A sip of whisky All that is required to warm No fire is needed. Till next time, Calvin Submitted for the small-heat challenge:
By Calvin London24 days ago in Poets
The Quiet Thought It arrived without a warning, small and calm and well behaved. A thought that asked a simple thing, then quietly stayed.
By Marie381Uk 25 days ago in Poets
A Toast to Family & Friends Gone but Not Forgotten Glasses lifted high, in the flicker of light, we spoke their names softly,
After the Screaming After the screaming there is stillness, a ringing left in the air. The kind of quiet that feels earned,
The Night I Didn’t Sleep Night stretched wider than it should, hours refusing to move on. Dark pressed in from every side,
The Robins Know True Love They sit close on a winter branch at dawn, feathers pressed where the cold cannot divide, no vows spoken, no promise written down,
The Numbers Came Up The ticket sat forgotten in my coat, creased from weeks of ordinary days. I checked the numbers without hope,
The Mask That Hides the Hurt She paints her face in daylight tones and grace, a practiced smile perfected over years, no crack allowed to show the faulted ground,
By Marie381Uk 26 days ago in Poets
Why Do Wicked Men Want War Why do some people want a war? To kill, to rule, to maim. Its monster brain men, Drunk on control, sharpening power into weapons,
The Perfect Sky There is no such thing as a perfect man, No flawless woman carved from certainty, We carry cracks beneath our names and smiles,
When Cancer Takes Cancer took my dad and left a family broken, Hearts split open, tears we drown in, Tears fall so frequently we cannot count them,
The House That Knew My Name The house knew my name before I spoke it, before my shoes learned the sound of the floor. Walls leaned closer when I crossed the rooms,
