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Oct 2021 · 1.1k
Phoenix in a red Corvette
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
Blonde in a red Corvette, free as a bird
Me, just a child, staring at her
Remember thinking, that's where I'm gonna be
In a red Corvette, at 33
No kids, no baggage, not even a dog
Stomp on the gas, and simply take off
No limits, no signs, just a juicy sunset
The wind in my hair, not an ounce of regret
She never saw me, but I'll never forget
The phoenix who flew past me, in a red Corvette
Oct 2021 · 554
Regret
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
I'm sorry I can't give the
love
you feel

I'm sorry I can't feel the
love
you give

I'm sorry for everything
I've done

More so for what
I never did
Oct 2021 · 186
My Cardinal
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
You were always my cardinal
I, a mourning dove
Wandering eternal
Not convinced of love
You clung to birch alone all winter
while I chased the Sun above
The wind brought us back together
Cling forever to me my love
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
Imagine being a poet with nothing to say.
Vacant eyes fixed on your screen all day.
If a lost soul reaches out, you slap them away.
You pretend to be a poet, but you've got nothing to say.
Poets are more than words.
Oct 2021 · 273
Painting Ponds
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
Expired oak leaves drip
onto crystal clear canvas
Golden ponds abound
Oct 2021 · 844
Amber Puddles
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
Dying maple leaves
collect in shallow puddles
Autumn collages
Oct 2021 · 534
Jack-o'-Lantern
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
Jack O'Lantern's sad
Flickering tears sear his cheeks
Until death he weeps
Oct 2021 · 421
I once believed in magic.
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
As a kid I believed the moon was made of cheese.
With age I learned it's just a frigid rock.
As a child I remember gazing at stars, whispering please.
As though the universe could really hear me talk.
Rainbows were pure magic.
Each one held a *** of gold.
Growing up is inherently tragic.
Splendor becomes same old same old.
Oct 2021 · 284
Sweet Moment
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
What's the rush my dear?
Hold me while I do dishes.
Whisper in my ear
Oct 2021 · 409
Sleeping on the job
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
A Scarecrow awakes
To an angry pumpkin sun
The field's overun
Oct 2021 · 268
Into the woods
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
I'm going to delve deep into the woods, and let falling leaves land on me.
So if anyone asks where I went, tell them I'm under a dying oak tree.
It's peaceful here.
My best friend's a deer.
Where on Earth would I rather be?
Oct 2021 · 265
Chorus in the Cornfield
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
Stray birds build a choir
Scarecrow dances with the wind
Golden ears perk up
Oct 2021 · 987
In Prison
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
In prison, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are birthday cake,
and ramen noodles a succulent meal.
In prison, everyone's given shower shoes,
but pillows you have to steal.

In prison, the "beds" are worse than the floor,
the "blankets" giant SOS pads.
In prison, lice goes around like soup du jour,
and **** talk spreads like mad.

In prison, all you see is gray,
color only lives on your screen.
Now you're picturing us watching a 60-inch all day,
but it's only 13 by 13.

In prison, there's no such thing as steak, there's no such thing as meat.
Almost everything that resembles either is fake.
Real milk would be a real treat.

In prison, you still need money,
or you go to bed hungry each night.
It's seriously not funny.
Three small "meals"a day  
isn't right.

In prison, if you don't lock it down, another con will steal it.
There's more than enough desperation to go around,
and everyone can feel it.

In prison I was years ago.
I'm a different person today.
But the shame felt from being forced to bend over, spread my legs, and cough,
well that's never gone away.
I was in prison for 49 long days, and it was enough to scare me pretty much straight. I still know people who are locked up today. The majority of them are in for something related to alcohol, drugs, or psych issues. Many non-violent people that should be in rehab, which is where I should have been, are sitting in prison being punished for having a disease. They're not horrible people. Some people just don't get the breaks in life. I'm not saying no one deserves to be there, but in my mind, you have to have done some pretty bad **** to deserve that.
Oct 2021 · 248
Poetry takes me there...
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
Let's write poetry
Forget about our real lives
Pretend to be free
Oct 2021 · 514
Wild West
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
Dusty corsets keep busy while
mustache men
play Russian roulette.

The room reeks of gunpowder,
desperation, and sweat.

Upstairs are castaway women.
Don't pay them any mind.

Unless you'd like to debase the prettiest victim.
That'll cost you a dime.
Oct 2021 · 345
Bewitched
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
Shape shifters beware
Even men will howl tonight
Bewitched by moonlight
Oct 2021 · 189
Behind the Veil
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
Pay no attention
To the girl behind the veil
She's not up for sale
Oct 2021 · 248
Almost perfect
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
You ever notice that
the stars spell your name wrong
Or how clouds never
sculpt your eyes right?
That birthmark you hide
from the world is gone
In this Moon's light

