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I sit in the rain Letting it pound me into the ground Each drop absorbed into my skin Down my shoulder blades On my face Dripping and slicing me Into a million pieces I want to let it wash me… Wash my eyes Cleanse this lens I see myself through Where I can only find the imperfections ... - Poetry > Free VerseI see you with her and I feel my heart break My stomach falls out And tears form in my eyes Memories grip me so hard Wrapping around me Before I can fight them off You were my first kiss My first everything My first love I ruined it though like everything else You wanted to commit ...
- Poetry > Free VerseHear me God… For I don’t know what to do Where to turn Whom to run to Hear me God… For I feel as if I’m being crushed Smothered Beaten Hear me God… For my heart is heavy Chained Weary Hear me God… For I am ashamed that I feel so low Devastated Hurting Hear me ...
- Poetry > Free VerseI laugh and joke Pretending that nothing you say bothers me I act like I am on top of the world Because what are my other options? But deep down I want to cry And break into a million pieces And give into this monster that lives deep within me My eyes fill with tears As I quickly blink...
- Poetry > Free VerseLong sleeves will be worn, with my heart torn Because I can’t let people see These marks of betrayal etched on my skin Welts left hastily When I want to give in, and slice through my skin I settle for my rubber band Because it’s the closest thing I can feel to pain As I snap it from my ...
- Poetry > Free VerseThe worst part is the pain The way I can’t escape it and I feel it crushing in around me The times when I cry until my whole body aches And not having anyone understand it quite like I do The worst part is the smile That I wear to the world to cover up the fact that I’m broken That I use...
- Poetry > Free VerseWhen you are here… Nothing can touch me. I’m so safe in your arms, I can practically feel your love pouring over me. Covering me completely, Leaving me with a peace that I have never known before When you are here… The monsters can’t scare me. The pain can’t reach me. I don...
- Poetry > Free VerseYesterday is gone And with it are the shadows of my past Mistakes Failures Nightmares that haunt me-even on these good days I have faith that I’m forgiven For the lies For the anger For the cutting Yesterday is gone And with it are the memories of my pain Still so real Still so much...
- Poetry > Free VerseYou are summer Sunlight glimmers off your face Your smile brings heat My face burns red when you smile at me Your memory smells like the grass you used to cut That was the same color as your eyes And when you’d look into me I saw past the image you put off to the world You are summer Be...
- Poetry > Free VerseI follow your gaze and look up Your eyes, so trusting that there is more than this world Something beyond And I want to let you take me there You see me looking at you instead of the stars and smile Your asymmetrical face tilts to the side and one half of your mouth opens more than the other R...
- Poetry > Free VerseMy hair blows in the wind Whips my face And I let it cover my eyes And allow myself to be blinded to this real world The sun shines down on my face And I lift my chin Letting it warm my face and give me the reassurance That there is something I can believe in My tears burn And I feel w...
- Poetry > Free Verse“Don’t forget this” And then you left me to wonder what you meant I was so confused Because how could I ever forget this? Forget the love you gave me I couldn’t Forget the nights spent with you I wouldn’t Forget everything you helped me become I can’t Your arms wrapped aro...
- Poetry > Free VerseLove was the summer It was the hill you took me to when I needed to get away When I stood over the edge and was tempted to let go Love was when you always pulled me back And whispered that you would always be there When you wrapped me into you and the world melted away Love was the places ...
- Poetry > Free VerseOur hands touch as I reach for you One last time… You think I don’t notice the way you grab onto me Like a frightened little child? I look into your eyes… Those eyes that I know better than my own. Memories flood my mind of the Times we used to have. But now as I look into your eyes,...
- Poetry > Free VerseI sit in the pew, chewing a piece of gum That tastes like nothing to me. I hear the words that the preacher says, That holds no meaning for my broken heart. The words meant to comfort do nothing To fill in the empty space that now occupies my chest. How can anyone really explain this? Wha...
- Poetry > Free VerseOur eyes meet and we smile Knowing that we hold so much of each other’s past I look at you and see the little kid you used to be And the smile that would make my heart lift up And soar… We don’t talk anymore I hear rumors that crush my heart But then again…I’m sure you have to. ...
- Fiction > Realistic FictionShe sat alone at lunch. One of the few people in the school who preferred to eat alone, she knew that she drew attention to herself sometimes. Did people honestly think that she didn’t see the looks they gave her? The sideways glances cast her way, as if they looked too long they would catch whate...
- Poetry > Free VerseThere is so much to say with so little time but I just can’t find the truth because somehow I got stuck in the middle by wanting to believe in you I wish that this wasn’t happening and I wish I didn’t know about this pain you brought with you the scars that I don’t let show I...
- Poetry > Free Versei would rather be anywhere but here... under the shimmering stars, on the hood of your truck. with tears spilling out of my eyes, making puddles on the rusted red paint. fingers laced in a promise made so long ago...one that means nothing in a moment like now. the full moon, a whole in the sky&#...
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