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Sep 2021 · 1.7k
Carried
SCHEDAR Sep 2021
Falling off
she leaves,
leaves her tree
breaking free
of her majestic mentor
Falling over time,
leaving what she has
learned of truth
behind
Carried upon a
cradle in a breeze,
Tossing about in
crisp, edgy, crimson,
swaying, whirling, dancing
look at me, love me
Sep 2021 · 182
SAFE?
SCHEDAR Sep 2021
there is no such thing

When you fear living
you die from within
Sep 2021 · 741
The Fall
SCHEDAR Sep 2021
Sometimes,
in the fall of deep
silent despair
When,
there's nothin left
but prayer
Time builds a staircase,
out of nowhere

With it's every step
brings closer, the clarity
of sound mind
Aug 2021 · 247
Little Girl
SCHEDAR Aug 2021
She finger paints her universe in song

She dances with precious dollies of all colors, shapes and sizes

She draws everybody closer with her
ever hopeful smile

She stumbles and gentle hands keep her safe and guide her

She grows into a caring woman

She desires that the same love and kindness touch her children as well

She can only hope and  pray 🙏
Aug 2021 · 296
The Days I Used To Skip
SCHEDAR Aug 2021
What did it mean
to Skip to My Lou?
Didn't matter,
I Loved to
Aug 2021 · 803
a slice of honey's moon
SCHEDAR Aug 2021
"Grab what's left of the light"
she mutters while intertwining
her fingers into his

Sweet and gentle are his eyes
lost in a vulnerable gaze

Watching him ponder
the madness of a memory
he could not make sense of

Tunneling blackness, no words,
deep thought

Waving the moths away....
Aug 2021 · 299
Cereal
SCHEDAR Aug 2021
LOVE
is an
essential
nutrient,
part of a
daily diet
Without it,
there comes
great
imbalance

How come this isn't
listed on the cereal boxes?
Aug 2021 · 387
draft
SCHEDAR Aug 2021
I am only a draft
I am not meant to feel this cold
I am not black
I am not white
I am made of my colorful mistakes and typos
I am sorry you feel the need
to delete me and start over
Aug 2021 · 532
the pearl
SCHEDAR Aug 2021
Dove
deep for the pearl
to
give to the girl

There
she leaves you
drowning
Aug 2021 · 402
Robbins Rest
SCHEDAR Aug 2021
Fire isle ferry,
cherry
fizzy-pop surprise

tutti frutti flave
umbrellas
lick tequila salted skies

Soaked in lemon, seaside breeze
strolling hand in hand

Fleeting footprints fade so fast
on Robbin's Rested
sand
sweet candy crush
memories in beautiful
Fire Island
Aug 2021 · 193
Diving For Stars
SCHEDAR Aug 2021
Time in squares

cut heavy charged air

into a million

dressed up pixels

Hypnotized,

beneath the high rise

dropping stories of

skyscraper static

strolling

city's delight
Loving NYC
Aug 2021 · 353
Torrential Tears
SCHEDAR Aug 2021
Day
after
day
hammer away
at gopherwood
preparing
an ark
or
suffer
d
r
o
w
n
i
n
g
in a
flood
of
torrential
tears
Aug 2021 · 739
subterranean
SCHEDAR Aug 2021
Etched in the ventricles
lying deep within the
fibers of the southern heart
Trading the beat of old blood,
for the fresh iron of youth's heme
the subterranean vessels
release passion
that ignite fires in bellies
changing the shape
of cells,
where escape is an
endless possibility
Aug 2021 · 198
Unfamilial Territory
SCHEDAR Aug 2021
For now,
we will agree
to disagree..

