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Cheyanne Hopkins Nov 2018
iii
one minute

I've been sitting in the corner for one minute, now I want to leave, need to leave. 60 seconds, 6 0. But now I can't

I'm sitting as far from the door as possible, the doorknob is barely visible.
On top of it is a giant spider. Well not giant, but big in spider proportions. I could see the hair coming from it.

three minutes

I'm not scared of spiders. Really, I'm not. I'm just not fond of them, I don't love them. I don't want to turn the handle when there is a large spider on it.
I have somewhere to be

let me leave
please
please
please

let me

out
Cheyanne Hopkins Nov 2018
ii
Her eyes were darker than I remembered
Emptier too.
I used to find a home in those eyes
Now all I see is a maze
waiting to get lost
waiting to be trapped

Ready to catch me again
But this time I know I'll fall
and i don't know if I can get up this time

They used to be bright green
Emerald flecked with gold
Now they are dull
the spark gone
replaced with

pain

I know you are lost too,
trapped
I don't know if you can be found again
I hope you can
you deserve it
Cheyanne Hopkins Nov 2018
i
She sat against the wall
Shoulders sagging
Hopelessness became her
She became it
She wanted
Needed
To be fixed
But she wasn't broken
Never broken

She loved me once
When she was well and able to handle us
She isn't anymore
I still see her sometimes
At school
In the halls
In class

Her smile full
Her laugh; paper floating to the floor
Sometimes I saw the cracks
The glimpes of pain
Of sorrow
But I know it is over
I know it is goodbye
Cheyanne Hopkins Nov 2018
innocence
swinging back and forth
low and slow
singing a song under your breath

eyelashes thick and dark
fluttering as you blink
a calming hum fills my ears
I step forward
noise leaving my mouth
you jump

your eyes meet mine
your lips part briefly
breath pushing past them
your mouth lifts in a smile
my heart lifts

hey
  Oct 2018 Cheyanne Hopkins
adriana
Somebody asked me if I would give
Something... everything to feel nothing
Suddenly I didn’t want to lie
So I said it was too late

But there comes a point where the truth
Bleeds into the lies and the lines
Become blurred with tears and the peace
Breaks away from the people that advocate it most

Answering that question changed the
Advocation of everything that mattered
As our surroundings grow dim against the brightness of
All of the things that need to be said

Whoever wants redemption needs to
Wage war against their emotions and
Want freedom enough to pull the chain on the light
We blindly rely on to lead us to the end
Cheyanne Hopkins Oct 2018
A breath
Eyelids closed
a racing pulse
vibrations felt in your chest
yet, I feel the same
as always
sad and happy
scared and fearless
careful and careless
brave and cowardly
confident and anxious
lost and found

broken and whole

and I take another breath
eyes slowing blinking away the sleep and the nightmares
another year

everything the same
Turned 17 today
  Oct 2018 Cheyanne Hopkins
OC
On my way to work
I suddenly fell in love
but I did not know
with whom, or why
And I must admit
it is much less stressful
to fall in love with
a non existing void
After all, for once
I know for certain
that they can never
love me back
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