messytessa : Writing

The Boy

The Boy

A Poem by messytessa


I'm still in love with a boy who couldn't love me backI didn't understand it until nowHe smiled when he saw meI felt as though I was standing on the..
Human

Human

A Poem by messytessa


He always believed in me.He helped me lay every brick,But then told me I was not allowed in his home.And when they ask, I will tell them,This is what ..
Constellations

Constellations

A Poem by messytessa


Like a land unbeknownst to me,a traveler lost without her mapI became my own stranger I was warned not to talk tointo the night I calledbody come back..
Forest

Forest

A Poem by messytessa


pain is the fruit of growth inside my abdomena forest of yearning wrapping around my heartsoon i shall be-immersed. the infestation no longer makes me..
Help

Help

A Poem by messytessa


I want to fold in on myselfSwallow myself in a black holeMade from my chest.I am drowning in a sea of meI am endless and infinityThere seems to be no ..
Doctor, Doctor

Doctor, Doctor

A Poem by messytessa


Doctor, doctor,I think I’ve got a problemBecause my heart is breaking (causing earthquakes)And my chest is filling (like the biblical floods)Don..
Weather

Weather

A Poem by messytessa


They compared people to stormsHurricanes and torrential rain that shook the core of their earthBut if I was weather I'd be a droughtBecause I take and..
Aftershock

Aftershock

A Poem by messytessa


I look for you everywhere 
In crowds of people, that don’t exist 
I’m a smothered scream
 You took me, your hands ove..
Hungry

Hungry

A Poem by messytessa


I'm starving she saysI wonder if she knows the meaningHungry is a stain on your lipsIt is not a sensation that rips apart just your stomachIt is the r..
After

After

A Poem by messytessa


There was a time before him And there will be a time after him I must remember that. I am not walking away broken I was whole this time He is a..