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  Jul 10 Bri
Charmour
If tears were red,
they'd have seen —
my white pillow stained by morning,
red marks blooming on the bedsheet,
on my face,
on my shirt.
My eyes, still puffy,
still red
from the bleeding of the night before —
not from wounds,
but from weeping.
Eyes not meant to bleed,
yet they did.

And still,
no one noticed
the colourless blood I’ve spilled.
i wish my eyes never bled.......
Bri Jul 10
I put a spell on you
Convinced you I was fine
Told you how happy I was
Lived like the sun still shone bright
Like the stars hadn’t dimmed
I didn’t let you see
The darker side
The crying late at night
The constant checking in the mirror
The skipping meals
The constant stress
The last flicker of light,
Blinking out
I promised I was good
Promised that the world was not ending
I put a spell on you
So that you wouldn’t see
Bri Jul 10
The spotlight is on her
She’s glittering, eye catching
She’s loud with her thoughts
Deafening with her feelings
Everyone knows what she’s been through
Everyone knows how she hurts
I’m in the shadows
The background dancer
They don’t know
I hurt just as much
Maybe more
She’s labeled it
Depression, anxiety, and ADHD
She’s diagnosed
And everyone knows
She gets help
While I push it down
Away
Because she’s in the spotlight
Not me
Bri Jul 10
It stares back at me
A deformed, horrible mess
The button nose I thought I had
Morphs into a disaster
My stomach, not mine,
wide and round
Rolls and folds
My smile crooked and forced
Lips thin, dark hair above them
It’s face, so sad
The sadness leaks out her eyes
Slipping down her cheeks
I want her gone forever
How can we be the same
I’m not that ugly
Or am I?
Bri Jul 10
Pools of hazel
Dynamic and ever changing
The sun glittering off leaves,
Leading to the roots embedded in the soil
Deep and thoughtful,
Never ending
The eyes of a thinker, a writer,
Eyes pooling with tears as they smile
Eyes that have seen all the darkness,
The hurt and the pain
Eyes that have shed a millions drops
Glittering like a thousand knives
Windows into the depths of the mind
Revealing,
For an instant,
What hid behind the mask
Sunlight illuminating-
Deep pools of thought
Her eyes
Bri Jul 10
I’m drowning and nobody can hear
I’m suffocating but nobody sees
I’m slowly dying
But not a soul is there to witness it
I’m alone
In a room full of people
My heart is shattered and strained
From loving too much
Love without reciprocation
They see me but they don’t see who I am
What I feel
I spent every wish and piece of luck
Wishing they wouldn’t leave me
Even though I’m drowning
And they’re not there to pull me out
  Jun 18 Bri
Abby
I only drown us more
When I reach for your light
Pull each other down deeper
Into the eternal night
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