Am I still breathing? Ragged, uneven Your cold shoulder Stopped my heart And though… I raged and stormed And cried with grief Fighting A battle of the faithless, I lost I lost… Corroded blood Fills my veins Tainted with betrayals And terrible pain Your iron fortress Remains Impenetrable Steadfast Break! Silence Break! Swallowed screams PowerlessContinue reading “Passive”
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Insecure Day
I love you but… Can I really make you happy? Could I ever be enough? Somehow, I think you deserve someone better…
Nothing Like You
He was nothing like you, but I was lonely I was nothing like the me I used to be… Unable to be alone for one more night His hands, so un-calloused, unlike yours My clothes, new, shiny… Too different I left them behind, like you left me Piled like a glittering puddle on his bedroomContinue reading “Nothing Like You”
Roots
Root system Deeply embedded in Organs and marrow Like twisted tangled Vines of pain, hatred, anger Pulling pulling Never ending stands Painfully emerge Does it ever end?
Be Yourself?
Be authentic In a world of venerated liars Be yourself Behind a veil of makeup Oh! And don’t forget your spanks Just be real though, Don’t hold back Say what’s on your mind We want to hear it Oh… Wait… You said what? You can’t say that We’re not racist, misogynist… What? How dare youContinue reading “Be Yourself?”
Adrift
I am adrift… Without you I miss your laugh I yearn for you I need to feel you… Soft kisses on my face On a rainy afternoon I yearn for you I want to hear you… Randomly giving me shit Or telling goofy stories I miss your laugh Your echo haunts… This empty house IContinue reading “Adrift”
Done With You
I’m done with you… Your frozen demeanor Your bullshit judgements Your snide comments and snubs Fuck you I mean really… Fuck you I know I have been kind I know I have tried I know I belong Even if you think I don’t Even if you hate me Even if your jealousy Fucks you upContinue reading “Done With You”
There For You
I wanted to support you in your pain… But your hatred for another Swallowed me whole
Complicated
You asked me to go And I did Not because I wanted To meet your stupid friends And not because I need To make friends of my own You asked me to go And I wanted… What did I want? To please you? To shut you up? To show I cared? If I figure itContinue reading “Complicated”
Ex Human
Originally posted for Instagram’s Romance Writer Challenge June 2019, Day 22, “The Dreaded Ex”
Natolie Webb 