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 8° 
Sean Maloney
I’m just
I’m going to try to sleep
If I’m up all night so be it
This hurts
Tú cuya carne, hoy dispersión y polvo,
pesó como la nuestra sobre la tierra,
tú cuyos ojos vieron el sol, esa famosa estrella,
tú que viviste no en el rígido ayer
sino en el incesante presente,
en el último punto y ápice vertiginoso del tiempo,
tú que en tu monasterio fuiste llamado
por la antigua voz de la épica,
tú que tejiste las palabras,
tú que cantaste la victoria de Brunanburh
y no la atribuiste al Señor
sino a la espada de tu rey,
tú que con júbilo feroz cantaste,
la humillación del viking,
el festín del cuervo y del águila,
tú que en la oda militar congregaste
las rituales metáforas de la estirpe,
tú que un tiempo sin historia
viste en el ahora el ayer
y en el sudor y sangre de Brunanburh
un cristal de antiguas auroras,
tú que tanto querías a tu Inglaterra
y no la nombraste,
hoy no eres otra cosa que unas palabras
que los germanistas anotan.
Hoy no eres otra cosa que mi voz
cuando revive tus palabras de hierro.

Pido a mis dioses o a la suma del tiempo
que mis días merezcan el olvido,
que mi nombre sea Nadie como el de Ulises,
pero que algún verso perdure
en la noche propicia a la memoria
o en las mañanas de los hombres.
 8° 
lizie
mom says
i’m the best person she knows.
i smile.
i’m good at pretending.

she says i’m kind,
but i know when it’s a performance.
she says i’m gifted,
but it feels like a trick
i’m barely pulling off.

my sax squeaks,
my test scores blur,
my muscles ache in the water.
and still she calls it talent.

i nod along,
quiet and guilty.

if i’m so good,
why do i always
feel like a lie?
 8° 
San
Whilst all the Chaos
Flavours of Life
Reaching out to Human beings
Can make anyday today
& Today is the Day!
 7° 
Nat Lipstadt
I have never been to Alabama, or

<>
I have never been to Alabama,
or where
Immortality
reigns supreme,
but I am told here and there
nooks and looks of poetry
reside abide and
ENLIVE,
And sadness is banished,
loneliness impossible,
&
Loveliness abounds,

And every poem
Gets a sun,
Becomes a star,
And every poem,
Is immortalized

And those who choose
to compose, selves to expose,
become angels protecting all who write poetry in their hearts,
but
who cannot nor,
dare to share
<>
but
they share with them...
who in turn
share to all
the confidence of
Comfort
[1] though I have been to Georgia, where are angels I have met, and regularly converse and reverse poems of love and respect
 7° 
badwords
There once was a lass
who gazed upon the sky,
like a sailor’s widow
with eyes pining the sea.

A different ocean,
with clouds and birds—
not crests and reflections,
another kind of mirror.

A looking glass, yes:
one reveals past and present,
the other is a blank portal,
not yet formed; possibility.

Burdened by years of earth,
the girl reached up high.
To fly free in the skies,
a plan she did birth:

Simple avian appropriation—
"What could go wrong?"
Manufactured imitation—
"In the skies I belong!"

Remnants of spent candles,
some old pillow filling,
so easily on handle
to construct her wings.

And like that, she flew!
Never close to the sun,
no solar balance due—
destination once begun.

Wise to not create cracks,
a creature in the sky;
falsified wings on her back—
her presence flies on lies.

Nary a muster, ******, or flock
would take this creature in.
Unwelcome, artificial stock:
a lost and confused being.

"I have no nest, no call, no cry,
no wind-song born from feathered kin—
yet higher still I ride the lie,
if not a bird, then what has been?"


Her wings were stitched from want and thread,
a blueprint torn from childhood dreams.
She passed the clouds, yet still she bled—
unseen by all, or so it seems.

"You gave me wax, you gave me fire,
a name I wore, a borrowed skin.
I climbed the hush of false desire—
but never learned the wind within."


