This solitude....

It's nothing fancy, nothing that really rhymes or anything- its just something that I needed to get off my chest. Some parts might flow better than others, but I don't care about editing it.

Hunched against the wall,

Slouching- so defeated

Vitals still strong

No eye contact

No socializing

Lips remain sealed

Sights enamored by the ground

Just pure, solitary confinement

Everyone looks in, but past the actual mark

The corpse hanging from the rafters

The blood stains in the floorboards

The stench of death

Seeping from the frames

Never to be noticed

The soul in the corner

Terrified

Shattered

Cold

Alone

Yearning to be rescued

Daring not to hope

Remaining in the dark

Flinching from your touch

Shaking at your whisper

Say what you want

But you'll never get through....

This is the ultimate solitude

Abandon

The dark overpowers

Barricades the day

Says to your soul

"There is absolutely

No way"

The world is ending

Without you to fight

Of course it will shroud

Each thought

With this night

So I'll

Close them

Seal them

Burn them

Steal them-

Because without them,

You have no hope

Lines

Lining a page

Constricting my taste

Making my words

All out of place

Too much conformity

To appeal to this pen

No chance in hell

My hand will give in

These pages are blank

To fill with my words

My words alone

Slovenly

To leave your heart a mangled mess,

Negligence of life at its finest.

Ignoring its pleas,

Pretending it hasn't

Knocked you down to your knees.

Dismiss the fact it has torn you apart,

Let it out for a breath of fresh air

Then quickly draw it in-

Before they stare.

Its:

Hideous,

Unkempt,

and most definitely in need

of:

Kindness,

Patience,

and a bit of TLC.

Though,

Behind the cage you keep it in,

Not a single soul is granted permission

to softly whisper a promise within-

to hold it,

Provide comfort,

Love,

or mercy...

But who can blame you,

When the only reason its broken,

Is because for an instance

You let it out only

to be

Trampled,

Tricked,

Teased

and Driven back

to its hands and knees.

Dear Life

Holding on to a verse for dear life-

Don't let it slip through my fingers.

Dragging it along,

Wearing it down,

Never let it out of my sight

In fear that I may drown.

Its:

Torn,

Tattered,

Ripped

and Shattered

From the rugged terrain I rake it through.

It screams at me-

Let it go-

I'm sucking la vida from it...

Forcing it to:

My skin,

My heart-

all that's within.... me....

Holding on to this verse for dear life,

Hoping to God it saves me

A Better Time

Tell me stories of these far off places

Bring us back into a better time

Take my hand and lead me onward

With your smile, stealing mine

Rescue me from the city in the countryside

Bring me picnics, soothe my cries

Show me life is truly what you make it

Keep me smiling for the rest of mine

With pain in these eyes,

Slip away into the night

No more dancing with the praising stars

No more love- we've lost this fight

I'm reminded of those far off places

I'm brought back to those better times

I look down at these calloused hands

Wishing that they weren't just mine

Back dirt roads and sleeping bags

Fireflies on the darkest nights

Hand in hand, we know we'll make it

Cause I'm yours, and you are mine-

Cause I'm yours and you are mine....

I was yours, in a better time

Comfort

Lying down in the soft green grass,
The arms of the open field
Watching the sky and the stars as they pass,
Talking to God as I heal;
The warmth of His breath,
In the air -
On my face-
Is enough to remind me
I’m covered by grace.
Today may be rotten,
My thoughts all a-mess;
Motivation all gone,
No desire to dress-
But at the end of these nights,
In His comfortable arms,
I am ready for tomorrow
And all of its charms.