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evelyn-mansfield
texas Love reading and writing poetry. That's it I guess.....
What is perfect? 'having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be.' My instant reflex would say that I am the epitome of perfection I am not Nobody is We all strive to be the very personification of Perfection Yet in the end That dream is shattered into millions of pieces Of broken heart All different shapes and sizes All Perfect
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Jan 16, 2015
Jan 16, 2015 at 10:01 AM UTC
Perfection
I look out the lonely window, misted in the mornings cold. I see shadows, grey and formless, out there in the sleeping world. Still sleeping, on this grey and quiet morn. I wonder why I feel this way, why I hate the noisy, bustling day. Why I prefer instead, to stand here, alone and cold, and draw pictures in the condensation, gathered from my steaming breath. My melancholy is my oldest friend. She sits there in the corner, content to stare, wordlessly out the misted window, and fidget with her hair. I wonder why I have this life, why I am not instead, a tree or rock or distant star, burning coldly, out in the great expanse. Or even a flower, violet with the shade of twilight, here only for a brief while, a second to The Infinite, and then gone, blown away like chaff upon an Autumn wind. I wish. For I am like the quiet breeze that stirs the grasses, and raises the heads of sleeping flowers, in the cold of early dawn. I am like a shallow pool, clear for those with eyes to see, still as a translucent mirror, set upon those tiny waves. People glance my way, and then continue, on with their vibrant lives, so full of light and color, determining in a passing glance, the frailty of life I hold, no threat, no pain. As easily extinguished as to blot a word of faded ink. I sit here, my melancholy by my side, hand upon my shoulder. I wonder if it is not time, to seek some newer fresher place, like the violet in her time. I wonder if it is not best, to leave this faded world behind, and just....go. To leave and seek a better clime. For after all, what's a word of faded ink, too grey to read, so light as to be barely seen, but a thing, not far removed, from the clean expectancy of the white beneath. Awaiting only a ready brush, and ink, near at hand.
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Dec 21, 2014
Dec 21, 2014 at 3:00 PM UTC
A Quiet Morn
I look out the lonely window, misted in the mornings cold. I see shadows, grey and formless, out there in the sleeping world. Still sleeping, on this grey and quiet morn. I wonder why I feel this way, why I hate the noisy, bustling day. Why I prefer instead, to stand here, alone and cold, and draw pictures in the condensation, gathered from my steaming breath. My melancholy is my oldest friend. She sits there in the corner, content to stare, wordlessly out the misted window, and fidget with her hair. I wonder why I have this life, why I am not instead, a tree or rock or distant star, burning coldly, out in the great expanse. Or even a flower, violet with the shade of twilight, here only for a brief while, a second to The Infinite, and then gone, blown away like chaff upon an Autumn wind. I wish. For I am like the quiet breeze that stirs the grasses, and raises the heads of sleeping flowers, in the cold of early dawn. I am like a shallow pool, clear for those with eyes to see, still as a translucent mirror, set upon those tiny waves. People glance my way, and then continue, on with their vibrant lives, so full of light and color, determining in a passing glance, the frailty of life I hold, no threat, no pain. As easily extinguished as to blot a word of faded ink. I sit here, my melancholy by my side, hand upon my shoulder. I wonder if it is not time, to seek some newer fresher place, like the violet in her time. I wonder if it is not best, to leave this faded world behind, and just....go. To leave and seek a better clime. For after all, what's a word of faded ink, too grey to read, so light as to be barely seen, but a thing, not far removed, from the clean expectancy of the white beneath. Awaiting only a ready brush, and ink, near at hand.
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Deep breath in Deep breath out Plaster a head-turning smile on your lips Build up your perfect façade I am strong No you are not I am fine No you are not I can handle it No you cannot Don't think about it Think about it Don't cry Cry I am- no you are NOT!
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Dec 21, 2014
Dec 21, 2014 at 2:54 PM UTC
I am
Yes, I know it is just a deck of cards Yes, I know that Bicycle is just a brand of cards Yes, I know all decks have 52 cards 4 suits, Hearts, Diamonds, Aces, Clubs Yes, I know all cards are relatively the same Yes, I am bawling like a baby because I will only use my Bicycle cards and can't find them No, I Can't Help It
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Dec 18, 2014
Dec 18, 2014 at 8:20 PM UTC
My OCD
Would you miss me? Would you miss my laugh? My smile? My wit? My beauty? Would you even miss me at all? I wonder... I still wonder...
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Dec 18, 2014
Dec 18, 2014 at 10:17 AM UTC
Would you miss me?
I hate you with a burning passion that will never ever go out. You make me feel as if I have lost all control You make me want to cry in the grave I have long since dug for myself You make me feel I am worthless I hate you
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Dec 18, 2014
Dec 18, 2014 at 10:16 AM UTC
To My Dearest OCD
Here comes the Anxietea. Best Gulp It down.
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Dec 8, 2014
Dec 8, 2014 at 7:52 PM UTC
Turn over a new Tealeaf...
You first met on the playground She wanted to play a game You suggest rock paper scissors She abides 1 2 3 You throw rock and she throws paper She wins Again and again you play she wins And you don't mind. You see her there standing Not that girl anymore, not the girl on the playground But a more beautiful woman and she holds a baby Yours. You admire her for a moment before the squels and cries She holds out a hand rock paper scissors You hold one out too 1 2 3 You throw rock and she throws paper She wins. And you don't mind.
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Dec 8, 2014
Dec 8, 2014 at 7:52 PM UTC
first love
SMILE a real smile LAUGH a real laugh LOVE a real lover SING a real song DANCE a real dance LIVE a real life
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Dec 7, 2014
Dec 7, 2014 at 4:55 PM UTC
I Want To
I wish I wish I wish I wish it were different I wish it didn't happen to her I wish it didn't end like this I wish I wish I wish I wish she didn't use the razor I wish she didn't cut away the pain I wish she didn't carve the evils into her flesh I wish I wish I wish I wish they didn't torture her with their words I wish they didn't bury her in their anger I wish they didn't destroy her soul I wish I wish I wish I wish they found her earlier I wish she was saved I wish she wasn't found with her arms slit open I wish I wish I wish I wish her blood hadn't completely drained out of her body I wish in the midst of the blood the words 'I'm sorry' didn't exist I wish it were different I wish I wish I wish
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Dec 6, 2014
Dec 6, 2014 at 9:51 PM UTC
I Wish