{fin}
She Never Fell is a contemporary reinvention of the Icarus myth told through a lyrical, ballad-like structure. It follows a nameless girl who constructs makeshift wings from household materials—spent candles, pillow filling, and broom handles—in an impulsive bid to escape the burdens of earth and ascend into the sky. Unlike the traditional Icarus figure, she does not plummet from the sun, but instead succeeds in her flight, only to find herself isolated, unrecognized, and existentially lost in the very space she longed to inhabit.

The poem unfolds in a linear narrative, beginning with her yearning gaze toward the sky and culminating in a confessional coda from the girl herself. Through a series of stanzas that blend fairy-tale tone with postmodern detachment, the speaker reveals that her wings—and her identity—are borrowed, artificial, and born of haste rather than transformation. Despite achieving flight, she remains alien to the realm she reaches, neither welcomed by birds nor grounded by truth.

The piece was written as a metaphorical exploration of personal appropriation and the illusion of autonomy, inspired by a former partner. The poem critiques the idea of transformation built from borrowed identity—where the tools of liberation (symbolized by fire, wax, and flight) are taken from another without full understanding.

The intent was to invert the Icarus myth: instead of falling from ambition, the protagonist rises—only to discover that success without self-realization yields a different kind of fall. The line “so easily on handle” becomes emblematic of this—the effortless, almost naïve ease with which we reach for escape, without understanding what we're leaving or where we're going.

The poem serves as both a personal reckoning and a broader commentary on the complexities of identity, desire, and the silent costs of artificial ascension.
 7° 
Bijan Rabiee
I can play
With your temporal stay
Swing to and fro your antenna
Tug at the strings of your viscera
Stretch'em to left, to right
To the middle of infernal night
You can't fully get to know me
Can't control the flow of my steam
I can make you or break you
That depends on your approach
Suppress me and I tie your feet
Ignore me, I trick your heat
Hate me and I tamper with your creed
When it comes to my existence
There is but one way
You can carry the day
Come to terms with your shortcomings
Swallow your sins
And embrace the things
That you dislike the most.
 7° 
star
icarus 6.29.25 (4:00 pm / 16:00)
i, too
want to fly so close to the sun
that i become ashes
and when i am dead
then i will smile and laugh

and i will be happy

as i drift
as dust
into s p a c e
lwk depressed like i'd throw myself into the sun not the worst way to die
 7° 
Attaf Alvi
You weren’t naïve for loving, just unprepared for how beautifully pain could dress itself.
 6° 
Wine glass
There are two people —
       the Lover and the Beloved.

       The Beloved is rare,
    a soul that loves without demand.

      The Lover? They take it all.

    They use the Beloved endlessly,
   then toss them aside like nothing.

    Wasted. Forgotten. Replaced.
Cost of love
 6° 
Agnes de Lods
So many places
that I wanted to see.
I traced new paths on the maps,
softly, with my hands.

Certain journeys were never taken.
I will keep them in my memory.

I looked for the lost keys,
and I saved the never-bought tickets
in small boxes of my heart.

I smile at the happier people
through colored glasses,
held to my eyes.

This is my eternity closed into moments.

Walking alone by the Tiber’s side,
I entered the antiquarian bookstore,
finding synchronic sentences,
small insights,
and I came back with relief.

To my home—to myself.
Without excuses,
without doubts,
without fears.

Writing my song of the world
that flows through me.
The old reality transformed
into a new technological skin.

Now, when I open my window,
I breathe the scent of jasmine.
The rain after the storm is so calming.

I see my solitude chosen,
my friend,
my tender companion.

Being with her,
I am present
with all my senses.

