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"refilling" poems
do not date a girl who writes. she will internalize everything, carve poems into your eyelashes instead of kissing them, she will analyze you, calculate age from the rings your coffee cup leaves instead of refilling it. she will memorize the way your lips curl around steam, but not that you take it two sugars, no cream. she will read your palm instead of holding it against her chest. she will not blink when you leave, because she is already romanticizing it.
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Nov 26, 2014
Nov 26, 2014 at 11:13 PM UTC
do not date a girl who writes
somewhere between the fourth and fifth load of laundry, sometime after breakfast~lunch, now served in the USA at home, as an all day meal, per the edict of Mcdonalds, start fixing dinner, take a break, walk to the mailbox, retrieve the post and quick retreat back inside, ah that Texas sun, bilingual chili hot, toss the unopened on the prior weeks pile, cause everyone loves company the home-cold-brewed ice coffee needs a filling for the fridge has decided not to help by automatically refilling the pitcher even if it could I, busy folding, needing two hands and all my teeth for folding my master’s rocket ship sheets my master observes with one of his alternating demeanors, this one, super silent watching, announcing that  I need a nap: *“don't you always say, baby, take a nap when you can, baby, for when you need one, baby, you probably won’t be able, my baby”* with selected-hand-led fingers, he lays me down to sleep, bids me to slow slide to dreamland, dinner will keep, curling inside my frame, hands a-cupping my *******   telling me a drowsy tale, inherited from his mother’s womb and his granddaddy’s tongue, mindful of his family’s history there, is where, they find us, dinner fixings burnt, me and my five year old baby boy, still sleeping fast, around 5pm, bodies enwrapped, tied by blood and entwined in old nursery rhymes, Texas tall tales of Pecos Bill, me and my very own nap-ster master <•> p.s.  and they call me by my other name to wake me, momma
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Sep 17, 2018
Sep 17, 2018 at 1:14 PM UTC
Texas: My Very Own Nap-ster Master
somewhere between the fourth and fifth load of laundry, sometime after breakfast~lunch, now served in the USA at home, as an all day meal, per the edict of Mcdonalds, start fixing dinner, take a break, walk to the mailbox, retrieve the post and quick retreat back inside, ah that Texas sun, bilingual chili hot, toss the unopened on the prior weeks pile, cause everyone loves company the home-cold-brewed ice coffee needs a filling for the fridge has decided not to help by automatically refilling the pitcher even if it could I, busy folding, needing two hands and all my teeth for folding my master’s rocket ship sheets my master observes with one of his alternating demeanors, this one, super silent watching, announcing that  I need a nap: *“don't you always say, baby, take a nap when you can, baby, for when you need one, baby, you probably won’t be able, my baby”* with selected-hand-led fingers, he lays me down to sleep, bids me to slow slide to dreamland, dinner will keep, curling inside my frame, hands a-cupping my *******   telling me a drowsy tale, inherited from his mother’s womb and his granddaddy’s tongue, mindful of his family’s history there, is where, they find us, dinner fixings burnt, me and my five year old baby boy, still sleeping fast, around 5pm, bodies enwrapped, tied by blood and entwined in old nursery rhymes, Texas tall tales of Pecos Bill, me and my very own nap-ster master <•> p.s.  and they call me by my other name to wake me, momma
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To a point We over promise too much of ourselves. In spite of how high we value ourself, We actively listen in effort. Refilling how much of ourselves we spill. I am not ashamed to admit that at times I need help. But it is in these times where I fully understand. That there won't be another you. You smile and help me realize that I never want to lose any piece of you. Stopping the spill to see how much you effect me. In reaction to a sudden action of silence. Most beloved. It is especially important. Where we don't have to prove anything to each other. Just knowing that you are there is enough. Just know that your love is enough. It is in these moments. I stop to think. Where would I be without you. Unimaginable
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Sep 24, 2018
Sep 24, 2018 at 3:20 PM UTC
Unimaginable