But, as time
moves on
you may
become
unrecognizable
to me

An unfamilial territory
Aug 2021 · 181
live stream
SCHEDAR Aug 2021
Remembering the
simplicity
of when
"Live Stream"
used to mean
embracing the
tranquil experience
of flowing water
in a natural
setting
No glitches
Jul 2021 · 255
leaving to be Dylan
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
Blame,
trapped in a maze of
unwelcomed thoughts
Bumping into walls,
caught, mixing cement out of fear

In grooves of vinyl
tracks, lay lady guilt, spinning a song
weak tonearm
an unweighted needle
keeps skipping back
to the same part of the bridge,
leaving to be Dylan

Plays over and over again
in her head
Jul 2021 · 212
Antonie Gets Wet
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
The plummer came
to fix her pipes
when he asked her
into the stall
to try it all
to turn it on
see if it works
get wet
they drowned in the
passion in
each other's eyes
hypnotized
without regret
Jul 2021 · 238
what did I matter?
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
Closer and closer
the sky lowers
kissing my skin
crushing my opinions
into leaks
sending tears down
my cheeks
can't hear the cries
when a whisper
evaporates into lies

Unobserved
am I matter?
Jul 2021 · 358
hard-boiled
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
Hard boiled eggs
simmer together,
separately
within their shells
holding in the heat
long after

so cool
Jul 2021 · 220
Heels
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
How do you expect me
to heal
when you keep
stepping all
over me?
Jul 2021 · 436
delicate deltoid
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
The evening sky is bruised
as scattered are the clouds
lost and confused
bleeding into the surrounding tissue
delicate deltoids
Jul 2021 · 1.0k
rear window blues
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
drainy, rainy
weepy day,
wishy wipers,
whisk my blues
away
Jul 2021 · 130
i apologize
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
Looking forward
to runnin *** backwards

again
Jul 2021 · 224
The Moon is a Sleepy Head
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
Time to put the moon to sleep
hasn't slept in years or weeks,
tucked beneath a
warm blanket of stars
Sharing space with planets,
Jupiter and Mars

Wishing sweet dreams to
our trusty beacon of light
who needs a night off
Lights out
and
Goodnight!
Precious reliable moon
What if he took a night off?
Jul 2021 · 194
the drop
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
Insults,
like toxic drops
erode self esteem
forming fissures
deeper than
canyons
Jul 2021 · 838
feeding off of small talk
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
At breakfast,
my family politely
asks, that I
gather my thoughts
so by lunch,
they can politely
pick them apart

Dinner is take out
since by then, they have
exhausted their insult quota
and there is no longer a reason
to conversate
or rather, talk that makes us feel small
That which we do to ourselves
Jul 2021 · 1.4k
words have wings
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
Chased by thoughts
held captive by words
Written down
free as
birds
Jul 2021 · 226
WELL
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
Think
from a
well of
words
and your
mind
will never
thirst
Jul 2021 · 224
Martha Graham
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
Exhausted slumber,
in deepest Lamentation,
enveloped by my own skin,
Blood Memory of her
seeps in

Dancestry transforms
as art knocks
at my door
I am reminded by
her spirited moves that,
Every Soul is a Circus

Life cycles
in contractions and
slow releases
of breath

Beaming
clavicles reach up to
behold morning's sunrise

As golden rays
tirelessly
leap upon the stage
of a brand new season,
Appalachian Spring

Rescued by the
graceful universe of
contemporary
dance
An ode to Martha Graham, her book ,
"Blood Memory" and
choreographed dances,
"Lamentation"
"Every Soul is a Circus"and
"Appalachian Spring"
With hopes to see Martha Graham Dance Company perform again in NYC
Jul 2021 · 152
shrinking hemisphere
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
Like a falling star
you fell out of the sky
you hit the ground
but kept on falling,
falling and falling
How many times
have I dug you up?
Lent you a helping hand?
Now you've pulled me in with you
deeper, deeper and deeper
Rolling in the mud

Following behind a
trail of fallen stars
within our shrinking
hemisphere
Jul 2021 · 172
When changing seasons
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
I
embrace
all my
poles
Jul 2021 · 102
submerged
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
Sometimes there is
just
not enough soap
to wash my self
off
Jul 2021 · 419
pressing
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
My nail beds are sore
from all the pressing
Jul 2021 · 185
Post Traumatic Growth
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
Thank you
Hello Poetry
for this
creative outlet
to grow as
a writer
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
But,
what kind of
time can be told
without art?
Jul 2021 · 1.4k
wind-up doll
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
Pretty little wind-up doll
wound up in the wrong hands

