Finding Peace
There is no way to cleanse you from my blood; the DNA that spreads through me, entangled in a history of you and us and insanity, is permanently tattooed on my life like the ink in my skin that reminds me, each day, to move on. I scrub myself red and raw, crying to empty … Continue reading Still Trapped.
Oh, hello! I see you’ve come to play. I’ve no time to bounce a ball, But you can hide in my mind And throw a stone or two. Just don’t break anything, it’s fragile in there. Glass, everywhere. Perhaps we can become friends? You show me yours, I’ll show you mine? There’s plenty of space … Continue reading On Mental Guests.
Take a pill, Every day. Take it, or else no one will love you. You’ll ruin every friendship, And your peers will fade. Take it, or else You might not wake up tomorrow. We know it makes you drowsy, unable to really function, and dulls your creativity, But it elongates your life And makes you … Continue reading Take It.
Help me learn to help myself, Without your kind words of soft-spoken promise. I can be more without you, you know? If only you’d let me exist beyond… As it is, I need you to breathe, To eat, and to sleep! I can’t be trusted without your breath on my neck, And your desires in … Continue reading Controlled by You
Built by words of hate Separates with hollow fear Divides me in two
The Ceiling blurs As the tears roll >>away She whispers “Good night” >>And she waits And her friends reassure her The pain will end >>The pain will end But they aren’t beside her >>When the world caves in >>>>It caves in Where she fights with her >>heart And questions >>her fate >>>>She waits Waits … Continue reading She Waits
I Watched you grow Into Someone I’d always wanted to be Did I make that happen? Or were you your own person Right From the Start? It keeps me up at night Did I make you, Did you make you? Could I have been you, Despite … Continue reading My Little One
Don’t withdraw your love from me, I promise I’ll come back.. This is just a phase, you’ll see! I’m so much more than that. I can laugh and I can love, And I can make you smile... I can be more than the fear That takes me every while. Don't withdraw your love from me; … Continue reading Don’t Withdraw Your Love From Me
A single covered lamp lit up the room from a corner just a little too far away to make the atmosphere welcoming; the light barely made it through the large, thick shelves, loaded with books fading to blurry memory as soon as I’d glanced at the titles, past the brick-a-brack of family artifacts layered on … Continue reading A Simple Diagnosis
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