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A Heartfelt Poem on the Pain of Saying the Last Goodbye
--- **Last Goodbye** In the hush of dawn, where shadows lie, We meet in silence, our last goodbye. No words to soften the ache within,
ARJ GamingytPublished 9 days ago in Poets- Content Warning
Mother-God
I am a sinner; my mother taught me so, And for God to forgive me, I must quit my prideful mind, Become senseless and blind,
Aaron CortésPublished 9 days ago in Poets - Content Warning
we were out
we were out to find the night to find what the void hides things we've known the whole time that it's too late to come back
⸘jason alan‽Published 10 days ago in Poets - Content Warning
Local Girl Missing
there’s a joke that the inside of your skin is wet and warm meant to breed disgust, desire to pull it back and stare at the gore
M.B. ArthurPublished 10 days ago in Poets Life Goes On
"There she is," said one teacher to another. "She's the one with that curl that gets in her eyes." Miss Another says, "Her mother needs to pin that, so it doesn't flop!"
Shirley BelkPublished 10 days ago in Poets- Content Warning
a breaker of deals
we're not in kentucky anymore, and i went there as far as it would always take me back to his bed yet again. misstepping the what's and when's - like it makes a difference in a he said/he said it again. just a battle of will's and won't's. just like i imagined them. like a gentrified chicken chain on every corner. because the easiest way to a man's heart is through his stomach, but it's not the only one. i hope you came ready to get messy. finger-lickin gentrified chicken chain, close enough to the real thing, because what even is real in this world? does it have to be a thing? a breaker of deals? wheeling here and there, just to settle down together, forever? over a great big bucket of gentrified chicken chain. we are a family because the box says so. still all in this together? where is north going? is this where we turn different directions? is it too soon to say i told you so? didn't i tell you that you would break my heart some day? i didn't know how or when, but i knew you would and then you did. and i never ate at gentrified chicken chain again.
⸘jason alan‽Published 10 days ago in Poets - Content Warning
Helen Keller
in honor of 'Repeat Day', June 3, here's to the miracle worker, Anne Sullivan, in so many ways in the common world, there is not room to be normal. in a place where nobody is special, everyone wants to be extraordinary. where everyone hates the everyman strives to be. everyman strives to be. every man strives to be. but nobody is listening now. can't hear thunder in an echo. punishment from the pedestal on the hill. i am high and they are mighty, legendary. but i am legend. and everyman knows that every man shits and every man dies, but legends never bite the dust. they are made of ghosts, mass graves of the everyman all around me, everyman living dead inside, buried before their time. doing what Helen Keller would be if she was alive today.
⸘jason alan‽Published 10 days ago in Poets - Content Warning
i'm looking for
something that means something something that makes sense something that isn't this something that is made of dreams, maybe
⸘jason alan‽Published 10 days ago in Poets - Content Warning
the wise owl and the clever wolf
from up high the wise owl lurks, observing the forest at night. he sees subtle movements, and in the dark remains hidden.
⸘jason alan‽Published 10 days ago in Poets Embrace the Mystique: A Poem on the Enchanting Foggy Night
--- #### In the Shroud of the Night The fog rolls in with silent grace, A velvet cloak in moon's embrace.
ARJ GamingytPublished 10 days ago in Poets- Content Warning
Square One
CW: theme of self harm and description of both intentional and unintentional self injury I can’t believe what I see in my bedroom vanity
Hear Me Now
We're all damaged, we're still trying to repair what was broken We've all fallen in our own way; you weren't the only one at fault, but you were the one who was supposed to protect us
Mercedes ChavezPublished 12 days ago in Poets