Submissions by brokentitanium (k.)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I'm just a human living my life, and this is where I spill the stuff I can't say out loud. Sometimes the words arrange themselves nicely, and that's pretty cool.
SELF POEM
Published
Today 2:25pm
Today 2:25pm
blank
inscrutable silence
deafens
imagined slights
and invisible papercuts
firing test shots across the bow
She sits frozen, waiting.
The latchkey kid
with a sandwich
and a voice on cassette
It was supposed to make her feel
cherished
….
deafens
imagined slights
and invisible papercuts
firing test shots across the bow
She sits frozen, waiting.
The latchkey kid
with a sandwich
and a voice on cassette
It was supposed to make her feel
cherished
….
#loneliness
#rejection
#memories #emptiness
#memories #emptiness
30 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
20th Sep 2022 2:15pm
20th Sep 2022 2:15pm
Dark and stormy
I need to be where there is no me
I want you to go where there is no you
Where wind rips my hair and waves drown my ears
Let’s go to the dark and stormy
I’ve got a mind that won’t stop thinking
I’ve got a body that just wants to sweat
I’ve got a heart that’s ripe for the breaking
Why haven’t you broken it yet?
Stop gazing at me like a saint or an angel
Your admiration is too much to bear
Why can’t you hate me the way that I hate me
I know that I’m dark and stormy
I’m a disaster waiting to happen
I’m your...
I want you to go where there is no you
Where wind rips my hair and waves drown my ears
Let’s go to the dark and stormy
I’ve got a mind that won’t stop thinking
I’ve got a body that just wants to sweat
I’ve got a heart that’s ripe for the breaking
Why haven’t you broken it yet?
Stop gazing at me like a saint or an angel
Your admiration is too much to bear
Why can’t you hate me the way that I hate me
I know that I’m dark and stormy
I’m a disaster waiting to happen
I’m your...
#depression
#dark
#emptiness
162 reads
22 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
10th Sep 2022 9:21pm
10th Sep 2022 9:21pm
Moon love
Dark mind,
bright thoughts
for distant muses:
humble egotists
dirty old artists
musical empaths
benevolent firestorms
warrior poets
Love bouncing off full moon..
Can you feel it?
bright thoughts
for distant muses:
humble egotists
dirty old artists
musical empaths
benevolent firestorms
warrior poets
Love bouncing off full moon..
Can you feel it?
#loneliness
#friendship
#moon
107 reads
9 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
29th Aug 2022 7:55am
29th Aug 2022 7:55am
Hot flash
I'm forever aflame
internal inferno
emotional hot flash
peeling layers
eternal exhibitionist
shedding skins
but not for your benefit
I crave your cooling gaze
on my hot naked soul
I need you to watch
witness fatal flaws
observe my obscene intensity
behold the blazing core
and don't look away
don't look away
internal inferno
emotional hot flash
peeling layers
eternal exhibitionist
shedding skins
but not for your benefit
I crave your cooling gaze
on my hot naked soul
I need you to watch
witness fatal flaws
observe my obscene intensity
behold the blazing core
and don't look away
don't look away
#love
#loneliness
#fire #honesty
#fire #honesty
146 reads
21 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
28th Aug 2022 3:28am
28th Aug 2022 3:28am
Crickets and raindrops
I went for a run
on a drizzly morn
where fields meet sky in the fog
and thought maybe I should
just keep running
away
wondered how long it would take
before they'd come looking
and who would be first to guess
I was with the trees and birds
in the pouring rain
and not warm with tea
on a friend's couch
I turned off my music
to be more alone
so I could hear the song of
crickets and raindrops
and I stood
Shawshank Redemption style
sky pouring tears on my hands and face
I...
on a drizzly morn
where fields meet sky in the fog
and thought maybe I should
just keep running
away
wondered how long it would take
before they'd come looking
and who would be first to guess
I was with the trees and birds
in the pouring rain
and not warm with tea
on a friend's couch
I turned off my music
to be more alone
so I could hear the song of
crickets and raindrops
and I stood
Shawshank Redemption style
sky pouring tears on my hands and face
I...
#sadness
#death
#nature #peace
#nature #peace
114 reads
12 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
25th Aug 2022 1:45am
25th Aug 2022 1:45am
Uncontained
#depression
#heartbroken
182 reads
21 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
10th Aug 2022 2:31pm
10th Aug 2022 2:31pm
I didn't say f**k enough yesterday
Looked like a perfect day.
Did the work, the chores.
Smiled,
good girl.
Kept the chaos hidden.
Today black spots are leaking through.
Angry words
self loathing
Let it rip
Blot out the sunshine bullshit
until the black is spent.
Carry on.
Did the work, the chores.
Smiled,
good girl.
Kept the chaos hidden.
Today black spots are leaking through.
Angry words
self loathing
Let it rip
Blot out the sunshine bullshit
until the black is spent.
Carry on.
#anger
#dark
#MentalHealth
154 reads
15 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
31st Jul 2022 2:50am
31st Jul 2022 2:50am
Realization
I haven't told anyone
how close I came to laughing
at your moment
of death
the way your head rolled sideways
tongue limp, protruding
eyes rolled back
like you would do
if you were faking it
in a moment of silly play
like I've seen you do
countless times
to get a laugh
now that your ashes are in the ground
I guess I can stop waiting
to hear you say
"just kidding"
how close I came to laughing
at your moment
of death
the way your head rolled sideways
tongue limp, protruding
eyes rolled back
like you would do
if you were faking it
in a moment of silly play
like I've seen you do
countless times
to get a laugh
now that your ashes are in the ground
I guess I can stop waiting
to hear you say
"just kidding"
#grief
#death
174 reads
19 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
31st Jul 2022 2:23am
31st Jul 2022 2:23am
Flirt
I don't need your love
just want you to ache for me
then I'm in control
just want you to ache for me
then I'm in control
#lust
#senryu
#crush #temptation
#crush #temptation
178 reads
10 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
28th Jul 2022 3:40pm
28th Jul 2022 3:40pm
f**k you, covid
#anger
#grief
#death #pandemic
#death #pandemic
135 reads
21 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
8th Jun 2022 2:03pm
8th Jun 2022 2:03pm
Just Wait
hollow effort
ticking in vain
time moves forward
nothing remains
success or failure
wrong or right
all of it fades
in dark of night
this will pass
just wait
none of it matters
just wait
days are hours
hours are breaths
boxes of dust
striving for death
triumphs worthless
anguish too
all that lingers
is how I touch you
this will pass
just wait
none of it matters
just wait
ticking in vain
time moves forward
nothing remains
success or failure
wrong or right
all of it fades
in dark of night
this will pass
just wait
none of it matters
just wait
days are hours
hours are breaths
boxes of dust
striving for death
triumphs worthless
anguish too
all that lingers
is how I touch you
this will pass
just wait
none of it matters
just wait
#depression
#death
#TimeHeals #apathy
#TimeHeals #apathy
200 reads
12 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Jun 2022 9:58pm
7th Jun 2022 9:58pm
And on top of it all,
the dog
won't stop
shitting
on the carpet.
They say animals can sense distress.
won't stop
shitting
on the carpet.
They say animals can sense distress.
#grief
#animals
#TruthOfLife
#frustration
#minimalist
167 reads
7 Comments
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