Semicolon

Sep 2018

Maya

a haiku for the unprepared

how to have a good
haiku: make sure you do not
run out of sylla-

****.

#comedic #funny #haiku #joke #comedy #simple #unprepared

Sep 2018

Salmabanu Hatim

Man

Man is strange,
He lives as if he is never going to die,
He dies as if he has never lived.

Sep 2018

Salmabanu Hatim

Believe It

The truth is:
Those who are very good at heart,
Are the ones who apologize first.

Semicolon Sep 2018

Wounds and scars

I was healing,
The wounds were healing,
The tears had stopped,
The demons had fallen to sleep,
The blood had dried up,
So had the pillows,
I was healing.
But then,
I picked at the scabs,
And I bled again,
And it left behind
A scar.
I was healing,
But now I can't.
I was healing,
But now I have scars.
I was healing,
But not anymore.

The wound healed and closed up, but the scar remained.

©Semicolon

#wounds #scars #poetry #hurt #pain #semicolon

Sep 2018

Renee

"You look just fine"

I'm sure I look fine.

Days like today,
I want to strip the skin
From my forearms
Using only my fingernails.

Days like today,
I want to wring out
My legs like a washcloth,
Squeeze the rolls on my stomach
Until they're empty.

Days like this,
I want to walk away from my body
forever.

I'm sure I look fine.

#body #image #selfhate #trigger #sad

Sep 2018

emnabee

Fuchsia

I was down.

And so I decided I needed flowers.

But not roses. Because roses have thorns.
And I am so sensitive lately.

I decided, not mixed flowers.
Because I’m mixed up.
And I need to stabilize.

I decided, not tulips.
Because tulips droop.

I decided,
I need gerbera daisies, bright.

Because gerbera daisies stand upright.

And so I bought some
in a wonderful shade of Fuchsia.

#fuchsia #daisies #depression