Now,
the one who remains.
The only one.
 6° 
Arpitha
I listen to pink floyd when I’m happy
Trust me, you don’t want to know what I listen to when I’m sad

I talk to all my friends when I’m happy
But it’s only my demons that keep me company when I’m sad

I take pictures of my life when I’m happy
And I delete them all when I’m sad

My heart skips a beat when I’m happy
But It makes sure to catch up when I’m sad

My mind bursts with dreams when I’m happy
Replacing them all with nightmares when I’m sad

I feel all the love in the world when I’m happy
Oh why can’t I see it when I’m sad

You see, I write poems only when I’m sad
Because I’m way too busy dancing when I’m not
 6° 
alia
I’ve always wondered—
if I spoke more,
smiled more,
would I still seem scary?

Would my words
come out soft,
or sharp like they imagine?

Even I don’t know
why I wear this face.
Maybe I’ve forgotten
how to take it off.

Or maybe,
I’m just afraid
you won’t like
what’s underneath.
 6° 
Nicole
She understood.
She was actually happy.
It finally didn't
Have to be a secret
Anymore
Because she
Understood.
Because she was happy
It could finally
Be said out loud
Be shared and
Be understood.
Too bad it was
Just a dream.
 6° 
zestree
Do you still dream of things
you want but cannot have

But you think you could've gotten
if only you were good enough

These nights are awfully quiet
without the chatter of your old dreams

The crickets chirping
a moth banging on the window

No you can't get in
just like I can't touch the flame

Inside my memory
that lit up my room

In the sound of bedtime stories
 6° 
Maria Etre
Have you ever thought
that a poet's pen
performs
"open heart "surgery
every time
it writes?
 6° 
Traveler
This is not a poem, a poet wrote some white lies about Israel and I want to share the truth that we’re not told by our media’s.
Remember, we can disagree about things and still agree about a lot of other things.
If you search, you can easily find this information.
Most of it comes from Israel media.

Israel already had over 10,000
Palestinian prisoners locked up long before the Oct 7 when the genocide begin.
Men, women and children in their prisons with no path to freedom.
Not to mention the open air prison that the Israeli’s kept the Palestine society trapped in for the past 50 years called Gaza. Committing human rights violation against the indigenous people of the land.

The biggest percentage of all the people that were **** on Oct 7th, were killed by Israeli’s killing their own people because they were ordered to follow the Hannibal directive.
I suppose you’ve never heard of that, no? Then your news source is limited.

Last year in Israel, their high court decided that **** and torture in their prisons, being committed by the Israel army was no longer illegal. Most of their society did not want these prison guards to get in trouble for torturing and ****** the Palestinian prisoners.

All those things you claim some unnamed source told you, have already been debunk by many credible sources.
Hamas did not do it, Israel rapes, cheats, lies and kills indiscriminately. They own our leaders using AIPAC lobbist who have Trump by the *** (They own Epstein’s library)
AIPAC is the reason you believe lies. They own media and congress.
Their propaganda rules the networks.
And just in the last two years, Israel has started war with Iran, Lebanon and Syria.
And of course their genocide happening now to the people of Palestine. I don’t understand how anybody support them. But I’m not a superstitiously impaired Zionist either.
Traveler Tim
All the things I wanted to say to you
Have turned to fading memories.
And there’s nothing left I can do
To rewind these quiet miseries.

This isn’t what I wished for—
Your light dimmed,
Then outran mine before.
But I already missed the boat,
Fate tore through vows I never wrote.

At least come to me in dreams—
In my sleep, or drifting through day beams.
Don’t bring in the noise of reality,
Let this world be just you and me.

We’ll hang ornaments on fading daffodils,
I won’t wake if the silence fills.
If you’re a lie, let me stay within it,
I'll cross every tie just to relive a minute.

So please—don’t wake me up.
Let me swing inside this make-believe rhyme.
Not just for now...
Because at least in this world,
You’re finally mine.
I hardly think about you
Except when the music plays
And I realize that no one else
In the whole wide world
Knows the lyrics
But us...
Once or twice a day is not that much, after all...
 5° 
badwords
There was once a child
born beneath the sign
of unburial.

She carried too much—
not in arms
but in tethered memory.
Things with no names,
only weights.

