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423 · Mar 2020
Haiku
Mitch Prax Mar 2020
I love you so much
that I would share my toilet
paper with you, babe

10:50 PM
12/3/20
421 · Oct 2020
Haiku
Mitch Prax Oct 2020
stop carrying the
baggage of the past to an
unwritten future

6:31 PM
8/10/20
420 · Mar 2022
After Death
Mitch Prax Mar 2022
What happens after death?
Someone sheds a tear for you,
smiles for you,
and the memories live on,
as you live on,
alive in another.
420 · Apr 2018
Habit of You
Mitch Prax Apr 2018
I have a compulsive habit
where I tend to cut people off
the second they get close to me.
Maybe I do this because
I’m terrified of being hurt again;
but maybe the reason isn’t important.
I tend to cut them off quickly
but allow you to stay
in the background like a radio;
On, yet no one is listening to it.
I’ll cut off anyone that reminds
me of you because maybe
if I ignore you long enough
you’ll fade away.
420 · Oct 2020
Like Lavender
Mitch Prax Oct 2020
Like lavender,
this world is a brighter place
because of your beauty
and your grace.
Like lavender,
there is something about you,
so wild yet so soft,
that gets me through.
Like lavender,
you have a scent so divine,
and I have been blessed
to call it mine.
Mitch Prax Jun 2018
Sure, I am just a passenger
in this story of your life
but each ride exhilarates me;
it rocks me to my core
and leaves me wanting more.
I always leave with a smile,
like we drove to the top of the world;
the perfect stop to drop me off
and let loose the butterflies
I collected along the way.
420 · Apr 2024
Dissonant
Mitch Prax Apr 2024
My memories are
like dissonant wind chimes-
they shriek every time
my mind's winds blow.
Those familiar tunes still haunt me
and to this day they remain
stuck in my head.
419 · May 2019
Haiku 20/5/19 11:07 PM
419 · Jan 2018
Flowers of Love
Mitch Prax Jan 2018
Love is like a flower
It can be so delicate
And when you are seduced    
with its beauty and delicacy
You will want to pluck it.
But plucking, in essence,
Kills the flower
Love is different.
Love is leaving it be;
Letting it flourish
and growing with the flower.
Love is watering the flower
when it needs it.
Love is letting the flower
Live among its kind
if it desires it.
Love is appreciating,
Love is beautiful
but when one tries to control
or mold someone into an idea,
this is when love dies
417 · Feb 2019
Fresh Laundry
Mitch Prax Feb 2019
my baby girl
is like fresh laundry
straight out of the dryer-
so soft, so warm
so similar to home.
415 · Apr 2019
Doing the Unstuck
Mitch Prax Apr 2019
Tomorrow
is tomorrow
is tomorrow
is tomorrow-
if only i could
become unstuck.
415 · May 2018
Ache With Me
Mitch Prax May 2018
I ache for skies I have not seen,
and for people I have not met.
But most of all,
I ache for you.
415 · Jan 2018
Mirror Image
415 · Apr 2019
Spilt Ink
Mitch Prax Apr 2019
If I just keep writing,
then maybe my poetry
will spill out and
bring you back.
414 · Jun 2019
Don't Take It Personally
Mitch Prax Jun 2019
It’s important
not to take these things personally.
Sometimes people hate you
through no fault of your own.
And sometimes people push you away
just because they’re afraid of what
will happen if you get too close.
And sometimes people leave
because they came to realize
that you weren't right for them
before you could realize that
they weren't right for you.
And that's okay because
not everybody can
love you.
414 · Sep 2018
Stars That You Are
Mitch Prax Sep 2018
Yes,
I am selfish;
I want to see you every night
Until the darkness is no more.
My nights can never be too full
of the stars that you are.
413 · May 2022
Untitled
Mitch Prax May 2022
Yes,
I accepted it,
but that doesn't mean
it does not make
me sad.
413 · Jan 2018
Broken People
Mitch Prax Jan 2018
Why is it that broken people
confide in my words?
Is it because I’m broken too?
Are we shards from the same bottle?
Does it help when we fit into place?
You and I, a tragic jigsaw puzzle
Or when I put you back together?
I don’t know why it is,
All I know is that my words
bring a temporary relief
to myself and
to the broken people
412 · Dec 2021
A Love Letter to 2021
Mitch Prax Dec 2021
Whiskey-soaked words
written in ink as dark as
the days of this year-
Another love letter
to another year.
411 · Mar 2018
100/100
Mitch Prax Mar 2018
Love is not 50/50,
that is just a half-assed attempt
at an emotion that takes it all
and expecting to make it.
Love is 100/100,
so you’re giving all you’ve got
to someone who gives you their all.
It may not work out,
but it isn’t because you didn’t try.
Now it has come to an end,
you kiss goodbye,
and wave each other off
into the fading sunset
and not feel an ounce
of regret.
410 · Mar 2019
In Your Eyes
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
I don’t fear getting lost
in your eyes,
I fear getting lost in your voice.
I see myself in those eyes
and  I see my home.
Your voice, though-
it can swallow me whole
with all your little words
and I would
never return.
409 · Jul 2021
Haiku
Mitch Prax Jul 2021
If your body's a
temple then I wish to spend
my days in worship

11:24 PM
13/7/21
409 · Nov 2019
Haiku
Mitch Prax Nov 2019
My hand never found
a better place to call home
than when it held yours

8:55 PM
28/11/19
408 · Mar 2020
Two Eyes, Two Planets
Mitch Prax Mar 2020
Chocolate eyes,
two distant planets
that hold a mystery more mystifying
than the furthest reaches of our galaxy.
My heart longs to
make the voyage
and make a home in your orbit,
but for now,
home is out of reach.
408 · Aug 2019
Haiku
Mitch Prax Aug 2019
Let yourself become
an elegant sunflower
in a field of thorns

