Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member
When I was younger, I used to think I was going to be a Star.
Under a spotlight where everyone knew my name...
I was five.

Now, I want shadows and to be as far away as possible.
Hidden and far from consequence,
And even further from myself.
Where my name is not a name,
But just another word without any true meaning.

When I was younger, I used to think I was going to be a Star.
Now, I want to disappear.

I should have jumped overboard when I had the chance.
Life's a blooming rose
A special gift to possess
Death's a rose well pruned
The sweet bouquet of our existence
 Sep 2020 John Destalo
Acora
I wished so gently for
a rush
though gentle, it was
always there
My heart constricted in a
crush
my mind rebelling
isn’t fair
I wish a woman would
approach me
Sincerely, it’s not all
about me
so help me God, it’s love
it’s love- a gentle
woman, fine and fair.
Viola sororia, a lavender-colored flower associated with sapphics.
 Sep 2020 John Destalo
Ash C
I lay in bed and hope
That one day I will not wilt into the sheets of my dread
And only then can I float in the impossible
Next page