If Things Would've Gone My Way by embracingchloe, literature
Literature
If Things Would've Gone My Way
If things would have gone my way
then I wouldn't be lying on my back
at 2 in the morning
bruising my brain with
an idiotic list of things I wish had happened
and I still fervently wish would happen between you and I
If things would have gone my way
my lips wouldn't be so dry and grey
from all the cigarettes I have smoked
every time I missed you
every time I longed to be with you
every time I wanted to talk to you
If things would have gone my way
there would be no poetry hidden in every corner of my room
no scribbles of your name
would have stained my papers
and a trashcan filled with Polaroids
If things would have gone my way
I wouldn't be
I'm confused out of my wits as to what I'm going through.
Sometimes I feel like there's nothing there; as if everything that I felt for you has vanished into thin air.
Often times I dream about you,and in those dreams I am reminded of just how badly I want to be with you...of how happy you make me and how you're the only one who can do that to me
Tell me do I cross your mind when you're sitting alone at the lobby while waiting for your next class?
Do you still look at your phone at 2 in the morning,hoping to see a text from me?
Do you long for me as much as I long for you?
I need answers,but I'm too afraid to ask because I'm not sure I'
The Thing Between Us by embracingchloe, literature
Literature
The Thing Between Us
Leaves of brown and gold slowly fell into a downward spiral as the cold December breeze blew through the vast field. Branches of the Acacia trees that bordered the oval danced a gentle beat, swaying left and right like an intoxicated gypsy. The campus has transitioned rapidly in the span of a week: from crowded, loud, and exciting to empty, quiet, and still. There seemed to be a sacred silence−an unspoken agreement to keep the peace that was only allowed to be disturbed by the hum of automobiles which occasionally passed by.
Will it rain today?
Louisa thought as she walked on the cobbled pathway at the edge of the Sun
How I Came To Know You by embracingchloe, literature
Literature
How I Came To Know You
You have beautiful eyes
And I know you have been told that
a million times
I know you take pride in them
I know because you told me
And I remember how I also came
to know the wonder that they hold;
Your eyes
They are mesmerizing
Your eyes
They are like fragile little orbs which hold their own universe
-your universe
In that moment I knew I wanted to be Galileo
I longed to discover what was beyond the darkness held by your irises,
what makes your stars shine,
what held your center.
I wanted to get pass the temptation
of lingering too much on your long lashes
and not get lost in the crinkles that form on the sides of your eyes when you smile
If Things Would've Gone My Way by embracingchloe, literature
Literature
If Things Would've Gone My Way
If things would have gone my way
then I wouldn't be lying on my back
at 2 in the morning
bruising my brain with
an idiotic list of things I wish had happened
and I still fervently wish would happen between you and I
If things would have gone my way
my lips wouldn't be so dry and grey
from all the cigarettes I have smoked
every time I missed you
every time I longed to be with you
every time I wanted to talk to you
If things would have gone my way
there would be no poetry hidden in every corner of my room
no scribbles of your name
would have stained my papers
and a trashcan filled with Polaroids
If things would have gone my way
I wouldn't be
I'm confused out of my wits as to what I'm going through.
Sometimes I feel like there's nothing there; as if everything that I felt for you has vanished into thin air.
Often times I dream about you,and in those dreams I am reminded of just how badly I want to be with you...of how happy you make me and how you're the only one who can do that to me
Tell me do I cross your mind when you're sitting alone at the lobby while waiting for your next class?
Do you still look at your phone at 2 in the morning,hoping to see a text from me?
Do you long for me as much as I long for you?
I need answers,but I'm too afraid to ask because I'm not sure I'
The Thing Between Us by embracingchloe, literature
Literature
The Thing Between Us
Leaves of brown and gold slowly fell into a downward spiral as the cold December breeze blew through the vast field. Branches of the Acacia trees that bordered the oval danced a gentle beat, swaying left and right like an intoxicated gypsy. The campus has transitioned rapidly in the span of a week: from crowded, loud, and exciting to empty, quiet, and still. There seemed to be a sacred silence−an unspoken agreement to keep the peace that was only allowed to be disturbed by the hum of automobiles which occasionally passed by.
Will it rain today?
Louisa thought as she walked on the cobbled pathway at the edge of the Sun
How I Came To Know You by embracingchloe, literature
Literature
How I Came To Know You
You have beautiful eyes
And I know you have been told that
a million times
I know you take pride in them
I know because you told me
And I remember how I also came
to know the wonder that they hold;
Your eyes
They are mesmerizing
Your eyes
They are like fragile little orbs which hold their own universe
-your universe
In that moment I knew I wanted to be Galileo
I longed to discover what was beyond the darkness held by your irises,
what makes your stars shine,
what held your center.
