Words I Wrote
Poem 5 from my chapbook "As Glamorous as a Kidney"
I have no real confidence.
I watch “success” after “success”
After “success” and finally feel
As if there is hope.
Hope to succeed again.
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Then there is failure.
“Failure” to say “success” can
Come through again.
{
Then there is the “failure”
{
“Failure”
“Failure”
Failure
{
Failure.
…..
The floor is cold.
Everything is fucked up.
Nothing is going to be right.
{
Yet, somehow the empty body is
Arise knowing perfection is only
A dream and all is lost.
{
When a tiny thing, whatever it may
Be restores the will to build.
{
It could be the image of a fool.
It could be a flower.
It could be waking up and finding
A way to laugh sincerely.
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It could also be itself showing
Through thyself.
{
Forget these words.
Remember
“The fool”
“Remember the flower who grew”
“Remember what made you laugh”
{
“Remember what made you You
Whether you failed or succeeded”
{
That is all.
}
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Words written from the heart are the best. Congrats on your kudos.
And yes, there is it: When a tiny thing, whatever it may Be restores the will to build. Remember. Congrats on TS!!
Great! Well done for the TS.
Nice wow. I haven't read slam poetry before, but this is awesome. I will check your other writings too. Congrats on TS!
Congratulations, top story.
Congratulations 🎉🎉 for top story You're an unstoppable force! Your drive and ambition are incredibly commendable.
Congrats on Top Story!🥳🥳🥳
This has a beautiful cadence to it that draws out the rawness of the words. Great job and congrats on the Top Story!
Absolutely wonderful work. I loved every line of this, and such a great message in the end. Congrats on top story!
This is wonderful. Well done and congrats on the TS.
I would absolutely love to hear this spoken aloud- powerful stuff! Congrats on the Top Story! :)
Subscribed. This feels like a good slam poetry gig to me. One can almost shout it. Please keep writing, don't think about success, just your truths.