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Eli Mar 2021
I've mistaken
words for cliffs

Obstacles abound

Climbing above,
going around.

The view isn't
from the top-down

I'm on the ground.
The sentence "I've mistaken these words for cliffs" arrived in my mind seemingly without any context once.  I felt an urge to write it down, and when I did I realized I could write about obstacles, specifically obstacles in the form of disapproving words from others and ourselves.
Eli Mar 2021
I am safe.
I am protected.

You are safe.
You are protected.

If there is fear,
it is okay.

Courage is here.

We are safe.
We are protected.
Eli Jan 2021
Up all night,
I can't sleep.

Losing my mind,
I'm in too deep.

Drowning underground
in a rabbit hole,

Will what I've found
make me whole?
Eli Jan 2021
There's a word
called "deserve"
I believe should
be unheard

It's a word
that's a lie
and has caused
lives to die.

The ones that
gave up hope
before hanging
from a rope

Cause of a lesson
they were taught
Falsehoods taken to heart
Hollow and distraught
while falling apart

"I don't deserve love"

This unholy lie
isn't from above.

Love is a need.
A message one
should heed.

Ironically so,
I'll say this
before I go,

"'Deserve' deserves to die."

This is a horrible word.
One that never
should've been heard.
Well, I guess this is the poem that came out about the word I hate.
This word is a wolf in sheep's clothing.  It's a bit paradoxical using the word I hate to write this.  But paradoxes are part of life.  Contradictions everywhere.
Eli Jan 2021
I don't know this feeling.
All I know is that
I'm drowning...

Drowning
in a mixture of
bliss and agony...

Love?  
Is that it?
Because, if so, then...

Oh my ******* God...
is this ever so confusing?!

10 years

20 years

30 years

40 years

50 years?!

Wow...
um...

That's a really long time.

Will it last?
No ******* clue.

But still,
when you
find someone
who
meshes beautifully
with your quirks,
You at least have to try...

Right?

I know what you're thinking...
"I can't do it."

"I'm scared."

"What if something happens?"

I understand.
You're bruised.

I guess some people
never got the message,
"Hearts aren't punching bags."

Those *******
don't deserve you!

But, you know who does?
Someone who respects you.

A person
who
sees your worst
and still *******
loves you.

And
if anything,
I'm sure
they're close by.
I wrote this in 2016 while in the throws of relationship anxiety.  It was a message to myself at that moment.  Ultimately, the person I was referencing is no longer close by, but that's okay. The universe had different plans.  I also cringe at my usage of the word "deserve" cause I've since then found an issue with it... one that perhaps one day, I'll write a poem about.  But, I decided the keep the original format, excluding a few spacing and punciation fixes.
Eli Jan 2021
Trump,

You may believe
your ***
belongs on a
throne.

You may believe
America
is yours to
own.

But the only
place
that should ever house
your  wretched
face

is the

H
E
L
L

you

D
E
S
C
E
N
D

to

after you
crack
and
break,

thinking about all
you
faked,

reminiscing of
Political
Lust,

shortly before

shattering to
dust





























...alone...


















­










within the confines
of a
COLD,
DARK
cell.
You are not a god because you are not worthy of worship.
Even maggots are better than you.
Eli Jan 2021
Please
get out of my
head.

I enjoy your company

but

for now

I
need to focus
instead.
Missing someone can be distracting.
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