Submissions by CaityCat (Peaches O-Brien)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I'm a lyricist, I write simply what I feel.
SONG LYRICS
Published
11th Sep 2016 1:00am
11th Sep 2016 1:00am
Stronger
I don't know the right words to say
I don't know the right way to be
I've always kinda rolled along
like a pretty lost tumbleweed
I know you see things your way
I know you have certain dreams
you wonder if I can keep up
I think you worry too much about me
I'm a lot stronger than I look
haven't you heard there's more to a book
than the coffee rings on the cover?
give me credit, I'm your lover
I've got to be stronger than I look
to love you
I listen to you tell me the ways
I could be better, I could change
don't you...
I don't know the right way to be
I've always kinda rolled along
like a pretty lost tumbleweed
I know you see things your way
I know you have certain dreams
you wonder if I can keep up
I think you worry too much about me
I'm a lot stronger than I look
haven't you heard there's more to a book
than the coffee rings on the cover?
give me credit, I'm your lover
I've got to be stronger than I look
to love you
I listen to you tell me the ways
I could be better, I could change
don't you...
846 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
5th Sep 2016 6:49am
5th Sep 2016 6:49am
Space, Again.
I've been dreaming about space again
finding a place to crash land
I'm getting awful tired of gravity
I want to go up and never come back
I want to be a little rocket
painted blue purple and black
you can watch me from your telescope
you can name a star for me
talk to it when you're losing hope
missing me and feeling lonely
cause I went away, I went to space
just like I always said
and you could have come with me
but you said all your dreams were dead
so you stayed in the lone star state
where you drink a beer...
finding a place to crash land
I'm getting awful tired of gravity
I want to go up and never come back
I want to be a little rocket
painted blue purple and black
you can watch me from your telescope
you can name a star for me
talk to it when you're losing hope
missing me and feeling lonely
cause I went away, I went to space
just like I always said
and you could have come with me
but you said all your dreams were dead
so you stayed in the lone star state
where you drink a beer...
654 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
21st Aug 2016 7:41pm
21st Aug 2016 7:41pm
Sticks and Stones
I woke up today and didn't know where I was
I felt sick and only had one shoe on
I didn't want it to get like this
who would want me when I'm this bad?
just a pile of bones, dirt and sand
put in a red dress and called a woman
but I don't know what the fuck I am
I keep scratching my way along
saying I ain't doin' nothing wrong
but my conscience is not a liar
I know hell's got fire
and my momma prays for me at night
but I keep saying "sticks and stones
I'm gonna be alright"
Maybe I was born to be...
I felt sick and only had one shoe on
I didn't want it to get like this
who would want me when I'm this bad?
just a pile of bones, dirt and sand
put in a red dress and called a woman
but I don't know what the fuck I am
I keep scratching my way along
saying I ain't doin' nothing wrong
but my conscience is not a liar
I know hell's got fire
and my momma prays for me at night
but I keep saying "sticks and stones
I'm gonna be alright"
Maybe I was born to be...
715 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
19th Aug 2016 3:13am
19th Aug 2016 3:13am
What Bad Girls Do
Confession
I thought it would change
once I was your girl
and everybody knew
I thought these nights
of feeling like a fool
wouldn't come around
but here I am
half drunk and down
I'm not a bad person
I'm not a bad girl
I've got a reputation
but that's just words
I've got a something, something
but I keep it for you
I'm not a bad girl
I don't do what bad girls do
Accusation
I think that you project
a lot of stuff on me
that belongs on your ex
I've never...
I thought it would change
once I was your girl
and everybody knew
I thought these nights
of feeling like a fool
wouldn't come around
but here I am
half drunk and down
I'm not a bad person
I'm not a bad girl
I've got a reputation
but that's just words
I've got a something, something
but I keep it for you
I'm not a bad girl
I don't do what bad girls do
Accusation
I think that you project
a lot of stuff on me
that belongs on your ex
I've never...
788 reads
5 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
29th Jul 2016 6:11am
29th Jul 2016 6:11am
Bank Robbers on the Run
Let's pretend we're bank robbers on the run
I'll have you, you'll have me instead of gun
We can go state to state, exchanging license plates
just think about it, it could be so fun
We could drop cash on the presidential suite
drink champagne and eat strawberries
A brief interlude, that will end too soon
for two banks robbers on the run
Let's play pretend, let's play pretend
don't think about the end
If you call me Bonnie, I still won't call you Clyde
I love your name, you're who I stand beside
Walk through the double doors with...
I'll have you, you'll have me instead of gun
We can go state to state, exchanging license plates
just think about it, it could be so fun
We could drop cash on the presidential suite
drink champagne and eat strawberries
A brief interlude, that will end too soon
for two banks robbers on the run
Let's play pretend, let's play pretend
don't think about the end
If you call me Bonnie, I still won't call you Clyde
I love your name, you're who I stand beside
Walk through the double doors with...
609 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
27th Jul 2016 11:25pm
27th Jul 2016 11:25pm
It Won't Ring
Well my phone is a piece of shit
and I haven't heard from you
could be a bad connection
so the calls not coming through
I've been drinking, I've been thinking
I've been watching water boil
I've been twisting a telephone cord
around my neck just cause I'm bored
It won't ring, it won't ring
but I won't blame you, I don't blame you
for anything
but it won't ring
Maybe you're a piece of shit
that's why I haven't heard from you
I'm not making a request
I don't need anything from you ...
and I haven't heard from you
could be a bad connection
so the calls not coming through
I've been drinking, I've been thinking
I've been watching water boil
I've been twisting a telephone cord
around my neck just cause I'm bored
It won't ring, it won't ring
but I won't blame you, I don't blame you
for anything
but it won't ring
Maybe you're a piece of shit
that's why I haven't heard from you
I'm not making a request
I don't need anything from you ...
