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Reason To Believe"Reason To Believe"

I long for hope that burns inside of me
Because there are so many things that I've never seen
So many places that I've never been
So much beauty that has yet to begin

This hope I long for that burns inside of me
Is the means and reason for me to believe
In all the things I've known and everything I have
For things can never really be that bad.

This hope I have is what pushes me forward
Slightly northward and around the corner
Its what gets me by each and every day
Because you never know what tomorrow may convey

You never really know what the future holds
Some days are bronze while others are gold
You never r

When I'm GoneI want to tell you something although I
Don’t know why I even try.
You were never the type who liked
To listen to what was on my mind,
But I’ll just keep talking anyway.
Maybe this time I’ll get through.

Here’s the thing:
I want to be the reason why
You can’t sleep at night,
Or the reason you don’t eat.
I want you to feel that twist
In your stomach when you see
Something that reminds you of me.

I want you to know the
Feeling of a heart that has been torn.
It beats in your chest, but it still isn't
Enough to convince you that you’re alive.
I want you to feel emptiness every
Time you realize tha

I Might Need YouI think I might need you,
But here's the thing:
I'm spinning out of control
And careening off the side of the road.
I pretend to hold on to the wheel,
But we both know I'll crash.

It wasn't a fair fight.

If you would listen,
If you would actually listen,
You would hear me whispering
"I want you."
"I need you."
"You're mine."

And if you would listen,
If you would actually listen,
You would know that
We are horribly wrong
For each other,
And that my words mean nothing.

But what's to stop us from
Sharing our sheets anyway?
We sleep folded together
Like slips of origami paper
Pressed so tightly that
We could not possi

2012As I sit here and look back on the year,
Reminiscing on times that have disappeared,
All I can come up with is that I'm sorry,
And I just hope that I can grow from these stories.

In 2012 the world won't end, but mine almost did,
I submerged to the bottom, I withdrew and hid,
But somehow I emerged stronger,
And I've learned so much, my weakness no longer.

I have good intentions, I swear I do,
I never meant to hurt you, that much is true,
But just like everything in life,
We evolve from our pain and strife,
And as I stabbed you with this double sided blade,
Our personalities have been remade.

To everyone that I've caused pain,
By these hands

SilenceLoved you long ago
But now I don't know
Where I want to go...

I used to be in love
But now I am in blood
It's just you I'm thinking of...

(Pre-chorus)
With you, there was happiness
Now it's just emptiness
Fell for someone who's heartless...

(Chorus)
Can you hear the silence?
Can you see the violence?
Why does it hurt,
If this is just love?
Can you feel my heart beat?
Can you see me in defeat?
Can you hear my silence?

I don't know what to do
Thoughts revolve around you
Remember the "love you"'s

I remember I was in love
But now it is just blood
Do you know what is love?

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(Chorus)

(Bridge)
Why am I always silent?
Why are yo

Lovely Deadly SicknessShall I join you when you leave
Shall I die along side
Shall I cease to breathe
At the right hour shall I die

I still hear your words echoing through my head
They will forever haunt my mind
Those sickening words you said
That one killing line

Shall I hold your hand
Until it becomes cold
Shall I bury you in this land
Just waiting to grow old

I don’t want to watch you die
I don’t want you to get sick
You promised forever, yet clearly lied
And I can’t deal with this

Shall we spend eternity
Together in hell
Don’t you want to be with me
Until the last tolling bell

This world leaves me lonely
This world breeds my hate
C

I should have seenI try
And I try
To be better
And better
I try to be perfect
I want no fault
All for you

I only wish to be everything
And give you everything
I didn't know
I was hurting you

Again and again
You told me I was fine
There's nothing wrong
I should have understood
And accepted myself

We all have faults
It doesn't mean there's something wrong
I just wanted to reach the impossible
I wanted to be perfect
For you

I'm sorry
I should have seen
You love me
For me

Like Shattered GlassBroken bones like shattered glass
Crash down to the floor.

Her screams go unnoticed
Until she falls eerily silent.

"Shhh, it's only me."

Can anyone hear?
Does anyone know?

Arms pinned above her head,
She freezes in fear.

Please let it be quick this time.
Please let this end.

Close your eyes, child
And leave your body behind.

Tapped in these moments
I cannot forget.

I will always remember, and I cannot
Sleep.

SinkingRecently I've been sinking
Like a stone into a pond
Having skimmed across the surface
Of life for far too long

Please may I have a new heart
Along with a new mind
I cannot reverse this feeling
No, I'm sorry, not this time

Recently I've been sinking
Into myself like quicksand
No one sees as it swallows me
Each grain a mislaid plan

Please may I crawl inside your love
Mingle hearts until the end
I cannot reverse this feeling
No, I'm sorry, not again

Recently I've been sinking
Such an overused metaphor
But one which is cathartic
When choosing to explore

That I could save you my love
And in time you could save me
As fear and

DuskCome,
Let us
Burn new trails
With our teenage
Ambition as a guiding, white beacon.
There is beauty to be found in what's left
Of burnt incense,
Guitars, and
Echoed
Dreams.

Love's ReignLove has reigned
but only for some
Our summer's waned
and winter has come

The summers were short
its beauty, only a taste
but the winter does court
with cold hands, to give hope a chase

The winds stay vain
their cold kisses upon our lips
speak of promises well maintained
But all promises do come to a zip-

For existence does not last
and what was once becomes naught
So we wait as the winter crawls past
and pray that the love which reigns be not forgot

What Happened?We were once us but now me
You say you care but really you don't
I rather if you don't so that you can drift away like a memory

Now I am alone, walking alone in this cold world
Just move on, there are others that make me happy
So in a way I thank you for leaving
Thanks for making happier but it the days like this that I stop and want to go back

But how to go back when there is nothing there
You left and move on like nothing
Why should I care?

