This is my gratitude, shaped like a secret, buried in a silence you will never hear.
I was a cloudless sky with thunder rolling beneath my skin. You still inhaled my presence like it was pouring rain. Like maybe you’d been buried in drought up until then.
I thought love was all about the chance of reciprocity, but I admired you like a full moon. I knew I would never be able to hold you. All I hoped was for your light to fall upon my face, illuminate the parts of my personality I had swallowed. And it did.
I will never forget the tiny moments of reprieve you gifted me, how they grew in the palm of my hands when you weren’t looking. How they meant more to me than you will ever know.
I will search every sky for you, whether you are full or waxing or waning. I will tilt my head towards your glow and hope the night sky is gentler than me.
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Poppy
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Comments (32)
Congrats on Top Story!🥳
“I will never forget the tiny moments of reprieve you gifted me, how they grew in the palm of my hands when you weren’t looking, how they meant more than you will ever know” I think I read that stanza ten times over before I finished the rest of the poem. Amazing Poppy
totally lovely!!!!
This one sided admiration is delivered with stunning lyricism. I loved the hope for a gentle night sky. Congratulations for TS 🥰
Such a beautiful ode. Brings essences of roses and peppermint dipped in joy and wonder. Congrats TS.
Beautiful work! Congrats on the well deserved top story :)
Great job!!! Top Story… bit of a habit!
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Brilliantly written!!! Congratulations on Top Story!!!💕❤️❤️
Holy moly. A love poem, but I also feel that it's melancholic, a poem of love lost due to the speaker's own actions. This just about ripped my heart out. "I was a cloudless sky with thunder rolling beneath my skin. You still inhaled my presence like it was pouring rain. Like maybe you’d been buried in drought up until then." --- A cloudless sky with thunder rolling...That is incredibly deep. A distant storm? A daytime storm (given the final line of the poem)? Thunder, like yearning. And to inhale a presence, a rainless presence, as though it was pouring rain? To be thirsty for a deluge, but instead satiated by the promise of one instead...That sounds like someone investing in another person, like their love is what they need, but they might need to wait a little longer to get it. This is so good, Poppy. So good. ❤️
Wow. This is beautiful.
Congratulations on Top Story!! This is so beautifully done. ❤️❤️
Congrats on the top story! Well earned!
How did I miss this? Congratulations
Congrats on the TS.
Back to say congrats! Top Story - deserved!
Top story babayyyy!!! Well-deserved 🥰
Congrats on your Top Story, Poppy! This was an awesome poem and I'm so happy it's getting the recognition it deserves!
A poem with a metaphor about the moon <3. I love both of those things so much, and the way you wove the two together to express your feelings is just absolutely breath-taking. Sad, yet touching.
Ah, beautiful. This reminds me of the more positive aspects of your book. But...can see the development in your abilities and skills. Wonderful work, Miss Thepoet!
I felt this so deep in my heart! So poignantly beautiful!
Sweet poem Poppy. “I thought love was all about the chance of reciprocity, but I admired you like a full moon. I knew I would never be able to hold you.” Great lines.
Poppy this is so lyrically beautiful 🤍 Wonderfully poignant and gentle x
Such longing, yet filled with joyous & thankful grace. Beautifully done, Poppy.
Beautiful Poem Poppy, sweet and full of feeling. I wonder is there a tinge of sadness at the end there? It almost felt like a love lost kind of poem.