Thats not tiredness that's fear That's not body aches, that's muscle tightness because of fear That's not hatred that's fear
By L.I.Eabout a year ago in Poets
Artificial Tears Bottle glass clear, you glimmer in my hand. A drop to soothe the eye, but not the soul within. Artificial tears fall,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a year ago in Poets
I'll write love songs for me and I'll be happy, you'll see, turning into all that I can be, an infinite, eternal sea. When the waves crash down,
By Lolly Vieiraabout a year ago in Poets
Tears Before Bed Time Night folds me in its hand, and the shadows grow longer. The day is finished now, but the ache does not rest.
The world spins, but slower now, as if its lungs are cracked, as if the air refuses to stay inside. Every headline is a wound,
By Shehzad Anjumabout a year ago in Poets
With your last breath You became more valuable in death than in life A land left in strife A robotic mourning wife Yet, in the haze of your final days
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets
Externally soft spoken, internally screaming Everything is broken, and we’re all just pretending Self advocacy, a mandatory labor thrust upon the marginalized
By vibrant ghostabout a year ago in Poets
Play the Sad Song Again Play the sad song again, let it fill the empty air. The notes fall heavy slowly, like rain against the glass.
Intricately carved or painted For ritual performance Over gauze swaddled face To display what I perceive is to be expected
By Aaron Morrisonabout a year ago in Poets
Glimmering steel swords Radiant green forest hues Beauty soiled once felled ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
By Matthew J. Frommabout a year ago in Poets
There was a time I thought myself honest, a boy who held truth like a candle in a storm. But somewhere— I learned the trembling art of deception,
In shadows deep where silence grew, Lived Holly Briar, small and true, Her thorns drawn tight, her petals closed, A captive bloom that no one chose.
By Parsley Rose about a year ago in Poets
