Emily Myers Poems

Put away your mercy and tools of perfect persuasion
Don't hold me here against my will on this oh so ordinary occasion
My secrets lie within me, there they shall stay until my grave
you're smothering the feelings to which i've become my own slave.
...

We carefully search for beauty where beauty never stood
I never did attain it, I knew I never could
The simple shapes of earth cannot satiate my need
I need true beauty; beauty like the world can never see
...

I awaken alone; you’re not by my side
Every morning this is what I awaken to find
Only an endless dream, a figment of lust
I reach out to touch you, you slip away like dust
...

These embers were a fire, now my tears are dark and ashen
A dream is just a dream until you put it into action
'You are just a girl', they say. I am too naïve
To dream the things im dreaming, which I never can achieve
...

i walk in the door and i'm smothered, by people and powder and smoke
not one of them knows of my story, yet all of them wanting my help
take a deep breath full of toxins, exhale the tar tainted air
all of them screaming and bitching at me, do they even notice i'm here?
...

You open me up and look inside
To your dismay I'm empty
Nothing worth wasting your time
No sweet refreshing candy
...

This empty bottle is my home away from home
A constant place of quiet where I know I can resolve
The issues that plague me day to day
I feel myself begin to slip slowly away…
...

Breathing isn’t easy when the world starts to collapse
Falling down in pieces my broken life lands in my lap
Unseeing, I stare into a mirror and wonder if I’m worth it
Picking up the razor I pretend that I’m perfect
...

The flashing light surrounds me
I look at it in awe
The black of night unveiled at last
The water starts to pour
...

Our children grow up in a world of lies,
broken homes and broken dreams.
A cycle of hate continued through time
where nothing is as it seems.
...