Submissions by comfortablydumb97 (Just CJ)

Sometimes it's running
Out of time, out of breath, out of friends
Or just running
Away from something faster
Somewhere unfamiliar
The only thing to do is run

Sometimes its falling
Endlessly through the nothing
Some empty void of only gravity
Swallowing a limp victim until shaken awake by impact

Sometimes it's crying
In a corner
In a room
In a place that should be safe
Or in the middle of nowhere
Abandoned
Or beaten
Unsure of what to do
The only thing that comes is one tear after the next ...

If there is a god
She must be an assassin
I imagine her sitting on a throne of clouds writing love poems to the fallen and asking Michael why he couldn't be more like Lucifer
The good son
I think she must be keeping close those who need the most babysitting in heaven
For Michael its like detention
While hell is reserved for star pupils who deserve recognition
She spends her leisure time with a red dot aimed carefully
At the hearts of those who dare to see themselves as greater
Because they live to take after their creator
When she knows only...

Yesterday I looked at the sky to find something worth living for
I tried searching my own plane and found more pain
But underground this familiar terrain suffocates the roots of all I try to cultivate
The place where the waves break on shore intimidates and I drown when the weight holds me down under the surface
So I search the sky for hope
And see stars to wish upon
But its the day that strains my will so I wonder if the sun works the same way
Or if only stars far enough away not to illuminate the face of a broken child have the strength to share their...