Gathered pieces of a great puzzle ; refreshed perspective like ocean riptides foment at the confluence collecting dark rivers’ flow Repurposing back-eddies , rejuvenation of stagnant brackish waters , inherent buried soul-shine purging from the ancient core of earth mother Light arising from the hidden depths of inner stillness as if a refilling wellspring burst forth , reawakening muted sighs unspoken Forming poetic constellations of black and bright to lighten afar the nebulous darkness , a sea of swirling ink transformed into poetry A sage opus renewed by the muse of a migrating flock , striving to discover new sacred grounds ; yet there is an undeniable song sung in the howling winds of change An incitement from a higher dialect that empowers a restoration of spirit Oeuvre uplifted by rogue waves of summoning winds , arousing that which time erases A manifest renaissance among the rousing nuances of poetic continuum , judicious to rediscover the enthralling vastitude of every breaking wave in a boundless sea of poesy Where prevailing currents stir oceans of verse eternal ; provoking a verve revival , the magnitude of an unbroken circle , ocean swells merging singularity with the omnipresent colour of uncharted depths As if thoughts are assuaged by a union of intimately touching souls with words of intangible spheres , sparking subtle shades of meaning spanning poetic immortality Transcending barriers of unexplored lexicon to manifest the immensity, enkindling rhapsody of hearts and minds    Deeply rooted soul replenishment harvested from the tree of humankind , willingly sharing without regret nor intention , with deference to the soul of one-blood, one-love enabling an enlightening metamorphosis of the human journey ... © harlon rivers ... all rights reserved
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Jan 20, 2017
Jan 20, 2017 at 11:48 AM UTC
Harvesting Poetry from the Tree of Humankind
Gathered pieces of a great puzzle ; refreshed perspective like ocean riptides foment at the confluence collecting dark rivers’ flow Repurposing back-eddies , rejuvenation of stagnant brackish waters , inherent buried soul-shine purging from the ancient core of earth mother Light arising from the hidden depths of inner stillness as if a refilling wellspring burst forth , reawakening muted sighs unspoken Forming poetic constellations of black and bright to lighten afar the nebulous darkness , a sea of swirling ink transformed into poetry A sage opus renewed by the muse of a migrating flock , striving to discover new sacred grounds ; yet there is an undeniable song sung in the howling winds of change An incitement from a higher dialect that empowers a restoration of spirit Oeuvre uplifted by rogue waves of summoning winds , arousing that which time erases A manifest renaissance among the rousing nuances of poetic continuum , judicious to rediscover the enthralling vastitude of every breaking wave in a boundless sea of poesy Where prevailing currents stir oceans of verse eternal ; provoking a verve revival , the magnitude of an unbroken circle , ocean swells merging singularity with the omnipresent colour of uncharted depths As if thoughts are assuaged by a union of intimately touching souls with words of intangible spheres , sparking subtle shades of meaning spanning poetic immortality Transcending barriers of unexplored lexicon to manifest the immensity, enkindling rhapsody of hearts and minds    Deeply rooted soul replenishment harvested from the tree of humankind , willingly sharing without regret nor intention , with deference to the soul of one-blood, one-love enabling an enlightening metamorphosis of the human journey ... © harlon rivers ... all rights reserved
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There Is A Reason ihop Is Open 24 Hours A Day. It's Like A  MmMmMm. Pancakes! Like A Mouth Watering & The Sound Of Fork Scraping Plate, Kind Of Morning, Isn't It? Sunny Saturday Morning In April, With NPR Playing Over The Radio, And The Sound Of Bacon Sizzling, Kind Of Morning. Take It From Me. Watched A Heavy Hearted Seventeen Year Old Sister, Ask For Breakfast Ar Midnight, And The Hours Spent Talking Away Her Heart Ache With Mom Was Just A Side Effect Of The Full Stomach. Stumble Into This. With Bloodshot Eyes, And Ripped Up Jeans, 5am And Hung Over. The Waitress Will Always Take Care Of You. It's Like Her Duty, Along Side Taking Orders And Refilling Empty Coke Glasses, She'll Serve You Blackberry, Blueberry, Chocolate Chip, Strawberry Strung, Bananas, And Whip Cream Shaped Like A Smiley Face, Without Any Questions Asked. Pancakes Are The Breakfast Of Champions. So You Remember This. Your Fork And Knife Battle Weapon, Ready To Turn This 15 Minute Meal Into A Valiant Reawakening. And Remember You Are King Today.   Staff And Stone, And No One Can Destroy You. Eat Up, And Be Strong. Smile. I Dare You. Lick Your Fingers, And Ask For Seconds. This Is Life, And Asking For Another Helping Has Never Been A Bad Thing. Bite Your Tongue, Drink Back This Moment. I'd Ask You To Taste It, If Your Mouths Weren't Already Full. I Know, There Will Be Tequila &Wine; Bottles You'll Try To Drown Yourself In. But I've Learned Something Sticky Sweet Seems To Heal The Broken Edges Just A Little Better. Daddy Always Said There Was A Reason The Light On The 'Waffle House' Sign Never Went Out. A Warm Plate & A Smile Is Sometimes All You Need To Make A Place Home. The Next Time You Get Offered Pancakes, Consider It A Token Of Appreciation. Always Say Yes. Even If You're Not Hungry. Take A Bite. You Won't Regret It. I Promise.
