Tag: emily

  • THIS LIFE

    by EMILY

    I think a lot, but I wish I didn’t
    though. I think of good things, bad
    things, things you could never know.

    I reload every second from a pile of
    mesh. My brain is like a supercomputer
    always stuck on refresh.

    I do crazy things and mess up
    too much. I’ve realized things can
    fall apart with only the slightest touch.

    I’m surrounded by the world and
    trapped in my own home, my life
    seems to stay in my small comfort zone.

    Change is inevitable and sometimes
    that thought scares me. It’s like
    the universe doesn’t know
    this is how I want it to be.

    Random things pop into my
    head at all the wrong times.
    Like what if everything Dr. Seuss
    says is only made up of rhymes?

    Or do chickens have their own
    secret language they use when
    no one’s around? Does it mean
    I have a desire that makes me
    crazy, but has yet to be found?

    Am I incapable of being normal and
    acting right? And is it bad when
    both sides of your brain
    always seem to fight?

    Does it make sense that I make
    wishes even though I know they
    won’t come true? Or is it stupid to
    think that others might do it, too?

    Does it make me a bad person because
    sometimes i hate the people that I’m supposed
    to love? And when they try to get close
    I push them away with one big shove.

    I guess I’m crazy, insane, a total
    nut job. I’m just happy my door
    hasn’t been knocked down by
    a full-blown mob.

    Sometimes I wish there was one
    person on earth that I could
    talk to about this stuff. But
    there’s not, so I’ll go on
    pretending that this life isn’t tough.

  • THE LIES I TELL

    by EMILY

    I can sing better than Rihanna.
    I can lift a car with one hand.
    I can cut the lights off & make it night.
    I can make art better than Van Gogh.
    I go anywhere I want.
    I can ride snow leopards in the Appalachian Mountains.
    I can make skyscrapers appear from thin air.
    I can invent something that will change humanity.
    I can write a book in a day.
    I can fly, turn invisible, & read people’s minds.
    I can change the color of the ocean & the texture of the air.
    I can make dinosaurs flinch.
    I can move mountains with my mind.
    I can help everyone & stop pain in its tracks.
    I can save the world & be remembered for something great.

  • HOW I TRY TO HATE YOU

    by EMILY

    I hate how much I love you & I love how much I hate you.

    At night you make me smile & cry. In the morning you make me get out of bed & bring me down the rest of the day.

    I want you to stay & leave at the same time. I want to look at you while waiting to forget you were even there.

    I want us to be together & I want you to do something to make me hate you.

    I love you & I can’t stand it. I want you to notice my existence & I want to ignore yours.

    I want you to feel how I feel & not be able to do anything about it!

  • ALCOHOLIC

    by EMILY

    Never to love, never to
    care, no matter what, they
    all share.

    In a circle, they all have
    problems, there’s no one else
    no more options.

    They all stay together,
    thick and thin, no matter
    the gender, women or men.

    No acting, no pretend,
    their family could never ever bend.

    They all tell the truth, including
    the shame, couldn’t stress enough,
    this isn’t a game.

    This is where it all boils
    down, fire pits and lava falls, would
    do anything for a drink of alcohol.

    So much support, so many
    friends, so many people willing to
    lend a hand.

    Kind hearts, kind people.
    Don’t worry, they’ll be ex-alcoholics
    in the next sequel.