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  Apr 2016 R
brooke
i would like to tell him
that i would not have
documented these things
if I had known it all would end so soon
I would not have kept track of the firsts
of his hands, or his movements or
the profile of his face with the Sangre De Cristos
rising up behind him, how I thought he must
be a part of the land.
of the steady
way I was p r o b a b l y
falling in love
(c) Brooke Otto 2016

one of those poems you let sit for a day before they grow on you.

this was written on the 21st of March.
  Apr 2016 R
Madeysin
Depression is like waking up sick, everyday since the last time that you could remember. You carry around the cure, in the unkempt form of your mind.
  Mar 2016 R
bee
you're trying to blame me for what happened between us, saying i broke your heart, but don't you remember? the last time i saw you, you told me you'd give me space, but the only space i wanted was the universe within your mind.
  Mar 2016 R
bee
fernweh is a german word that means to be a homesick for a place you've never been, so i wonder what you call missing someone who was never yours.
  Mar 2016 R
Kristoffer Motil
i saw you in the moon

it was comforting. most people attribute their
       (eternity)
special someone to the sun. you were never that for me.
you were many countless, irreplaceable, unknown qualities
that i wanted. none of them were glaringly obvious.
besides, i am never in the light.
i am always in the dark.
       (the deep and lovely dark)
i am never lost there. i never needed a star to guide me home –
i was home already.
what i wanted
       (craved)
was the steady presence to remind me
that i was not alone.
the moon is always there, you know – even when you can’t see it.
so, i look up as night falls
       (that black curtain sweeping down, down)
and hope you’re somewhere
       (happy)
nearby, looking at that round rock in the blackness,
outshining all the rest.
i know it’s not a star, but i make a wish anyway:
your name
       (a prayer, whispered)
followed by three little words.
For Alyssia.
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