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Steam covered windows

 

Steam covers the windows , stars blanket the sky 

& it seems as though it’s only night when our demons do arise 

Addicted to the feeling , of not being alone

Craving the seduction , no one wants to go home .

Your hands are on my body , it all starts slow and then goes fast 

Euphoria the only feeling , and so long does it last .

Your kiss it makes me quiver , sending shivers ...

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Contemplating

I sat there contemplating 

Re-examining every word 

There was nothing left to edit 

Everything went un -heard 

& I couldn’t help but wonder where my pen was headed next 

I seemed to get so lost inside my own context

These thoughts they don’t surpass me 

This loneliness it lingers on 

Your words seem to harass me 

An unnatural phenomenon 

My hand moved across the paper...

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Stay

 

I wish you could stay 

In this bed we could lay

Like we’ve got nothing to do 

Your hand in my hand 

Driving through sand 

Chasin down the moon 

Look up at the stars 

We’ve made it so far 

Still so much to lose 

But with your hand in my hand 

I can’t help but understand 

That I was made for you 

Your smile it lights up the darkest of nights 

I’ll spend th...

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Empty

 

Sometimes I feel so fucking empty 

I question my existence 

I’m suppose to be the example 

But it seems I take the path of least resistance 

I feel helpless and hopeless 

Like I’m losing all religion 

I’m suppose to be strong 

But fuck I feel so broken

Why am I always the one left hopelessly hoping 

I devote myself to things , I pour my soul into what I love 

And...

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War

 

You doubted my will fullness 

You tampered with my weakened ends

You hoped I’d fray at all my edges 

You poked and prodded with distinguished wedges

You tried to wake a ghost in me that has long been fast asleep

You tried to aim for where it hurts yet still I do not weep

You surrounded me in misery , a blizzard of sadness & fear

Yet you see me climb up through the flames ...

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To be

 

 

Water falls and silhouettes 

Sunsets and stars fall

Whiskey and cigarettes 

Memories hanging on a past wall

Misery and mystery 

Oh the magic thoughts of youth 

Just to grow up & see lives truth

Heart break & bleeding mascara 

Wrinkles and grey hair

People who use to thrive for living , no longer truly care

Sunrises and alarms

Daring smiles , tempting char...

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If I could touch the stars

I climbed a mountain on this day

Through brush and rough terrain I steered 

& when I reached its peak 

There was nothing left I feared 

I peered over the landscape , such a story it could tell

And as I stared i felt a change in me that I didn’t know too well

Such an unfamiliar sight 

Looking out on the unknown 

Which direction ? Wrong or right ? 

No way to truly know

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When the stars fade

I don’t tell you this often , I don’t know if I should.

But I would change everything back if I could .

For a moment to gallivant swiftly in the rain,

For a second to tell you , your like a drug that numbs all of my pain

For a sheer minute to show you all the beautiful things 

That we often pass by as if they have no means 

I would turn it all back for a sunset with you

I’d ch...

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I’d love to say I love you

I’d love to say I love you 

But all I’m feeling is hate

It’s an over load of emotions

And you can’t seem to relate

It’s like a ticking time bomb

And all you do is hesitate

We use to be on the same level

I use to care for you a lot 

But you can’t stop being a rebel

And love is something we forgot

I don’t want to hurt you

But I can’t keep letting you hurt me

And t...

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Overwhelmed

I’m over whelmed 

Living life in my own personal hell

Can’t seem to share the burden cause I only trust in myself

Life has taught me many lessons 

Still it seems that I fail 

So this is my confession 

Feels like I’m sliding off the rails 

My thoughts they never quiet 

My stress it has no end

My soul it wants to riot 

Yet my heart tells me to begin again

They say I’...

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Home to me

I dream so big , for a person so small

I’ve got so much weighing me down , yet I still stand so tall

& when I feel like I might collapse , like I might lose it all

I catch my breath , close my eyes , and prepare to fall

Yet the universe it always catches me

Although mostly by surprise

It reconnects us , and invests us , and my soul it calms

I can feel the radiation , all the s...

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Alone again

I stay awake alone again

i hear the cars pass by my window

the stars to be my only friend

i relate to the lonely porch black widow

she spins her web in solitude , not a creature to be stirred

and I forever voice my pain , though there's no words left to be heard

i find my peace amongst the night

it holds me near and true

but when I stare amongst the stars

all I can think...

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Change

They say the world is ever-changing , though every day it seems the same 

they say time heals all wounds , yet I'm brought to my knees with the sound of your name

they say we can move on , that there will always be another

if they say all these things , then why under my emotions do I feel so smothered 

the clock it keeps on ticking , time keeps passing by

yet everything for me is t...

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If I wrote you a song

If I wrote you a song today 

Would you tell me it’s all gonna be okay

Would you hold my hand

Would you try to understand 

What if you made me smile

What if you decided to stay a while 

 

 

Wish I could show you what I’ve been through

Wish I could make you understand it all

Take you to my highest points

And watch me lose it all and fall

And fall

And fall

 

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Grief

I know that she’s not here right now  

& nothing quite seems right 

I know you can’t explain just how

You wish she was here with all your might

She use to fix your scrapes and bruises 

Mend all our fragile parts

And though it’s death that separates us 

She lives on inside our hearts

Don’t cry today my mother 

Unless they’re all but happy tears 

Instead look back on th...

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Drifting

I’m drifting , ever so swiftly away

Like a feather in the wind

Effortlessly becoming part of yesterday

Being swept from the present

Being embraced by tomorrow 

Being drained of my essence

And refilled with only sorrow

My fears they travel with me

Such a burden they’ve become

What I once thought as few

Has rose to many more than one

Every ever lasting moment 

Hau...

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Myself

Thinking back to a time when I was so motivated 

Had nothing but time

Everything was over rated 

So cloudy my mind but now I’m seeing clear

So many things I feared but now I have no fear

& maybe that’s what scares you

The motivation I have for me

I’m taking the bull by the horns

Gonna be who I have the potential to be

You can stay 

Or you are free to go

But I need ...

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Together in my thoughts

I’m in this place

With all these people

And I still feel all by myself

Hallow

Alone 

In an empty shell

You’ll forever be my always

But it never seems to be our time

But I’ll always be yours

And you’ll always be mine

We can’t speak with each other

Can’t even write your name

Yet our memories build dreams

And you radiate my brain

So much at stake 

Yet so m...

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Falling In November

We were falling in November

As the leaves escape the trees

I tremble when you touch me

Seems I’m always falling to my knees

I dream of something smoother

Like the sand beneath our feet

But every time I try to love 

My emotions always retreat

I start to run like water

A river raging rapidly

And as I stare into November

There’s a stranger staring back at me

The wi...

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Ink On Paper

And as her words flew across the paper 

The ink burning every line into a scar

Everyone finally saw her story 

For what it truly was

It was no longer a mystery

As to what she had become

For the words shown on her skin

We’re brighter than the rays of sun 

She became the girl that she once had been

Her story wasn’t over

It had just started to begin 

And with all the ...

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Ink On Paper

And as her words flew across the paper 

The ink burning every line into a scar

Everyone finally saw her story 

For what it truly was

It was no longer a mystery

As to what she had become

For the words shown on her skin

We’re brighter than the rays of sun 

She became the girl that she once had been

Her story wasn’t over

It had just started to begin 

And with all the ...

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