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elizabethwb
elizabethwb
Mother, Friend, and Medic
I went into that uncomfortable place And because nobody could stand to visit The place where I lived always I died there, alone. I can't. I just ******* can't. I'm sorry.
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Apr 17, 2017
Apr 17, 2017 at 12:30 PM UTC
I'm sorry
I jump up onto the stage of life, With a small curtsy to the audience - is that obiesant enough, my Master? - I begin my sad little dance. First we look on the phone screen, No missed calls, but for users and losers, Next we check the email, Ugh so much spam, so much junk... So my sad little dance Takes us to filter, And we Search Search SEARCH and find nothing. "Mary" "Marylee" "daughter" "mom" "Mother" "Maggi" "Mike" "Neil" "Nathan" "dad" "son" "Nathaniel" Dance dance dance, so pathetic Now bow. Bow in shame, bow in disappointment, no matter just BOW. BOW, ***** your dance is over.
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Apr 10, 2017
Apr 10, 2017 at 9:51 PM UTC
Sad little dance
Dear Mom, I despise you, and I think you should just die and decay 'til you're nothing but dust, Get out of my face and my home and my life, Nothing you are has value. In my 16 years there is nothing you've done, No demons you've fought with, no battles you've won, That can make you seem worthy of jack **** from me, Because you're so ****** repugnant. Strangers on the street don't get the stream of hate I give you, And you can cry and beg all you want, But this campaign of denigration is all yours, Mommy. No, there doesn't have to be a reason why.
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Mar 29, 2017
Mar 29, 2017 at 12:11 PM UTC
Dear Mom
I don't know how to live, How to operate this body Successfully In this place that I thought Was mine. I don't know how to love, How to share the value of Mattering When I've forgotten why I thought I ever did. I don't know how to hope, How to fight thru hate and be Standing tall When ignorant haters and deceitful friends are At the helm. I don't know how to breathe, How to act before I leave, The things to say and do Without Hope and Love Here to guide me. As a stranger to myself, I'm the only heart left here to say goodbye. So, on behalf of myself... Goodbye.
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Feb 15, 2017
Feb 15, 2017 at 2:47 PM UTC
How to breathe
Sirens signal my coming with chirps and wails, Primary lights flashing to alert them to my presence. My purpose pumps from a well that is endlessly deep -- so deep, in fact, that many shallow people have drowned here. I don't falter, I don't pause, I act with precision and skill to give my charge his best chance at seeing tomorrow. Gloriously efficient, Confidence and purpose radiate from me as my insides quiver with fear.
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Jan 23, 2016
Jan 23, 2016 at 2:36 PM UTC
Emergency
I had a friend whom I loved, but she bedded with a beast. The beast would beat her regularly, twice daily at the least. I begged her and I pleaded her, “Please leave the beast today.” No matter how I reasoned, though, she said there was no way. She said that she was happy there, said she was in control, said she wasn't being ****** into the terrible black hole. “Think about your kids,” I said, “They need their mom to win this battle with the pills that seem to always draw you in.” The sparkle in her eyes went dim, her laughter sounded forced. Every visit with her left my worst fears reinforced. Finally, I stood my ground, said that she had to choose. I thought I'd given her a path that she could not refuse. Alas, she chose the pills instead of keeping me a friend, this woman that I thought would be my sister 'til the end. She kicked me out, she carved me out, she shut me out and then, she denied me when I reached out for her time and time again. There was a time, however, when she could not tell me no. I was there to give her flowers on her final trip solo. I stood there at her graveside, tears streaming down my face, watching doves fly skyward at her final resting place.
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Jan 21, 2016
Jan 21, 2016 at 3:10 PM UTC
Flowers On Her Final Trip