Hello Poetry

393°

Kaitlyn Marie

dim the lights
conspire to undress the day
and find the light

240°

Salmabanu Hatim

Respect the older generation,
At least their genes helped you to be what you are today,
Leaves that fall help to hold the plants.
26/6/2022

177°

She Writes

Coffin For Two

I cried all night ‘til the sun rose
Still laying in our bed
While across from me your eyes closed
Pretty pictures in your head

Do you see I am drowning?
In a pool of tears for you
All the while you say you love me
And I believe you like a fool

There is no love
In a house built on lies
Each time one slips your tongue
I can see it in your eyes

You love me to death
What am I to do?
I won’t be without you
Build a coffin for two?

#suicide #death #lies #love #sad #cry #tears #heartbreak

87°

David Lessard

To an unread poet.

I used to read your poems
but lately you don't write
you're silent and aloof
you know that isn't right.
You can't close a door once opened
you can't abolish all your dreams
you're a poet of the heart
mustn't fall apart at the seams.
Say what you can in words
they speak the message true
spoken from the heart
the poems will see you through.
A hermit's not your style
a recluse, you are not
never give up writing
of things that you've been taught.
I used to read your poems
I'd read them once again
if you would send them out
(this one's from a poet friend)

82°

Havran

Complimentary

"If I were a storm,
you would be the sea;
you fuel both the chaos
and the serenity
in me."

~D.A., Complimentary

#poemsaboutkafka #poetry #prose #spilledink

68°

The Concrete Poet

Under your spell

I am but
one star
in the
universe
that you
deserve.
I am but
a rain's
puddle
when
it is
the ocean
that you
need to
swim in.
Wish
upon me.
Dance
and jump
within me.
I long
to be
enough
for thee.

written by me... ..

39°

Rama Krsna

two for one

the nectar of love
only comes with
the poison of pain,
two
for the exorbitant price of one

standing
at the chasm
of life and death
destroyed by love
grief remains
as life’s sole friend

the memories of love
now
belong to time
and this aging body
to the five elements.

© 2019

#love

37°

Grace

When I Fell in Love with You

When I look at you,
I don’t see darkness
I don’t see rain
I don’t see pain

When I speak to you,
I don’t feel sadness
I don’t feel neglect
You always show respect

When I think of you,
It gives me strength
Because you’re so bright
My brightest light

When I dream of you,
I find myself in your arms
Right where I belong
Right where I feel strong

When I fell in love with you,
I knew it was true
Because you drowned my sorrows
And now I can see tomorrow

#love #relationship #lovestory #relationships

32°

charlieboy

No turning away

If we all turn away from the
poor and the dying
If we give up on us whom
can we call a friend
Lift your head up and find
a way
to help those suffering for
a brighter day
Should we lie down submitting
to the sweet decay six feet
under the ground.
Let us unite just as one
Walking for one single
purpose
Let us remember when we
needed a friend
All things will pass away untill
the end
Look at his heart warm and
bright.
No more turning away from
the sick and the lonely
No more insulting merely
for who they are
They will fly and let their
spirit soar
They may be lost until they
find the door
Now's the time for a change

31°

Lela

You don't care about me but that's okay

You are the light of my life
My morning sun and my evening moon
I want to reach you and stay by your side
Too bad you’re just “not in the mood”
Too bad “you have better things to do”
Because the only thing I do
is think of you

I dream
of you thinking about me too

Sometimes we want to be cared about by the wrong person

#sad #ineedyou #lonely

30°

My Dear Poet

A road way back

I’ve never found my way back
to a place I’ve never been

I’ve never known which way to go
On a path I’ve never seen

I’ve never gone to go again
But this one thing I’m keen

To live and learn on my return
and every road redeem

#journey #road #path #return

30°

𝑺𝒖𝒛𝒚 𝘽𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙠𝙮

Carnivores eat their prey raw. Carnivores savor warm blood. Humans MUST camouflage flesh. Our intestines are too long & our stomach acid is too weak. We were designed to eat fruit, seeds & vegetables.

