I am becoming see-through, a watercolor left too long in rain, bleeding at the edges where I used to be solid, certain, mine.
By Parsley Rose 7 months ago in Poets
There are nights when the silence feels alive. Not empty — not hollow — but breathing, whispering, moving through the air like a tide I cannot see.
By Farid Aslam7 months ago in Poets
Waddling down the beach of life The chill in our bones She squawks I listen In the distance the sun glistens into darkness
By Atomic Historian7 months ago in Poets
At my table you will find bits and pieces; colorful as a bag of skittles For my favorite are the dull and mundane, dripping in rainbow
By Pōlani Monderen 7 months ago in Poets
Sometimes when I'm just not present I hear voices and think it's still back in the day in our old neighbourhood and life is just the way it was for so long.
By Janet Theny7 months ago in Poets
Beneath the old oak’s fading shade, Children ran, and laughter stayed. Streams would sing with washing hands, Men would play, and hearts would dance.
By Life Hopes7 months ago in Poets
Ocean of Dreams Beneath the sunlit tides, I drift, Where waves of thought and memory lift, And currents hum a lullaby,
By Numan writes7 months ago in Poets
The Last Rose In a quiet village where the hills kissed the sky, there bloomed a rose, the last of its kind, red as a heartbeat, tender as a sigh,
A dim witted, suit fitted, Calvanist mortician Me an embalmed, tag along, severe lack of contrition Fluorescent divine darkness, cubicle coffin, purgatorious condition
By Harrison July Hamlett7 months ago in Poets
The grasshopper lies heavy on a single blade It bends with its weight Swaying in the breeze As the grasshopper rubs its knees
I believed what you said I trusted you I believed I was safe with you I trusted that you would still accept me When I got things wrong or made no sense
By Sapphire Ravenclaw7 months ago in Poets
I like to be prepared I’ve seen the dark side of humanity I’ve seen the dirty side of humanity I’ve watched the animals and tricksters
By Cadma7 months ago in Poets
