Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member
  Jun 2019 Sophie
Crow
we do not write poetry
we write mirrors
which are held up
to curious faces
who read
looking for their
own reflections
  Jun 2019 Sophie
Nobody
Don't stumble, forget to hide.
Don’t bring them down,
don’t make them cry.
Once they hear,
they’ll need reasons why.

I know you didn’t ask for this,
stop sounding so sad.
We said we love you,
you're not happy about that?

You just sit alone in here,
dwelling on silly fears;
no we won’t sit with you,
but it doesn’t mean we don’t care.

Sorry this burden is yours,
you can try and bleed it away;
but there is no escape,
this is how you were made.
Next page