It’s disproportionate to say the least.
The way my heart keeps stuttering.
This silence in my head is deafening.
Dissociating the screams I long since left out in the open.
Such a waste of oxygen, an ocean of emptiness.
The way my... – by Elijah Ramos | 33 Views added 1 month ago
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Underwater and I still can’t breathe.
Isn’t that what I always say?
Yet here I am,
Still stuck on the surface.
My feet are planted here.
It’s like the ocean somehow did a reversal.
The sea has become my escape,
My paradise.
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Someone once asked me, “why do you look down all the time?”
I replied, “I feel as though I am not worthy to look straight ahead of me.”
“Instead of looking down or straight in front of you, why don’t you look up?” They spoke.
As I did,
The... – by Elijah Ramos | 124 Views added 6 months ago
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You stole my heart.
Took it to uncharted destinations.
Wrapped it up in a web of lies;
So thick, reality was erratically disproportionate.
I’ve been stuck here in such a jaded place.
The walls are closing in and you’re nowhere near.
You left... – by Elijah Ramos | 11 Views added 9 months ago
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I’m staring at your Polaroid
Laying on this rain-stained concrete
Pulling at my heart strings
Your smile that’s fading
I’ve been playing along as this Marionette
All decisions made final by the sound of your voice
You’ve controlled me to a... – by Elijah Ramos | 14 Views added 9 months ago
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Have you found a way
To unravel all of my seams
Every stitch sown tells a story
That’ll leave a lasting impression
Immune to your poison
Yet I’m left here still staggering
Hardly unraveled
What have you done to me
Shell shocked and petrified... – by Elijah Ramos | 3 Views added 9 months ago
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Unravel
Unravel what is left of me
Tethered to a world that’s become inescapable
Distort my vision
Leave my breath running ragged
Tear me asunder
With this daily dose of poison
Unravel me
And all of my worn out seams
Fill my lung’s capacity... – by Elijah Ramos | 5 Views added 9 months ago
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Here on this ledge,
A moment to myself.
Where I want to be
Is quite a distance away,
A place I cannot reach.
Temptation taking hold of me.
One more step,
And these waves will get the whole of me.
Here on this ledge,
Searching for... – by Elijah Ramos | 12 Views added 9 months ago
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Day after day, I see the same old shadow.
Misguided and distrusting.
Another side of me, locked in a coffin six feet deep.
Yet a silhouette still chases me.
Tormenting my peripheral vision, has the Reaper come to stalk my doorstep?
My back is... – by Elijah Ramos | 14 Views added 10 months ago
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They stare as if they don’t believe.
Could this be a facade or the real thing?
I’ll tell them that it’s me,
Because who else could it be?
Gentle smiles and rolling laughter.
Blending in like a chameleon.
Giving out what I thought was my... – by Elijah Ramos | 8 Views added 11 months ago
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One foot out the door.
More out than in.
How much longer can this take?
We all have baggage, but none weigh as heavy as the boulders placed in mine.
I give.
Give and I give.
Hardly do I ever take, for there are others more deserving.
My... – by Elijah Ramos | 13 Views added 11 months ago
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Your conversations weigh heavy on me,
Every word spoken came with an aftershock of anxiety.
I’ve been trying to breathe without oxygen,
In this underwater labyrinth you’ve called your own.
Tidal waves fill my lungs with questions never... – by Elijah Ramos | 9 Views added 1 year ago
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Lately I’ve been stuck inside my head
With wicked thoughts and worn out daydreams
Guarded emotions seemingly misplaced in the open for whomever to see
But they have not yet witnessed what my own mind has created
A mirage of myself off into the... – by Elijah Ramos | 5 Views added 1 year ago
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You remind me of moonlight,
A reflection of a photogenic memory.
Vacant spaces linger in your presence.
Remnants of you scattered amongst my peripheral vision.
That smile you’ve shown me,
A field of sunflowers could never compare.
These... – by Elijah Ramos | 6 Views added 1 year ago
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Hold me down
With these chains if you must.
I have fallen into a lucid slumber.
A horrid scene masked behind simplicity.
A lifelong battle within myself.
I dare not close these bloodshot eyes,
For I have seen things not meant to be shown.
