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soft sun Jan 2017
High on wheat and cheese
more, more, we always want more
my stomach hurts but I'm happy
and gross
my toes are covered in dirt
tucked beneath my comforter
it could be worse
soft sun Jan 2017
Trying to decide
if my love for you
is another thing;
one more thing
that keeps me attached.

Wondering if you are doing okay
without me there.
Yet another stab from my ego of self-importance.

The world will go on without me.
But the world needs me.
In all my uniqueness.
soft sun Nov 2016
what does peace mean to you?

let go
don't cling
my brother
are you not

self for you to bear the storm alone,
to spare some tears

the calm is coming
tonight or in ten years
an unrivaled friend
This poem is about my brother. He struggles with depression and has suicidal thoughts. On Saturday night he punched some kid in the jaw and broke his hand. After taking him to the doctor today, I was feeling so many things. The first paragraph has to do with me wanting to let go of my attachment to him. we are more than just the body, our souls are eternal. I had to stop myself from saying 'my' or 'me' because that causes attachment which is suffering. The second paragraph explains how family and friends of those who commit suicide. They will tell others not to do it because of the pain it will cause the loved ones. Depression is a disease, where peace is all you want. They are not trying to cause others pain, just trying to release some of their own. The third paragraph is to provide faith. We all have our seasons. Nothing is permanent, the good, the bad, always fleeting. The last line was inspired by my brother explaining to the doctor that he got into an altercation with a 'friend'. This 'friend' is similar to depression. It hides in the darkness and talks ****.
soft sun Oct 2016
You were with me then
You are with me now
Stretches of plains and time
Weathered with character of my days spent finding you.

You were here all along
I need not worry that I might lose you
Because you are always there
                   ...
soft sun Oct 2016
All I can do
Is write love poems to you
Everything I do
I do for you, my sweet

These hands are not my hands
These words
Not my own
Beyond the limits
Of skin and bone
It is you
My heart adores

Breathing in your breath
Surrounded in your light
You are all around me
You are all I see
soft sun Oct 2016
Empty is the formless being
All that's needed is to be
Free, a bodiless container
I can not be contained!

Empty are my feelings for you
I have burned with passion
And it hurts
Love always hurts

Empty are my drawers
Of nick nacks
Single socks
When does the cycle end

Empty is my mind
Unlearning lines and phrases
Full with reason and logic
Remind me to forget to remember
That I knew it all along.

Empty is my heart
So it can be filled with love.
Love that knows no boundaries.
Overflowing in the sea of you.
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