Marie Ellen Grace: Favorites

Sep 2013 Marie Ellen Grace

Dark Color

Sep 2013 Marie Ellen Grace

Ronald Christian

different colors spill through
and don't know what to do
but grateful to see the beauty of it
all colors in canvas
each of them is unique

different colors
were all just beautiful
so tell me what's wrong with the others
and I'm gonna tell what's wrong with you
a dark color shine's through you

Sep 2013 Marie Ellen Grace

All My Life

Sep 2013 Marie Ellen Grace

Regina Derieva

All My Life

All my life
I sought
an angel.
And he appeared
in order to say:
"I am no angel !"

Sep 2013 Marie Ellen Grace

Lost at Sea

Sep 2013 Marie Ellen Grace

Johnathan Juliano

Lost at Sea

An endless pasture spills out into the horizon,
Like the limitless expanse of the ocean
I can see the ships
Who raise sail on this sea of grass.

Floating gently on a sage-scented breeze
With sails full of thunder
The flotilla of storm clouds ever closer
To the place where I lie on my back
Listening to the crickets flee

My mid is adrift, caught up in the riptide of the moment
Lost to the waves of rain sweeping over me
I send no message in a bottle
I smile as the rain comes down
Content to be
Lost at sea

Sep 2013 Marie Ellen Grace

and they’ll be stronger than before

Sep 2013 Marie Ellen Grace

Chris

and they’ll be stronger than before

My back has been sore the past week.
I’ve spent too much time
picking up pieces
that I should have left on the ground.
It’s okay to fall apart.
I’ve heard people say
you can put yourself
back together.
I say you can’t.
You must grow new pieces.
The old ones don’t fit.
They will never fit.
You must grow new pieces.
It will hurt.
It will take time.
But by the time you’re finished
you will be filled with
what keeps stars from burning up.
There will be nothing that can
dim your glowing heart,
nothing that can break your
burning bones.
No one will be able to steal
the sunlight in your fingers.
I know some nights will shatter you.
You will fall apart.
It’s okay to fall apart,
because you will grow new pieces.

Sep 2013 Marie Ellen Grace

every. piece.

Sep 2013 Marie Ellen Grace

Chris

every. piece.

Love is not four letters put together.
It’s you and me laying underneath the night sky
on a blanket too small to fit both of us.
It’s me wanting your eyes more than
any of the stars above us.
Love is not the words found on our lips.
It’s the silence I found your heart in at 3 am.
It’s the silence you found mine in too.
Love doesn’t live inside our hearts.
It’s carved into our bones.
It itches in our fingers.
Love is what keeps the pieces inside of me
together when I feel your hand brush mine.
And on the days that leave you at your weakest,
I will pull you close and remind you
that I’m still here,
and love is not just a feeling.
It was never just a feeling.
It’s the liquid you’ve put in my veins.
It’s the warmth I feel
when I wake up every morning.
I’m all out of metaphors.
To put it quite simply:
love is what I see in you.
And you are beautiful;
every piece.

Sep 2013 Marie Ellen Grace

Need To Get Home

Sep 2013 Marie Ellen Grace

Sadie K

Need To Get Home

Walking through the mall,
Passing shops,
Passing thoughts,
Attempting to
Absorb everything

Keep it together, soldier

Mind racing with questions,
Heart beats faster,
Too fast
Too fast
Too fast

Shut it!

World starts to spin
Cold sweat all over
The dying feeling
Anxiety?
Depression?

Or just dying?

Slamming against wall,
Legs grow weak
Black spots sparkle across
The already dark skies

Must stand,
Must continue

Walking through the mall,
I must save the tears
Keep it for later
At home
In bed
Under the covers

Maybe you won't even have to,
They'll take over
You won't feel
Anything
Anything
Anything...

Yet you'd feel
Everything
Everything

*Everything

Sep 2013 Marie Ellen Grace

9/4/13

Sep 2013 Marie Ellen Grace

hello

9/4/13

I've memorized
The way your ceiling looks
And how your brown eyes
Work me over
While you hands caress me so softly
Like one wrong move
And I'll shatter
You breathe how much you love
The way my mouth
Forms into a circle
so delicately
And my toes curl
In these moments
All I can think about
Is how we are one
How much I really love you

Sep 2013 Marie Ellen Grace

Highways

Sep 2013 Marie Ellen Grace

hello

Highways

Forever be your silhouette
A frame instead
Of the picture
A clock with no time
Be the fall leaves that
Linger just before
The first snow
And breaths on shoulders
Not necks
Something that represents
Much more than a simple
Structure;
Or sum of its parts.
A single ray of
Lamp light
That you would say is
Synonymous to unnoticeable
But I notice how much
Darkness is needed
To see the stars
Or people who are
Falling backwards
With eyelashes glued
To cheeks.
You aren't a **** nor rose
I would never want
To think of you as something
That's slowly dying
life dies and thrives
Everyday
And every year
We pass the unknown
Anniversary to Our Deaths
Yet go to bed
Dreading the next day.
So inspect the grass,
Dust bunnies in our heads
Cover the calendars
All the clocks
Walk as if you're blind
And see what road
You wind up on.
Because gravel
Can be many miles
But don't forget
The paved
Highways.