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446 · May 2014
polaroid promises
ZL May 2014
tears begin to swell
as I look at the picture
of an innocent small gal.
sadness of the eyes
life in her smile.

"What an angel. Wow!"

"but she's dead now..."

shake my head  "how?"

little girl
I love you
and you should know
I will follow closely,
wherever you go.
ZL Aug 2016
day by day
I search for the way.

which way to go
I do not know.

time passes by
little by little I die.

They tell me don't give up
so again I try.

but why?
444 · Sep 2015
hero
ZL Sep 2015
He told me
wine and cigars
won't get me far
I agree,
but it helps minimize the scar.

She told me
I was too confused
and addicted to being used
I agree,
I've grown fond of abuse.

Mom told me,
I quit too much
and can be ungrateful
I agree,
my sadness makes me hateful.

I told me self
quit focusing on others
and fix yourself
I agree,
I don't need nobody else.
443 · May 2021
Parted ways
ZL May 2021
Baby come back
Where'd you go?
Tell me you're sorry,
and come back home.
Return my dear,
please come near.
Darkness is upon us,
Your safety I fear.
But - - -
If you choose to stay away,
may peace and joy fill your days.
443 · Sep 2015
Jim beam
ZL Sep 2015
I met a new man
he left a run in the seam
of my knee highs

he's a good guy
keeps me warm and cozy inside
he thinks it's cute when I'm mad

he's tall, dark, and handsome!
I've even given him the house key
I call him Jim, others call him whiskey.
ZL Jul 2014
There are women.
And there are girls.

Then there are ladies in between
Who feel the wrath of a *** crazy world; a place so mean.

Usually not the one to lose confidence,
We stood on our feet.

Our eyes met,
I had an urge to take my seat.

I immediately felt
Shorter and less attractive.

Standing next to you,
Amazingly beautiful Amazon Woman.
440 · Dec 2014
Contagion
ZL Dec 2014
today I read a depressing poem
and became depressed.

And I was in a good mood.
439 · Jun 2015
oceans
ZL Jun 2015
I have not been good at love
or showing emotion
but, I would like to swim with the tears
of your sweet deep ocean.

please do brag
I enjoy boasting
my *** is like a breeze
that will leave  you coasting.

I feel your heat
body roasting
cheers to us;
bodies toasting!

let me clear my throat
you find the lotion
watch me stretch it out
in a familiar motion.

wet dreams are made of you;
a beautiful lie
an imagination
that I wish to make true.
437 · Mar 2021
Erenous Envy
ZL Mar 2021
If I were a boy
I wouldn't play women like a toy.
If I were man
I would serve as many women as I can.
If I were male,
My body, my integrity, and dignity I wouldn't sell.
If I were a he,
How much more would life be?
If I was him,
I would appreciate the privilege.
Because women know karma,
And she knows your secrets.
437 · Dec 2014
closure
ZL Dec 2014
And I hope to see you before I go,

I have secrets and some you should know.

Like this feeling I had that began to grow,

weighed my heart down quick, sinking it slow.

So, must see you before I go...

if I don't my life will reach an all time low.
435 · Jan 2016
Aftermath
ZL Jan 2016
The cool bitter breeze
Rubs against my face
Head back, mouth open
I embrace the taste.

For somewhere in the world,
You are doing the same.
I close my eyes
To remember your name.

I recall the passion,
And regret the pain
You stole my tears, now I hate rain
Even still, you're not to blame.

Oh my Wicked flame
You let me burn
I'm not mad, because I had to learn
But now the tables have turned...and

Hell says you're wanted
*It's now your turn
433 · Aug 2015
freak show
ZL Aug 2015
I'm such a mess.
I'm no and I'm yes.

up and down.
nowhere but all around.

good and bad,
sometimes happy but mostly sad.

alive and dead.
there is so much madness in my head.

here I come and go,
ready or not,
get ready for a freak show!
432 · Jan 2016
smoke
ZL Jan 2016
White smoke
I slowly inhale
for I am in no rush to
make it to HELL.
430 · Mar 2022
For
ZL Mar 2022
For
A three letter word awaits me,
they will pronounce it as four.
I waited for things to change,
confused nights standing at the door.
No glitz, glam, nor gore,
just ocean waves...
I'll be at shore.
Visit me again always,
because you never did before.
428 · May 2014
Stages of love
ZL May 2014
My love is like a baby
Helpless
Unable to help itself.

My love is like a child
Always wanting
What it can’t have.

My love is like a teen
Rebellious
Testing the extreme.

My love is like a man
***
Is always on the mind.

My love is a like a woman
Unselfish
One of a kind.

My love is like old age
It gets better
with time.

