exposure and observation waiting for a closed door to open know what isn't spoken and don't speak before then what isn't broken isn't an easy fix
By ⸘jason alan‽6 months ago in Poets
on the menu identities consumed isolation by design tribalistic separation because of us and them true nature denied civilization without humanity
Cry Baby Cry Cry baby cry beneath the bedroom light Pillow soaked heavy through another long night Tiny cracked heartbeat too wounded to sleep
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 6 months ago in Poets
I'm looking down on multiple developments Everything is shrinking I'm soaring higher You disappear from view I've handed you my heart
By Julie Lacksonen6 months ago in Poets
The psychiatrist asks what happened today and I am twenty-six years ago, bleeding through clothes I have not yet worn in this version of myself.
By Tina D. Lopez6 months ago in Poets
What day is it? The sky is blue, The sun is hot - No, that was yesterday. Today’s sky is grey, A stormy day - No, wait, that was last week.
By Laura DePace6 months ago in Poets
I exhale tiredness, inhale confusion I know life beyond this bubble exists But can't feel beyond the protection Because yes it's protective, a fortress
By Paul Stewart6 months ago in Poets
My Heart Jumps For Joy Morning arrived dressed in pale shades of gold Something inside me no longer felt cold Birdsong came spilling through half-open blinds
After days carrying proof in my hands, I want every screenshot to become a match head dragged hard against his paper-thin reputation.
I Can’t Be Sad My Life Is Too Happy Everyone tells me how lucky I am Beautiful house and a neat little plan Photos all smiling in polished frames
You held onto your pain Till it became your new identity You stitched your wounds shut, Calling your new scars a personality trait
By Chloe Unfiltered6 months ago in Poets
sometimes I feel a sort of secondhand embarrassment when I see poetry trying so profusely to find rhyming profundity awkwardly stepping around
By Lolly Vieira6 months ago in Poets
