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hannah-43
(but something to consider) everything is fine. no.worries. it's just that there is a d a r k n e s s closing in on the edges, and lights swirl in the p e r i p h e r y.
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Nov 19, 2017
Nov 19, 2017 at 2:35 PM UTC
not an emergency
Call a doctor/ plumber/ priest* My heart is broken/ leaking/ deceased* My life is worthless/ so much better/ over* I'm going to kill myself/ tell your wife/ Dover* How could you leave me/ not know/ lie?* I hope you return my stuff/ come back/ die* I'll never forget you/ forgive you/ go away* I need closure/ a DNA test/ to tell you I'm gay* Your face/ crotch/ top of your back* Is so beautiful/ lumpy/ unusually slack* Your ex/ mother/ best friend from school* Always made me great coffee/ feel inadequate/ drool* I will miss you/ **** you/ stalk you forever* That way we can be friends/ get away with it/ be together* I'm sorry you did this/ I did this /we failed* I promise to pay you/ dye it back/ get you bailed Please don't leave me/ show the Polaroids/ write or call* (*delete as appropriate, just delete it all.....)
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Nov 6, 2017
Nov 6, 2017 at 2:11 AM UTC
Generic Love Poem
Doom is a perilous art. I wait expectantly for the fall. It doesn't come, not yet. It's easier to feel in the dark. I can **** my own demons. Or, at least, starve them in the corner. Experience carved armor into my skin. Theirs is still soft, squishy. They're so blissfully oblivious. Put this snow globe moment up on the shelf. Pain doesn't have to exist anymore. I'm exhausted. The black hole inside my ribs swallows up everything. My chest aches in a way I'm not used to. This isn't my sadness. Is this fear? I collect stickers and stuffies with fervor. My pockets are lined with candies to stick the pieces back together. I'm sure I'll hear it. It's not often that ten hearts shatter at once. Gap in the picture. No matter what, they're going to feel the aftershock. Turkey basted in tears surely tastes dry. I hope October never ends.
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Nov 6, 2017
Nov 6, 2017 at 2:08 AM UTC
Receding Steps