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553 · May 2014
Arsonist In Love
Calli Kirra May 2014
Old friend,
You've been the love of my life
So wrong it's right down to the bone,
Home in your quilted eyes
What a line,
I bet you get this all the time
Even then I was yours,
Guess you've always been mine
You said it quick,
And I thought, I know
Never met another realist before
I'm a girl of extremes,
"Baby I know what you mean"
A lover a fighter a runner a writer
A kisser a dreamer who starts all the fires
I start fires
549 · Sep 2013
Garage Song
Calli Kirra Sep 2013
Play pool like you do
With me tippin over next to you
Grab me by my jeans, in your T, unsweet
Kiss me with your whiskey
I know that you miss me
In a cloud of smoke, we'll go up
I get the king chair
With the quilt showing off my hair
In the middle of the room
Everything in view
Metal walls, I have it all
Sound system and the air kissin
The lights inside keep it lookin like my favorite season
Year round, won't turn down
My favorite place on this side of town
In the way back past the gate
A swing hangin from the prettiest tree I've ever seen
How I love to play
542 · Oct 2013
Entry #1
Calli Kirra Oct 2013
Feel like ****, and they say I'm the ****
Like Calli, what's up? Come hit this
And mommy and dad aren't together anymore
So now when she looks at me she just sees a broken promise
And I love that walked out the door
Mornings aren't fresh anymore
At least Fridays are more exciting than before
What do you do when they don't get you?
If wonderland was real, you know where I'd be
Maybe it is
Guess I don't have the right eyes to see
And I feel like I'm crazy
Ill have something in my hand
And the next second it's gone,
Right into thin air
My lungs must hate me
I know my liver does
And this boy just loves me
But he's not the one I want
And my writing isn't as good as it used to be
Ever since he slipped from me
I hate this poem
Whatever
537 · Apr 2016
Firefly
Calli Kirra Apr 2016
Firefly I had hoped to catch,
A light in a bottle, I'd dreamt like mad
I want what I've lost and destroy what I have
And you found love in a flower patch
Tending to delicate,
Like you know so well
Its late and I've found my unafraid self,
You were there to water the ground
Don't be restless, don't wish for rain
There's still a drought in this gorgeous place
535 · Jun 2014
Advil
Calli Kirra Jun 2014
Instead of a headache or a twist in my lungs
I'm popping plastic caps till the love wears off
Till the hum wears off
Traffic, stop and push
That's how we are
Bang and bang till my fists are sore
So much purple and blue but I still want more
Purple and blue,
All for you
535 · Dec 2015
A for Again
Calli Kirra Dec 2015
I don't believe you when you say you love me,
So I don't believe anything
533 · Oct 2013
Coroner's Report
Calli Kirra Oct 2013
Drive me off a cliff
Drive me crazy
"Forever and ever"
LA apartments made me
Make me laugh
Make me cry
And when the news goes around,
You'll ask yourself why
Tell me a story
Tell me a lie
It's what you're best at,
And I always catch em
But for a minute I believe
Every ******* time

"What happened to you guys after the party last night?"
"Oh, sorry James, we just had to deal with some....business"
530 · Feb 2014
The Apple
Calli Kirra Feb 2014
There was an apple
Of ruby and gold
In a town of pigeons, young and old
It was sad, and wanted love
But all the pigeons had to think with,
Were stones
They jumped and flapped,
For they couldn't see
Just how precious a golden apple could be
526 · Sep 2013
The Cool Kids
Calli Kirra Sep 2013
We party, we rage, ain't it all so great?
So much fun, so above
But now Sugey and Seb, they're both dead
And pretty Savannah is in a hospital bed
Wires and tubes, I think of me and you
How it coulda been us, under an unforgiving moon
The car on fire, hot with teen desire
To run around, don't come down
All alone all together in a masked- up city
But this time the morning after is way worse than ******
"You and me Soph, we got invited there"
And I had put on mascara and done my hair
So crazy, so surreal
And it happened so quick
Now pretty party-queen Savannah?
