Observational Poems
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poetry about life, society and the natural world
KittyFromHell
Poem Published
Yesterday 1:02pm
Yesterday 1:02pm
Come to Pass
I live inside a world of daydreams,
Curled up inside it
Like a nest of blankets,
So warm and so soft.
Here I can nurse these flashes
Of what the future may hold,
And run with it
Until I have woven an entire universe
In my head
Where this destination exists,
Along with five or fifteen more.
I stand paralyzed at the crossroads,
As the world spins 360° around me.
I am all alone,
But the air still seems to crush me.
The devil brushes my hair back
To lean in my ear,
Whispering of all the things ...
Curled up inside it
Like a nest of blankets,
So warm and so soft.
Here I can nurse these flashes
Of what the future may hold,
And run with it
Until I have woven an entire universe
In my head
Where this destination exists,
Along with five or fifteen more.
I stand paralyzed at the crossroads,
As the world spins 360° around me.
I am all alone,
But the air still seems to crush me.
The devil brushes my hair back
To lean in my ear,
Whispering of all the things ...
#LifeStruggles
#addiction
#confusion
#SelfReflection
#SelfDiscovery
35 reads
3 Comments
missjem56
Poem Published
Yesterday 11:45am
Yesterday 11:45am
Granules
How big
And small
This planet is
We are not much more
Than a grain of sand
On the empty beaches
Of infinity
by Jemia
And small
This planet is
We are not much more
Than a grain of sand
On the empty beaches
Of infinity
by Jemia
#earth
#universe
#beach
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buddhakitty
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:56am
Yesterday 3:56am
open your eyes
..when all else
fails,
we have learned
the dreadful
truth.
fails,
we have learned
the dreadful
truth.
#LifeChangingMoment
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buddhakitty
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:35am
Yesterday 3:35am
con game
.."don't trust in
reality.
reality.
#loneliness
#rejection
#humankind #apathy
#humankind #apathy
25 reads
2 Comments
Burningbutterfly
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:04am
Yesterday 2:04am
*
Waves of wilderness pummel toward us
Vast emptiness awaits
Paper boats lost on the ocean
We stood in line for hours
Lovers and saxophone players
Milk carton girls in magazines
The last show was sold out
We turned around
went home
The bathtub looked miles away
Ashes ground into carpet turned blanket
Wrapped up in the illusion of safety
White noise
Car horns
Endless traffic
Target practice makes perfect sense
You talk in circles
They worship the words ...
Vast emptiness awaits
Paper boats lost on the ocean
We stood in line for hours
Lovers and saxophone players
Milk carton girls in magazines
The last show was sold out
We turned around
went home
The bathtub looked miles away
Ashes ground into carpet turned blanket
Wrapped up in the illusion of safety
White noise
Car horns
Endless traffic
Target practice makes perfect sense
You talk in circles
They worship the words ...
#art
34 reads
4 Comments
Em-ily
Poem Published
Yesterday 1:08am
Yesterday 1:08am
A succinct, though vaguely fuzzy, definition of one who is a witch
She operates with her spirituality through the application of magical techniques
(Apologies for the gendered use of "She*")
(Apologies for the gendered use of "She*")
#religion
#faith
#spiritual
#fairies
#magic
30 reads
5 Comments
PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
Yesterday 00:46am
Yesterday 00:46am
Human beings
human nature; it's a trip-just all of it.... honestly will never truly get one's head around it; what an existence; we are the same yet so different; the way we-the way we are ....overall....such difficult creatures....
#MentalHealth
#honesty
#humankind #LifeCycle
#humankind #LifeCycle
33 reads
Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
14th Jan 2022 11:06pm
14th Jan 2022 11:06pm
hand in the dark
You told me I was a bad bitch
offered me a bear hug
and couldn't know how perfect
your words hit my heart
There's a darkness lingering inside
and I fear to sleep
for fear of drowning in the dark
when no one is watching
Sometimes I forgot
that I am loved
In my darkest moments
the weakness in me
wants to let go of the life raft
because I've lost the thread
of whatever life
I was meant to be holding onto
because surely it's not this one
where fear and panic
threaten to break me...
offered me a bear hug
and couldn't know how perfect
your words hit my heart
There's a darkness lingering inside
and I fear to sleep
for fear of drowning in the dark
when no one is watching
Sometimes I forgot
that I am loved
In my darkest moments
the weakness in me
wants to let go of the life raft
because I've lost the thread
of whatever life
I was meant to be holding onto
because surely it's not this one
where fear and panic
threaten to break me...
#love
#depression
#friendship #support
#friendship #support
45 reads
1 Comment
cabcool
Poem Published
14th Jan 2022 4:51pm
14th Jan 2022 4:51pm
silent river
There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river.
We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in."—Desmond Tutu.
so easily
you pull me in,
calm, cool, calculated;
so greedily
you make me sin,
damn fool, captivated.
and yet you spare me
not one glance,
altho so nearly
i would dance
the...
We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in."—Desmond Tutu.
so easily
you pull me in,
calm, cool, calculated;
so greedily
you make me sin,
damn fool, captivated.
and yet you spare me
not one glance,
altho so nearly
i would dance
the...
#death
#river
#silence
#fate
#travel
24 reads
1 Comment
Dreamboy
Poem Published
14th Jan 2022 1:41pm
14th Jan 2022 1:41pm
pointless
Keeping a
secret
Exposes your
weakness
And kindness
is killing you
slowly
I don't mind
poison
If its offered
I'd drink it.
You don't need me
to explain to you
how fucking pointless
all of it is.
Now drink it in.
secret
Exposes your
weakness
And kindness
is killing you
slowly
I don't mind
poison
If its offered
I'd drink it.
You don't need me
to explain to you
how fucking pointless
all of it is.
Now drink it in.
#SelfHarm
#alcohol
#metaphor
33 reads
0 Comments
ImperfectedStone
The Gardener
The Gardener
Poem Published
14th Jan 2022 12:58pm
14th Jan 2022 12:58pm
Word
#identity
#reading
13 reads
0 Comments
thinlane
Poem Published
14th Jan 2022 12:19pm
14th Jan 2022 12:19pm
Avoidance
I'm hiding here at home
Gotta avoid the virus
It doesn't matter what variant it is
I'm already sick with lungs that don't work
So any sign of the damn thing
Will likely be my end
I have cabin fever that is making me loopy
But I'm not about to mention fever to anyone
I don't want no ventilator shoved down my throat
So here I am with my Netflix and Prime
Avoiding my ass off
And slowly getting crazier than I've ever been before
You could almost count me among the dead already
Since nobody has seen my face ...
Gotta avoid the virus
It doesn't matter what variant it is
I'm already sick with lungs that don't work
So any sign of the damn thing
Will likely be my end
I have cabin fever that is making me loopy
But I'm not about to mention fever to anyone
I don't want no ventilator shoved down my throat
So here I am with my Netflix and Prime
Avoiding my ass off
And slowly getting crazier than I've ever been before
You could almost count me among the dead already
Since nobody has seen my face ...
#illness
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