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illicitaffairs
illicitaffairs
16/F/Philippines please, picture me in the weeds.
this facade has cost me damages beyond repair bridges to ashes glitter to sand i feel undeserving of looking up the sky how foolish of me to think i'd ever shine as bright my fear coalesce into a person and i am running running as fast as i can exhaustion sitting heavy on my back chains wrapping around my ankles i trip over the roots of the past and suddenly i am falling down a rabbit hole with no end in sight the stars, they are more stunning than i recall i have never seen as many as tonight oh, they twinkle, they wink at me as i fall down deeper into the earth dear stars, you must forgive me for my shameless mistake, okay? okay.
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Nov 7, 2021
Nov 7, 2021 at 2:20 AM UTC
i want the ground to swallow me up
i am but a mere stranger in this ghost town sitting on my throne with a silly little crown here's to their words that cut to the bone and the psychedelic skies guiding me home
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Nov 7, 2021
Nov 7, 2021 at 2:02 AM UTC
i am home but i want to go home
legs dangling by the edge of a roof, survivor of the winds my stomach grumbles painfully and i’ve grown numb to the cold night our president is sleeping like a baby unlike the new born next roof lying in a bucket as a crib and the elderly hanging on by a twig everyone hasn’t stopped crying since the rescue boat for vips passed by but i already emptied myself two typhoons ago, two weeks ago i will not drown in the tears of ulysses i will not lose any more of myself i will not lose myself so i can fight for those who did my youthful rage goes beyond cruel weather i will not let political leaders get away with ****** revolution transcends threats we’ll make sure he never forgets mister president, we are suffering the consequences of your conceit mister president, we are dying with only our dignity left to eat
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Nov 14, 2020
Nov 14, 2020 at 8:39 AM UTC
ulysses
gives definition to the word eloquence your language speaks the clarity my tongue has been craving squeeze my heart gently, just enough to make me recall the restless nights spent questioning the purpose of my trauma and sunrise epiphanies untangling me hostage from my own brain abandoning my skeleton shipwreck by the shore my ****** feet claw onto the rock edges slowly climbing their way up to the cliffside i dive backwards into the swirling tides the only way to survive is to be one with the current and learn that your pain has made you wiser than the sirens poetry, honey, you are the muse of my healing i am a ferocious sea storm only you are capable of showcasing
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Nov 13, 2020
Nov 13, 2020 at 2:33 PM UTC
my saving grace
running around the neighborhood longing for your mellifluous voice my heart has been begging for a taste of your sweet affection since you left a bitter goodbye in my rusted mailbox the roof used to be for stargazing now a memorial of our love the fireflies line up next to me as if to replace your presence denial, denial, denial driving me hysterical all alone in our suburban little town
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Nov 13, 2020
Nov 13, 2020 at 11:27 AM UTC
grief