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130 · Nov 2018
Lying Awake
Kirsten Claire Nov 2018
I lie awake in my bed
With eyes blood shot
From a night of tears
And it's in moments like these
Where I wish you were here
129 · Mar 2020
Waves
Kirsten Claire Mar 2020
They were always like waves
Crashing
Pulling
Reeling me in
To their rock bottom sea
And that was where I always landed
Into rock bottom relationships
With a lover
Always by the seashore

3/2/2020
129 · Dec 2018
Alive
Kirsten Claire Dec 2018
She whispers a truth
Into the silent air
Past the raging mountains
Through the badger's hole
Around the Redwood trees
To the not-yet-hatched birds
Under the bustling city
Until this truth has penetrated
Every crevice of this earth
And with one breath
She utters the words
"I am alive."
129 · Aug 2020
Crazy Woman
Kirsten Claire Aug 2020
He said he wasn't into crazy girls
Like it was a sorority
But I hate to break it to you darling
I am club president





08/25/2020
127 · Aug 2020
Adrift on Ice
Kirsten Claire Aug 2020
How finicky time is
When one hour without words
Feels like a chasm
That pushes me further from you
Like being stranded
On an ever melting glacier
Drifting from home





8/25/2020
127 · Sep 2019
Tempting Kindness
Kirsten Claire Sep 2019
I give compassion
Unto the weak
And the meek
But not those who seek
To herald up their deceit

Kindness is giving
Another person your fire
Do not temper with the flame
Or it will go up in rage
A fire
That cannot be tamed

9/6/2019
127 · Aug 2020
Almosts of My Childhood
Kirsten Claire Aug 2020
Words and gifts acknowledged
But never received

Broken words left at doorsteps
Of broken homes

Fathers absent for years
Showing up at Christmas dinner

A lump in the throat
In the middle of a fight

Adoption papers left unsigned
At an empty work desk

A broken plate
Hidden under a bed

The memories of a child
Deep within their head



8/11/2020
126 · Aug 2020
Flowers Left Behind
Kirsten Claire Aug 2020
Like a tragic car crash
On the side of the road
I leave flowers
At the scene of my tragedy
Where shattered remains
Of a broken heart still reside



8/13/2020
126 · Aug 2020
You Know Where to Look
Kirsten Claire Aug 2020
If you wish to know me
Read the pages
That I cried words onto






8/25/2020
125 · Nov 2018
Desperation
Kirsten Claire Nov 2018
Her hands in shackles
Crumpled to her knees
She begs him
Pleads with him
For a love she cannot have
Because he's locked her heart in a chest

With one hand he holds the chest
And her chains in the other
Wielding both at his disposal

1-12-2019
It's my hope that no one falls into an abusive relationship like this.
124 · Feb 2018
It Drove Us Mad
Kirsten Claire Feb 2018
You and I
Had everything except
Practicality
Sensibility
Money
And all the things that
Seek to make order
But it only drove us mad
love falling madly hope
124 · Sep 2019
Something
Kirsten Claire Sep 2019
It is so dumb
This humdrum
That is so tiresome
Troublesome
Bothersome
Wearisome
I just want some...
Thing

9/17/2019
122 · Mar 2018
Tight Corners
Kirsten Claire Mar 2018
Boxed off in a corner
I try to test my boundaries
Go to the limits
But the more I push
The more the line recedes
And I feel my small space
Growing ever smaller
So I submit to the space that confines me
122 · Aug 2020
Almost There
Kirsten Claire Aug 2020
You almost got the promotion
Like you almost finished your education

You almost made it to the finish line
When you almost broke your leg

You almost got married
Like you almost got pregnant

You almost used the knife
Like you almost told your therapist

But ***** "almosts"
Because they never got anyone
Anywhere



8/11/2020
122 · Dec 2018
Longing
Kirsten Claire Dec 2018
There are
Scars
On her
Heart
But she longs for the
Stars
That seem too
Far
121 · Jan 2018
Songs Without Words
Kirsten Claire Jan 2018
I wrote you a song
But it had no words
Just interwoven notes
Tied together to form
The most wordless song
I'd ever heard
121 · Jan 2018
Unreal Love
Kirsten Claire Jan 2018
They say it was a love crafted
By a sculpture who knew their art
But my heart does not follow its design
And no matter how much I try
To conjure up butterflies
Ever time his eyes find mine
I lie
To satisfy a match made by heaven
Or a sculpture
Or whatever
Infinite oblivion determines such things
121 · Aug 2020
Entirety
Kirsten Claire Aug 2020
Is it possible
Not to give your whole heart to someone?