She has to live with it
521 · Aug 2013
Surprise, Surprise
Calli Kirra Aug 2013
"Calli, Calli, I need your help
Vicky's passed out in my bed right now
I know I'm a **** and I know I've been a *****
But I need you to come over"
****.
520 · Oct 2013
Liar Liar
Calli Kirra Oct 2013
Truth be told, it's getting old
Couldn't decide whether to toss you
Or cross you
Lips like limes and cyanide
Slip a thread around my neck
Press the dimmer in my eyes
With every lie, every lie
Every look, "until next time"
Put me to rest, I love your bed
Miss sleepy head
Since when did I have a bed time?
519 · Sep 2015
Quitters Never...
Calli Kirra Sep 2015
Stab me,
Oh baby just **** me
Take all I said in a moment of trusting
*******, throw it back at me
Prove me right again, lemme have it
Toss my head around, fantastic
Nail me to the wall,
I'm bleeding, but laughing
Make yourself sick
With your lie soaked spit
I'll still get what I want
You may be a quitter,
But I'm not
518 · Oct 2013
Boys
Calli Kirra Oct 2013
A failed math test
Meaning no but saying yes
The folded part on a fruit roll up
You're my smoke, but I've given up
A coffee grinder
Bathtub spider
It smells like donuts at four a.m.

One loves his bike, the other has a car
Neither one gets very far
I hope it feels nice wherever he is
Because today was the first day we really had wind
Meet me in the alley right before three
My favorite boy still won't party with me
517 · Dec 2015
Un-Untitled
Calli Kirra Dec 2015
The hours always pass faster when it's dark outside, so why do we hurt the best things in our lives?

Going to hell and the rich way to get there

I would love you in a war
I would love you in a fire fight and on the bathroom floor
Calli Kirra Oct 2013
Cops came three nights ago
I was being...... bad
Haha, so bad
Tried to leave, and momma hit me
So I layed on my bed
Turned on Degrassi
Feelin so much like Darcy
And she's crying into the phone
"She's out of control!"
And Officer whatever the ****
Came in my room
"Miss, this is enough"
Haha, you're dumb
It's never enough
Ill never have enough
"Have you seen this show? It's really good"
"Your mom says you've lost it. Have you gone crazy?"
"Mm, I think so."
514 · Oct 2018
The Ribs I Carry
Calli Kirra Oct 2018
I wish you could see the steel-*****
ribs I carry
My backbone of shiny titanium
The diamond whites of my eyes
You can’t imagine how fast I’ve had to hold
How tight I’ve clutched my very soul
Close
Just how thoroughly strong I had to be
To become this delicate for you
511 · Sep 2013
Sad girl, it's okay
Calli Kirra Sep 2013
It's dark
I... can't.. I can't see
And the walls talk
And say its not worth it
It's so not worth it
I wish I knew what happened
After you breathe, say goodbye
And they ask me why
Because the moon isn't as bright
And he doesn't look at me the same
And the summer was such a hot one
"You're gonna burn up, girl"
Oh please, please
Burn me up
Backed into a corner, she cries
They get mad when she catches their lies
Behind her back, ratta tat tat
Metal on wood, it hurts more than it should
Where to go, what to do
Up at 4am, lashes wet and thick as glue
So hot your sheets are soaked through
I want to do it
But I don't want it to hurt
But sticking around
Would be even worse
499 · May 2016
Ready and Willing, Waiting
Calli Kirra May 2016
I wish I wasn't so vindictive,
I wish I wasn't so into hurting,
Then kissing
One small slip, I'm in a cold sweat
Waiting with a knife,
Ready for the lies,
All I know is things missing
Never the one,
Or just having fun,
You'll have to talk me through it, I'm shaking
Always on the edge,
Painted blue and red
496 · Apr 2013
Miranda
Calli Kirra Apr 2013
"I love him, I do
I deserve it, it's true"
And he goes on slapping you
Making your skin turn as red as his
Because he's so mad at you
So beautiful
And you know you're mean
Under sheets with other boys
But you are lovely still
Senior girl
And he goes on hurting you
Leave this place now
He won't back down
Go to the music and happiness and love
That is not love that is bruising your body
Swelling those green eyes up tight
"But I love him!"
