Laying in the train tracks, I
Overheard you confess your love for me
So quiet, so soft, I almost missed it right before
The train made me finally forget why I was even there.
But fuck how I feel.
Because the stress thrown onto my shoulders,
Will ease the pain in your chest.
A simple sorry can not fix this,
But moving forward will not either.
Stuck in a limbo,
I question what’s going on.
Why can’t we forget this.
Or pretend like it never happened.
Because if we keep how we are,
One of us will end up dead and the other will be torn apart.
You changed her,
But after all it wasn’t for the better.
She use to smile,
Laugh,
Her eyes would light up.
But it was all so much more when she met you.
And whatever happened,
Whatever you did,
When you left,
You took all of that with you.
I haven’t seen her smile-
I mean actually smile-
Since that day.
The day you disappeared,
For a second time,
Without warning.
You killed her.
Figuratively of course,
Crushing every happy memory she had,
Every happy place.
Because all she thinks of is you,
And how you can make her day.
And I’m sorry,
I’m sorry she let you have that much meaning.
In her life,
In her heart.
I
Am I what you wanted?
Pretty face, nice tits.
You're the typical guy,
And I fell for it.
I was used,
Abused,
Hurt.
Now you sit wondering why I like to be alone.
Unknowing that it's all your fault.
I hear their whispers, you know,
How you said I was crazy,
How you said it never happened, that it's not your fault.
But-
It is.
Am I what you wanted?
Makeup stained face, used skin..
Is this what you wanted?
For me to want to be dead..
"I've come to terms,
With the person I am.
I'm not like her
And I never will be.
I've come to term,
With the fact that you use me.
I'm not saying I like it,
But if it's all I'm good for,
Then use me till you're done."
If scars tell a story
Then mine tell a novel
They're written deep into my skin
Just a hair
From my veins
If scars are now what you call beauty.
Then I must be the most beautiful being there is
Each tells a story,
That you will never understand
Maybe one I'll open up to you
And tell it to you,
Beginning to end.
Red, White, And Blue by ImATurtleRawrr, literature
Literature
Red, White, And Blue
Thirteen stripes
For thirteen colonies
Fifty stars
For all fifty states
But when I think of red, white, and blue
I no longer think of freedom
I think of war
Bombs
The people who died for it
And then the people who use it as an excuse
Hold onto your guilt
But trust
You aren't her reason
She would never give you that pleasure
You make her sick
Telling her she isn't wanted
You push her in the corner
But you'll never be her reason
The scars that line her body
Don't call out your name
They call out every feeling
She's dying to feel
Hold onto your guilt
That we see behind is pleasure
Hold onto your guilt
But you will never be her reason.
Laying in the train tracks, I
Overheard you confess your love for me
So quiet, so soft, I almost missed it right before
The train made me finally forget why I was even there.
But fuck how I feel.
Because the stress thrown onto my shoulders,
Will ease the pain in your chest.
A simple sorry can not fix this,
But moving forward will not either.
Stuck in a limbo,
I question what’s going on.
Why can’t we forget this.
Or pretend like it never happened.
Because if we keep how we are,
One of us will end up dead and the other will be torn apart.
You changed her,
But after all it wasn’t for the better.
She use to smile,
Laugh,
Her eyes would light up.
But it was all so much more when she met you.
And whatever happened,
Whatever you did,
When you left,
You took all of that with you.
I haven’t seen her smile-
I mean actually smile-
Since that day.
The day you disappeared,
For a second time,
Without warning.
You killed her.
Figuratively of course,
Crushing every happy memory she had,
Every happy place.
Because all she thinks of is you,
And how you can make her day.
And I’m sorry,
I’m sorry she let you have that much meaning.
In her life,
In her heart.
I
Am I what you wanted?
Pretty face, nice tits.
You're the typical guy,
And I fell for it.
I was used,
Abused,
Hurt.
Now you sit wondering why I like to be alone.
Unknowing that it's all your fault.
I hear their whispers, you know,
How you said I was crazy,
How you said it never happened, that it's not your fault.
But-
It is.
Am I what you wanted?
Makeup stained face, used skin..
Is this what you wanted?
For me to want to be dead..
"I've come to terms,
With the person I am.
I'm not like her
And I never will be.
I've come to term,
With the fact that you use me.
I'm not saying I like it,
But if it's all I'm good for,
Then use me till you're done."
If scars tell a story
Then mine tell a novel
They're written deep into my skin
Just a hair
From my veins
If scars are now what you call beauty.
Then I must be the most beautiful being there is
Each tells a story,
That you will never understand
Maybe one I'll open up to you
And tell it to you,
Beginning to end.
Red, White, And Blue by ImATurtleRawrr, literature
Literature
Red, White, And Blue
Thirteen stripes
For thirteen colonies
Fifty stars
For all fifty states
But when I think of red, white, and blue
I no longer think of freedom
I think of war
Bombs
The people who died for it
And then the people who use it as an excuse
Hold onto your guilt
But trust
You aren't her reason
She would never give you that pleasure
You make her sick
Telling her she isn't wanted
You push her in the corner
But you'll never be her reason
The scars that line her body
Don't call out your name
They call out every feeling
She's dying to feel
Hold onto your guilt
That we see behind is pleasure
Hold onto your guilt
But you will never be her reason.
you spread your shame coldly cutting brightly on stark blank children’s walls piece to offer peace eternally stained with your name exclaiming your dominance lights protect unheard flickering ethereal motion crazed in silent agony even the uneven ground splashed with your tyrantic rhetoric running down like spilling tears you are killing butterflies with your inane canvas of nonsense scaring the beauty forever the only cursed cure paint patches to exsize pain burying burden each bandaid cover coats paradise in darkness only one answer hope lies outside the tunnel venture to furthest light at the end fly fly away butterfly
But fuck how I feel.
