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Receding, returning to me
More space to wish I could be
Caressing your face, brushing the bristle
with fingers gentle, lights as thistle
down. Circling your lips before we dip
In. This sin, beloved,
dreaming of love-
ing you.
I want to touch your face
Someday when this pain is erased.
Is that not in a future
rewritten? No
pain…
at least some pains might be return to remission
Reece 1h
In her eyes, he saw the sea,
A mighty ocean staring back.
When she told him she wanted to leave,
He could feel his heart crack.
When she said that it was over,
Felt like he was swimming underwater.
He thought he would drown,
All this pain, hidden behind a frown,
As he sank deeper down.
In his eyes, she saw defeat,
Not to mention all the pain.
When she told him she wanted to leave,
She ignored the rain.
When she said that it was over,
She took the first step out of the water.
She wasn’t going to drown,
She was tired of sinking down,
Even if she had to make him frown.
No amount of therapy,
Could save them from the raging sea…
Some relationships just don't work...
Almost saying sorry again

Not always it has to be me
the one to set her pride aside
to endure and forget
at the same time
to do it your way
or lose all love and attention that day
can’t talk with you
what should I do

A hurting heart
but a strong mind
I refuse to settle for a love
that isn’t lovingly and kind.

L.C.
As what I am keeps wearing away
rubbing my face in muddy times

counting days and waiting
for the grain to grow, and grow,
first the blade, then the ear, then

the harvest and the joy of measured life.

As harmony in the heavens sings judgement.

How long ago did all the noble knowledge
cease being useful for reaping and sowing?

Egypt's rich, black land, pre Aswan damming,
got flooded each summer,  shortly after
solstice,  you know,

Sol stands still, seemingly,
triggering rain
in the high Ethiopian plain
at Nile's head as the Dog Star

appears in the dawning


all a man could ask was heard,
all a man could pray for came,
all a man could think or ask…

balanced in the stars.

Old shames, you remember,
you feel embarrassed to remember,
the tie, the tug toward regret remembered

too late to heal the rift/
the couple split, because
the couple split.

That's as reasonable as it gets, remembered
too late to ask pardon,
too late to pay the debt, pain for pain,

for pain has multiplied today, my enemy died,
my conquest,
my contest,
my pride,
again, I remember,
not you, old shame, another,
I owed a debt of gratitude, at least,

she did not **** me,
she just hated me until she died.


Stanzas, orderly arrangements,
first thoughts first,
lasting just as long,

as verses, as if they both name
thoughts informed as ideas,
conforming the shape
of things to come,

thoughts let live by letters,
as sacred values used
in exchange, this
for that, you think.
There is often an urge to say something, even if it means mere fiction, to me.
Why’d you have to say goodbye?
I was doing fine.
I wasn’t really thinking about it,
There were no tears in my eyes.

Now I’m sitting here once again,
Crying about you,
Because even though I’m doing my best,
There was nothing I could do.

It’d be easier if I could just avoid
This feeling crashing down,
But you know I have to sit with it
Since I’ve been focused on healing now.

Once again my chest feels hollow,
My ribcage collapsing in,
I want off this emotional roller-coaster,
I just want one carnival game win.

I know tomorrow I’ll feel silly
For having held on this tight,
And I will never do this again,
Clearly my mind doesn’t process right.

It’s stupid how fast it hit me,
From just a single little text,
Now my progress feels erased,
And my heart’s a ******* mess.

I almost wish you’d stayed silent,
Kept your goodbye to yourself,
Because I was finally feeling better
Putting your memory back on the shelf.
I'm not sure which is worse, the fact that I'm still grieving or that I'm angry at myself for it.
I've hidden it for such a length,
All the pain and suffering,
I believed my hidden strength,
Would be all this enduring,

Guess I was wrong about it all,
Now my bottle starts to crack,
My heartbeat now feels so small,
As if I'll get a heart attack,

That pain is what I may've known,
It may just be what I did hide,
Never may all this be shown,
I'm just not ready for that ride,

They said you're so mature,
So emotionally intelligent,
Guess It's in your nature,
A kid ever so diligent,

Intelligent? I know my feelings well,
I know them better than you think,
But there's a reason I will tell,
Who would I tell? I've got no link,

About my feelings I have told,
Only to one other,
Perhaps I'll just let it here unfold,
Not even my own mother,

I know so well only because,
I've only told things to myself,
None to give a round of applause,
I listened for my better health,

I really needed to be heard,
So I just made myself that guy,
A person who would say a word,
No need to give another try,

Despite it all I keep on going,
Despite it all I still have hope,
Despite it all I keep on growing,
Despite it all I climb this *****.
Ever felt to be on the verge of breaking?
Hex 7d
Half asleep, yet wide awake,
Dreams of you I still partake.
I wish to speak, to hear you near,
But silence is all I hold dear.
In quiet nights, your thought won’t break.
A haunting peace I cannot shake.
Sometimes I wish you were a bad person,
As if you'd have hit or yelled,
Or tried to make me feel poorly about myself,
Or do anything wrong at the slightest,
But you never did,
Rather, you had showed me what love is,
Writing notes that I still read some nights,
Holding my hands or kissing my lips,
All the small things you done for me,
Make me miss you more everyday.
But I know if you were a bad person,
It wouldn't hurt so bad anymore.
I wrote this poem months ago
Kalliope Jun 26
Sleep evades
A restless soul
Mind replays
What once felt whole
Heart thumping
Out my chest
Shaky hands
Doing my best
Visions blur
You never touched-
So how the ****
Do I miss you this much?
0400
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