Ewwww

I once spilt tears in bucketfuls 
but now I am as dry as an old neglected sponge
Sometimes I feel just like an empty sack of Ellie skin.
With no personality or opinions.
and I'm tired of it. 

Mercury

VT

17 years old

More by Mercury

  • By Mercury

    Union

    Love should be a warm blanket 
    not a dance over hot coals, crumbs in your bedsheets 
    or threatening glances
    And if it is a dance, let it be one 
    where I am yours and you belong to me. 
  • Who am I

    (spoken word performance)

    I once described myself as a river
    I flow, I change, I fill spaces the way that they need to be filled. 
    I am like a tree, reaching my roots into the ground, the dirt sliding up my skin

  • Storm Warning

    (meant to be read out loud) 


    It came when I didn't expect it, and it cried 
    Like a child, it screamed longer than it should've 
    and I couldn't ignore it, nobody could