#arcamm poems on Hello Poetry

arCamm Apr 2022

filtered water neglects
the body of necessary
minerals…

If I am to know
the true nourishment
you bring to the table,

you must show
yourself to me…

unfiltered.

Don’t come to masked up. I want to know YOU.

#arcamm #poetry #relationships #unfiltered #courtship

arCamm Apr 2022

Complex Simplicity

You are complicated…
but you’re also simple…

which makes you complicated.

— a.r. Camm

#arcamm #complicated #simple #brainwork

arCamm Jun 2021

Lighten Up

ignite your inner child,
setting ablaze a once dried well,
a swallowed light will lead you from this darkness.

- a.r. Camm

as we grow older, we tend to lose sight of that inner child that kept life light. we get exposed to money, politics, expectations, and other **** that swallows that light in an instant. exciting that inner child gets us back to that innocence. that happiness. that child is strong enough to carry us from the darkness.

#haiku #arcamm

arCamm Jun 2021

"3am Thoughts"

I am splattered ink on these empty white walls.
a story told by collisions.
splashes of my deepest intuitions:
a handprint embroidered here,
a slash of claws over there,
a baby footprint by the door to say "goodbye" to my innocence,
a distorted smile on the ceiling that could easily be mistaken for a question mark,
and a cancellation symbol on the window shunning anyone's smart *** remarks.

I
am
a mess...
and if one were to try and clean me up,
my secrets beneath would devour them whole.

- a.r. Camm

#arcamm #secrets #stories

arCamm Feb 2021

My Cherry Blossom

aged with wisdom & culture
forever symbolic of love
my gentle leaf has fallen

- a.r. Camm

R.I.P. Obaachan

#arcamm #cherryblossom #grandma #japanese #haiku

arCamm Jan 2021

“Opposites Attract”

It’s strange.
I’m a water sign
fascinated by fire.

Does this mean
that I’m seeking my own destruction
or simply curious of what warmth feels like?

- a.r. Camm

#fireandwine #arcamm #pisces #opposites #attract

arCamm Jan 2021

“Alluring Dance”

beauty is you
sharp dancing along your luminous light,
dangerous upon your fragile ankles,
the potential to “bring down the house,”
beauty is you
I look at you and feel your passion,
if not tamed correctly while seated,
we all become dancers with you...

such pain and beauty,
such hypnotizing mastery,
you’ve thawed this coldness inside me,

I must have you
so i shall reach...

I want to dance

With you.

- a.r. Camm

Whether it’s a campfire or in the fireplace... I always have this nagging temptation to reach.

#fireandwine #arcamm #flames #dancing #temptation

arCamm Jan 2021

“TROPHY”

Last time I trusted someone,
I ended up being an animal head
on their collection wall.

a victim to their survival
renamed “trophy”

- a.r. Camm

I have trust issues.

#arcamm #trust #issues #scarred #fireandwine

arCamm Jan 2021

“Pillow Talk”

I hope he knows that I feel the stress
vortex banging against his cranium.
even with my welcoming surface,
he struggles to let go.

I hope he knows that it is not I that
needs replacing,
but simply his way of thinking that
needs readjusting.

A new year
A mindset anew

Hello 2021

- a.r. Camm

Hello 2021,

I know that you’re going to bring some more bullsh** my way. Just to let you know now, I’m mentally preparing myself for you. You won’t catch me off guard like 2020 did. I’m ready for you. Bring it on.

#arcamm #happynewyear #2021 #pillowtalk #personification

arCamm Dec 2020

“Family Feud”

Perhaps, one day I’ll understand why you did it.

Why you pushed me through the ground and expected me to reach for your high expectations.
Why you branded me with your dying wishes and made me feel selfish for adding my own.
Why you assumed that it was the attraction of other women that ended our love when it was really because I chose to come home.
Why you listened to your heart and felt as if it was okay to mute out mine.
Why you pinned our actions against one another and claimed me dense and blind.

The list goes on and on but I for one don’t have that much time...

Perhaps, one day I’ll understand why you did it.

Why you made me feel like there’s nothing that I can do right.

- a.r. Camm

#hopeless #parents #feud #arcamm