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Lazy

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By Melissa IngoldsbyPublished about a year ago 1 min read

why do you think you need a script

did you design that yourself

the jail you found yourself in, did the lock love you really well like the most beautiful love song you ever could’ve imagined

so damn beautiful it felt like a perfect world was created right there

I’m

Lazy

I drowned in the ocean of your hate, hate that felt like a perfect wave to bounce off of

Love that felt like a lightning bolt

But it wasn’t that rare

It was just a regular seasonal event

It wasn’t like that when you poured the whole jar of honey into my ear

Ear wax, bee’s wax

I’m lazy I drowned in the box I made myself live in

I’m

Leaving the box for another one

Did you place the gun inside to keep you safe

From yourself

Did you put the drugs in to use yourself into oblivion

Use yourself, lie and lose yourself

Why do you pretend the world is inside your box,

Why do you look at the sky and reflect your thoughts

The pain of others on another continent

Feel so far away

Is it a lazy way to forget the big feelings that you’ll have to accept

The bigger than the box you live in feelings

I’m sorry I’m sorry, lazy lazy lazy

I’m growing in the drowning driveway that I was born in

I’m

Drowning in the ocean of lazy

The world shuts off when your phone dies

The drowning drop of the floor crumbles into oblivion

Obvious cries from a few miles away

A few million miles

That’s your box

Open

It

And set up the new one,

Break the box

Break yourself without any bones

Going into the game,

Playing a fake game with made/up rules

“Shut up and let me back in”

I’m too lazy to make new rules.

Stream of Consciousness

About the Creator

Melissa Ingoldsby

My work:

Patheos,

The Job, The Space Between Us, Green,

The Unlikely Bounty, Straight Love, The Heart Factory, The Half Paper Moon, I am Bexley and Atonement by JMS Books

Silent Bites by Eukalypto

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  • Canuck Scriber Lisa Lachapelleabout a year ago

    This is an interesting play of words and understanding another's perspective, really beautiful.

  • "Break yourself without any bones". That line stood out to me the most! Loved your poem!

  • Cathy holmesabout a year ago

    Damn, girl. This is great. I think we all live in boxes at times, and need to get off our asses and look outside of them.

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