#chase poems on Hello Poetry

Empire Mar 2019

Chasing

It's so strange
Knowing exactly what I'm looking for
Knowing where to find it
My satisfaction
My redemption,

But some part of me...
It wants to find out for itself
Not just follow others
Even though I am convinced
That I really do know the truth

It wants to go searching
Chasing highs
Just for a little while
Until it is certain
There is nothing better out there

I know it's lying to me
I know the solution
But it is so tempting to
Chase
I listen

The perfect lie lets you believe it's true even when you know it is not.

#chase #highs #truth #lies

Empire Mar 2019

h i g h s

i can't possibly be
                               the only one out there        g             h
             chasing a       h     i
or two
or four...
and i don't often care
what it does to me
so i drink strong coffee
until my hands qquuaakkee
and twitch
tw
twitch
and that buzzzzzing starts
xo     a sweet     xo
<><><><><><><><><><buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz><><><><><><><><>
to s    p       r          e                 a                         d
from my chest
a loud
hard
THUMP THUMP
THUMP THUMP
THUMP THUMP
of my pulse
i think
thinking
wondering
dreaming
crying
screaming
while i lay in bed
>>> WIDE AWAKE <<<
i dwell in all my pain
ripping my wounds
tearing them open
until they scab over
so i can try again
again
again
AGAIN
i.                   just.             love.         things.
that make me FEEL...
anything
at all
no matter
the
c
     o
           st

#high #pain #feeling #cost #consequence #chase #destructive

Empire Mar 2019

Words

I think that
Words
Can be as
Addicting
As any drug

So beware,
Of the words
You consume
For they will
Become the
High
That you
Must
Chase

#words #high #chase #drug

Gale L Mccoy Feb 2019

a very heavy star

the stomach in the palms
of our very hungry hands
spits out acid
reminiscent of the same
gas in nebulas
it pools around our heads
a halo of thought
twisting and spiraling ideas
till it collapses in on itself
falls to our feet
becomes a very heavy star
rolling further away with
each step we refuse to take

see the star wants
to be chased
each stomp makes it jump
releasing a flare
that makes it lighter
stomp and chase
till your star is floating
or else
it will grow ever heavier
a very very very heavy star
falling in on itself
taking you out with it

#star #nebula #space #chase #float #hunger

Parastoo Abbaszadeh Feb 2019

The chase

Some people run'cause they want someone
To chase them
I just don't have it in me anymore to be the person
Who follows behind you every time
You decided to leave

#chase #leave #follow #you

Frances Marie Jan 2019

Coping

Casted over me is a loom of doom.

Chained to the negativity it becomes hard to bare.

Crushed by my despair I drag it around and wear it as my armour.

Cursing at myself for the dark emotions, I shrike alone.

Covered by love I still reject.

Cannot receive when there's no respect for myself.

Chasing away the ones I hold dear is the only way I can endure.

Carrying memories that hold me back, I relive alone.

Costs I pay for my depression.

#depressed #c #coping #cast #chain #crush #curse #cover #cannot #chase

Justyn Huang Jan 2019

A good day

While waiting for a good day,
You waste the one before.

Today.

#opportunity #dreams #chase #thrive #purpose #meaning #goals