someone once said

this is my heart exposed
like an ocean’s coast;
walk along it with me,
see what the horizon holds.

so many questions lie,
causing fear of the unknown.
but i know what i must do
to come undone, come unglued.

from the past i will fly
forward into future’s arms;
my faith will propel me
and this heart will be my guide.

like delicate silver chains

not rusted
not overused.
snapped
under the pressure
of what might have been.

Darkness rolls and fall over earth,
lands shift and mountains fall,
The Sea swarms, taking with it all
that once stood for life and love.
Humans stripped down, only souls.
No material, no mass is here.
Simply you and destruction.
Every breath Echos, every tear shatters.
Ruin is the extravagance, and
anything whole is feared
for the chaos and aftershocks
its taint may bring.
Consumption isn’t allowed, only travel,
to migrate from worse to hell
and back again as torture.
Faces peeled off and plastered to city walls,
dead children, innocent, left in city halls,
And the sinners are here, scared
of themselves, for they are the creators.

Written senior of high school while studying Dante’s Inferno in AP English.

the things we only murmur
in half thoughts and fantasies
are the very wants and desires
we often fail to believe.
the truths we keep from ourselves
are the evidence of the secrets
that reign where subconscious dwells.

a world of chance,
hands dealt as simply as cards,
your life given to you as you knock.

those awarded to you,
the two, three, perhaps four
are then yours regardless.

do you hope for a face,
one to look into and love,
one that secures your gamble.

When you’re given a King
do you rule over it,

or is this deal your master?

hold tight my love
as we go ring around the rosie,
even if it all falls down
there i’ll be to take the fall.
we will see this through
even in the dimmest of light.
it doesn’t take forever
to win our simple fight.
i require no amend,
just the forgiveness of  friend.