A cracked watch
that ticked in reverse.
A button from a coat
that no one had worn
in three generations.

A feather
from a bird
dreamt once
by her grandmother,
never seen again.

She believed—
as those marked by absence do—
that keeping meant remembering,
and remembering meant
nothing would vanish.

Others crossed her path,
offered to help unfasten the straps.
She refused.
They did not know
which talismans bled
and which only looked like wounds.

So she walked.
Through salt seasons,
through bone-rattling frost,
through forests with no floor
and skies that never asked her name.

The bag grew heavier.
She grew cleverer.
Silent.

And then—
on a day that wasn’t special,
under a sun that wasn’t kind—
she set it down.
Not as surrender.
As an experiment.

The earth did not crack.
The ghosts did not scatter.
Her shadow did not abandon her.

She sifted the contents.
Some were dust.
Some were still singing.
Some curled away like dried petals
and begged to be left behind.

She took a key.
She took the bell.
She left the rest
for the moss.

She walked on.

Not lighter, exactly—
but less governed
by the shape
of her grief.
 5° 
dread
The last one
keeps being the hardest,
like if somehow this night
were the darkest

but I'm smiling,
I'm singing,
aren't we happy

I guess, it's just a mess,
and I must be wrong,
could you really let go

because I really couldn't
not for a lifetime and the next
and now
when I think, I dream

it's all just you and me.
 5° 
Jimmy silker
You can't outrun
The post office
They've got their tendrils
Everywhere
You see what they done
To them poor
Sub posters
The Stasi
Took more care
 5° 
Kathryn Heim
Compose the day
Suppose a ray
Propose the sun
Oppose no one.
 4° 
Dru
Each one, teach one
Walk alone, remember bad company corrupts
Mind your tongue,  it can cause irreversible harm
Tame your greed , not everything is a need
Contentment is secret to happiness
Do not attach yourself to anything
Or anyone
Not the good times or the bad times
It is all fleeting , a passing moment
Appreciate the good and move on
Acknowledge the lesson and keep on
Remember this my boy
 4° 
Mariah
My younger self would
love that I watch the movies
she did too, back then.
Twilight on rainy days, unashamed.
 4° 
Nour
Bed shaking
stop thinking
it's going to be just fine.

Head spinning
eyes that are just there
and a song for the restless.

Oh what i would do for a pretty brain
it's way too much pain
free me from this cage...
It's growing inside my veins.
 4° 
Karen
Soft butterfly wings
Caught upon a spider's web -
Entangled the heart
The moon is a clock face
rushing through the sky,
night turns to day
as I slowly walk by
the piles of past mistakes.

Rubble crumbles and
time runs backwards,
I can fly here.
I can dance on the sun.

I reach out my palm
to catch a tooth falling from my mouth,
and try to push it back into my gums.

On the school bus again,
embarrassed and naive.
Turn around and everyone
is laughing at me.

Have to **** so bad,
finally a bathroom.

The ****** welcomes me,
I pull out my **** to ***,
sweet release. Such relief,
but something is wrong
with my stream.
It's going everywhere,
spraying my hands and knees

and that's when I wake up.

****** the bed again, it seems.
 4° 
Maria Etre
Maybe age
stresses you to un-stress
and that's the magic formula
 4° 
Shadows
Your chair stays untouched
I still set a second plate
Grief eats next to me.
 4° 
Victor Hugo
I.

Bien ! pillards, intrigants, fourbes, crétins, puissances !
Attablez-vous en hâte autour des jouissances !
Accourez ! place à tous !
Maîtres, buvez, mangez, car la vie est rapide.
Tout ce peuple conquis, tout ce peuple stupide,
Tout ce peuple est à vous !

Vendez l'état ! coupez les bois ! coupez les bourses !
Videz les réservoirs et tarissez les sources !
Les temps sont arrivés.
Prenez le dernier sou ! prenez, gais et faciles,
Aux travailleurs des champs, aux travailleurs des villes !
Prenez, riez, vivez !

