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Bowedbranches Oct 2021
Light years away..

I'm tracing

State lines

On an old roadmap

Time and distance

Shrunk down to scale

Miniatures make my dreams

More believable;

Spirit always fluttering

Like a hummingbird

Underneath my ribcage

Much like a bird

I'd like to one day learn

I'm not stuck in this rut for eternity

My great migration, still waiting

Compass in my dome piece

Magnets to map my pathway

Am I even able move away?
Bowedbranches Sep 2021
Maybe you were right man
Can't believe I  Spent so long
asking why would anyone
Take my crumbs after
I've JUST BEEN MUGGED!!!!!
Or jump me
While injured
unprovoked
So apparently broken...


What they don't know
Is how Many minutes I spent
Tearing up in envy
Over what everyone else got
Hopin' I could get a taste
Of the same
Kind of amazement

When all I should ever be is grateful
In these minutes that remain
I promise  I will
Make full
all my
empty achings
That waste
Time trying to take me
down

Too much light inside
For dark dealings
To penetrate my forcefeilds
The healer will never be killed
These shields were
Built too  Too tough
By my guides
To let any more evil
seep in
Bowedbranches Sep 2021
Don't want to be
Eager to meet my maker
But I'd trade places
With you any day...
Bowedbranches Sep 2021
Where have you been?
I'm always craving
Your response
Stop it
You stay
Stomping on
The friendship I want
For us
Why can't you just
Let me love
Family is few and
far between
What have we become?
Bowedbranches Aug 2021
I know I'm weak
You know I'm scared
Of air,
Of loud sounds,
Of quick movements
I know I'll never grow old

I know
I know nothing
I'm subject to fumbling
So what do I know
I'm showing you my
How low I can go

I'm No expert
Im No les-ser
Than any man
I'm nomadic
Cromagnum Status

I'm a know it all
And I know you
You don't fully
open up to anyone
Bowedbranches Aug 2021
Chest hurting
Lungs burning
Been running
From hardship
Since I was I cub

It's about time


I learn


To sit with it
Bowedbranches Aug 2021
Syncopate
Some Sink into
  Situations
So heartbreaking
you take me into your arms
And your harsh tongue
tricks me into thinking
That I am home, I'm safe
OH SAVE IT!
This is you trying to tame me,
Into a timid pet
That obeys
Always available to play with
Or take frustrations out on
At the end of a long day
STILL
These strings keep me from leaving
And keepsakes mean more to me
Than the morning sun
Stealing my peace
Must be more fun
Than protecting me
Or respecting my freedom
  The others won't hold me
In such high esteem
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