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May 13, 2013
May 13, 2013 at 11:31 AM UTC
Pancakes
There Is A Reason ihop Is Open 24 Hours A Day. It's Like A  MmMmMm. Pancakes! Like A Mouth Watering & The Sound Of Fork Scraping Plate, Kind Of Morning, Isn't It? Sunny Saturday Morning In April, With NPR Playing Over The Radio, And The Sound Of Bacon Sizzling, Kind Of Morning. Take It From Me. Watched A Heavy Hearted Seventeen Year Old Sister, Ask For Breakfast Ar Midnight, And The Hours Spent Talking Away Her Heart Ache With Mom Was Just A Side Effect Of The Full Stomach. Stumble Into This. With Bloodshot Eyes, And Ripped Up Jeans, 5am And Hung Over. The Waitress Will Always Take Care Of You. It's Like Her Duty, Along Side Taking Orders And Refilling Empty Coke Glasses, She'll Serve You Blackberry, Blueberry, Chocolate Chip, Strawberry Strung, Bananas, And Whip Cream Shaped Like A Smiley Face, Without Any Questions Asked. Pancakes Are The Breakfast Of Champions. So You Remember This. Your Fork And Knife Battle Weapon, Ready To Turn This 15 Minute Meal Into A Valiant Reawakening. And Remember You Are King Today.   Staff And Stone, And No One Can Destroy You. Eat Up, And Be Strong. Smile. I Dare You. Lick Your Fingers, And Ask For Seconds. This Is Life, And Asking For Another Helping Has Never Been A Bad Thing. Bite Your Tongue, Drink Back This Moment. I'd Ask You To Taste It, If Your Mouths Weren't Already Full. I Know, There Will Be Tequila &Wine; Bottles You'll Try To Drown Yourself In. But I've Learned Something Sticky Sweet Seems To Heal The Broken Edges Just A Little Better. Daddy Always Said There Was A Reason The Light On The 'Waffle House' Sign Never Went Out. A Warm Plate & A Smile Is Sometimes All You Need To Make A Place Home. The Next Time You Get Offered Pancakes, Consider It A Token Of Appreciation. Always Say Yes. Even If You're Not Hungry. Take A Bite. You Won't Regret It. I Promise.
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they hit you everywhere, bruises, slow faders, pretty much all over, spaced out, body and time some, they come back, months, years later, enticing, devising, with revelations perfect, you melt with helpfulness some claim they are born with only questions and an insatiable quest for knowing, but line in the soil tween rows is there for you not to cross some proffer their pain, asking for ablution and absolution, from demons they wish to share, but refusing the smoke of my offering, that could cleanse both our inhalations like highway men of yore, they hit everyone, below the belt, stave breaking into the heart, slow bleeding, with answers received in absentia and silence until the till needs refilling, and they renewed, reappear, reformed, with perfect words, even better questions: my portfolio of replies mostly go/grow old, noting the obvious, we are socially distance by age and geography and degree, I free and clear to provide while they just free to hit and run, one more time
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Aug 6, 2020
Aug 6, 2020 at 9:11 PM UTC
hit and run women (one more time)
It's on them nights I drink alone. Find myself thinking of home. These beers bottle bones empty and shatter. Liquor lung sigh. Chest heavy like a white trash wind chime. Like a six pack of bud ice hanging from some fishing line. Hear them low notes bouncing of the lips in the wind. And maybe you worry, but **** I'm fine to drive. And on those days when my gut isn't a gas tank for beer refilling at a pity party pit stop, I drive on love. Write love poems on phones before the ***** knocks me out. And sure, maybe my love makes as much sense as the words I slurr. And maybe my love is as unique as the crackheads needle in the haystack, but I'll still love you serious as a heart attack. Like a stroke... of genius... an epiphany about the realness of God. That maybe the story is flawed, but you're welcome to believe. And maybe I'm drunk right now, but I never meant to deceive. So kiss me with your break lights, while a pray to the slow light that I can live life like an old man feeding birds on a bench in the park. Got nothing else on his mind... just love... you maybe. And whatever you might think. I promise. I'm fine to drive
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Nov 21, 2013
Nov 21, 2013 at 4:32 AM UTC
Poem Number I'm Drunk With A Phone In My Hand
As if I’m going to wash my sins, by finding a substance so viscous - to annihilate the acid that seeps through me. Perhaps it’s you refilling my first glass, which is dried up by 11, and replenished by 5 past. Must I keep forcing it down my refusing gut, so I can bare the stutter drooling, crumbling, out your teeth. Till I’ve sipped needlessly on your lies and fell drunken on your delusional fables. Now I’m slurring in my nights, awoke, still high on your acid. Eyes are bulging, bloodshot from you firing bullets of your decaying  burden. - As I walk I stumble, diverging around solum streets. Crows peck at my skin, to prompt me at sunrise. Now and again I revisit the morsels I had collected from the bottom of your chalice. Savouring as I gulp down my regret. Desperately urging to be hungover your reveries one last time.
