Thank You, Friend. by dude123456789012345, literature
Literature
Thank You, Friend.
Thank you, friend, for all the things
That mean so much to me--
For concern and understanding
You give abundantly.
Thanks for listening with your heart;
For cheering me when I'm blue;
For bringing out the best in me;
And just for being you.
Thanks for in-depth conversation
That stimulates my brain;
For silly times we laugh out loud;
For things I can't explain.
For looking past my flaws and faults;
For all the time you spend;
For all the kind things that you do,
Thank you; thank you, friend.
Deaden these nerve endings,
Pulsing and pounding
Cut off these senses,
Screaming and howling
Bring me to sorrow,
On rose petals scattered
Cause me some grief,
Like none of this mattered
Drown me in rip-tides,
Stained cherry red
Ignore all the regrets,
In the back of my head
Sympathetic agony,
Ripped up in wonder
Drive a blade through my back,
Tearing all bonds asunder
Leave me cold, leave me dead,
Let us cease to be
Spiraling a whirlpool of anger and sorrow
Complete agony
Celebrate now as the world falls to ashes
Burning winds whipping up flames in flickering flashes
Tear up the building around you with wonder
Scrapping off skin as you rip all asunder
Chain down the innocent straight to their bed posts
Cutting up lovely lines as the room roasts
Dance with your sins, all dressed up in black
Waving and weaving and moving all slack
Set fire to flowers, all colors and sizes
Leave nothing left but the concrete that rises
Stumble through fields full of cigarette butts
Laughing with pleasure as you rip out your guts
Isn't it wonderful? This chaos enabled?
Wasn't it beautifully terribly fabled?
This deli
This Wonderful World by Unluckyshadow13, literature
Literature
This Wonderful World
He sits at home writing love songs gone sour
Fitfully watching the hour hand spin
She plucks a rose with embittered intention
Gleefully watching the briar glint red
The world chokes on ashes of cigarette boxes
Burned down to all cinder and stumps
He strokes the cheek of a beautiful woman
Grasping his ring as he slips out the door
She bathes in moonlight on the edge of her window
Watching the rubies drip down from her wrist
The world cries out in sadness and madness unwritten
Silently drowning in everyones fears
He burns the candle stump down at both ends
Whispering vows to the dark
She sits and she shivers in frost-bitten wonder
Jaded
Look out, Baby,
Im on a roll.
You instilled me with fire,
And must pay the toll.
Shut up and miss me,
Get out of my dreams.
First love isnt easy,
As it initially seems.
I sent you a letter
I wrote you a song
I gave you a promise
That didnt last long.
An oath for an oath
Look here, wont you?
When my heart is impaired
I can be a heartbreaker, too.
You riddled me with holes
I slashed up my skin
I just wanted my first kiss,
But came out with original sin.
I jaded and repulsed
And Im not quite sure how
But really, my Darling
Its too late for that now.
Love is just a game
Never won
Slanted Cursive by daydreamishxxvampire, literature
Literature
Slanted Cursive
Slanted Cursive
It starts out weak and rounded, frail;
I have only ever seen as pale
Your face when you delivered this note
This piece of parchment on which you wrote.
It transforms into a quicker scrawl
Tall and erect, not unlike a wall
I imagine your furious expression
As you demand the matter receive attention
And once more lackadaisical
As the tone is calm and cool
But the scorn seeps throughout the words
Manipulating the marionettes chords
Slanted cursive sprouts like weeds,
Untended, and untamed indeed
I admit that I wish that youd write
To me in love, instead of spite.
You close the letter Indifferent
Forever is...
A pretty thing
Vibrant and shining
Full of life and hope
Forever is...
A promise made
With tender love
By foolish hearts
Forever is...
A candle stump
Flickering and sputtering
On dying embers
Forever is...
An empty shell
Cast aside
All too easily
Forever is....
An empty word
Tossed around too often
Drained of meaning
Dear Loser...Drop Dead
What do you want me to say,
What do you want me to do
Maybe that you are meant for me
Or rather me for no one but you
Because I can't utter those words
And compromise my heart
I won't love you at the end
Because I don't love you at the start
I'd rather cry a million oceans
Or murder three trillion squids
Before I was your lover
Or the mother of your kids
That may be too harsh
But I'm not making an apology
Because you need to go away
Since we're never EVER meant to be
Someday you'll find someone else
Who will melt upon your touch?
And you'll remember this heartbreak
But it won't seem like so much
Veins
I dream that the veins in my hands come outside my skin
Oh so blue oh so frail so wiry and thin
And the arteries are just afraid to take a chance
The arteries know that they cannot dance
And all the children are asleep cannot see whats happening
And the wives are alive only in fantasy
And my love oh my love is he underground?
My veins hear my screams they will dance to the sound
Oh my lies, oh my lies, can I take them all back now?
If I ask, will they fly, right back into my mouth
I am poor deep inside my riches and my wealth
And my love, oh my love, why do I do this to myself?
For you, and your Christmas trees
For y