Suspended in time
Weightless and unworried
We hang on to the moment
Sedated magic unhurried

His scent is captivating and wild
Forever embedded in my brain
Masculine and crisp
A few hints of the earth after a rain

Insecurities held at bay
I live inside your sanctuary
Your embrace keeps me safe
My senses relaxed and unwary

I'm not one to judge.
Hard to hold a grudge.
I promise,  anything you want to say
Will be safe with me.
I know it's hard to trust.
They left you in the dust.
But don't let that stop you
From trying one more time.

Vulnerability
Makes me feel
kind of strange
very strange I'll be honest
it makes me want to overeat
it makes me feel like Im an alien learning to swim with no feet

But none of that's true and I'm a human
and I have feet and ankles
Vulnerability makes me feel
Very aware of my shins
It makes my head swirl and the back of my neck feel more naked than a dog shaved for summer

But in a way
it feels like home
is that too much to say
Do i really feel that way
go with it
try it out
its probably true

I used to like vulnerability

Maybe this is where I get my creativity back
Actually maybe this is how I combat
My detach

Maybe this is where my strength lies
Maybe in this honesty I am more myself than ever before
Maybe I've shed the fear that used to make other people a bore
I've been coming to this for a while
Now that I look back on this year
I've been craving this earnest collective of presentness being picked up by my ears

Little hairs swaying back and forth
A strange notion

Simpler and fully in
Learning to remember that I know how to swim
My calves engulfed in blue
feeling fresh and new

I did always say that I wished I was a fish

A poem for you
By The Movie Poetically
VIRC

Day 2 COVID 19

I met a girl who sang the blues
She step back
She didn't get to close she heard the truth
COVID 19
Can't take any chance to get infected
Got to wash my hands and stay in
To whats real across the land
You still standing planning to breath again
I got to get down to the store
Now it closes at 4 Marshall Law enforced
Got to get behind my door
Doc says it's safe Sure
But they still don't know Where it is
But it's everywhere now we want to care
About our own lives Remember when you
Was going crazy over a chicken sandwich
On Facebook clowning in a long line
Its number 1
Who behind you now no one in this line
Name and ID
SWAB CHECK
Name and ID Again Please
Step over here Please Sir
Suddenly my life flash before my eyes
One step at a time I thought
I'm too young to die
As the Nurse state's we are just checking your temperature twice
She seen the relief in my eyes
Negative I smiled
As I headed home I stopped by the stores
But the man said the store was closed
And the ones who used to ask for change
Now standing 6 to 8 8 feet away
Haven't ask for change in Awhile
The highways and the Streets are clear
At the mall in the clubs no one's there
I could see nothing far and wide
As the tears rolled down from my eyes
As the officer ask me what are you doing outside I told him
I'm heading Home
I'm heading Home

By The Movie Poetically
VIRC

eventually the lightning fades
the sky turns back to gray and there was
never a thing to worry about at all

I woke up in a world I don't know




For years after my trauma I have taught myself that love is not forced space between
Is not refusing to visit
Is not a message of "I'm avoiding you because I love you"
I slowly learned affection is comfortable, hugs and kisses are small signals that life is okay


Today I woke in a world where that is no longer true
I woke to a world where love means distance
Caring means avoidance
"I love you"s can be measured by the miles you refuse to travel




Today I woke up in a world where my love language has turned war-like
Though I never thought of myself as violent
A hug breaks government mandated barriers
A kiss is now biological warfare




Today I woke up to a world where my love has been labeled terroristic
While my abuse has been labeled loving

I'm safe in my box
Are the walls moving closer?
Poke me some air holes

It's blur and it's dark!
The halo long gone,
All shadows around me.

Smiling now,
Crying like a mad person then.
Next thing I know
I Scratched myself.

All in all
It's me fading away.
The shadows of past,
The crime of actions,
Deafening silence,
Defining my violent acts.

Looking at the world
I could tell,
I want to fly.
Ready to take the leap of faith,
Scared of the end it could give.

Lights blinking afar,
Looking like diamonds and star,
Getting blurred second by second,
The disablement of my vision,
Clouding my mind.
Left that beautiful creation behind,
And Killed my kind.

©parthenope