Category: Poetry

You Don’t Know Me

You don’t know me. I am not ok.

I said no

It happened anyway

So, I threw up my hands

Because life makes no mistakes

Robbed of an innocence

That I could never get back

A two minute incident

Threw my whole life off track

You see me with him, him, and her

You put labels on my back

You call me a whore

Cutting me no slack

I lost my identity

My soul was taken away

I was left in the streets like a dead animal

To rot and decay

Be careful who you trust

Be leery of where you stay

Don’t be quick to judge a person

You don’t know their mental disarray

🌹 Dedicated to the survivors of sexual abuse

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To Rise Above It All ☀️

“If you want peace, prepare for war.”
& then I saw the sun rise
I remembered that I rose high above the clouds
It was my mind
My memories
My past that kept me bound
Dreams sifted as wheat
That’s when heaven opened up to me
I began to walk a straight line
Balancing life
Enjoying all that’s good and sweet
Made myself a priority
To drown out the loud cries,
The lies,
The signs
Now I have clarity
I saw the sun surrounded by beautiful clouds
& there I stood
Still living
Still breathing
Another chance to make it right
Another chance to live my life.
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Burning Flame 🔥

You captured my soul Now, you’ll never leave me Because I could never forget you

I presumed I was alive until you resurrected me. Walking amongst the living dead until you set me free. Set a fire in my soul. Now, you’ll never leave.. & I will never forget you.

He touched a part of me that I didn’t know existed. He showed me a new life that I had been missing. I’ll never forget him because he’ll never release me. We’re connected forever. I am he.

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Cold-Blooded

I drown in your love

Suffocating with misery

Scissored with words

To live, I no longer have the ability

You took away my life. My happiness, you banned. You murdered me in cold-blood although it wasn’t planned. Maybe you didn’t anticipate the breaking of my flesh, but you left me alone when you were all that I had left.

You placed the blade in my hand. XO 🖤💔

Carry Me To Hell 🔥

I’d walk through the fire for you. I’m a worshipper of your kind. I wouldn’t lie to you.

tonight, I’ll dance with you

i’ll surrender my will

if you make my dreams come true

love me to death

let there be no rules

carry me to hell

sweet rendezvous

I loved you when you were incapable of loving yourself. I took care of your needs while neglecting my own health. I lived your life not seeing anyone else. I was so caught up in you that I died a slow death.

I was a fool. I couldn’t survive heaven without you.
Illustration credits: @dvrkshines & @darkerdaysillustration | Instagram

Gone 💔

With my eyes closed, I welcome the warmth of your lips. A kiss to my forehead and my heart skips. In a moment, my eyes come open as I come to grips. While lying in an empty bed, reality hit.

🎼 When you’re dreaming with a broken heart, the waking up is the hardest part.. 🎼

Painting by thomassaliot|instagram