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Hello there
I was walking by
And caught a stare
Out of my eye

I couldn't tell
If it was a good thing
But judging from your reaction
I'm guessing you're a sweet thing

Correct me here
If I'm not right
I think I saw you
Out here last night

With the same look
The same stare
A different dress
But the same glare

Let me buy you a drink
To start off right
Maybe we could end it
At the end of the night

You're a beautiful girl
All alone in a bar
Let me take you somewhere
We can take my car

I'll buy the food
I'll pay for the drinks
We'll have a great ol time
End with a wink

After the night
I'll drop you off here
Outside your car
And watch you disappear

So what do you say?
You had me at a glance
Your beautiful eyes
Just put me in a trance
©Bruno Joseph Orsi      August 16, 2010
Without honor
There would be no order
Without order
There would be no peace
Without peace
There would be no tomorrow
Without tomorrow
There would be no longer love
Without love
There would be no us
Without us
We will all just rot in this place
That we call this world
That we keep destroying
Saying it's all for good
And that everything that's against us
Is wrong
And we are right
We are the only ones right
You can't stop this
It's too far gone
We'll destroy ourselves
And blow each other away
And with our last few seconds
And with our final breaths
What will you say
What will he say
No one will ever know
For sure
Because no one will ever be around
The stop and hear him
Whisper...
We are our own worst enemy
We are the victems of ourselves
All the wrong we have done
Can never be forgiven
As we take these final regrets
To our graves
©Bruno Joseph Orsi     August 16, 2010
She's upset
Another bad day
Sits on the bed
And cries away

She looks up
Reaches under the bed
Pulls out a small box
Nothing is right in her head

Unclicks the lock
With the small key
That she hides away
Where no one could see

Opens the top
And looks inside
There lies the steel
There lies her pride

Lifts it up high
Stares at the blade
Perfectly shaped
Offering her aid

Looks at the tip
Wipes it clean
All of the crimson
All of her dreams

Puts it to the skin
Right on her wrist
She already knows
Nothing good could come of this

Slow but steady
It glides across
A little to deep
In rememberance a cross

In the graveyard
Across from the sea
All that was destined
Was life not meant to be
©Bruno Joseph Orsi        August 14, 2010
You put your makeup on
Every morning as you stare in the mirror
You cover up yourself
Making my point perfectly clear

Cover up these scars
Cover up the scratches
Cover up the flaws
To make up temporary patches

They cover what you are
They show a total lie
Your act plays it up
As a widow whose husband has died

They take it for the truth
They take you for a ride
But no ones around
When you turn black inside

Forget where you are
Forget what you feel
Forget that everything is fake
And nothing with you is real

It's only for the night
You catch a cab to town
Your friends clearly see
That you'll never come back around

All that cover up
All those minor scars
They can cover up
Who you really are

You're made of plastic
So fake as it shines
There's no truth about you
When you sit there and whine

No help from friends
There's no one around
Cause of your fake, and simple act
No one will pick you off the ground

When you fall
©Bruno Joseph Orsi       August 13, 2010
I’m still alive

Sobbing,
Aching,
Screaming,

Even though I don’t feel like it

Bleeding,
Bruised,
Broken,

I’m weakened, inside and out

Sickened,
Twisted,
Abused,

I thought I could lean on you for support

Lied,
Acted,
Cheated,

You tore me down, tore me apart

Ridiculed,
Discriminated,
Insulted,

I can’t handle this anymore

Contemplation.

I don’t have the courage to walk out the door

Suicidal.
© August 13th, 2010. Shanna Howse.
To the heavens set ablaze
I will call out loud
To these heavens set ablaze
You will hear me now

To all these fallen angels
I hope you hear my cry
All the ones gathered here
Hear my last breath before I die

To the bone of the broken spine
I just can't take no more
Left here crippled and weak
You left me bleeding on the floor

For all the letters that you sent
They meant nothing to you
They were just something
For your empty soul to do

For all these times
I wasted beside your empty shell
I think it's time to see you honey
Put straight through my hell
©Bruno Joseph Orsi       August 12, 2010
I'm really not sure why
All these young men had to die...
But this is war...

Marching, gun on my side
They told me it was an easy ride...
But this is war...

Bullets flying so high
Piercing through my summer sky...
This is war...

Not quite sure how to win
A bullet tears right through my skin...
This is war...

I'm bleeding on the ground
Explosions sound off all around...
This is war...

Body full of lead,
My friends have all left me for dead...
I guess this is war...

A man runs up to me
Gets my rifle for all to see...
I guess this is war...

Barrel to my head...
I pray for my family's tears that will shed...
This is war...
©Bruno Joseph Orsi       August 9, 2010
I hate hearing your name,
Seeing your face,
Listening to your voice,

I hate asking how you are,
What you’re up to nowadays,
Pretending I even care anymore,

I hate hearing about the things you make,
Your accomplishments and ambitions,
About all of your favorite things to do,

I hate making small talk with you,
That you keep dead conversations going,
Filling the silences I don’t want to fill,

I hate how you think my friends are yours,
That they like you more than me,
That you’re winning them over,

I hate that you talk like I never existed,
Like we never shared a history,
Like you never loved me at all,

I hate that I miss that part of you
The part that I never could hate
Even though after everything, I should.
© August 3, 2010. Shanna Howse.
Look in the mirror
And staring back at me
Is a reflection of a lonely girl
An empty girl only I can see

Too thin, fragile and petite
She’s hiding herself away
From everything around her
Pretending she’s okay

Across her face is exhaustion
Hiding in her eyes are her fears
Etched in her wrist is pain
She’s weaker than she appears

She’s pleading for help
Screaming out loud
But no one can see her
She’s invisible in a crowd

Broken and shattered
Her skin is so hollow
There’s nothing left to her
Drowning in sorrow

Destined to leave this world
She needs to find a way out
She couldn’t make a difference
The world could do without

She has nothing left;
No sanity left to corrupt
She holds razor to vein
Feels the wave of darkness erupt
© August 1, 2010. Shanna Howse.
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