Submissions by Betty
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
“Only time can heal what reason cannot”— Seneca
EROTIC POEM
Published
17th Jun 2024 2:11am
17th Jun 2024 2:11am
Apologies for the cum stains on the Buick
#dirty
#erotic
#lust
#orgasm
#sex
391 reads
26 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
14th Jun 2024 1:54am
14th Jun 2024 1:54am
Red dress in NOLA - 2
#escape
#freedom
#LGBT
197 reads
22 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
14th Jun 2024 1:28am
14th Jun 2024 1:28am
Red dress in NOLA - 1
the streets
felt like an
empty stomach
after Halloween
so much darkness
after a night
of explosive beauty
left the emotional belly
growling, as if
something in the
humid air went
missing
I saw her crying
in the alcove
of a closed store
off Bienville Street
She wore a red dress
and her entire being shook
as she burrowed
her face in the phone
crouched on the
edge of the curb
as if sorrow had
eaten her body,
and collapsed ...
felt like an
empty stomach
after Halloween
so much darkness
after a night
of explosive beauty
left the emotional belly
growling, as if
something in the
humid air went
missing
I saw her crying
in the alcove
of a closed store
off Bienville Street
She wore a red dress
and her entire being shook
as she burrowed
her face in the phone
crouched on the
edge of the curb
as if sorrow had
eaten her body,
and collapsed ...
#beauty
#sadness
275 reads
20 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
8th Jun 2024 1:49am
8th Jun 2024 1:49am
f**king you(r day up) against that wall
I keep trying
to focus on my journal,
and my meal,
and the ambiance of it all
but
goddamn
I want
to shove you against
the wall and
bite your
lower lip
when you
exhale into me
my hand tremors
signing the check
as an image
of your inner thigh
against my soft cheek
rips reason
into cardboard confetti
I hide behind oversized
sunglasses and
figure I’ll shoot some
mixed messages at you
and die inside when you
don’t have a descrambler...
to focus on my journal,
and my meal,
and the ambiance of it all
but
goddamn
I want
to shove you against
the wall and
bite your
lower lip
when you
exhale into me
my hand tremors
signing the check
as an image
of your inner thigh
against my soft cheek
rips reason
into cardboard confetti
I hide behind oversized
sunglasses and
figure I’ll shoot some
mixed messages at you
and die inside when you
don’t have a descrambler...
#dreams
#lust
302 reads
12 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
7th Jun 2024 2:54pm
7th Jun 2024 2:54pm
The Tongue of Angry Bones - with adagio
#dark
#collaboration
#erotic
202 reads
12 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
7th Jun 2024 12:01pm
7th Jun 2024 12:01pm
under stained glass - with Indie
Can you feel my hand
pressed against this stained glass pane
waiting for sunshine
All of these sepia rainbows
will fill with technicolour
But today is blue
with pearlescent undertones
reflecting the glass
shards of you still seep through it
I can feel your radiance
A new dawn rising
like the first breath after midnight
everything comes alive again
Your breath, my breath; sanctuary
glass cracking with your heartbeat
Shattered, I...
pressed against this stained glass pane
waiting for sunshine
All of these sepia rainbows
will fill with technicolour
But today is blue
with pearlescent undertones
reflecting the glass
shards of you still seep through it
I can feel your radiance
A new dawn rising
like the first breath after midnight
everything comes alive again
Your breath, my breath; sanctuary
glass cracking with your heartbeat
Shattered, I...
#friendship
#love
#collaboration
290 reads
16 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
6th Jun 2024 9:22pm
6th Jun 2024 9:22pm
Halloween air in June
My hand breaks the surface and
parts the night-grass
on my grave.
My eyes roll back
as wind kisses my fingertips
and I revel in the taste of
fecund soil in my mouth.
The ground undulates
as if the very earth
were gravid
with me
something happened.
and I tear through the
universe’s placenta
with my dirty nails,
feral and filthy
dusky and filled
with living night,
My chest heaves against
the white linen dress ...
parts the night-grass
on my grave.
My eyes roll back
as wind kisses my fingertips
and I revel in the taste of
fecund soil in my mouth.
The ground undulates
as if the very earth
were gravid
with me
something happened.
and I tear through the
universe’s placenta
with my dirty nails,
feral and filthy
dusky and filled
with living night,
My chest heaves against
the white linen dress ...
#dark
#gothic
#lust #SelfDiscovery
#lust #SelfDiscovery
243 reads
18 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
6th Jun 2024 8:46pm
6th Jun 2024 8:46pm
In love with a sex toy (Hentai Fantasy ACTIVATED)
#dirty
#erotic
#sex #ThrillSeeking
#sex #ThrillSeeking
314 reads
20 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
6th Jun 2024 3:07am
6th Jun 2024 3:07am
Thoughts from a front porch
The night is humid
and it bothers me
that I smile
every time
I see your name
on my phone
I’m drinking black coffee
way too late
and I’m sure
I’ll bitch about
insomnia in the morning
But my rabid mind
races faster than
my dirty feet
and I can’t catch my
thoughts before they leave
How the fuck did my feet
get so dirty?
Mosquitos the size
of my karma fizzle around
the night
and I
wonder what
flavor of ice cream
you like
...
and it bothers me
that I smile
every time
I see your name
on my phone
I’m drinking black coffee
way too late
and I’m sure
I’ll bitch about
insomnia in the morning
But my rabid mind
races faster than
my dirty feet
and I can’t catch my
thoughts before they leave
How the fuck did my feet
get so dirty?
Mosquitos the size
of my karma fizzle around
the night
and I
wonder what
flavor of ice cream
you like
...
#romantic
#SelfReflection
320 reads
33 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
4th Jun 2024 9:58pm
4th Jun 2024 9:58pm
Epistle to a bunch of c**ts
#anger
#hate
231 reads
18 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
3rd Jun 2024 5:15am
3rd Jun 2024 5:15am
A soft shift in perspective
I'm too broken
to feel much
right now,
and asking if you'd take
a rain check seems
really weird
even for me.
I barely like myself enough
to smile with my eyes
when I see you
(but I do)
I'll walk with you
a while,
though
right now,
if you'd have me along
the cacophony of boots crunching
through leaf litter
on a perfect summer day
a tandem song
in our minds
and the way
a soulful voice...
to feel much
right now,
and asking if you'd take
a rain check seems
really weird
even for me.
I barely like myself enough
to smile with my eyes
when I see you
(but I do)
I'll walk with you
a while,
though
right now,
if you'd have me along
the cacophony of boots crunching
through leaf litter
on a perfect summer day
a tandem song
in our minds
and the way
a soulful voice...
#friendship
#romantic
359 reads
27 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
2nd Jun 2024 4:15am
2nd Jun 2024 4:15am
Gratitude
The coffee threatens
to jump from the
oversized mug
that my trembling
hands struggle
to negotiate.
you put a blanket
over my shoulders
and sit next to me
and we stare without words
at some dreamscape,
like a forlorn shore
or an autumn forest in a
Carolina park,
I sigh heavily
and you nod
in my peripheral vision
and we get it.
soft breezes
move my hair
just enough
to make it tickle ...
to jump from the
oversized mug
that my trembling
hands struggle
to negotiate.
you put a blanket
over my shoulders
and sit next to me
and we stare without words
at some dreamscape,
like a forlorn shore
or an autumn forest in a
Carolina park,
I sigh heavily
and you nod
in my peripheral vision
and we get it.
soft breezes
move my hair
just enough
to make it tickle ...
#friendship
#healing
#love #support
#love #support
284 reads
33 Comments
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