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.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Jun 2021 10:53am
15th Jun 2021 10:53am
Hurry
Please, please do your thing
I'm drowning in streams of snot
antihistamine
I'm drowning in streams of snot
antihistamine
#illness
23 reads
11 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
11th Jun 2021 3:14am
11th Jun 2021 3:14am
Lurk
You lurk
unnoticed
whispering from darkened corners
the lies that suck my energy
while strengthening your voice
You exert subtle influence
convincing me to choose
the soundtrack that feeds only you
while leaving me in damp melancholy
You tilt my world
imperceptibly
s l o w l y
until suddenly I find myself
half
way
down
a
scree
strewn
slope
sliding
gently
into
...
unnoticed
whispering from darkened corners
the lies that suck my energy
while strengthening your voice
You exert subtle influence
convincing me to choose
the soundtrack that feeds only you
while leaving me in damp melancholy
You tilt my world
imperceptibly
s l o w l y
until suddenly I find myself
half
way
down
a
scree
strewn
slope
sliding
gently
into
...
#depression
#apathy
51 reads
12 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
11th Jun 2021 00:34am
11th Jun 2021 00:34am
Just...
a wee pause, a smile --
remember me an instant;
all I can hope for
remember me an instant;
all I can hope for
#loneliness
#separation
47 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
9th Jun 2021 1:24pm
9th Jun 2021 1:24pm
Happy anniversary
Twenty-five roses;
One for each year you believed
I liked carnations
One for each year you believed
I liked carnations
#marriage
#flowers
#funny
35 reads
14 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
18th May 2021 11:44pm
18th May 2021 11:44pm
Evening of wedded bliss
Pour another glass;
you shoot bad guys, I'll read books,
then we'll get it on.
you shoot bad guys, I'll read books,
then we'll get it on.
#marriage
#alcohol
#funny #senryu
#funny #senryu
69 reads
14 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
17th May 2021 3:01am
17th May 2021 3:01am
14 months
It was supposed to be ok by now.
I was even congratulating myself
on staying out of the abyss
despite crushing aloneness
overwhelming loss all around me
changes in the very fabric of life
I rode through it all
on a wave of activity and creativity
maintaining sanity
Until today.
Today, when I noticed
how his very breath exuded judgement
which I will always deserve
and never escape,
and the weariness of resignation set in.
Today, when I noticed
every interaction was a meeting, ...
I was even congratulating myself
on staying out of the abyss
despite crushing aloneness
overwhelming loss all around me
changes in the very fabric of life
I rode through it all
on a wave of activity and creativity
maintaining sanity
Until today.
Today, when I noticed
how his very breath exuded judgement
which I will always deserve
and never escape,
and the weariness of resignation set in.
Today, when I noticed
every interaction was a meeting, ...
#loneliness
#MentalHealth
#despair #pandemic
#despair #pandemic
67 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
17th May 2021 2:32am
17th May 2021 2:32am
Deja Vu
every fucking thought
just
hurts
the familiarity
frightens me
just
hurts
the familiarity
frightens me
#depression
#minimalist
#fear
67 reads
1 Comment
EROTIC POEM
Published
13th May 2021 3:12am
13th May 2021 3:12am
You
you radiate heat
I want to devour you
melt me from inside
I want to devour you
melt me from inside
#lust
#lover
#sensual
128 reads
10 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
9th May 2021 4:23am
9th May 2021 4:23am
Fractured
What if I died
and nobody knew...
...knew that I had this other life,
these virtual night-time friends...
What if nobody
that I can look in the eye
ever really knows this layer of me,
the depths I reveal
one verse at a time...
I am fractured...
Living one life of daily work,
marriage and motherhood,
joys and responsibilities;
not without depth,
and yet -
it is a life of prose.
And this other life...
where emotion is not a liability
and I can rest in my instability,
...
and nobody knew...
...knew that I had this other life,
these virtual night-time friends...
What if nobody
that I can look in the eye
ever really knows this layer of me,
the depths I reveal
one verse at a time...
I am fractured...
Living one life of daily work,
marriage and motherhood,
joys and responsibilities;
not without depth,
and yet -
it is a life of prose.
And this other life...
where emotion is not a liability
and I can rest in my instability,
...
#loneliness
#LifeAsAWriter
#SelfReflection
56 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
1st May 2021 2:55am
1st May 2021 2:55am
The kind of day that fills out a life
There are days in life that are unthinkably awful
when you desperately want to hit rewind
go back to before whatever “thing” happened
and claw your way out of your own skin.
There are even a few that are blissful
with loved ones and seashores
days you want to live over again
with music soaring like meteors.
This wasn’t either of those.
It was entirely uneventful.
It was a day with work to be done;
creative, enjoyable, non-spectacular work
a day with songbirds on my morning walk
and dreary rain by afternoon
a day...
when you desperately want to hit rewind
go back to before whatever “thing” happened
and claw your way out of your own skin.
There are even a few that are blissful
with loved ones and seashores
days you want to live over again
with music soaring like meteors.
This wasn’t either of those.
It was entirely uneventful.
It was a day with work to be done;
creative, enjoyable, non-spectacular work
a day with songbirds on my morning walk
and dreary rain by afternoon
a day...
#TruthOfLife
#NaPoWriMo2021
58 reads
12 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
30th Apr 2021 3:16am
30th Apr 2021 3:16am
One month of poetry
A month is potentially long enough
to start new writing habits and rituals;
both good ones and potentially bad ones
A month is definitely long enough
to feel confidence wax like the moon
even as your energy wanes
A month is undoubtedly long enough
to thoroughly exhaust some poetry topics
while scratching the surface of new ones
A month is unfortunately long enough
to become extremely sleep deprived
and realize this just isn’t sustainable
A month is certainly long enough
to shatter any hare-brained...
to start new writing habits and rituals;
both good ones and potentially bad ones
A month is definitely long enough
to feel confidence wax like the moon
even as your energy wanes
A month is undoubtedly long enough
to thoroughly exhaust some poetry topics
while scratching the surface of new ones
A month is unfortunately long enough
to become extremely sleep deprived
and realize this just isn’t sustainable
A month is certainly long enough
to shatter any hare-brained...
#WritingPoetry
#NaPoWriMo2021
61 reads
12 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
29th Apr 2021 3:56am
29th Apr 2021 3:56am
Down to the wire
It’s too late; I’m out of time
for all the stuff that’s on my mind
I have to spit some words out, right?
Less than an hour ‘til midnight
I’d planned a poem to stir the soul
but I fell down a rabbit hole
of intellectual masturbation
leading to deep procrastination
Perennial wisdom is what I sought
instead, these rhymes are all I’ve got.
for all the stuff that’s on my mind
I have to spit some words out, right?
Less than an hour ‘til midnight
I’d planned a poem to stir the soul
but I fell down a rabbit hole
of intellectual masturbation
leading to deep procrastination
Perennial wisdom is what I sought
instead, these rhymes are all I’ve got.
#WritingPoetry
#NaPoWriMo2021
62 reads
12 Comments
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