throughout this long yet brief life when I am not ready to face my own light or the shadows of my own grief and shame and instead refuse to peel back
By Steven Berbec5 months ago in Poets
The Mouth of Earth The soil splits, the ground is raw. A mouth appears, with teeth of stone. It yawns, it growls, it swallows deep.
By Marie381Uk 5 months ago in Poets
The queen of coins will not tell you how much you will lose if you leave Not even how much you will gain . The queen of swords
By Ariana GonBon5 months ago in Poets
My mind is split, a coin that will not land, it spins between lapse and remembering too much. One side erases life at my command,
By Autumn Stew5 months ago in Poets
May I greet discomfort as a dear friend and the mirror a story unfolding. May I release the shackles that bound my growth and gather what feeds the roots of my uprising.
By Amashira5 months ago in Poets
Like ripples in a pond, my morning anxiety grabbed me. I woke with fear and insecurity. A heaviness in my chest. Heaviness resting on my heart. Again.
By Archery Owl5 months ago in Poets
Drawn out of the darkness I saunter, curious, into the Shimmering night Inhale parching heat Thoughtlessly Bathe in the flickering light
By K.B. Silver 5 months ago in Poets
Letters scatter Across the board of my mind; Some cling to meaning Others slip in silence Hoping to form a word That counts,
By Test5 months ago in Poets
Death is just a bit too much, isn't it? — Cliché? Overstated? Not the point, is it? — Death weighs heavy on my mind today
By Paul Stewart5 months ago in Poets
first light my coffee cools as I braid patience thin, five strands, five tries, five counted breaths already frayed. you say…
By Cadma5 months ago in Poets
There are shadows in dark places, And monsters in the light. I fear the things that hide amongst the dreamers, Not the night.
By Obsidian Words5 months ago in Poets
I remember days gone by like the pages in a book, Like the continual change in seasons, we see every day, Would I still do them again if I had the chance today?
By Calvin London5 months ago in Poets
