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 Apr 2013 Bryn
Aaron J Mason
I think I'd like the ocean, if I went there
They say it's deep and wide, and runs as far as you could ever see
and I'd like that consistency.

I'd go out in a boat
a small wooden row boat
and lay myself down in the bottom.
I'd stare up at the sky, gray as the sea,
and let the wind kiss on my nose.

Instead of oars I'd bring out memories
of a girl I knew one time or other.
I'd drift with her across the ocean.

We'd lie in the bottom of our small wooden boat
with the wind kissing on our noses,
and get lost on the endless horizon.

I think she'd like the ocean, if she went there.
They say it's deep and wide, and runs as far as you could ever see.
 Apr 2013 Bryn
Aaron J Mason
Beauty spots
don't look so beautiful
after sixty years of hanging out on your face.

Elastic skin
might not snap back so fast
after half a century of stretching and pulling and tearing.

Jupiter eyes
most times seem to dull
after decade upon decade of seeing things they'd rather not.

But if anybody bothered to look
And I'm not saying I have
(my skin's still got plenty of snap left)

But if anybody bothered to look
Maybe the sparkle our grandparent's eyes had
in those old black and white photos
from when they still road dinosaurs to work
and lived in log cabins with no internet
maybe that sparkle
didn't really leave
even though we haven't seen it
since Aunt Betty passed
and the house got forclosed on
and grandma had to retire
maybe it's still there
even though grandpa can't feed himself
and it embarresses the bejezesus out of him
every time he has to ask for help
to eat his asparagus
maybe it just went
inside
where the world couldn't get to it
put it out for good
maybe it's part of their retirement plan
kinda like putting money in the bank
they're putting the sparkle in a safe deposit box
so they've still got it
and it's safe
and nobody can take it away
Not Aunt Betty
Not the government
Not the doctors
Not anybody

Cause, heavens!
if you loose the sparkle
well, I don't even know.

like I said.
my skin still snaps back.
 Apr 2013 Bryn
T Cup
you tell me you aren't sure of my faithfulness
because her actions once made you cry
but baby,
i'm not her
and you’re ******* crazy if you think that I could ever touch another man
the thought makes me sick
 Apr 2013 Bryn
J
I guess this is me
Open, inviting
Face up, arms spread
To the heavens
The stars
Only you, solid hunks of fire and ice
Can pound out and alleviate my sins
And lord, have I sinned
Gave everything away for nothing in return
A promise made to one who didn't deserve it
A decision made that could never be undone
Why by the cow when you can have the milk for free?
Silly metaphors, silly questions
For a pain so real and raw
A surgery started but not completed
A body left open, skin peeled away
Vulnerable
I can't help taking it all
All your good, your bad
Your moans, your cries, your sighs
Do with me what you will
I care too much to fight
I am too soft
Too sensitive, too open
I'll be broken before I know it
...
I fear I already am
 Apr 2013 Bryn
J
Tessa
 Apr 2013 Bryn
J
You.
Are.
Beautiful.
I wish you could see
The strength of your own beauty
Freckles, bright blue eyes, wispy strands of hair framing a beloved face
A gentle smile, the kindest of smiles
I love nothing more than a kind smile
Laugh lines and battle scars
They all add up to who you are
And you are beautiful
And you are made all the more beautiful because of what you are inside
Your inner light is so bright
So beautiful
So glowing
You positively sparkle
A peak at your eyes can show you that much
See it there? That little gleam? The glisten of your infinitely beautiful soul?
I see it, you know
We all do
If only you could too
If only you could feel the tender love I feel for you
How much I wish I could make you love yourself as I love you
How all I want is for you to be kind to yourself
Because I know how hard it is to be your own worst enemy
And you, my dear, are too kind to be anyone's enemy
Let alone your own
So I beg you to look a little closer at yourself
And look at all the people who love you, at those who surround you
They're drawn to your gentle, shining, sparkling beauty
Like moths to a beautiful and kind light
You are so precious to all of us
You are a blessing and a gift
You are beautiful
You are beautiful not for just one particular thing,
But for everything
You are beautiful in all that you are
And you are loved
 Apr 2013 Bryn
J
Crash&Burn
 Apr 2013 Bryn
J
I felt beautiful
Weird, right?
For me at least
Then I saw her
The one you really love
Not just your second choice
She shines like the sun
And she was beautiful in her pining for you
And I was wretched in my shame
She is beautiful, pure, pristine
And I am ugly, *****, unclean
I tried to take what wasn't mine
I hate myself more for wanting you still
Why do I delude myself into thinking you would choose me?
Over her?
Impossible
I can't even have the pleasure of a daydream
For it is too far-fetched,
Even for me,
To dream that you would choose me over her
Dreamer that I am
I no longer even have that escape
And I just can't understand
What would make you change the way you act towards me
You, romantic of all romantics, acting like any other boy
That makes me think
That I must be worse than any other girl
Because why am I not good enough for your sentimental love?
The love that I crave more than anything
Barely a week, and you broke my heart
It was crash and burn, just like I knew it would be
But I dived in anyway
Foolish girl, foolish me
Living out a pre-conceived tragedy
But you wanted me
That much is true
But it's not enough
Not for me
Its just not enough
I want all of you
I want to hold your hand
Push your hair off your forehead
Feel your arms tighten around me
Be on the receiving end of all your smiles
Be the one you talk about to your friends
Be the girl you post those silly quotes about
I thought that...
No, I hoped that you might fall
Since I was so willing
But maybe this is my fault
Cause I never let you see
The inside, the layers, of what I wanted us to be
And then there's that hope again
That this was all a miscommunication
That you'll call me again
But then I remind myself of her
And her shining, golden beauty
And I remember me
My anxious, awkward insecurity
And I fall back down again
It's enough that my stomach is in knots
And I can't eat
Because every time I do the food is thrown up the incline, thrashed around a loop-dee-loop, and back down again
Hope & Despair
Locked in a desperate tango
Marching their way through my body
Leaving me cold, shaking, tearful, awake, and lonely
But it's my own fault
I shouldn't have gone for what I knew I could never have
Basically a projectile-upchuck of my feelings lately
Sorry if it doesn't make any sense :/
 Apr 2013 Bryn
jerely
You and I are like the ocean
We don't say much words
But only our eyes see and understand
each other's thought and feelings
We always look for each other's heart
But we ended up locked and intertwined our
hands together
The crescent moon that shallows the deepening love
The stars that only sparks us in the night
And the planet that crosses our way back
And here's destiny to show one's side

So feel my love,
逢いたくて
 Apr 2013 Bryn
Jacques Prévert
He poured the coffee
Into the cup
He put the milk
Into the cup of coffee
He put the sugar
Into the coffee with milk
With a small spoon
He churned
He drank the coffee
And he put down the cup
Without any word to me
He emptied the coffee with milk
And he put down the cup
Without any word to me
He lighted
One cigarette
He made circles
With the smoke
He shook off the ash
Into the ashtray
Without any word to me
Without any look at me
He got up
He put on
A hat on his head
He put on
A raincoat
Because it was raining
And he left
Into the rain
Without any word to me
Without any look at me
And I buried
My face in my hands
And I cried
 Apr 2013 Bryn
Ottar
Leave the porch light
on, will you, or the dark will
be like our embrace.
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