#cleanup
Seeping through the cracks
The hardwood floors
It's staining them
The rotting boards
The metal hits the ground
It makes a dent
And when he's found
He's by himself
Dec 19, 2025
Dec 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM UTC
anxiety doesn't suddenly appear
it's there because of others
and when we look drear
we try to drag our covers
up and up
hiding our tired faces
because we don't want to cleanup
and show others traces
of our weaknesses
Aug 25, 2024
Aug 25, 2024 at 9:26 AM UTC
I'm fine, I clean up
broken pieces, quickly I --
look outside again.
Jan 28, 2022
Jan 28, 2022 at 3:30 AM UTC
When the word was made,
There was nothing.
One thing was made, then another.
The had many sisters and brothers.
Over time, they grew,
Into me and you.
We survived off the water,
from which we were born,
Until the 7 deadly storms.
They killed the ones who didn't survive,
and left the survivors still alive.
Now we are here,
me, and you
Turning the world back to nothing.
Jun 25, 2020
Jun 25, 2020 at 11:42 AM UTC
I poured my heart out but it all hit the floor in front of you.
Who's to clean it up?
You pushed it under the rug.
Oct 20, 2019
Oct 20, 2019 at 5:54 PM UTC
Neighbourhood bash
In a flash
We dashed
We splashed
Garbage thrashed
and cached
We conquered trash
To earn our sash
See you at the rehash
Oct 7, 2019
Oct 7, 2019 at 10:49 AM UTC
When I was but a child
To litter seemed a scandelous crime
As we were taking a walk one day
I vowed
That I’d bring
My plastic grabby tool out
And clean it all up
...
We got home
Milk and cookies
Was all it to took
For me to forget
...
A couple of years later
I saw a piece of plastic in our yard
I picked it up
Brought it home
And disposed of it
Feeling great about myself
...
The year after my brother happened to have a park cleanup
At his school
I had time
So I thought,
Why not?
I came along
Used funky tools
Counted each piece I picked up
Feeling good about myself
Then I went home
To eat some cookies
...
The next time I saw a piece of trash,
I acknowledged there wasn’t anything much I would do about it
...
After that I stopped noticing all together
They instill the knowledge in kids
That littering is bad
But just words
Are words
Until we put in a team effort
Rather than acknowledging others will do it for us
Or that it’s too hopeless
Nothing will ever get done
Sep 16, 2018
Sep 16, 2018 at 1:23 PM UTC