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
16th Sep 2015 2:35am
16th Sep 2015 2:35am
Braids
Willful, restless
I turn this old car south
impulsive, boiling
looking for a way out
foolish, prideful
I shake your hand off my arm
broken, tired
I don't know who you are
Imposing impostor
under me like a monster
in shadows in silence
just how you like it
I put my hair in braids
I put my hair in braids
Deflated, anxious
nerves pump through my blood
disheveled, unsettled
I drag my name through mud
Righteous, unsuspecting
just like a babe in the woods ...
I turn this old car south
impulsive, boiling
looking for a way out
foolish, prideful
I shake your hand off my arm
broken, tired
I don't know who you are
Imposing impostor
under me like a monster
in shadows in silence
just how you like it
I put my hair in braids
I put my hair in braids
Deflated, anxious
nerves pump through my blood
disheveled, unsettled
I drag my name through mud
Righteous, unsuspecting
just like a babe in the woods ...
722 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
1st Sep 2015 9:22pm
1st Sep 2015 9:22pm
To You
Well you belong to the stars
I come from the dirt beneath your feet
you've glistened since you started
and you see brightness in me.
I'm not sure why our paths crossed
along the way I think you got lost
fell out of the sky to me
and I haven't let you go since
I'm not wishing, I'm not praying
just loving you, and staying
I know I can't control things
but I can ask you to hold me
things happen for reasons
and all my reasons
lead me to you
With the moon like a flashlight
raised emotions up last night ...
I come from the dirt beneath your feet
you've glistened since you started
and you see brightness in me.
I'm not sure why our paths crossed
along the way I think you got lost
fell out of the sky to me
and I haven't let you go since
I'm not wishing, I'm not praying
just loving you, and staying
I know I can't control things
but I can ask you to hold me
things happen for reasons
and all my reasons
lead me to you
With the moon like a flashlight
raised emotions up last night ...
877 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
24th Aug 2015 3:43am
24th Aug 2015 3:43am
Wildfire of 2015
I don't have a lot to add
but don't let that make you glad
it just means that you've lost me
I've tried so hard, but I'm tired
and your feelings are like wildfire
I never know which way they'll burn
When you want me, you want me bad
when you don't, it's like you never have
back and forth, a case of whiplash
I'm the fool who signed on anyways
knowing full well we'd go up in flames
but the heat of us was worth all the wreck
Why don't we call us a good try
but throw in a goodbye
so we can get to feeling better now
...
but don't let that make you glad
it just means that you've lost me
I've tried so hard, but I'm tired
and your feelings are like wildfire
I never know which way they'll burn
When you want me, you want me bad
when you don't, it's like you never have
back and forth, a case of whiplash
I'm the fool who signed on anyways
knowing full well we'd go up in flames
but the heat of us was worth all the wreck
Why don't we call us a good try
but throw in a goodbye
so we can get to feeling better now
...
675 reads
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SONG LYRICS
Published
20th Aug 2015 1:27am
20th Aug 2015 1:27am
Escape
she wears clothes as if they were meant to be taken off
and you can tell once you enter her you'll be gone
she won't say why she came out to this place tonight
drinking cherry vodka till her skin doesn't feel so tight
escape, she wants to get lost in you
for days, the way that people do
if you stay, you'll find what you never knew
could be so good and happening to you
she blows smoke past you up at your ceiling fan
and she gets to you like only the unexpected can
stoned, drunk, and listening to records for hours
you look over at...
and you can tell once you enter her you'll be gone
she won't say why she came out to this place tonight
drinking cherry vodka till her skin doesn't feel so tight
escape, she wants to get lost in you
for days, the way that people do
if you stay, you'll find what you never knew
could be so good and happening to you
she blows smoke past you up at your ceiling fan
and she gets to you like only the unexpected can
stoned, drunk, and listening to records for hours
you look over at...
637 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
18th Aug 2015 11:44pm
18th Aug 2015 11:44pm
Down The Road
Been confessing my sins to my dashboard Jesus
I don't trust nobody else with my secrets
cause everybody runs their mouths and motors
it's all he said, she said, and good lord, I haven't told her
and these back roads, they talk to me in turn
they say, "oh honey, you have a hell of a lot to learn"
you love him, and you think it's simple as that
there's nothing simple about emotions, they aren't facts
in that they change and they bend without explanation"
and I can never tell which way his heart is facing
but on I go
on I go...
I don't trust nobody else with my secrets
cause everybody runs their mouths and motors
it's all he said, she said, and good lord, I haven't told her
and these back roads, they talk to me in turn
they say, "oh honey, you have a hell of a lot to learn"
you love him, and you think it's simple as that
there's nothing simple about emotions, they aren't facts
in that they change and they bend without explanation"
and I can never tell which way his heart is facing
but on I go
on I go...
849 reads
1 Comment
SONG LYRICS
Published
5th Aug 2015 10:23pm
5th Aug 2015 10:23pm
Girl of Your Days
I always follow my heart
even when it makes me run a gauntlet
and if I'm a fool
so be it, at least I see things through
I want to say the same about you
but there's this distance in the room
you want my trust, but you're fighting us
I can feel it when we sleep
but you wake up, and always come back to me
I'm the girl of your days, but who's the girl of your dreams?
Maybe it's in my head
but I can't shake the shadows
in the corners of this bed
Is coming back here such a bad move?
You say you don't know
but you know that...
even when it makes me run a gauntlet
and if I'm a fool
so be it, at least I see things through
I want to say the same about you
but there's this distance in the room
you want my trust, but you're fighting us
I can feel it when we sleep
but you wake up, and always come back to me
I'm the girl of your days, but who's the girl of your dreams?
Maybe it's in my head
but I can't shake the shadows
in the corners of this bed
Is coming back here such a bad move?
