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 Feb 2014 izzat haziq
ghostlings
i feel like the folded sheet of paper left in the pocket of your jeans-
you never bothered checking for me before throwing them in the wash, or in the dryer.
one day you'll put those jeans on again and reach into that pocket and i'll be waiting ever so patiently, but all my secrets will be smeared and illegible.
you'll feel a twinge of guilt and think that maybe what i had to say was important
 Feb 2014 izzat haziq
naivemoon
I wanted to be a poet, so I folded myself into an envelope addressed to the moon and asked the man what he thought about your sweaty palms after our first kiss. He was quiet for a minute or so before he asked me, "do you love him?" I gulped. As if my gulp was enough for him, he went silent. He didn't ask questions, names or numbers. He didn't give advice that made me wish I hadn't spoken at all. We just stood there for a very long time and he finally broke what was such a loud silence with a sentence you may never understand. He said, "you're not a Poet, you're a Lover."
 Feb 2014 izzat haziq
ivory
i was born with my heart outside of myself
free to grapple with and pull apart

and they did, they did

there was once an artist
who laid out knives and needles and guns
and spread out on a table
and waited

she didn’t even move when they started to **** and stab
and i have always wished i had the same strength
will you tattoo
a symbol of your
embrace across the
tops of your shoulders
when we part
so that those you meet
and touch with you words
(as you did me)
will understand the
strange and enjoyable
flowers growing in your head
and the small girl who
sleeps in your ribcage
and whispers words to you
at night in languages
you cannot yet decode
You came around
like a insect
searching for pollen
you took me away,

It hit me
like a swarm of wasps
stinging me one,
by one

******* inside
your dark nest
full of emptiness

I know you
were the one
who started it

And I am
the one who
will make it
*end
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