Writing Prompt

They say that you can get as high as you like But that doesn’t cover up what bites The bruises on your skin are paper thin Don’t avert your eyes from me We used to be friends I can tell that you wage war within Hiding from me now like you do with everyone else And I missed your text today I guess life isn’t as fair as they say Let it all out it’s okay The emotional damage is only temporary I know your mental strength is much more exemplary So lean on me for help When you can’t do it anymore I will let you be yourself Get rid of the drugs They never made you tough You were already cool from before The first day I met you I knew that for sure

We hold together Sewed tight Held upright Ready to fight

Deep beneath The harsh waves There are always Peaceful caves

Deep under the violent sea Stands human, you and me With coral bursts Of color and thought Away from the worst With sparkles and dots

A flame that sparks And makes us special Something unique The gas pedal

The creativity And thought behind every move Lives here Deep in the vast blue

Our motivation And piece of mind Lies here Ready to be unwind

This is what lies beneath us Pushes us through thick and thin This is what to give credit to That helps us when all folds in

A sparkle, a spark, a light, a flame Something that cannot be tamed Because it’s you, it’s me, it’s all of us Human strength, no matter what

I am tired Lord am I tired

Pushing the same tire up a mountain But it’s flat and

The slope is steep And the aching numbed

Bones in my feet But I will persevere

What’s fueling me Is the strength in my heart

When it’s buried deep I am thankful for this suffering

Obsession with the process Trekking up this mountain

Is an honest testing of my conscience For every time I strive for more

Is another boarded brazen door I deplore its not a chore

Just another step On a jagged floor

Every word I write Every smile I bring

Is enough to move My soul to sing

So if it’s a test

So if it’s what’s destined

I’ll keep on walking

With good intentions

I’ll keep on writing

On new perspectives

Break down doors

Claw, use my teeth For my nails are short of Ivory

I will take my dreams And make them real
I will never keel I will never kneel

When I’m at the top I will take the sky Put it in words For a readers eyes

I will tell them why The tire rolls So they can do it to

And Lord, when they see it drop It’s because I’ve made My way To you

Sapphires ricochet off slate Magic swallowed by endless grey A path cut clear for all to see I’ll follow it to the end.

Bright smiles fade at ashen walls Gold light cracked by the length it falls Unfazed by sorrow, bliss and fear Stands steady, my heart of stone.

Wake up and go to sleep tired Keep emotions bottled up Afraid to let them show When will be enough Nobody ever knows

That’s what they let you think But it’s actually when Your emotions are on the brink It’s quite horrible by then

Like a kettle of tea About to explode You just have to be strong And push agaisnst it Not letting it go When will be enough I know someone has to know

When the poetry’s too loud When the words seep in my bones When sorrow tugs and scrapes my heart I gag and stifle a wretched moan

I look up Watch raindrops coat the window glass I find one making it’s way down fast I let it guide me as it slides past The others that stand too still

And in its motion I can breathe A drop in the ocean A wave breaks over a reef And in the break I find relief

And in the poem another beat A means to read on, kicking my feet Gasping in fresh air Salt soaked tears strike my face bare

Little raindrop on the move Carving out a gentle groove Little raindrop making its way down Little raindrop won’t let me drown

I am So tired Of Taking It One Day At A Time When I’ve Been So tired Of Being tired And The day After The next Still Isn’t Better I am tired Of my head being so Loud But my thoughts so Empty I’m tired And I Can’t I Just Cannot Look For the light At the End Of the Tunnel When All I Want Is to Hide away In the dark

They called her an iceberg, frosty and insincere Forever scheming behind a polished veneer Eyes sharper than an iceberg’s pointy tip Speech shallow and detached spilled from her lips.

Pale and pristine, untouched by pain or despair Aloof and cruel, with her blank, icy stare Merely drifting along in life’s cold sea Alone and unloved, she would forever be.

Not once did they think she was barely getting by Nor did they see there was more to her than met the eye To the few who knew her, she was an explosion of life Bountiful, uncaring that rumours ran rife- Of her icy exterior and indifferent air, to an iceberg akin She seemed smooth and flawless, but there were cracks within.

The world sucked her soul, she was melting everyday But she’s try to look indestructible, impossible to sway The tip was all they saw, but there was so much more deep below She’d keep living through the pain, and never let it show.

Anger is a gift I seldom let myself enjoy For it use to be my prison sentence Without my mask to hide the tears Without my muzzle to hide my screams I would have been sent to the stake A look of frustration means rebellion Rebellion means treason Dare I question the hierarchy Each protesting word was dowsing myself in gasoline while they held a match If you go against the law, you will burn But anger is a gift I rise through the ashes Like a phoenix with my wings ablaze I soar over my prison cell Over my ruler, judge, and executioner The trial was rigged against me Your laws never gave me a chance You condemned me for trying to survive But survive I did I rose through the ashes I now can fly far above you Anger strengthens my wings Carried me far through many horizons Anger is a gift

I wasn’t born with a heart for “casual”.

Not for hook ups, Not for one night stands, Not for cheating, Not for side pieces, Not for secrets, Not for lies.

My heart wasn’t made for any of that.

My heart was made for the devastatingly, Soul crushingly, Mind boggling, World crashingly, Universe spiraling, Pure insanity enveloped love You could ever imagine.