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Jack Jenkins Apr 2017
Glistening light
refracted by glass
Perfectly pretty
your sunny smile
They say a smile is a woman's prettiest curve. :)
Jack Jenkins May 2017
A frosted veil
  with haunting voice
Ice shattered
  raining from skies
A world below
  but I know it not
Starlight above
  a longing for love
Been a while since I have posted something that wasn't totally personal and depressing. Figured I'd exercise my creativity rather than try to bind unhealable wounds.
Jack Jenkins Jun 2016
You're over there and I'm over here
Separated like the night sky from the day
We go round and around following and fleeing
A desire of a union meant to be withheld

The gentle glow of your spirit and the warmth of your beauty makes you more desirable than the sun
The rays of my heart and the enchantment of my love makes me more desirable than the moon

Onwards we chase one another throughout all of time
Seasons of rain and growth pass to golden leaves and snow
All the while the stars fall asleep and we continue to run
Jack Jenkins Jul 2016
I feel like I'm losing everyone
                                                    thin­g...
Or maybe I've already
                                             lost them...
I really don't know who I am anymore.
All the faces, so unfamiliar...
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Sometimes it doesn't work with someone you love.
You give everything and it's not enough. It just comes up short. But that's no reason to give up.
Because the pain will subside, the hurt will stop, and the emptiness will be refilled.
Because love can be totally broken, but never destroyed.
And love's ability to be renewed is like nothing else in this world.
Written 4 February 2016... this poem is a total lie... I was so ignorant.
Jack Jenkins Oct 2019
Sometimes music is the only thing I allow to run free in the walls of my head
Letting those sharp words cut away the feelings I create
Letting everything fall to the floor
Seeking peace in pain
Lyrics that hurt
So I can feel again
//On Music and Depression//
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
We all have more than one. Just go and look for them.
Maybe they're already your best friend, maybe you've never met.
You could share all the common interests, or be polar opposites.

Go out today, and see whom you meet.
Take a leap of love! If you fail or fall, that's okay.
Success is simply getting up one more time than you've been knocked down.
Written 22 January 2016... I think I was wrong...
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Somehow I ended up callused and jaded from tending these long burnt out flames. Cold ashes with a metallic flavor that leaves my nose bleeding and my mouth dry.
My world swirled with dark greys and pale purples.
I was on my knees cursing at the thunderstorms above me and swatting at the laughing hyenas circling me.
My heart wanted me dead...
Then there was you.
You became my sparkle of gold, my jewel in the mist.
I saw you like a guiding light and I sought you out amidst the rubble of my soul. Your glistening eyes, your honeyed lips, all the sweetness in your lavender heart.
It doesn't matter the mistakes we made together. We made them together and touched one another's heart.
We felt the scars we had...
*And there was no shame.
Very much a freestyle poem.
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Spinning a web, spinning a story
Spinning a plate, spinning a yarn
Spinning a lie, spinning a tale
Spinning out of control, and loving it.
Written 3 February 2016
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Spinning a web, spinning a story,
Spinning a plate, spinning a yarn,
Spinning a lie, spinning a tale,
Spinning out of control, and I'm loving it.

Spin with me, spin and twirl,
Spin in circles, spin beautiful girl,
Spin and swirl, spin in joy,
Spinning round, spinning is fun!
Written 19 March 2016... forgot I added to this poem
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Disputed heartstrings,
Vie for ******* now,
Choking each other
Written 30 March 2016
Jack Jenkins Apr 2016
The way a candle weaves its light through darkness.
How a snowflake trickles down from heaven above.
A virtuoso plucking guitar strings masterfully.
Your glamorous eyes, delicate face, memorizing body.

You sing an enchanting song, full of zealous love, and I cannot help but lose the breath from my lungs.
The fireflies dance and twinkle with grace, yet they are put to shame by your marvelous beauty. Each twinkle of the stars is a testament to their jealousy of your resplendent soul.

This must truly be an angelic dream!

Your voice carries across the air smoothly, eloquently, serenading my unworthy ears. Would you reward my boldness if I were to trace your lips with mine?
Take my weak hand and dance with me. Dance with me under the fairytale night. Step by step, hand in hand, unlock the fortune of this tragic heart. Hold this tragic heart. Love this tragic heart.

