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Bhill May 2019
I don't cry
I want to, but I can't
I don't feel
I want to, but I cant
I don't learn
I want to, but I cant
I don't eat
I want to, but I can't
I don't hate
I want to, but I cant
I don't breathe
I want to, but I can't
      I can love
           Why
      I don't know

Brian Hill - 2019#109
I don't know the inspire
What could this mean?
What loves but does not feel?
My sight became dull.
Maybe you drifted away because you don't know me anymore.
It is sad that I can't drift away,
I don't even know myself too.
I don't understand me.
I don't know me.
Who am I?
Who is this creature I see in the mirror?
All I see is her eyes filled with terror.
The title is the French word for 'Don't Know'.
Eryri Apr 2019
I'm my own worst critic:
I think my 'work' is good.

Why do I stick to it?
Because I'm sure to think I'm good.
It's the best I can offer
All I have to proffer,

I know why I bother,
I quite enjoy my own poet's corner,
Which for me is a sanctuary;
In which to spend a stolen private moment
From a day tending to my children
And retaining gainful employment.
Esther L Krenzin Jul 2018
The ocean booms and rages
And something inside me stirs
at the wild beauty,
ancient power,
and feeling,
that calls my name.

The warm salty breeze caresses
my face,
and as the sun slips into the sky
silhouettes of birds winging their way
amidst the glowing darkness
enter my mortal vision.

I lay in the soft sand,
and pull some into my open palm.
Are we like sand?
Soft and pretty at first,
but once rain falls
and the world throws hardship
at us,
we become harsh
coarse
and gritty.

If so, we must learn to
accept that there will
always be rain,
And learn to soften into the
person we are
deep down.

Strong,
and yet still soft enough to
experience life's joys.

-Esther L. Krenzin-
-Roguesong-
You are strong. But it is okay to feel. It is okay to have strength that does not bow and does not break.
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