Tag: poetry

Narrative, Poetry, Short Poem

My Room

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My Room

Periwinkle walls faded with neglect, patched over with purple swatches of lavender and gooseberry, my room used to be ordinary, rudimentary in its discipline, Spartan in its creativity yet, in the waning crescent of my life– I grew tenacious in my depravity. The walls bleed with absent thoughts and petulant musings in white chalk, whimsical [...]

Poetry, Thoughtful

Lamentable

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Lamentable

Why must my torment be lamented through song? Like a son falling from the sky with a smile as bright as the sun A constant chorus tunnels through my ears until they bleed– a trail of crimson against the swan neck of my demise, a ruby red flower plucked too early from Kore’s petulant brow. [...]

Poetry, Romantic

Surrender

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Surrender

  Harsh words can be forgiven with patience and time. A tender union before the right moment, can be the catalyst to a sleep riddled with tears and curses. Heart-wrenching sobs rip apart your chest, the clawing thing inside of you demanding to be let out. You turn your cheek when you act coy, bit [...]

Narrative, Poetry, Thoughtful

A blip in time

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A blip in time

I stretched my neck until it protested and creaked, the cars slipping and honking by As I teetered from a perch up way high. The silhouette of bodies entwined caught my eye as I hesitated–paused before I dived. An androgynous blob embracing under the moonlight, their shadows vague and disconcerting reflected in the bleak river [...]