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#impotence
A confessional paints her face She'd not wakened before sobbing Hateful scratching in her voice Her choking prayer muffled by shame It wasn't to be a day about the garden Oceanic creature falling above our roof Bending noises out of her crucifixes frames Tasking her with direction The winters first hard breaking upon us now
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Feb 4
Feb 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM UTC
Cursed Nights Reprieve
My hands feel limp and impotent My fingers half-numb across the keyboard I've never felt so thirsty for understanding But nobody in the world is quite what I want I'm not going to shut my door Even if all the cold air leaks out I'll stare into the frame and Maybe something will jump out Maybe it'll all just rot with me Maybe something will happen to me Because I can't happen myself All I can do is stare
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Aug 28, 2021
Aug 28, 2021 at 1:11 AM UTC
Ennui
Why won't these words release me? They abstract me in my mind. I will find internal peace if an exit I can find. I'm sad. I should know why. But, to put to words, I'm not sure that I... Well, you see, the way I handle problems, the way I come to grips, I put my thoughts to paper as if I pull them from my lips. I read them, finding meaning; finding rhythm to my rhyme. But, this sadness that I feel, it just won't fit in metered time. When I try to let it flow I get a log jam in my mind. All I get is garbled senses with truth impossible to find. Yes, all I do is scrawl confusion. Yet, maybe that will say it best. For, how can I divulge the answers when  I never passed the test.
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May 29, 2016
May 29, 2016 at 2:16 PM UTC
I Never Passed the Test
It will be futile To gather you into my arm While my virility with Ego-rocking words you harm!
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Feb 5, 2016
Feb 5, 2016 at 1:42 AM UTC
Ego-rocking words