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EJMaumela
EJMaumela
31/M/Dobsonville Author, Artist, Teacher, Motivational speaker.
Whatever you do - you can never lure me Little does she know I am in trance Worlds away in her presence She is everything star - season and air I hold breath for her perfume weakens me Sucker for her quaky voice I remain I hate how she ***** me into her world Even more - I hate being far from it Never will I be a citizen Hopefully a second more she will be mine to hold
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Jul 7, 2025
Jul 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM UTC
Brain in Brandy
how do I sound known words without being a cliché how do I explain your being without reducing you to normalcy how do I explain I want you when we are two worlds apart how do I ask you these questions Without echoing naivety   how do I put question marks on these questions                                                          How? set me ablaze with your fiery aura keep me safe in your welcoming hands awaken me with your gentle touch make my world anew with your smile free me from bondages of loneliness color me blind with your essence                                            is this how?
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Jul 7, 2025
Jul 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM UTC
Dear cloaked Erato
I I am what you see - what you perceive and what you cannot fathom I am multilayered but not as shallots I am black, I am white and everything grey I am Now - Yesterday and Then I am Tomorrow I am the cave dweller, a migrant I am digenous
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Jul 7, 2025
Jul 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM UTC
Prodigious
Hello, this is Onij. I'm glad you missed my call I know nobody listens to voicemails but I'm afraid you gave me something. It seems to be contagious and I've been spreading it I see it on their faces, I saw it in the mirror. The smile you left me with is uncontainable. My heart flutters at every thought of you. Dear patient zero, It is advisable that we should quarantine together Body to body is the recommended solution Three times a day, multiple times at night, twice on Sunday On my knees I'll worship you Lift you to a state of exaltance Dear patient zero I want to tell you that I... To rerecord this message press the pound key To save the message please hang up
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Jun 10, 2025
Jun 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM UTC
Dear patient zero
Should I die before you, forgive me Forgive my absent shoulder for your head For my ears hearing not your cries For my arms too numb to hold you Should I die before you, forgive me Forgive my image for slipping through your mind For my voice for echoing to silence Forgive my heart for not beating more for you Should I die before you, forgive me Forgive me for shattering our future plans For turning our happy places into ghost towns For taking your happiness to the grave with me Should I die after you, I forgive you.
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Oct 13, 2024
Oct 13, 2024 at 5:07 PM UTC
For the pain I’ll cause
No, it’s not true I’m not trying to change you I just want you to see You are most beautiful at your natural state Your extensions blur your crown Your powder and paint distort your beauty It blinds not only I but you to your esteem No, it’s not true I’m not trying to demean you I just want you to see If they make you so beautiful and empowered Why do you wipe it off for me and put it on for them? Do you hate me that much that I’m to look at the ugly you? If you can’t see who you are, who should?
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Oct 2, 2024
Oct 2, 2024 at 1:51 AM UTC
Dust off
I love you, you love me I think I see you, you see me I think I miss you, you miss me I doubt I am yours, you are mine I ... Sometimes you are Abstracted Ever present Extremely vocal So reticent Honestly I am being unfair Those are my thoughts Not my reality I think I know You'll never hurt me I think Sometimes I am Abstracted So reticent Confused
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Aug 29, 2024
Aug 29, 2024 at 8:23 AM UTC
Fissures
Dear World Im not sure if you’ve noticed I’m writing shorter pieces in my torn state I fear soon there’ll be nothing but an ellipsis It’s not your fault, world. It’s the rose bush I’ve been in Oh World u My eyes are soaked but my pen runs dry Papers are storm tossed and torn Heart hung out to dry Oh World It is true; Stars shine bright from the darkest corners
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Jan 24, 2024
Jan 24, 2024 at 4:00 PM UTC
Ink Tears
I am ashamed to admit you were right A picture does tell a thousand tales Though eying you in person creates a thousand tales Envisioning your touch comes as close as the moon to the wolf Yet feeling it in person feels fuller than the air in my lungs. This space in between is vast I fear to breath Please don’t turn blue - I plead to my reflection To you; keep my pen inked, don’t let it run dry
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Jan 8, 2024
Jan 8, 2024 at 6:46 PM UTC
Full of emptiness
Young heart don’t slow your rhythm Your beat means so much more Give it your all, keep us alive Keep us alive Young lungs don’t stop the flow I hear your wheezing, don’t give in Keep on till my hands reach the rope Brain stay pure, the darkness isn’t home it’s not to hang It’s for pulling up Oh torn flesh, strained muscles Just a little bit further Keep your lids open, sunrise is upon us.
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Jan 8, 2024
Jan 8, 2024 at 6:37 PM UTC
Long nights end too