slice my throat with a paper cut and paint my face with streaks of the blood.
white lies hide bigger and darker truths

Dark liquor reveals inner demons,
Clear liquors speak the lies we're telling,
Stop speaking to me if you can't see,
The once white lies have darkened where I'm dwelling.
Anyone who in love I anoint seems determined to disappoint,
Is this latest one a midpoint, a new start or just the ending?
My heart's a fool got them all on equal footing contending,
But my brain looks down upon it omnipotent and condescending.
Another cold night to reminisce,
Will it be a honeycomb dream of sweetness and bliss?
It's hit or miss,
Just as likely it'll be a riptide dragging me down to choke in the abyss.
Ride or die, We'll stay together throughout,
But now it's bittersweet, I'm incomplete,
It's time for me to turn back around,
I'm all alone again and this time I might never be found.
About the Creator
Tommy Ballard
I'm a professional writer, a poet, a digital artist and an amateur musician. In my free time, I'm often be found pondering magnets, breaking and entering random homes to steal locks of human hair, and dosing snoring sleepyheads with Zyns
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Compelling and original writing
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Comments (3)
1) oof ow ouchie 2) fckn hell this is stunning
Great work! Fantastic and dark poem!
i wrote this in 5 mins while falling asleep on ambien so y'all can excuse the title being so unhinged and the disjointed nature lmao