Can you stay with me
For a little while
Until i fall
Asleep?
I often ponder
As to whether the stars
Tire of burning
Too?
The darkness takes me
And my eyes feel heavy
Like my heart
Which weighs down
My chest
I find that i am tired
Of being tired
And that i am wishing
My wishes would come true
I am constantly praying
That my prayers will be heard
And that i am always writing
About the pain of words
When is the last time
That i thought
For myself?
My mechanical brain
Made of gears and gold
Robotic and cold
I do what im told
And nothing exceeding
What was programed
In my bones
When will i learn
That your love
Was never for me
To hold?
Only for me to veiw
At a distance
But never to really
Touch.
Does time ever wish
That it could slow down
Even for a moment
Too?
My heart is torn
Between two homes
The one i know
And the one I've yet to find
Does the moon feel lonely
When it is all alone
Because nobody is awake
To see it?
Poems are
Words that can
Never find a place,
But can always find a home
In your heart
An icy, hollow bed
Where i lay down to sleep
A coffin as the bedframe
And earth as my sheets
My brother says goodnight to me
My father tucks me in
My mother sings a lullaby
About things that could have been
The world has never looked so gray
Or that is how is seems
As mother whispers in my ear
"Goodnight," she cries, "sweet dreams."
"You cant have it all," they say
And that, for me, is fine
I don't need everything
Just enough to get by
I don't want a mansion,
Or love, or wealth
I just want to know
How to love myself
Have you ever
Felt as if
Breathing water
Would be easier
Than breathing
Air?
The words rattle
In my mind
Like chains
But somehow
They are
Freeing.
They sing a
Silent song
To me
Like whispers in
The autumn
And they are
More beautiful
Than the words
Could ever say
We could run away
and live life for the chase
Never looking back
Pretending it's a race
Are we being followed?
No, but that is half the fun
I need to get away from here
And i want you to come
Whatever tries to find us
Will have to eat our dust
So lets just run away, babe
And find a better 'us'
There are so many eyes
Glowing in the dark
Watching me
Waiting until i slip.
It is maddening
The disembodied cackles
Mocking me
Not with words,
But with laughter.
Awaiting my failure
Do you see the eyes?
Do you hear the sounds?
Am i the only one
Who is
Going insane?
When did every love song
Become about us?
Each smile
Each tear
Each softspoken word
Drives me mad
You are the melody
And the harmony
You are the song in my head
I just have to wonder
Am i your everything
Too?
Listen close
Carefully
I have to say something
But you wont want to hear it
Anymore than i want to say it.
I want to be more
Than you will let me be.
So please
Give me time
This time
Wait- are you listening?
This is what i mean
I need you to understand
I need you to see
I am small,
You've made me this way
I am meant to be invincible
But you got in the way.
I know you've been hur- are you joking?
This is my point!
You ignore me
You restrain me
Then you slaughter my pride.
Do you understa- LISTEN!
It takes more courage
Then i have to say this
But i will
Because i must
So if you ever loved me
Listen now
To my final words
That is, for you
Goodbye
There is more to me
Then you are willing to know
But if you decide to care
I guess i can show
You the parts of myself
That i hide
Beneath my skin
Deep down inside
I guess i am trying to say
I love you
The crow caws once.
A shiver down my spine
I wanted nothing more than to preserve what was mine.
The crow caws again.
Another eerie cry
I tried to fight fate, but you cant win with a lie.
The crow caws once more
A body in the ground
No headstone to mark, only soil in a mound.
The crow falls silent.
The empty only grows
The last attempt to hide my sins, causes them to show.
How can i feel like empty space?
A dark abyss
Infinite in its shallows
And also in its depths
I am swimming forever
Drowning in an eternal loop
Only to awake once more
In the neverending shadows
I am being swallowed
Trapped, consumed, then freed
Alone in this infinity
With only darkness to breathe.
I want to give you my smile when you are sad.
I want to give you my spirit when yours is lost.
I want to lend you my heart when yours is broken.
Because you made me whole again- you made me complete, and i want to return the favor. You will find happiness, even if it kills me to make it happen.
The stars hold infinity. Each one is unique and bright, each one is thousands of miles apart and yet still together in one sky- that is why they are beautiful. Is the same not true for humans? We are each different and still connected, and each one of us holds a light inside of ourselves that can change the world. Are we not beautiful in the same way that stars are? Do we not hold infinity in the same way that they do?
You make me strong. Not because you are my other half, but in fact because you were not. You broke my heart- you broke me- so I had no choice but to grow stronger. I had to make sure that nobody would ever hurt me again the way you did. You were my weakness, and now without you I am the best version of myself.
So yes, you make me strong. But it is only through your weakness that I had ever achieved it.
Most think that beauty is easy to see, but that is only because they dont try and see it where is is hardest to view. It is easy to see beauty in a rainbow, in a model, or in art. The true test is trying to see beauty in other, less obvious things- a rainstorm, a funeral, a homeless man on the street. Beauty is everywhere, but it takes a strong person to see it, and that is what our world is lacking.
Love.
The word is full of expectations. You think there will be joy and comfort in love, you think there will be safety and confidence. However, the truth is that love defies expectations.
It shatters what we think we know and enhances truth in our lives. The truth about love is that love is truth, and that is something that is untaintable.
Have you ever stopped to understand words?
There is so much that is beautiful about language. In every piece of writing, there is emotion. There is nothing more human than the love, hate, greed, forgiveness, sadness, and joy that is in every word you read. We can therefore know that words are in fact beautiful, not just becuause of their own complexity, but also because of the complexity of human nature which they express