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I saw rainbows that danced through the tears that we cried and we laughed then
at the colours because something inside us was pushing us on,

there will be the Sun
there will also be rain.

Inside salvage city
someone saves me
to be
cut out and put out
to grass,

I become de facto the pensioner
with no leg to stand on,
but I have a shoulder to lean on
and she pushes me on.

Life on the scrap heap.

like sheep we are sheared,
bleating,
beating ourselves up when
we should beat them or be them

then we see rainbows
and dance in the sparkle
it all comes full circle
being
complete.
 Nov 2016 KathleenAMaloney
Li
I saw you coming
like a hurricane
ready to devastate
I could have evacuated
but I didn't

I waited
I waited
for you to come
and turn me
upside down

and when you were done
I didn't care
how ruined
I was
because
the mere thought
of your touch
kept me warm inside

even if that means destruction
I'm willing to die
a hundred times.
 Nov 2016 KathleenAMaloney
Li
It wasn't love at first sight. It was the opposite. It was slowly and beautiful. Like a sun rising in between two mountains or a flower slowly opening itself to the world.

I don't know when it happened, but with every tired sighs, blinking of eyes, and all the moments in between, I let the waves take me further to where you were. Suddenly, being alone was something I could not remember. Oh and my hands? They have always held a book or a pen, but they now crave for your hands instead. And I don't know why, but whenever you're not here, I can still smell your perfume and I can't help but look for you in the room. Whenever people ask me what my favorite color was, I would say "Pink", but when I saw your eyes, it has been my favorite ever since.

It wasn't love at first sight. It was something I witnessed unravel before me. It was you. And like slow sunsets and blooming flowers, my heart swelled at the onrush of the scenery.
 Nov 2016 KathleenAMaloney
z
trying
 Nov 2016 KathleenAMaloney
z
to think of people the weeks or months before they died
and what they were to you at that time
what they were to you
and then to think
what you are right now
at this moment
on a scale, how much you are trying for
you friends your family the stars the universe
who would be the one to think of how you were?
 Nov 2016 KathleenAMaloney
milo
all my dad bought was tequila,
so i spent my evenings staring into it, plugging my nose
(orange is my least favorite color.)
drip drip drip, onto our sidewalks, like an iv in an inevitably diseased vein
its still coming down, slowly. you feel it if you dont move
swallow me, into tunnels made of clear plastic film,
dry me out until i am the dust left by summer
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