You say you don't know
but you know that...
873 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
29th Jul 2015 9:21pm
29th Jul 2015 9:21pm
Ruin
if this is how it feels to love you
I'm not sure I can love you for very long
I know I said that I can do this but
I don't think it turns out I'm that strong
to have you but not to have you
be out with you, not be able to grab you
the important things couples do
they don't seem to mean a thing to you
and they break me down into pieces
so I just focus on my breathing
as if it'll keep me from falling further down
do I matter to you or am I just background?
I don't know what I'm doing
I think I'm headed for ruin
and this was...
I'm not sure I can love you for very long
I know I said that I can do this but
I don't think it turns out I'm that strong
to have you but not to have you
be out with you, not be able to grab you
the important things couples do
they don't seem to mean a thing to you
and they break me down into pieces
so I just focus on my breathing
as if it'll keep me from falling further down
do I matter to you or am I just background?
I don't know what I'm doing
I think I'm headed for ruin
and this was...
1038 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
23rd Jul 2015 8:27pm
23rd Jul 2015 8:27pm
You Don't Know Me
I feel pretty happy
for someone who's so sad
I'd try to explain it
but it all comes out bad
the truth is distance
is the thing that you crave
so don't come closer
I've got nothing to give away
You don't know me
you don't owe me anything
you don't know me, so stop pretending
this isn't over, when it's been over for days
you don't know me, so you can walk away
I'm awfully decided
for someone indecisive
I've gotten so tired
on the giving side of things
I'm in control of myself
doesn't mean I...
for someone who's so sad
I'd try to explain it
but it all comes out bad
the truth is distance
is the thing that you crave
so don't come closer
I've got nothing to give away
You don't know me
you don't owe me anything
you don't know me, so stop pretending
this isn't over, when it's been over for days
you don't know me, so you can walk away
I'm awfully decided
for someone indecisive
I've gotten so tired
on the giving side of things
I'm in control of myself
doesn't mean I...
1042 reads
3 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
15th Jul 2015 11:55pm
15th Jul 2015 11:55pm
The Worst People
You said, "you look like trouble
I said, "well you look like fun"
turns out we were right
just wrong about which one.
Got the booze and the drugs
sweating out of our system
as we sleep, and we fuck
till the sun goes down again
We're not the worst people
but baby, we're not the best
I've got rug burns and bruises
and I won't tell the rest.
We're a train wreck of a trial
that's been labeled a success
we're not the worst people
but baby we're not the best.
Drinking champagne for breakfast
as you go...
I said, "well you look like fun"
turns out we were right
just wrong about which one.
Got the booze and the drugs
sweating out of our system
as we sleep, and we fuck
till the sun goes down again
We're not the worst people
but baby, we're not the best
I've got rug burns and bruises
and I won't tell the rest.
We're a train wreck of a trial
that's been labeled a success
we're not the worst people
but baby we're not the best.
Drinking champagne for breakfast
as you go...
763 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
29th Jun 2015 10:51pm
29th Jun 2015 10:51pm
Hunt
What I feel for you
is a tangled web
built from everything
that you've said
every time
you tell me we're friends
& all I want is
to hear you say you love me again
& I love you better
but you loved her first
you choose the old scars
to stay in an old war
you want me here
you say as much
you say whatever you want
because this is your house
& this is your hunt.
Don't worry
this will only hurt like hell
I'm no stranger to it
I know the feeling well ...
is a tangled web
built from everything
that you've said
every time
you tell me we're friends
& all I want is
to hear you say you love me again
& I love you better
but you loved her first
you choose the old scars
to stay in an old war
you want me here
you say as much
you say whatever you want
because this is your house
& this is your hunt.
Don't worry
this will only hurt like hell
I'm no stranger to it
I know the feeling well ...
1121 reads
4 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
22nd Jun 2015 00:10am
22nd Jun 2015 00:10am
High Fences
I feel dark today
but where's the change in that?
Stayed in bed today
how can I make sense of that?
It was sunshine today
but in my head it rained
I'm so tired today
but where's the change in that?
I feel wrong today
but where's the change in that?
Couldn't cry today
how can I make sense of that?
I stayed curled in a ball
sometimes I feel small
I'm so tired today
but where's the change in that?
Everything's exhausting
even writing these words down
& just what is it costing
to keep wearing this crown...
but where's the change in that?
Stayed in bed today
how can I make sense of that?
It was sunshine today
but in my head it rained
I'm so tired today
but where's the change in that?
I feel wrong today
but where's the change in that?
Couldn't cry today
how can I make sense of that?
I stayed curled in a ball
sometimes I feel small
I'm so tired today
but where's the change in that?
Everything's exhausting
even writing these words down
& just what is it costing
to keep wearing this crown...
740 reads
1 Comment
SONG LYRICS
Published
18th Jun 2015 5:26am
18th Jun 2015 5:26am
Head First
You say you're not playing games
but you're playing with me
the things you say when I'm here
& how you act when I leave
I can't tell what you're doing
just you like what you're doing to me
I'm not sure how to spin it
but my hearts already in it
it's a little late for a warning
the edge of the cliff came and went
& I ran right off it
I dove into you
like a kid in a pool
feeling brave after school
head first in the water
no thoughts of danger
or what I'm jumping into
I can only seem to think of you.
...
but you're playing with me
the things you say when I'm here
& how you act when I leave
I can't tell what you're doing
just you like what you're doing to me
I'm not sure how to spin it
but my hearts already in it
it's a little late for a warning
the edge of the cliff came and went
& I ran right off it
I dove into you
like a kid in a pool
feeling brave after school
head first in the water
no thoughts of danger
or what I'm jumping into
I can only seem to think of you.
...
658 reads
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