just a poet tryna rhyme

hayley | 23 | she/her | pisces

[hayleysiemenswriting]

Thoughtless

If I just thought less

His name wouldn’t bite

With venom extracted

I’d sleep through the night

I hope he’s depressed

I hope life’s unkind

He conjured the dark

To prey on the blind

I’m doing my best

I’m safe when enslaved

For I have known saviours

Who scar what they save

I wish I thought less.

I’m just like the rest

I didn’t deserve this

Why curse what’s been blessed?

God must make mistakes

I’ll handle his mess

For there’s a collection

Of things I suppress

I wish I thought less.

I wish he’d confess

The doors I keep locking

Are starting to stress

I wish I thought less.

I’m haunted and hurting

His life remains spotless

His world goes on turning

His actions are costless

He got to be thoughtless.

- Hayley Siemens

[hayleysiemenswriting]

Silver Lining

If I could be like you

I’d paint you skies of blue

I’ve never fit in anywhere

but I fit in with you

Instead I’ll paint a picture

Where I’m the only fixture

And I won’t want to fix her

With you I feel like I can speak

No longer in a whisper

-Hayley Siemens

[hayleysiemenswriting]

White Rabbit

When smothered in smoke,

We whisper white rabbit.

To settle our panic.

White rabbit, white rabbit.

Will you be afraid?

When nightmares inhabit? 

When you recall joy,

But can't reach and grab it?

And everyone has it.

You can't understand it.

White rabbit, white rabbit.

Patience burns too,

It wears out like fabric. 

Your senses subside,

they make way for static.

The flames will wreak havoc.

White rabbit, white rabbit.

And those you love most,

Will say you'll withstand it.

What good are their words?

When breathing grows rapid.

You’re lost and alone.

Ignored by the planet.

White rabbit, white rabbit.

It's bite might be rabid.

- Hayley Siemens