You are full of grace, a bewitching vivacity in the recesses of your heart, deeply entrenched and guarded. It is why I admire you from afar. Why these words spill from me to this page. Because of you.
Sprezzatura is an Italian word, and one I fell in love with immediately after knowing it basically means gracefully without effort. So, I wrote this poem for someone who has much Sprezzatura. Definition is in parentheses. I hope it's accurate. Haha!
(A certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and make whatever one does or says appear to be without effort and almost without any thought about it. An easy facility in accomplishing difficult actions which hides the conscious effort that went into them.)
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Whispering insects
Buzzing up above the air
Seeking lovely mates
Written 25 March 2016
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Creative writing
In spring's early morning mists
Is a grand blessing
Written 18 March 2016... why are most of my haikus about the morning.
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Like a butterfly
Without her beautiful wings
You are just a bug
Written 10 March 2016
Jack Jenkins Oct 2019
I would describe depression as purple
and show you the frailty of my sanity
a long hallway with a long staircase
that goes up as it goes downwards
parts of you will fall off as you climb
rattling and echoing like a ghost
passing yourself seven times over
dusty lungs barely keeping you up
do you ever wonder if it ever ends?
//on depression//
Jack Jenkins Jun 2019
The flower of love I will let go//
to unfold in the wind//
to blossom elsewhere//
All has been said//
None have been true//
Walls and towers built//
over a hundred wood crosses//

Flowing velvet worn to rugged//
Snatched away by life and death//
this doesn't feel like home anymore//
this isn't my home//
Desperation holds the nostrils shut//
& ***** the air out of our lungs//
We settle for none// and love even less//
//On love and relationships//
Jack Jenkins Jun 2016
You told me you
              Couldn't find your way
                                     In your darkest nights
So I left you a star
               A star in every poem
                               To find your way home
//On her//
Thank you all for loving this poem so much! It's such an honor to have a daily poem.
I wrote this for a special someone in my life.
Jack Jenkins Apr 2019
They flicker and glisten but shine on the same                              
Every star signed with your name                  
Darling I'm lost in outer space
//On her//
The unanticipated sequel for that same special someone, no longer in my life. Happy birthday, wherever you are.
Jack Jenkins Mar 2018
Inhale the silence and savor the cold air
Another day conquered but still in despair
Skin painted in hues of blue
Love is gone and I am too
Lost in cavernous thoughts

The tears won't heal the scars
That bar my heart from having trust
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
I guess I'm just a path of destruction
Another person I ******* over
Just not going to try anymore
Try not to feed the beast
But he's too strong
Chains no longer hold me
Bullets no longer wound me
Words are no longer heard
Blood is no longer tasted

Yet I keep killing
And keep feeding
Written 24 February 2016... ****
Jack Jenkins Oct 2019
my heart will always hold you
though my arms cannot
your name is on my every breath
whispered to the dark as i fall asleep
& i pray your spirit haunts my dreams
for i miss you eternally
you are the words of my muse
darkness & light of my heart
window of your soul pierces me
azure tranquility
punctuated by storm-wrought walls
oh how i miss you so
//on her, yet again//
Jack Jenkins May 2016
I'm nothing more
than a tapering string
going into nothingness
Jack Jenkins Apr 2017
Why is it when I talk to you
   the only reply I get is my echo?
I'm pushing so hard to change
   & you just seem to ignore me...
Sorry for the stupid emotional angst *******.
Jack Jenkins May 2016
In silence I hold on to you and I,
Dying just a little more everyday,
Suffering away, dwindling down,
Love never running dry from me,
Love unrequited, flowing with my blood.

Every scar on my back carved from your name,
Every letter sharper than an assassin's dagger,
Eternal torture from your barbed heart,
Each moment given to you, a waste.
Jack Jenkins Apr 2016
Put a cap on the emotions,
Nobody wants to see them.
Stuff it deep down inside you,
Nobody wants to care for you.

Take a breath and fall from grace,
Trip and fall in this lifelong race,
Wallow in your pain, swallow your pain,
Won't wash in rain, it's just a shame.

