On my first day, they say it as a welcome: "we're like a family here." Gentle enough to mistake for kindness, firm enough to make me nod without thinking.
By Tina D. Lopez4 months ago in Poets
A system records the world in clean columns and approved categories. Every event becomes a line-item awaiting confirmation.
By Tim Carmichael4 months ago in Poets
Push through the mush, the grey matter of the brain, down to the root, to the spark barely there— words forming into thought
By Chel Writes4 months ago in Poets
They said it was an offence But I protested in defence Didn't like your pretence Then someone was sent The situation was bent
By Christopher Beard4 months ago in Poets
Your heart says Dive in Your Brain counters Test the waters Heart: Full speed ahead Brain: Hit the brakes Heart: You need this
By Julie Lacksonen4 months ago in Poets
He wanted to be included Yet somehow he knew he would be excluded Couldn't get excited As never invited Felt somewhat slighted
He puts some shapes on the page They make no sense to him He continues to make some lines But these he cannot define Everything he does takes extra time
The Mind Plays Tricks The mind plays tricks in quiet hours Turning shadows into more Opening long forgotten places Behind an unseen door
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 4 months ago in Poets
Night Came Fast The day moved out in silence Without a single sound I looked up for a moment And darkness gathered round
Morning Came Too Soon I watched the clock, waiting Morning seemed far away Then after I dozed off to sleep Morning came too soon
Oh, how I hate the interstate, the dull cadence of conformity stretching miles into the gray. Give me a two-lane sunbleached blacktop
By Harper Lewis 4 months ago in Poets
In a moment Grief may take you Whisked away By forceful winds Sorrow casts its Creeping tendrils Winding around Ankles, unaware
By Aspen Marie 4 months ago in Poets
