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What is a boat good for
where there's no water?
A coma tied to dockside
missing it's blue waves.

What is poet's purpose
when he's a lousy knotter?
A lack of words on paper,
his mind is short of tales.

He's fishing for ideas
on a ship that won't sail,
oblivious to his surroundings,
he's only bound to fail.

Let the boat be the poet's attention.

#poet #attention #ideas #mind #fail

May 2020 CharlesC

burning matches

May 2020 CharlesC

E

burning matches

you burn me.

and it isn’t anyone’s
fault but mine.

i gave you the match
in the first place.

i told myself never to let love in again, but here i am, burned by the same flame twice.

#love #heartbreak #pain

May 2020 CharlesC

Linger

May 2020 CharlesC

Eloisa

Linger

Sweet silent sunset
Day lilies and daffodils
Faded fairytale

#memories #flowers #fairytale #haiku

Apr 2020 CharlesC

loss and fear co-exist

Apr 2020 CharlesC

Jiya

loss and fear co-exist

i want to tell you.
i really do.
i'd love to spill my secrets, my issues to you.
yet i can't comprehend it.
i can't communicate it to you.
and the fact you could leave me.
it makes my heart a tearful blue.
you already look at me as if i'm broken.
what do i have to lose?
i want to tell you.
i really do.
yet i can't cope with the fact.
the fact your presence may fade.
vanish without a trace.
except you'd still have that key.
the key that can unlock the darkness in my brain.

this poem is in honour of my teacher who wants me to know that i can talk to him. but it's nearing the end of the year and he may not be my teacher next year. i fear that if i tell him too much i won't be able to cope that next year he might be wandering around with the burden of my thoughts i selfishly put on him without being able to do much to help me. and that i won't be able to connect with another teacher like i have with him. so, in general, this poem isn't really about telling him about my issues. it's about the fact that i might lose his presence in my life and that he's one of the last things that's keeping me sane. this poem is about loss. XD sorry for the mini rant i just needed to get this out there y'know.

#loss #teacher #trust #scared #confession #issues #hopelessness #worry

Apr 2020 CharlesC

Release.

Apr 2020 CharlesC

anna

Release.

My release doesn’t lie
In the blood that stains
Your carpet,
Or the tears that soak into
Your pillow,
Or the screams that pierce
The still night calm,
Not even in the **** that
Snakes into my senses,

Wishing to melt into
Whatever I was before
Star light emanating from
Afar;

Old light pulsing from the new skies

(I want to see myself in that light
A time before I gave in to the night)

Emptiness drains , but I think it’s because I have a lot of time on my hands to think rn.

#release