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Apr 11, 2018
Apr 11, 2018 at 7:01 PM UTC
I’m not one to drink but,
She scooted along the checkerboard floor collecting ***** plates & refilling sweet teas. I placed a double-order of fish tacos & sat right next to the buffet of hot sauces just to watch her toss her brown hair about from under her pink pussycat hat & lithe body covered in delicious ink & piercings.
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Sep 9, 2014
Sep 9, 2014 at 11:09 PM UTC
Fish Taco Tuesday
It's the nonesense that haunts me. The bits drifting in that don't add up. I'm gagging on the bits, it's killing me. I am all the far flung dreams in me, the hopes that drive the need in me, the need to wake. Motivated. I'm draining out the ***** water, refilling from purer streams. I'm working my way from right to left, pulling levers. Pressure's building, dust sifting from my imagination. I'm driving myself forward, pain no longer a distraction. The bits of me not fitting, will be drifting. I'm moving off, sailing out into the galactic tide, all the valence specks, frozen in space. I am an extension, the ultimate manifestation, the unending arm of the universe. I am the cosmic Katana.
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Aug 19, 2010
Aug 19, 2010 at 9:35 AM UTC
Cosmic Katana
I know a girl who won't give up. The strongest woman in the world. She will smile Without biting her tongue. She will laugh Without sadness on her lips. She will soar She will fly In time--- Every single night. She pains. She pains. She dies, time til time in every single drawing breath. Needlessly. She cracks. She wounds. She breaks. She scars. Scarily. Killing herself Just to fall asleep... Before she prays. Makeup--- She pains. She pains. Yet she stands. She tires. She tries. Makeup--- She smiles. Fractured. Yet still smiles. Tearless. Wearless. Tireless. But not painless. Makeup--- She talks. She pains. She smiles. Makeup--- She walks. She pains. She runs. Makeup--- She's strong, yet her strength it needs refilling. For she stands, it aches, yet still she has, anaesthesia. Makeup--- She succeeds. Yet it pains, walking away. Makeu--- She goes home Alone. It hurts. It hurts. Yet she drives. Make--- Cooks food. Instant made. It burns. It burns. Yet she eats. Mak--- Brushes her teeth Looks at a mirror Seeing herself, Smudges. Blurs. And yet she still has the power to close her eyes. Ma--- And she lies on her bed. With all the pain in the world. She doesn't even have to wash off the makeup on her face, she just cries it off... M--- Before she prays. Just to fall asleep... Killing herself Scarily. She scars. She breaks. She wounds. She cracks. Needlessly. Drawing breath in every single time til time She dies She pains. She pains. Every single night. In time She will fly. She will soar. Without sadness on her lips. She will laugh Without biting her tongue. She will smile, The strongest woman in the world. I know a girl who won't give up.
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Apr 24, 2018
Apr 24, 2018 at 5:01 AM UTC
Makeup..i
I know a girl who won't give up. The strongest woman in the world. She will smile Without biting her tongue. She will laugh Without sadness on her lips. She will soar She will fly In time--- Every single night. She pains. She pains. She dies, time til time in every single drawing breath. Needlessly. She cracks. She wounds. She breaks. She scars. Scarily. Killing herself Just to fall asleep... Before she prays. Makeup--- She pains. She pains. Yet she stands. She tires. She tries. Makeup--- She smiles. Fractured. Yet still smiles. Tearless. Wearless. Tireless. But not painless. Makeup--- She talks. She pains. She smiles. Makeup--- She walks. She pains. She runs. Makeup--- She's strong, yet her strength it needs refilling. For she stands, it aches, yet still she has, anaesthesia. Makeup--- She succeeds. Yet it pains, walking away. Makeu--- She goes home Alone. It hurts. It hurts. Yet she drives. Make--- Cooks food. Instant made. It burns. It burns. Yet she eats. Mak--- Brushes her teeth Looks at a mirror Seeing herself, Smudges. Blurs. And yet she still has the power to close her eyes. Ma--- And she lies on her bed. With all the pain in the world. She doesn't even have to wash off the makeup on her face, she just cries it off... M--- Before she prays. Just to fall asleep... Killing herself Scarily. She scars. She breaks. She wounds. She cracks. Needlessly. Drawing breath in every single time til time She dies She pains. She pains. Every single night. In time She will fly. She will soar. Without sadness on her lips. She will laugh Without biting her tongue. She will smile, The strongest woman in the world. I know a girl who won't give up.
