Submissions by brokentitanium
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction "Poet"? I dunno.... I'm just a human spilling the stuff I can't say out loud. Sometimes the words arrange themselves nicely, and that's pretty cool.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Jul 2020 3:30am
1st Jul 2020 3:30am
Fireflies
dark-defying bugs
glitter-dusting forest's edge
are they earth-bound stars?
glitter-dusting forest's edge
are they earth-bound stars?
#night
#nature
#haiku
50 reads
7 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
26th Jun 2020 2:08am
26th Jun 2020 2:08am
"Mini Me"
A term of endearment,
pride in the one who carries
my face, my hair, my sarcasm...
I will never insult you
with this term again
For you have been a force
since the day you first
kicked my ribs
active and fierce
owning your mind and our hearts
laying down laws
You are storm and vinegar
bluntness and bubbles
sparkles and daggers
kindness and secrets
a mystery of poise and grace...
Even from your smallest moments,
you have never been 'mini',
and my beautiful sunshine,
you are so, ...
pride in the one who carries
my face, my hair, my sarcasm...
I will never insult you
with this term again
For you have been a force
since the day you first
kicked my ribs
active and fierce
owning your mind and our hearts
laying down laws
You are storm and vinegar
bluntness and bubbles
sparkles and daggers
kindness and secrets
a mystery of poise and grace...
Even from your smallest moments,
you have never been 'mini',
and my beautiful sunshine,
you are so, ...
#admiration
#daughter
52 reads
14 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Jun 2020 3:26am
20th Jun 2020 3:26am
Forest walk
Boss gave us a day off –
“take time to reflect and relax”
Smart, he knew we all needed it
So here I am, taking my writing book to my favourite trail
Bench #1 - Letting go
Deep breaths, the prescription for relaxation
just inhaling the scent
balsam, cedar, spruce, pine
I took off my sunglasses
so I can take it all in
unfiltered
*
So, we’re on to a new phase, re-opening --
Just when I finally got used to
the low-grade anxiety
the wiping of all the things
the distancing and isolation -- ...
“take time to reflect and relax”
Smart, he knew we all needed it
So here I am, taking my writing book to my favourite trail
Bench #1 - Letting go
Deep breaths, the prescription for relaxation
just inhaling the scent
balsam, cedar, spruce, pine
I took off my sunglasses
so I can take it all in
unfiltered
*
So, we’re on to a new phase, re-opening --
Just when I finally got used to
the low-grade anxiety
the wiping of all the things
the distancing and isolation -- ...
#identity
#forest
#faith
68 reads
11 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
19th Jun 2020 10:22pm
19th Jun 2020 10:22pm
7 year old me wrote a poem
I love the smell of lilax
It is my favorite smell
But if there was no lilax
There would not be any smell
It is my favorite smell
But if there was no lilax
There would not be any smell
#flowers
42 reads
8 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Jun 2020 2:35am
19th Jun 2020 2:35am
Weeds
The trick is knowing
what to pull out
and what to leave.
It's hard to tell at first,
when things are just sprouting.
It all looks green and promising
until the leaves start to take
their mature form.
After years of gardening,
I'm pretty good at telling the difference.
I can discern
which humble beginnings
will bear the fruit I intended
and which will choke the life
out of everything good.
It took some mistakes to get here,
but in the garden it's pretty easy.
In real life it's much harder, ...
what to pull out
and what to leave.
It's hard to tell at first,
when things are just sprouting.
It all looks green and promising
until the leaves start to take
their mature form.
After years of gardening,
I'm pretty good at telling the difference.
I can discern
which humble beginnings
will bear the fruit I intended
and which will choke the life
out of everything good.
It took some mistakes to get here,
but in the garden it's pretty easy.
In real life it's much harder, ...
#nature
#learning
#philosophical
56 reads
15 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
15th Jun 2020 2:35pm
15th Jun 2020 2:35pm
Open
Come, step into my bubble
I want you to invade
my zone of protection
I’ll never have immunity
to your infection
I beg you to speak
moistly to me
droplets of soul mingling
naked and free
enter my bloodstream
dismantle defences
let words lay waste
to each other’s pretences
suffer the danger
as fevers rise
that lost embrace
found deep in your eyes
Come, step into my bubble
I want you to invade
my zone of protection
I’ll never have immunity
to your infection
I beg you to speak
moistly to me
droplets of soul mingling
naked and free
enter my bloodstream
dismantle defences
let words lay waste
to each other’s pretences
suffer the danger
as fevers rise
that lost embrace
found deep in your eyes
Come, step into my bubble
#loneliness
#PowerOfWords
#pandemic
74 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
14th Jun 2020 4:56am
14th Jun 2020 4:56am
Garden day
It wasn't in my plan for the day
I wasn't even dressed for it
I just went out to look
and before I knew it
I had planted a whole garden
in a half-day of sweat
and satisfaction
never been one
for rules and procedures
I have little patience
for the "best way"
so good gardeners would gasp
at the blatant disregard
for their cherished wisdom
that leads to superior yields
just casually throw
last year's leftover seeds
into the dirt
and wait
and proceed to neglect
most of...