The sun never captures
your face as you wake
The wind merely
whispers your song
Nature is perfect
in almost every way
But she always gets you wrong
Oct 2021 · 164
Cheap poetry
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
My thoughts are stuck
I bang bang bang my head
trying to arouse them
Here they come like sap from a maple tree
Drip drip drip
I found one!
Oh no no no
It's only half done
Here comes a complete, yet uninspiring metaphor
If you're once not a good girl, you're always a *****
Tsk tsk tsk
Words like that cheapen art
Hey
I write write write
from my dime-store heart
Oct 2021 · 2.9k
High as f#ck
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
Treating something like **** doesn't mean it is,
but we never knew any better as kids.
Thought we were above the sheep.
Soon found ourselves in craters miles deep.
Was it fun enough to be worth the dive?
Should I not just be grateful to be alive?
The first answer is no, though I did have some fun.
The scars that come with that life,
I wish on no one.
The jury's still out on the second,
I have no answer.
But I'd rather die high as ****
than of cancer.
Oct 2021 · 167
Oil
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
Oil
Birds and fish alike
Drown in viscous black liquid
Only mankind breathes
Oct 2021 · 200
Her 3 a.m.
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
Kicks off stilettos
Smears racoons from her tired eyes
Violently cries
Oct 2021 · 193
Lost in leaves
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
Crunchy leaves add up
They line every path I see
I'm where I should be
Oct 2021 · 238
Her Masterpiece
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
She sat down to ink her masterpiece
The poem that would tug on all heartstrings with ease
The one that would make them understand her disease
And everyone would be pleased
Except her
Because nothing will ever be quite good enough
When competing with one's self things can get rough
That's why after a minute or two she gave up
Her masterpiece a stain from an old coffee cup
Oct 2021 · 171
Groundhog Day
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
In 24 hours
I'll be right where I am now
Wash rinse dry repeat
Oct 2021 · 284
Mandy's life
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
She muttered words nobody would ever hear
Her cubicle scarred her for life
Putting staples in the stapler was the final straw
The monotony of it was stifling
She left
Nobody ever noticed
Now she lives deep in the woods
among giant trees that speak to birds
She's got not much use for words
She hacks down the dead ones
so new life can grow
She's the world's best woodcutter
Far superior to any other
But nobody will ever know
Oct 2021 · 431
My Ashes
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
Dried leaves can windsurf
Dead trees rollick in the breeze
My ashes will dance
Sep 2021 · 546
The last elephant
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
Where will we be when the last elephant falls
I'll still be in the room
You'll be down the hall
Let's keep pretending
life's never ending
when it's really the extinction of us all
Sep 2021 · 210
Hide under the covers
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
Dank dark dreary day
Ducks don't even want to play
In bed I will stay
Sep 2021 · 262
Runaway balloons
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
I can't cure each word
Soak them in sorted light
Wait patiently for them to take flight
Some burst out too soon
Like runaway balloons
Those are the best words to write
Sep 2021 · 335
Feather Dance
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
Jays practice ballet
Nuthatch master acro dance
Doves do the Charleston
The performance at my feeder.
Sep 2021 · 362
Brighten
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
If I were a star
I'd brighten your dark corners
No matter how far
Sep 2021 · 1.1k
Celestial Teardrop
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
A star up and dies
The universe sheds a tear
Particles fly everywhere
The Milky Way collapses
Half of infinity is gone
The Sun tilts on her axis
The Moon knows something's wrong
Oceans begin swelling
Water devours the land
Earth hasn't been this bedraggled
since life first began
Gravity forsakes her
Grounds fall to the sky
A celestial teardrop's ruthless goodbye
Sep 2021 · 267
Feral children
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
Let's howl at the moon
We'll dance like feral children
escaping the womb
Sep 2021 · 230
flower brain
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
Sometimes writing is like a flower taking root.
It sprouts at my feet, and winds around my bones while straining for light to guide it to my brain, where it blossoms for others to pick at or ignore.
Sep 2021 · 467
Rose-shaped heart
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
For you my heart blooms
A mere glance makes it quiver
Petals everywhere
Sep 2021 · 388
On hold...
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
Thank you for calling today
This call will be recorded
so watch what you say
If you really are sick
choose option six
Not that it will matter
We don't care one bit!
Otherwise we're too busy
to answer your call
and the mailbox is full
until civilization falls
Sep 2021 · 155
Thor
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
Thor isn't laughing
Neighbor borrowed his hammer
He ain't seen it since
Sep 2021 · 559
Goddess
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
She had a spirit of flames
Eyes deep as the sea
A soul soothing as rain
A heart born to live free

And while she loved Earth
she always knew she could fly
A true goddess like her
belongs in the sky
Sep 2021 · 753
Road trip
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
Off I go on a road trip to nowhere
I won't send postcards to people who won't care
My best friend's gonna be a wise-*** brown bear
Yeah, I'm racing down a melting path to nowhere
Sep 2021 · 281
Fire trance
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
Hypnotized by fire
Lost in its brutal beauty
Calmed by its chaos
Sep 2021 · 1.6k
No Sympathy
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
Said it was a hoax
Laughed at masks, refused vaccines
No sympathy here
Sep 2021 · 221
Moon trip
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
3
2
1
Blast Off
We're heading straight for the moon
Don't expect us soon
Sep 2021 · 201
Nobody missed her
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
The boys all taunted, wanted and kissed her
But when she leaped out the window, nobody missed her
She ran away fast as her scrawny legs could
Learned to do cartwheels when misunderstood
She spun herself straight into the sun
Nobody missed her and she missed no one
Sep 2021 · 375
Chillen Heart
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
So your heart's on fire
Mine's just gonna chill
I have no red-hot desire
But I got time to ****
Sep 2021 · 116
Lucky Bride
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
A creaky old church
Mood is blue, which isn't new
We're on borrowed time
Sep 2021 · 491
Bad gateway
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
Bad gateway 502
I know I'm not the only one
Makes me want to tell HP to *****
It's no longer any fun
Sep 2021 · 185
Dusk
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
The Moon mirrors clouds
As the sun ducks behind them
Shift change in the sky
Sep 2021 · 191
moment of silence
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
I want to say I'm sad
this place made a poetess feel so bad
She up and fled this site
like a black cat at midnight
And I miss somehow what I never had
Miss you Modest Mouse
Sep 2021 · 323
Selfish Inspiration
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
It seems most poets are inspired by nature
I'm mostly inspired by the nature of me
It is commonly sadness and anger
that fuel my poetry
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