#bugs poems on Hello Poetry

KILLME Sep 2015

Bugged

I squished a bug
rubbed him out of existence with my thumb
quick, minimal, forgettable experience

I wonder,
are people like that?
Am I like that?

#thinking #me #wonder #small #ponder #bugs #bug

Lost Sep 2015

Bed Bug Revenge

Do you ever feel like you're crumbling down the middle?
The cracks don't show,
But with insects you're riddled.
Tiny little bed bugs eating your insides, Perhaps they too are done with all your lies.
And now they've come back, to eat you *alive.

The things we say come back to bite us eventually.

#metaphor #lies #bed #say #we #paranoia #greed #bite #things #bugs

Remembering June Sep 2015

Night Terror

I had a night terror again.
The one where I’m
trapped in my house and
there are giant bugs crawling
in through the walls.
I can’t escape.
The doors and windows
are locked,
so I set the house on fire.
With me in it.
And we all burn out.

I wake up,
drenched in sweat.
My white sheets,
now stained yellow.
I can’t sleep.
I have to go back to bed
on the floor.
I can’t stop crying,
my room is muggy,
no longer my sanctuary.
This is not a dream anymore.

This is real life.
The nightmare I fall asleep to.
The soundtrack of
my sleep schedule.
Wake me when it’s over.

10/1/2015
2:56 AM

#fire #sweat #dreams #escape #night #locked #yellow #terror #sheets #bugs

Viola Sep 2015

Bugs

The butterflies you gave me
are now all dead
You killed me from the inside out
My body is festering
with centipedes
and spiders
It is a living hell

#love #death #bugs

Hopeless Wonderland Sep 2015

Untitled

The doubt that's in my soul
Is eating me alive.
It's like a bug that
Just won't leave.
It's ****.

#doubt #hatred #lonely #hurt #bugs #lonleyness

Tim Buggy Aug 2015

Crawlers

creepy little crawlers,
they have the audacity to push their slimy feelers on me,
i can already smell the stench from miles away,
their vile oil infested goo can stay away from my skin,

if only you were a creepy little crawler,
then I could squeeze your insides out,
mash your pathetic body into pulp,
but my chain is still too tight for me to run,
so I'll let you ooze yourself onto me.

yeah alright

#metaphor #fears #ew #icky #bugs #kinda

Mahum Siddiqui Jun 2015

Creepy Crawlers

The bugs in my head won't go away,
They've taken up permenant residence in my brain,
I can feel them at the nape of my neck -
they're crawling deeper into me,
Eating away,
Eroding my mind.
If they insist on staying
I hope the memory of you is the first to go.

#bugs

Emily Rose Bunch May 2015

Dance of the Fireflies

Flittering, fluttering, dancing in their flight
Glittering like emeralds throughout the night

The dance begins before sunset and goes on by the light of the moon
It is a ritual we hope won't end soon

In May every lightning bug gets excited
To this dance every firefly is invited

The dance begins when they hover in the air
Then one by one turn on their light for flair

They spin, dip, and dive
While others are continuing to arrive

The lightning bugs continue on through the night
Showing off their little lanterns of light

Finally, they come to a close
After this long dance, a firefly has to doze

Like candles being blown out, the green flashes of light are no more
But not to worry, they will continue for weeks until the final encore

This is actually a poem I wrote a few years ago on a camping trip. Fireflies were starting to appear, and the Owl City song, *Fireflies* was stuck in my head. Hello inspiration!

#fireflies #lightning #bugs

Invocation May 2015

Why a roach in the bathroom is not okay, even in Texas:

First of all

                               it's a god ****** roach
                               I sit in there and do things
                               my bottom area is not your playground, man

Secondly

                              the roaches here are about two inches long
                              so this one can **** right off
                              and leave me alone forever

much obliged
pardon the language

Edit: or they're four inches long and don't die
THATS JUST ******* FABULOUS

#leave #stop #insomnia #gross #bugs