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Mar 2019 devi

Fear Us

Mar 2019 devi

Madison

Fear Us

Not all depressed cut,
Not all sad shed tears,
Not all strong fight,
Not all monsters roar,
Not all young are innocent.
Some just work harder to maintain a mask.
We are here,
And you have reason to fear,
We are the best liars,
We can manipulate the greatest con artist without batting an eyelash.
Watch out we are coming.

This is a dark and serious p poem but that didn't change the fact that In was tempted to put "and we're queer" instead of " And you have reason to fear" ****

#dark #scary #mask #pain #monster #fear #lie #evil #dailypoem

Mar 2019 devi

Pantoum

Mar 2019 devi

undergraduate portfolio

Pantoum

When you are flavor of the week,
you’re the taste of rusted nails in a sea of teeth
from biting at the inside of my cheek.
I mourn the screams buried underneath my tongue.

You’re the taste of rusted nails in a sea of teeth
because you speak a language of silence.
I mourn the screams buried underneath my tongue.
They are so delicate

because you speak a language of silence,
from biting at the inside of my cheek.
They are so delicate
when you are flavor of the week

#pantoum

Feb 2019 devi

moon

Feb 2019 devi

kailey

moon

a beacon of peace
she glows unforgivingly
our sun for the night

Feb 2019 devi

DEAR LITTLE SCRIBBLER

Feb 2019 devi

Aoi

DEAR LITTLE SCRIBBLER

Dear little scribbler,
This piece is for you
Always remember,
You are the best, that's true

You may have a hard time to compose,
Poetries or a prose
Relax and let your imagination wander,
Think, let your brain ponder

If you're not known, never relinquish
Your works will be distinguished
Allow your wings to spread,
Your ink, let it shed

Dear little scribbler,
Lift your dreams up high
Their judgements never matter,
Do not stop, always try.

#writer #poetries #prose #inspiring #dreams

Feb 2019 devi

Rain on me

Feb 2019 devi

Tanay

Rain on me

Rain on me,
I have been longing to be free.
Lost in my world, needlessly.

Rain on me,
I am tired of fighting but I will not sleep.
I refuse to be reigned and I refuse to be a sheep.

Rain on me
and show me the way.
This place is empty and I cannot stay.

Rain on me
because it has been too long.
I am sick and tired of pretending to be strong.

Rain on me,
I want to see the lightning pierce the sky.
As the thunder roars and the clouds fly.

Rain on me.
Let the winds take my mind to another land.
No one needs to know and no one needs to understand.

#rain #free #sleep #sheep #way #strong #sky #fly #wind #herd

Feb 2019 devi

Healing

Feb 2019 devi

Barbara R Maxwell

Healing

We have the power to heal

We have the power to touch
Deep inside
We have the power to love

We can lift ourselves
We can lift up others
We can lift the whole world

We can warm the coldest night
We can embrace others
We can stand in the light

We have the power to change
We have the power to grow
We have the power to heal

All we have to do is try

Feb 2019 devi

blind spot

Feb 2019 devi

eleanor prince

blind spot

mementos
richly held
hidden in
fractured chest

big people
shifting boxes
heavy
light

silenced
a child's fissure
clasping favourite shell
close

swift salvage
in tight world
rescue from
gaping hole

#family #disruption #moving #treasures #mementos #lost #ignored

For a very young child, moving house can be incredibly bewildering, disruptive, even traumatizing, especially when moving countries tends to mean belongings need to be severely curtailed. Few remember their own childhood attachments, closely held treasures, even if perceived by harried adults as inconsequential as a bag of broken seashells. Would a little more listening and empathic explanation with kindness ease things well at such transition times

#family #disruption #moving #treasures #mementos #child #lost #ignored

Jan 2019 devi

in my head

Jan 2019 devi

Sky

in my head

sometimes. i live in my head so much.

i look in the mirror and
surprise!
i'm an actual,
physical being. (whaat?)

and when someone comes and speaks to me,

"you...you can see me?"

then they always say smthng like "you're bUggin"

#the #only #me #is #in #my #head

Jan 2019 devi

No balance

Jan 2019 devi

Chrissy

No balance

How can two people have it so good
yet so so bad at the same time ?

just a thought in my head

#love #struggle #hardship