492 · Jan 2014
Black
Calli Kirra Jan 2014
I knew, I knew he would, I knew and I did nothing, I did everything
491 · Sep 2013
Spinning Top
Calli Kirra Sep 2013
My poems about you do the best
Today you pulled up on the string
My yo yo string
Up, up I went
Like a child's toy, butterfly
This song makes me cry
And happy endings are so boring
Maybe that's why
489 · Dec 2013
High Life
Calli Kirra Dec 2013
He thinks on such big scales
And like a dragon, he's got scales
I reflect in all of them
Given up,
I just fall into it
Just in love
So in love
487 · Dec 2013
Trailer Time
Calli Kirra Dec 2013
Thanks for the bite marks, *******
487 · Nov 2013
Pirate Ship
Calli Kirra Nov 2013
What did he say?
Piano starts to play
My favorite song and I can't sing along
Tidal wave, my blood and veins
Little girl just playing games
Chutes and ladders,
Still chasing after
A green sky
And the light that's leaving his eyes
Notes, I need you, play for me
Drag me under
Quiet this tide
482 · Jun 2014
Fruit
Calli Kirra Jun 2014
Talking myself into trees
k-i-s-s-i-n-g
Angry you,
Crazy me
Writing in the sheet seams
And ceiling beams
Pretty ****** up if you ask me
Sweet, red forbidden fruit
In the tree I talked myself into
482 · Mar 2014
Firestarters
Calli Kirra Mar 2014
We coulda burned this whole city to the ground. Our heat was like a pride of tigers, and they ripped through every canvas wall and tore them to shreds. We were hot. An electric telephone wire engulfed. We coulda melted them, baby.
481 · Oct 2013
Sure As Hell
Calli Kirra Oct 2013
Sugar
Maybe it was the drugs
Or maybe it was the devil sharing our shoulders
Maybe the air got too thick
Sheets in a cold sweat
Maybe the power turned out
Maybe the music got too loud
But as long as hell is still burning
I will want you back
"Condemn yourself with this nonsense,
And sure as hell I still love you."
480 · Oct 2013
Screen Door
Calli Kirra Oct 2013
It starts snowing in your room
Soaking the carpet, your socks
The sound you hear isn't pumping blood
It's a tin cup falling
Waking up with a sore throat
And the covers ripped off
Tossing and turning, tossing some more
Toss October right out the door
Erase the words, erase your mind
I go back there all the time
All I have is a memory
Of her laughing through the screen door
Something you said
You did it again
Baby, she's got dark eyes like me
If only she knew what my pair have seen
477 · Jan 2014
Ms Hyde
Calli Kirra Jan 2014
I'm evil and I glitter
I love their screams
Nails in deep,
You just love the heat
I know I did something bad
Cause my mouth taste sweet
Better than cherry juice
Worse than lovin you
Jennifer Check can't touch this
I've got the sick
Gimme a kiss
476 · Jun 2014
M pt 9
Calli Kirra Jun 2014
You're so mad,
And I'm so sad
But there's so much more fun to be had
473 · Sep 2014
Rabid
Calli Kirra Sep 2014
I want to drown in you
Because if I'm not six feet deep,
If I'm not surrounded and submerged,
I don't do well in empty space
Well let's just say,
When I have room to move,
I'm a wolf in the herd
472 · Sep 2013
Ryan
Calli Kirra Sep 2013
This sweat isn't for you
Got a whole lot of lyin to do
I mean thanks for the bottle,  I like it I do
It'll really be good when the boys roll through
When it slides down my throat
When it spills on the floor
When the scent of cinnamon slips out the door
What? Did you think we'd drink it together?
