I grew up learning how to shrink. How to hold my breath, how to fold myself into corners no one noticed, how to turn my loudest aches
By Zakari Runge5 months ago in Poets
"Hey, come look at this! Her and I have the same name… and the same birthday?"
By Lizzy Rose5 months ago in Poets
The Reaper and Life spend their days by playing chess. Life has not won yet.
Some days pass like soft shadows - light, fleeting, almost invisible as they move across the hours. They’re sweet while they last,
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 Historian5 months ago in Poets
Glimmering steel swords Radiant green forest hues Beauty soiled once felled ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
By Matthew J. Fromm5 months ago in Poets
We slowly trudge our way upward and the horizon above us is barely budged. The moments blur together into one long, unceasing toil.
By A. S. Lawrence5 months ago in Poets
Asking yourself why has become your personality Why did they say that? Why are they mad? Why did they leave? It is quite simple really
By Gunnar Anderson5 months ago in Poets
I see you in the way god intended you to be seen I sit idly by waiting to hear heavens music that you call your voice The sparkle in your smile when you discover something new
By Cadma5 months ago in Poets
Be careful with guardians of the heart For they will keep you apart Vexation of supposed protection A misdirection of feelings
I eat myself to feed my soul I roll with every toll Time laid out ahead and behind me Thoughts creating and destroying the fallacy of my reality
The rain slithers across the plain The lion feigns disinterest in his mistress Mysterious visitors A horrendous sound shakes the ground
