Submissions by Alyssabarletta

I woke up in his arms
Relief washing over me there’s no alarm
He is home where I am secure
Put together where I don’t feel obscure

Today I am new

Isolated from a world untrue
Cravings send waves up my body
Crashing them down I look shoddy

Reiterating I am new in my head all the while
Thinking I can fight this battle in denial
The truth comes out when they see me trembling
What is freedom with bills piling

Today I am new

Today I will forget all my problems, focus on you
Thoughts...

Paralyzed in my stance
Transformed into this trance
Another realm I can’t explain
It’s something wrong within my brain

Goosebumps spreading down my arms
Yelling is all that surrounds
A shadow spreading on the wall
It forms a hand reaching out in gall
I hear a snap the trance is dissipated
Alarm spreading I feel invaded

Until the soothing of your words
Nothing else makes me reassured
I calm in his arms where I don’t feel alone
But temptations perspire I cannot condone
Alone I must be
To face my...