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 May 20 Kat M
Twisted Poet
I used to think blue eyes were pretty,
his were not.
his were not cornflower, sapphire, baby, indigo, azure,
or cloudy sky blue.
His were midnight where the light pollution from the city blocks the stars.
Iceberg, squall, hypothermia, eventual death
 May 18 Kat M
Selma
I know love is real
Because you never confused me.
You wanted all of me,
And I have been
Bathing in devotion since.
 May 18 Kat M
Daniii
No soy cuerpo, soy pregunta,
una grieta en el silencio del universo,
una chispa que duda de su fuego,
una sombra que se niega a morir quieta.

¿Qué es el tiempo, sino memoria andando?
¿Qué es el alma, sino el grito de lo eterno
encerrado en carne que olvida
que fue estrella antes de ser lágrima?

Me miro en los ojos del mundo
y no sé si soy su reflejo o su rebelión,
si vine a entender el caos
o a incendiarlo con ideas.

Porque pensar es sangrar sin herida,
es romper cadenas invisibles
que la costumbre llama “verdades”
y que el sabio llama “prisiones”.

No busco respuestas, busco coraje:
el valor de caminar sin mapa,
de amar sin garantía,
de caer sabiendo que la caída también enseña.

Y si he de morir un día,
que no sea como piedra que se disuelve en polvo,
sino como trueno que muere haciendo temblar el cielo.

Derechos reservados.



~Daniii
I lost it all
at that table, that night
dreams, hope,
maybe even a bit of myself.

But that
didn’t make me a loser.
You lose
only if you stay.

I stood up,
quiet,
broke,
but free.

I didn’t come
to chase luck
I came to face it.

And when luck
turned its back,
I turned mine too
on that room,
that game,
that lie.

I walked out
to find a better way
to win.

One not built
on cards,
but on steps
I take outside.
I aint playing it anymore...
 May 15 Kat M
Cadmus
Soil
 May 15 Kat M
Cadmus
Don’t be alarmed
if evil blooms
where you sowed
your gentlest good.

Not all earth
welcomes roots
some soils rot
what should have stood.

So plant with love,
but learn the ground,
for even light
can be misunderstood.
A reflection on misplaced effort, toxic environments, and the wisdom of discernment.
I am wilted. I am weary.
I am weathered. I am worn.
I am stuffed with seeping sadness, and stewed in sticky, seething scorn.

I am deflated. Thoughts debunked.
And I am drowned in desperate dread.  
When I soak my roots in water, I find it dries them out instead.

I am wilted. I am weary.
I am wilted. I am worn.
This has many versions. This is the pillar.
A being so yielding,
Yet so easy to break.
Soul’s component so rare
It must be a mistake.

Here on the outside,
The inside seems gangrene.
And there’s no one
I’ve known
That knows
What I mean.
Something is wrong that the whole world judges “right”.
Is it a flaw in my mind, or just in my sight?
 May 13 Kat M
Mark Bell
Deleted
 May 13 Kat M
Mark Bell
The poetry graveyard
They call delete
Millions of words written
None shall meet.
Sentences
nouns and verbs
All forgotten
Never to be disturbed.
Poetry written
not to be read
Into the graveyard
Along with the dead.
 Apr 19 Kat M
Monkey Writes
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