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patty-nieberg
patty-nieberg
5 random things about me: I wear a lot of jewelry, I make corny jokes, I yelp search for fun, I wear a lot of floral, & I have no idea what to do with my future.
It’s cold and crushing, hitting you like icy waves on a closed off beach in the winter. Wind whips your cheeks like they’ve done wrong; You are being punished. The cold air bites your eye ***** and draws tears as if they were blood. Healing is in forgiving. You want to say you’re sorry but the apologies can’t come quick enough; the winter won’t forgive you. You won’t forgive you.
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Jan 26, 2016
Jan 26, 2016 at 10:34 PM UTC
You won't forgive you
I have never been one to not feel every emotion that came my way And when I feel I don't just cry and move on I ache My chest fills up with an empty air that makes it hurt of being filled The weight of my lungs are enough to drag me under ground My heart is rocks dropping one by one into my stomach My organs hit my feet and I look down and see them I'm feeling too much to pick them up My eyes are burning and foggy even though my thoughts and confusion are clear My arms and legs are lead attached to my torso that can't move but wipe the tears and sweat of feeling from my face When I feel it's not only a sadness but the heaviest blow to the stomach a punch that won't heal too easily My feelings are bruises that are blue and black, thick and deep, and they aren't forgiving like I am I will forgive and move on, but my feelings... not so much
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Jan 22, 2016
Jan 22, 2016 at 1:18 AM UTC
And then I end up forgiving even if they don't
When I think about it, I feel your skin on my fingertips. In every line of my fingerprints I feel your skin sinking in the little bumps, the hair on your arms and roughness of your back. The coolness of your shoulders and warmth of your sides. Hot and cold I can feel your skin As if it were just yesterday. It’s been exactly 100 days. I hear the vibrations Of my name in your voice Of my nickname in your mouth. It’s almost too palpable to accept It’s not real anymore. They say it takes 30 days to break a habit You’re no longer a habit But I can’t help but feel the stain of you on my skin.
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Oct 15, 2015
Oct 15, 2015 at 12:33 AM UTC
skin
I wish I stole something of yours So you HAD to come back So I could show you that it’s not me That’s it’s the timing and the distance This empty feeling of unknown And wondering what is worth holding on to Or when this knot in my throat will one morning be gone I wish I took something of material Because it doesn’t mean a thing to you But for me it means everything One more time to hear your accent And play that hard to get routine I have down pack by now To compare languages, and thoughts, and sayings That we both know and don’t know To inspire each other to change our ways of thinking And to challenge each other That we do have this connection And we do have a reason to Fall harder and deeper Instead of remain on the surface And be shallow like material things
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Oct 6, 2015
Oct 6, 2015 at 7:10 PM UTC
material things we take for granted
You’re a drop of permanence Left as a stain I knew it was coming I held on by a thread Waiting for time to cut you loose I want to promise myself That this won’t last I want to promise you That it can still be us Somewhere in a distant place That it will let us be
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Oct 6, 2015
Oct 6, 2015 at 10:58 AM UTC
(u)s
I hope your eyes sting And your throat is sand paper When you think of what you did To me But of course you won't Because you win And I lose You win her And I lose you.
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Sep 22, 2015
Sep 22, 2015 at 12:11 AM UTC
you win
It’s too early in the day for me to feel this helpless It’s too late for me to say something to change us The most crushing part Of you leaving Is you taking everything I had left Of us Of me. I’m spinning My nose is running I can’t feel my throat And I don’t even care what I could look like I just want to know you’re here You can’t even be here. Now you’re even further than before. And I’m sitting here wondering what the difference Between then and now is Because you actually left long ago But hearing it Out loud Rips me to pieces. The absolute worst part, not knowing whether I should expect you to come back
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Sep 21, 2015
Sep 21, 2015 at 6:47 PM UTC
1:48 pm
I didn’t think I’d lose myself in you Hesitating to fall, It was a brave conquest At the edge of it all Looking down into a pit And so I went without looking Convinced that you’d be at the bottom To crush my fall Who knew you were the one to push me.
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Sep 12, 2015
Sep 12, 2015 at 1:35 AM UTC
Cliffhanger
I am an empty vessel You have taken all I had left To give Closed off and unsure The gates had creaked open Just a crack of darkness peering through As a match was thrown in Igniting everything in sight Tearing down walls Burning through dust Bleeding with fire and ash I escaped I wish I could say unscathed But now I bleed that fire and ash I try to rebuild the walls that have crashed down onto me Walking through the rubble I look at my feet There is the match It’s small and almost insignificant But it has done so much damage
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Sep 1, 2015
Sep 1, 2015 at 1:08 AM UTC
Why flames are so dangerous
Every night since you left I haven’t gone to bed sober. Every night since you left I found it hard to sleep. Every night I open my eyes and stare at the dark walls in front of me. Every night I go through the script of questions I still don’t have the answers to. Every night I think of a new memory that is destined to never repeat. Every night is a pattern of hopeful and hopeless thoughts. Every night I consider where to go from here and your face appears every ******* time.
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Sep 1, 2015
Sep 1, 2015 at 1:05 AM UTC
Every