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It had been 2 weeks She assumed the kids were asleep Because he entered He must of thought seductively (making sure to shower first) with an air of cool calmness a scent of beer with a new thirst for another type of refreshment not fulfillment but refilling not romance mere maintenance she sighed & looked up     through her glasses at his swollen frame like a balloons tied to a clothes horse,     left there for a day so they sagged and lost their colour     & the frame had become visible   but only at its peaks through the sheer power of gravity his bones became seen   through his collar of his van huesen shirt he thought so debonair (had a classy air, sleekish air) she smiled acceptingly as he pretended to be sincere   when he told her that he loved her     even after all these years   she was still a **** momma she tried not to laugh when he kissed her on the neck & rubbed her breast like he wanted milk she spread her legs when he pushed them   & waited for the steering of a trailer into a garage in reverse at midnight   under influence with the subtlety of a steer it reminded her of years ago when she had laughed at the austere teachers that had enraged her with their frigid sneer & she smiled to herself an thought of her *** like a rare fruit only to age and watch it be eaten by a once charming now savage brute who turned into a blob of sorts & she aswell had sagged at least they sagged happily together there's some comfort to be had in that so she waited for the ****** with an image impressed in her    of a smirking withered teacher arms folded & a smug grin with a look that proclaims      ‘here u are      it seems we’re on a par      an existence so far   from what u saw in dreams u had   of supple limbs & knowing grins   to dry skins and droopy things' a flower wilted & smelling a bit funny the faded colour of pale brown in the end she felt lie a jug of sorts he rolled over & went to sleep she eventually did also thinking about wat to cook next week
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Feb 11, 2013
Feb 11, 2013 at 3:24 AM UTC
Love poem no 3
It had been 2 weeks She assumed the kids were asleep Because he entered He must of thought seductively (making sure to shower first) with an air of cool calmness a scent of beer with a new thirst for another type of refreshment not fulfillment but refilling not romance mere maintenance she sighed & looked up     through her glasses at his swollen frame like a balloons tied to a clothes horse,     left there for a day so they sagged and lost their colour     & the frame had become visible   but only at its peaks through the sheer power of gravity his bones became seen   through his collar of his van huesen shirt he thought so debonair (had a classy air, sleekish air) she smiled acceptingly as he pretended to be sincere   when he told her that he loved her     even after all these years   she was still a **** momma she tried not to laugh when he kissed her on the neck & rubbed her breast like he wanted milk she spread her legs when he pushed them   & waited for the steering of a trailer into a garage in reverse at midnight   under influence with the subtlety of a steer it reminded her of years ago when she had laughed at the austere teachers that had enraged her with their frigid sneer & she smiled to herself an thought of her *** like a rare fruit only to age and watch it be eaten by a once charming now savage brute who turned into a blob of sorts & she aswell had sagged at least they sagged happily together there's some comfort to be had in that so she waited for the ****** with an image impressed in her    of a smirking withered teacher arms folded & a smug grin with a look that proclaims      ‘here u are      it seems we’re on a par      an existence so far   from what u saw in dreams u had   of supple limbs & knowing grins   to dry skins and droopy things' a flower wilted & smelling a bit funny the faded colour of pale brown in the end she felt lie a jug of sorts he rolled over & went to sleep she eventually did also thinking about wat to cook next week
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I finally picked up my refill And finally stopped running uphill. I'd been out for days, And was in a haze That nothing could fix but my refill. I finally refilled my meds, guys. Last week I ran out of my supplies, And I sunk like a brick Into depression so thick That it kept me from refilling my meds, guys. At last I am back on my Adderall And everything feels much more natural I cleaned up the sink And now I can think About how good it is to have Adderall.
