken too
Maybe you aren't okay
But hey, as long as we were together
I knew everything was going to be alright
Now you are gone, and others came alone
And I just sit here, and sing a bad song

I can be quiet, while I scream from inside
So run away *****, you have no where to hide

172 · Feb 2019

Honest

Lexie Feb 2019

Honest

You know, even in all my honesty, I couldn't tell you if I do this **** right

I'm just trying

172 · Jun 2019

Healing (a poem abt self care)

Lexie Jun 2019

Healing (a poem abt self care)

I can heal with my words
Sometimes I must choose
Not to speak at all
So I too, can know healing

172 · May 2014

The Girl I am Today

Lexie May 2014

The Girl I am Today

Ever know a girl?
Beautiful and happy
But she tells a story
That is really sappy
It seems kinda fake
And you just shake
Your sorry head
And go alone instead
Its cause she's lying
But her head is trying
To keep above the waves
And away from the pain
And she cant tell you
Whats really making her blue
Cause if she did you would cry
And she wouldn't make it bye

172 · Sep 2022

Rhythm

Lexie Sep 2022

Rhythm

I knock on your chest
Asking you
To open up your ribs
So I can climb inside
It is warm here
Next to your beating heart
And the rhythm
Lulls me to sleep

172 · Sep 2014

Love You Safely

Lexie Sep 2014

Love You Safely

my dreams are the safest place to love you

172 · Oct 2018

Always

Lexie Oct 2018

Always

I just want to make you feel loved
Because I know without that reassurance
It's so hard to keep going

172 · Jan 2021

ladylike

Lexie Jan 2021

ladylike

it is women
who scrub dry blood
off cobblestone of streets
.
who stood for something here
who died

172 · Jul 2017

Karma

Lexie Jul 2017

Karma

To have faith in someone
And all that they are
Is a beautiful thing
To know another
And every piece of their soul
Is a beautiful thing
But
It is less beautiful
To break someone's trust
It is less beautiful
To be caught in a lie

You fell apart
Because you couldn't stand my choice
I drifted away
But I was still sure
Forgiveness is yours
But change still remains
Because lies are drugs
Shot into your veins

My body said no
So you picked another
My mouth said no
So you picked another
Because to be with me
Was not enough
To be with me
Should have been enough

172 · Oct 2015

Culture

Lexie Oct 2015

Culture

"Oh, what a sweet culture," you spoke as I entered the room.

And I did not know if you meant a country
or the kind of culture in yogurt.

172 · Jul 2019

Washed Away

Lexie Jul 2019

Washed Away

We are empty souls
Screaming in the abyss
Do you remember me
Voices thought buried
Dig themselves up
Unearthed again
A haunting
Cheap as ****** in the street
Cobblestone streets
Holding liquor penance
Splicing together
The history of our remnance
Ghosts thinner than walls
Lighting up lanterns
In the street
Moaning
This is the way
Will you follow me
Do you remember me
Am I nothing to you
Only paper towns and matches
Dry kindling to memory
Flames waltzing
To tunes older than love
Ivory keys remember
Being elephants
When they were younger
And the world
Not so at sorts
Children in the street
Recognizing more tongues
Than their own
Witches singing in an alley
Do you know me
When I held you on my knee
Do you remember
Spells whispered into water
Washing away sorrow
Sins
And memory

171 · Mar 2020

Question!

Lexie Mar 2020

Question!

What are your favorite poetry themes to read about?

Comment below.

#poet #question

171 · Oct 2015

Random

Lexie Oct 2015

Random

Those cheekbones though :p

171 · Jan 2016

Goodbye <3

Lexie Jan 2016

Goodbye <3

I will always want one more:
Hug
Moment
Goodbye

But I will only ever need:
One of you

171 · Aug 2015

My Wish

Lexie Aug 2015

My Wish

To endlessly travel you limbs
Trapped between gentle layers of skin

171 · Sep 2014

Untitled

Lexie Sep 2014

Untitled

strawbeery**
       intoxicating
                     fruity

171 · Nov 2015

Fine

Lexie Nov 2015

Fine

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

"Are you lying?"*

"Yes."

171 · May 2014

The Worst Word I Ever Heard

Lexie May 2014

The Worst Word I Ever Heard

The worst word I ever heard was goodbye
The day you walked away and all I did was cry
The emotions boiled over loaded
But this love was sugar coated
The worst word I ever heard was goodbye
The words I knew from your lips were lies
And I felt inside like it was over
The worst word I ever heard was goodbye

171 · Nov 2014

You Are What You Write

Lexie Nov 2014

You Are What You Write

You are what you write

I am a poem full of misery

171 · Jan 2023

Anti Comforter

Lexie Jan 2023

Anti Comforter

The natives said, the earth is our mother
And if mine is a chasm, open wide
If she is a barren land
She is a Grand Canyon
My mother wound splits me open
Soil cracking from womb to sternum
If she does not know me
How does she wound me so

171 · Oct 2021

Down

Lexie Oct 2021

Down

I know sadness doesn't make you feel full
But it's one hell of a completeness

171 · Jan 2016

Ended

Lexie Jan 2016

Ended

It is enough
Only when there is nothing left
You will always take more
Until it is all gone

I give and I gave
And I died
You swore and you killed
And you tried

To be in control
And have it your way
You said this is harsh love
Harsh in every way

What is gentle?
What is sweet?
What is kind?
What is love?

