Poetry competition CLOSED 22nd May 2023 4:13pm
WINNER
mel44
mel44
RUNNER-UP:
Betty
Painful Benignity
Lost and Found
We were acquainted
a time long ago
thought we had it all
what did we know
Far too naive
in our ignorance
to care for what we had
existing in a trance
Thinking we would last
without effort applied
we began to fall apart
to ourselves we lied
When we separated
something profound, lost
the fire that burned
became a frost
Years passed
a space remained
unspoken passion
fortuitously ingrained
As soulmates do
we reconnected
a second chance
was unexpected
Once abandoned
we resurrected
past is now present
our lives redirected
Wholehearted and grateful
for what we saved
walking together
a new path engraved
a time long ago
thought we had it all
what did we know
Far too naive
in our ignorance
to care for what we had
existing in a trance
Thinking we would last
without effort applied
we began to fall apart
to ourselves we lied
When we separated
something profound, lost
the fire that burned
became a frost
Years passed
a space remained
unspoken passion
fortuitously ingrained
As soulmates do
we reconnected
a second chance
was unexpected
Once abandoned
we resurrected
past is now present
our lives redirected
Wholehearted and grateful
for what we saved
walking together
a new path engraved
Written by mel44
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Beautifully Broken
The eons we've spent,
the much we've learnt
The love we've shown,
the pains we've known
The hook in my heart,
the line to your heart
The iron in my finger
makes no one to linger
We are lost in the sea,
and no compass with thee
If we wait a thousand year,
will thy goal come near
Will I be recognized
as thy dream is realized
Will I be your ex boo,
as an angel say I do
The night comes soon,
dark and less of moon
I'll cut thee off my heart,
though torn my heart apart
I'll leave this cage behind,
and fly like my kind
Though it may rain,
I'll cope with the pain
the much we've learnt
The love we've shown,
the pains we've known
The hook in my heart,
the line to your heart
The iron in my finger
makes no one to linger
We are lost in the sea,
and no compass with thee
If we wait a thousand year,
will thy goal come near
Will I be recognized
as thy dream is realized
Will I be your ex boo,
as an angel say I do
The night comes soon,
dark and less of moon
I'll cut thee off my heart,
though torn my heart apart
I'll leave this cage behind,
and fly like my kind
Though it may rain,
I'll cope with the pain
Written by Gentle
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lake + moon + sky
a moon
with tired eyes
carrying the
burden of love
don't you think
a mind won't stop?
It's not the love
that's comforting
it's a broken heart
that’s attracting
but you will
never know that
the sky won't
kiss the horizon
on the edge of a lake
as the moon gathers
the pieces of a flower
whispering secretly
and the sky will wait
with the stars
Written by dejure
(vick)
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An air of angst and ease— recycled
It's easy to breath
when you are gone
The air is crisp and clear
away, is the color
of emerald darkness
and unenviable congestion
Sunshine is at it's apex
perhaps in unspoken solidarity
truth is boldly placed
into the hands
of the wearied righteous
Feather-like,
is this air
It feels lighter
when you are gone
Sweet circulations
gusts, of those not yet born tomorrows
cooling wisps
blowing newfound freedom
inspire a midas hope
to adorn every sense
a golden sheen, glistening
upon every wind-kissed swirl
Poignantly sieving
all that was supposed
but never
was
and never
will
be.
Natural pressure ebbs
allowing lungs to expand
of leary recollection,
dreamscapes untouched, preserved
is how I feel that heartfelt, breathes
cleansing and superbly virile
this air
will truly be
effortless
when you stay gone
and when my soulful filtering
of
never missing you
scrubs
it all away
to.
breathe.
every.
relieved.
breath.
clean.
Written by Bluevelvete
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A bus seat with my karma and your hoodie
On a city bus
in a hoodie that still
smells like you
after leaving my
credit card at
a jewelry store.
I really thought to get
myself something nice.
I passed over titanium
for a diamond pendant
something pretty
to keep
close to my
heart and all.
But I don’t
wear jewelry.
It doesn’t sit right
with my kind of crazy.
I can feel it on my skin.
It chafes,
itches,
picks,
so
I walked out
in the middle of
the sale.
Now I’m lost in a sea of people
squished together,
standing apart
on a city bus
to nowhere,
in your hoodie
and a short skirt.
The next song on the
mixtape comes on
and my listless body
jerks with every bump
we hit in the road
and I just
ride on
I just ride on
alone and
unadorned
Written by Betty
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...but I am a creep
stop feeding empty promises
as I crave your mysteriousness
you've infested all my desires
and now you control my fires
I've submitted into your abyss
lost my way stuck in the midst
wandered around chasing a myth
rambled across for you to notice
I would roam another million miles
to find the key hidden in your smile
open your heart to place a bullet
buried inside with my name on it
now speak your heart out and let it find me
splatter my head and end this masquerade
Written by dejure
(vick)
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