... – by Elijah Ramos | 69 Views added 1 year ago
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Underwater with no air to breathe,
I'm unsure of how long it's been.
How long have I been sinking?
Drowning in this deep end;
Too frozen to reach some sort of surface.
I am on the edge of death,
Trapped within an underwater purgatory.
My... – by Elijah Ramos | 8 Views added 1 year ago
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My thoughts are too erratic.
Here on a ledge, flirting with insanity.
My head is spinning; spiraling.
The sway is repetitive; unevenly disproportionate.
A sudden somersault of emotions,
Led to one misstep into the sea.
Seemingly everywhere,... – by Elijah Ramos | 8 Views added 2 years ago
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I let you in and then what?
With no consent, you pushed right through.
You have seen what cannot be unseen.
A version of myself; prying eyes have yet to linger.
Here you are, in the far depths of my mind.
Unraveling these secrets meant to be... – by Elijah Ramos | 8 Views added 2 years ago
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Look here below this surface.
Nothing is as it seems to be.
The aftermath of a raging storm;
Now a puddle on the concrete.
Monsters hide here, but they'll be discrete.
A mouth once sown shut;
Now ripped open, spilling everything.
Words seem... – by Elijah Ramos | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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In this moment my heart is beating,
In a foreign rhythm.
I am rooted to this pavement.
Such a nervous wreck; a stuttering mess.
I fell too fast; crash-landing into you.
Just one step and I will fall right back out.
In this moment my eyes are... – by Elijah Ramos | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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In the realm of slumber, you will not find me there.
It's one of many burdens; this deprivation.
My mind is in constant motion, filled with contemplation.
Dreams are slowly fading.
Replaced with nightmares; too lucid to comprehend.
A stutter of... – by Elijah Ramos | 7 Views added 2 years ago
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Take this needle and this thread; stitch up this heart of mine.
Make it brand new.
It's a little disheveled; with a few old scars here and there.
It's been toyed with and shattered, but can it still be repaired?
The color gray stains my vision.
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Left here in an empty space; deprived of oxygen.
Stuck just in this one place; I can hardly breathe.
A thick cloud of poison, rests inside these caved in lungs.
What exactly is this feeling?
My heart, it's still beating; yet something is... – by Elijah Ramos | 33 Views added 2 years ago
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Here in the palm of my hand
Sits a box
Sealed up tight with a key
Nowhere in sight
It's my heart
That it holds within
Yet it remains unreachable
Please don't get too close
The bridge beneath your feet
Is up in flames
Take just one more... – by Elijah Ramos | 13 Views added 2 years ago
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Here I lay
Cold and not yet decayed
My body speaks in motions
I cannot relay
Abandoned in an empty room
With only a single noose
What was I to do
But simply give in to temptation
I left a letter
To whomever passes by
Well-preserved yet... – by Elijah Ramos | 15 Views added 2 years ago
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I can sit here and write
A million things
But those words remain dormant
Never expressing what it is
I truly feel
If I told you my story
Could you believe it
There are at least a hundred reasons
Why I will keep it all a secret
Empty... – by Elijah Ramos | 8 Views added 2 years ago
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When I stand upon this ledge,
All I see is certain death.
The sun in the sky above means nothing.
For all I see is certain death.
When I think about the afterlife,
My feet walk closer and closer to this ledge.
Why am I even here to begin... – by Elijah Ramos | 9 Views added 2 years ago
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There's a fire within;
One such tethered to this heart.
Why am I even here?
A tidal wave of emotions;
Crashing into something that's missing.
To face a fear with no recollection.
A reserved disposition.
There's this spark you see;
But no... – by Elijah Ramos | 2 Views added 2 years ago
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Somedays,
I let you occupy my mind.
Most nights,
My heart still beats in foreign rhythms.
This heart that has been
Tattered and torn asunder.
You kept ahold of it,
For far longer than I'd like to admit.
The taste of love,
Still lingers on... – by Elijah Ramos | 16 Views added 2 years ago
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I've been holding my breath in
For far too long.
Pretending like the world
Hasn't crashed around me.
All this air and yet;
I've wasted my time on nothing.
Feeling like a burden;
Trying to stay headstrong,
But to try isn't ever good enough.
... – by Elijah Ramos | 7 Views added 2 years ago
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