Submissions by lives_and_lies (opal)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
24th Nov 2017 5:48am
24th Nov 2017 5:48am
finger twitch
sometimes
my fingers twitch
and i try to dig out what's inside my head
but all I'm ever left with
is bloody fingernails
and thoughts too heavy to be said.
my fingers twitch
and i try to dig out what's inside my head
but all I'm ever left with
is bloody fingernails
and thoughts too heavy to be said.
#PopCulture
613 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
10th Aug 2017 6:03pm
10th Aug 2017 6:03pm
the dark
i am terrified
of falling in love
with the dark
but it almost seems
like it is the only thing
that makes me feel normal.
of falling in love
with the dark
but it almost seems
like it is the only thing
that makes me feel normal.
#anxiety
#depression
#dark
#nightmares
#apathy
651 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
1st Aug 2017 4:08pm
1st Aug 2017 4:08pm
singed
your tongue
is of sparks and flames
while my heart
is of paper and origami cranes.
is of sparks and flames
while my heart
is of paper and origami cranes.
#fire
#passion
703 reads
1 Comment
DARK POEM
Published
25th Jul 2017 3:41pm
25th Jul 2017 3:41pm
drowner
he could feel it
skull pulsing with thoughts
like a migraine too strong to ignore.
skin itched
fingers twitching
but digging only made skin raw.
heart beat
ears thumping like drums
noise far too loud.
none of it would stop
and soon enough
he had drowned.
skull pulsing with thoughts
like a migraine too strong to ignore.
skin itched
fingers twitching
but digging only made skin raw.
heart beat
ears thumping like drums
noise far too loud.
none of it would stop
and soon enough
he had drowned.
601 reads
1 Comment
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th Jul 2017 4:12pm
5th Jul 2017 4:12pm
hurricane
he pressed his hands harder
against his ears
trying to calm the hurricane
raging inside his skull
but there was too much
and he was blown away in the wind.
against his ears
trying to calm the hurricane
raging inside his skull
but there was too much
and he was blown away in the wind.
649 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
30th Jun 2017 3:35pm
30th Jun 2017 3:35pm
we're (not) okay
We stumble and struggle
just to get through the day
so we yell to the world
'we're not okay'
But what we say is refused
even as we show them our minds
and they just yell back in our faces
'stop it, you're fine'
just to get through the day
so we yell to the world
'we're not okay'
But what we say is refused
even as we show them our minds
and they just yell back in our faces
'stop it, you're fine'
665 reads
2 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
6th Jun 2017 2:02pm
6th Jun 2017 2:02pm
thread
your name
is still stitched into my skin
but one day
I might finally
pull out that last thread
that's tangled itself
around my heart.
is still stitched into my skin
but one day
I might finally
pull out that last thread
that's tangled itself
around my heart.
795 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
24th May 2017 1:20pm
24th May 2017 1:20pm
Clawing Flaws
Oh no, please
tell me my flaws.
Rip them from my thoughts
and throw them in my face.
Force them down my throat
and tell me I'm a disgrace.
Because I'm not yet sick of them
clawing
at the inside of my skull.
tell me my flaws.
Rip them from my thoughts
and throw them in my face.
Force them down my throat
and tell me I'm a disgrace.
Because I'm not yet sick of them
clawing
at the inside of my skull.
744 reads
6 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th May 2017 9:20am
17th May 2017 9:20am
Red Eulogies
We are the next in line
we are the next name signed
on a rally to be heard and not just pushed aside.
Our hearts beat the same
yet they say we're not tame
when we scream at them again and say that we're in pain.
We have thoughts of our own
but we are far from alone
yet sometimes our heads don't even feel like home.
But we're faking it, right?
For attention - spite?
Just looking for fires to light?
But when we're dead
and they still don't hear what's in our head
our eulogies scrawled out as they wash...
we are the next name signed
on a rally to be heard and not just pushed aside.
Our hearts beat the same
yet they say we're not tame
when we scream at them again and say that we're in pain.
We have thoughts of our own
but we are far from alone
yet sometimes our heads don't even feel like home.
But we're faking it, right?
For attention - spite?
Just looking for fires to light?
But when we're dead
and they still don't hear what's in our head
our eulogies scrawled out as they wash...
582 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
13th May 2017 1:32pm
13th May 2017 1:32pm
dragon smoke
I swallow down dragons smoke
and spit out a cloud of fire
because you made out that I'm the monster
but you're the ones who's a liar.
and spit out a cloud of fire
because you made out that I'm the monster
but you're the ones who's a liar.
#dragons
#strength
#lies
637 reads
2 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
6th May 2017 5:42am
6th May 2017 5:42am
Mister Violent
Dear mister violent
mister tyrant
mister 'shut up and be silent'.
Fuck you.
Because its been years
a lifetime apart
but she can still feel the fear.
No more bruised skin
but battered hearts still live.
No more nightmares
but memories still give.
She remembered once
and now she's on her second cigarette -
finished the first one in a minute
just smoking away regret.
Broke down one time - two times - three
cried so much she couldn't breathe
could barely see.
So fuck you mister violent. ...
mister tyrant
mister 'shut up and be silent'.
Fuck you.
Because its been years
a lifetime apart
but she can still feel the fear.
No more bruised skin
but battered hearts still live.
No more nightmares
but memories still give.
She remembered once
and now she's on her second cigarette -
finished the first one in a minute
just smoking away regret.
Broke down one time - two times - three
cried so much she couldn't breathe
could barely see.
So fuck you mister violent. ...
664 reads
5 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
20th Apr 2017 4:43pm
20th Apr 2017 4:43pm
Heart Half Stone
She made him happy to be alone
even left with a battered soul
and heart half stone.
even left with a battered soul
and heart half stone.
625 reads
2 Comments
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