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Destiny Fleming Sep 2015
There is no way to tell
how cold it used to be
But
Everybody wore
The sun and finding
You out there was
Standard practice.
You'd go in and close
The door behind you,
And
The man nearest you
Would
**** you back onto
The ice
and without a backward glance,
you would fall
I don’t understand
Why won’t you just
look at me? -DDF
I really enjoy this. It's not my usual.
Destiny Fleming Sep 2015
I beg myself, "Stay alive."
I am my own hero
And ******* it,
I want somebody to notice
The dying soul in my eyes,
The shaky voice,
The cold heart,
The scars on my wrists from an absent
childhood happiness
I'm drowning in a puddle,
Everyone looks at my collapsing lungs,
Too afraid to reach down
Save me
The words I scream silently everyday,
Hoping one day someone will hear
Save me
It's too late now
These pills look like a perfect
escape. -DDF
Destiny Fleming Sep 2015
You are about to enter

a Soldier’s Creed

Where my loved one knew

that running and being

were of equal value


She was on the edge,

but I told her, “Be strong.”

She spoke about her

cousin, Death


She told me about

the people she would

meet in Heaven


I know this much is true.

I enclosed her within

a burned heart-shaped

box

Identical to a safe haven


She wanted to be released from

the tyranny of conscious thoughts

“If I stay…?” A collateral question


But I knew self-control

was a religion she

did not practice


Just one day, I’ll be home

with a Red Badge of

Courage upon my lapel


One day she’ll know

I am the best bad luck

she’ll ever have


I promise her the

moon and more

But she never knew

she was a Homeward Angel


An American tragedy


I was fighting for

my Country, when

a war was raging

in plain sight


She left me for dead


In her eyes, I was

a destroyer of the

world


I was gambling in

America

My loss was not

of money, but

of love


“Difficult times lie ahead.”

I hear this everyday now

She was my *******

fire, her flames

had been

distinguished


She realized I was

her God

So I promised;

Sometime, somewhere, someday,
I know we will meet again.
  -DDF
This poem is all over the place, but I love it. We had to take pictures of signs and book titles, then incorporate it all into a poem. I ended up with this
Destiny Fleming Sep 2015
Most
People  
Don't
understand
that
life
is
a
tidal wave,
and
I've
never learned how
to swim. -DDF
trying different alignments
Destiny Fleming Sep 2015
He turned and kissed her,
He put his hand on her stomach to greet the new life, his voice a purr.
Off to work he goes,
But no one knows.
Until this day,
When our nation was turned into a useless fray,
Where everything will soon be a monotonous gray.
He forgot his keys,
So he doesn’t leave.
Maybe if he would of stayed a little longer,
His life wouldn’t of been stolen,
From terrorist mongers.
He pulls away,
Not knowing about this day.
“Goodbye, my dear. You have nothing to fear.”
A silver car,
She thinks, “He won’t travel too far.”
Little does she know,
He will soon go.
Go to a place with angels and things,
Where he will gain his wings.
When the news announces the attack,
Her heart has been snatched, never to be given back.
Going to the towers,
Her heart plucked, like a balding flower.
The towers falling,
The children calling,
A fatherless baby brought into the world,
Never to be known as “Daddy’s Little Girl”.
That was the day her walls fell down,
That was the day, her emotions were in a bound.
Clutching the Hopeless,
The world in a mess.
Our nation too soon to be broken,
Before anyone could have spoken.
Our people will climb back to their knees,
Open your eyes, please.
We can tolerate pain for so long,
Before we proceed to right the wrong.
(We will never forget)
Destiny Fleming Sep 2015
Don't go.
It's not your time yet.
Don't go.
I cannot see this life without you.
Don't go.
I'll hold onto you, I promise.
Dont go.
Are you still here?
Don't go.
Are you still breathing?
Don't go.
I love you. I love you so much.
Don't go.
I know you're struggling, but I am too.
Don't go.
How can you leave me here?
Don't go.
I need you, I need us.
Don't go.
You're gone now. But I'm still holding
On. Remember? I promised.  -DDF
Destiny Fleming Sep 2015
I pleaded and prayed so hard for you to stay.
But God must not have heard me,
Because you were gone.
A wisp of a memory,
A pile of clothes in the corner.
All I had left were your scents;
Floating around in every room of mine.
"Don't leave."
I knew those words by heart now.
I could remember your eyes when you
Said, "goodbye."
The worst words.
The words that tore me apart.
I never wanted to give my heart
away; But you came along,
Without permission, and snatched it.
I can't even remember your words,
Besides that one "goodbye."
I mean, all I ever wanted was a *******
Life with you. -DDF
(feeling depressed and nostalgic)
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