"If I lose you, I don't know what I would do"
I remember I said that and turns out to be true
You walk away, that's all she wrote

Don't just say goodbye when I never wanted to
Too b

Please, don't give up.You’re not alone, even if you feel such sorrow
Please try to calm your mind and forget about tomorrow
I know that life can hurt, but from my happiness you can borrow
Please don't cry anymore, I will help you with the troublesome morrow

Even if the bad seem to be everywhere you go
Just keep in mind that you have to stay away from what’s below
And I know that you’ll learn from these bad experiences
So then you can help those who are inexperienced

Please don’t be sad, everyone has a reason for his or her existence
You can’t ever give up, push through and have resistance
The worst thing you could do is to l

Reminiscing What Never WasThere she is ... only 14... She's on the beach now, knee deep in the water. She's asking you to come in with her. You've been laughing, racing up and down the sand. She's now 16. Surrounded by paintings. She wants to be an artist. You've been hiding an art set for her birthday. When you give it to her, she loves it. 20 years old, high school is long gone and she's in the middle of an art degree. Your anniversary comes up and have a wonderful date. She decides she is finally ready, you make love for the first time. Now she's 24, she sells paintings every now and then but doesn't really make a lot of money, but she doesn't care

Lie To MeFingertips lace around my ribs
And pull at my skin
As my breath catches
At the coolness of your touch.

Calm these trembling hands
And hold them tight in yours.
I'll move my lips on yours
Just so you don't have to.

Hearts beat faster and
My breath shudders with insecurity.
Press my body close to yours
So I don't shatter into fragments.

Lie to me one more time.
Tangle your legs in mine,
Brush your lips along my neck.
Make me feel alive.

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SorryIt doesn't matter if I've kissed anyone
Since you've been gone.
And I haven't,
I meant it when I said I wanted
Your lips to be the last ones
Mine touched.

Maybe I'm only missing you enough
To make my heart sink.
And I want to be held in arms
That care because I don't
Remember what it feels like.
But I do remember the feeling
Of your hand in mine as we
Fell asleep together.

And I just want you to talk to me.
I want you to smile because of
Something I said, but maybe that's
Too selfish of me.
I was always that way.

I don't know how to live,
There's really no point
When I keep dying every day.
But my lungs keep tak

UnwantedYou have made such a mess of things.
Sorry eyes,
Feeling crushed,
And hearts shattered.

She can't sleep soundly at night.
Always worrying,
Wondering,
Wishing,
But never dreaming

All because you were better.
You stand above the rest
With your dark eyes
That burns at her skin.

Look at what you have done.
She is broken and alone,
But she doesn't need you.
No one needs you .

ScarsI watch your eyes frantically search mine for
Any type of sign that it wasn't true.
But I keep my lips turned in their usual frown.
"Show me," you whisper in a trembling voice.
And for the first time I let myself show you
The ugly flaws that exist along my body.

I work off my jeans and pull my shirt over my head
Exposing all the dark secrets that lie underneath.
You take in a deep breath and begin to run your
Fingers across all of the colors.
The bruises. Some purple and blue, and some
That have faded to yellow.
Your hands get to the scar that runs down my leg
And I see the pain it causes you.
Just imaging how it got ther

My Poor HeartI can't focus.
Everything in my mind screams you.
The way you laughed,
How warm you hands were in mind,
And how soft you lips felt.

But it's all gone now.
You're gone.
You've left me alone in the dark
And my bed is empty without you in its sheets.

You promised that you would never leave,
But I should have known that I wasn't
Enough to make you stay.
It was always her you were after.

The loneliness swallows me whole
And I can't escape its grasp.
The tears continue to fall
With no shoulder to contain them.

I have become the girl
I never wanted to be.
The girl who cries over a boy,
The girl who has shattered her own heart.

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I Need You To Know

by ~DeadOrSleeping, Dec 9, 2012, 1:58:48 PM
Literature / Poetry / Emotional / Free Verse

Stop.
I need you to stop what you're doing
And listen to me for a second.
I need you to understand my words
Even though they fall carelessly from my lips.
It will only take a few minutes, I promise.

I need you to know that I love you,
And that I always have.
I cared for you more than myself.
Nothing else matter as long as
You were there to comfort me,
And I thank you for that.

I think you should know that when I
Woke up this morning my first thoughts
Were of you, as they are every morning.
I wanted to know how you felt,
If you were okay,
If you were thinking of me…

Now for the hard part:
I need you to know that I don't want this.
Because it completely blindsided me.
I was suddenly picked up out of this universe
And thrown into another.
And now I am constantly needing a reminder of how to breathe.

I did not ask for this.
I could have picked someone better;
Someone who would wrap their arms
Around my waist and mean it when
They say that everything is okay,
But I didn't. I didn't choose.

I want you to know that I miss you
Every single second of every single day,
But I don't want this anymore.
I don't want to worry about when I
Will see you next, or whether or not
You'll feel like talking to me today.

I need you to know that I'm finally gone
Because I don't want to be stuck in the why's anymore.
I need you to know that I'm terrified
Because I don't remember what life is without you.
Lastly, I need you to know that despite everything,
I will never forget the feel of my hand in yours.

I Need You To Knowby ~DeadOrSleeping

Literature / Poetry / Emotional / Free Verse

I cried while writing this.

I know you'll probably read it.
I'm sorry.

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~assureastheskyisblue Apr 22, 2013

I wish I could write the way you do. If I could articulate my words as well as you it wouldn't have taken me so long to say something. This is incredibly emotional and beautiful