The little things happen when all else is pulverized, the big things close up and crumble
Into the dust of space
The little bits that are a part of the nebulous universe, the atoms that form the core of your very existence
The finest thing is so very small, minute, that even one syllable , one sound, one is not enough to make you feel the immense weight of small
The little things that make you weep and laugh and cry and feel so very alive
It’s hard to imagine without describing the air that collided with salt and sea
Feet full of sand
Hot warmth full of sound
Music only you can feel
Tiny things that are not and will be
I looked behind me and saw the moon, dipped in blurry deep blue
I looked in front,
The sun was dipped in dark, broken yolk
Blood orange and yellow
All I could hear was your voice
Dipping into my throat for small moments
The sound of a broken glass in the sea
Roaring, sailing, crying
Salty, desperate, angry, alive
The little beauty of being alive when you were abused so badly, in so many little ways
It’s enough to make you want more than life.
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Back again! 🎉 Congrats on your Top Story! 📰✨ Super proud of you—so well deserved! 💪👏 Keep shining! 🌟😊
Congrats on making my top 10 read list for March ! https://shopping-feedback.today/writers/march-top-10-reads-list-for-vocal%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E, loved this writing. Keep it up!
Hi-Mi - My Goodness, you had me at "Pulverized" ~ Let's Crumble the Biggies'...! Best, J.k.in.l.a.
This is wondrous. Captivating! ⚡💙⚡
Great imagery!
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Beautiful - fave lines are: The sun was dipped in dark, broken yolk Blood orange and yellow because they are so descriptive and original!
Melissa, your poem was painfully beautiful and deeply personal. Congratulations on your top story. This will stay with me for some time. 🌹🌹
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this is beautiful
This was so good to read. Well done and congratulations for top story.
Fuck...this is good. I never fully prepare myself for a piece of Ingoldsby poem, then am suitably humbled and blown away. Love this. There is a tenderness among all the edginess that is just brilliant. Congrats on it getting a very worthy Top Story!
"The little things that make you weep and laugh and cry and feel so very alive It’s hard to imagine without describing the air that collided with salt and sea" These were my most favourite lines!
Beautiful and thought provoking
Very well put, Melissa <3
Or less. Could go either way. At any rate, painfully & aptly described here, Melissa. I can identify.
Simply beautiful, and those last two lines - powerful.
You have the talent to create a poem on such a word 🥰
Beautiful, tender
Well, your poem certainly makes life more beautiful! Never stop pulverizing your poetry words! You’re an amazing writer!
Fabulous 👏