Bring a Jacket

Bring a Jacket

Brisk mornings of winter
I'll pull you out of my heart
like a splinter
running around
couldn't be better
I'm free of this pain

don't forget your jacket
my chest is spread open
and its getting drafty
i have to protect my heart
so please don't attack it
I'm vulnerable right now.

Winter wraps me up
in its freezing night
time to hold on tight
this ride is up in the air
doing spins and circles
trying to show someone..

hey, you there
don't be scared
throw your arms up
and enjoy this ride..
never let them see you hide..
its cold, so bring a jacket.

Brisk mornings of winter
I'll pull you out of my brain
like a splinter
running around
couldn't be better
I'm free of this pain
-Crystal MacGinnis

11/15/09

Oxygen's Gone

Oxygen's Gone
11/9/09

I just don't know
what I'm doing anymore
rock solid walls,
staring at the floor
dig my way out

scratching the walls
searching for a door
trying to see if my life
amounts to anything more

locked in this house
screaming out loud
fighting for a chance
to be free
from this trance.

holding my breath
the water fills up
seconds to go
before your oxygen is gone

find a way out
searching for my life
I just don't know
what I'm doing anymore
can't seem to find this illusive door
stuck here kicking and screaming on the floor
waiting for my chance to escape
just waiting for my turn to get away.

-Crystal MacGinnis

Get a Grip

Get a Grip

Reach for the grip

you can seem to get

watch for the hole

break your ankle

you tripped

twisted, turned

all around burned

it used to hurt

but i like the pain

learn a fact

create some fiction

know whats left

in your life

living out

your contradiction

laugh when its sad

and cry when its funny

worried about time

worried about money

stop.

Reach for your grip

grasp it tight

this war isnt over

i've only just begun

this familiar fight.

11/6

Crystal MacGinnis

Deserted

Deserted

Left deserted
no one around
scream as loud as you want
never hear a sound

a squall of wind
takes you away
to another place
left alone
all battles to be faced

encompass my mind
encompass my soul
i don't want to die alone

walk along
finding friends
loving them
i assumed it couldn't end

then I get deserted again
I swear I'll never win
all good things
seem to always
come to an end.
no rules will be bent.

left deserted
no one around
run as fast as you can
no way out
run as fast as you can
and scream your
deserted heart out.


11/4
Crystal MacGinnis

Here it is

Here it is.

Here it is
lacerated
needing stitches
bruised
and barely moving

here it is
keeping it for you
there is nothing left
but what i have here

holding it out
on display
looking all around
blood dripping down

pulsing in my hands
cadences getting weaker
pounding softer
with nothing left to give
at the mercy of you
take this shattered gift

here it is
my heart
crippled
and torn apart

the beats getting weaker
the cadence stops
please take my broken heart.
i don't need it anymore.
it won't get me far.
so,here it is.

11/4
Crystal MacGinnis