Isla - Hello Poetry

May 2018

Sarah Gray Isenberg

Boys
Ask me
Why I can’t cook
And keep a house
And I tell them
My mother
Spent my childhood
Teaching me
What it meant
To be a bigger
Man than
Even they
Learned to be

Isla May 2018

i can't breathe

I'm shaking
why am I shaking?
breathing rapid
eyes wide
tears fuzz the edges of my vision
indifferent faces swirl
like a van gogh painting
I hug myself to keep my heart intact
I can't breathe
it's so loud
why is everyone so loud?
no one is here to save me
no one is here to protect me
help me
please help me
I'm shaking
why am I shaking?

first panic attack, always such a lovely time

#panic #attack #shaking #fear #anxiety #stress #tears #loud #alone

May 2018

Ken

us

i wish i could be more like you.

more outgoing,

less terrified of every small thing.

more self confident,

less unstable.

we're too different,
                                                          i dont know if this,
                                                          if we,
                                                                        will work out.

for m

May 2018

helena alexis

mouth to mouth

i touch my lips
and realize they
are a shade of red
is it love?
blood?
wine?
who knows,
kiss me to check

#kiss #love #lips #wine #kissing #mouth #him #crush #aesthetic

Isla May 2018

glow

I'm still glowing
with the light
you instilled

a single flame in my heart
illuminating
the hollow that remains
where you used to be

wavering at times
but never ceasing
though the world threatens to ***** it out

and though you are gone
I still glow

for my grandma, who passed away when I was pretty young. Only now do I know the importance of what she was trying to teach me.

#death #grandmother #grandma #glow #heart #light #love #family

May 2018

Colm

Her Favorite Song

The universe puts her headphones on
And plays her favorite track
The raindrops in the meadow burst
And soak the earth
And with her feet up on the world
She smiles from ear to ear
And plays it back

What songs does the universe listen to? Is there a more beautiful sound than the rain falling in the secluded meadow. Truthfully, I don't know. But I do love the sound of these words as they roll off the tongue. YUPP!

BIG THANKS to everyone who liked, commented, and helped make this verse the Poem of the day (on 05/18/18). I really appreciate it! You can listen to me read this poem live on SoundCloud. Just follow the link and have an awesome day!

https://soundcloud.com/user-433755196/her-favorite-song-1

#her #favorite #song #verse #rhyme #poem #poems #poet #rain #universe