With friends he laughs heartily At balls he spins gracefully But at home the tears flow In lines as straight and narrow As the ones his blade draws adeptly
By Chrissy MKM4 months ago in Poets
I come from soil that remembers the weight of footsteps, voices pressed into earth like seeds. My grandmother’s silence,
By Alain SUPPINI5 months ago in Poets
With your last breath You became more valuable in death than in life A land left in strife A robotic mourning wife Yet, in the haze of your final days
By Atomic Historian5 months ago in Poets
Be careful with guardians of the heart For they will keep you apart Vexation of supposed protection A misdirection of feelings
I eat myself to feed my soul I roll with every toll Time laid out ahead and behind me Thoughts creating and destroying the fallacy of my reality
The rain slithers across the plain The lion feigns disinterest in his mistress Mysterious visitors A horrendous sound shakes the ground
A little fear A little loneliness The right recipe to shed a tear A tad of darkness A soft bed And a few sleepless nights
By L.I.E5 months ago in Poets
Waddling down the beach of life The chill in our bones She squawks I listen In the distance the sun glistens into darkness
I am plagued by people that historically choose every other option except me. I have been taught that out of sight is out of mind for humans too.
By Moni Staxx5 months ago in Poets
The grasshopper lies heavy on a single blade It bends with its weight Swaying in the breeze As the grasshopper rubs its knees
Beneath the trees I sit, at the place where roads divide. One path calls with promises, another whispers my name in silence.
By Life Hopes5 months ago in Poets
Through the forest, they crashed As the adventurers swung and slashed At every vine and lash Clink clink As their swords struck the stone