Bombance ! allez ! c'est bien ! vivez ! faites ripaille !
La famille du pauvre expire sur la paille,
Sans porte ni volet.
Le pÚre en frémissant va mendier dans l'ombre ;
La mÚre n'ayant plus de pain, dénûment sombre,
L'enfant n'a plus de lait.

II.

Millions ! millions ! châteaux ! liste civile !
Un jour je descendis dans les caves de Lille
Je vis ce morne enfer.
Des fantÎmes sont là sous terre dans des chambres,
Blêmes, courbés, ployés ; le rachis tord leurs membres
Dans son poignet de fer.

Sous ces voûtes on souffre, et l'air semble un toxique
L'aveugle en tâtonnant donne à boire au phtisique
L'eau coule à longs ruisseaux ;
Presque enfant à vingt ans, déjà vieillard à trente,
Le vivant chaque jour sent la mort pénétrante
S'infiltrer dans ses os.

Jamais de feu ; la pluie inonde la lucarne ;
L'œil en ces souterrains où le malheur s'acharne
Sur vous, ÃŽ travailleurs,
PrÚs du rouet qui tourne et du fil qu'on dévide,
Voit des larves errer dans la lueur livide
Du soupirail en pleurs.

MisÚre ! l'homme songe en regardant la femme.
Le pÚre, autour de lui sentant l'angoisse infâme
Etreindre la vertu,
Voit sa fille rentrer sinistre sous la porte,
Et n'ose, l'œil fixé sur le pain qu'elle apporte,
Lui dire : D'où viens-tu ?

Là dort le désespoir sur son haillon sordide ;
Là, l'avril de la vie, ailleurs tiÚde et splendide,
Ressemble au sombre hiver ;
La vierge, rose au jour, dans l'ombre est violette ;
Là, rampent dans l'horreur la maigreur du squelette,
La nudité du ver ;

Là frissonnent, plus bas que les égouts des rues,
Familles de la vie et du jour disparues,
Des groupes grelottants ;
Là, quand j'entrai, farouche, aux méduses pareille,
Une petite fille à figure vieille
Me dit : J'ai dix-huit ans !

Là, n'ayant pas de lit, la mÚre malheureuse
Met ses petits enfants dans un trou qu'elle creuse,
Tremblants comme l'oiseau ;
Hélas ! ces innocents aux regards de colombe
Trouvent en arrivant sur la terre une tombe
En place d'un berceau !

Caves de Lille ! on meurt sous vos plafonds de pierre !
J'ai vu, vu de ces yeux pleurant sous ma paupiÚre,
Râler l'aïeul flétri,
La fille aux yeux hagards de ses cheveux vêtue,
Et l'enfant spectre au sein de la mÚre statue !
Ô Dante Alighieri !

C'est de ces douleurs-là que sortent vos richesses,
Princes ! ces dénûments nourrissent vos largesses,
Ô vainqueurs ! conquérants !
Votre budget ruisselle et suinte à larges gouttes
Des murs de ces caveaux, des pierres de ces voûtes,
Du cœur de ces mourants.

Sous ce rouage affreux qu'on nomme tyrannie,
Sous cette vis que meut le fisc, hideux génie,
De l'aube jusqu'au soir,
Sans trêve, nuit et jour, dans le siÚcle où nous sommes
Ainsi que des raisins on écrase des hommes,
Et l'or sort du pressoir.

C'est de cette détresse et de ces agonies,
De cette ombre, où jamais, dans les âmes ternies,
Espoir, tu ne vibras,
C'est de ces bouges noirs pleins d'angoisses amÚres,
C'est de ce sombre amas de pÚres et de mÚres
Qui se tordent les bras,

Oui, c'est de ce monceau d'indigences terribles
Que les lourds millions, étincelants, horribles,
Semant l'or en chemin,
Rampant vers les palais et les apothéoses,
Sortent, monstres joyeux et couronnés de roses,
Et teints de sang humain !

III.

