#distant poems on Hello Poetry

Ian Aug 2018

For such social creatures,
We spend hours selfishly isolated,
Willfully separated,
From the thousands around us,
All the unique thoughts, dreams, hopes,
Going unsaid out of fear,
Of dismissal, or of discomfort.

As I lay here, gazing at my meandering colleagues,
I myself am guilty of the same thing,
Headphones deafening life around me,
Just like so many others, going from one task, to the next,
Willfully distant from existence around me.

#ramblings #isolation #cynical #distant

SoZaka Aug 2018

the outer ring

A life lived in a dream
if ever a heavenly sight could bring me to stir
asleep on a plume of Neptune
dimensions away from here

of three eyes of which I see
not one sees through my confusion
too dense a haze surrounds me
to spot the closest star
much less the farthest one away

#neptune #fantasy #illusion #imagination #confusion #distant

ghoul Aug 2018

Lost

a word I use so often it's almost become cliche,
lost in the social jungle I fumble and tumble and turn,
faces surround me as eyes burn on every side driving me to hide,
lost inside my own mind, the hidden greatness, constant analysis and fakeness,
my mind does not make sense to me but I'm glad it's mine,
its fragmented methods prove fine, some breathless,
some overtime they chime and churn to grind so my brain can learn

Lost,
a word I'm coming so close to it may no longer own me rather me own it,
I'm lost in myself,
the beauty of being lost is what you find, my mind provides and thrives a plethora of thought,
how could I hate my mind? debate my mind? contemplate my mind? would I lose my mind?

I once hated being lost,
now I crave it, the freedom of pointlessness,
the freedom of being you not having to search for something that doesn't exist, rather creating it

2016

#lost #sad #happy #empty #distant #thoughts #old #memories

Qwn Aug 2018

Future;

The future,
A thing that once was so
distant and unknown,
Is now almost crystal,
And the people I thought
I'd spend forever with,
Are nowhere to be found.

childhood friends and middle school drama, teenage lovers and future panic.

#future #unknown #people #forever #found #nowhere #distant #past #crystal

Amanda Kay Burke Aug 2018

Sit Back And Watch You Fall

Let go of the problem weighing your soul down
Lay your head on your pillow; rest
Listen to insightful words
Let my advice help you do what's best.

Slowly moving between dark realms
Tingling with faint apprehension
Entranced, stumbling in a clouded stupor
Ravenous greed beyond my comprehension.

What will it take to open your eyes?
Days are fading fast
Insecure about how many tomorrows you have
Or rather, how many you lack.

We have little time on Earth
I am screaming but you won't wake up
Hearing same opinions repeated
Broken spirit remains stuck.

Center of your universe
Drugs have your mind caged
I cannot tell which parts are real
Which are perfectly staged.

Your forgery is well-crafted now
The world is starting to see
The way you live not good or right
To speak then act differently.

Could I aid your hand somehow?
Each attempt met with resistance
Say the same phrases each time
From each other grow distant.

Honestly it has been over for awhile
I have given our love my all
Though I wish we could be together
It hurts too bad to sit back and watch you fall.

Its painful to watch an angel fall

#fall #love #breakup #heartbroken #sad #over #wish #distant #resistance

Antonio Vega Jones Aug 2018

See Something

What's that?
In the distance?
A life?
That's distant.
That's different.
That's dumb.
Existence.
Just finish this.
Where am I?
Why am I here?
Where all I know is to cry...
And also to fear.
Where all I see...
Is the end is near.
Over here,
Over there.
Overgrowth.
Taken unfair.
New.
A smoky rising.
To corrupt the lesser.
New.
A ideal rising.
To corrupt the blesser.
It's not a rue.
There is more than a few.
So call to the angels.
Call to the gods.
Call to whatever,
Even if it's not a facaude.
You see me staring off,
Something in the distance.
The fake ideal,
Of love and praise.
Falling out,
Through the haze.
My ideals and desires,
Floating down.
Paper scraps.
They make me frown.
So what do I see,
Just barely in the distance.
Me.

I tried to be more poetic.

#haze #distant #see

Joshua Michael Jul 2018

Outer Space

Loving you
was like
floating
in outer space

in some ways beautiful
in some ways free
but also
cold
and distant

#love #cold #distant #loveless

Talia Jul 2018

disconnection

How do people become distant so quickly;
Why do people feel heartbreak?
What are they thinking when they say they mean things sincerely
This disconnection keeps me awake
how do you fall out of love?
why is it that I'm trying to detach from you for god's sake,
what am I doing here, just being let go of?

#disconnect #heartbreak #distant #detach #awake

Blade Maiden Jul 2018

Somebody I used to know

I ask you
'how have you been? Isn't this your favorite drink?'
but also
'I hope I'm not trying too hard'
I know I probably overthink

You say
'I had a great time with my friends. We had so much fun'
Sending a picture
'how was your weekend?'
Isn't that a strange mixture?

I grasp for something deeper still
Aren't you too?
I can't be the only one here that wants and will
Clearly you want to share as much as I do
So shouldn't you be willing also?

Why claiming, wanting
but then feel distant
Why do I feel like I need to be hunting
for anything resembling something subsistent
I don't want to feel like constantly being insistent

#texting #messaging #friend #stranger #lover #reuniting #confused #disappointed #shallow #distant