a mouse got hit by a car its parents said, don’t cross that road there’s nothing on the other side the mouse said no, said it has to see for itself now it’s lying there its colour matches the pavement the more it got ran over the more road it becomes the less mouse itContinue reading “mouse”
Tag Archives: Poem
boat
the waves inside of me they’re screaming to get out to drown everything on its way telling me to say things i didn’t mean turning me into the monster i’ve always been burn my tongue and bury the good memories i said, i want to be happy but the truth is, i’m afraid of whatContinue reading “boat”
disappear
why do i have to feel everything so intensely my chest , my poor chest is torn into a thousand pieces and at the end, i’m the only here for me i wanna be dangerous, i wanna be rude i don’t wanna care about anyone’s feelings i don’t wanna feel all these emotional waves upContinue reading “disappear”
Calm
when your gratitude is stepped on sharpen your teeth, grow some thorns so next time they try to disregard you tell them that an oleander is beautiful but deadly a small wave can turn into a disastrous tsunami like how your kindness can turn into ice how the storm always comes after the calm. t.l.
Old Blind Dog
a black dog, who likes to wander her eyes surrender to the Sun her ears folded like the shrinking plant i watched as she made her way around the block slowly, steadily, with no caution her skin wrinkled like my never-ironed shirt is she happy? walking to the unknown, when days become nights streetlights areContinue reading “Old Blind Dog”
ego
it was a thunderous night the cold wind crept in like a desperate lover street lights flashed at you like lightning if i asked you to stay, would you? no wonder why water runs downward like how i will always fall for you i kept searching in the dark, tried to beat this disease inContinue reading “ego”
free as the rain
i want to hide i don’t want to be here i know that everything is a lie and eventually we will all die so why try so hard now? can i curl into a ball and disappear? i hate my own face and voice i even think my shadow is ugly i stood in frontContinue reading “free as the rain”
quicksand
one of my biggest flaws is that i don’t know whether i will fall or rise against the wind so instead of taking the leap i’m too fucking scared to move so, every day i stay in the same spot worrying, being in a chaotic desperation wanting to break out, but never wanting enough iContinue reading “quicksand”
Lucky
You said i was too lucky To never have to walk Through the Forest of Darkness Until my heels bleed, Hear the sounds of the fighter planes Going above my roof, Run against the B-52 bombs Striking across the sky Like lightning, like clipped-wing butterflies. You said I was too lucky to have freedom InContinue reading “Lucky”
igneous rock
practicing how to say no how to stop the rain from falling how to love oneself better than plainly giving love and expect to be loved the same way i know street lights might look like stars on the darkest of nights but they’re not the things you thought are so important now might beContinue reading “igneous rock”