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 May 5 zoe
David Cornetta
Before me lies a vacant sheet,
Blue lines traced on a snowy field,
Stretched across a silent plain,
Bereft of soul and beauty.
Thirsting in the inkless drought,
Like a heart that lingers lonely,
Where the potent voice of love is lost.
This page is cold and barren,
Yet it seeks a lover’s warmth,
To breathe a breath of life upon
Its quiet face once more,
Freeing all the willowy words,
Resting eager beneath the surface.
And when this naked tundra
Awakens to the tender touch,
Of a lover, of a poet,
It will at last begin to thaw,
As ink flows through paper veins,
And the heart suppressed in silence
Stirs beneath its glacial breast.
Words rise up, a whispered breath,
Like vapor from melting snow,
To weave a song through silent air,
While the heart throbs its timely rhythm,
Poured out in verse from poet’s pen,
Of love — the aching heart’s own muse —
And page, where soul at last finds voice.
©️2025
 May 5 zoe
Eliza
Fearless
 May 5 zoe
Eliza
I see you looking at her
I wish you were looking like this at me
The ring is on my finger
But I feel like it shouldn’t be here

Her eyes like water, blinded your eyes
Have you forgotten our youthful time?
Standing in front of her, but on the side
In her eyes I see not emerald
But your greyish sight
Inspired by Fearless by Lauren Roberts
 May 1 zoe
Liana
I texted you
When I felt so alone
And so scared
And so ready to disappear
You pulled me in to reality
Or out of my terrible one
And gave a good reason to live

I now knew that one person loved me

You hug me so much
And tell me you love me
And you kiss my cheek
And you run and smile when you see me
And I don't think you know
How wonderful that makes me feel

I knew that someone's experience is better when I'm there

You saw my monsters
And you noticed my face
And you noticed my hand picking at the thing touching my face
You heard my silent scream
And you told me everything was okay

I now knew that my screams could be heard if the right person listened

I cry as I write this,
I love you
I'm grateful
Thank you
I want to make a series of poems for my loved ones who may never see them. This one is for a newer friend who's also named Liana. I love you ❤️❤️❤️❤️
 Apr 25 zoe
Gant Haverstick
i said, "i don't want
to let you go." and then you
pulled me in closer
Gant Haverstick 2025
 Apr 25 zoe
Sadia
He’s more than just words, he is poetry
 Apr 25 zoe
aleks
it's easy to say time heals all wounds,
when every barren branch blooms again in spring,
when every new chick is taken under a safe wing.

but time is yet to wake me from my eternal winter sleep.

i still lay, unmoving, in my barren keep.

even bears leave me behind,
a permanent fixture in their den,
"maybe time will wake him next spring,"
they say, now and then.

the forest whispers above my head,
calling to the last absentee,
but i am no tree,
and spring does not speak to me.
of eternal winters spent observing life around me
 Apr 25 zoe
kathleen
embrace
 Apr 25 zoe
kathleen
A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism, and I want to devour you whole.
to steal your breath and combine it with mine, so I can live and breathe you.
I am your oxygen, and you, my fire. So consume me... I'm yours.
 Apr 20 zoe
janie lay
oranges
 Apr 20 zoe
janie lay
i want to peel your skin back
and reveal your deepest sweetness.
to look at your veins
and memorize their paths.
maybe then i’d understand
why you are so rough on the outside.
it takes a lot of work,
digging your fingernails into the flesh,
pulling and pulling until you are bare.
but it is all worth it;
to visit your center,
to break past what conceals you,
and take you apart
slice by slice.
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