Was going through the motions
for too long

Years of tinkering
with her gears

she springs out of control

Repairs include
conserving energy and
resting her joints to
revitalize connectivity

She will no longer
be entertaining in your
playpen

You broke her
Jul 2021 · 338
Far Gone
SCHEDAR Jul 2021
Looking into the distance
of a long, lost existence
A silhouette that once danced to be free
She's so far away from me now
I can hardly
see
Jun 2021 · 476
SUPEREGO
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
when I look up
at all the ego I have left
to climb
just to summit victory
a top of a rhyme

Find a phonebooth
jump into a cape
outrun the id
in me,
before it
escapes
Jun 2021 · 330
candy necklace
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
"STOP!"
I'd yell to the
ice cream man
while running out of breath
just to buy a 🍭🍬
candy band to stretch
around my neck
A clavicle mixed in
lickable spit of
oranges, yellows,
and blues
all the sugar a neighborhood
smart mouth
could possibly ever chew.

missing all the very sweet moments
Jun 2021 · 771
girdle
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
Oh, what a rare,
and brilliant
diamond was
I

Now set in
your collection
not
worth a
dime



to you
never lose your value
always
be brilliant
Jun 2021 · 195
if something should happen
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
Raised with such
critical safety guidelines,
un- thank you!

Now your,"if something
should happen"
watered down my life to
'nothing ever
happens"
Jun 2021 · 312
weaving worry
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
She weaves worry
forming a fabric
that interlaces dread
a craft created by the
aberration of a single
vulnerable thread
Jun 2021 · 1.8k
denial
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
My head hurts
I'm seeing double and
I don't want to know
it occured even once

So turn off the lights
Draw the curtains
Blackout the mirrors
Sweep it under the carpet
Cover my ears
Shhhh, don't make a sound

Maybe, just maybe
it will fade away.....
Jun 2021 · 216
all ears
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
Maybe we can
talk about why you
choose to
shut me out,
while keeping
the door open
to strangers
Jun 2021 · 219
sunken meadow
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
The sun rose in steps today
one ray, in front of the other
forming a stairway to the sky
to finger paint the clouds
in loud-n-wild iridescence
and sullen baby blues

Reaches for the empty cradle
remembering gentle whispers and lullabies that used to
rock her to sleep

Too shy to speak about pleasures
drizzled with regret

Spars with maturity
to reclaim child-hood

The humming bird flutters
in reverse, she thought,
I cannot

moments of youth gather and
fall
into a sunken meadow of
stolen adolescence

brokenhearted,
waits for a ride home
Jun 2021 · 330
Eat Your Heart Out
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
In a slinky black dress,
heels and a drink
her terribly seductive
monologue
worked the room

The theater roared
with audience applause
upon curtain call

He felt at a loss,
when he recalled
how she used to perform
exclusively,

for him
Jun 2021 · 179
Daddy Strums
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
Written from your heart
as if lyrics for a song
your kindness,
has strummed
me to sleep
since the day
I was born
Wishing all the dad's, a safe and healthy Father's s Day
Jun 2021 · 681
The Jetty
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
I used to think
it was our
destiny,
to walk on water
together

Nothin would bring us down

But it's been years
since we sank
below
ocean-spray's
spirited mist

I often
reflect upon our
love lost, like
the buried treasures
trapped in sunken ships

My desire to dig you up,
magically, have you again

Like the crashing waves
that break over
the sharp and rocky jetty

I break
💔
over the memory
of us
this one is so special to my heart,
I had to add one
small addition
Jun 2021 · 391
blueprint
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
my genetic blueprint
is looking bluer today

better make some calls
Jun 2021 · 148
train wreck
SCHEDAR Jun 2021
Mother was a train wreck
but,
I made it out of her, alive
              or

did I ?
I am angry at her today
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