24°

s y kalindara

Clockwork awakening. {haiku}

2 AM calling
to sing the green dawn's chorus
for my ears only.

Copyright © 2022 by S. Y. Kalindara. All rights reserved

I always find myself randomly waking up at 2 AM, it's become a constant occurrence at this point and I don't understand why it happens. I don't always enjoy it, especially when I'm already tired, but sometimes it's pretty peaceful, like this time was carved especially for me to write or read or do whatever makes me happy. Or maybe I'm just romanticising my insomnia ****.

*I might also change the title because I'm not a huge fan but I couldn't think of anything else.*

(P.S. you can follow me on instagram, if you'd like to @sykmusings ♡)

#clockwork #awakening #2am #sing #green #dawn #chorus #nightowl #insomnia #morning

24°

stephanie burrows

I blame you.

I blame you.
For the dreams that died.
For the love that i will never have.
For the smile that you took from me.
I wanted to fly far away but you
Burnt my wings keeping me
In the cold darkness.
I blame you for killing me.

I like to take a negative feeling and turn it
Into something good.
We should allow people room to grow and breathe support someone in there dreams
#blame #dreams #darkness #killing

24°

Archer

Waiting Game

To be genuinely content with this
is foreign to my mind.
This is what I had asked for.
Lost and found for.
I cannot waste my scars.
The wind won't blow
without my name hidden in it.
A shared sun,
today I looked up.
There is life all around me.
Inside me.
It pours from my lips.
I whisper it at night,
in my sleep.
To be genuinely content,
this life that was full of black,
until just now.
To share it somewhat
with someone,
happened.
And now it's gone.

21°

Kassan Jahmal

Incomplete

I hunger for time—
more of which I don't have,
Thirst for love;
but not all would quench it,
Seek a purpose
that isn't labelled at first sight,
Dream of greatest—
in the confines of being simple,
Sin in the several;
seven times a day- consciously

I've done it all-
but in an all still not complete,
I'm incomplete.

#incomplete #searching #life #desire

21°

Midnight

victim

the night my life changed
i was wearing
a white dress
with blue and red
flowers

and you were wearing
well, actually
it doesn't
matter

the night my life changed
it was dark
and you were drunk
and somehow
it was my fault

this is not my story, but it needs to be heard.

18°

adriana

insomnia insecurities

i'm losing friends like i'm losing sleep
apologies don't work, and neither do sheep
don't go, because i want you to stay
but don't lie to me, you're leaving someday

#sleep

17°

A

A letter

Dear death,

I have met life,
He wants me to fight,
But I'm so weak-
So can we meet?

15°

Ariana Bagley

A Reverse Poem

I love him
I tell myself
I know that
We will be together forever
I don’t believe that
We could be separated
My thoughts tell me that
He’s the love of my life
Sometimes my heart lies and says
I could live an eternity
Without him
Like my friends say
“We’re perfect for each other”
And you can’t tell me
He’s not the one.

Now read from bottom to top.

15°

Benjamin Daniel Lukey

Partners in Crime

I come
To you today
With yet another scheme
For a wild, foolish adventure.
Coming?

Copyright 2018 Benjamin Daniel Lukey.

"Partners in Crime" was first published in volume 2, issue 8 of Gathering Storm Magazine.

14°

emnabee

The secret life of poets

The poet lives two lives.
One on the outside,
And one in their mind.

When you look in their eyes
You could see an abyss.

If you looked long enough
You could sink into it.

But most people don’t see it.

Take the time to read the words, though,
And you would know for sure.

The poet lives in two different worlds.

A little escape from the madness.
Or maybe, into.

#secret #life #poets

14°

Alaska Young

Why

Why do you push people away?

"I want them to be happy."

13°

ryn

Left

Surely I must have felt
the teardrop;
when it left my lashes,
missed my cheek and blot-stained
the ground where I laid.

My only regret is that I had failed
to read the message each carried
before they disappeared into
the ***** of my darkness.

#hellopoetry107 #left

13°

Elliot

Us Suicidal People

We don’t see the carrots to be cut,
We see the sharp knife that could cut us.

We don’t see the bridge,
We see the other side of the railings.