I like it much better when 'forever' is 'fornever'
Dinner? With you? Sure I'd love to
Take me out and show me around
Ill get high after so I won't come down
Ill be a polite lady just for you
But only if you get me a bottle
Or two
472 · Aug 2015
Me, Menagerie
Calli Kirra Aug 2015
If I was a dog, I'd bite
And you may be one now,
But at least you're right
And if I was a cat, I'd scratch
Pouncing on air,
Just missing your lap
Babe if I was a bird, I'd sing
I'd be the kind of canary
You'd be too afraid
To send into a mine,
That's what you are at all times
Even when I seem unsure
I'm a maybe at best,
For sure
470 · Aug 2014
Fluctuation
Calli Kirra Aug 2014
Assassin,
I'm a china doll
No, I don't need
I want it all
Stay back, my skins only mine
feel me now and take your time
I'm tired, just go
come in the window
I need to think
i can't sleep alone
Never a man, never again
your number one ******* fan
My knees love me, when I need them they stand
holding me limp in your confection hands
The shadows and alleys are all I need
*tell me it's okay and to get some sleep
469 · May 2014
Soph pt 5
Calli Kirra May 2014
I could never fight you, pretty
My co-first command
My right hand man
They couldn't catch us
You watch the door and I pick the lock,
Giggle and sip while he grinds his jaw
Clasp your hands together,
So I can step up
Split it in half so we'll both get enough
It's been a year
Still can't find us
Calli Kirra Nov 2014
Oh the beauty of a beating heart,
So red and instead,
Never to bed,
Always promising just a little bit longer
And oh the curiosity of crickets when it's light out,
Like rain in a sun town,
Dressing up to ride around
461 · Aug 2015
Making
Calli Kirra Aug 2015
The sweetest music, making me weep
Wanting to scream but unable to speak
I'm tired but oh so rushed
Shaking hands, too late is enough
And I'm scared and aware,
And I know what's up
But I'd rather it now than before
Now he's calling my name,
Kicking in the door
Can't get into a room without one,
So what are they trying for?
I care, I care
I say it at least
An exhaustion immune to a good nights sleep
457 · Jan 2014
Green Can't Drive
Calli Kirra Jan 2014
Lips on my back
Hands round my waist
We're probably gonna crash
But going out,
I wouldn't want it
Any
Other
Way
Nini, in the pass seat
Laughin in between screams
What a good dream
It was just that, a dream
447 · Jul 2014
How to Make a Drink
Calli Kirra Jul 2014
Clicking ice meant almost time to go
Id bet on that, mama showed me so
In a swirl of lipstick and shimmer
Saw pretty ladies in the hall
Through my ordered dinner
Well I watched and was taught
Eventually I knew the drill
Nothing good comes
From party girls raising party girls
446 · Jul 2015
No Flame, All Blame
Calli Kirra Jul 2015
Trying to love and feel again,
Like lighting a match in the wind
I could blame the stars,
Or the people they are
I could blame myself
And the installed iron bars
Baby I could blame you
Yeah that's probably best
Id probably get the car,
And the money with that guess
Yeah, it's all on you
The boy in blue
But who really knows in the end
445 · Aug 2014
Parched
Calli Kirra Aug 2014
I know what can happen between the times we talk
And well,
This valley drought is ******* us
Drying and cracking the sidewalk
I guess no rain,
No pain,
But soon green will be gray
Let's hope by then I'll be dry of everything I want to say
Calli Kirra Jul 2016
Baby I'm
A hot flicker in a glittering flame
From a cold night sweat, I call your name
I just can't stay in this place
It's all too much because it's all the same
Pull me in like I knew you would
I counted us out,
And now I can't get enough
I breathe in and out,
My own air chokes me now
Empty space
That you don't cut through
Is not the same


And I'll say it again,
For you this time
I ******* NEED you like the nights
Like pillows in a missile fight
I'm just shaking and rolling around,
You'd never let me go down
444 · Jul 2013
Bang Bang
Calli Kirra Jul 2013
You looked like such a man
With those fireworks in your hand
