Skip to content
Linespedia

Alive(ish)

By expressodreams

Topics: Poetry Source: AllPoetry Original source

Hold it in don’t let them see, you’ll fall if they know. I can say “I love you” in seven languages, but what good will it do when no one is worth the words? We’re all poseurs, deep down inside we know we aren’t exactly what we say. Where are the butterflies, did you touch them and did they crumble? Where did that scar come from? I made it a long time ago, don’t you remember when it was fresh? I wear too much black you say? I say you wear too many fake smiles. I read because this world is too boring to hold my attention (what did you say?). My friends have names not faces or faces and names I can’t remember. The sky is pink when I wake up and black when I go to sleep, but really I’m only alive at night. Am I breathing? My lungs hurt like fire, I think I may be drowning. What is love, I can’t quite explain, but step inside my head and see. I want to die looking at mountains because I’ve never been in the mountains in my life but they seem alive unlike me. Written February 5th, 2002 © on Feb 05 2002 09:47 AM PST   18 • 0 • 10

AI analysis available. Enable JavaScript to interact.

About this line

"Hold it in..."

Attribution & Rights

Author:expressodreams

Source:AllPoetry

"Hold it in..." by expressodreams

For usage rights, copyright concerns, or to report an issue with this content, please visit our Copyright & Report page.

Related lines

"Pandora opened her box and let the Sorrows out but the Hope that stayed to comfort brought no relief because Hope never allows escape. Catching his scent and wondering if he saw her lift the lid, mad..."

"You think I'm not angry? But deep inside you Scream to yourself Desperate to escape my rage. Pray to the hellbound angels That carry your tarnished dreams on Their bloodstained, tattered wings Beg the..."

"Cold eyes that could freeze the stars Bore into me like serpents' fangs. Words that sear my heart Drip like venom in my ears. Do you guess what I feel? If you don't, I won't let you know. I'll hide i..."

"You've called me a cruel bitch- Well, perhaps I am. Names don't make a woman, But contempt can break a man. How offended would you be If the glitter on my cheek Was the tears you didn't know I could ..."

"Autopsies of failed Experimental romances- The people want to know Why? Dissect my heart and Feed it to garrulous Media vultures. Not much to do It was broken anyway. Repair it with sugary Sticky dr..."

"Dead on this altar I feel brave again Like the lone survivor of An unearthly holocaust: Unbound screaming detatched. This body is burning but I cannot feel the crumbling flesh. I am robed in ashes an..."

expressodreams

About expressodreams

Full Bibliography
Continue Reading

"Pandora opened her box and let the Sorrows out bu..."

Weekly Poetic Insight

Join our literary Sanctuary

Get the most inspiring lines, poetic analysis, and secret shayaris delivered to your inbox every Sunday.