Nick Moser

Nick Moser Dec 2016

I always say that I let it slip away.

But that's not really true.

Because unfortunately,
To have let something slip away.

Means I would have had it in my grasp to begin with.

Write a letter. Stuff it away. Wonder what it did. Even to this day.

#love #poem #poet #sad #depressed #hope #lost #hold #letter #grasp

Nick Moser Dec 2016

Notifications Are Better Left for the Carrier Pigeons

I love when my phone lights up.

Calls, texts, notifications.

I love to see when someone cares enough to check on me,

To see how I am,
To love me.

I love when my phone lights up,

Because I've gotten much too good at memorizing the darkness.

Light me up

#poem #poet #hope #darkness #light #call #phone #text #message #notification

Nick Moser Dec 2016

You Left Me On The Shelf Because There Were Better Deals The Next Aisle Over

There ain't nothing special about me except my scars and my wounds.

They tell my history.
They tell my pain.
They tell my story.

All because I can't find the words.

Pray for peace

#poem #poetry #poet #sad #pain #story #scars #history #wounds #message

Nick Moser Dec 2016

Storm Damage

Sometimes I sit here,
Wanting to cry.

But I can't.

And sometimes,
I sit here,
And the tears sneak up on me from out of nowhere.

And there's no way that I,

A small paper sailboat, floating aimlessly in my own sorrow,

Can survive the force of the typhoon coming from my eyes.

Storm Damage

#love #pain #tears #cry #hurt #thoughts #storm #paper #damage #sailboat

Nick Moser Nov 2016

Tick Tock Work

I'm waiting while watching the hands of the clock tick by.

The time passes like sand through an hourglass.

I'm waiting and watching each grain pass by.

Just wondering when time might stand still,
And when the hourglass will spill itself all over me.

Then, I'll have all the time on my hands.

I've nothing but time

#poem #hope #time #waiting #sand #wait #tick #tock #hourglass #clockwork

Nick Moser Nov 2016

50 Likes, But No Love

Pain can be so loud sometimes.

And while I'm over here screaming,
Does anyone say anything?

No.
Of course they don't.

They only speak up to tell me I'm making too much noise.

Why even bother

#love #noise #anger #pain #hope #scream #angst #loud #message #likes

Nick Moser Nov 2016

Dress (me down) Appropriately

People can say anything about you.
Wage wars with you.
Degrade you.

But when the shoe's on the other foot,

They decide they don't like the wardrobe.

Look and try you best

#words #war #hurt #me #down #dress #shoe #wardrobe #degrade #appropriately