Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member
 Jan 2013 Courtney Snodgrass
Mutt
Maybe if I hold you,
i'll be able to protect you,

maybe if I hold you tighter,
your heart will get lighter,

maybe if I hold you for a long time,
you'll stay longer,

maybe if I hold you tighter,
you'll hear my heart beat faster,

maybe if I hold you closer,
I can hear your heart match mine,

maybe if I squeeze you,
you'll fill my ears with giggles,

maybe if I squeeze too tight,
you'll leave...you just might,

you squeeze me back,
and whisper softly,

*you don't have to squeeze so tightly,
i'm not going anywhere
 Jan 2013 Courtney Snodgrass
Lee
Only ten words and i still cant use them wisely.
You never say a word
As I stroke your skin,
Tracing the veins along your arm -
Just watch my fingers
Traveling the road map of the blood
That courses through your body.
I have tried so many times
To find a different path
Discover a detour
But I have only found a common route -
Whatever vein I choose,
It leads to your open hand, outstretched
The only place I feel at home.
I need help.
I'm so lost.
Life has me so weighed down
that I don't know
up from down
or left from right.
My words get stuck in my throat and
every day is a constant fight
that I just
cant
seem
to win.
I fell down again today,
I thought I was done for sure.
All the pain and sadness,
dropped me straight to the floor.

I felt like a ******* brick,
made of lead,
tied to an anchor;
and someone decided
to drop me,
into a sea of misery.

I thought for sure
"I can't do this,
I can't take it anymore."

But I swear to god,
I heard your voice,
and I got up off the floor.

I swear,
you were there,
and the weight lifted once more.
I know,
you were there;
it didn't hurt anymore.

Thank you.
 Jan 2013 Courtney Snodgrass
mads
Level head,                      Throbbing chest.


Let it get the better of you;


There was never much of that.
Next page