We don’t see painkillers,
We see medication we could drown ourselves in.

We don’t see the train,
We see the tracks we could lay on.

We don’t see the nice view,
We see the cliff's edge we could jump off.

#suicide #depression #mental #illness

13°

misha

drunk on you

your name is
forbidden in
my mouth
or in my heart
because when
i think about
you;

i'll cry a little more,
hurt a little stronger
love a little softer
because you no longer
make me feel sober

i'm drunk on the
memory of you

if only i could chase you with pizza but shots don't work like that

#hearts #mind #soul #girl #lonely #heartbroken #love #drunk #tears #cry

13°

Roanne Manio

Untitled

Still—
The witching hour,
a pond at dawn.
Still—
Nevertheless,
after all this time,
I look for you in a sea of people.

My favorite word.

#still

13°

Masha Yurkevich

Canvas

I'm
not
your
canvas;
you can't
paint over me.
My mistakes,
my life, it's whom
I want to be.
So go
_________
take your
_________
paintbrush
and your paint, too,
because I love my every
stain, and I'll keep every
color; red, green,
or blue.

By my every stain I mean my every mistake or misfortune, because I learn from each one of them.

I hope it looks somewhat like a paintbrush. I messed around with it, and the result is before your eyes.

#ill #keep #all #my #colors #red #green #and #blue #im

13°

Universe Poems

No Mirage

Sunrise
No lies
Just truth in the day,
as the birds,
open their wings and say,
you are welcome here today

© 2022 Carol Natasha Diviney

13°

Max

Falling

She said "I'm falling in love."

I said "I'm falling apart."

What's the difference?

#love #falling #apart #him #her #he #she #begin #short

12°

haysia

YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL

They said,
"The most beautiful art is
looking into someone's eyes
when they talk about the
things they love."
And I said,
"Or looking at someone you love.
Or maybe, just maybe,
by looking at the mirror
is the most beautiful art
anyone should appreciate."

Appreciation post for myself; for you and for everyone as well. You deserve more than the world has to offer.

#love #yourself

12°

Johnnyqu33r

Look

Rest your eyes upon me
Please keep them there
Be caught gently
In my growing vines
That wrap somewhat tightly
Around the two of us

But not so tight to trap you
You can leave when you need to
And I'll do what I do best
Capture you in eternity
As another nameless lad
In my volumes of love and loss

Rest your eyes upon me
Please keep them there
Be caught gently
In my growing pages
That unfold somewhat delicately
Around the two of us

11°

Lucía

fake it until you make it

suicide is not an option
suicide is not an option
suicide is not an option
suicide is not an option
suicide is not an option
suicide is not an option
suicide is not an option

#suicide #death #mental #health #hurt #time #feelings

11°

strawberry-cigarette

poetry

My words became
knives.
A paragraph,
a sword.
And when I
made
my first speech,
the room
                was
                        hit
                             with
                                            a
                                                    grenade.

10°

Traveler

MAKE YOURSELF

Whether a comma, or colon:
Punctuation slows my rolling
I need no period. When I end
no Capitalization when I begin
Rulelessly I flow my art
Not a single!
Exclamation mark
Are you not the one
Who'll know?
Where a question mark
No longer goes

Warp the structure
Bend the lines
Put in repeat
Let emotion unwind
Make yourself
Your poetry's the best
Be your own ruler
Pass your own test

Take your own road
Where ever it leads
Lover or hater
It's all poetry!

Traveler Tim
.

Hay
No matter who you are
You have my deepest respect!

Vanity
All is vanity
The meanings of passion
The aesthetic expression
The lines we draw and stay within
Even love is beyond intent
Vanity transcends
Flowing from our pens
And so we breathe again

#traveler #tim #contemplation #commings #incubus #instruction #rules #directions #help

10°

Emma P

Sun

When I say
that you are my Sun,
I don’t mean that you are
Luminous,
Brilliant,
Gilded,
Beautiful,
Bold,
Warm,
Or even the center of my universe.
I simply mean that
I cannot look at you
Without hurting

#sun #love #heartbreak #crush