C O N V I A N C E

understanding life through poetry

[poems-and-words]

[poems-and-words]

[poems-and-words]

[kristy-gee]

[sweetgum-tree]

Oh, Chickadee, how small you tell me you are, how good you have been at being quiet. But when the silence leaves you plume and broken teeth remember, love, that you are bone beneath your skin and you may howl however loudly you wish. Oh darling Chickadee, forgiveness is not something you can taste: anemic, bloody mess, two shots of whiskey gone down the wrong way. Yet you will find it in you to swallow yourself whole, to ache, to live. Little bird, I mourn to tell you of your flesh, that you must make a home amongst these wounds, that you must treat yourself tenderly even when you shake, even when you cannot sing, even when you fear you may never fly at all.

[kheenlovesyou]

You can’t lose what you never had. You can’t keep what isn’t yours. And you can’t hold onto someone who doesn’t want to stay.

[jwfeelings]

What I learned was that running from your problems only meant hiding from your problems. And when you’re hiding from your problems, the problems will come and find you. So don’t escape, but find a way.

[jwfeelings]

When you start questioning your love for someone, it probably never was love.

[jwfeelings]

Darling loving you was so thrilling but so toxic.

[jwfeelings]

You said your life was a mess but I disagree. You’re a walking piece of art.

[jwfeelings]

I built my palace in the shape of a body and now I don’t bow down to nobody.

[jwfeelings]

You breath me in like air and I tried to tell you I was poison but you were too addicted to care.

[jwfeelings]

You’re the type of girl who would hug me goodnight and shy away from kisses filled with black coffee and adoration. You would step away and say you don’t want to ruin your red lipstick. But I know your type. You’re the girl who would kiss me long and hard the next night and say that you can’t wait to see me until the stars fall at dawn. You would alway leave me with closed eyes and the flavor of cherry still lingering on my tongue. Your lips were battered red as they faded to pale pink. You would kiss me one more time and smile an empty smile as if I were a fool. You’re the type that was filled with emptiness. You were always desperate for more. You’re the type that feels nothing and everything at the same time.

[jwfeelings]

He said Babe I know your type. You’re the type of girl who wishes to become the sky before the sun sets. The one who wants to glow like the streetlights at midnight. You’re the type to disappear at dawn on lazy drives with no destination. You’re the type to hypnotize the pretty boys with mouths full of lies.

[p03try-blog]

it drove me crazy, you know. you constantly said ‘no, you don’t understand’ when in reality, i did understand.

[p03try-blog]

hurricanes, tornadoes, and tsunamis destroy mercilessly but your smile is still the most destructive thing I’ve ever seen.

[p03try-blog]

hearts break silently. remember that.