Just for once.







08/25/2020
118 · Aug 2020
Wildfire
Kirsten Claire Aug 2020
They called me wildfire-
The girl that couldn't be tamed
But I am tired of burning
Everything I touch





08/23/2020
117 · Mar 2018
Hate
Kirsten Claire Mar 2018
Hate
It's such an all encompassing word
And instead of hating the person
Why don't we hate the thing instead
Because hate dehumanizes a person
116 · Aug 2019
Wounded
Kirsten Claire Aug 2019
Although he's cut
I try to stitch together the hurt in him
Without realizing that the blood on my hands
Is from the gaping wound in my side
And he's holding the knife

8/21/2019
116 · Aug 2019
Sky
Kirsten Claire Aug 2019
Sky
I take a flight through clouds
And mountains
To get to where you are
But when I fall from cloud nine
You are not there to catch me

8/2/2019
116 · Dec 2018
Last Photo
Kirsten Claire Dec 2018
You're standing there
In a fitted navy polo
With a slight smile on your face
And dulled humor
My eyes take a snapshot
And add this photo
To the polaroids lining the wall
Of my mind

It is the last photo I have of you
Before you leave
114 · Aug 2020
Words Gone By
Kirsten Claire Aug 2020
I gave you ink
Imprinted into the palms of my hands
And poems that were engraved
In a way you would understand

Like letters in a bottle
You left them out at sea
A heart sunk lass
Simply wanted to be
Everything
You could ever need

And its the folly
Of the lover
Who's a giver
And a swindler
Who's a thief

But oh darling
You wouldn't even leave a farthing
For you've already taken
My heart






08/20/2020
Historical background: a farthing is an old coin used in the UK, typically a small amount
112 · Apr 2018
Words Behind Gates
Kirsten Claire Apr 2018
There are words
Barred behind gates
That have been shut for too long
And wrapped in your arms
On a hand-me-down bed
I feel the gates crumbling
And the three words
I love you in my ear
111 · Jan 2018
Investments
Kirsten Claire Jan 2018
For every cent I spent on you
Was not investment
I did not expect to get anything in return
But now I want my money back
111 · Aug 2020
What A Gift
Kirsten Claire Aug 2020
What a gift it was
To have you in my bed
What a gift it was
To leave a text unread
What a gift it was
To leave those words unsaid
What a gift it was
To move on instead



8/11/2020
110 · Aug 2020
Overthinking
Kirsten Claire Aug 2020
I didn't mean to let
My anxiety turn an
Over-analysis
Into a paralysis
Leaving our relationship
Frozen in the texts





8/25/2020
108 · Jun 2020
Repetition
Kirsten Claire Jun 2020
Starcrossed lovers
And broken hearts
Secrets uttered
In fractured parts
It's always the
Same heartbreak
We make
Let's take
A break
And wait
For it all
To break
Again
And again
And again
And again

6/17/2020
106 · Dec 2018
Right About Now
Kirsten Claire Dec 2018
It's always right about now
That all the suitors leave
They stand in a line
With advertisements of
"Eternal love"
And
"I think you're beautiful"
But they all leave
After the beauty
Showed them the beast
106 · Feb 2018
Golden
Kirsten Claire Feb 2018
You started out
As gold
Too beautiful to own
And too golden to stay
That's why
I wanted you anyway
101 · Aug 2020
Effort
Kirsten Claire Aug 2020
A stolen shirt returned to your bed
Or a text message still left on read

Yelling goodbye from an arched doorway
Or sending gifts although far away

A hushed "I love you" gone all too soon
Or taking hate outside the bedroom

Little efforts
Often broken
Whispered
And a little bit messy
But efforts nonetheless


8/11/2020
91 · Sep 2019
Little Bird
Kirsten Claire Sep 2019
I am a hollowed out tree
Awaiting the small woodpeckers
That will fill my *****
As I bear the most beautiful children

9/25/2019
86 · Sep 2019
Fascination
Kirsten Claire Sep 2019
Have you ever seen the way
A child looks inside an aquarium?
Or the way a dog
Looks at a new pup
Who has joined the home?
It's that curiosity
That fascination
Bewilderment
That I want my lover to have
When they look at me

I want them to be fascinated by me
For all eternity
<3

9/6/2019

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