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i. descend i've lost weight since we last met we fit differently from before- bird-thin, the both of us- but this hollow in your feathered chest is still where i feel most at home- your jade eyes a nest, to cultivate my happiness i've been betrothed to the birds you stayed back, earthbound i fell, a cataract, from the red cliffs you watched me sink, earthbound i was ripped to shreds in the tundra freezing and thirsty and you listened instead to the flowers, drowning me out as i whispered for help they told you sunlight stories when i was trapped in dusk i was an inch from the edge of night and you fled so as to not be consumed. ii. unpend i know what i told myself- i said i shed my mourning veil- but i still weep for the morning lark, your lightening song haunting my brittle nightingale i write you letters every night with a fountain pen slathered in red ink saying what i never could, spilling my regret on the page (wake up with ****** hands) i should have known you were no one to trust you're just a fledgling we're all so naïve. iii. the end i take flight, for brave is the man who would leap from the bluff to prove his worth; for i can take action now- i can say this now, where before i sat on the sidelines i will not wilt in your arms just for a moment i will hold you tight my prisoner thank you for keeping me alive i don't need that anymore thank you for staying by my side when i had eyes set to **** thank you for helping me to ascertain that i’m no phoenix thank you for participating in my stupid guessing games you were the match to ignite my nicotine habits but now i'm the one who's decided to spark and fade green-eyes, i've made a decision and this time i'll stick with it- featherlight now, i will make my escape
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Dec 10, 2012
Dec 10, 2012 at 12:47 AM UTC
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i. descend i've lost weight since we last met we fit differently from before- bird-thin, the both of us- but this hollow in your feathered chest is still where i feel most at home- your jade eyes a nest, to cultivate my happiness i've been betrothed to the birds you stayed back, earthbound i fell, a cataract, from the red cliffs you watched me sink, earthbound i was ripped to shreds in the tundra freezing and thirsty and you listened instead to the flowers, drowning me out as i whispered for help they told you sunlight stories when i was trapped in dusk i was an inch from the edge of night and you fled so as to not be consumed. ii. unpend i know what i told myself- i said i shed my mourning veil- but i still weep for the morning lark, your lightening song haunting my brittle nightingale i write you letters every night with a fountain pen slathered in red ink saying what i never could, spilling my regret on the page (wake up with ****** hands) i should have known you were no one to trust you're just a fledgling we're all so naïve. iii. the end i take flight, for brave is the man who would leap from the bluff to prove his worth; for i can take action now- i can say this now, where before i sat on the sidelines i will not wilt in your arms just for a moment i will hold you tight my prisoner thank you for keeping me alive i don't need that anymore thank you for staying by my side when i had eyes set to **** thank you for helping me to ascertain that i’m no phoenix thank you for participating in my stupid guessing games you were the match to ignite my nicotine habits but now i'm the one who's decided to spark and fade green-eyes, i've made a decision and this time i'll stick with it- featherlight now, i will make my escape
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Dec 10, 2012
Dec 10, 2012 at 12:47 AM UTC
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