I will never know
Hugs and kisses
Just a stare out a window
To what she misses

I long for better
And you shorten the leash
I retreat
And you yell and preach

I want a conversation
With a little truth
I ask one question
And all hell breaks loose

My nights are safe
Yet you intrude
To take my heart
And find it used

Little sparks in my eyes
And in my life
But fire always
Pays its price

Word as a release
But I bite them back
Trying to be enough
Reminded of what I lack

A comparison
That doesn't compare
To light or dark
Not right or fair

I will always have questions
Answered with slaps
I want to hide
But you drag me back

Hell is hot
But less that your rage
Words that bind
Me into a cage

Add me
To your list
Of those you beat
And those you've kissed

Give me a hammer
To build a home
Give me a friend
So I won't be alone

Play me some music
At my demand
Then take it all away
Just like you planned

I could run farther
And I could run faster
But I crawl back
Like a dog to a master

Good Lord, sever
Me from the earth
And let me sleep
Twixt sky and hearth

171 · Sep 2015

What happens next?

Lexie Sep 2015

What happens next?

New old feelings
Dug up from the ground
They had been buried in

They saw the sun
And grew into their wings
Flying to their home

Inside my heart
Light as butterflies
Like sunset in a soul

And I cannot help
But begin to wonder
What will happen

Next.

As I reach for
The glowing embers
In this sky

The one you call the sun
And as it falls within my grasp
Like the best colors

The gold in your green eyes
The dark in mine
But they both burn

Two flames are brighter
Than one fire
And the smoke

Wreaths us in mystery
Look at us now
Who would have thought

That we would breathe
The same air
Out of different lungs

That we could both know
The same song
To a new tune

I will play your heart strings
If you will pluck mine
But as we create a harmony

Don't let anyone know
Our own melody
For they will darken

The light and eclipse us
Into a unknown shadow

171 · Feb 2018

Burnt Out

Lexie Feb 2018

Burnt Out

I survived the fire
And the flames
The embers are still warm
But soon
I will burn out like the stars

171 · Feb 2014

Like Water

Lexie Feb 2014

Like Water

You cannot force creativity it simple flows like water through me

170 · Sep 2017

Egyptian Cotton

Lexie Sep 2017

Egyptian Cotton

Y'all so thirsty in these streets
But can't **** with me in these sheets

170 · Oct 2015

The gift of the ocean,

Lexie Oct 2015

The gift of the ocean,

God made the ocean
For the poets

So that when they looked upon it
They forgot how thirsty they were

The salt was not to bitter
To inspire their words

Rather it added
A nice touch of flavor

170 · May 2019

The Secret of the Immortal

Lexie May 2019

The Secret of the Immortal

When you learn to live in the moment
I don't think you ever die

170 · Nov 2014

so done

Lexie Nov 2014

so done

giving up on poems
they lost their light
like a candle without a match
no pair for the dark

170 · Jan 2016

I do. (irony)

Lexie Jan 2016

I do. (irony)

Married by words
And to words
With two words

170 · Aug 2018

Capable

Lexie Aug 2018

Capable

I tell myself that I cannot do this
That it is beyond my capabilities
But still it speaks for itself
That I have done everything so far
Even more than I needed to you
Things like loving you

170 · Feb 2016

Why Now

Lexie Feb 2016

Why Now

I've tried so hard to forget because it is so painful to remember

every smile is encased in tears
every memory coated in rain

Did I make it this way? How could I fail so badly?

is it done yet
make it over
I can't take anymore

My pain is still to fresh, my wounds have not yet healed.

170 · Nov 2022

Ruminating

Lexie Nov 2022

Ruminating

my thoughts
are a plane
I will never land

170 · Aug 2015

Cage

Lexie Aug 2015

Cage

I would be a fool
If I ever tried
To bind you inside my ribcage
Next to my broken heart
For you would make my lungs explode
And the life would beat to rapidly
For my chest to contain it

170 · Nov 2015

Comfort

Lexie Nov 2015

Comfort

Are we all here for art?

Are we here to vent about our broken hearts?

Do we think it is enough to fill the void with words?

That our lovers never got to hear

Or is it just a comfort?

To say them to those who can relate

So we don't have to be alone

With our feelings and regrets

In the darkest of the night?

170 · Jan 2018

Naked Soul

Lexie Jan 2018

Naked Soul

She was stripped down
To the least she had ever been
Laid bare of all comforts
And it was only then
That she found herself
For she had not been able
To see before
Because eyes lie
And dreams conspire
And we are much more
Than we seem at surface

**Depth

170 · Feb 2016

Kisses

Lexie Feb 2016

Kisses

I kissed the scars on your skin
You are still beautiful
But I don't want to lose
My best friend <3

170 · Oct 2014

seeking tomorrow

Lexie Oct 2014

seeking tomorrow

lay down and sleep
sit down and weep
stand up and cry
walk away and die

this was the world's suggestion, they recommended this, they said if you do this you will find you bliss, but I thought there must be more, so I picked another door and this was the reply to my firm knock

ask and it shall be given
knock and it will be opened
seek and you will find

and so asked for love, not from this earth, and it was given unto me, and as I knocked the door opened and it let me in, and as I seek for tomorrow I know I will find, because this voice I trust is more than just a feeling from inside

169 · Oct 2022

Shards of Glass

Lexie Oct 2022

Shards of Glass

I attempt again
To swallow
The words lining the inside of my throat
It has been there
Since before I knew what letters were
Spiraling down
Into the pit of my stomach
It does not go down easy
It does not settle well
And when it tries to come back up
It sits again
In the back of my throat
Like the taste of a hollow cry

169 · Nov 2022

Labor of Love

Lexie Nov 2022

Labor of Love

Darling I am sorry
If I ever make loving you
Sound like a chore
It is a job
I have begged for
Labored for
I will sweat my brow
For just one of your kisses
There is no labor of love
Too large
Take my hours
My rough hands
It is not too much
You could never be
More than enough

169 · Aug 2022

Less

Lexie Aug 2022

Less

I do not expect
For you to count me as a loss
When you never valued me at all