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Marijke McKinney
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Marijke McKinney Poems
- A Pretty Something I only loved the idea of you A pretty ...
- Picture I look at you And the picture you display Is a ...
- Forgotten Lives Devouring me Piece by piece Bright ...
- Quietly Sad So quietly sad Can’t breathe Just want to ...
- Apple Core I’m the typical girl you meet Guys on their ...
- Why Waste Yourself Glad to be sad Sad to be glad Happy and ...
- I Wonder Why I wonder why you Dance with free spirited ...
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A Pretty Something
I only loved the idea of you
A pretty something
But you were just you
I should have seen it coming
You stood right in front of me
I kept on trying and trying
To make you into something beautiful
Couldn’t see you were already dieing
Scraping paint off the walls
You were all white underneath
Covered with colors from my eyes
A perfect painting of mine
I was a stupid girl
Clung to your shirt so desperately
This isn’t you, this isn’t you
I didn’t want to face reality
I was a stupid girl
Making up false stories
Between you and ...
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I don't want to sound too dramatic, but your poetry floors me! It's got such passion. At times, poetry seems to takes courage to put more emotion than thought into it. I think you're just going to keep getting better and better everday!
Keep writing!
Os and Xs, Colette