Tagged "surreal poetry"

Jacob's Hip

Break my hip if you have to. Do you hear me? I said, break my hip if you have to, So I know I’m not wrestling with air.

I decided to take a look into the glass and what I saw set me on fire. It took a moment to realize that I was burning. It was like it snuck up on me. It threw me into a state of panic. I stopped breathing for half a second. I decided to close my eyes and take a deep breath in. The impact felt like an injustice, I got defensive and I shut the door but I kept the peephole open. I was still curious. I looked through the keyhole and I saw the embers glowing and a voice spoke so sweetly that it lulled me like a lullaby, but I had to stay strong.

By Ja Nelle Pleasure5 years ago in Poets

Selfish

Is it selfish of me to want to leave whenever I want? To have the ability to look at myself from the outside My body just lying there, fast asleep, unfeeling of my wavering presence above

By Zahrah Blom5 years ago in Poets

Zone Addiction

I don't understand how I was able to stay in control of my surroundings. I've seen and been in situations that demanded confusion.

By Nancy Santos5 years ago in Poets

Silent Princess

A one hundred year slumber broken. Forgotten memories and an unfinished mission. As he ventures to the mysterious nature of the Calamity.

By Lestin Wilson5 years ago in Poets

Spirit

Uplifting soul magnified by a thousand words. It's hitting me in the chest as if it were cursed by the very ground I tread upon.

By Ja Nelle Pleasure5 years ago in Poets

Internalized Shame

I've watched a good man spiral, It's so very hard to see. Went from cool to holy shit, No way that this could be. One minute went from normal, The next straight out his mind. From break up, drugs, oppression, Himself he cannot find. Starts when he's a child, Told daily he's no good. To seventeen years inside, The state, different kind of hood. His whole life know what he did? Internalized that shit. Stockpiled way down deep, His defense, bottomless pit. Then there's our recent breakup, Which puts him over the edge. He snapped, completely lost it, I pushed him over the fucking ledge. To internalize your shame, So serious yes it is. Nothing to take lightly, Takes lives and almost his. Then drugs became involved, Only making matters worse. It feels just like a nightmare, Can't wake because I'm cursed. It's like a nervous breakdown, The symptoms all the same. That's what I thought it was, Myself the one to blame. Just want to put it out there, Mental health it ain't no joke! It mostly stays all dormant, Till the bear gets one last poke. We need to help each other, We can't keep it all inside. Need to cope with all the feelings, Learn to take it all in stride. You can't bottle up emotions, For years and years and years. It just sits in there and feeds, Off pain and rage and fears. Feel lost cause I can't help him, Feel I have to take the blame. Although it's neither's fault, He internalized his shame.