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May 2021 · 69
Heartaches
zozek May 2021
Honoring you each day and night with my immense sorrow
"my tears" is a tribute song to our love
and my aching heart is the statue of a you-less loneliness
I have realized that all the songs, poems, and statues are somehow heartfelt heartaches that I happily enjoyed.
May 2021 · 95
Celebrating fear
zozek May 2021
A fear that I had
to lose you
sometimes washed my soul
when I looked into your loving eyes
this fear can no longer dominate
as I have already lost you
now I fear that you will forget
and regret
May 2021 · 86
Guest Mode
zozek May 2021
I cannot see
or change
anything

all my activities,
history,
photos,
and messages
are  gone
and when I die
all my browsing activity
will too be deleted
It feels like
I have borrowed
someone else's life
and living it
for a temporary while
and I just casually browse
don't want  
the rest to be recorded
incognito
just someone
May 2021 · 75
Lumps of you
zozek May 2021
I miss you
my soul is full of lumps
I just try to smooth out everything
to have perfectly blended memories of you
but all the unsaid and that can never be said
curdled in my throat
May 2021 · 92
Imperfections
zozek May 2021
No one wants to hear a bad story
"sad" is the last in their feeling inventory
your sorrow intervenes with their happy territory
and they are already fed up with all that childhood allegory  

when they look into your eyes
they see death in disguise
no one gives them a prize
for listening to your advice
to be precise
the only thing that actually matters in life is a bit of a spice
otherwise
life is all inadequate, vague, and imprecise
zozek May 2021
Sit back and relax
when you open the pack
there should be no holes or cracks
it should look all bright and smooth
to soothe
and when you touch
your fingertips should feel like rubbing silk to give you a craving sweet tooth

Then smell
and give yourself up to the aroma palette
that makes you feel that you are on a carousel
through multi-layered notes of flavor  
recalling the subtle savor
of your mother's chocolate caramel cake
and the hazelnut and vanilla cookie party favor
with a slight touch of a banana bread
through nuances of fruits and flowers
ruby berries and jasmine incense
lavender, *****, and rose
a heavenly and ***** scent  
and taste bud activating exotic spices like cinnamon and nutmeg  

Then take a bite
and you will be filled with light
you will feel all the wandering sprite
through the luscious strokes that ignite
a tantalizing fragrance and taste with delight
May 2021 · 81
Fairytale-esque
zozek May 2021
when our hearts blended
under the newly emerging sun
I felt that life
would forever smile on us
you were the blanket over me in a homely,
all warm and loving cozy colorfulness
with all your attraction
that turned home
into a constant first date  "clicking" excitement
May 2021 · 71
shine through
zozek May 2021
Our love was
one of the wonders of the world
a prominent must see
a once seen never to be forgotten
therefore I plea
that you come back to shine among all the rotten

you were the shelter to all my left behind
soul
May 2021 · 94
Blue Hydrangeas
zozek May 2021
rain washes my ***** aura
cleansing my soul burled
reaches Cora
the queen of the underworld

everything that hurts through  
has now mixed into the soil
making the hydrangea flowers blue
but as I walk all the other flowers wither and trees recoil

while all birds fly away and timelessly migrate
my breath is like a sage smudge filling the air
but rather giving a  burdensome weight
                                                         like a nightmare
May 2021 · 108
Haiku: grief-stricken
zozek May 2021
the woman that you
left behind is heartbroken
in a plaintive cry
May 2021 · 59
Haiku: wistful cries
zozek May 2021
you look woebegone
in your forlorn effort to
escape sullen glum
May 2021 · 84
Restless Soul Syndrome
zozek May 2021
I have an ache and throb in my soul
it wakes me up from my sleep at nights
after it strikes in the evenings
I feel fatigued
restless
and weak

I have an uncontrollable
involuntary
and intense urge to love you
May 2021 · 79
Pangs of Love
zozek May 2021
birth pang-like contractions start
in my heart
before you depart
sweetheart
things fall apart
with a poisonous lump
in my throat
try to keep myself afloat
but there seems to be no lifeboat
around. The only way to see the rainbow
is to let my soul grow
May 2021 · 119
Pandora's Box Reinvented
zozek May 2021
She flipped the lid
to open a delicious looking jar of homemade raspberry jam
to make a yummy stuffed French toast
expecting a lush and fruity floral scent
instead, it smelled mold and yeast
she started coughing and wheezing
feeling dizzy and nauseous

