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steven-william-cheek
Now wearing his favorite shirt: Subtle indigo patterns. It was always his favorite in church. Foxglove six feet above, And he is much higher now. Another broken machine Crushed by the everyday grind. Turned like a machine. Going to work in the mourning. A stray moment. The sound of snapping metal frames Silenced, before he could draw the breath to say "What just happened?"
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Mar 18, 2014
Mar 18, 2014 at 11:22 AM UTC
Wreckage
My self-summary: Online dating is kinda new for me. I have no chance finding mates normally, Being endangered in France and Germany. Mating season is March and April You may not find me ****** But I’ll remain faithful What I’m doing with my life: Cryptozoologists trippin’ over my footstep. Guess I have that effect. Better check, cause’ I’m being swept and kept From the public eye By the FBI, but that ain’t my style. Just drop on by. Take a seat. We’ll do a meet and greet. Tell you my story. The first things people notice about me: I got thin lips and a big brow A nose that’s flat and black The most private thing I’m willing to admit: Thought of some tips: Don’t borrow human clothes. Eat mostly rats for snacks. What I’m really good at: My hobbies include banjo. Beware! When I throw down a hootenanny Be ready to tango. Cause’ forest animals know how to jamboree.
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Mar 11, 2014
Mar 11, 2014 at 1:00 AM UTC
Sassyman345’s Dating Profile
Just out the window On the passenger side, Past the sign of red and Yellow. A wart climbs from The mouth of hell With the grace of A bewildered elephant Far from the warmth of Home and Picking Cheetos out of The couch like bugs in A chimp bonding ritual Anatomy of Chubby nubs and Hulking stumps I feel My key ***** Is a pink octopus Pulling tightly in my chest, Pumping ink. Now I rest
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Mar 11, 2014
Mar 11, 2014 at 12:35 AM UTC
Fat Lady Walking Up A Hill
My Job skill is to Take off From long walks into Flights of fantasy I don't work well in a Box, getting my color From TV. Race all my life to Pack myself inside Larger cushioned cases That I'll call a home, With comforts to Soften the jewel into a stone. The only safe zone from The erosion of a Career like a river, with larger Fish hovering above Me. Bureaucracy deep as any Sea. Intense pressure always over Me. When everything is a cage, I will always make my escape with paper. My resume will be a Blank slate, But my world filled with Color.
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Mar 11, 2014
Mar 11, 2014 at 12:34 AM UTC
Resume
distance grows with each passing second. dry "umm... so"s talk like the hum of escaping air. moments barren of creativity. to mount and impregnate it with memories would be intimate with sand. nothing can grow here; for the nomad doesn't spend hours trying to plant just a flag. beg and dance for a false goddess. he moves toward fertile land.
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Mar 11, 2014
Mar 11, 2014 at 12:12 AM UTC
Boring Date
You were near; I soft as an infant. pierce and inject me with a sense of purpose, like my first shot of fireflies and white roses that glow and die in a day. now just bugs that pile my brain. The lies we shared is the truth I love. not the nights alone staring at the ceiling closed. When I know they are burning when the sky's unclothed See the full moon in my room; I'd still believe nothing's meant to be more than a reflection on the churning sea that's still pulling.
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Mar 9, 2014
Mar 9, 2014 at 11:59 PM UTC
Nothing's Meant To Be
if you stare at the sun it plants a seed in your eye. that glows in the dark show your friends visions of the dying star in the pockets of their skulls. enjoy until they’re burnt holes.
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Mar 9, 2014
Mar 9, 2014 at 11:48 PM UTC
Joys of Sun Staring
A stiff breeze Blows the final leaf from the willow Onto the grey St. Augustine grass. I’m staring From the park bench; Building a nest Of thorns, bottles, and crutches; A cold spot for my thoughts to rest. Unlike the toupe on the ducks head; And the child chasing the fowl’s feather, Followed by a Mother’s loving glance. Brings a warm wrinkle to fight a stiff breeze; Today I won’t go grey with the grass.
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Mar 9, 2014
Mar 9, 2014 at 11:45 PM UTC
Grey With The Grass
I don’t trust nature If I shook hands with the wind, Winter would bite my fingertips. It took every inch Of the stripped branches; Now scratching the horizon For the chance to grow again. No color, no snow Only straw. Just stich all the brittle Broken leaves of fall Into a quilt To clothe a city of scarecrows. And inside, If my house catches fire, I will rest by the burning wood. Outside, it’s a cold that could drive Fireflies to return to their hive in the sun.
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Mar 9, 2014
Mar 9, 2014 at 11:43 PM UTC
Cold Outside
a lonely heart thinks of the girl with eyes like diamonds in the rain, and her eyelashes that float like dandelions. thinks of the day she ****** the warmth from the sky, and watched the sunset down her throat. her tongue broke like waves on the shoreline, “I don’t know if I love you.” lies awake, up late, on a yearlong night pouring alcohol, trying to put his pain to rest, only to watch his wounds erupt into fire, and give birth to a child caught in a trap of burning bones, waiting for someone to hold him and say, “I know you.” he wanders a desert, chasing mirages, that are only clouds of text messages, that swarm like nagging mosquitos, before vultures pick him apart. and he knows no one wants to adopt homeless shadows before the dawn. and now, deep behind the ribbed gates of his chest, his veins are snakes in the garden. looking to eat the end of a lonely heart.
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Mar 9, 2014
Mar 9, 2014 at 11:40 PM UTC
Ouroboros of A Heart