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RedSalt
40/M/Canada Working it out one poem at a time
Reigns of Sunshine Echo Across these Icy Sundials. Frozen Ring, upon Ring, upon Ring, of trapped water. Captivating my Eyes, Arresting my Morning Walk, Enveloping my Mind, Ensnaring me in the Timeless Impressions of these Mythical Footprints. Leading me Away from all that is Ordinary, Disposing of all these Daily Burdens, Now I am Free to Trace the Path of Frost Giants.
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Apr 11
Apr 11, 2026 at 9:24 AM UTC
Frost Giants
I hold my breath The pause of anxiety Stacked in layers Tight segments Up and down my throat I can breathe But the next breath comes alive Out of my control It hesitates It senses itself Stress has taken it over I am fractured My soul surges to counter The uncertainty That panicked feeling My voice internal is muted So with unknit pieces I listen, I wait, I hope I beg my remaining intellect "Please hold your own" I plead with my nervous system "Reform this precarious column" Settle my skull, my chest, my bowels Don't collapse Breathe My next breath comes
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Dec 30, 2024
Dec 30, 2024 at 10:12 PM UTC
Please Hold Please
I can do nothing wrong. Look at my virtues! Not a single seed of conceit. And I gain strength, Upon strength, upon strength By my good deeds I accumulate virtuosity. Beyond compare of men around me. Others envy my hallowed halls. No other man can match my serenity. It is so complete! I know only the high roads. I travel only the nobel path before me. Paladin that I am. When I am betrayed, so be it. I am good, Good beyond measures measure. I forgive completely and effortlessly! Because I am so much more than the aspersions of my counterparts Superiority has nothing to do with my superiority over them! I am good and they are conniving. Soulless philanders! I owe them nothing, They are the dust under my feet Hold... Who is this embargoed self? I am infected by virtuosity not cured by it... Strength? How so? I am so deeply committed to my own pain that I have becomes its daily companion Serene? So wishful! I am hidden, my guise betrays me. My feelings dismantle me. Good? No! My grief is helplessly tethered to cold stone like a chained submissive animal Then Humility whispers, "examine the roots," My roots sustain me. "are you present?" I am not present. "you are enough," I am not enough. "you are loved," I must learn how to love myself again. "you have wisdom," Someday I will abandon this faulty Substance of a Man
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Nov 30, 2024
Nov 30, 2024 at 3:33 PM UTC
Substance of a Man
What is this thing I have built with hands? Lifting sand instead of mortar That sifts through my fingers Rubble Distant memories Dry and unrefreshing What is this thing I have built with mind? Heretic thought between my temples That strays along neurotic paths Drunkards Stumbling memories Distressed and unravelling What is this thing I have built with soul? A heavy heart on thin ice That splits the seams of hope Graceless Fading memories Crumbling and sinking
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Nov 26, 2024
Nov 26, 2024 at 12:12 AM UTC
Playing with three Scorpions
Spin, Spun, Undone, Me And the obvious hurts, me My Hertz of Pain My thousands of beats per second My watershed of tears I tear my skin rather than letting it shed I let, let me rent a place on a bench Staring at Banksy's walls
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Nov 24, 2024
Nov 24, 2024 at 12:29 PM UTC
Montreal 1224, 24NV2024, 1 Banksy
Sea thief Little daughter About to disturb water Joy amongst toys Astounding smile As you buoy that blue pearl Love yourself Lovely lady And shelf that smile next to your ducky Kingdom queen Bubble crown Manage those tides between your feet
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Nov 9, 2024
Nov 9, 2024 at 10:15 PM UTC
Bath time
Atmosphere Leaves blow in a northward wind Directions of smell Loud ground effects Long light cloudy rain Red orange and meringue Dancing needles and leaves Wind that dries the cheeks Decay and a mingle of vibrancy Brittle leaves crackle and chatter Pushed Why am I in this place? Why do gusts answer, Soundless questions only for me, A conversation
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Nov 8, 2024
Nov 8, 2024 at 9:41 PM UTC
Fall Atmosphere
Lost where you are Lost for a long time Lost for words Lost for feelings Come back to me my friend Come to your place among us Come here to find what was never lost Come home Standing on your skiff Standing at the edge Standing tall with sunlight jets Standing on the precipice of next Out on open water Out between drafts of wind Out amongst woodland hills Out there hiding on the expanse Let your tide come in Let yourself sit down Let yourself navigate by daylight Let your discovery happen The shoreline is sandy and warm The slope is gentle and the ground soft The sounds are rhythmic and calming The sense of yourself will be strong and sturdy Here is familiar Here all your feelings are felt Here you won't feel forgotten Here family is waiting
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Oct 14, 2024
Oct 14, 2024 at 10:01 AM UTC
Lost where you are
Babe emerges into life Her intellect springs anew Looking, looking to learn and do Child gains speech His voice resounding outward Speaking, Speaking no longer just spoken to Youth embraces rebellion Her subtlety develops covert tones Silent, silent outside but so loud within Adult looks forward His plans eclipse his dreams Doing, doing endlessly doing Mother always busy Her need to to drown Working, working through life Father anchored here His collar heavy with duty Lifting, lifting the weight of the earth Aged passenger on a trip They have done generations of travel Born, born again to unravel
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Oct 5, 2024
Oct 5, 2024 at 2:19 PM UTC
Steplives
I am capable of anger I am capable of compassion I am white hot rage Tempered only by the skulls Skulls beneath my feet Unworthy feet to touch Golgotha Unworthy feet to dangle on the tree before me Cleanse my feet! Grace of God, Your example crucified The indwelling of light on my soul. I am not capable of forgiveness My compassion does not endure Humility and broken humanness collide I am grounded to shadow Holy Spirit be my strength Without it I have no capacity to forgive. Only to rage on And it's so ******* hard Because I am human
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Sep 28, 2024
Sep 28, 2024 at 11:04 AM UTC
"God"