781 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Jul 2016 9:25pm
22nd Jul 2016 9:25pm
French Girl's from the 1960's
Picture this
sitting in your living room
I'm in the corner
with the gold disco ball
I can hear
my favorite record of yours playing
French girls
from the 1960's
You've got
your music stuff set up
keys and synthesizers
like I'm on a spaceship
I can taste
cheap champagne on my lips
I've got my face on
and you've got your camera out
but what happens when the film runs out
the records stops? the disco ball falls?
the French girls all go home
will I wake up alone?
I don't know, I don't...
sitting in your living room
I'm in the corner
with the gold disco ball
I can hear
my favorite record of yours playing
French girls
from the 1960's
You've got
your music stuff set up
keys and synthesizers
like I'm on a spaceship
I can taste
cheap champagne on my lips
I've got my face on
and you've got your camera out
but what happens when the film runs out
the records stops? the disco ball falls?
the French girls all go home
will I wake up alone?
I don't know, I don't...
776 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
20th Jul 2016 7:39pm
20th Jul 2016 7:39pm
Down
How do I save a sinking ship?
Plug the holes with my fingertips?
Use a mug and throw the water out
one cup full at a time?
The water's at my ankles now
and my shoes are sopping wet
My life should flash before me
but my life was such a mess
I'd like to be remembered
but the sea, she forgets
I'll be sea foam, I'll be rain
a grain of sand with no name
I used to think there's glory
in taking pain silently
but now I think it's better
maybe to know when to leave
Water has reached my waist now
I think back to the...
Plug the holes with my fingertips?
Use a mug and throw the water out
one cup full at a time?
The water's at my ankles now
and my shoes are sopping wet
My life should flash before me
but my life was such a mess
I'd like to be remembered
but the sea, she forgets
I'll be sea foam, I'll be rain
a grain of sand with no name
I used to think there's glory
in taking pain silently
but now I think it's better
maybe to know when to leave
Water has reached my waist now
I think back to the...
895 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
2nd Jul 2016 6:38am
2nd Jul 2016 6:38am
Skipping
Skipping record on repeat
so I'm not gonna speak
not anymore
not today
I'll just sit
maybe pray
to a god
I made up
inside my head
dwindling interest I can tell
you're no longer under my spell
not anymore
not today
I fucked up
in lots of ways
I don't know
how to fix
any of it
chemical imbalance I could blame
but the endings still the same
you're not here
not anymore
not today
I'll just drink
away the pain
I miss you
but I'm not sure
you reciprocate
...
so I'm not gonna speak
not anymore
not today
I'll just sit
maybe pray
to a god
I made up
inside my head
dwindling interest I can tell
you're no longer under my spell
not anymore
not today
I fucked up
in lots of ways
I don't know
how to fix
any of it
chemical imbalance I could blame
but the endings still the same
you're not here
not anymore
not today
I'll just drink
away the pain
I miss you
but I'm not sure
you reciprocate
...
756 reads
1 Comment
SONG LYRICS
Published
1st Jul 2016 4:14am
1st Jul 2016 4:14am
Open Letter
This is an open letter
to me in the future
Can't I shut my goddamn mouth?
Don't I hear it's damage coming out?
Too late, I think I dented you
What's it mean? I didn't mean to
This is an open letter
to me in the future
Can't I just be tender?
not a walking human blender
Mess is not what I want
just what I'm comfortable with
I love you
put it on my grave stone
you've heard it
you've heard it before
I love you
but I'm sleeping alone
why can't I
get it together?
...
to me in the future
Can't I shut my goddamn mouth?
Don't I hear it's damage coming out?
Too late, I think I dented you
What's it mean? I didn't mean to
This is an open letter
to me in the future
Can't I just be tender?
not a walking human blender
Mess is not what I want
just what I'm comfortable with
I love you
put it on my grave stone
you've heard it
you've heard it before
I love you
but I'm sleeping alone
why can't I
get it together?
...
728 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
10th Jun 2016 5:31am
10th Jun 2016 5:31am
Combustible
Baby we're combustible
com-com-bustible
up in flames by 2am
I get it you're tired
but we're fighting this fire
before it burns our home
I don't want to go
go up in smoke
but
Baby we're combustible
com-com-bustible
up in flames by 2am
Gettin' third degree burns
as we fight and learn
what will and will not heal
I don't want to go
go up in smoke
even though
Baby we're combustible
com-com-bustible
up in flames by 2am
Can we chill? ...
com-com-bustible
up in flames by 2am
I get it you're tired
but we're fighting this fire
before it burns our home
I don't want to go
go up in smoke
but
Baby we're combustible
com-com-bustible
up in flames by 2am
Gettin' third degree burns
as we fight and learn
what will and will not heal
I don't want to go
go up in smoke
even though
Baby we're combustible
com-com-bustible
up in flames by 2am
Can we chill? ...
539 reads
0 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
23rd May 2016 6:21pm
23rd May 2016 6:21pm
Letter to the Moon
Letter to the Moon.
#motivational
#moon
677 reads
2 Comments
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