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697 · Aug 2021
Stars think...
Zoe Mae Aug 2021
We look for guidance

From a sky born of chaos

Stars think we're insane
695 · Nov 2018
Hear Me Now
Zoe Mae Nov 2018
Beware the silent woman
The one who doesn't speak
The one who bites her tounge
And poses like she's meek

Although her body's still
And her mouth is stitched up tight
She's using all her will
To muster up a fight

And though her face is ashen
With her eyes fixed on the floor
Her heart is full of passion
And her soul ready to roar

Oh, beware the silent woman
The one you thought you knew
She'll explode at any moment
And leave you deaf when she gets through
690 · Aug 2021
Cosmic clouds
Zoe Mae Aug 2021
Cosmic clouds float by
Smells like someone killed a skunk
Sunday morning high
685 · Aug 2021
It is...
Zoe Mae Aug 2021
It is what it was

It was just because

that's how it's always been

Now

It's not what it should be

nevermind could be

yet here we go again
677 · Sep 2021
Ageism
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
He was not born old
He was not born obsolete
You're looking at you
676 · Aug 2021
Adam and Eve
Zoe Mae Aug 2021
Poor Adam and Eve
They simply wanted to learn
And for that they burned
674 · Nov 2018
Phantom
Zoe Mae Nov 2018
I wish I never met you

I wish I could forget you

I hate saying I regret you

But you hurt me and I let you
674 · Aug 2021
Sunrise
Zoe Mae Aug 2021
The sun takes her place
Nature's actors prep their lines
Songs ring out showtime
Since I ******* up my original morning haiku, had to write another.
653 · Aug 2021
The Don
Zoe Mae Aug 2021
God you're a dolt
You just blather on about stuff you know nothing about
Think you're the boss, when you're really a tool
Convinced you're a genius, but the world knows you're a fool
You preach from the sewers and think you're supreme
But you're truly just a narcissist who's insecure and mean
So happy you're gone
Hopefully we're not as dumb as before
Cuz I'm pretty certain we'll be seeing you in 2024
651 · Jan 2019
Good Intentions
Zoe Mae Jan 2019
I try not to be the bad that happens to good
people
But good intentions seem to be the only good I got
651 · Dec 2021
Urban Dusk
Zoe Mae Dec 2021
Brick nudges the clouds
Pink hues rain down like starlight
Suits dash without sight
640 · Jul 2021
Dreary Day
Zoe Mae Jul 2021
Sitting alone looking out at the grey
Another raining draining dreary day
Thinking bout when we kissed
and the opportunity missed
Because neither of us knew what to say
622 · Aug 2021
Ida
Zoe Mae Aug 2021
Ida
Orbiting the eye
Is a force greater than man
Her wrath knows no bounds
Zoe Mae Jul 2021
Tell someone you like their stuff
They never like your stuff again
Boy, this crowd's insanely tough
Great place to make a friend
615 · Oct 2021
Fleeting Moment
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
On a high-rise estate, what's eating away at your mind?
We could always debate, but why waste the time?
Lay here with me
Lose yourself in the sky
All we have is this moment
Before another flies by
603 · Dec 2018
Spotlight
Zoe Mae Dec 2018
A spotlight follows
Wherever I go
But It darkens my path
Instead of making it glow
599 · Aug 2021
Crescent Moon (haiku)
Zoe Mae Aug 2021
Leo cracks a joke
But the moon's not in the mood
Grudgingly she grins
591 · Aug 2021
Clay heart
Zoe Mae Aug 2021
I loaned you my heart
but you tore it apart and now
I can't give it away

No one wants to try
nevermind buy
this solidified lump of clay
589 · Sep 2021
Keep your promise
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
A promise made
A promise kept
A leap of faith
You could regret
But with starry eyes
You blindly step
Into murky waters
You may have wept
582 · Nov 2021
Moondreams
Zoe Mae Nov 2021
The Moon's sick of us
We expect from her love beams
She has her own dreams
582 · May 2021
Miscellaneous
Zoe Mae May 2021
I am a comedy
A walking calamity
Just miscellaneously here

I have a tragedy
Living inside of me
Always in paralyzing fear

I am a mystery
Already history
And I just want out of here
578 · Jul 2021
Be who You are
Zoe Mae Jul 2021
You know what they want right?
Just another young girl in a dress too tight
Thin as a rail, with long flowing hair
Smile on her face, like she has not a care
Shoes she can't walk in, no man would try
Face so frozen by Botox, she can't even cry
And if she sticks to her part, she might do just fine
If she's willing to *****, she can actually dine
They'll chew up her soul and spit out the rest
Wouldn't you know, they took the part she liked best
But that's okay, anything to be a star
Anything that is, except being who you are
570 · Jul 2021
Break a Leg
Zoe Mae Jul 2021
Cheer up
Look up
Everything will be okay

Life's a gift
A silly game
Everyone loves to play

Stop worrying
Don't fret
It'll all make sense

Be positive
Stay open
Let down your defense

Just do it
Get motivated
Get your *** out of bed

Have some coffee
Watch the news
Get out of your head

Keep trying
Never quit
Nothing's easy
Don't you know?

