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Missed Something
I've tried to write this
Fifty times over
Each time I get closer
But somehow still miss
I miss something
In what I want you to know
I miss something
In saying I don't want to let go
If this is goodbye
Then say it now
I'll give up the fight
I'll let you walk out
And forever
I'll miss
You
I've loved you like no other
I've never held...
Tuesday 25th June 2019 2:44 am
Battlegrounds of the Heart
And all at once
We revisted the site
Where the wounded lie
We examined their injuries
Doing our best to determine
If they were fatal
It requires a detached rationale
It laughs in the face of pure emotion
For life is smarter than you think
Forever your opponent
Even when pretending
To be a friend
For life brought me you
Star crossed
And ...
Thursday 17th January 2019 2:40 pm
Knock Knock
You and your trust issues
Me and mine
You have your fears
And your doubts
About me
And I have mine
But every time
We try to rationalize
And prove to each other
That the pieces don't fit
The sentences get left
Unfinished
Back and forth
Like whiplash
Seeing how far I'll go
Until I look back
Keeping me comfortable
At a distance
Have...
Wednesday 27th June 2018 1:11 am
The Snake
The snake
It slithers around me
Putting on a show
As if I'm in control
But little do I know
It's charming me
Hypnotized
I give myself over
Allowing the fangs
To pierce my flesh
The venom
Paralyzing me
Smiling proud
At the feat
Begins the retreat
Into the grass
Disappearing
From my vision
I thought this
This was the test
To ...
Tuesday 26th June 2018 12:36 pm
The Idea
I fell
Hard
To the ground
And when I stood
You bandaged me up
And took me home
Made me
Promise
I’d never leave
And when I stood
You were halfway
Out the door
I fell
Hard
To the ground
For your words
And empty truths
Made me
Promise
I’d never leave
And when I stood
You were halfway
Out the door
I fell
Hard
...Friday 4th May 2018 11:49 am
The Girl Who Cried Wolf
I thought I had changed
I thought I was better
I thought I beat it
I thought I fixed it
But here I stand
Trying to be tall
Knowing I am so small
The world pressing down
I’m scared again
Swore I never would be
And no one likes it
No one wants to hear it
So keep it hush
Keep it low
Don’t want to be
The girl who cried wolf
But until ...
Monday 2nd April 2018 10:05 pm
Imaginary Confrontation
What was going through your head?
What was running through your mind?
It's the one thing I'll never understand;
How you could just walk away and leave me behind
Didn't leave a trace, no reason to be found.
Just taken away and never reunited.
Do you understand the pain I've written across my heart;
When you took away from me, everything I had.
I was just a child, I...
Thursday 29th March 2018 2:37 am
Unloveable
I have many scars
You can’t see in the light
Behind my smile
Is a world of pain
Constant battle
With myself
Whether it’s worth it
To try anymore
‘Cause in the dark
I introduced you
To every part of me
Showed you everything
When the sun came up
The truth came out
And without a doubt
I’m unloveable
Should’ve known
Never should’ve...
Wednesday 28th March 2018 8:33 pm
Band-Aids
Those words
All the ones I wrote
Like band aids
Across the wounds
You left all over me
All the words
That flooded out of me
Aligning themselves
In comprehendible lines
And organized stanzas
They helped dry my tears
Allowed me to forget
Gave me the strength
To move forward
Providing a closure
That didn’t require you
And I forgave myself
...Wednesday 28th March 2018 8:27 pm
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