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brittany-f
Canadian
How many times can I check facebook, check facebook check facebook? Glance, browse stalk, stalk harder. How many times can I watch a show on my computer? Watched, finished, next episode next episode next episode-caught up How many times can I get distracted, get distracted check emails—no new messages Entertain me, distract me, disconnect I want to be turned on standby, autopilot, you can think for me Keeps the walls of paper from burying me, suffocating me Intellectually flat-line, a mental goodbye Lose consciousness, fake my awake Get lost, then found then actually find my way back to my workload Attempt the task that terrifies Look it in the eye, Unafraid eager and tackle it down to the ground One subject two three, But the pile it looms over me, consumes me I bit off more than I can chew Teeth that don’t release, don’t retract All I think of is how I should act Attack, straight on? That’s the best bet Nothing was ever accomplished by sitting down in fret The stakes are just too high to try A failed attempt changes impressions Self-Conceptions
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Nov 6, 2011
Nov 6, 2011 at 3:45 PM UTC
Studying hard or Hardly Studying?
You restart my heart Put it into cardiac arrest Make it bounce and flip—these unnatural things But what else can I do? To ensure that I can have this same affect on you?
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Nov 4, 2011
Nov 4, 2011 at 4:10 PM UTC
Beating
Lumber is stoked and the flames rise higher Time passes and I hope that they do heal but still they cannot be soothed All I can wish for is that with time, they will be subdued For now they simply rise and rise, higher and higher into the limitless sky I may try to cut off the oxygen supply Will I die? Maybe if I don’t breathe Maybe if I don’t feel I can protect myself—no that is simply wishful thinking The yells and screams aren’t the worst part It’s the subtle silence and tension that pulls at my heart You shouldn’t be together, you aren’t happy, not in Love. Have you forgotten what it means? Now it is something I can only hope to attain in my dreams Two people unraveled stand before me Nothing would suggest their inability to act tame It is up to me to water down my flame It may be too late for the corruption of my ideas-- Ideals no more But I could never trust someone who picks a *****
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Nov 4, 2011
Nov 4, 2011 at 4:05 PM UTC
A gradual build
A rose’s charm forever in contrast with its thorns of adversity The sweetness of its sent forever heightened by the punishment of its affliction A rose’s pride forever silenced by the reminder of its hubris Forever, a warning to admirers of its beauty
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Oct 30, 2011
Oct 30, 2011 at 11:05 PM UTC
Why a Rose has Thorns
When I look at you I see a fragile balloon Stretched so thin is the membrane which contains you Outside the rubber we stand Needles fiercely at hand I try and try to block the other’s attack Or substitute dull knives so you won’t crack However, my own is bubbling, yearning to pop As I slowly realize that I hold a power I can’t contain or hope to stop “Sensitivity” You ask? What? I need to better safe guard? You gave me this power. Walk around like I am the one surrounded with more glass? Abuse was inevitable from bias eyes Easily spawning your destructive lies You seem to forget my discipline exceeds on my part Sorry sweetie, there is not human that can safely hold your heart
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Oct 30, 2011
Oct 30, 2011 at 11:03 PM UTC
The Boundaries of Sensitivity
I hope it drowns out the screams of reality To paint happiness with a youthful brush Replacing my childhood with happier memories A forced fantasy A dream rather than a sober possibility
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Oct 30, 2011
Oct 30, 2011 at 11:01 PM UTC
Clinging