lib: Favorites

Nov 2017 lib

avalon

flower petals fall into the sky
with all the righteous anger
they deserve
but they don't cry. they know
there are enough raindrops
in an autumn grey sky.

Nov 2017 lib

Alone

Nov 2017 lib

victoria

Alone

Don’t adore me

She let them walk beside her, but she couldn't let them in.
Not since that first one, who'd crawled under her skin.

She did give in from time to time, even let them lay by her side.
Her body wrapped around their skin but her love she had to hide.

Their attempts to adore her, made her heart grow further cold.
As she'd known from that very day, that alone she would grow old.

Nov 2017 lib

loving vs. virginia

Nov 2017 lib

sadgirl

loving vs. virginia

your skin
is not my skin
and it never will be

but your skin
stretched tight,
under creased jeans

and half-eaten seams
breaking to the beat
of the *****-tonk music

is enough to give me faith
there is some good
in this world,

we took our boats out
onto the shore,
beached them

in seconds after the lake
decided she didn't
agree with the politics behind

every love like ours,
you drowned
and i stayed afloat

but how will you swim
to me,
when the sky

is filled with
nothing but
planets,

when everything
is unapologetically
black?

Based on the landmark civil rights case.

#loving #vs #virginia #civil #rights #civilrights #black #white #africanamerican #love

Nov 2017 lib

the a team

Nov 2017 lib

sadgirl

the a team

creased jeans,
she buy one,
get one free

dollar menu meal,
skin too tight,
life's too real

crack ******* and needle
tracks,
if only she could take time back

crinkled tinfoil, lighter
fire
happiness is a ******* liar

eyes blank, breath cold
her soul gone, her
love sold

After Ed Sheeran. I did this as a rhyming exercise.

#ed #sheeran #*** #drugs #addiction

Oct 2017 lib

It's not how long you know a person that counts

Oct 2017 lib

victoria

It's not how long you know a person that counts

It is not how long you know a person that counts.

It's if you made a difference to their lives
their minds
their hearts
If you changed how they feel for the better
Gave them confidence.
Stopped them from jumping
Convinced them that they are great
That their lives mattered
Counted

Helped them to see more clearly
Or to see how important they are
How this world would be a lot lonelier without them
How their smile cheers you up
How their kindness helps you to believe

Even in just a few minutes
Your kindness and sweet words
Could change someone's life

You have the power to do this
You have the power to help
To make someone great again.
To heal hearts
And minds
And souls
Never underestimate your power

Give love
It can take seconds

Receive love with grace and gratitude

It is not how long you know a person that counts.

Oct 2017 lib

Call Me Crazy

Oct 2017 lib

some sort of tragedy

Call Me Crazy

Call me crazy
I refuse to talk in a room full of my peers,
Because I am afraid for
How those will react to the
“Shy” “Quiet” “Odd”
Girl to speak.

Call me crazy
I would rather be home writing
Enjoying a hot cup of hot cocoa rather than
Be out late at a party
With a random stranger
Who likes me for when I turn around

Call me crazy
I do not reach societies standards
For a barbie body,
Straight A’s,
Or owning the hottest pair of jeans on town.

Call me crazy
But I am not like the rest
And I refuse to become somebody
Who I do not want to be.

#society #different #love #mind #hope #trust