Poems by They Say Shannon, by newest first

• Don't talk to me just yet.

  and when I told you it would be alright,
  You said "Maybe."

  by They Say Shannon 53 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 15 7:52 PM
• Quarterlife Crisis.

  The foggy taste of coercion is lingering on my tongue,
  creating film on the roof of my mouth,

  by They Say Shannon 61 lines, on Nov 13 8:33 PM
• Sums it up.

  Sometimes I feel as if I have the world in my mouth.
  All of the emotions and thoughts and sentances and everything else, wrapped up inbetw

  by They Say Shannon 103 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 13 8:23 PM
• A-Phobia.

  You feel the twisting and the turning of the thoughts inside your head;
  Every creep and crawl that they command your

  by They Say Shannon 80 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 27 12:56 AM
• I'm just a ramble.

  I am what you are;
  I am a product, a story, a creation,

  by They Say Shannon 54 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 12 1:19 AM
• It's supposed to be.

  She says that there's something about me,
  something about me that beams when I'm around you.

  by They Say Shannon 40 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 5 6:37 PM
• My pillow smells like You.

  "I tried to be perfect, but nothing was worth it."
  

  by They Say Shannon 80 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 27 1:34 PM
• Broken.

  I walk on broken glass:
  So I can feel my steps.

  by They Say Shannon 28 lines, 8 comments, on Sep 8 10:43 PM
• The boy who Lived.

  There once was a boy who bathed in
  acidic colors

  by They Say Shannon 32 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 8 10:42 PM
• Unintentional.

  I am God,
  if only temporarily.

  by They Say Shannon 29 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 3 12:06 AM
• Graveyard of Memories.

  In to puddles of multicolored ink
  I dip my fingers,

  by They Say Shannon 137 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 12 12:46 PM
• Reserved

  I'd like a truth. (:
  

  by They Say Shannon 8 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 19 3:13 PM
• "When I say I hate you"

  Tear ducts
  running through my veins,

  by They Say Shannon 47 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 4 9:30 AM
• The Monsters in my Head.

  Momma's taking one (too many) sleeping pills and as the medication eats holes through her veins and let's her fall through, to a slumber, s

  by They Say Shannon 78 lines, 8 comments, on Jun 30 8:39 PM
• Empty Inside.

  Swing-set carousals for spines,
  

  by They Say Shannon 91 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 29 8:23 PM
• She's Dead.

  She stroked her Body with a Paintbrush -
  Each lost bristle and catastrophic color, a new

  by They Say Shannon 15 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 26 10:16 PM
• Chilling.

  She whispered to him, "I love you," in a language
  that he couldn't understand.

  by They Say Shannon 14 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 26 10:12 PM
• Unorganized.

  Sheet Whispers,
  Logical

  by They Say Shannon 25 lines, on Jun 26 10:10 PM
• It all Comes down to [The Ground].

  Dear Closet - Butterfly,
  

  by They Say Shannon 112 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 25 10:58 PM
• God's Wishes.

  I whispered seeds to the graveyard ground
  and I dug up the organs of my god, a god,

  by They Say Shannon 19 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 9 11:54 PM
• Reality Lies.

  Broken, Toy guns ;
  

  by They Say Shannon 117 lines, 7 comments, on May 31 9:47 AM
• Showing someone the World.

  "Show me the World."
  

  by They Say Shannon 23 lines, 2 comments, on May 27 3:00 PM
• The opposite of dieing.

  I want to create trash,
  so I can pick it apart

  by They Say Shannon 47 lines, 6 comments, on May 25 9:13 AM
• A Letter to the Future...

  by They Say Shannon 60 lines, 9 comments, on May 24 10:33 PM
• Rip me Raw.

  I have tears falling from my mouth - I'm crying so hard.
  They're gluing my eyes shut with a force that's so strong

  by They Say Shannon 70 lines, 6 comments, on May 24 10:20 PM
• No one knows.

  I've been told that I have model-like legs and synesthesia-like symptoms. I've been told that I have creativity ingrained in the fine lines of my bones. I've been told that my mouth runs like a record; in circles and someti

  by They Say Shannon 27 lines, on May 24 6:22 PM
• A mess. One big Mess.

  The mosquitos are drinking the heart-throb sweat off my pores, and the sun finds empathy for the night.
  

  by They Say Shannon 35 lines, 1 comment, on May 24 10:40 AM
• Never, Ever.

  the summer heat sits on my body
  like alcohol on the tongue.

  by They Say Shannon 39 lines, 3 comments, on May 21 10:10 PM
• The epic night.

  Your words shot through my arteries and into my heart like a bullet,
  

  by They Say Shannon 42 lines, 1 comment, on May 21 10:04 PM
• Counting Games.

  I tell the calendar to stop crossing days off, because if I don't, I find myself lost in the translations.
  

  by They Say Shannon 75 lines, 5 comments, on May 21 4:35 PM
• Dear "Jane"

  Dear “Jane” Shannon Waite
  

  by They Say Shannon 70 lines, on May 21 2:03 PM
• The anatomy of pretendings.

  I'm full of articulate razorblades;
  

  by They Say Shannon 60 lines, 6 comments, on May 20 3:51 PM
• Broken Bones

  She is calm and reposed;
  Her beauty unfolds,

  by They Say Shannon 73 lines, 4 comments, on May 3 9:50 PM
• Empty.

  I have blood rushing through my
  veins like sugar running a locomotive

  by They Say Shannon 27 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 14 12:32 AM
• She (to be).

  Sugared poppy seeds,
  like dust in rain-

  by They Say Shannon 22 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 5 1:00 PM

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