LL - Hello Poetry

LL Nov 2024

W,

I kept thinking —
it'll be easier
if I get hit by a car

instead of going to work.

Love,
ML

Based on the DW documentary, "Burnout".

#unsent #letter

LL Nov 2024

even my own eyes
deny me of my own tears
— what else can't I have

#haiku

LL Nov 2024

I can't tell him
he's beautiful
— because then
       he'll know
         why
           he's beautiful
             to me

#free #verse

LL Oct 2024

hey kid, listen — don't
leave the womb, don't open your
eyes — they'll make you cry

#haiku

LL Oct 2024

peal my layers off
eat me up and spit me out
plant me — I'm a seed

#haiku

LL Oct 2024

dough in the oven
and a lover with their past
— these things won't rise if
you keep opening it up
digging it, calling them out

#tanka

LL Oct 2024

I was a dreamer
you, a wanderer — you left
while I was asleep

#haiku