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johnhmaloney
johnhmaloney
49/Non-binary/American Polymath-at-large (poet, podcaster, musician, Photoshop artist, media critic/curator, etc.)
What's the worst that could happen? I don't want to know, but I think that I'll likely find out, even though I've done all I can and I hope for the best. I just can't help feeling there's something I've missed.
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Apr 2, 2019
Apr 2, 2019 at 4:54 PM UTC
Worst Case
At this point, it seems pointless to even bother sleeping. Before I even realize it, the daylight will come creeping. Forcing me to do something I've scheduled far too early and to grow increasingly, irreparably surly.
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Apr 1, 2019
Apr 1, 2019 at 11:01 PM UTC
Mo(u)rning
Everything seemed perfect, it just all fit into place. That is, until the day it slowly blew up in my face. I should have know much better, seen it coming from afar, but we never truly understand how blinded that we are by hope and need and every void we just can't seem to fill. However much you feed them, they just get hungrier still. I'd like to think I've finally learned this lesson once again, but I'm sure that I will probably be back here now and then.
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Sep 20, 2018
Sep 20, 2018 at 2:30 AM UTC
Requiem for a Pipe Dream
Caught unawares and unable to deal with a foolish illusion that I thought was real. A lapse in composure, a loss of control. A lifelong anomaly taking its toll.
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Aug 29, 2018
Aug 29, 2018 at 5:10 AM UTC
What was I thinking?
Stray tangents weaving in and out of conscious comprehension. Far too many data points demanding my attention. Overloaded, overwhelmed and over everything. Whatever sense I may have left hangs by a fraying string.
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Aug 6, 2017
Aug 6, 2017 at 3:03 PM UTC
Capacity Exceeded
tu da ve za sivi va du vi za vada zo veda ga va caduza nevaga za du vo badeva bada debu yana ba va gada ze remana ga redava mada ga de bada ve
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Jun 23, 2017
Jun 23, 2017 at 3:30 PM UTC
Just Listen (a sound poem)
This may not be all that, but it just might be ok. The right words are hard to find, but I'll still write anyway. From one line to the next, pushing forward bit by bit, without much else to say so I guess that this is it.
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Jun 16, 2017
Jun 16, 2017 at 10:18 PM UTC
It Is What It Is
Stay under the radar and always out of sight. If you don't get noticed, then you just might be alright. Leave nothing unexamined, don't be taken by surprise and never let the world see what hides under your disguise.
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May 24, 2017
May 24, 2017 at 2:08 PM UTC
Constant Vigilance
Drunk on good intentions and desperate to act on comforting presumptions taken as fact. Ignoring all the details that haven't come to light because it should be obvious, because you know you're right.
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May 23, 2017
May 23, 2017 at 1:17 PM UTC
What Do You Know?
I could do the "right" thing and finally cave or just continue to dig my own grave. An easy decision, or so it should be, and maybe it will be eventually, but right now there's simply far too much at stake and I'm probably making a fatal mistake, but better to stick with the devil you know than to take any risks and potentially grow.
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May 17, 2017
May 17, 2017 at 1:15 PM UTC
Better Right? Than Happy