You lay awake at night
Trying to picture your life
The way it was
Supposed to be
Image is still not clear
The sound of broken promises
Is all you can hear
Tag Archives: Hurt
Poem – She bangs on the door
With all the desperation and power
Of a young woman trapped in a love gone bad
She bangs on the door
Such energy when released into the universe
Attempts to reach whatever it can and destroy
He feels the vibration coming through the floor
Sitting on the couch
All sound from the world around him blocked
By the music in his ears
The Sound so thick
It is as he is adrift in it
But still the message received by his feet
Is all too clear
Poem – How can you lose someone
What do we need to
Mend this divide
To act as a seal
To these two independent lives
Subconscious whispers
Of what we think we deserve
Sentences only half heard
Driving us crazy
A taunting puzzle
It’s utterly absurd
Poem – Smashing Windows
You look over
But I am not there
As the sound of your voice
Goes no where
The scene
Appearing perfectly normal
From the outside
Looking in
The true story so hidden
I don’t know where to begin
Your mouth is moving
With intent
But it seems so slow
Your voice escaping me
Your face somehow
I barely know
Poem – After all these years
After all these years
You can’t believe
I’m not dead
After all the things
You’ve seen me
Make it through
You wash your ears
Of everything I’ve said
Nicely done
Rid yourself of the words
That will play over and over
Again in your head
Poem- I can’t find you
I can’t find you
Even when you’re near
The silence echoes
Deafening my ears
That you have checked out
Is so abundantly clear
I mourn the death of us
And the feeling
I held so dear
Poem – Abuse
I can’t believe after all of this
That you still let him win
The abuse forced upon you
Should be insurmountable sin
You can’t help but stare
At the ambivalence
As it drips from his grin
His kiss is soft
As he pulls you in
Poem – I hear the sound
I hear the sound
As you slowly
Push down the keys
Ringing in my ears
The music that comes
From your misery
I can feel the pain
In the notes
That you play so hauntingly
Poem-Perpetually late
On the water
In my head you walk
Around my fallen body
You place chalk
Your everything
That I have sought
Within your aura
I am caught
Poem-Can’t believe it’s you
My city burns at night
You lit the torches
All I can feel
Is the heat
Oh god it scorches
It took so long
For me to learn
And face the truth
Now it’s constant pain
Oh god it burns
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