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May 4, 2020
May 4, 2020 at 3:14 PM UTC
I Finally Picked Up My Refill - Limericks
He called her a **** at dinner Told she could be thinner Played the part of being an *** Voicing opinions deemed crass A waiter wandered up Refilling a cup Gave the girl a wink But was more of a sporadic blink Her date stood tall And turned his fist into a ball Told the waiter to **** right off A comment muddled by a cough Then, in an act of violence Came a brief respite of silence The waiter was struck in the jaw Knocked on the floor captured in awe. He was then beaten ‘til dead Over inferences read The woman screamed At her date, the blood coated fiend Police were brought in The man simply grinned Cuffs were attached As the man’s might was matched A month later Due to the dead waiter The man had his day in court A bailiff acted as his escort The man was sentenced to 15 years The woman, in attendance, shed no tears The man was taken He appeared visibly shaken Taken to a cell at Briar Field A place all go to yield He was beaten for days on end By prisoners looking for time to spend Searching for a sense of hope Utilized in avoiding a knotted rope The man found a friend With a helping hand to lend Then one day talking wasn’t enough The man’s friend got rough After a quick stich The man was anointed a ***** Sitting for dinner he was called a **** By his friend, who had become quite blunt A guard came by and batted and eye The friend asked if he wanted to die Said this man was his slave A poor butt-fucking knave The guard retreated Victory conceited But the friend pressed on Until the guards life was gone Then walked back after the stunt And called the man a fat old ****
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Oct 12, 2014
Oct 12, 2014 at 8:20 PM UTC
Perfectly Profane (NSFW) Whatever The **** That Means
He called her a **** at dinner Told she could be thinner Played the part of being an *** Voicing opinions deemed crass A waiter wandered up Refilling a cup Gave the girl a wink But was more of a sporadic blink Her date stood tall And turned his fist into a ball Told the waiter to **** right off A comment muddled by a cough Then, in an act of violence Came a brief respite of silence The waiter was struck in the jaw Knocked on the floor captured in awe. He was then beaten ‘til dead Over inferences read The woman screamed At her date, the blood coated fiend Police were brought in The man simply grinned Cuffs were attached As the man’s might was matched A month later Due to the dead waiter The man had his day in court A bailiff acted as his escort The man was sentenced to 15 years The woman, in attendance, shed no tears The man was taken He appeared visibly shaken Taken to a cell at Briar Field A place all go to yield He was beaten for days on end By prisoners looking for time to spend Searching for a sense of hope Utilized in avoiding a knotted rope The man found a friend With a helping hand to lend Then one day talking wasn’t enough The man’s friend got rough After a quick stich The man was anointed a ***** Sitting for dinner he was called a **** By his friend, who had become quite blunt A guard came by and batted and eye The friend asked if he wanted to die Said this man was his slave A poor butt-fucking knave The guard retreated Victory conceited But the friend pressed on Until the guards life was gone Then walked back after the stunt And called the man a fat old ****
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Side Effects Include Hallucinations, in the way your words make me believe that we will get that apartment on the 22nd floor with the designer kitchen and the giant windows and two dogs sleeping at the foot of the bed when we're All-Grown-Up but i try to hold your hand and it isn't always there sometimes i reach and all that squeezes through my fingers is a wisp of green dark smoke and you are suddenly 500 miles away Nausea, Sickness, Vomiting, and Pain, like when i wake up with tears already carving scars into my face and the walk to the front door seems like the farthest walk i've ever taken and invisible shackles as ancient as the roots growing underneath my head bind me to my nest (kind of like when you tie me up) the thorns crawl up the rusty metal and twist into my stomach wrap themselves around my molten core spreading shoots through bursting veins knees buckle, hit the bathroom floor And May Include Death you are the perfect drug an addictive pro-zac that makes me convulse from withdrawals if i ever dare to skip a day i have to have more an self-refilling pill box and all it costs is every last inch of my heart and soul and energy that's all you ask
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Oct 4, 2013
Oct 4, 2013 at 7:48 PM UTC
Warning Label
oh snap. guess who's back? I'm one step closer to a heart attack. these flashbacks drawn from a cutback, turned me into an insomniac, twas only a matter of time until I had a cardiac arrest me now, officer. I've done you all wrong. 'cause my heart lying in my breast no longer plays a loving song. I'd love to play the rest, see who else would try and sing along, but I best not cause more distress, I know where I belong. this girl KC. man, she's killing me. thoughts grilling me, yeah they drilling me! this thrilling feeling's chilling me to the core, like it's refilling a sea that just won't quit. My anchor's heavy as **** my head's split a bit, teeth grit cause I'm full of these images of misfits, and culprits whose crimes I didn't know they could commit- they're all me- I'll admit I don't have a permit to park my *** in this waste of mass class. just mind the sass, my ego's thick as thick glass, and I don't have the strength to be harassed (rn). hold up >>Boi I don't got time for this. I need help, man, tell me what to do, I'm ****** this story's this; I miss the abyss in which I could hiss at KC's every bish she brought home, reminisce that shish in whish I could blissfully talk about french kissing her. but now I got me a man. but now she back I've got no game plan. tell me can you show me again how life is more than her?
