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 Feb 2023 Eloisa
sandra wyllie
the climb is steep
the footholds not deep
to land my shoe. The air is
thin. And no rescue. The drop

is sheer. The top is just a resting
spot to sit for a minute. This mountain
has teeth. And should I slip
into oblivion I'll burn in the sun and

freeze in the rain. The days are
chains of smoke poking me
in the side. I'm on this vertical
ride till I slide off. But till then I'll

pen the scenery in cool azure and fiery
crimson. And leave the flags for my next of
kin. Then bid them tidings of my findings. So,
they may read the records of my climbing.
 Feb 2023 Eloisa
Datore Fargo
Pen
 Feb 2023 Eloisa
Datore Fargo
Pen
I misplaced myself,
just like,
my favorite,
pen.
The mirror,
it’s broken,
a lack,
of reflection.
I’m not,
too sure,
what happened,
but I lost,
phone signal,
and my steps,
I didn’t print,
a mapquest.
My glasses broke,
I thought,
I made it,
home,
I’ll stay in bed,
I promise.
That’s just,
a tree,
instead,
blurred from,
reality.
This isn’t fair,
I didn’t ask,
for this,
she did,
I’m not,
her,
she’s already,
dead.
The mirror,
it’s broken,
I’m here,
instead.
A game,
I forgot,
the rules,
to play.
I don’t think,
this is something,
you could,
possibly,
understand.
From a person,
who isn’t,
a person,
just a bunch,
of swirls,
and squiggles,
that forgot,
how to,
get home.
I don’t add a lot of notes to poems, but I’m sure this one is hard to read. My seizures have recently gotten worse, and my brain is hard to really make sense out of. I’m not the same person, and this is my first poem since my last bad attack and waking up in the hospital. Thank you for being patient <3
 Feb 2023 Eloisa
Joe Cole
No Longer
 Feb 2023 Eloisa
Joe Cole
I no longer walk the forest paths and listen to natures call
You see I have a crippled spine and can no more walk at all
You know five years ago I was fit and spry with no more challenges to meet
But now I'm just a broken man who can't control his feet
You see my brain and legs no longer talk, the message can't get through
So now I live in a downstairs flat with just brick and concrete to view
There was no warning that I could see, overnight became a crippled wreck
But what the hell at least I'm still breathing
And so now I have time on my hands, time to write and paint
But those forest trails still fill my mind though the memory grows faint
Luckily I can still walk about 300 metres using a walking stick, imagine that you've had about 15 pints of beer and that will give you an idea of what I look like when I walk. A lot of my time now is spent carving the walking sticks that I need for support. You know I felt pretty miserable when I could no longer carry on with life as it was but then I realised there are thousands of people worse off than me
 Feb 2023 Eloisa
Joe Cole
Wet grey skies and cold that chills your bones
But up there the sun will always shine and always bring you hope
Even in your darkest hour the sun will always shine
That golden light will pierce the dark and open up your mind
You see we all have those dark times, see no hope in sight
But a golden ray will shine through a never ending light
You see even in your darkest hour the sun will always shine
 Feb 2023 Eloisa
Kurt Philip Behm
You can’t infringe on greatness
it always needs its space

To stand apart and stand alone
an island in its place

You can’t lip sync a legend
the lyrics never come

Whose price is paid in distance laid
—all glory zero sum

(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
 Feb 2023 Eloisa
Lawrence Hall
Lawrence Hall
Mhall46184@aol.com

                                        ­      Ozymandias ‘N’ Things

I met a UPS driver from an antique land
Who said – “Down the road two shopping malls
Decay along the road, on either hand
Broken doors lead into empty, echoing halls

The blown-out signs are ghostly anymore
Their electric lights are dead; the letters decay
Around the logo of each long-dead store
And in their emptiness they seem to say:

Look upon my works, ye mighty –

Sears, Radio Shack, Montgomery Ward, Mr. Pickwick, Circuit City, Bonwit Teller, Gimbel’s, Brooks Brothers, Woolworth’s, Marshall Field’s, Kresge’s, Blockbuster, Border’s, CompUSA, Sharper Image, Tower Records, Toys R Us, B. Dalton, Levitz, Waldenbooks, Thom McAn, Linens N Things, KB toys, Mervyn’s, Lord & Taylor, Joske’s

- and despair”
 Feb 2023 Eloisa
Kurt Philip Behm
Its focus changes with the light
in angles newly formed

Exposing what your fear would hide
in images reborn

The camera always sees the truth
its lens encaptures time

Each moment frozen then set free
—in search of the sublime

(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
 Feb 2023 Eloisa
Kelly
cut.
 Feb 2023 Eloisa
Kelly
i put more ink on my skin

since i stopped using blades
healhealhealheal
 Feb 2023 Eloisa
Orchid
Nacre
 Feb 2023 Eloisa
Orchid
If I was to know
What would become of me now
I would leave no trace,
No utter of a vow
No sight of these eyes
Would be left in the world
But return untouched,
Pure, like a pearl
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