Are You Ready to Deceive Her for Me The room is dim. Curtains drawn tight. You lean forward. Voice low, sharp. She will ask questions.
By Marie381Uk 5 months ago in Poets
An ode - to my great grandparents, Who experienced the world through visual feelings; Raw with emotions not tainted by spoken vibrations.
By Pōlani Monderen 5 months ago in Poets
Days collapsed. Sleep vanished. I forbade my eyes to close, afraid of the shadows waiting inside. One mistake, one step outside the line—
By Tennessee Garbage5 months ago in Poets
The falling -----------s ----------t ---------a --------r -------s The falling failing shining l -i --g ---h ----t
By Paul Stewart5 months ago in Poets
Jumping off the Cliff Top Wind cuts my face. Cliff edge crumbles. Below a dark sea. I taste salt. Shoes off, toes cold.
BRB, Busy Decifering (fantasy disguised as truth) Baby girl You need to lean into it Trust your intuition further Learn to discern Don't be so easily Bamboozled You need to differentiate What is reality From what is fantasy Pure fiction Divide truth from delusion Bless your heart Calling it optimistic Hear the warning bells Don't give in to false hopes Empty promises given Of a forever The dream you are being sold A false prophecy A broken record A repetitive trust fall Into oblivion Dissect what feels certain Scrutinize what feels secure Become aware Of what gifts Your present moment holds Cherish deeply What you hope to be everlasting Before it inevitably Withers away Decomposition Everything decomposes afterall There is no escaping the decay The beautiful putrid misery Of endings The agony of goodbyes Cannot be translated Into mere words My vessel Only carries so much water & Yet somehow I feel as though My tears will forever be Endless
By Jojo L.5 months ago in Poets
The messiness of being in love and mentally ill. A collection of poems. --- STRUNG UP (mak me an example) Volatile High strung This is not The desired outcome Circumvent Brain storm Circle back Try again I am gone At a loss Bargaining Denying Pleading I don't know I just don't How could I Inexperienced Level One Beginners luck It isn't real Lacking Desperately Out of my depth Out of my mind I sigh I give in I give up I only aim to fix The only goal is to heal My muddy feet My angry thoughts Making it all so unclear Transparent Opaque Why do I do this Reside in the extremes Calibration A skill not mastered Emotional regulation Out of reach Assimilate I must Give in I cannot The concept of peace Elusive My grasp Slipping Sliding I lost a tooth this way Relinquish Surrender Control is not promised Nor should it ever be The lack The void The unknown I am fearful I am fearsome Am I the threat? Trace the call It's coming from within From inside the house
it was so much easier to live in polarities life felt dreamier lost in moral realities I was so foolishly confident I could pray it all away
By Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA5 months ago in Poets
in my dream I was throwing a small party. cleaned all day and set up little activities for everyone to do. you showed up and asked me if I’d missed you as much as you’d missed me. I told you I didn’t think I’d ever met you before.
By h.a.laine5 months ago in Poets
I held you close in my arms for just a little while and then off you went, but always turned to give me a smile. I watched as you grew, so largely lived, and you learned...and
By Shirley Belk5 months ago in Poets
I Was a Rich but I Settled for a Poor Man’s Love Silk dresses folded. Pearls in a drawer. A house with no laughter. A heart with no heat.
~ ~ bile ~ ~ rises in me as I think of the pain ~ Pain ~ ~ ferments in me as I think of the grief ~ Grief ~ ~
