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She wore spare parts like broken jewels But tried to hide the cracks The air she breathed tasted like ink When sunlight came in waves She was frugal with her dignity And honored for her rags While privately, she hoarded A wealth of false ideas She hung her portrait with no face And kept... - Poetry > Haiku
- Poetry > Free VerseSunlight is dogmatic Stubbornly insisting On the optimistic rosy tint That stings skin at the beach...
- Poetry > Free VerseMaybe you could change the world With fancy scientific terms And a multitude of chemicals But there are too many doctors already And you say that the job market's wrong After all, what is a dream If you can't make any money?...
- Poetry > Free VerseThe water's not as deep as it used to be Back when we sank in the mud Laughing as you lost your shoe And annoying all the neighbors At least, until they tried it too Now we drown in different things But you still dance through the kitchen And talk talk talk About the things that you a...
- Poetry > Free VerseIf I separate myself So completely that even the air I breath tastes different If I mark the division down the center of my soul If I refuse to speak to this contrary voice And swallow dissidence like pills Then maybe I will wake up And not want to write anymore But for now, I have a roommat...
- Poetry > Free VerseI wish I knew why people killed each other Or where hate comes from I wish that I could understand the origin Of the blood behind my eyes But at least I know one thing for sure I didn't put it there...
- Poetry > Free VerseSomewhere in madness lies the fragments of beauty That I waste away trying to find How powerful, glorious, crushing, it seems To do something as simple as write...
- Poetry > Free VerseIt'd be wrong to give my reasons I don't need to tell you why But it frightens me to know that no one ever really dies...
- Poetry > Free VerseIf we fear insanity What will change the world? And if shouting's done in vanity Sure, it will be heard But nothing holds attention Like a bit of the absurd...
- Poetry > Free VerseI believe in honesty I believe in truth And I believe in "yes" or "no" constituting proof But I know that you don't trust me And I know you've thought this through Just swear that you won't let yourself Become a liar too...
- Poetry > Free VerseMaybe I'm crazy Maybe you're right And maybe I just want to sleep through the night See, Maybe you don't hear The things that I do But I'll tell you that they're loud, and all of them true...
- Poetry > Free VerseI hereby resign myself To sleepless nights Dreamless days Mornings wearing gray And a few of the most captivating sunsets of all time I promise to accept That fingerprints can kill a moth Red eyes are better than white faces Eraser shavings sing And no one likes lost longing And yes, I...
- Poetry > Free VerseThere is something to be said For the nights where we get plenty of sleep For daily agendas Organized desks Timely arrivals College tours Test scores To-do lists Matching socks Alarm clocks Ironed shirts And work There is something to be said For practicality Pragmatic personalities ...
- Poetry > Free VerseAbove any of my dreams And just before the fear sets in There is a clumsy question That forces me to look away It stubs its toe approaching But I tell it I am busy now And hold my breath until it leaves Uncertainty smells like mildew The rust belongs to accusation A brother to my question...
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- Poetry > Free VerseMaybe you are right And I have no reason to speak Because how could someone so young Understand an idea so ancient That it gnarls the roots of the earth And shakes free the foundations of our wandering minds But then again Maybe you are wrong I was born into this world Uneventfully No ...
- Poetry > Free VerseI have met perfection And she lives behind a graceful veil That covers her so beautifully But I have always wondered How she breaths down there I have walked beside her And I have watched her smile With a charm almost inhuman But when you peer in closely You'll notice that it cracks ...
- Poetry > Free VerseIf fear had a voice I don't think it'd be loud And if I had a choice I listen to the sound Of dry words spilling out To waft with a cold breeze But there is a nagging doubt That I'd not escape the freeze 'Cause who has ever lived say That they have heard him speak And...
- Poetry > Free VerseI like to be alone Not friendless Or shut up inside myself But when I go into a room I like to close the door behind me And I think that this is fine I used to be desperate Like it was essential For me to find a romance Which is pretty normal, I guess So for four long summer months I w...
- Poetry > Free VerseI am not a poet Sometimes, I sit down to write But this is rare And never really results in much Because I'm not good at planning More often it just hits me And I feel like I will drown Or dry up in the scorching desert That is the shower Where I shampoo my hair I am not a poet ...
- Poetry > Free VerseWords catch And bubble Clawing their way forward at the back of my throat They burn like fire Feathers of emotions Brushing relentlessly Beneath a pounding skull And still I swallow Pushing down the desperate nails As they struggle to keep hold Teeth clench Blood flows I roll my lips ...
- Poetry > Free Versehome is the place where you don’t advert your eyes it’s where no matter how lost you are, you don’t have to worry about getting back it’s where you can look at the sky to see if it’s going to rain and not mind that you forgot an umbrella it’s where when people smile, their mo...
- Poetry > Free VerseThe words land with a thud And clumsily position themselves Between unspoken hurt and pounding silences They sit expectantly, waiting for the show But there is none There is no soothing reply to appease them No how-to book or steps to follow No way in or out or over or around No gentle lie ...
- Poetry > Free VerseA band of runners In the night A band of runners Losing sight A lonely dreamer Full of light A lonely dreamer Taking flight A team of realists In their plight A team of realists Being right Just one pretender With lungs to shout Just one pretender Wanting out...
