Submissions by rachelmae
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I write because I love writing, because my songs are who I am. one day I hope to inspire people with them. I'm shy but if you get to know me I'm really quite funny.
Bridge of Ashes
I saw the flames burning and the smoke rising
as you stood on the opposite side
and I turned with my eyes crying
knowing it was time to say goodbye
I'll build a bridge out of the ashes
all the smothered sparks of the past
and I'm willing to throw away the matches
if fate allows that this may last
but destiny is built on uncertainty
so if the temperature starts rising don't be alarmed
We'll be saved by what I have come to know
we'll both walk away unharmed over a bridge of ashes
I watched the hate flying and the sparks dying...
as you stood on the opposite side
and I turned with my eyes crying
knowing it was time to say goodbye
I'll build a bridge out of the ashes
all the smothered sparks of the past
and I'm willing to throw away the matches
if fate allows that this may last
but destiny is built on uncertainty
so if the temperature starts rising don't be alarmed
We'll be saved by what I have come to know
we'll both walk away unharmed over a bridge of ashes
I watched the hate flying and the sparks dying...
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Counting Petals
Hanging on by the thinnest thread
only hoping for what's around the bend
remembering every word you said
and praying that they were meant
And I would say you mean the world to me
but compared to you the entire earth is nothing
all the stars or grains of sand
no ocean wave could ever contend
I don't want to lose you
never want you to fall away
you're a treasure like no other I have found
so I'm counting petals
wishing I was the flower meant for you
Fraying out, caught on a breaking strand
always hoping to gain...
only hoping for what's around the bend
remembering every word you said
and praying that they were meant
And I would say you mean the world to me
but compared to you the entire earth is nothing
all the stars or grains of sand
no ocean wave could ever contend
I don't want to lose you
never want you to fall away
you're a treasure like no other I have found
so I'm counting petals
wishing I was the flower meant for you
Fraying out, caught on a breaking strand
always hoping to gain...
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Its My Life
one day there'll be a girl on your television screen
a familiar face on the front page of your magazine
they'll say she never got the chance to chase her dreams, that she fell too far and faded too young
and you'll wonder why the last time you saw her was the last time
and that's the story ive been writing
the battle ive been fighting
that might be my smiling face frozen forever
on the screen
maybe not today but tomorrow that'll be my unlovely ending, when everything was just beginning
right now it's my life
and that's a photograph that...
a familiar face on the front page of your magazine
they'll say she never got the chance to chase her dreams, that she fell too far and faded too young
and you'll wonder why the last time you saw her was the last time
and that's the story ive been writing
the battle ive been fighting
that might be my smiling face frozen forever
on the screen
maybe not today but tomorrow that'll be my unlovely ending, when everything was just beginning
right now it's my life
and that's a photograph that...
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All a Lie
the bathroom door is locked for the third time, today
the shower runs but they know not what to say
they can't hear what she's doing, when they're not around
they can't see how she's hurting when she puts her head down
she no longer smiles or looks them in the eye...
It's all a lie-
every whisper that she listens to
she tries to deny that she is broken, but she doesn't know what to do
the voices, they control her brain
she's not herself, she's not the same
distracted by indifference, pretending to be well
everything to lose, nothing to gain...
the shower runs but they know not what to say
they can't hear what she's doing, when they're not around
they can't see how she's hurting when she puts her head down
she no longer smiles or looks them in the eye...
It's all a lie-
every whisper that she listens to
she tries to deny that she is broken, but she doesn't know what to do
the voices, they control her brain
she's not herself, she's not the same
distracted by indifference, pretending to be well
everything to lose, nothing to gain...
