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 Jan 2017 Diamond
Rapunzoll
sometimes boys will whisper  
i love you's too quickly
and you, anon, will believe them
with your gentle heart, and
capacity to believe in miracles.

sometimes the first guy isn't
the only one,
sometimes you didn't like him
to begin with and that's okay.
i know you wish it was that easy.

people say to look for love
in all places, but love likes to hide
in the nooks of bookcases,
in cars parked under trees,
in his reflection in the rear mirror
as he glances to see you
walk past with your heels too high,
and smile too giddy.

but that wasn't love.
love is mutually shared.

sometimes you fall in love
and it will hurt worse than that time
you broke your wrist.
you will shake with tremors
of madness and you will
remember his name.

it's like hearing a song
you haven't listened to in years.
something jogs your memory
and you still remember the lyrics.
you will list his hobbies,
his favourite colour, with
perfect memory.

anon, you keep finding love,
and you keep losing it,

but be patient, please.
when you are ready
tell love to come another day.
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 Jan 2017 Diamond
Megan Joy
Mother im sorry,
That the child you rose wasn’t the flower you intended,
That my naivety and innocence too soonly ended,
That your brains weren't passed on,
My thoughts take too long,
That my best isn't yours,
My ideas they are flawed,
And the dream child you dreamed of wasn’t me.
Unconditional love has a timer,
A soon ending reminder,
And an expiry date you selected,
With us it's just two,
Im doing the best I can do,
You're not the easiest of people to understand,
But I shouldn’t have to feel,
So judged and unwanted,
Walking from one room to another,
Now I'll live and get older,
Without your weight on my shoulder,
Always looking me over,
And deciding if you like what you see.
 Jan 2017 Diamond
Colm
Becoming
 Jan 2017 Diamond
Colm
Hello again never,
     Did you ever know this little truth?
          That part of who I am,
               Becoming,
                    Always is and will be,
                         For you?
Lol troof
 Jan 2017 Diamond
Colm
Don't Even
 Jan 2017 Diamond
Colm
Don't pretend to be something you're not to impress
Don't be like that
When in fact it's the claim that you understand
Which unfailing
Undoubtedly
Makes me laugh
Lolz
 Jan 2017 Diamond
Colm
Waterfalls
 Jan 2017 Diamond
Colm
Alluring eyes like waterfalls flow right on by
See not the graffiti on the rocks
But the beauty which resides
Deep inside her watery eyes
Wo...
 Jan 2017 Diamond
Colm
Oak And Twine
 Jan 2017 Diamond
Colm
To be alone is no crime
To be strong like oak
Or to spin like the baler and his twine
Because to be molded is to wait to be broken
Apart by the falling folds of time
To be falling out beside yourself
That is a shame but not a crime
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 Dec 2016 Diamond
Colm
Curl up in my bed
Do not wait for me to sleep
Dim the lights slightly
And when I return to you
Wrap your sleepy arms round me
Because my bed would and will always be open to her
 Dec 2016 Diamond
Colm
Locked Away
 Dec 2016 Diamond
Colm
Sometimes I seek the solitude of a quiet room, just to hear my mind speak aloud. To question all that I've built in this world, and whether or not I am allowed, to act on it.

Should you ever find me doing this, don't judge me for it, and don't question it.

Because believe me if I knew why my mind requires this. I wouldn't have to close the door, or lock myself externally in.

I guess sometimes what is inside, is not always willing to coincide, with what the heart tries to keep alive. And this is why sometimes I hide.

In order to unlock the locked away inside.
Troof!
 Dec 2016 Diamond
Doug Potter
Sometimes I smell your hair
and pretend to lay my
chest against you

like on those nights after
building  a pine  fence
around the yard

of  a Baptist preacher’s
house in Georgia
forty miles

from cold beer and café pie,
and then I remember that
was 20 years ago

before you and me
drove different
highways.
 Dec 2016 Diamond
Ntwari Poetry
Do I love you
Or do I just love the thought of you?
The thought of you with me
Is this just an illusion my rotting heart has drawn
For it to have a reason to keep beating?

Is love a lie
Or just my idea of love?

Do I hold your hand
Just for the feeling of your warmth
Or because I care?
Does the thought of you keep me up at night,
Because I need you
Or because I need comfort?

Is passion my drug
And you're just a relapse?

Do I love you?
Do I really love you?
Did I really love you?
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