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Dec 2021 · 870
We fell
Elbee Dec 2021
Out of touch

And then,

Out of love.
Transience
Nov 2021 · 245
Life is temporary
Elbee Nov 2021
And so precious
Never forget
Each moment is a blessing
Reflections after holding a dead bumble bee in my hand
Oct 2021 · 147
There is all this space
Elbee Oct 2021
between us
We are weightless
Bound to nothing
Empty like balloons

🎈
Oct 2021 · 318
Dream Girl
Elbee Oct 2021
She walked on clouds
       Carrying me with her
                 Humming sweet seductions
                                      Stringing me along

Blinded by my fantasies
I let
her dreams
become mine

And just as I woke up
                                    
                    She said “it’s bedtime”
I don’t know
Oct 2021 · 164
Falling out of
Elbee Oct 2021
And into place
It is hard
To uncover the
Parts of yourself
You’ve kept hidden for so long
Oct 2021 · 142
We are born
Elbee Oct 2021
Into this world observing

And everyday
We give away
The parts of ourselves
We try to keep hidden

Strangers pass and
And I observe
How life seems to
Be getting only stranger
Public spaces make me wonder who we all really are
Elbee Oct 2021
Or who I was
With you
Reflections
Oct 2021 · 412
Dew drops
Elbee Oct 2021
On a string of grass
All I ask

Is that you carry me gently
Observations from nature
Oct 2021 · 352
Homophone
Elbee Oct 2021
My head is full of ideas
Of can nots, and will nots
And should nots

My hair is full of knots

Just knots.
Oct 2021 · 551
The shape that was you
Elbee Oct 2021
Moments before sleep
I see shadows
Dance before
My eyes
And hope to catch the traces
of the shape that was you
I don’t know if I’m dreaming
Sep 2021 · 100
Innermess
Elbee Sep 2021
Carry the burden
And keep it
Hidden

We are all
Fighting our disasters
Within
Inspired by a chapter title in a book
Sep 2021 · 221
Itch
Elbee Sep 2021
The poem
Groaned
and
Nagged
and
Itched
until
It got writ!
Sep 2021 · 95
🔥
Elbee Sep 2021
So I post
a success and
you respond with
Fiery praise and
I respond with
Gratitude and now
Theres nothing to
Do expect wonder
How you are
And not ask

And wonder if
More will come?
The awkward space
Sep 2021 · 1.3k
Omnipresence
Elbee Sep 2021
Another dream about
You
That’s no surprise

Since you dominate
The world behind
My eyes
I can’t get you out of my head
Sep 2021 · 176
Monochrome
Elbee Sep 2021
Neither
Of us
Makes
An effort

But
We’re both
Ok
With it
Observing how a friendship changes
Almost like changing shades of a colour.
Aug 2021 · 123
Flip
Elbee Aug 2021
The switch
And day
Becomes night

You are
My sun
And I’m
your planet
In orbit

Nothing is
More meaningless
To me
Than my
Life before
I met you
Aug 2021 · 840
Grip
Elbee Aug 2021
It takes
Me seeing
One picture
Of you

For all
The feelings
To rush
Up again.
Aug 2021 · 137
In the land of dreams
Elbee Aug 2021
I’m happiest
When I’m a sleep
And free to dream

Soaring through the skies of my mind
Crawling through the tunnels of my consciousness

I find the answers, all within

Digging down the depths of my heart
Facing fiercely my biggest fears

I am reborn again

Waking up slowly
Bit by bit
A sleepy yawn
Pulling on my face

The dream has ended
And
A new day begins
Aug 2021 · 157
A writers cycle
Elbee Aug 2021
I write in a flurry

And then I write
Nothing at all
Jul 2021 · 113
Untitled
Elbee Jul 2021
We might never understand

Why
something happened
When
it the happened
The way
it happened

Is that not a frightening thought?
Jul 2021 · 225
stolen kisses
Elbee Jul 2021
under pillow fortresses

you say
you can’t remember

it’s the
one thing
i’ll never forget
Childhood memories
Jul 2021 · 573
Closet
Elbee Jul 2021
I got so used to hiding who I was
to others

I still hide from myself now
May 2021 · 98
Untitled
Elbee May 2021
There are so many
beautiful things
to look at
in this world

But my eyes
are fixed
on you
May 2021 · 107
her face is a canvas
Elbee May 2021
I’d paint the ocean in her eyes

Her cheeks are fields of flowers

Her hair a lush forest

Her body is a stage

Her laughter an orchestra  

You could call her
a work of art

You could call me
hopelessly in love.
May 2021 · 295
hello sunshine
Elbee May 2021
She is like the sun
You love her warmth

But she will burn you
Should you get too close

I tell her hello sunshine
Will you be mine?