Hold everything back until your eyes bleed,
Your ears burst, your lungs implode, your heart cracks.
Let nobody see just how you suffer,
For if they see, they will turn away.
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Solemn ceremony
Death now resides overhead
This summer graveyard
Written 12 April 2016
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Whistling softly
In the summer heat's sunshine
Happy walks down paths
Written 9 March 2016
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
"Captain, the ship is sinking!"
No... just my heart breaking...
Written 13 February 2016
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Put me under the knife
And heal this broken body
Written 10 February 2016
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Steam rises from bogs
Swampy bugs fly above us
Stars shimmer night skies
Written 23 March 2016
Jack Jenkins Aug 2019
Maybe I miss the late nights of flesh interwoven
sheets cast aside and candlelit silhouettes
Baby I miss the peace found between kisses
placed on the nape of your neck
Crazy that this blue flame misses your
Red fire and riding rhythm
Vainly I miss watching those hips walk away
But it's a sight I'll never trade
//On lust and love//
Jack Jenkins Sep 2017
Intense burning
              yearning
Going through
stratosphere
All I want is a kiss
to reminisce
Your sweet love to me
**sweet love
Jack Jenkins Apr 2016
Luke 10:27 NIV Bible
He answered, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

The symbol of the Cross is this simple;
A vertical commandment: Love the Lord with everything
A horizontal commandment: Love your neighbor as yourself

And when you put the vertical and horizontal together, you make a cross.
You are then to carry that cross everyday.
And you are to carry that cross to your death.
Just like Jesus did, out of love for His Father and His love for us.
Jack Jenkins Feb 2020
I sit alone this half-fogged, half-starry night on the beach
Watch the water seep over the rocks and sand and life
Your face seems to haunt the water between ripples
I draw my heart out to your ghost in the damp sand
Not in symbols or letters, but in words shaped silently
Tears salted like saltwater was my offering to God that night
And I know I chased you off for good but darling
I'll always send my love after you long after goodbye
Darling I'm used to being in love on the outside
I hope to be forgotten by you, pray to be remembered by you, and hope to see you again.
//on her and unrequited love//
Jack Jenkins May 2016
Ten words to capture you
Ten words little to read

Ten words to express feelings
Ten words to break hearts

Ten words not so easy
Ten words carry heavy weights

Ten words lay me down
Ten words express my life

Ten words in a stanza
Not enough words in life
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
"Where do you see yourself in ten years?"

That question took me off my very well reinforced guard.
My palms start feeling a little bit sweaty.
I hope they don't notice me starting to breathe faster.

Ten years?
I see myself being totally alone,
Maybe even dead, honestly.
I have that faulty heart.
I think it's getting worse...

Ten years?
I can't see myself past tomorrow,
Worthless as I am.
Ten years is incomprehensible to me.
Literally, I can't comprehend it!

"In ten years, I hope to have made myself a better man. To be someone admired and respected, with a deeper understanding of morals and values."

I lied through my teeth...
I'm such a wreck.
Written 28 March 2016
Jack Jenkins Mar 2017
I am very unwell
My body wretches
Heart palpitates &
I am very unwell
A sickly soul within
Darkness got a hold
Won't let me go &
I am very unwell
My skin creeps
My bones creak
My voice croaks &
I am very unwell
Feels like I'm dying everyday anymore.
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Claws,
Sickly fingernails,
Pull the skin,
Off my pale face.

Darkness, you were once my friend,
My ally,
My protection from people, like a cloak,
But now...

Why did you betray me?
My trust in you was more than,
10,000 fathoms deep.
Why did you betray me?

Shadows lust for my fear,
You play your game against me,
I have no defense,
You've invaded my mind.

Why did you betray me?
I loved you, darkness...
Written 21 March 2016
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Excuse me pretty lady,
I hope you won't mind,
You seem like my type,
And you're quite pretty.

I think I'll flirt with you,
Dance around what I feel,
See how you will react,
To my witty maneuvering.

Wrap my arm around your neck,
Rest a hand on your thigh,
I won't go too far, I promise;
But you're someone I want to know.
Written 11 March 2016... meant to be humorous, so don't take it seriously.
Jack Jenkins May 2020
I think its time to have a talk,
A walk over the rubble of once tall walls,
That held a heart so heartless captive,
Lost in halls of raw cobbled things,
That were never really feelings, just things,

Things I need to say, to go over,
All in the name of bless-ed closure,
So sorry that I drove her so far away,
These bereft words, scribbled on a digital page,

Will never convey the dismay of this shipwrecked man,
Who crafted an island by his own hands,
Where he made himself ******,
Where he made his last stand,

But no ending ever came,
Just waves upon waves,
Of drowned dreams and half dead sorrows,
Awaiting death on every tomorrow,
Death that never came,
//self reflection//