My love is your love
But most importantly
My love is mine.
427 · Jul 2017
still heart
ZL Jul 2017
cologne in the air
can't help but stare

not sure why I care
skin flawless and fair

in my blue heart lies a tear
which for you, I shamelessly wear

you don't deserve me I swear
yet even with options I'm not going anywhere
425 · May 2014
Cries to the moon
ZL May 2014
the eve of evil
anguish anniversary
my sins remembered.
tossed and tormented
across the night
when will I win
this bitter fight?
may and june
comes too soon
during these times;
I cry to the moon
keep your madness
heal this loon!
Some sins we will never forget but we can forgive ourselves and stop the torment!
423 · Apr 2014
touche'
ZL Apr 2014
I pull their names
Like draft day
One come
Two stay
Disgust and guilt
Always in my way

I replay our acts
Like a favorite scene
I’m silent, he moans
I mutely scream
In my head I live
In my body I’m dead

I recall them
Boy by man
Him and he
Only to realize
no male has
ever loved me
No love lost. No love found.
422 · Jun 2015
daddy issues
ZL Jun 2015
fathers day came
and I needed someone to blame
for my failed relationships
and my addiction to pain
all the men who were too blind to see!
my helpless, hopeless,
tragic beauty
beginning with the rejection from you dad-dy.
421 · Oct 2014
Downtown Poundtown
ZL Oct 2014
you are well experienced
it's written on your face.

you've been here before
it's my first time in this place.

Nervous, I feel inadequate
but I'm too anxious to quit.

my naivete you eagerly bought
your skills, I wish to be taught.

I want to no longer feel innocent
so, please make my money well spent!
421 · May 2014
Her tainted temple
ZL May 2014
I caress my scars*
and remember back afar....*
attacked in a fight
came out bloodied and bruised
I deserved that much
because him, I used.

attacked in battle
a piece of my soul I lost
sold good deeds to satan
death was surely the cost.

attacked in love
I could have died
instead I prayed
held my head above
tears of blood I cried.

I made a vow between
Him, this body, and myself
a piece of dignity I had left
broken, *****, and very low
"Lord, to the devils playground
will I never again go."
418 · Mar 2014
Breathe without you
ZL Mar 2014
Too proud
To say I miss you
Now you’re gone
And I wish to kiss you
Pride and ego
Have always had this affair
Now my love
I’m willing to share
Wherever you are
Smile because I want you back
with you I can breathe again
No more asthma attacks
418 · Jun 2016
body count
ZL Jun 2016
one man
two man
sin

three men
four men
when?

five six
heartbreak feels like bricks

I fell for his tricks,
I asked for love, he gave me d**k.

another body,
now I'm sick.
417 · Sep 2014
My lovers smile
ZL Sep 2014
I loved this song by hall and oates long before I knew it's meaning,

then I saw your face and couldn't resist singing.

*Want you smile a mile for me...
417 · Dec 2015
detox
ZL Dec 2015
I've defiled my body
and my bed.
handcuffed my heart.
seduced my head.

I've commited acts
that have tainted me internally
but I clean up nice
my dirt you don't see.


I don't want this addiction any more
stopping is tough,
Detox, I must!!!
Ive had enough.
416 · Aug 2015
Popping Off
ZL Aug 2015
I feel like Taylor Swift
I only fall in love
to break up.

I fell like Adele
broken hearted
damning my exes to hell.

I feel like Sam Smith
**** and alone
even in a relationship I don't belong.

I feel like Katy Perry
sometimes I wanna kiss a girl
or maybe, a man I'll marry!

I feel like a hopeless romantic
it makes me Lana Del Rey sick.

I'm a hot *** mess,
I'm Britney *****!
416 · Jul 2014
OD
ZL Jul 2014
OD
Addicts aim their entire life

for the highest high

only to never reach it

until they one day die.
415 · Aug 2016
long way home
ZL Aug 2016
and one day I took the wrong route home
in darkness I walked for way too long
through the valley of death
I heard a angel sing a song
I felt afraid because I was alone
two wings and two horns were shown
I tried to hurry along
but the path I had taken was gone.
414 · Jun 2016
baseball
ZL Jun 2016
God has taken the taste
yet addiction,
I still chase.

My last few dollars,
I willingly give to waste.

I call it my crave case
when it hits,
it like landing on first base.

Its not home,
I'm not safe
I'm out when I meet him face to face.
413 · May 2015
Foolish
ZL May 2015
My highs are high, but my lows are extremely low**

The older I grow
the less I know.

The more I travel
more places I desire to go.

The more they reject me
the more love I show.

those pretty smiles tells me yes,
now there's no way I can say no.

I guess I can be their **** fool,
just one time mo'.
412 · Mar 2022
A li on (Alien)
ZL Mar 2022
Came on a mission
But every aim I'm missing.