I wasn't even dressed for it
I just went out to look
and before I knew it
I had planted a whole garden
in a half-day of sweat
and satisfaction
never been one
for rules and procedures
I have little patience
for the "best way"
so good gardeners would gasp
at the blatant disregard
for their cherished wisdom
that leads to superior yields
just casually throw
last year's leftover seeds
into the dirt
and wait
and proceed to neglect
most of...
#nature
47 reads
6 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
14th Jun 2020 4:28am
14th Jun 2020 4:28am
No, Spotify...
You may not "shuffle play"
the songs of Abbey Road.
The album cannot start
with The End
nor can you have Polythene Pam
stomping
on the tail of Because.
And furthermore,
after being ravaged by the
intense
bliss
of She's So Heavy,
one needs the light
of Here Comes the Sun.
Consider it aftercare.
Some things just can't be shuffled.
the songs of Abbey Road.
The album cannot start
with The End
nor can you have Polythene Pam
stomping
on the tail of Because.
And furthermore,
after being ravaged by the
intense
bliss
of She's So Heavy,
one needs the light
of Here Comes the Sun.
Consider it aftercare.
Some things just can't be shuffled.
#music
52 reads
9 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th Jun 2020 2:33pm
11th Jun 2020 2:33pm
Morning Glory
too early
lazy gray sky
heavy
the grinding
the pressing
the dripping
anticipation
heady aroma
hot milky bliss
warm throat
open eyes
ray of sun
ready
lazy gray sky
heavy
the grinding
the pressing
the dripping
anticipation
heady aroma
hot milky bliss
warm throat
open eyes
ray of sun
ready
#morning
#coffee
66 reads
10 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
9th Jun 2020 11:41pm
9th Jun 2020 11:41pm
Backslide
I was good for so long
in a house rid of the poison
Hardly even a wish
Set a mature example
Coped with a pandemic
and a mass murder
with nary a sniff
to show it could be done
But
One night of celebration
Well-deserved
What could it hurt..?
Back to my tricks
relishing the numb
and sneaky as hell
Better mark bottles again
but not for her
Because
This tree is falling
right beside that apple
and the comfort of the fall
is delicious
in a house rid of the poison
Hardly even a wish
Set a mature example
Coped with a pandemic
and a mass murder
with nary a sniff
to show it could be done
But
One night of celebration
Well-deserved
What could it hurt..?
Back to my tricks
relishing the numb
and sneaky as hell
Better mark bottles again
but not for her
Because
This tree is falling
right beside that apple
and the comfort of the fall
is delicious
#depression
#teens
#alcohol
77 reads
7 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
9th Jun 2020 4:14am
9th Jun 2020 4:14am
Distancing
This distance -
so much more than physical
deeper than social
The gulf between hearts
has never been so wide
And I'm falling into the dark cracks
of an ever-expanding universe
I ache
for three dimensional conversation,
the familiar oddities of tangible faces,
easy laughter
vulnerable grace
I keep bygones tucked safely
in the pocket nearest my heart,
hoping to feel their comfort
but it has faded
lifeless
gray
It would be fairly easy
to take my final step into...
so much more than physical
deeper than social
The gulf between hearts
has never been so wide
And I'm falling into the dark cracks
of an ever-expanding universe
I ache
for three dimensional conversation,
the familiar oddities of tangible faces,
easy laughter
vulnerable grace
I keep bygones tucked safely
in the pocket nearest my heart,
hoping to feel their comfort
but it has faded
lifeless
gray
It would be fairly easy
to take my final step into...
#loneliness
#suicide
#despair #pandemic
#despair #pandemic
100 reads
10 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Jun 2020 4:11am
3rd Jun 2020 4:11am
The box
You live in a box
with levers and pulleys
actions and reactions
predictable and 'safe'.
A choice here leads
to a consequence there
and the gears turn for everyone
just as they do for you
And that's just the way it is.
How do I begin
to help you see
that "the way it is"
is just one way to be
That the machine is man-made
not a mandate of nature
That all is not lost
and we can do better
But not in our comfortable box.
I refuse to just sit
throw my hands in the...
with levers and pulleys
actions and reactions
predictable and 'safe'.
A choice here leads
to a consequence there
and the gears turn for everyone
just as they do for you
And that's just the way it is.
How do I begin
to help you see
that "the way it is"
is just one way to be
That the machine is man-made
not a mandate of nature
That all is not lost
and we can do better
But not in our comfortable box.
I refuse to just sit
throw my hands in the...
#hope
#conflict
#frustration
61 reads
4 Comments
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