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Apr 2013 · 1.6k
Guilt
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Degree of guilt
tortured to the hilt
sanity can easily tilt

feelings of remorse
ending in divorce
taken a wrong course

fell for temptation
no path of redemption
time for contemplation

Must keep demons at bay
start afresh, a new day
regret a price to pay
Apr 2013 · 822
Cat-i-tude
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
My friends cat got cat-i-tude
spoiled and downright rude
thinks he’s just purr-fect
has all my tights wrecked
he’s such a cool kitty
sitting there looking pretty
I don’t know what’s going to happen
have to stop myself from cat nappin’
that would be a cat-astrophe
‘cos my friend means too much to me
cat, friend, humourous
Apr 2013 · 440
Beside The Sea
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
To be beside the sea
mind and body in harmony
listening to the sea’s symphony
a water creature is me
feels like heaven ought to be
sea, nature
Apr 2013 · 1.1k
Judas Kiss
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Cheating on his girlfriend
he loves her,doesn’t know why
texting and planning
while kissing her goodbye
saving for the ring
he’s going to ask her soon
while thoughts of his lover
makes his mind swoon
he wants a child
and a beautiful bride
but he also wants his bit on the side
the man I can’t understand
everyone says he’s a great boyfriend
maybe he thinks he is
and needs to share his unique bliss
he’s a traitor a ‘Judas’ kiss
Apr 2013 · 3.2k
Tied
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Hands bound

face to ground

leather whip

caresses my tip

Ripples of ecstasy

coursing through me

submissive, happily

blissfully tied, by thee
Apr 2013 · 807
Avoidance
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Avoiding your eyes

their guilting me

my inadvertent sighs

you, I pity

Whatever we had

for me, it’s gone

I’m a coward

we carry on
sad, lost love
Apr 2013 · 470
Promises
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
He promised me ecstasy
I got sausage and chips
He promised me kisses twee
too short on my lips
He got down on one knee
couldn’t get up with his hips
he promised me he was free
my ear his girl clips
humourous
Apr 2013 · 591
No Day Goes By
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
She thinks of him every day of her life

pierces her soul like a sharp knife

the baby she had to abandon

her first born, her precious son

To young to handle responsibility

told this by peers repeatedly

gave in to pressure

heartbroken beyond measure

no day goes by

she doesn’t cry

you’ll often hear her sigh

memories drift by

She’s afraid to look for him

in case only fulfilling her whim

he may not want to know

her forgotten long ago

Then the phonecall

she, held up by the wall

he wanted to find his birth mother

a space unfilled by another

She took three days to respond

scared of her he wouldn’t be fond

without him she’s had to live

would he be able to forgive

Today’s the day

he’s on his way

can bridges be built?

can the gaps be filled?

They scour each others face

for any sign of resemblance

then lock in a tight embrace

Takes time

I hope their futures sublime
need help with the ending of this one couldn't finish and keep the verses uniform x
Apr 2013 · 1.2k
Struggling
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
My good side is struggling for supremacy
over my bad side which is brimming with evil glee

I could cause them so much trouble
burst their patronising bubble

It would be so easy to return the pain
but nobody would actually gain

I’ll keep their mistake inside
because telling would hurt my pride

Today my good side has won
but bad side is waiting with a loaded gun

I hope I can keep turning the other cheek
revenge only makes me weak
Apr 2013 · 265
Living Tomb
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
I’m a living tomb

my baby has died in my womb

I have to let nature take its course

Can’t bear this, what could be worse?

I’m still getting many a smile

people don’t know my turmoil

My baby has died

I still haven’t cried

the sadness buried inside
sad, tragic
Apr 2013 · 648
Celebration
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
My emotions you’ve stirred
around you I’m never bored
Your certainly not a yes man
if you were I wouldn’t be a fan
You challenge me constantly
a better person I aim to be
Our differences are great
healthy debates they create
we often reach a stalemate
You and me, I celebrate
Apr 2013 · 617
First Crush
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Swaying in time to the rhythm

my eyes focussed on him

my object of desire

my ***** on fire

each touch

made me blush

turned my knees to mush

he smiled my heart did a cartwheel

I was hungry, he was my meal

obsessed like only a teenager can be

already planning matrimony

he thanked me for the dance

didn’t give me a second glance

grabbed the hand of my best friend

my dreams came to an end
Apr 2013 · 6.5k
Damaged
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
You kissed my stretchmarks one by one