She opened
a rose-shaped red velvet ring box
to wed herself to him
expecting a shinny and glamorous wedding ring
instead, there was an unseen and sharp razor in the slit
she cut her finger  and started bleeding
feeling confused and perplexed rapidly breathing

She opened
a .jar file on her computer
hoping to reach all the files
instead, it was malware containing viruses
and ruined her computer
exploiting and infecting her system
leaving her disappointed and depressed
May 2021 · 68
Seeded
zozek May 2021
Dead bodies all over
Lying down in colorful gowns
Checkered red and white shirts and
Shining night blue dresses
That man with the brown jacket
Looks like he has already turned into soil
May 2021 · 73
Is there life after love?
zozek May 2021
Walking towards the unknown
Away from the well known
A precious stone ornamented glamorous crown
Of a dignified and refined love and affection
This only sounds like fiction
Although we used to talk about all this with conviction
When we were waved with a magical wand
The whole world had turned into a heart-lifting and fulfilling beau monde
perfection  

The crown
Fell off and hit the ground
Turning me into a clown
All the gems and jewels spread and broke up
Like filthy germs floating around
May 2021 · 73
Kiss the frog!
zozek May 2021
Cuts, bruises, and a deep and scary wound
The whole life turned into a grimy pond
of ugly frogs and nauseous frogspawn
Bulged with pus, poison, and pain
Whichever you kiss
You get the icky taste
of a painful and quick death
zozek May 2021
take my computer away
even if I write thousands of words
I will not be able to seep my heart out
I know where to find you
but my heart does not let me
go beyond this world

immensely soaked in a breathless vision
whatever I do
I am lost in you
May 2021 · 81
Deleterious Substances
zozek May 2021
breathe in
swallow
absorb
all sorts of
poisonous
sorrows
frenzy and
unrest
"you"
is what
I need
crying
does
not help
anymore
May 2021 · 91
Lose Track
zozek May 2021
We have been lost in each other a thousand times
when sleeping on painted crimson clouds  

and I know that I will get lost
in sketched black labyrinths that have no exit a million times
I hate being stuck in an incomplete draft that will never be finalized
May 2021 · 86
A summery you
zozek May 2021
tasting and smelling the sea
on your skin
bring back all the sun felt summers
with a deliciously salty sweetness
and a heartfelt unbearably hot passion
May 2021 · 537
wild berries
zozek May 2021
burned wood smell mixes
with the alluring mountain anemone odor
as I walk up the oregano aroma filled hills
with the excitement
of being close to eating mountain strawberries
all wild and not mock
they are truthfully tasty, rich, and redolent
wholeheartedly you
far from being bland
unreadable
and forgettable
May 2021 · 87
Serendipity
zozek May 2021
Writing one poem after another
to release my pain
in transcendental tranquility
words are the outbursts of hurts
and wordiness buries my anguish
making me live
in balanced serenity
serendipity
blessing in disguise
zozek May 2021
Simplicity is the best
life is already
far too complicated
for the ordinary  
like me to decode
I wish we could
resolve the riddle
before you left
or maybe
there is no mystery
and it is just my shallow mind
why do human beings
accept the fact that flowers may wither
but my mind
does not accept the fact that you died?
May 2021 · 114
Crying Over You
zozek May 2021
it is sometimes hard to distinguish
between teardrops
and drops of tear
teardrops help refresh tears
and drops of tear
create the need for teardrops
teardrops fill me with new drops of you to cry
zozek May 2021
I look worn out
Totally torn apart
I'd love to restart
but you now depart
you say "we cannot go back"
and "we need to get back on track"  
would you like a snack
before you turn your back?
May 2021 · 65
Hyperopia Glasses
zozek May 2021
Everything is crystal clear when
I put my glasses on
fields are green
life is not grim
lights are not dim
I see him
swim
in the turquoise blue waters
May 2021 · 77
Boomerang Words
zozek May 2021
Not all boomerangs come back
Some are used to attack
and can be lethal weapons
and threaten
when used by the skilled
many can get killed