Laser focus on the target.
B A N G, I'm H
                   I
              T

Boom, that's it.   Level incomplete.

Human defeat.

Plan failed.
Condemned to Hell.
412 · Jul 2014
Mental
ZL Jul 2014
My sleep warns me that I'm in trouble

but I wake up everyday like I'm fine

and everything is normal.
410 · Jun 2014
Bullsh*t Love
ZL Jun 2014
I’m tired of my kind of love
Where I make an ugly duckling
Feel like a beautiful dove.

Only to have it fly away
With some handsome eagle
Until another day.

Oh, observant owl
Never let another
Pigeon eat up your wise old smile.
ZL Jul 2014
Words cannot express how deeply I love you.

Thinking too hard, I began to cry.

Enough tears to float a boat.

Overwhelmed with emotion, I began to choke.

Clear ink and wet paper, super soaked.

So, that sweet poem was never wrote.
409 · Aug 2016
incapable
ZL Aug 2016
how am I to survive
when I don't feel alive

how am I to breathe
when my life has never been a breeze

how am  I to relax
when my soul is under attack

how am I to have peace
when I'm never at ease

How can I appreciate the sun
when all I know is rain

*why oh why God must I be in pain?
407 · Aug 2016
summer
ZL Aug 2016
summer hates me

and guess what?

I hate her back.
406 · Dec 2015
girls and boys
ZL Dec 2015
bright and beautiful, I expected butterflies
when we kissed.

No, just a vision of hairy caterpillars
rough and ugly,
but it was their form, that I missed.
406 · Mar 2016
Girls
ZL Mar 2016
If I have a son
I'll name him Numb
probably wasn't prepared for him,
a product of being dumb.

If a daughter is born,
I'll curse the world
For this life has no place
for precious little girls.
405 · Jun 2016
smart heart
ZL Jun 2016
Woe to her with a daughter.
men just play this love thing smarter,
and us women, well we just love harder.

Blessed is the she who bores a son,
I was born with a heart
but surely I'll die without one.
403 · Aug 2013
Relatively Alone
ZL Aug 2013
Multiple personalities
were created by me
to compensate the absense of
those I needed
ones I desired
but
could not see.
402 · Aug 2016
disappearing acts
ZL Aug 2016
It's not much
or very satisfying anymore
truth is...
our love has become a chore.

It's not fulfilling
or very enticing any longer
food for thought...
I still suffer from loves hunger.

knock knock, love are you there?
How did we get to here?
where neither of us seems to care
hope, passion, dreams and pleasure we no longer share...
398 · Aug 2016
impurity
ZL Aug 2016
I have shared my love with too many thieves
I wear my scars like a tattoo sleeve

I have shared my body with too many beasts
blood, sweat, and tears on my bedroom sheets

I have given things that I did not have
now I need purification, a sinners bath

I have lost count of partners and dates
now I choose to love myself, I hope it's not too late
397 · Sep 2015
a womans wrath
ZL Sep 2015
reject me once
cool,
it was probably my fault.

reject me twice,
hold on,
something is not right.

reject me three/ times the charm
you'll regret it sugar.
I'll make you wish you were never born.
396 · Jul 2014
Teams
ZL Jul 2014
Many are called
few are chosen
death is open
life is closing
sin is winning
souls are losing
therefore, it's God
that I'm choosing!
393 · Aug 2016
chosen one
ZL Aug 2016
cherry pie is warm and all
and wood is hard and tall
I tripped on lust
what a fall!

confused emotions
witches potion
lost in motion
strange notion.

tainted thoughts I'm closing
old flames I'm hosing
hand picked by God
time to start living like I'm chosen!
393 · May 2014
co$t of happine$$
ZL May 2014
Dreaming is pricey
When bills must be paid
For this reason she loves darkness
Inexpensive lay
392 · Sep 2014
Signs
ZL Sep 2014
the sadness of the eyes is always the first sign

the second is an apparent lack of care

thirdly, feelings they no longer share

then, they neglect their health

lastly, they accept their death.
ZL Mar 2021
At last my love is gone
Into the sheets of a new home.
I was a dog, loved to dig your bones.
But in return you'd ***** and moan.
I'm well off now, big fine Grown.
This is my farewell,
Because I did us wrong.
#ex
390 · Oct 2015
winters heart
ZL Oct 2015
He asked me.....

*How could I be so cold?
I cried a snowflake,
while starring into his soul.
390 · Nov 2015
love is you
ZL Nov 2015
I don't deserve you
this is true.
I change too often
every day I'm someone new.
But you still stick with me,
like Elmer's glue.
I remember making a wish,
and before I blew,
a white dove flew...
I closed my eyes and cried
because at the moment I knew...

that our friendship had grew...

and

I was in love with *you
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