| Countless Moments | Countless Moments
I cannot count the many nights I’ve watched him as he slept.
Nights filled with ache and wonder to know the secrets from me he’s kept.
The silence of each night seems to swallow me and
Tears drown every thought in my mind
I... | Christina Lee Johns… |
| Cold Lies and Sad Goodbyes | I hate cold lies
And sad goodbyes,
But life can sometimes deal you those.
No matter what
You think you've got,
It can be bogus, I... | Robert Haigh |
| A Silent Tear | It hurts so deep to know this
I swear I can hear my heart cry
No day has been the same since
I was told a lie.
A lie is nothing to counter,
It doesn’t stay in the light,
It weaves a heavy burden
leaving truth far from sight.
I feel as if I’m frozen... | N A Finch |
| the kiss of the damned | Damned. Very well then.
been taught another lesson,
shamed and shunned back in the pig pen
i can't recall that far back then
i can't remember when
i wasn't subject to the punishment
drowned in admonishment
you can try to hold me down
but I'm not... | Wesley Morin |
| The Devil’s Game | There’s a ghost inside the mirror someone’s face I use to know jumbled thoughts and shattered dreams
Tell me what more can I do to save me and forget about you
You know it’s all a devil’s game caught up in a world of fortune and fame
You watch me... | jody l cooke |
| Reflection | It was not I who wasn’t strong
Not I who wasn’t brave
It was not I who did believe the negative things you say
It was not me
It was not me who you looked down at as you screamed
Get your shit together
Stop being so lazy
You’re foolish
... | Chelsey T |
| it’s all society’s fault” | “It’s all society’s fault”
Usually people say that to victimise themselves and excuse their way of being.
Society is used as a tool, an excuse to get out of being called toxic.
Because why own up to your actions when you can just reject the... | Lydie.elhn |
| Into The Light | Broken, Burned, Shamed, Confused
All these are feelings leaving you bruised,
You thought this was a joke, we lost our mind
What we were is gone left far behind
Taking all you can get, and asking for more
Love is all you had, but you closed that... | William Lamey |