I squirmed until you were done

You traced my appendix scar

I wanted to run, far

You told me I was gorgeous

I felt nauseous

I’m too damaged too believe

compliments I can’t receive
selfesteem
Apr 2013 · 1.3k
Shoe Fetish
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
I used to only look at a mans shoes
Shallow and fickle were my views

Didn’t care about his news
or what books he perused

He had to wear a decent pair
or I’d walk away with a toss of my hair

They didn’t have to have a label
just polished and smart got under my table

I don’t understand it now
its personality these days that makes me go wow

I look into their eyes and smile
that’s what will make me stay a while

If their kind, gentle and smart
me and them will never part

I no longer confuse
friendship with shoes
Apr 2013 · 2.4k
Too Maudlin'
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Getting too maudlin’
my depression coddling
in sorrow wallowing
tears I’m swallowing

Need a dose of selfesteem
a bottle of cop-on cream
a potion for a daydream
anything to stop the scream

I’ll start my treatment tomorrow
today there’s too much sorrow
the doormat syndrome I borrow
between my eyebrows a furrow
Apr 2013 · 276
Hidden
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Perfectly chosen smile

practiced in the mirror

ways that beguile

inside quivering with fear

Eyes that shine bright

special drops to create

constantly flowing at night

in herself, no faith

Abused when a mere child

a friendly face on show

her feelings she learnt how to hide

the true her, you’ll never know
Apr 2013 · 3.8k
Disappointed
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
You ripped of my skirt

I loved

you called me a ****

I adored

you asked me to talk *****

I obliged

you came, I didn’t

*******
Apr 2013 · 428
Just
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
“Just a fling,

didn’t mean anything”

family in ruins

you sing the same tunes

Not the first time

you committed this crime

this crime of passion

downtrodden my new fashion

I’ve met someone new

haven’t told you

but then it’s

“Just a fling,

doesn’t mean anything”
cheating
fling
Apr 2013 · 510
Dream A Dream
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Wishing my life away, dreaming a dream
buying a lotto ticket, not just me
Imagining a win, the cat got the cream
Ah, pay me mortgage, buy a wee mini
Doing whatever I want, be a scream
A few donations, sort out family
oh wow, my life will be heading upstream
If only reverie was reality
all my old sins, I atone and redeem
old friends out of woodwork , a mystery
Suddenly remembered me, it would seem
Basking in luck, revelling in glory
Ah well, may as well dream here as in bed
try getting into black and outta red
money
Apr 2013 · 2.5k
Bloodied
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Bloodied lip

fractured hip

his idea of passion

my bones crushing

with each scream

his eyes gleam

my pain

his gain

I’m not submissive

he’s abusive
abuse
Apr 2013 · 512
Angels
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Sometimes angels cry

their souls sigh

wings weigh heavy

they want a bevy

Sometimes angels laugh

at evil’s gaff

not always easy to be good

though they know they should

They were once human

mortal man or woman

so forgive them the lapse days

were all entitled to laze

Punishment when perfection goes

their polishing their halos

next time you see a white feather

you’ll know their doing better
Apr 2013 · 622
Divil-May-Care
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
From my chin a hair is sprouting

My cracks need a bit of grouting

I’m often seen plastered

This ladylike thing I haven’t quite mastered

But I’m good for a bit of craic

Of laughter there is no lack

I’ve been told I’m incorrigible

But I think I’m loveable

I’m always going to be a rogue

Peoples Achilles heel I have to poke

Sensitive souls mightn’t like my humour

But that might be a nasty rumour

Then again I’m a bit of a divil-may-care

So if you don’t like it stay outta my hair
Apr 2013 · 386
One For Sorrow
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
I saw a magpie today
standing there solitary
fear of childhood nursery
a rhyme drummed into me

‘One for Sorrow’

Checking no-one was near
Compelled by fear
I whisper
“Good morning, Mr. Magpie
How’s the wife and family”

I’m feeling absolutely silly
and then my heart leaped with joy
along came Mrs. Magpie

