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 Jun 10 Ben Palomino
Bekah
I wonder if you’ll ever be
The man I needed
When I was a little girl
Crying into the pillow
That you left behind
The day you walked out
And I wonder if you know
I still listen to the last voicemail
You sent all those years ago
Because even at 25
I’m still hiding the pain
Of the little girl
That lives inside me
Whispering the name
That you never cherished
And cutting fingers
On the broken pieces
That you left behind
I as you,
not one, not two.
Me dissolving,
into you evolving.

To be —
only full in we.
 Jun 10 Ben Palomino
unnamed
I've seen paradise
it is just a state of mind
yours differs from mine.
 Jun 10 Ben Palomino
LL
you'll understand when
you're a parent
— is a bad
way of parenting
2025/094
I wrote four words today.
Just four.

I bleed my hours into them.
Each syllable
I
weigh.

Like lifting stones from a dry riverbed,
turning each
over
and
over,
until one feels just right
in my hand.

Carefully
carving,
studying
and playing
with each one:
  Which catches the light just right?
  Which plays well with the others?
  What are you trying to tell me?

But mostly,
I discard.

Four words.

All my labor for the day--
Just four words.

It was a good day.
(Part of the 'Four Words' collection. The other work is called 'I Read Four Words Today')
Brave birds bop 
On bare branches outside;
Grandpa’s dominating morning —
Grey and makes everyone flee.
Logic larks: get up and walk, see!
But bed, with an abundance of blankets
And rain, lots of rain, drips don't be insane,
Get warm!
Despite this, cold sausages and coffee call:
“Eat me!”
And I do oblige.
Careful, you might find out…
Behind the scenes of all your doubt..
Pretend if you will to know all truth.
Overlooking the programming of your societal youth…
Be careful if you shall and close tight your mind…
Because the truth is on going, a continuing crime..
Traveler Tim
Sometimes I come here with nothing to say
And try to say nothing
Eloquently
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