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Feb 2018 xy

a mcvicar

taxi drivers will
always be strangers behind
the glass divider

relying on them
depends entirely on you
and human instinct

the weight on my back
disagreed, it said "please no"
oh, i almost did

but my abusive
need for a little fun and
alcohol was my doom

taxi driver, where?
please, where are you taking me?
i want to go home

the sneer on his face
suggests more than pure evil
he likes the darkness

oh, taxi driver
careful with my fragile mind
and my cotton skirt

my mom will be mad
when i tell her my new skirt
has been ripped apart

my head feels heavy
guilt and fear intertwine and
crush me, i'm breathless

no, taxi driver
you will not buy me a drink
i want to go home

i said: take me home.
everything's blurry and i
can't find my phone

oh, taxi driver
please, just get it over with
maybe you should end me

the last thing i'd see
was my dear taxi driver
looming over me

taxi drivers will
always be strangers behind
the glass divider

9.2.18 / in loving memory of a million sisters. beware the taxi driver, be safe, you're not alone.

Feb 2018 xy

Poetry in Motion

Feb 2018 xy

Thomas King

Poetry in Motion

Flowing effortlessly
as you arabesque twirl and spin,
as the music in your heart
starts to begin.

Poised and graceful
as you move to the sound,
as if your talented feet
are not even touching the ground.

Fluid and elegant
like wind through your hair
as you fouette’ and leap
and fly through the air.

Delicate feet
landing softly again to the floor;
to impress all the world
like never before.

You are poetry in motion
and our hearts you do lift
to be able to witness
your beautiful gift.

#dance #beauty #elegance #inspiring

Feb 2018 xy

Negative Words

Feb 2018 xy

Ivan Brooks Sr

Negative Words

Words can leave you broken
Depending on what and to whom it was spoken.
Be it about your situation or image,
Words can cause tremendous damage.
So whether it comes from afar
Or from the drunken dude in the bar,
Negative words will leave you with an emotional scar.

Negative words will make you touch the sky
And some will you make you ask yourself why?
Some words will put your emotions in prison
For no justifiable reason.

Some negative words come at the wrong moment
In the form of a stupid comment
That will ruin your entire tonight
Thereby starting a fight.

Negative words are intertwined with vile statements
To mess up your beautiful moments.
Negative words can cause everything to go wrong
Special moments that can't be fixed using love song

So watch out for negative words my dear
Some words we'll try to bear,
from negative words, we'll never be able to escape
Not even in a Superman's cape.

IB-Poetry©️
2/9/2018

Some words can elevate, some words can motivate and some words can desecrate.

#negative #words #human #nature #emotions

Feb 2018 xy

she dropped me

Feb 2018 xy

branded glaciers GE

she dropped me

in
her
filed
of
flowers

she never picked me
back up
after
she
dropped me
?

...
..
.

we like your
...
..
.

#flowers

Dec 2017 xy

Scorched Earth

Dec 2017 xy

Ariadne

Scorched Earth

Darkness awakens
Shadows shroud my soul

Light is fading
Shaking, shivering, cold

Dreams infiltrate
Restless nights and lack of sleep abound

World's ending
Cities scorched and burning to the ground

I close my eyes and hide myself away
Content for now to suffer
The fear I know; The words I'll never say

I run and run, to where I do not know
Unsure of the path I'm taking
Unsure of what the future does not show

Raining fire
Everything I knew and loved is gone

Slowly dying
Are all the ones I've truly loved and known

Why am I still alive in all the flames
Why must I survive the torment
Of my mind's sickening games

Why am I the only one who's left
Why could the end
Not have stolen my final breath

Midnight, awoken
Vivid visions of our final days

Heart's pounding
Frightened of the end of our ways

I know not the reason for this torture
I know not why I cannot sleep
I know not the cause of my vision
I know not why it won't leave me be

Written about a recurring nightmare

Dec 2017 xy

Time's Soliloquy

Dec 2017 xy

n stiles carmona

Time's Soliloquy

A town whose people shapeshift everyday
keeps only worn-down roads and festive lights;

the shops, almost enchanted, switching names --
to change at will is to be true to type.

But though it's bittersweet, I must not dwell,
for dwelling simply makes me wish to die:

there cannot be a more merciless hell
than to be self-aware of time gone by -

so I face the days head-on, one by one,
thanking whatever deity's up there

for clockwork rising-falling of the sun;
a beauteous sight we're allowed to share.

Singing 'nostalgia' on our aged guitars
just picks at scabs that are to become scars.

baby's first sonnet. watching the future unfold in front of you is terrifying, but i'm attempting to convince myself that it's wonderful.

#time #fear #nostalgia #sonnet #iambicpentameter

Dec 2017 xy

20

Dec 2017 xy

Anagapesis

20

my heart aches
my heart hurts
my heart screams for you
over and
over and
over and
over again

i still wish you felt the same way
like you did years back

but times are different
and with time progressing
so should emotions

but why does my love
keep finding itself back
to you

over and
over and
over and
over and
over again.

aaaaaaaaaaaa