Saved by superstition
rhymes truth came to fruition

‘One for sorrow, two for joy’
I happily wave them both goodbye
magpies
childhood nursery rhyme
Apr 2013 · 1.7k
Pussy Love
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
If my ***** could grip tighter it would

it would swallow you whole if she could

she’d stop you coming so quick

just to have more time with your ****

This ***** is greedy and selfish

your shaft her favourite dish

she’ll let you lap up her cream

your *****’s passion supreme
humour
tongue firmly in cheek
Apr 2013 · 418
Simple Life
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Oh for a simple life
free from angst and strife
but maybe I’d be bored to tears
if I had no worries or fears
Do I like been kept on my toes?
What would I talk about if not my woes?
Life has led me a merry dance
Would I pick a quiet one, if I had a chance?
Life
Apr 2013 · 1.5k
Bridezilla
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Bridezilla is on the rampage
slightest mishap starts to rage
place settings, table plans
hair pulling, feet dance
screams and tantrums
plate dodging chums
stressing over money
I’m so not funny
hubby-2-be was being tongue-in-cheek
unaware of the havoc I can wreak
he’s in the doghouse for a week
my company is not for the meek
bride
wedding
Apr 2013 · 363
If Only
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
If he could see himself through my eyes

his head wouldn’t fit through the door

If it’s the size I see it as

his **** would be hitting the floor

If we did it as much as I want

I wouldn’t be able to walk no more

If he cares half as much as I do

being together will never be a chore
Apr 2013 · 628
Interpretation
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
You said I was unique

didn’t know you meant freak

said you would cherish me

I wasn’t ready for the jealousy

said you’d always share your feelings

did that have to be through beatings?

I thought you were wooing me verbally

you were telling me how it was going to be

We interpret things differently
Apr 2013 · 329
Release
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Did you ever want to disappear?
go somewhere were no-one can hear

Where you can scream and shout
just get everything out

Just release some stress
de-clutter some of the mess

Somewhere you can rant and rave
some days it’s solitude I crave

In a deep, dark cavernous place
where it’s only myself I have to face
Apr 2013 · 951
Impressionable
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Impressionable young women
encouraged to enter a trade
that oft belittles and degrades
detrimental to mental health
not worth the short-term wealth
people have become inured
forget the pain often endured
reality becomes obscured
to enter a life of vice
women can feel they have no choice
no other way they recognise
fed by their dealers lies
I always picture it seedy
making a living from the needy
pimps are just plain greedy
big men, in fact, weedy
I’m told its consensual
to me thats nonsensical
is it anyway factual
maybe ‘John’s’ whimsical
Apr 2013 · 573
Photo Trip
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
An old photograph

me and my bro

sharing a laugh

so long ago

both blond beauties

innocent cuties

my hair turned brown

along with my mood

on my face a frown

grievance my food

Teenage years

time of tears and fears

knowing everything and nothing

wishing for something

One big walking hormone

glued to a phone

I’m glad that times over

never did discover

that something

happy not to know everything
Apr 2013 · 544
Mushed
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Caught my eye

a slip of a stare

drifted by

standing my hair

I couldn’t forget that glance

captured my heart

forever, perchance

in my soul, a dart

Searched for you, daily

PLEASE, look again

my eyes gazed at you gaily

you’ll ask me, but when?

You were my first crush

and crushed, was I

turned my knees to mush

when you just walked on by
first love
crush
Apr 2013 · 1.2k
I'm Sick
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
I’m becoming a hypochondriac

that thought brings on a panic attack

one sleepless night, I’m an insomniac

pain in arm, a heart attack

I’ve cut myself, septicemia

a sore eye, onset of glaucoma

if I look up any more on wikipedia

going to read myself into a coma
humour
Apr 2013 · 325
Living In Tomorrow
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
I’m afraid of the unspoken

the secrets you keep

will they be love tokens

or things to make me weep

I’m scared of not-happened-yet rows

I want us to be like this always

the flames I’m ready to douse

in my head scenarios play

I’m trying to live in the present

just enjoy what we are

but the future is ******* on my lampost

marking me, leaving a scar
Apr 2013 · 266
Let
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Let
Let my

hugs

speak volumes

Let my

kisses

whisper to your soul

Let my

fingertips

trace a place in your heart

Let my

giggle

make you smile

Let me

in
romance

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