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  Dec 2018 Lot
Becca
I don't feel comfortable in
my own skin
so I wear the skin of others
to comfort my being
  Dec 2018 Lot
Stephanie
Mirror mirror on the wall
Am I broken
Am I about to fall
Tell me not to look away every time I see you
Because I can’t stand my reflection
I keep running away from it
While my shadow begs me to stop
So we can reunite
So I can fall asleep at night
So I can get up in the morning and fight
So I can look into you into my sight
I know one day it’s gonna be alright
  Dec 2018 Lot
Alaina Moore
Putting mascara on the eyelashes below your iris,
is like making a promise to yourself that you won't cry today.
Sometimes it's a promise you keep.
Other times your tears run black with broken promises.
  Dec 2018 Lot
Cné
Now
What's gone has made me what I am
So I shall not fear what's ahead
But put trust in what will be, will be
And choose to live instead

I refuse to live in the now, worrying
What may or may not be
But take this moment in time
And live it totally

There's no time like the present
To breathe deep and feel alive
Living in the here and now
In each moment as I rise and thrive

Now is all there ever is
It's the only time that's real
So as the future takes its course
I’ll leave the past to heal
  Dec 2018 Lot
Phoenix Rising
I am haunted:
Not by poltergeist,
but by my unlived lives.
Parallel universes
won't ever speak,
they took an oath
to keep from me.
I have words and voices
humming in my head
that will never be met
outside of my bed.
I have to accept
I cannot have it all,
I have to accept
knowing nothing at all.
  Dec 2018 Lot
Elizabeth
For everyone, I was always too much,
For you, I was never enough,
I still yearn for your touch,
I am tired of being tough.

Breathing has become a torture,
Every time I try I find myself suffocating,
I feel like a mourner,
Weeping over our ashes, waiting.

Doubt is what you gave me,
It’s crushing my lungs,
Please set me free,
I no longer want to sing tragic songs.
  Dec 2018 Lot
Ashly Kocher
Y wr brn wth prps
Whts yr prps
Whts yr rsn
Wht hv y dn
Why r y hr
Vry thng hppns fr rsn
Yr prps, yr lf
Yr hps, yr drms
B hppy, b yrslf
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