She laughs,
My heart flutters,
Her answer:
Maybe next time.
Apr 2021 · 104
i want to
Elbee Apr 2021
float with you
in space
and become
almost nothing

weightless

like our thoughts

only me and you
Apr 2021 · 287
Sometimes the words
Elbee Apr 2021
They come rushing out of me
And I can do nothing but let them
Run their course wild and free

It’s a funny thing to write
Your words onto a virtual page
It’s a funny thing too
I’ll never know the strangers of this day

But May these words find you
And remind you
That you are
But a blessing
Planted within this world

With that knowing you’ll go far
hello stranger :)
Apr 2021 · 91
hello darlin
Elbee Apr 2021
i see you’re back again

let me send you this reminder

you will mend again
Healing
Apr 2021 · 99
when i said
Elbee Apr 2021
i love you

i meant

i need you
Apr 2021 · 238
i’ve been here before
Elbee Apr 2021
stood a this door
looked out this window
had this conversation
heard this song
felt that feeling
seen that face

it must be déjà vu!
feels familiar?
Apr 2021 · 70
you know,
Elbee Apr 2021
i wonder
where the forgotten thoughts go

will i meet them again?

in a dream?

i don’t know...
Elbee Apr 2021
i think i like you,

very much
indeed.
when souls meet
Apr 2021 · 410
new day
Elbee Apr 2021
the moon is a sickle
the sky a pastel palette
i slowly awake as dawn
gives a yawn
and a sleepy greeting

pillow soft, and warm
fragments of a dream
flicker in my mind
as I try to cling on to their meaning,

i can hear a distant sound
strangely familiar, a
subtle disturbance
becoming ever more present,
pressING
STRESSing
alarm! clock! rrrrringing

dr     a     g         g      i       ng
me out of the dream i was living in

and i am once again
born
unto
this new day
are you awake?
Apr 2021 · 471
why do we dream?
Elbee Apr 2021
i think we dream
to remember

the parts of ourselves
we think we’ve lost.

to meet our fears
and befriend them

and to be free
at last.
dreams teach us things, what do they teach you?
Apr 2021 · 311
poem to self
Elbee Apr 2021
good morning love

deep breath, new day

you will be kinder to yourself, okay?
Apr 2021 · 108
sweet like papaya
Elbee Apr 2021
Sitting in a summer chair
Someone always did my hair
So little to worry about
Not a single care

Those times were
Oh so
Sweet like papaya
memories from my childhood
Apr 2021 · 95
observations
Elbee Apr 2021
our bodies can be so mechanical
its not that quizzical
that machines are somewhat
an extension of

our selves.
Apr 2021 · 85
existence
Elbee Apr 2021
is a paradox

we live
to die

but we die
to live on
Apr 2021 · 93
you made me feel
Elbee Apr 2021
like a stranger
in my own body
Sep 2020 · 77
hey, how are you?
Elbee Sep 2020
there‘s so much
i want to say

than just
“Im ok :)”
why i dislike small talk
Aug 2020 · 85
I made a promise
Elbee Aug 2020
and now I’m back

To break it.

Things always remain

In circular motion.
Aug 2020 · 85
you knew when I’d fall
Elbee Aug 2020
but didn’t tell me

and so I fell and
shattered

and unbroken
you saved me.
May 2020 · 146
the weight of you
Elbee May 2020
is breaking me,
the worst is

you don’t  
even know.
May 2020 · 130
our struggles
Elbee May 2020
are the

seeds for

our growth.
#poetryISpower
May 2020 · 117
Midnight Blue
Elbee May 2020
I remember the darkness,
Feeling empty and cold.

As I watched the moon shine bright
With all her secrets untold.

I was trembling,
inside voices screaming
constant thoughts of you.

But the stars were my only company,

And the sky-
a midnight blue.
Apr 2020 · 96
Hello. Again.
Elbee Apr 2020
It’s like,

I want there to be an excuse-
a reason for the problem-
that’s not me.
It’s not me. I’m not it. No I’m it. It is me.

It’s me.

Insanity.

Hello. Again.
#inside my mind
Apr 2020 · 96
tear drop
Elbee Apr 2020
it’s crazy how light

the drop
of a tear is,

for all the heaviness

it carries.
Apr 2020 · 95
visits from mantis
Elbee Apr 2020
yesterday i received a
sacred visit

In that moment my spirit
detached from my body

As mantis called for
me to turn
within.

To find stillness
in this chaos
Now,

How?
Apr 2020 · 105
she was golden
Elbee Apr 2020
The sun kissed her face
And left a glow there

She was golden,
but the bruises on her body
became her biggest burden
and shame-

and yet she shone on.

My heart broke
That she never dared,
wonder beyond

his shadow.
Elbee Apr 2020
She said
“I come with a teaching

And I’m not preaching

But you’ve got to learn
to love yourself

Before you learn
to love me

Or any
One
Else.”
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