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May 2018 Alice Lovey

Trapped

May 2018 Alice Lovey

My attempts of being a poet

Trapped

I'm not good enough I can't do this I have no talent They won't care
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I would never make the diference I'm dumb I can't write I'm done

-Im suffocating here

#trapped #shapepoem #jail #mind #negativity #help

May 2018 Alice Lovey

you've left me an empty shell

May 2018 Alice Lovey

EmB

you've left me an empty shell

You steal from me,
laughter from my throat,
the smile in my eyes
you’ve stolen memories
I can’t escape the irony,
gentle rain falling,
replacing tears I could have wept
but you’ve stolen them all away
all shed for you until
I had nothing left,
my eyes dry and destitute
The silence is heavy, shrouding my ears,
settling on my shoulders
I have nothing left to give,
you’ve taken it all
over-hungry, overreaching
the scraps you yanked from the table and devoured
I have nothing left to give, no warmth or love
My heart is wrung dry, hung outside,
battered by the unwavering elements
You’d think the rain would replenish it, lend me strength
but instead I sit on the ledge
with only lingering thoughts of you to keep me warm.

#love #hardship #loss #tired

May 2018 Alice Lovey

my love for you is ever-changing

May 2018 Alice Lovey

EmB

my love for you is ever-changing

I want to write a love poem, but I just can’t find the words
Each day with you is new, a rip off daily calendar
some days I laugh until I cry, other days
I’m coughing up sobs and regret
and still more I just don’t get.
I want to write a love poem, but that’s not how this works.
I can’t write of love, though it fills my days with sunshine.
Love is not so easily described, only understood if you’re in the throes of it.
People understand pain, loss, but not love,
I could say how it feels today:
love is a wild mystery, a traipse through a jungle with no map in hand.
The rain pours down, cool on my skin, refreshing
The sun rays reach me through the impossibly green canopy
I feel the strength of the trees, the hope of the green shoots,
the wild freedom of the monkeys overhead.
The rhythm lies within me and the song of the birds echoes
the song of my heart.
My love is strong, wild, and largely unexplored;
I make the path as I go on my way,
curious tourist and determined adventurer
Today my love is warmth and sun
exhilarating times and smiles wrapped into one

#love #hope #confusion #adventure

May 2018 Alice Lovey

late night feelings of a lonely soul

May 2018 Alice Lovey

EmB

late night feelings of a lonely soul

I thought I was drowning,
but now I realize I’ve been treading water,
sure the waves have crashed down on me, water
flooding my mouth, but my head stayed high as I bobbed.
Now I know I’m drowning,
the lights shimmer otherworldly, no longer harsh to my eyes
the water is feeling warmer, in my mouth, laying on my lungs,
the weight of anxiety and stress---and water, that I can’t expel
The sound is no longer deafening, a low hum is building in my ears and
the black swirls around my eyes and I am…gone

#stress #anxiety #lonelythoughts

May 2018 Alice Lovey

This Is Art

May 2018 Alice Lovey

Fire

This Is Art

You ripped it
my pretty little heart -
but that's okay because
now I can pin it
to a wall
and scream
This Is Art.

The Infinite Seas

#love #heartbreak #loss #sadness #unrequited #feelings

May 2018 Alice Lovey

Another love poem

May 2018 Alice Lovey

Fire

Another love poem

I would rather
write about the colours of early spring,
than to rack my brain
about the exact shades and swirls
of your eyes.
I would rather
describe the softness of fur
against my fingertips,
than to miss the silken touch
of your hair.
I would rather
wonder about the stars in poems,
than to search for nonexistent love
between the lines.
I would rather cherish the moment,
than to wonder
what could have been.

The whispering stars

#love #unrequited #heartbreak #sadness #life

May 2018 Alice Lovey

As if; She's...!

May 2018 Alice Lovey

Jerry

As if; She's...!

She’s a Poem
He’s an Invisible Ink

She’s a Love Ballad
He’s a Vocal Less Echo

She’s a Soothing Lullaby
He’s a Muted Lyric

She's a Warm Breeze
He's a Whimpered Wind

She’s a Wished Rain
He’s a Thirst in Desert

She’s a Flying Dream
He’s a Falling Demon

She’s Nourishing on Pages
He's Dissolving into Ink

As if, Final Chapter of His Book in a Making?
She May Breathe Forever in His Silent Echoes...

for you dearest 'Lady of the Sea'

#april #17