I keep returning to the night you walked away, your shadow fading slow like a whispered prayer, and still my heart repeats the things I couldn’t say.
By Kashif Wazir2 months ago in Poets
You still answer the phone in my head Before I finish dialing a thought. I hear your sigh at the end of my sentences, That small click of disapproval you never named.
By Milan Milic2 months ago in Poets
The longing stays, no matter how time moves on, I whisper these words when the night feels too deep. Your shadow returns even when you are gone.
Some nights, I lie still beside you and listen to the way your breathing soothes the dark— like you're stitching the torn places in me
By SUEDE the poet2 months ago in Poets
The house remembered her in ways she never imagined. Her footsteps lived in the floorboards, soft echoes that refused to fade.
Daddy died today. And the house has gone silent in a way that hurts my bones. It feels like the walls are holding their breath,
By Alexander Mind2 months ago in Poets
Design?! With glee, wonder. I, what to put with it? The light, the tree. I if fun, then fine... Still, might-bes. My brother turns it around
By K.A. Smith2 months ago in Poets
There are roots and rhizomes of me, still— lain, forsaken in the arid graves and rust of Northern México— mi Bisabuela, with her wild, running spirit,
By Gina C.2 months ago in Poets
My Dad I think of you every morning, and your name still warms the air, the way your presence once did, when life felt steady and kind.
By Marie381Uk 2 months ago in Poets
Welcome Home: The Root of Divide By Adrianna Gass We were planted in the same ground. The same cracked earth. The same childhood wind that carved our names into the backyard tree.
By Adrianna D Gass2 months ago in Poets
I cautiously open the message, half wondering, ‘It’ll be bad.’ Three short words: Tony died today Yes, you’re Tony nowadays
By Chantal Christie Weiss2 months ago in Poets
seems I’ve burned every bridge I’ve ever crossed paying for the choices that are done every other address, I’ve forgot (ten)
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden2 months ago in Poets
