Roaming without direction, unbound by lack of choice; set adrift in the sea of chaos. Waves threaten to crest over me, never easing to reveal
By Amanda Starks5 months ago in Poets
I’ve walked this path many times the soft trill of a lonely toad or the midnight hoot of a regal owl … in the still of the night
By John Cox5 months ago in Poets
Mornings Just a Kiss Away Verse 1 Morning slipped in through the blinds Soft enough not to wake old aches Your hand still resting close to mine
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 5 months ago in Poets
What a Lucky Girl What a lucky girl they said With a smile they thought was true Looking from the outside only Never knowing what she carried through
Click A sharp rap like metal hitting pitch familiar pendulum balls tapping. Looking up at the moon hoping the light would bring ease illuminating the dark path. But wayward branches untended for too long blocked my sight. Click It didn’t. Click Rattled. Extended leaves scratched my cool skin. A withered hand with long bony fingers trailed under my nose dragged across my cheek. Click Unmistakable. The tightening in my chest balled the air in my lungs. A small pebble stuck in a straw blocking the flow. Again. Click My fist thudded against my chest reminding me to breathe. Sudden ragged breaths forced outward heightened by each sinister tap from behind. Click Precise. Mocking my footsteps. My heavy thuds stamped the broken road almost clouding my hearing. Almost— It's there. Click Click Advancing faster than the porch light in the distance. Night's chill pushed back, as much a threat as the grinding clicks growing louder. Cold sweat stung my eyes, timed with the roll of loose stone beneath my feet. Arms flailed forward. My knees buckled, hitting gravel and stone. Click Click Click Click Click A colder pressure on my shoulder forced my scream into the night. Heaving breaths. I waited. Click.
By Ms Jade 5 months ago in Poets
I’ve been broke so many times the cracks stopped looking like damage and started looking like geography. Fault lines settling in deep.
By Tina D. Lopez5 months ago in Poets
So You Want to Marry Me Why So you want to marry me why Tell me what it is you see Is it comfort or a picture Or something deeper underneath
I'm an adult With battle scars to prove it Physical scars, Emotional ones too. Behind me are the days of innocence When I was cared for
By Julie Lacksonen5 months ago in Poets
Common courtesy is no longer common It wasn't a sudden death, like a heart attack It wasn't loud, like a car crash It was a slow, quiet demise,
Should you choose to take me from your shelf, you must be delicate for I am brittle Run your fingers down my spine and feel the texture of my frayed and faded binding
By Tiffany "Jayd" Galeski5 months ago in Poets
You've been there In my darkest moments Forever Or at least It seems that way to me But your presence Is almost like An absence
By Maia Gadwall the metAlchemist5 months ago in Poets
. . . .loving to travel to Aldi . . . . . . finding quarters in the shopping carts heaven . . . . . . . . . one time , finding 8 quarters in the carts. .
By SAMURAI SAM: Wild Wayne5 months ago in Poets
