I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues

Sep 2015

Elisa Charles Jr

Memories

Again I can't sleep
Again I can't stop thinking about that night
Again I can't wake up without remember your smile
Again I can't look at sky without remember your eyes
Again I can't

Sep 2015

GaryFairy

beautiful just the same

take a look, you may notice
the stolen glow of the hopeless
a photo so out of focus
lower than a golden crocus

but beautiful just the same

going closer, you may notice
soul of a broken closeness
low notes of a solo opus
glowing like a floating lotus

and beautiful just the same

(a golden crocus is a beautiful, low growing flower, but it can be easily over-taken by weeds, and wither...a lotus is my favorite flower, which floats on water, and seems to glow, but would wither without water)

this is my dedication to all of those who are depressed,those who feel alone, to all of the outcasts, to anyone who feels beaten down by life...you are still important, so let your petals grow... because you are still a budding flower

#depression #flowers #hopeless

Sep 2015

Skaidrum

We're Only Mortal.

...
You're cupping embers
    in antique palms
    that were meant
    to harvest moonlight.

Raindrops ghost over earth's skin
   nebula clouds map universal eyes,
   and you're just a masterpiece
   who is best friends with time.

Don't let those pianos play you,
   serenade and masquerade you
    because we all seem to
    fall in love with the right music,
    and all the wrong notes.

That friend lit a fire in your room,
   seven embers destroying
    unfamiliar wallpaper.
    You burnt your dream catcher,
     to cinders and charcoal;
     Now you pray for sunlight,
     all you've got is a lonely candle's flame.

But from the nightmares and windowsill,
   moonlight slipped through
         and in your palms
         you held
         my words.

Fire doesn't last forever, Leonie.
...

Sep 2015

Mary Holz

Death by Burden

if it's a free country,
why can you control what I think?
I don't think I'm really free
from your lies that weigh me down till I sink
this burden is an anchor
it's a life sentence
and I can't cash out like a banker.
I think of my fate, but I don't wince
nobody knows the pain I hold
but I'm not complaining, I accept the facts
don't hate me because I broke the mold.
I defend myself against all your attacks
and I do it with a smile
I can take your hits
I'm not in denial
I"m not ready to call it quits

Sep 2015

GaryFairy

pawns to lose - homophone loop poem

it's getting scarier by the HOUR
OUR world will never see PEACE
PIECE by piece we're overpowered
overpowering us as our fears increase

we sit idle as hatred BREWS
BRUISED by the war torn SCENE
SEEN as only pawns to lose
losing all of our hopes and dreams

i capitalized the homophones for beginning writers, who may not know what a homophone is

#war #wordplay #homophone

Sep 2015

Sara Leal

Suicidal people

Coward people,

It's said that they are coward people,

Weak people who can't control the situation.

I don't think the same way,

For me they aren't more than just people,

People who try to do a stupid thing,

But the most courageous thing too.

It's not like from a moment to the other you can do it,

You need courage,

And a lot of it,

More than I will ever have.

English version

Sep 2015

Jake muler

****

Some things just
****!
To put it nicely.

#late #rent #payment