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I Fall down onto my knees
I look up into your eyes
I can see you praying to the heavens
Set a fire in my heart
Don’t you know I want you
you left me with no goodbyes
you left me with no final words
will I see you again?
you left me to face this cruel world alone
you left me alone to continue battling
will I see you again?
you left me with no goodbyes
you left me with no final words
will I see you again?
you left me to face this cruel world alone
you left me alone to continue battling
will I see you again?
You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone
you’re gonna miss the way I loved you
you’re gonna miss the way I let you hurt me
you’re gonna miss what I let you get away with
you’re gonna miss the way my hair shines in the sun
There's a darkness in my veins,
I hadn't noticed before.
as I stare at my hands,
I feel so lost, unsure.
I must have stared for hours,
for when I did look up.
I saw the dark before me.
The rain is my peace.
My eyes were the ocean.
My heart in ruins.
I shook violently as the droplets struck me.
.
The rain is my peace.,
For she cannot see my tears.
“Almost”
An adjective meaning very near or not quite.
What a terrible word that holds a painful truth.
I dread these six letters, as anyone would.
You left me so quickly.
Am I useless? Do you not need me?
The hole in my heart is growing,
I'm turning hollow.
Come back! I need you!
Please!
"Please stay with me, daddy!"
"Please don’t leave me!"
You were walking so fast.
Too fast for my little feet to keep up.
It's 1:36 am
And my mind is fixed
On the memory
Of how your body
Latched itself onto mine
And how your words
Made their sweet way
Into the thoughts
That were once plagued
You left me,
yes it hurts,
your the only one who really did love me?
yes I'm still in love.
you gave me your all,
you choice the drugs.
yet, your still in my thoughts.
A people so isolated in a culture of assimilation,
A nation so apathetic to all of creation.
When the eyes of the opressed weep beneath their boots,
Crushed beneath a system of fascist roots.
You were my life and, my light.
Then came that cold, dark night
Now the only time i see your face is in the pictures of this old place
Without you, i dont know what to do
Why did this happen to you?
Friend you left me alone today.
Heaven your mind will depart to.
Body stays to decompose down.
You are now part of Earth's soul.
Friend you left me days ago now.
Why is it so hard to realize
when someone has perished,
that she is gone?
I know that she is gone but it doesn't feel real.
I can feel her all around me.
In every room I feel her prescence,
"I am here for you. All you have to do is call me." Words from a frivolous liar. I called, but you've never picked up. I text, but you've never shown interest in my struggles. So, why did you say that? People can't be counted on. Unpredictable.
You are a disease
Infesting the corners of my mind
Rotting my perception of others
Lingering in the darkest places
When time passes by who will remeber?
Remeber the pain,
Rember the smiles and laughs,
The friendships fromed and broken.
Who will remember the fallen,
The ones who fought,
Who will rember the broke,
I felt it stir deep in my chest
Ribbons of want, a knot in my breast
A face, not a name ingrained in my brain
Wicked green eyes changing the game
Making it clear,
I would never be the same
I just turned 18
And you don't seem to want me around
So I went and bought a pack of ciggs downtown
But all I can think is how ashamed you'd be right now
A stiff draw
The air nibbles my ears
Your hands run through my hair
Your piercing eyes searching mine
For what, I do not know
Nor do I know what you will find.
Maybe you see the way I adore you
My thoughts always wandering back to you
How can you miss someone who was never physically there
Never felt their touched or the texture of their hair
Never held their hand or kissed their lips
Yet they seem to be the only person you miss
I hope I forget your eyes
And that I couldn't look way.
I hope I forget your smile
Because it makes me wish you'd stay.
I hope I never call you
When its late and I can't sleep.
He loved me once
Everyday he told me so.
Anytime of the day it didn't matter.
Right there beside me or
There in the middle of the day.
space between us grew bigger and bigger
" i just don't have the proper training to deal with your...condition...i hope you understand."
i nod, because yes, i do understand.
i understand that when you look at the scars on my thigh and ankle, you get chills
It is rare that a man
Can come to terms with
Surrender.
It is in a unfair waisteland
that a man can make
sense of these thoughts that
will hinder.
Its uncomprehensible that
Where is the you who wanted me so badly
Where is the you who needed to have me
What I'm trying to say, is that I'm tired of feeling this way
I've been thinking all day, that you let your pride get in the way
I miss youIt is easy to admit to myself
Hiding behind my books,
slumped over my desk
Head down in defeat,
as I stumble over each word
There is an empty place in my chest, an empty spot where my thoughts use to flow and my memories use to play. The familiar rhythm that's kept me alive for so long is slowly coming to a halt.
I saw you today,
Surprisingly I was okay.
I didn’t want to cry or question why,
I’m fine that you aren’t mine.
I didn’t know what I saw,
Or why I would miss you,
I could even risk you.
Why would someone do such a thing?
Someone please tell me why.
He gave him so much of his effort.
So much of his money and time.
Between the two was everything.
He'd helped him stand back up.
I miss your
voice
and you're gentle
touch:
things I dwell
upon
all the many
hours,
but now you're
gone
and I am
left
I believed that we wereSo in loveBecause you made me feel so sure
BUT
You started slipping awayand Icouldn’t do anythingBut cry.
THENYOULEFT
The sun awoke in the vast cerulean sky.
The grass, green and fresh with dew,
Sparkled in the morning sunlight, like tiny fragments of sharp glass.
Rainbows flitted across the meadow, halting against giant pale grey stones.
Dear Child,
Hear I am, looking down at you; waiting for you to talk (acknowledge) me; wondering why you're ignoring me
My Dear Child,
She made me cry.
She left a scar.
She hurt me every way possible.
She didn't mean to.
She didn't mean not to.
She still did.
When I was younger, my father left home.
They thought he had a heart made out of gold,
But side by side the Lord and Devil hung
in that chamber of his inner being.
“Don’t spend your heart all in one place, mortal.
It is 1960 and there are two drinking fountains.
Colored on the left, white on the right.
A young black girl shuffles her feet forward slowly in line.
They drag along the dirt and make lines in the ground.