Because the stress thrown onto my shoulders,
Will ease the pain in your chest.
A simple sorry can not fix this,
But moving forward will not either.
Stuck in a limbo,
I question what’s going on.
Why can’t we forget this.
Or pretend like it never happened.
Because if we keep how we are,
One of us will end up dead and the other will be torn apart.
Your body is one of the most amazing things,
The way it curves,
The way it feels,
The way it makes you into you.
Every single little curve of your body,
More amazing than the last,
Sexier than the last,
And I love every one.
The way your body feels it's just perfect,
Your smooth skin,
The tiny imperfections that make you even more perfect,
Everything.
And the way your body makes up you,
It's more than I could ever imagine,
All of you is the most amazing thing,
And I love you more than anything for that.
She tastes of wine, death smoke and someone’s crying
Blood, like breathe, in and out and in again and again
Gods I want you, run and hide and I'll hunt for you
Tracing your neck like light across the hills
The coming hammer
The coming hammer
Down, down breaking on through
Get in you
The coming hammer
The coming hammer
Down, down breaking on through
Get in you, gonna get into you
She carries fires in her eyes, sets the shadows free
Against the roughest seas, she keeps running to me
The breath is coming faster, I’m coming after
Slick, shadows and everything they fill
The coming hammer
The coming hammer
Down, down breaking on thr
Fake Smiles And Empty Laughs by ImATurtleRawrr, literature
Literature
Fake Smiles And Empty Laughs
The evidence was there
She wasn't eating
Never sleeping
The baggy shorts
And the long shirts
She pushed everyone away
Tried to make it seem okay
Putting on a show
Her whole audience believed
"How long has it been?"
She promised it hadn't been long
Hiding the older scars that just wouldn't fade
"Why?"
They crowed around her
She didn't know how to answer
She no longer feels
How come no one understood
She smiles
But she can't feel happiness
She laughs
But it's an empty laugh
All the signs were there
But it wasn't your fault
She his behind fake smiles
And empty laughs
Knowing her audience enjoyed the show.
It took me a few months to get to know you
To know that you are not the broken that you say you are
That the stories you give of who you were are just stories
I enjoyed the conversations when you gave me pieces of you
When it didn't seem to be clouded within some sort of game
I would never expect you to be anything apart from who you are
Friday 28 Oct 2022 2055 Here’s the thing, I voiced twice how I felt and you still asked a third time. Telling me how badly you wanted you to go there so you could drink. And part of me is kinda upset that I was pushed to the back and not invited?? Like that’s kinda fucked at least to me. But it’ll be okay. You know why? Because why complain at this point? So enjoy your time. Enjoy your night. Enjoy drinking. I’m sorry. I’ve not seen you all week and this was exactly what I knew would happen. But I promised myself I wouldn’t be Morgan. I won’t take you from your friends so I’ll just sit here and cry lol. Saturday 29 October 2022 1633 I’d rather got to work over an hour early than have to sit in a house I feel unwanted in. I’m glad you had a good night. I’m glad it was good enough to come home and then play video games all day. I’m glad I got my depression nap in. I didn’t want to sleep but what else would I do? Lay in bed or sit around the house alone? I’m okay. Everything will be fine eventually. I think what hurts the most is I can’t even complain to my bestfriend anymore. She thinks I’m settling. But I’m not, I love you very much. I’m just not use to the same things you are. I have to get use to being alone. To realizing your friends aren’t my friends and my friends aren’t yours. These are the things I can’t say to you. But I’m sorry.
I do it so I can feel close to you. Because the fifteen minutes of you inside me are probably the only fifteen minutes I’ll get where I have your full attention. I do it because my fifteen minutes makes me feel like maybe I’m more important than those five hour calls. If you took your fingers off the joycons and pressed them against my body maybe I’d feel like you loved me. You work, and then you sit behind a door unless you’re eating. But when you’re eating we don’t talk. I don’t get to know how your day was or what your plans are. Our shows aren’t even *our* shows anymore. I’m a full season from when you last watched and I don’t even watch tv. I go to bed without you now. I go to sleep alone. I slowly feel myself slipping into this known darkness but it’s a comfortable one. At least I feel at home here again.
Being sexually assaulted will change you. Not in ways you want it to. One day you'll be normal, having a really good day and you'll be pushed against a wall and touched in places you don't want to be. And you can do nothing about it. Because you never got a good look at the guy. But then, you'll see who you think it was and you'll freak out and leave the room. You'll be changed, you'll look around your shoulder everywhere. You'll want to know your friends more and know who you should leave behind. And it'll all happen because of one tiny thing. Something you couldn't have predicted.
And so, you'll be huddled up in your room finding some wa