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.
DRUGS POEM
Published
22nd Jan 2020 11:55pm
22nd Jan 2020 11:55pm
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I miss your feedback
You have such an awesome mind
That's the beer talking
You have such an awesome mind
That's the beer talking
#friendship
#alcohol
#IMissYou
48 reads
15 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
20th Jan 2020 4:24am
20th Jan 2020 4:24am
A sheer blue hippy shirt with silver beads
It caught me by surprise in the closet
…that’s the shirt I was wearing that day…
Finger tips remembering the seams they scrutinized,
those tiny beads and the slip of the fabric
as my mind congealed and went blank
I wasn’t even in danger; a public place with a friend
Me sitting frozen like a cartoon lizard
memorizing crumb patterns on the worn carpet,
victim of an unwanted stress response
simply because I had resolved to be completely vulnerable.
I don’t remember much of the conversation.
Just the loud rushing of my own beating...
…that’s the shirt I was wearing that day…
Finger tips remembering the seams they scrutinized,
those tiny beads and the slip of the fabric
as my mind congealed and went blank
I wasn’t even in danger; a public place with a friend
Me sitting frozen like a cartoon lizard
memorizing crumb patterns on the worn carpet,
victim of an unwanted stress response
simply because I had resolved to be completely vulnerable.
I don’t remember much of the conversation.
Just the loud rushing of my own beating...
#depression
#friendship
#memories #PTSD
#memories #PTSD
38 reads
11 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
16th Jan 2020 1:50pm
16th Jan 2020 1:50pm
Haiku love
wham-bam easy fix
seventeen syllable kiss
single-thought quickie
seventeen syllable kiss
single-thought quickie
#haiku
#WritingPoetry
29 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
16th Jan 2020 2:27am
16th Jan 2020 2:27am
Choices
to write or to sleep:
that is always the question.
morning has demands....
goodnight, sleepyhead
that is always the question.
morning has demands....
goodnight, sleepyhead
#sleep
#frustration
#WritingPoetry
22 reads
8 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
10th Jan 2020 4:05am
10th Jan 2020 4:05am
000
hopscotch through my thoughts
same refrain keeps popping up
echoes of a tune
same refrain keeps popping up
echoes of a tune
#love
#hope
#spiritual #meditation
#spiritual #meditation
37 reads
8 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
8th Jan 2020 5:24am
8th Jan 2020 5:24am
The Hatching
It's been years
I've been wriggling myself out
painfully
from the encasement of old habits
and layers of dessicated relationships
Once a solid warmth
within which to explore
the dark questions
Now a useless confinement
worn paper-thin
I am discovered.
Gasping,
blinking toward light
I shrug off the remnants
of immovable safety
Flutter free
Taking direction only from the wind
on wings of trust
I've been wriggling myself out
painfully
from the encasement of old habits
and layers of dessicated relationships
Once a solid warmth
within which to explore
the dark questions
Now a useless confinement
worn paper-thin
I am discovered.
Gasping,
blinking toward light
I shrug off the remnants
of immovable safety
Flutter free
Taking direction only from the wind
on wings of trust
#rebirth
#spiritual
#MovingOn #SelfDiscovery
#MovingOn #SelfDiscovery
36 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
20th Dec 2019 3:37pm
20th Dec 2019 3:37pm
Thesis
I'm losing my shit
infinite mental monkeys
spit it out, already!
infinite mental monkeys
spit it out, already!
#WritersBlock
#frustration
#college
62 reads
10 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
24th Nov 2019 7:06pm
24th Nov 2019 7:06pm
Sometimes you just need a mental spanking
Master of brevity
Hit the nail
straight into my thick head
Painting effervescent hope
while I mop up the blood
Many humble thanks
Hit the nail
straight into my thick head
Painting effervescent hope
while I mop up the blood
Many humble thanks
#love
#friendship
#honesty #support
#honesty #support
76 reads
7 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
24th Nov 2019 6:56pm
24th Nov 2019 6:56pm
Mastery
mind has gone flabby
pushed around by psyche's whims
time for some toning
pushed around by psyche's whims
time for some toning
#LifeGoals
#learning
#SelfReflection
42 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Nov 2019 2:20pm
22nd Nov 2019 2:20pm
As a teardrop approached my tongue
no, love is not sweet
it's salty, like tears, or sweat
and sometimes it stings
it's salty, like tears, or sweat
and sometimes it stings
#love
#loneliness
#haiku
71 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Nov 2019 3:33am
22nd Nov 2019 3:33am
Pity Party
That needy thing that happens
when it feels like my legs won't hold me,
when self-doubt clouds all reason
and propriety takes a holiday;
Before the filter clicks in place
the invitation is sent
....impulsive...
Repulsive in its naked selfishness,
making me blush in a way that isn't cute
as I covet your acceptance
while anticipating rejection.
This tendency disgusts me
like a snivelling servant
or a whipped dog;
It must be uncomfortable to witness.
And yet, there...
when it feels like my legs won't hold me,
when self-doubt clouds all reason
and propriety takes a holiday;
Before the filter clicks in place
the invitation is sent
....impulsive...
Repulsive in its naked selfishness,
making me blush in a way that isn't cute
as I covet your acceptance
while anticipating rejection.
This tendency disgusts me
like a snivelling servant
or a whipped dog;
It must be uncomfortable to witness.
And yet, there...
#depression
#friendship
#shame #SelfWorth
#shame #SelfWorth
61 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Nov 2019 4:17am
20th Nov 2019 4:17am
Suspicion kindled...
Poetry made me suspicious.
Or maybe it’s just the poets.
Nothing in humans is as it appears.
First, I became aware of the movement of my soul,
seething magma under the surface,
ready to move mountains and build new worlds –
sometimes by force of explosion and flow,
sometimes by slow-creeping flickers –
but always liquid and always hot.
Carrying that weight of emotion as a secret
was like boiling from the inside out;
but to fully unleash it would be destructive
as fire and flood…
And I’ve never wished to...
Or maybe it’s just the poets.
Nothing in humans is as it appears.
First, I became aware of the movement of my soul,
seething magma under the surface,
ready to move mountains and build new worlds –
sometimes by force of explosion and flow,
sometimes by slow-creeping flickers –
but always liquid and always hot.
Carrying that weight of emotion as a secret
was like boiling from the inside out;
but to fully unleash it would be destructive
as fire and flood…
And I’ve never wished to...
#LifeAsAWriter
#philosophical
95 reads
6 Comments
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