messytessa : Writing

Orchid

Orchid

A Poem by messytessa


I still have the potted orchid you gave me for our first Valentines together I watch it burn and wither in the unforgiving summer sun I keep waiti..
Tulips

Tulips

A Poem by messytessa


This afternoon, I walked in the spring air I saw the tulips stretch towards the sun I wondered what it must be like to live for someone else ..
Reckless

Reckless

A Poem by messytessa


Nothing could have prepared mebut what else was I supposed to do?No one can see me!No one can talkabout my body unless it is brokenI divorce myself fr..
{unfinished draft}

{unfinished draft}

A Poem by messytessa


Who starts a journeyhoping never to arrive?Only a fool in love.Yes, it is true that I love you,though I didn't in the beginning.Funny how that word is..
In which i write a letter

In which i write a letter

A Poem by messytessa


Dear past lover, I thought of you today And my whole heart wept From the tears, grew flowers their stems to strangle my throat with If being with you ..
Take Note

Take Note

A Poem by messytessa


Take note:I do not have a strong stomachBut I do have a strong heartAnd I did not climb all the way to the top of this mountainJust to sit with someon..
Scarlet

Scarlet

A Poem by messytessa


There is a boy who says hi to me in the hallway,and tells me with his eyes what scarlet means,I blush up to the sky, to be wanted is to be wanted,Is t..
my brother

my brother

A Poem by messytessa


I should not be surprised.The cat, my stuffed teddy bearand my golden heart.We curl up under the covers;this is the first and the last time,things wil..
flame

flame

A Poem by messytessa


The thought‘things will be better when I am thin’soon turns into'things would be better if I was dead’every problem has a flame at i..
pulse

pulse

A Poem by messytessa


there is a start and stopa rhythm only the everythingfeels, and I am on the wrongside of this pulsemy gutter shape does not fitinto this grand outline..

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