I wanted to get pass the temptation
of lingering too much on your long lashes
and not get lost in the crinkles that form on the sides of your eyes when you smile
i've been swallowing fireflies
spitting out their pits
like the shells of sunflower seeds
skipping them like stones
across the waters of rivers.
i watch them gallop
beyond horizon lines
and hope they realize that
all things must come to and end
(even though we wish they
could last forever)
Now it's midnight
And now I fear
I'll give up the fight
It's been almost a year
I haven't done it
I haven't cut
But all I want
Is for my eyes to stay shut
He loves me.
I know he does.
His methods are clumsy and decidedly UN-romantic.
I'm left feeling burdensome, unnoticed, and under appreciated much of the time.
Though I try my best to force it, his love isn't the fairytale I imagined when we began so long ago.
He loves me in a way that suits him and with each fiber of his being.
Despite dark consuming depression and anxiety stealing years of my affection from him, he loves me.
Instead of the beautiful words between lovers, he offers me endless patience as I hurl insults and insecurity-based poison at his head.
Instead of whisking me away from misery and pain, he partners me through it,
My seven (fallen) virtues. by Perrywinkle-Squeeps, literature
Literature
My seven (fallen) virtues.
My seven (fallen) virtues.
Written by Squeeps
My first virtue was my innocence
shattered by the cruel truth
a mallet causing
my life to fall away.
a cruel truth
that my creator
left my family
in favor of a life style
that served him better than those he was around.
my second was my will
the ambition to succeed
my drive quenched
by a twisted truth
by perception .
my third was my certitude
in my self doubt and woe
it was lost but not fallen
this one can be gained back
my fourth was my courage
my lack of direct fear
that knowledge has erased.
the feeling of bravery
that kept me from weeping
when I was scared
or alone.
or both.
my fif
on the difference between life and living by RoseScarlet, literature
Literature
on the difference between life and living
otherkids grew up learning how to avoid obstacles
while riding their bikes without training wheels
skateboarding in parks with the company of their friends
loving family
and a thing called happiness,
I
grew up using guess-and-check to
complete the square for quadratic functions,
but more importantly,
to add on to my ever-growing list on
how to not provoke a mom I always feared
and how to not think about a dad I never knew.
you say that you saved me,
that I should c
a poet is nearly damned
for attempting to wrench unspeakable truths
out of the aether
the things that lie dark and hidden
in winter's heart
beneath the woodsmoke
and cinders
beneath the twinkling icicles on the Christmas tree
which sparkle in the darkly colored lights that flash
beneath the dandelions and lilacs perfume on the breeze
beneath the smiles of the trees in the forests tall
whispering to the evergreens and mossy stones
beneath the laughing brook running through the marshlands
and the slender reeds which keep the bullfrog company
beneath the cool pillow and pierzyna you sleep under
that wraps one almost as close as a grandfat
Some days...
The pain is like catching a toe on your bed frame
And others...
It's the mild aches that come with the flu
Some days...
I look in the mirror only to forget who I am
And others...
I can't recognize the face staring back at me
Some days...
I fake a smile and think sunshine's 'round the corner
And others...
The tears flow like dams breaking apart
Some days...
The pain subsides and the scent of flowers prevail
And others...
It's a whole new layer of decaying feces
But all days...
The thought of maybe lingers
and the want
to feel better suffocates the mind
The Girl Inside of Me by KiesInsaneWonderland, literature
Literature
The Girl Inside of Me
Inside of me
there's a girl you do not see
she's nice, friendly, and talented
but she'll never be me
she can "walk the walk"
and "talk the talk"
but she's not really me
trapped, and alone
she will not be freed
she's not me and never will be
trapped inside
she will hide
like an bird that can't fly
she's trapped forever
never to be released
by me.
3/4 of your heart is black,
1/4 of your heart is pink,
Please tell me why,
Why 3/4 of your heart is filled with sadness,
Why 1/4 is filled with love,
Please tell me why,
Why there is more sadness and hate in your heart,
Than there is love and happiness,
Please tell me why,
Why there is an imbalance in your soul,
Why the love is being destroyed,
Please tell me why,
Why you can’t find the love,
Why you can only find the sadness,
Please tell me why,
Why you won’t let me help you,
Because you need to see,
That there is still good in the world,
Good that you are blinded from,
Because your vision is clouded with sadness,
Please te