Avery

Avery Sep 2018

Change

I never like it when things change
When people become something new
It's easier to just keep labels on faces
It's easier to not change my whole world view

#change #vent #short #rhyming

Avery Sep 2018

Why

Why should I pour out my feelings
Make my weaknesses too well known
'Cause even though I might feel better, some things
Are better left alone

#short #vent #rhyming

Avery Sep 2018

Burden

Sit here with me
No need to stay quiet anymore
I know how it feels to hurt this way
I've been down this road before

I'll take that extra burden
I have room for some more
I know how important it is to you
I'll treat your aching sore

Two stanzas! So rare for me.

#rhyming #bittersweet #burden #hero

Avery Sep 2018

Commercial Love

I don't need some chocolates
Nor robes nor sapphires blue
I don't need commercial love
A single word will do

#love #rhyming #short #sweet

Avery Sep 2018

Spotlight

I won't sit here and say I don't want fame
Not a word of fake humility meant to draw applause
For tho' I hide away from the spotlight
I won't say I haven't dreamt of the blinding glow

#spotlight #fame #shy #thoughtful

Avery Sep 2018

Untitled

When I was a child, I'd listen intently
Notice what words people laughed at or didn't
So I'd remember to skip those words
So people didn't laugh at me instead

#childhood #listener #shy #short

Avery Sep 2018

Listener

I have always been the one who listens
The one who nods while you pour out your pains
Who nods while you complain
Who bandages you when you bleed
I don't mind when you give me your burden for a while
I just don't know how many burdens I can take

#sad #bittersweet #listen #burden #short