Ô paradis ! splendeurs ! versez à boire aux maîtres !
L'orchestre rit, la fête empourpre les fenêtres,
La table éclate et luit ;
L'ombre est là sous leurs pieds ! les portes sont fermées
La prostitution des vierges affamées
Pleure dans cette nuit !

Vous tous qui partagez ces hideuses délices,
Soldats payés, tribuns vendus, juges complices,
Évêques effrontés,
La misÚre frémit sous ce Louvre où vous êtes !
C'est de fiÚvre et de faim et de mort que sont faites
Toutes vos voluptés !

À Saint-Cloud, effeuillant jasmins et marguerites,
Quand s'ébat sous les fleurs l'essaim des favorites,
Bras nus et gorge au vent,
Dans le festin qu'égaie un lustre à mille branches,
Chacune, en souriant, dans ses belles dents blanches
Mange un enfant vivant !

Mais qu'importe ! riez ! Se plaindra-t-on sans cesse ?
Serait-on empereur, prélat, prince et princesse,
Pour ne pas s'amuser ?
Ce peuple en larmes, triste, et que la faim déchire,
Doit être satisfait puisqu'il vous entend rire
Et qu'il vous voit danser !

Qu'importe ! Allons, emplis ton coffre, emplis ta poche.
Chantez, le verre en main, Troplong, Sibour, Baroche !
Ce tableau nous manquait.
Regorgez, quand la faim tient le peuple en sa serre,
Et faites, au -dessus de l'immense misÚre,
Un immense banquet !

IV.

Ils marchent sur toi, peuple ! Ô barricade sombre,
Si haute hier, dressant dans les assauts sans nombre
Ton front de sang lavé,
Sous la roue emportée, étincelante et folle,
De leur coupé joyeux qui rayonne et qui vole,
Tu redeviens pavé !

À César ton argent, peuple ; à toi la famine.
N'es-tu pas le chien vil qu'on bat et qui chemine
DerriÚre son seigneur ?
À lui la pourpre ; à toi la hotte et les guenilles.
Peuple, à lui la beauté de ces femmes, tes filles,
À toi leur déshonneur !

V.

Ah ! quelqu'un parlera. La muse, c'est l'histoire.
Quelqu'un élÚvera la voix dans la nuit noire.
Riez, bourreaux bouffons !
Quelqu'un te vengera, pauvre France abattue,
Ma mÚre ! et l'on verra la parole qui tue
Sortir des cieux profonds !

Ces gueux, pires brigands que ceux des vieilles races,
Rongeant le pauvre peuple avec leurs dents voraces,
Sans pitié, sans merci,
Vils, n'ayant pas de cœur, mais ayant deux visages,
Disent : - Bah ! le poÚte ! il est dans les nuages ! -
Soit. Le tonnerre aussi.

Le 19 janvier 1853.
 4° 
Kalliope
You look so pretty when you're talking to me,
and just for a second, I want to see what you see.
'Cause if you saw yourself in the way that I do,
you'd realize your worth-
and maybe I'd realize mine too
If I let you borrow my eyes, would you return them unscathed?
I live my life with aperçus. Formal education seems to be de rigueur, but when it comes to living my own life, the one I need to live, the one everyone needs to live, it is not a fake existence to placate others thus becoming an apostate to myself, but always being true to my real self.  Aperçus guides me. What I decide, where I go, what I do, all are decided by my intuitions. The process is unconscious. It’s like a great running back. Gale Sayers come to mind. His magical moves that resulted in long touchdown runs, twisting and turning at the precise instant, all were the results of his intuitions. Truth emanates from aperçus. Follow it always.

TOD HOWARD HAWKS
.
 4° 
FoxCarcass
Days melt into each other
Like wax figures under the sun
Monday was four days ago
I could swear it was Tuesday today
8:00AM was one hour ago,
It’s 8:00PM
What did I eat today?
The pain of tomorrow
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑊 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑑, 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑊 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒.
𝐞𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑊 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑣𝑜𝑀 𝐌 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡, 𝐌 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑊 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝.
𝐎 𝑣𝑜𝑀 𝐌 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝐌 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠.