your words
whirled
in the air  
found me there
and stabbed me  
your words will not return back to you
as they have already killed me
May 2021 · 71
Love Preserved
zozek May 2021
grief
in brief
is love
conserved
your sudden death
is like a shock- freeze of my love
and I will thaw it when you come back
May 2021 · 74
Mind-full-less
zozek May 2021
end-less
fear-less
doubt-less
self-less
ego-less
use-less
mind-less
you-less
May 2021 · 83
Walking around all naked
zozek May 2021
plain
pure
pristine
simple
sheer
mere
distilled
untainted
unspoiled
my love for you is
and therefore
                                             I am all
naked
naive
****
transparently
see-through
May 2021 · 85
Tribute to the sun
zozek May 2021
Every morning I salute the sun
the sun salutes me back reminding me that it is another day for me to suffer
It divulges everything with its bright light
and I try to cover things up
until the end of the day, the sun insists to shine the truth on me  
and I reflect it back through the crooked angles and labyrinths of my mind.
I bend the truth in whatever way I like
and the waves of echoing distortions shade the sun
May 2021 · 219
Ruby Shard Attack
zozek May 2021
You looked like a perennial, strong geranium
blooming each year when it is the right time
you endured the cold and were all green and bright  
even under a thick layer of grime
there were always cherry-colored, ruby-red flowers that rhyme

Apparently, it turned out that you were a delicate poppy
disappearing suddenly when the spring is over
hard to find like a four-leafed clover
with the change of the wind other plants have taken over
so the cherries were all rancid and the ruby has been broken

like my heart in pieces
stabbed by the ruby shards
May 2021 · 223
Geraniums under the moon
zozek May 2021
I water geraniums by the morning light
in order not to leave any slight
drop of water on the leaves
that would form a stain if it does not dry
in the sun

I shed tears at night
after everyone is out of sight
even if no one ever believes
that you bid bye
under the moon

the red geraniums are all crystal, ruby bright
and I promise I will be all right
zozek May 2021
A dream
or a hallucinated
fantasy
or an illusion
of a fully theorized
delusional
hypothetical
visionary
abstract
idealized
conception of
all love should be like
in the streams of my
unconscious
consciousness
is
you
May 2021 · 67
You- the magician
zozek May 2021
A magician is not someone who can do tricky card games
and allure audiences
A magician is not someone who can hypnotize
and can get things lost
A magician
can lure you
and make love last
A magician can forever love with lust
A bright magician conjures beauty up
and does not let anything get lost
May 2021 · 65
Cliffs of the pained mind
zozek May 2021
Sometimes what pierces the heart is a void
winds pass
and storms blow through never-can be filled slits
cavities, pits, and whirlpools
immense, vast, and endless... like space
meaningless time flows
inflicting enormous pain to the coves
of life
May 2021 · 79
Carpe diem mi amor
zozek May 2021
seize the day before the day ceases
love me before you leave
and let me kiss you before you die
May 2021 · 96
Dreams about you
zozek May 2021
Love you in your dreams
and leave you in my dreams
This dream-like state is nothing but a nightmare
"dream" is a homonym meaning dream and nightmare at the same time
Pronounced and spelled the same but hurt differently
May 2021 · 80
Full of pain and pus
zozek May 2021
The scar, like that on a 10-year-old’s knee after having fallen in the backyard
is now in my brain after having tripped over life
Compared to that of the child's crusted scab this eschar
is more painful and pus-filled poisoning the whole body.
May 2021 · 143
The Oxymoron behind flowers
zozek May 2021
planting more flowers than you can look after keeps you attached to life
watching their strife
is choosing life over death
it is such an oxymoron that the word breath
rhymes with death
in your breathless repose
life flows without any pause
May 2021 · 89
Flammable Feelings
zozek May 2021
Seeing your photograph
ignites my soul
and that quick spark starts a fire
everything is burning vigorously
and even breathing feeds that wildfire
uncontrollable flames spread all over rapidly
and I die of burning each time
May 2021 · 99
The void
zozek May 2021
The two imaginary friends
that I have both left me
One has become real
And the other one died
May 2021 · 78
Haiku: plastic hopes
zozek May 2021
With a hope that it
will blossom one day, I am
watering fake plants
May 2021 · 81
Signals
zozek May 2021
not easily decipherable
rhymes of love
are always there to lure
the ones who can hear
even in deafening silence
May 2021 · 83
I'd rather die of love
zozek May 2021
this intensifying pain
glorifies
our very existence
which would
otherwise
disappear
in invisible neutrality of taken for granted-ness
drowning
in a love-less
cool-headedness
May 2021 · 69
The Dirty Windowpane
zozek May 2021
The windowpane has been clouded by heavy sorrows that I cannot see the joys of spring blooming
the red tulips in the garden have been fogged with my gray spot like ***** ​sorrow
streaks and molds of my mind have shadowed the purple pansies
May 2021 · 75
Vent it out
zozek May 2021
Through a small passage
of my coal-like burning
soul
escape the fume-like despair and anguish
the shaft of my
volcano
heart erupts the lava-like pain through a hole
the ejecta
words
the outbursts
of my hurts
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