5:24 PM
30/8/19
408 · May 2019
Haiku 22/5/19 11:04 PM
Mitch Prax May 2019
Twenty-seven years
of unbridled poetry
running through my veins.
407 · Apr 2023
Life Calls
Mitch Prax Apr 2023
I just want to sleep,
but life calls me again,
along with the moon and darkness.
I'd like to sleep,
but this mind is filled with dreams,
and sometimes nightmares.
407 · Dec 2020
Haiku
Mitch Prax Dec 2020
Even if this stops
being love I will always
keep on loving you

10:17 PM
5/12/20
406 · Jul 2019
Still Too Early
Mitch Prax Jul 2019
It is far too early
to tel if I'll survive you.
You have already made
a dent on my heart
and I’m already weak-kneed
at the thought of saying goodbye.
406 · Dec 2020
Reasons
Mitch Prax Dec 2020
If every person
comes into my life
for a reason then
Does every person
leave my life
for a reason?
406 · May 2018
Just Another Face
Mitch Prax May 2018
I rehearse the words
I want to say to you
over and over again in my head.
Tonight I should be sleeping,
but I have to think this through;
I have to get this right.
I’m pretty certain I’m just another
face to you, or, that’s what I’m becoming.
But you were never just another face.
And you will never be just another face.
Nor will you become a distant memory;
I will always carry you close to my heart
even though I’m pretty sure
I never got close to yours.
405 · Mar 2019
Go ahead and fly, kid
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
It stormed yesterday.
Today the sky is clear
and now they're yours
to conquer.
So remember, whenever struggle
and pain are present,
it will always pass-
the oceans are yours to surpass.
So fill your heart,
Purge your mind,
Spread your wings,
Go ahead and fly, kid,
The world is yours.
404 · Nov 2020
The Sharpest Knife
Mitch Prax Nov 2020
Who left you
so broken that your
eyes now cut deeper than
the sharpest knife?
We are left with such hatred
weighed upon our hearts
and all we can do
is laugh.
404 · Mar 2022
Untitled
Mitch Prax Mar 2022
It's getting better,
it's getting bad,
it's getting better,
it's getting bad,
it's getting better,
it's getting bad,
it's getting better,
it's getting bad.
404 · Jul 2020
NY
Mitch Prax Jul 2020
NY
I love you
louder than
the city that never sleeps.
New York,
it's got nothing on us,
baby.
404 · Mar 2022
Haiku
Mitch Prax Mar 2022
The human being
is a galaxy comprised
of hypocrisies

4:23 PM
25/3/22
401 · Sep 2019
Haiku
Mitch Prax Sep 2019
One year later and
oh my god, I think I am
dreaming you again

7:44 PM
12/9/19
400 · Jul 2018
The Shape of Love
Mitch Prax Jul 2018
All at once,
it hits me that it’s been you
this whole time.
Like wine in a heart-shaped glass,
this love fills my heart
filling all the holes
others left behind.
400 · Jan 2021
Haiku
Mitch Prax Jan 2021
For many people,
what is right and wrong depends
on who it crushes

8:31 PM
13/1/21
399 · Feb 2019
Temporary Angels
Mitch Prax Feb 2019
Angels come and go
with pain and love
and without warning.
If you should be so lucky
As to meet an angel in this world
treasure them-
for there’s no telling when
their halo will lift or
their wings will take flight.
So cherish them-
but keep in mind
they are not forever
and that one day they may become
a stranger once again.
399 · Jun 2019
Haiku
Mitch Prax Jun 2019
I can't miss what was
never mine or never ours-
so why does it hurt?

9/6/19
12:38 PM
398 · Jul 2019
I Still Wonder
Mitch Prax Jul 2019
I wonder if you still
tell our story to other people.
I wonder if you’re still
up north with your new man
and you'll say 'I knew a poet'.
I wonder if he will be
showing you pictures of the world,
and you'll say ‘I knew a man
who's seen Melbourne to Reykjavik.’
Sometimes I run into the people
we used to know but they won't
recognize me without you by my side.
They will introduce themselves,
and ask how you're doing and I'll say,
‘I don't know anymore.’
397 · Mar 2020
A Georgian Tale
Mitch Prax Mar 2020
They sprinkled
the streets in
holy water
and locked the city down
as if it were world war II.
Maybe there is hope
for the city of light
in this world of darkness.
So send your priests,
and send your angels,
and maybe,
just maybe,
we will be alright.
397 · Dec 2020
Haiku
Mitch Prax Dec 2020
Why is it that the
promises we cannot keep
sound the prettiest?

10:19 PM
5/12/20
396 · Jul 2020
SML
Mitch Prax Jul 2020
SML
She was the
best dancer
in Tennessee.
I thought she
was going to
marry me.
396 · May 2020
Night Terrors
Mitch Prax May 2020
Please understand
that if I call
out your name
in the middle of
the night,
it is because you
kept a piece of
my soul
buried beneath your
pillowcase.
395 · Jan 2018
2:46 AM
Mitch Prax Jan 2018
The simplicity
of a short but blunt
and simple poem
can temporarily
cast out the
demons that
roam inside
my head
394 · Dec 2019
A Fire to Remember
Mitch Prax Dec 2019
Set the past on fire,
but don't forget to
admire every flame.
394 · Nov 2020
Haiku
Mitch Prax Nov 2020
How many times have
you said "why won't my heart stop
beating?" before bed?

6:46 PM
7/11/20
392 · Mar 2022
Untitled
Mitch Prax Mar 2022
What is worse
than missing someone who
does not even think
about you?
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