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Behind Bars

I hope you’re ready for the pain, I hope you’re ready for the hurt. Now I can breathe, turn my insides out and smother me, warm and alive I’m all over you, would you smother me? Fell in love with the ways you kill me; do or die, you and I, we’re guilty. I’ll be smiling cheek to cheek, or I’ll be faced down in that creek; it’s up to you, it’s up to me. So deep that you won’t feel a thing; as I hold you, I’m drowning too. Just let me hold you like a hostage. I wish you were here. We wake up dressed in black but went to bed in white. I was hard to ignore with blood in my face. I’ll beg you to love me for all that I’ve done; yea love me and we’ll become one. How can one stay here and look at you tomorrow; all I ever did was cry. In the silence on the street. In the silence of the pain. Can’t handle the pain, this life is so hallow. You were stitching up the seams. I know that even with the seams stitched tightly, darling, scars will remain. But as you go, remember I’m by your side. Use me as you will, pull my strings for a thrill. So, one day, you and I will write our names in the sky. You make me feel so special. Keep a smile cause I’m still here. You feed me your fears til I’m sick of your tone. Maybe it’s for the best, I’ll call it an angel’s test. Can you tell me what hurts me, is it remembering or forgetting? As your breath is timed, in and out with mine. 1st degree murder. Lift me upward and take all my pain; gunna leave my feelings dead. If you leave, don’t leave now. Well I see you’re sad, but we’re both sad. I have a thought of you for every star in the sky, but I’m scared. You’re in love with a psycho and there’s nothing you can do about it. Baby take me away, I’m tired of being alone; won’t you rest my angry bones? The fever for you was just burning me up inside. But it’s so good, I’ve never dreamed of no body like you. Loving you is like dancing without music. I told myself that it wouldn’t be bad, but pulling away took everything I had. I wanna be the one you’re calling, cause I believe that you could lead the way. The devil found a clever way to infiltrate and bring his manipulation. And I’ll put my fingers in the door so that when I close it on you, I’ll hurt a lil bit too. You may be untrue, but I know I’m always coming back, bet on that. Baby, this love I’ll never let it die, can’t be touched by no one. I wanna cry and I wanna love but all my tears have been used up. I can’t stop the way I feel; things you do, don’t seem real. Giving us up didn’t take a lot, I saw the end ‘fore it begun. Cause lately it’s been hard, they’re selling me for parts; and I don’t want to be modern art, but I only got half a heart to give to you. We made each other bleed and we tasted it. I summoned you, please come to me, don’t bury thoughts that you really want; I fill you up, drink from my cup, within me lies what you really want. I said that we would die together. I will stay with you, we’ll make it to the other side like lovers do. I’ve asked myself, how much do you commit yourself? It was fun for a while, there was no way of knowing; like a dream in the night.

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