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Bethany Landis Poem
I crawl the ground on glass hands
Hearing the cracking, but not feeling the pain
Complacency has found me and holds me tight
Wrapping his silky skin around my fragile body
I curl into his arms, feeling my body disappear
As a wall again, I breathe the stale air
Comfortable in this place, and yet still nauseous
If there is a god, I pray He finds the time
to look down from His castle in the sky
And I hope He finds mercy compelling
Starring down at my glass hands, chipped and broken
Not a drop of blood from the wounds
Starting to believe I am not real
I disappear again
Copyright © Bethany Landis | Year Posted 2011
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Bethany Landis Poem
My memories are few and far between,
like a blur in a long line of faded dreams
Every memory except the one of you leaving
So vivid as you gracefully walk away
My heart can't seem to let you go
although I'm loosing count of the years
It still hurts like it was yesterday
Your silence fills my body
like a match lit in a dark room
My heart raps against my ribs
Beating louder than any drum I've ever heard
I long for it to silence itself
Just like your voice
It only becomes louder
And I am shaking again,
as tears stream down my face
I beg God to make it all fade away
Forgetting you would be beautiful
And the pain of this torture would end
I will never stop praying that I'll forget you
My angel, I will never cease trying
I've erased your name from my writing
but your face still swims throughout the words
I still see you leaving every day.
Copyright © Bethany Landis | Year Posted 2011
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Bethany Landis Poem
Dark circles where my eyes should be,
go ahead and disappoint me
I have come to rely on your failure,
like a bird relying on a broken wing
My heart a wreck of what it once was
Peeling back my skin, you can see this mess
Unfulfilled I live out my nightmare,
knowing I will never find that place of joy
The place of peace where both of us can live
No, it doesn't exist and it could never
We are the perfect example of misery
You need someone nothing like me
I need someone nothing like you
A pretty face, a constant grace
With the strength to give up everything
We are the perfect example of misery
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Bethany Landis Poem
Open the floor and you'll find me there
Hiding in this basement hell
I sleep with demons, although I dream of angels
And the angles in the walls disturb me
Open the floor and you'll find me there
Curled up like a fetus in the comfort of a womb
I hide my face in the corners of my arm
Waiting for the faces in the wall to disappear
When they leave and I am alone again
I will sit up straight and begin to stand
For I am free in my solitude
With no spirits and voices to distract me
Focusing on the stillness within me
This is freedom, This is my solitude
Underneath your feet, This is my home
Copyright © Bethany Landis | Year Posted 2011
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