In another life
We could have been everything.
In this one
We keep missing the mark.

#poetry #poem

"You complete me," he said. With that, he tied off the final piece of thread that connected them forever at the hip.

#poetry #prose #horror #twosentencehorror

She stared at the canvas,
Stark and blank.
She screamed at it.
"Inspire me,
Please!"
She begged.
And she stared.
.
The page remained blank.
And so did she.

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And as I write
I realize
None of my words
Are mine at all.
Quotes
Lyrics
Memories
More
Fill my head,
Spill out my pen,
And leave me with nothing
To call my own.

#poem #poetry #words

"Nobody came to save me"
She said quietly, under her breath.
A tear slipped down her cheek.
She sighed deeply.
Then proclaimed,
"Fine, I'll do it all myself."

#poem #poetry.

Crooked smile
Crooked life
Everything
Slightly askew
The feeling of tilting
Everything sliding
Slowly away

#poem

An itch,
But nothing there.
You scratch,
And claw,
And bite,
Begging for relief.
Your flesh turns to blood,
And your blood turns to bone,
Until there's nothing left
of you
at all.
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I've got memories I can't place,
Like they belong to someone else.
Flashes of the past
That flood my mind,
But feel more like dreams
Than what once was.

She looked at him
With teary eyes
And the words spilled out
Like marbles down the track.
"I wish I loved you
The way you love me."
And even still
He stayed.

I remember inspiration
How it felt to feel
What followed was
The numbness
That made life seem unreal

If you granted yourself the grace you've given to all the ones who gave you grief, maybe you'd get ... hope.

Here's coffee on the carpet,
Dirt stains on the wall.
There are fingerprints on the windows
And I just can't clean them all.
There's a puddle in the corner,
And too much blood to mop.
There are broken bones and shattered souls,
And now ... Here come the cops.

#poem #poetry

I'm not asking for a handout,
But if I only put my hand
In the pot to give,
And get sideways glances
When I ask for help
In my hour of need,
Then what good is the pot at all?