h - Hello Poetry

h Oct 2019

one day you'll look back on your life
and realize
you were born a caterpillar
and grew into a butterfly
in the midst of absurdity.
you'll look down
and see everything beneath you
because you'll be flying,
with wings you didn't even know you had.
growing up is a process that happens over time,
and even though it feels as if it takes an eternity,
you don't always see her there when she arrives.
i think humans are just butterflies
that have more emotions.
we are stronger than we look,
but our wings should not be touched.
for the oils on your hands will weigh us down.

#butterflies #poetry #life #yikes #emotions #sad

Dec 2018

Alex B

Someone stole my color

Someone stole my color
And threw it to the wind
Scattered like ashes
I don’t know if I’ll ever find it

Someone stole my color
From the face I know so well
I saw it in the cotton candy clouds
And the teal ocean swell

Someone stole my color
I guess that’s where it went
The world looks so much brighter
Like something heaven-sent

Someone stole my color
And that’s what no one knows
Depression isn’t black
It’s the color of a rose

It’s the light orange in a sunset
And the yellow of a peach
Light blue, my favorite color
So simply out of reach

Purple like my favorite eyeshadow
No, lavender, I’d guess you’d say
And my favorite music artist
Although he has passed away

Someone stole my color
Now everything’s too bright
I suppose sometimes darkness
Isn’t the opposite of light

Someone stole my color
So I’ll wear grey and black
As if in mourning
Until I get it back

Dec 2018

Flor

His name is Depression

He comes and goes
A man no one really knows
He’s there when you’re alone
Still as a stone

Sadness he detects
And closer he gets
He’ll devour you slowly
And takes your mind wholly

You deter him from time to time
Yet he’s always there, just waiting to climb
He whispers things,
Bad things that’ll break your wings

Sometimes he’ll whisper the sweetest things
Oh, what a joy that brings
He offers you freedom
And acts like a beacon

You’re afraid to take it
Fear to fall in that pit
Be strong you must
Don’t listen and trust

For he’ll absorb positive emotion
Slowly pushing you to the ocean
Be careful around him
Don’t let yourself take the swim.

#depression

Dec 2018

Robert Frost

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay.

h Dec 2018

the consequences of trust pt. 2

i replanted myself
and i grew more than ever
taller than the clouds
i became friends with the sky
the birds taught me a few lessons
i even met the sun
she showed me how to shine
when it got dark
i found myself reminiscing with the stars
but i left some things on the ground
and they cut me down
now i find myself in the same place
that i was before i decided to leave

maybe i am the bad guy

#darkness

h Dec 2018

the consequences of trust pt. 1

you were the first person that i told
the biggest secret of my life
i trusted you with that
to this day, i still trust you with it

you see, you may hate me
you may avoid me
we may not talk

but you still have pieces of me
as i still have pieces of you
i don't resent you

the things you put me through have only helped me grow
you see, i have sprouted up
and i'm becoming a garden
and this time, i'm doing it all on my own

#garden #trust #pieces #flowers #secrets