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In a Van Gogh painting
   cheap wine and waiting
   inside our favorite cafe
   out of focus strange day
   swirling forever wars
   madness midnight stars
   satisfy my lust's desire
   quenching passion's fire
   morphine in the vein
   quiets my  dying pain.
The only way to escape the jungle
—is in self delusion

(Saigon: July, 1989)
 Jun 2023 Jace Albine
maria
[L]
 Jun 2023 Jace Albine
maria
[L]
How did we end up like this,
strangers that want to be kissed?
Written on June 25, 2023
© , Maria Xinari
 Jun 2023 Jace Albine
Vishal Pant
She was in green, like the approaching springs

Her allure like the blooming flower it brings
A short think image poem.
 Jun 2023 Jace Albine
Rae
I had been desperately flailing around in the water .
I forgot that if I stopped panicking I could stay afloat.
Drowning my sorrows in distractions .
I forgot what a sober life felt like .
Depression became my default.
I forgot that joy was also an option .
Suffering was normalized.
And peace was just a distant dream .
I was too busy surviving the days .
I had forgotten to just live in the moment..
I wrote this on my lunch break .
When I said I love you
I never considered the day you would part
You packed my soul in a suitcase
and locked the door of my heart

When I said I love you
I didn’t think by now you’d be gone
You filled my head with darkness
Left me in my head alone

When I said I love you
I never saw the day you'd leave me blind
You stole my sun in broad daylight
and turned the light off in my mind
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