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Feb 12, 2018
Feb 12, 2018 at 6:20 PM UTC
KC again (freestyle, not much of a poem)
You can’t paint the Sistine Chapel with a roller You can’t carve The Thinker with a jack hammer You can’t write a symphony on a Kazoo And you can’t dance Swan Lake on a trampoline You can’t bake a cake if you have no oven You can’t sew a gown with a knitting needle You can’t build a house out of Lego Bricks And you can’t win at Lotto without buying a ticket Why do my eyes not notice the humming bird Only that the nectar tube needs refilling Why do I not glory in a field of orange poppies Only struggle to walk without stepping on one Why do I pass up small kudus when offered So I can wallow some more in rejection Why do I long so for the glow of acceptance When I have no use for the face in the mirror We all have to work with the gifts we are given Talent is not something you can go out and buy You can’t sigh your way into winning the race And you can’t coerce people into your fan club You have to dig deep if you want to find oil You have to cast bait if you want the big fish You have to believe that the war can be won To put down your pen and strap on your sword            ljm
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Apr 24, 2018
Apr 24, 2018 at 9:40 AM UTC
SECOND RATE
I'm scared. I'm scared of being in a relationship. Just one word that shakes my knees And brings tears to my eyes. I'm scared of a relationship. And who could blame me? After what I consider a relationship, No one would want to even spit the word. I'm scared of being tied down. Of giving everything up for Someone Who can take what they want and leave. I'm scared of being Numb. Of falling so deep into depression That nothing but sweet pain Draws me out of the Abyss. All of this because of a relationship. I promised myself I'd never let someone Affect me like that Again. To let him scratch, burn, cut Deep enough to leave scars. To give everything And to do so freely upon the will of a Boy. So destructive in his own thoughts That even I could see him fraying at the edges. To let someone hurt me in their own Game. To fall so deep in love that you Can't see what's going on all around You dying at the hands of someone you love. yet no one knows. Not even him. For he is too stricken with a somber, anger, and his own demons To notice what he does to you. Excuses upon excuses you make for him Until the day it all goes up in flames and you thought It couldn't be worse. Than this. Since then I've just been floating. Recovering. Refilling every crevice of my heart with the glue of a new life In the hopes that with the starting of every day it will hold, Being scared still has never left me. Please understand why I'm scared.
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Jan 6, 2015
Jan 6, 2015 at 3:21 AM UTC
I'm Scared
Note: this isn't my work, but a work of one of the poet named Haron River ( currently go by H A Rivers) in this site who is currently MIA! Time to time I would scour poet's work, and allow them to teach me with their wisdom with their penmanship.  This was a poem Haron River gave me as a memento, but all his work is golden, and should be shared!  Hopefully new comers would check his work out! Without any further ado, here it is! Untitled Refreshed perspective gathered words Like the ocean riptide gather The rivers' flow at the confluence Repurposing back-eddies, Rejuvenation of stagnant brackish waters Inherent soul-shine purging From ancient core of earth mother Light arising from the depth of inner stillness As if a refilling wellspring burst forth, Reawaking sighs too deep for words Forming poetic constellation To lighten the nebulous darkness, Like sea of ink transformed into poetry A sage opus renewed By the muse of a migrating flock Striving to discover new sacred grounds Yet there is an undeniable song sung In the howling wind of change An incitement from a higher dialect That empowers a restoration of the spirit Oeuvre uplifted by rogue waves of wind Arousing that which time erases A renaissance manifest Among the rousing nuances Of poetic continuum, Provoking a verve revival Judicious to discovery The enthralling vastitude Of every breaking wave In a vast sea of poesy Where prevailing currents Stir oceans of verse eternal; Provoking verve revival, The magnitude of an unbroken circle, Oceans swells merging oneness With the omnipresent of color Of uncharted depth As if thoughts assuage By the Union of distant touching souls, Spark nuances spanning poetic realms, Transcending barriers of unexplored lexicon To manifest the immensity, Enkindling rhapsody of hearts and minds Deeply rooted soul replenishment Harvested from the tree of humankind, Willingly sharing without regret Enabling a metamorphosis Of the human journey
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Oct 31, 2015
Oct 31, 2015 at 9:20 PM UTC
Haron River's Lost Work!
