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yann Jul 2022
Mine and everyone else's, it seems ;
I should send you poetry, singing your louanges,
your graces, your beauty. Words of god,
Gratefulness unyielding, pouring from every ounce of
my exhausting body.
Let me stop speaking, then ;
So your voice can fill the blank,
teaching us the ways in which we all lack,
humbling us, making you rise.

Have you heard the story, of the man inside the earth ?
Mouths say he stays holding it all, this miracle,
Thanks to all his hainous disdain for anything else
𝑏𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒.

Bow down to his feet, kiss them a little bit.
He, who surely must truly be
The Man above us all.
27.07.22 out of spite i admit
yann Jul 2022
There is this road I take everyday,
The one taking my two feet back to their home.

Some days ago, you used to walk alongside me,
Shared the pavement, shared my hand,
Shared my bed, even.

How many times have I walked this same path,
Thinkin of you,
Wondering when I'd see you again,
How I'd ask to meet you again,
Wondering when it'd make sense again,
me and you.

I am carrying a new body now,
I've been away for a while now,
Left,
And softened my edges close to the sea.

I'll give you time,

I'll give you all the time, even.

But the road to my house is still the same,
And my mind, walking,
Still thinks about you.
10.07.22 - on the walk back home
yann Jun 2022
It doesn't go away with time,
the intimate feeling of
not belonging.

Yesterday I was a wet rug of a child,
thought even the wind would
shame me for breathing.

Today, like an ant, aimlessly walking
in search of any tiny pebble
to call home.

Tomorrow I'll be a giant full of gold,
hoarding it, boasting it,
desperate for a good time.

Screaming into the nights,
Screaming into the mouths of
others half as lost,
Screaming through the blood
of feet who can't stop running,
never.

Can any city hold my treasure ?
30.06.22 - Back from the unknown places, back to other unknown places.
yann Jun 2022
every morning and every night
i feel homesick
alone on a bed of concrete
i daydream about a plane and a crowd
of foolish friends hugging me back
every step i take out of the room
makes it all better, i know,
but what about the moment i fall asleep
unheld and unfound,
i wish someone would come free me.
24.05.22 - was going through it all alone in a different country
yann Jun 2022
if you can't be happy yet its okay,
i have enough happiness for two,
i'll simply share with you.

you are the person i have loved the most strongly,
the most intense highs, the lowest lows
i love you, feel protective of you,
anywhere you go, i want you to find
loving words and loving hands,
so obviously, take mine first, they wont ever leave,

then find all that you can find,
i trust the world to treat you as kindly as you wish it.
22.05.22 - struggling friends
yann Jun 2022
In 10days this was my home
and i knew all its circuits
Then i packed up my bags
In one single moment,
didn't belong here anymore,
Took my dust with me
and said goodbye.
I came in with the sun and am leaving with it in my pocket,
The rain as my deeply felt thanks.
13.05.22 - A small found family !
yann Jun 2022
Sometimes i look at my face
and feel sick,
distorted, even.
Who is this, looking back,
should i cover it up
a little bit more,
should i hide it down ?
Gotta stop looking
at this weird parody
of me.
the lack of self expression through haircuts, haircolors, clothes, and general appearance choices while traveling through South Korea was difficult to deal with...
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