Grey smoke cover dim, buzzing lights by a black pool of mud, never used before. By the pacific highway at sleazy E-Z8 motel
By Dark Constellations2 years ago in Poets
A tiny spark ignites. A flickering of soul growing, intensity rising, excising the dark surround releasing light into a crystal realm
By Colleen Walters2 years ago in Poets
You pause and I hear your s-i-l-e-n-c-e You laugh and I sense the w-e-i-g-h-t You say "I'm fine," but I k-n-o-w You hold
By Komal2 years ago in Poets
near blinded momentarily by strategic imitation be it meat or man that flattering thief between me and my one and only
By ⸘jason alan‽2 years ago in Poets
Pride Selfie, Selfish, Self-importance Always looking in the mirror and not where you're going Never giving credit where credit is due
By Ellie Hoovs2 years ago in Poets
She sat at the table, her hands wrapped around a coffee cup, laughing about something she'd seen at work and the next thing she knew, she'd been seen.
All around is empty void, The darkness left once thoughts lay destroyed. Hanging there, without form in empty air The dreamer plucks a shapeless seed.
By Alexander McEvoy2 years ago in Poets
They told me everything would change. I waited for it. But the pages stay blank, and the air still feels heavy. * I thought I’d wake up one day
By Marvelous Michael2 years ago in Poets
I used to stay inside because it felt like the safest thing. Because the air was familiar, even if it was heavy. Because I had learned to move through the dim rooms like a shadow,
I’ve been thinking about the sounds I take in— the voices that weave themselves into my breath, the melodies that settle in my bones,
The darkness of night once again vanquished by the brightness of the Son. +++ “Truly the light is sweet, And it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun;”
You are a beauty not of love nor lust but yearning, But of those who deserved to be free, But needed to struggle for that given.
By Conor Matthews2 years ago in Poets
