Stream of Consciousness

scratches in my mind - featherweight heavy
when life weighs us down a crow's feather can fracture ailing hearts and souls * Thanks for reading! Author's Notes: Another addition to my series "scratches in my mind", that also doubles up as making use of Poppy's Prompts 9. Below you will find a link to the good lady's latest prompts, two other "scratches" and another piece.
By Paul Stewart2 years ago in Poets
scar tissue. Honorable Mention in I Didn’t Say That Out Loud Challenge. Top Story - September 2024.
c i c a t r i z e d heart m o m e n t a r i l y succumbs to malleability e x p e r i e n c e lends it no use disregarding
By Kristen Balyeat2 years ago in Poets
The Key Between Stranger Realms - Day Six
On this ordinary morning, I am encircling the maze of buildings which are trying so desperately to be homes. Yet, they aren’t much different than metal cages, cold, dank, hidden from sunshine. There is a park, a single stretch of grass and flowering bushes that might or might not be aware that they harbor vitality for the entire block.
By Sam Eliza Green2 years ago in Poets
Piggybacks and No Takebacks!
I never stopped to think about it until very recently how sad it is we can never enjoy the simple pleasure of a piggyback,
By Paul Stewart2 years ago in Poets
i have a lot to say. Content Warning.
i have a lot to say and a lot of people i want to hear me say it so it isn't the throws of shade no intentions of addressing inequitable exchanges
By ⸘jason alan‽2 years ago in Poets
i don't know. Content Warning.
"i dont’ know who you are anymore,” soft sounds of fraud's mouth, “i don’t know where my baby is." i smile, and i edge close to him, “it’s the same me as ever, sweet love, and i am nobody’s baby anymore.”
By ⸘jason alan‽2 years ago in Poets
Silence Ocean Prayer
Silence Ocean Prayer In the stillness of dawn’s first light, Where whispers of the soul take flight, The ocean spreads its arms so wide,
By Emma RMD2 years ago in Poets
Crows Heart
Silent sin fractured my heart I watched our candle as it burned, and melted away Like a feather falling slow Exposed you as a scavenger, your heart dark as a crow
By Kenneth cruz2 years ago in Poets
The History of Hubris
Stop! Hark, fool I will show you the way Look how tall the towers Eradicate the rebels—traitors—quick! No! The towers are fallen!
By Justin Keeling2 years ago in Poets
Bang
Sonata as soliloquy: Echoes, In and out; Of me, as my heart, skipping beats Like stone. A cross. A still. Yet, stormy sea beneath which
By J2 years ago in Poets
Motion Blur
i can't slow down no... i can't let them catch up‐ each and every enemy they chase after me‐ from daybreak to nightfall,
By JM2 years ago in Poets
to the core
who am i and how can i change what i do not know? how can i know the self when everything i touch and everything i see
By angela hepworth2 years ago in Poets