You got to want it
It's in your hands
This is your only show
I tried to be optimistic. Thank you to the two people who took the time to read it.
569 · Jul 2021
Cause of death
Zoe Mae Jul 2021
Everyone always asks, how'd he do it?
A rope, a gun, a knife?
I always give them the same answer
His true cause of death was life
569 · Nov 2021
Brainy Day
Zoe Mae Nov 2021
Brain brain, go away

Don't sabotage another day

I've stumbled much, yet I still try

Please let me live, before I die
My brain is my biggest enemy.
563 · Sep 2021
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
562 · Jul 2021
Broken
Zoe Mae Jul 2021
Society had its plans for me
I played into it spectacularly
But I can dance for you to prove I'm not broken
The crank is in back
And slightly out of whack
But you'll truly believe I've awoken
With dust covered slippers and a baby pink dress
I'll creak back to life to display my distress
And to look at me golly, no one would guess
That this toy is most certainly broken
Zoe Mae Jan 4
As I try to write a poem Someone's lost their home

As I try to be witty
Bombs destroy a city

As I try to create
Death is their only fate

Makes this seem so silly
Because it is
554 · Oct 2021
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
553 · Sep 2021
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
547 · Aug 2021
Follow Through
Zoe Mae Aug 2021
Crafty man
Can you build me a boat that's not made of sand?

Sunny girl
Can you quell my demons and bring light to my world?

You my love
What can you do?
Promise to love me forever and simply follow through
541 · Aug 2021
The Jewel of the Milky Way
Zoe Mae Aug 2021
The Earth is scarred
Branded
by our constant digging
The moon likens her blemishes to cheap tattoos, but he'd never tell her so
She's still spectacular, even swathed in gray
We may have robbed her of her innocence, but she's still the jewel of the Milky Way
Offensive and beautiful
540 · Feb 2022
Stolen Light
Zoe Mae Feb 2022
The Moon has had her fill this night
Her belly swollen with stolen light
Seems as though she's swallowed the Sun
Her descent into madness merely begun
Now we have neither night nor day
Just a never-ending melancholy cycle of gray
540 · Jul 2021
Ant hill
Zoe Mae Jul 2021
Meet me on top of the ant hill
The one where the sand caves in
We can settle this score
If we meet on the floor
And we'll see who's the bigger one then
535 · Jul 2021
Hurt
Zoe Mae Jul 2021
I was gonna hurt someone today
But I forgave myself
so everything's okay
535 · Oct 2021
Jack-o'-Lantern
Zoe Mae Oct 2021
Jack O'Lantern's sad
Flickering tears sear his cheeks
Until death he weeps
528 · Aug 2021
Irradescent aliens (haiku)
Zoe Mae Aug 2021
Transparent yet veiled
With tendrils cloaked in daggers
Jellyfish mingle
525 · Aug 2021
Point of view
Zoe Mae Aug 2021
This man thinks what he sees is his
Whether it human or vegetable 
even water's up for dibs
This man will shed plenty of blood for dirt
Then burn invisible borders into the earth
This man knows he's invincible
This man believes he has principles

This man has a different view
He's humbled by nature and resists the coup
This man won't shed blood for dirt
He knows there's nothing worth that kind of hurt
This man understands life is finite He's grateful for each day and night
This man knows he's invisible
This man believes he has principles
514 · Oct 2021
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.
511 · Aug 2021
Ark
Zoe Mae Aug 2021
Ark
All hope is not lost
Though the ship is sinking fast
Apes and chickens first
508 · Aug 2021
Soup du jour
Zoe Mae Aug 2021
Not sure if you're hungry, but
here's every word you just said

I will spoon-feed you each profanity as you lay in your bed

Let them set your bloodstream ablaze and go straight to your head

You can eat my words too because I'm overfed
501 · Nov 2018
Dangle
Zoe Mae Nov 2018
I won't dangle
I won't sway
I'll make sure it snaps right away
I'd rather break
Than learn to bend
At least I know
How it will end
501 · Sep 2021
Folklore
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
We don't look up anymore
The stars are still there, but we find them a bore
They don't make any noise
They certainly aren't toys
Stars may as well be folklore

We don't stop to hear the birds
Each day they write symphonies
that go largely unheard
We'd rather listen to TV
than birds in a bay tree
Which to me is completely absurd

We take the sun for granted
Each day she paints masterpieces, but we're not enchanted
We're either begging her to stay
or wishing she'd just go away
Well, one day we'll get all we demanded
When we demolish this jewel we were handed
500 · Aug 2021
Santa Claus
Zoe Mae Aug 2021
It's true I don't believe in God
Can't say I ever did
It's something that I never questioned, even as a kid
But Santa Claus, now he is real
or at least he used to be
I don't miss God, but I miss the guy who left presents under the tree
495 · Oct 2020
Trash Night
Zoe Mae Oct 2020
Why is it always trash night?
Just another small thing I fight
Like tailpipes on the highway
And timelines that go sideways...
It's the trivial things that eat me up
Nibble by nibble, right through my gut
Don't sweat the small stuff?
****, that sounds nice
But what if the small stuff
Is your entire ******* life.
493 · Sep 2021
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
486 · Sep 2021
Dancing for the Stars
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
Cavemen knew better
Than to take stars for granted
They danced for their light
481 · Aug 2021
Frozen haiku
Zoe Mae Aug 2021
In a frozen land
The sun is iridescent
As it creeps towards home
479 · Sep 2021
Bees and Sisters
Zoe Mae Sep 2021
Sunflowers squabble
Jealous of their big sisters
Bees think they're silly
474 · Nov 2021
Her new life...
Zoe Mae Nov 2021
She knew she'd never truly be ready
No way she'd ever show up prepared
A speeding freight train couldn't stop her
Though she'd never been more scared
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