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Wear My Heart
Out on the run I'm breaking, out of this prision cell
the ground beneath me shaking, getting away from here headed for somewhere else
but if I never come back again
just know I'm not leaving you forsaken
even when the bars are taken down from around me
I won't be long
Wear my heart on your sleeve
don't forget the memories
I'll be back for it someday, that's a promise
Keep my heart around your neck
don't ever start to regret missing me
I'll keep your love close to me in a locket
and if you wonder what I left behind
look closer at the...
the ground beneath me shaking, getting away from here headed for somewhere else
but if I never come back again
just know I'm not leaving you forsaken
even when the bars are taken down from around me
I won't be long
Wear my heart on your sleeve
don't forget the memories
I'll be back for it someday, that's a promise
Keep my heart around your neck
don't ever start to regret missing me
I'll keep your love close to me in a locket
and if you wonder what I left behind
look closer at the...
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Inside and Out
Did I ever do anything so horrible to you
to make you hate me so much?
Was I so oblivious and vulnerable,
that I was such an easy target?
Why did you have to make me feel unwanted?
Bruised from my heart down to my soul
broken a thousand times but it was never enough for you
You had to control me, and you promised me
that no one would ever want me
You threatened scars and lies and rumors
pushed me around and beat me up inside and out.
Did I ever say anything so terrible that I deserved the worst?
Was I too innocent and usable, ...
to make you hate me so much?
Was I so oblivious and vulnerable,
that I was such an easy target?
Why did you have to make me feel unwanted?
Bruised from my heart down to my soul
broken a thousand times but it was never enough for you
You had to control me, and you promised me
that no one would ever want me
You threatened scars and lies and rumors
pushed me around and beat me up inside and out.
Did I ever say anything so terrible that I deserved the worst?
Was I too innocent and usable, ...
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Prove Me Wrong
Perilous chances left to take
heart on the line about to break
don't leave me hanging on the edge
I don't want to lose you, but I've fallen
to the depths of who I am
I wish I could be proven wrong, shown that
there's something better out there
closer now in my future
looking in my crystal ball but I don't see it yet, oh...
Prove me wrong, let me know that I am strong
past the heartache and the mistakes there is so much more to me
Take me away, from what I used to know
it hurts to think that maybe I have lost the shine that used to be in my...
heart on the line about to break
don't leave me hanging on the edge
I don't want to lose you, but I've fallen
to the depths of who I am
I wish I could be proven wrong, shown that
there's something better out there
closer now in my future
looking in my crystal ball but I don't see it yet, oh...
Prove me wrong, let me know that I am strong
past the heartache and the mistakes there is so much more to me
Take me away, from what I used to know
it hurts to think that maybe I have lost the shine that used to be in my...
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Enough
tears spill out like silent cries from my heart
bursting in anguish like a firing squad
if they want me to give more I've already given all Ive got
but it's never enough for them
so I break all the limits and cross every line trying to buy some time
am I enough for you?
Might as well give me the death sentence
'cause my existence has become a prison
and without you I am nothing, not even worth
the fighting in my mind
between the voices and who I am inside
I need you to save me, take me far away
but if you are no longer listening
I...
bursting in anguish like a firing squad
if they want me to give more I've already given all Ive got
but it's never enough for them
so I break all the limits and cross every line trying to buy some time
am I enough for you?
Might as well give me the death sentence
'cause my existence has become a prison
and without you I am nothing, not even worth
the fighting in my mind
between the voices and who I am inside
I need you to save me, take me far away
but if you are no longer listening
I...
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Moonbeams
You could ask the world for just a minute of love
and it would turn its back on you
you could catch the light of the setting sun
but it would fade in time too
oh, one thing you can count on is this heart to never run
if you lead, I will follow, if you fly, I'll lift you up
And when the moonbeams glow in your eyes
there I find a glimpse of heaven tonight
If the cold chains pull you away
you won't be a captive much longer
and if you find yourself without starlight
I'll chase a comet out of the sky
and with it burn down your prison walls...
and it would turn its back on you
you could catch the light of the setting sun
but it would fade in time too
oh, one thing you can count on is this heart to never run
if you lead, I will follow, if you fly, I'll lift you up
And when the moonbeams glow in your eyes
there I find a glimpse of heaven tonight
If the cold chains pull you away
you won't be a captive much longer
and if you find yourself without starlight
I'll chase a comet out of the sky
and with it burn down your prison walls...
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