secrets & roses (United States) published:
FREE WRITING
you tell me i'm crazy
you tell me i'm mad
you tell me i'm beautiful
so it doesn't matter.
8 months ago
secrets & roses (United States) liked Why I'm not a strong woman by Mishthi Sharma (India)
9 months ago
secrets & roses (United States) published:
FREE WRITING
9 months ago
secrets & roses (United States) published:
FREE WRITING
i can’t
breathe
help me
i can’t see
there are
arms
wrapped around
my body
so i can’t
breathe
help me
i can’t move
there are
chains
tied around
my feet
and i can’t
breathe
help me
my lungs are
burning
desperately
begging
my eyes are
fading
i can’t
breathe
help me
9 months ago
secrets & roses (United States) published:
FREE WRITING
“Marry me.”
“No. And stop walking towards me. You’re not going to change my mind, Justin.”
“Marry me, Cielle. Be my forever.”
“I won’t.”
“Don’t cross your arms at me. You know we are meant to be. You’re my person, Ci. You’re it.”
“No. No, I’m not.”
“Marry me.”
“Justin! Stop it. This is ridiculous. You and I—we’ve been over for a long time.”
“I refuse to believe that. You and I were broken for a little while, but it...
9 months ago
secrets & roses (United States) published:
PROMPT: The Fight for Justice
they say we don't matter no more
we don't matter no more
he got shot in the back
stabbed in the heart
drawn and quartered
and it don't matter
cause they say we don't matter
no more
but we're coming back from the dead
rising up from beyond
through the living
we're coming back
to fight
to win
we're coming back from the dead
we're coming back from the dead
they say we don't matter no more
we don't matter...
9 months ago
secrets & roses (United States) published:
FREE WRITING
tell your lover a lie
tell your mother goodbye
you say you're too young to make up your mind
to be tied forever
you've got your whole life in front of your eyes
instead of growing up, you decide to
tell your lover a lie
tell your mother goodbye
9 months ago
secrets & roses (United States) published:
FREE WRITING
love her?
leave her?
why bother?
the world
has already
destroyed her.
9 months ago
secrets & roses (United States) published:
FREE WRITING
You know how when you’re little, you believe your family’s invincible? Because, sure, your parents fight, but they love each other, right? Everyone argues and cries and has problems, but at the end of the day, you work through them; you’re still a family.
Maybe when you get a little older you realize that parents don’t always stay together, but that’s definitely not your parents. Because even though it’s been a while since you’ve heard them say “I love you”...
about 1 year ago
secrets & roses (United States) published:
FREE WRITING
I am
the paint on her bedroom walls
the skin of the grapes on her side table
the robes of her majesty left thrown on the floor
I am
the bruises he made on her delicate skin
the broken earring laying on the stone tiles
the lipstick smeared across her mouth
I am
the blanket that shields her lifeless body from prying eyes
the dried blood left under her fingernails
the delicate daisies from her son sitting in a vase
...
about 1 year ago