jǫrð - Hello Poetry

jǫrð Dec 2020

Purple Amethyst
Beneath my tongue, keeps me from
Inebriation

The History: It is said that amethyst beneath the tongue prevents drunkenness. All types of drunkenness, I'm afraid not.

#amethyst #inebriated #drunk #purple #old #wives #tales

jǫrð Dec 2020

unspoken

Grey eyes, crystalline
Such depth and great length
Behind your soft gaze

The History: I remain unsure, for good reason. You would want me to focus on self preservation.

#unspoken #words

jǫrð Dec 2020

But I always carry scissors

Brought the 62
Eight of Swords burned in carpet
Told me you'd bound me

The History: 'If circumstances were different' but they're not.

#cut #off #done #concede #regret #pain #eight #of #swords #62

jǫrð Dec 2020

blur

Consumed and confused
There is no line keeping me
From you, except you

The History: I keep waiting for that emphatic love that fits right and doesn't apologize.

#consumed #confused #missing #loss #blurred #lines

jǫrð Dec 2020

Southbound

On the tenth winter
Your misery left me like
Migratory birds

The History: You have been gone from me for 10 years and I will never be the same. Thank you and ******* very much.

#southward #migratory #birds #heartbreak #resolve #recovery #abuse

jǫrð Dec 2020

For that which never came

His promises of
Tomorrow, Something to look
Forward to, waiting

The History: I made conscessions for your preference and you never got out of bed. You slept until you were late for work and I tried to pretend I didn't exist.

#waiting #always #never #inconvenience

jǫrð Dec 2020

linger

I do what you do
Linger and loom like colors
On the horizon

The History: You procrastinate when it's time to go. Maybe you don't want to show that you've got nowhere to be? Same buddy.

#linger #looming #hang #around #horizon #haiku