𝐎𝑙𝑐𝑊𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑒.
𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑣𝑒.
𝑁𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑀𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔.
𝑁𝑜𝑀, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑀𝑒𝑒𝑝.
𝑁𝑜𝑀, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑠.
𝐎𝑛𝑑 𝐌 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑀, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑏𝑡, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑊 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒.

𝐌 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑀 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑀ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑀𝑒 𝑔𝑜.
𝐌 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔.
𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑊, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑊𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠.
𝐎𝑙𝑐𝑊𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.
𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑛, 𝑛𝑜 𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒.
𝐌𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑊 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒.

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒.
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛.
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛,
𝑇𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑀 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑀ℎ𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑔𝑜.

𝐎𝑙𝑐𝑊𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑊𝑜𝑢 𝑀𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒.
𝐌 𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑀 𝑊𝑜𝑢, 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑊.
𝐎𝑠 𝑀𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑊, 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑡𝑜𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑀ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ.
𝑇𝑜𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛,

𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚.



𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬.
𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐊𝐞. 𝐍𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝. 𝐍𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐮𝐬𝐭— 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐊𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐟. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐫. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝.

𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞— 𝐚𝐡 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞. 𝐘𝐚𝐮 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭.

𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐡. 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐊 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐚 𝐲𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝.

𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐈 𝐰𝐞𝐩𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝. 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝— 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐀𝐧𝐞𝐰. 𝐈 𝐀𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐈 𝐀𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧.
𝐅𝐚𝐫 𝐊𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐚𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐟 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐲, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐚𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐚𝐮—

𝐈𝐬 𝐚𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐚𝐀𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐀𝐞. 𝐍𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞. 𝐍𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐍𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐊 𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬—

𝐀 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐧.

𝐓𝐰𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐬. 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝—𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐝. 𝐈𝐧 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐓𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐊. 𝐓𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲.

𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐟 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲.



𝑟𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑟𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒚.

𝑟𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆— 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑟𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔.

𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒌𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒖𝒔, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔.

𝑟𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔. 𝑟𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘.

𝑟𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒂 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅. 𝑟𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘.

𝑎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕— 𝒘𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒖𝒔.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆.

𝑟𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒖𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔— 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈.

𝑚𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆. 𝑚𝒕 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆— 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒏. 𝑟𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅. 𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈.

𝑚𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕— 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆. 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔.

𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉.

𝑵𝒐 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅. 𝑵𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆. 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑚𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.

𝑟𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒅. 𝑟𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎.

𝑵𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑵𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆. 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆.

𝑯𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌. 𝑟𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓.

𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, 𝒘𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒚, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕?


𝑰𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝑰𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏—

𝑟𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉,

𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆,

𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑.
The twelfth bond shared, by 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑊𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔.

https://hellopoetry.com/collection/136314/the-wings-of-waiting/
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Sherri Woodman
So, you're finally seeing the truth,                                                           ­Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  more aware of what's happening with you                                                      You don't have to dress up the hurt,                                                            ­Â Â   or rub your wounds with salt or dirt                                                            I've seen you in confusion and despair,                                                feeling like you can't be repaired                                                                  Seek spiritual purification                                                     ­Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  not more time in isolation                                                        ­Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â   find  your purpose and redefine it                                                             center yourself, then seek refinement                                                       ­Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â This is the dark night of your soul                                                         face yourself or be swallowed whole
The best part of waking up






is picking my nose
and rolling all my gooey boogers up
into one big ball,
an amalgamation of snot and crust,
then flicking it off
and trying to get it to stick
up on that one spot on the ceiling.

Y'know, that one slightly darkened spot
just above my *** stained desk
downstairs in the back room?

It's down there next to all those
empty Jim Beam bottles, well
I mean they're not empty anymore
because I keep filling them up with ****.
But they used to be empty at one point,
actually I guess they've been empty twice;
once before the factory added the liquor
and then again after I drank all the liquor
but before I added the ****.

I digress,
you get it.

The ****** spot on the ceiling.

Good morning. 🌞
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