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Booming voices, and broken glass Tuesday at 2am, Thursday at 4pm Hysteric laughter, backwards ball caps Scribbled writing that doesn’t even make sense Birds trying to fly but falling instead Headlights piercing through the foggy darkness of dawn The realization that entropy is unavoidable Ash grey, lavender, forest green, misty rose pink I am struggling and haven’t yet found my kitchen sink A piano slightly out of tune, papers falling to the floor Glazed over eyes, cracks in the sidewalk, all of this what for? Steaming cups of black coffee, met with desiring needs Full moons and unanswered questions All of these, I happen to be. The power of silence, the power of identity Thunderstorms, moments of chaos perfectly intertwined with the silence, Unmade beds, messy hair that falls into your eyes. The ever-moving cold gray skies and beauty of the sunrise Out of place tiles on bitterly cold linoleum floors I am not perfection, in any way, shape, or form. I fall from grace routinely, my bones ache and tremble And when I fall apart, it takes me a while to reassemble. Like gunshots muffled by the noise of the city blocks I am not perfect, nothing special ever happens. I am broken, I am misplaced and unwanted passion. I am the raw energy that shoots from my fingertips The tumbling words that constantly fall from my lips That I cannot, nor would I want to control. Galaxies and constellations grow in my soul. I am, nothing more, than all that I have listed. I am mistakes, dark times, unnoticed and forgotten moments. But I am also a smile after a long cry, (don’t worry) your identity has not been stolen.
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Mar 12, 2018
Mar 12, 2018 at 2:48 AM UTC
Simply I am.
Booming voices, and broken glass Tuesday at 2am, Thursday at 4pm Hysteric laughter, backwards ball caps Scribbled writing that doesn’t even make sense Birds trying to fly but falling instead Headlights piercing through the foggy darkness of dawn The realization that entropy is unavoidable Ash grey, lavender, forest green, misty rose pink I am struggling and haven’t yet found my kitchen sink A piano slightly out of tune, papers falling to the floor Glazed over eyes, cracks in the sidewalk, all of this what for? Steaming cups of black coffee, met with desiring needs Full moons and unanswered questions All of these, I happen to be. The power of silence, the power of identity Thunderstorms, moments of chaos perfectly intertwined with the silence, Unmade beds, messy hair that falls into your eyes. The ever-moving cold gray skies and beauty of the sunrise Out of place tiles on bitterly cold linoleum floors I am not perfection, in any way, shape, or form. I fall from grace routinely, my bones ache and tremble And when I fall apart, it takes me a while to reassemble. Like gunshots muffled by the noise of the city blocks I am not perfect, nothing special ever happens. I am broken, I am misplaced and unwanted passion. I am the raw energy that shoots from my fingertips The tumbling words that constantly fall from my lips That I cannot, nor would I want to control. Galaxies and constellations grow in my soul. I am, nothing more, than all that I have listed. I am mistakes, dark times, unnoticed and forgotten moments. But I am also a smile after a long cry, (don’t worry) your identity has not been stolen.
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18/F/Seattle, USA
Mar 12, 2018
Mar 12, 2018 at 2:48 AM UTC
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