Ballad

The Breaking, The Burning
In the still, afore the rising sun, Many battles have left me undone, My world stands still, with nary a breath, My quiet heartbeat, flirting with death.
By Adora Hooperabout a year ago in Poets
Cannibal’s Call
The cannibals call from down the hall SACRIFICE!! To save our lives Or civilization will fall The end begins when the maws open wide
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets
Ashes of the Silent
Not the boy who painted stars on the wall of his broken school. Not the girl who dreamed of singing loud enough to drown the bombs.
By Shafi Ullah Darweshabout a year ago in Poets
A BREATH BETWEEN EARTHS. Content Warning.
A Breath Between Earths Earth 12 remembered. Earth 19 burned. This is the inhale between them. Sometimes the body speaks before the story does.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli about a year ago in Poets
The Night I Stayed
You came back in black for your father’s wake Wearing grief like a coat you didn’t want to take We met up at Lily’s, like the old days, all of us
By Brie Boleynabout a year ago in Poets
fears assailant | the hope that comes from within
when your'e around, I feel awakened. a certainty comes despite where fate can take us the tremble of pain from within subsides;
By Scott Catheryabout a year ago in Poets
Reclamation of Freedom. Content Warning.
I did not celebrate today. This had to be written from my thoughts floating through my brain and dreams of the absurd, reality, life, freedom & humanity. I wrote today as we are now in a dystopian authoritarian society. I relinqished my hate and moved towards grief, then I moved towards oppression of depression. Meditate with spacey bassline centered music. Two earths are circling the universe. Earth 19 and Earth 12 are of equal distance as I remain in the in between of time and space at 75.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli about a year ago in Poets
Scroll
Scrolling, scrolling, down, down, down Through the death spiral of society Trying to wake up Wanting to make up for time lost
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets
Somewhere between the sun and the challenges...
It was a warm day in...."Wait which challenge is this again". Click...save! Scrolling, scrolling down the list....of yeah - 'Somewhere between here and there'. That's the one.
By Novel Allenabout a year ago in Poets
Earth 19: The One That Burned the Bill. Content Warning.
This is my response to the big ugly bill. Millions of Americans will lose everything. I sang the blues today. I am disabled, old, and health issues. Yes, I will lose everything if something is not done to stop the Nazis and the Rumpty Dumpty crime syndicate.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli about a year ago in Poets
North Hollywood. Content Warning. AI-Generated.
North Hollywood (Going back where you met me) Orange lights and stop signs Always hanging on the red line Taking the bus
By Hayat Hyattabout a year ago in Poets
Fragrance
Like fragrance, it kept spreading wide, Like memories, it stayed inside. The night passed slow, soft and low, Burning like fire’s gentle glow.
By Ameer Gullabout a year ago in Poets