I wanted you for me, Or was it that I wanted to win the chase? Clearly, taking you would be no guarantee. * With my sabotage help, you became free,
By Julie Lacksonen3 months ago in Poets
WE saw it was coming; like we always do. A kingdom desperate to wage war on neighbors. We eat together. What else can we do?
By Aaron Richmond3 months ago in Poets
heave ho, me hearties, sail hell's fiery sea say farewell to mothers, lovers and lies, God cursed us all, last of the pirates we!
By John Cox3 months ago in Poets
I am afraid this time, that it's too late She sat waiting for my return I wasted the flowers she loved, on her grave * Watching as the cars went by, still I chose to make her wait
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden3 months ago in Poets
That DNA test was my worst mistake and sometimes I die inside my heart is so easy to break. * Sometimes I think my back will break
By Harper Lewis3 months ago in Poets
Excuse me, did you say I cannot say those words? Which words? Suicide? Murder? Rape? Killed? People cannot control their triggers - So you banish verbs?
By Hope Martin3 months ago in Poets
I don’t write poems I am possessed by the them I speak for those that are otherwise silent I speak for the nonviolent I write as witness to those hemmed in on all sides
By Atomic Historian3 months ago in Poets
Rising on their hunger, his mouth spits altar fire, Unholy sermons from the pulpit—blood and fear, Cities bow as his breaths expire.
Someone must tend the embers below even if it’s just for an hour There’s no escaping this ebb and this flow Just like the ocean, to and fro
thy music stirr'd the lonely soul of me gently plucking my heart with each lute string softly now, whispered notes once made me see
You really took me for a ride, into despair I slid every time you lied. You didn’t care if I died inside, While I sought, you hid.
Haunting regret that time will not erase. 💔🕊️💔🕊️💔🕊️💔🕊️💔🕊️💔🕊️💔🕊️💔 I do go back to where your soul remains, The wind still blows your unforgotten tune,
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin3 months ago in Poets