And I saw as you laughed
That things like these make you happy
They make your eyes sparkle
I wanted to touch you
And tell you how strong you are
I wanted you to lay me down
Like you're so good at
And I know you love me
I knew as the explosion made us laugh
And we ran so fast up the porch
And I turned around
And your face
Pure joy and freedom
I sat back down in your room
With the stuff in my lap to make us feel good
And the boys I love like brothers
All panting and yelling and laughing
And you looking so pleased
And thought
"I am so in love with you"
442 · Aug 2016
Saltwater
Calli Kirra Aug 2016
Under the covers,
You told me to come outside
See the sun, and his moon lover
Well I've always been a flame,
But now I'm unlike any other
As you light me up and say my name
Candles or the stove,
The soft saltwater glow
They're radiant all the same
You said come outside,
See the stars
Your eyes big as space
439 · Jan 2014
Carolina
Calli Kirra Jan 2014
Angry is sad
When the drinks are strong n bad
You can't do this again
You can't baby, again
Not with her
Spare my wild soul
439 · Aug 2016
Pretty&Sweet
Calli Kirra Aug 2016
To say you'll pick up
Is a fifty-fifty shot
But that means that you are,
Just as much as you're not
They tell me I'm pretty,
If only that was enough
Seems even kids get sick of candy
If they eat too much
436 · Sep 2013
Checker
Calli Kirra Sep 2013
My hair feels like spiders
Do you ever bite her?
I walked in,
You walked out
Feel it now?
436 · Jul 2014
,
Calli Kirra Jul 2014
,
I'd like to think I'm cold and calculating and unwavering, sometimes I'd wished I was like the people who hurt me, always looking for the next, never understanding or having to retravel the damp, crushed paths of destruction that leaked from the soles of their shoes, never caring to turn and see the thick, salty metal smoke choking it's way through the light. But, I am a lover. A dreamer of only the most sweet, silver realities, realities that are, to most, wildest dreams. I write letters and excerpts, often to people I've never met, often in the position of who I dream to become, often like a madwoman. It terrifies me, how I so often go limp and dazzled by men like gods, on covers, who's voices lull my aching showgirl heart into an almost always fitful sleep, but that I can't get over ever, and I know he'll love me too one day, crying out my name in his virile, fiery tone, to the screeching excitement of electric guitars. Do you let yourself give in to your insanities? Can you claim them for your own, dance with them, let them burst free into your every other area of normalcy? I do, I can, I always have. I am the girl turning the corner, the flashing, fleeing green and red lights in the sky, the faint sound of applause you know is coming from somewhere where incredible things are happening. I've been the hate, and the sick, and the lust, I have hot blood and a heart, and they are pumping, always pumping.
432 · May 2014
Soph pt 4
Calli Kirra May 2014
You think you crazy?
LIL GIRL GO BACK TO BED
Close your always open mouth for once,
You ain't seen insane yet
I'm sick, a candy sweet *****
You want another cavity?
Come take a lick
I'm right on the edge,
Shut up, you know what I said
So now you hard? I guess now you'd rather be than receive
I'm borderline like Marilyn, Anna and Britney
Angie, Amy, and baby Lindsay
You so worn out,
Won't survive another trip to the washing machine
This ain't a poem, it's a rap
And you bout to be my afternoon snack
Maybe not, I'm trying to watch my fat
Not that i eat too much anyway,
Watchin you taught me better than that
Sit down,
You're a ****** joke
It's all in the lines,
Your past says so
430 · May 2016
All The Time
Calli Kirra May 2016
I can't breathe anymore
Than I already have with you
I can't find any more
Reasons why,
To stay here and fight with you
You're too far to pull in tight
But close enough for a crushing goodbye
Well god knows I've tried,
I guess this happens with you all the time
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