Hello Poetry
Submit your work and get some sparkles! Create free account
colette-williams
colette-williams
Sometimes I forget what happiness is. Is it a hug at the end of the day Or paying the bills off right away? Is it the feeling of rain when it's warm Or a roof over my head while it storms? Is it the arm around me while I sleep Or the extra soft pillow upon which I weep? Can it be both, or is it only one? Is it practical or is it fun? Can I afford to smile, even for a day? What is happiness anyway?
0
Aug 1, 2019
Aug 1, 2019 at 2:17 AM UTC
What is Happiness
Money calls me in and spits me out. It helps me live then lets me down. It takes the wheel, the tires squeal. It finds me here, should I disappear?
0
Aug 1, 2019
Aug 1, 2019 at 1:31 AM UTC
Money
I stand here, naked, While you sit, fully clothed and comfortable. I am cold and lonely, misunderstood and angry. You are always cocky, happy to ignore me. Forget it, no, I don't need anything. Thanks for asking. Maybe one day we will see eye to eye, While I stand here, naked, Afraid.
0
Aug 1, 2019
Aug 1, 2019 at 1:23 AM UTC
Naked
An anger so pure and deep That it courses through you and rips open Every sense of reality that you ever had With insecurities so blatant and raw That anyone can touch and feel the vulnerability inside With cold, unfeeling hands Molding the soft and warm mush within.
0
Aug 1, 2019
Aug 1, 2019 at 1:19 AM UTC
Cold Hands
The monster lives inside you - the beast of jealousy, self-doubt, anger turned toward your own skin. A flash of disdain disarms you - the pain of being doubted and disliked. Charm and niceties distract you - the temporary soothe of a kind gesture and word. All the while the clock ticks. Tick, tick, tick. There is only so much time to dwell on the monster, disdain, and charm. There is time left to live and love. How will you spend your time?
0
Aug 1, 2019
Aug 1, 2019 at 1:12 AM UTC
Time to Live
I reach out to nothing, Expecting something, Something deep and beautiful, Complex, hard to follow. I reach out to nothing, With a broken hand, weakened heart, and shattered soul, Picking up the pieces as I go. I reach out to nothing, While it never reaches back. Yet I keep on reaching. I am hopeless like that.
0
Jan 22, 2019
Jan 22, 2019 at 11:56 PM UTC
Reach Out
Your electricity stretches from the heavens, All the way down, down, deep into my core, Penetrating all emptiness. My heart stops and starts again. A short-lived force of nature.
0
Jan 22, 2019
Jan 22, 2019 at 11:46 PM UTC
Electric Shock
It is not greed, The thirst for riches. It is not lust, The hunger for skin. It is not wrath, The delight in spilled blood. It is not sloth, jealousy, gluttony, or pride. It is simply evil, Devoid of complexity, Absent and empty. It is all-encompassing, surrounding you, surrounding me, In a cloud of poison, toxicity.
0
Aug 28, 2018
Aug 28, 2018 at 1:13 AM UTC
What It Is
I am not alive; There is death in my eyes. There is no meaning in each step. There is no soul in my breath.
0
Jun 24, 2018
Jun 24, 2018 at 11:52 PM UTC
I am not Alive
I do not write solely for expression. I write to be known and heard. I write to be felt and feared. I pour truth out like water and ask you to take a sip. There is no shame.
0
Jun 24, 2018
Jun 24, 2018 at 11:44 PM UTC
Why I Write