Feel it in my bones
Dejection takes its hold
Creeping through the back door
Burning down my front porch
Category: Poetry
V O I C E S
Running in circles
Color me conflicted
Am I worthless?
Or just inflicted?
| Who We Used to Be |
Crush me, bury me Lay me in the depths It would take a miracle to find another breathe Finally you are free I’ll find you underneath You’ll never experience rejection’s cutting teeth Wake up, don’t go Please don’t leave me here You’re the only piece of me free of inner fear Taken, breaking Obsessed is […]
E L I Z A B E T H
Amidst the rush I feel below A tender touch calls out to me Hard to hear above the melting snow I feel a moment of peace The gorge of the raging water stared Down and into my soul Its empty anger left me bare The screams kept me hollow You came silently Like a deer […]
F I R E | F U R Y
Give way to a restless churn Wasted years for a lifeless worm Left with nothing but a choice No breathe in my lungs to even voice That it feels as though I’m all alone Only me and my fading tombstone Suffocation was all of their doing They will pay for these wrongdoings Except I lay […]
d a m n e d
Would you like to see the scars?
The ones that line up with our hearts?
Good luck because I’m blind
G H O S T
Would you miss me if I was dead?
Damn these pounding voices in my head
Could you breathe with the regret of knowing I had nothing left?
Matthew Brandon 