Three years is a long time. I think I'm ready to talk to her again.
Jack Jenkins Jul 2017
To trust
to believe
that which
isn't
      there
When the storm closes
its eye around
             you
There is no way out
but trust
   to a hope
that it's not
the end
just a road you take
to get to
         the peace
you desperately hope
              and believe in
Jack Jenkins Jul 2019
There's a noose around my guts
A lump in my throat
  & a feeling that I can't win
A staredown with Death
  & for once I have the upper hand
My soul runs faster than I can see
  & fear doesn't meet me here
What is this place?
  & why was I brought here?
What is this victory?
  & why is it mine?
If this is only a scent
I want to taste it full
//On peace and letting it go//
Jack Jenkins Jul 2022
there is less of me that
i hold closely
and more of what
i want to be
that i hold closely
because who i am
is not a friend
but i will still love him
and hope to see him grow
self-love is also
self-destruction
but i plant
different seeds this time
Jack Jenkins Nov 2017
I'm taking awkward clumsy steps
through life
with weary legs carrying me
up broken trails

I'm running from myself
can't face it
I've had a dozen "eureka" moments
but my life doesn't change

I'm the only one who can change me
that's why I stay the same
plodding through life half broken
with shards of a heart left broken

Probably just out of focus
with too much I
but I'm not changing
is it my destiny to *fail?
Clumsy me can't change me. Half broken, I fail.

"... Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Jack Jenkins Apr 2017
A country that the world left behind
when rubber could be made by man.
The country that slaves found home.

I love this country
that I haven't set
foot on it's soil
yet.

I want to walk it's
dusty trails into
rainforests and
hidden tribes.

I want to sing with
all the vagabonds
ragamuffins &
castaways.

It's a country unknown
a frontier to discover.
A place to call home
maybe...
Jack Jenkins Oct 2016
The gift of life
  The curse of life
   The bitterness
    The jealousy
     The heartbreak
The pain of love
  The thrill of love
   Pursuing the impossible
    A conquered heart
     What cuts us to our core...

The greatest gift of life is our loneliness, our pain.
The things that make us vulnerable to love from one another.
To have a shattered heart be held by a friend, as you confess to being violated.

Cut my heart in two with this hope.
Shiver my spine with this fear;
That I will suffer loneliness all my days,
That not a single day will I ever be alone.
Set me off on the river in my casket,
When I am gone with the flowers passing.
I'm waiting for the fall, for the gift of life...

I tell you again: the greatest gift of life is our loneliness, our pain. The things that make us vulnerable to love from one another.
A bit more abstract than I intended it to be... hope everyone likes it.
Jack Jenkins Mar 2017
It's hard to keep going everyday without you...
I miss you, y'know? I miss you...

I miss your smiling eyes that belied your emotionless face
I miss all our long conversations into the deep night
Whether they were absolutely meaningless or serious
Just to lay with you long after I should have been asleep...
Yeah, I miss you...

I miss kissing your forehead everytime we had to say goodbye
I miss the anticipation of seeing you after we'd been away
I miss all of your poetry you carved into my spirit
Barfight
On How to Love a God
If You Talk Enough Sense You'll Lose Your Mind
Nadya and Fatima (Such a great one)
Sun Kissed
Woman Lay With  Wolves...

I bet you didn't think I'd know your poems like that...
But you overcame my stubborn heart & I carved you into me
Molded and sewed every stitch of you to me
& I miss how you stole my heart away...
& I miss how I fell in love with your mind long before I fell in love with your body. (What a body it is, too)

I don't know if you'll ever see this letter to you
Part of me doesn't want you to because you'll know
Just how many tears I've shed missing you
& how bitter I am that you were ripped away from me

I miss you, y'know? I miss you...
& even though you're gone away
You left your sparkle in my eyes...
****...
Jack Jenkins Sep 2019
Art should be disturbing to the comfortable
A comfort to the disturbed
A shape of two being one
The creator casting one half
The eye of the beholder creates the other
Unified into a single shape with infinite dimensions
Shining like a diamond
The shape of as heart
Windowed soul
Unshuttered and unfettered
A pouring of everything
Filling of empty spaces
The gap between the ribcages
The pain behind the faces
Unmasked, raw, refined, precise, agonizing
Hopeful and despairing
That is what art should be
Art is nothing more than that
Create beauty
//On art//
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