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 Sep 2017 Jay
Daniel Zell
I wish my life was like a poem
then I would be beautiful.
I would have rhythm, cadence, imagery;
my rhymes they would be plentiful.

I would have stanzas of separation,
my life would be in order.
They would build upon each other
from beginning to end -- clear borders.

Someone would have infused emotion,
clear meaning to my words;
something mysteriously discernible
the lack of which does hurt.

Instead I'm just a jumble of
unnecessary words and phrases.
No clear anything at all,
No future meaning to the ages.
 Sep 2017 Jay
Valsa George
caught a sunbeam
I pocketed it
for a wintry day
 Sep 2017 Jay
Maria Etre
Betweener
 Sep 2017 Jay
Maria Etre
You made it
onto my paper
from
in between my ribs
to
in between my lines
&
all I can do
is sharpen my pencil
every time
I reach the end
of each stanza
 Sep 2017 Jay
sophia
Dear Daddy
 Sep 2017 Jay
sophia
Dear Daddy,
Do you know what these men say to me?

With their
eyes and their mouths
when I walk on the street.

With a grin and a nod
and a look up and down.
A wink and a kiss
and a cat call heard from downtown.

With my skirt short
and my top
low,
It’s a cold world daddy
and no
doesn’t mean no.

Daddy do you know
how these men look at me?

Like I’m a piece of meat
strutting down the street?
With my head buds in
and my favorite song on.

I’m asking for it Daddy,
I’m in the wrong.

Do you know how it feels
not to wear what I like?

To walk a little faster
when I’m alone at night?

Daddy the world is my predator
and I am it's doe,
Daddy what happens
when I can’t say no?
 Sep 2017 Jay
Nobody
Her.
 Sep 2017 Jay
Nobody
Ive joined dateing sites,
Ive seen hundereds of females of all size and shape, national origin, skin colour, and beliefs.
Swipe
Swipe
Swipe
Messege after messege,
hellos and goodbyes.
Swipe
Swipe
Swipe
I look at each face and stare into their eyes and think to myself,
"will she make me happy?
Swipe
Swipe
Swipe

Stop.

My heart begins to desend to the lowest viod in my soul.

Its you.
Its been months since ive seen you,
My heart can not take it anymore.
We live in the same city,
No more than a few blocks away.
You were my world, and now youre gone.

But you're right here,
Behind this tiny screen.
The closest ive been in a while.

As i read your bio,
whatever that is left of my heart that still remains in my chest, slowly crumbles into dust word after word.
I feel as it floats away in the dark emptiness of my mind.

You look happy.
I hate every last bit in my soul. I have nothing, no one. Im just a nobody.
~
~
we are breathing the same air
we are looking at the same skies
we are living in the same world*

but why are our hearts are not beating in the same rhythm?

©IGMS
 Sep 2017 Jay
cder
What you did
 Sep 2017 Jay
cder
My body; no longer mine.
My thoughts; consumed by you
My heart; torn to pieces
My life; ruined by you.
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