Note: this isn't my work, but a work of one of the poet named Haron River ( currently go by H A Rivers) in this site who is currently MIA! Time to time I would scour poet's work, and allow them to teach me with their wisdom with their penmanship.  This was a poem Haron River gave me as a memento, but all his work is golden, and should be shared!  Hopefully new comers would check his work out! Without any further ado, here it is! Untitled Refreshed perspective gathered words Like the ocean riptide gather The rivers' flow at the confluence Repurposing back-eddies, Rejuvenation of stagnant brackish waters Inherent soul-shine purging From ancient core of earth mother Light arising from the depth of inner stillness As if a refilling wellspring burst forth, Reawaking sighs too deep for words Forming poetic constellation To lighten the nebulous darkness, Like sea of ink transformed into poetry A sage opus renewed By the muse of a migrating flock Striving to discover new sacred grounds Yet there is an undeniable song sung In the howling wind of change An incitement from a higher dialect That empowers a restoration of the spirit Oeuvre uplifted by rogue waves of wind Arousing that which time erases A renaissance manifest Among the rousing nuances Of poetic continuum, Provoking a verve revival Judicious to discovery The enthralling vastitude Of every breaking wave In a vast sea of poesy Where prevailing currents Stir oceans of verse eternal; Provoking verve revival, The magnitude of an unbroken circle, Oceans swells merging oneness With the omnipresent of color Of uncharted depth As if thoughts assuage By the Union of distant touching souls, Spark nuances spanning poetic realms, Transcending barriers of unexplored lexicon To manifest the immensity, Enkindling rhapsody of hearts and minds Deeply rooted soul replenishment Harvested from the tree of humankind, Willingly sharing without regret Enabling a metamorphosis Of the human journey
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Fresh Direct Exit I used to sleep With pen and paper on my nighttime table. Nowadays, my iPad tablet rests upon my chest, Not only does it keep me warn, It takes my poems from within, Fresh Direct,^ Edits, credits, and delivers them to your door, While I'm still sleeping. Which is why they come at all hours. It is also why they call them, Love's Labour's Lost saving devices. Refill My woman, my number one fan, Grabs her pillow, mashes her face Into my iPad warmed chest, Without asking permission, Thus fulfilling her mission critical. Restoring the balance, refilling the tank With high octane mystical, thru skin umbilical, A first edition of the day blended mix named, All's Well That Ends Well. 7:45 am July 14th, 2013
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Jul 14, 2013
Jul 14, 2013 at 9:21 AM UTC
Fresh Direct
I know what you would say to me: "At least I was thinking of you." But all I can see through your texts Are images of my past life. Sitting alone in the humid Air of Florida trying to drown My tears in pool water as His slurred words "I'm way too busy" Mixed with a girl's giggling voice Flooded my mind repeatedly. Feeling nothing but numbed surprise As my father's hand rushed towards me, Bottles of wine on the table. Seated at a restaurant as My grandfather cried saying how Much I look like my grandmother; Same determination, same hope, While refilling his martini. I hear his dense voice on the phone. He'll do it, he'll jump, but not if I tell him that I adore him And I'll stay with him forever, Ended with the smashing of glass. So please forgive me when I say I'm not a fan of your drunk texts.
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Jan 13, 2014
Jan 13, 2014 at 2:17 AM UTC
Drunk Texts
I don’t need it The red string Tied around my ring or index I don’t need it An “x” or heart On the calendar I don’t need it A programmed number Within any device at all I don’t need it Any fashioned reminder Of you and your worth You live with me Constantly On the tip of my tongue I utter your nom de plum In sleep And I call after my mother with your name As if in a canyon Reverberating your whisper This echoes in all the places You are my favorite song On repeat And I soak in the melody that is your mouth I don’t need a string An “x” Or a series of ten numbers To remind me Because you’re here Holding my hand And refilling my ink
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May 29, 2013
May 29, 2013 at 12:51 AM UTC
Reminder
I'm not gona take my life.   Cause it's not mine to take. It was yours which you gave. Now this burden to bare is my fate. My hearts filled with love. Slowly gettin drained. And its gettin refilled. With all this pain. What they are refilling with is high octane. Wish i could sell my soul. Just for 1 happy day. Too bad i cant.. Its not his to take. Wish i could sell my soul. too bad i cant.. Cause thats not a deal i can make.
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Mar 31, 2022
Mar 31, 2022 at 6:56 PM UTC
High octain pain
I am denied a second time a catching glimpse a passerby the endless chantering that flows through the rye until I catch a glimpse of the other side through your eyes we go together a floundering heat an upheld beat that swims in midst of rays to reflect upon your gleaming eye holding a gaze, time says lasts for days yet it already happened a rewound record instilling its tunes into you and oh! you're already gone refilling these city blues guess I wasn't ready for you oh, this generation of use and abuse to take as material , to ignore the core denying the message, but focusing on the tune I guess I really am you
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Dec 15, 2014
Dec 15, 2014 at 1:44 AM UTC
I saw You