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.
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Not this time
paranoid
narcissistic
asshole
abuser
you have
tied me
into knots
for too long
I know
blood says
I should
love you
not sure I can
and still stay sane
it's not safe
I've forgiven
the past
many
years ago
we were young
you were
a victim
first
your weakness
becoming strength
over the only one
weaker
But
your present
victimhood
is in your head
not my fault
and I won't let you
make it
my burden
Not this...
narcissistic
asshole
abuser
you have
tied me
into knots
for too long
I know
blood says
I should
love you
not sure I can
and still stay sane
it's not safe
I've forgiven
the past
many
years ago
we were young
you were
a victim
first
your weakness
becoming strength
over the only one
weaker
But
your present
victimhood
is in your head
not my fault
and I won't let you
make it
my burden
Not this...
#family
#MentalHealth
#hurt #SelfWorth
#hurt #SelfWorth
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Black Hole Heart
My black hole heart
will suck in every ounce of love you give
and still be
empty
Once your acts of kindness
cross my event horizon
no matter how monumental your efforts
they will be crushed by the gravity of my need
into an infinitesimal
meaningless
speck
until you are
ultimately
frustrated to tears
and leave me
bereft
.
will suck in every ounce of love you give
and still be
empty
Once your acts of kindness
cross my event horizon
no matter how monumental your efforts
they will be crushed by the gravity of my need
into an infinitesimal
meaningless
speck
until you are
ultimately
frustrated to tears
and leave me
bereft
.
#shame
#myself
#despair #emptiness
#despair #emptiness
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Things that are slippery
Freshly cooked spaghetti, obviously,
and snot
and soap
and probably lots of things
that start with S.
My brain, I suspect
would quite literally be slippery
if I were to try and
hold it in my hands.
It's also quite slick
in a figurative sense,
unable to hold things
for very long
...
and snot
and soap
and probably lots of things
that start with S.
My brain, I suspect
would quite literally be slippery
if I were to try and
hold it in my hands.
It's also quite slick
in a figurative sense,
unable to hold things
for very long
...
#FeelingLost
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Zoomtease
walking half naked
where only you can see me
have a great meeting!
where only you can see me
have a great meeting!
#marriage
#funny
#senryu
#sexy
#job
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Of socks and clocks
The day lies
spread-eagled before me
passive and ready
to bend to my will,
And I sit, impotent,
paralyzed...
Like socks in the dryer,
I'm watching
tumbles and jumbles
of wants and shoulds
cycling through my head,
never settling on a course of action
My mind's eye follows one
for a while
and I've almost decided --
when an abrupt shift of colour and texture
whisks it out of sight,
out of mind...
and they just keep taking turns
flopping around, never settling
as I...
spread-eagled before me
passive and ready
to bend to my will,
And I sit, impotent,
paralyzed...
Like socks in the dryer,
I'm watching
tumbles and jumbles
of wants and shoulds
cycling through my head,
never settling on a course of action
My mind's eye follows one
for a while
and I've almost decided --
when an abrupt shift of colour and texture
whisks it out of sight,
out of mind...
and they just keep taking turns
flopping around, never settling
as I...
#LifeStruggles
#frustration
#responsibility
#choices
#ADHD
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You don't complete me.
You just see me
without flinching,
As if I was whole.
.
without flinching,
As if I was whole.
.
#love
#gratitude
#minimalist
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Learning how to yell in tune
Taking up the space that is mine
without shoving you
out of yours
.
#kindness
#identity
#music
#minimalist
#PersonalGrowth
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Failing at empathy
The injustice
visited upon you
And the magnitude
of your pain
Renders mine irrelevant--
self-indulgent, even.
(Then why does it still hurt?)
visited upon you
And the magnitude
of your pain
Renders mine irrelevant--
self-indulgent, even.
(Then why does it still hurt?)
#ImSorry
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