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108 · Jan 2022
Untitled
Caosín Jan 2022
My mum- the one I take after the most.
A reckless, careful, calm, angry, hateful, loving mess.
My dad- the one who became both parents.
A steady, reliable, caring anchor.
Myself- the one I am.
doomed.
101 · Aug 2021
eyes in the back of my head
Caosín Aug 2021
here by the forests do these mountains lay,
(a knot in my chest, tightening once more)
spilling the sunlight so it may split and fray.
(a knot in my chest, too tight to ignore)
Here by the river does a smaller brook wind,
(quickandsharpbreathin, breathoutquickandsharp)
like the little baby robin, still deaf and blind.
(plucking at my backbones like the strumming of a harp)
unable to shake that underlying sense of dread.
98 · Sep 2022
sell by date
Caosín Sep 2022
He stares through me
with my red eyes
and i cannot help but think
that some things
are best left
alone.
95 · Jul 2021
a perfect puzzle
Caosín Jul 2021
I know
i know how the birds fly
how the bee stings
how the dog bites.
I know
i know how the sun shines
how the flowers grow
and how the weeds die.
but i don't understand it
nature, a perfect puzzle,
and we the odd one out.
95 · Jul 2021
mio tesoro
Caosín Jul 2021
i just wanted you to hold me
and when you did,
i felt whole.
My feelings grew,
i grew obsessed.
You were my anchor,
i felt stable with you near.

Tomorrow, that's the day
I drive down
and finally
we can be close.
We can touch;
we can talk;
we can be comfortable in the gaps in between.

You are part of my life, to the point where
I find it hard to remember you
not being there.
Met when i was six, you were seven
(but only a few months older!!!)
been close ever since then
But, oh, my darling,
what if we were closer?

I want you to hold me
you make me feel whole again.
I want to make you feel
less
alone
again.
You make me believe in marriage,
and children,
and living past eighteen.
When i'm at my worst
you're my voice of reason,
saved my life at least once.
And i want to save yours.

do you need saving, my love?
Do you?
sorry,
i'm not used to this.
and neither are you,
somehow makes this
all
the
sweeter.
bro, how do you poetry
94 · Dec 2021
contrasts
Caosín Dec 2021
I am the fire that burns and I am the water that puts it out.
I am the warmest radiator and I am the coolest night.
I am the pleasure and I am the pain.
I am the contentedness and I am the bitter.
I am the satisfaction and I am a constantly re-written phrase.
I am, all in all, a very confusing person.
94 · May 2021
self destructive
Caosín May 2021
i want you
to
break me
with your words
with your tongue
i want you to give me all of your pain;
share it with an old, broken soul.

'want' is such a shallow word
rings of childishness and greed.

i need you to **** me
slowly, gently
let them know
it's you, as i plead
look at me here, sobbing
i need you
to give me
relief.
inspired, but all mine.
92 · Jul 2021
the mirror
Caosín Jul 2021
you deserve better.
you deserve a life that treats you better,
makes you better.
(he stares at me with a passion)
you deserve a universe that doesn't
chew you up,
spit you out.
(is he alright?)
you-
you-
just-
you. just you.
(he's crying now)
you deserve everything.

I deserve better, i think, turning away from my reflection.
sometimes it's ok to be selfish. Not many times though
91 · May 2021
nature's shower
Caosín May 2021
i like the rain.
i like the sound,
the soft pitter patter;
the rumbling clouds.
The way it distracts from an arguing friend,
the drops on my forehead to cool my anger.
I like the rain.
the cool, clear air that descends upon the now-tranquil environment,
and the green it brings to the fields around me.
i like the rain.
It washes everything clean,
cleansed by nature's shower.
I like how it gives me peace
when there is non around me.
90 · Jul 2021
the truth I
Caosín Jul 2021
depends on the definition of the individual.
The truth to me is
you,
your core essence,
what makes you
you?
87 · Jan 2023
○•☆•○
Caosín Jan 2023
Oh, how to write of the beauty of you? It could be found in all manner of things, all types of weather.
How to find a synonym that means gorgeous beyond belief, radiant of the soul, quietly stunning?
You twist your fingers through the air like you're dipping them in water, and a butterfly comes to rest on them.
You are beautiful.
You are beautiful.
85 · Jun 2021
coping
Caosín Jun 2021
it's been a while since i wrote a poem.
perhaps i forgot
perhaps i got distracted
perhaps, just maybe, it got too much
I'm not used to having
a healthy coping mechanism.
been a while.
84 · Sep 2022
a comfortable silence
Caosín Sep 2022
We have mastered the art
of silence. It wraps
around us, and I have never felt so
safe.
on old one written about an ex, but it still applies
83 · Nov 2021
Identity crisis
Caosín Nov 2021
I am a dancer. A pupil.
I am someone's child, someone's friend.
But who am I?
Who am I?
I am?
I?
?

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