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.
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
431 reads
19 Comments
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
561 reads
10 Comments
f**k you, covid
#anger
#grief
#death #pandemic
#death #pandemic
262 reads
21 Comments
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
473 reads
12 Comments
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
382 reads
7 Comments
Surreal
If I write it
then it becomes real
That explains the block
then it becomes real
That explains the block
#grief
#mother
#death
#WritersBlock
#minimalist
463 reads
4 Comments
f**k Your Fruity Beer
Seriously.
Cut it out with that
grapefruit and berry shit.
I only want beer in my beer.
And not that wussy "lite" stuff, either.
(Fizzy pee water)
I want a beer that can
match my darkest thoughts,
one that smells like sweat
and tastes like earth
and smacks me in the neurons
I want to feel it in my mouth,
(that's what she said)
metallic and heady
lingering like a bitter memory
of discipline
and dirty knees
Cut it out with that
grapefruit and berry shit.
I only want beer in my beer.
And not that wussy "lite" stuff, either.
(Fizzy pee water)
I want a beer that can
match my darkest thoughts,
one that smells like sweat
and tastes like earth
and smacks me in the neurons
I want to feel it in my mouth,
(that's what she said)
metallic and heady
lingering like a bitter memory
of discipline
and dirty knees
#anger
#alcohol
#sensual
593 reads
16 Comments
Dear Brain,
Fuck off.
Now is not the time
for this self-absorbed whining
this face in the pillow languishing
these screams into the void.
There are cats to be herded
expectations to be met
rocks to be pushed up mountains
chess pieces to be moved
people to not let down
And none of that can be accomplished
from this sticky puddle of tears
and self loathing
So kindly, fuck off
with your ruminations
and sobbing bullshit
I don't want to hear
about your chemistry
your fogginess
your existential...
Now is not the time
for this self-absorbed whining
this face in the pillow languishing
these screams into the void.
There are cats to be herded
expectations to be met
rocks to be pushed up mountains
chess pieces to be moved
people to not let down
And none of that can be accomplished
from this sticky puddle of tears
and self loathing
So kindly, fuck off
with your ruminations
and sobbing bullshit
I don't want to hear
about your chemistry
your fogginess
your existential...
#sadness
#anger
#MentalHealth #frustration
#MentalHealth #frustration
600 reads
19 Comments
Untitled Words
I suggested
maybe making art
is making love...
Well then, I'm obviously
not an artist
he said
Then proceeded to
sing my heart
in arpeggios of red
and broad brush strokes of black,
Rhyming notes
with colours
in a furious dance
Until my fumbling words
suddenly fell into harmony
making sense
resonating
not alone
maybe making art
is making love...
Well then, I'm obviously
not an artist
he said
Then proceeded to
sing my heart
in arpeggios of red
and broad brush strokes of black,
Rhyming notes
with colours
in a furious dance
Until my fumbling words
suddenly fell into harmony
making sense
resonating
not alone
#love
#music
#art
#denial
#emotions
498 reads
9 Comments
Killing the Church
This status quo
of static woe
leaves us stunted and slow
no strength or glow
Let’s start, let’s go
strike down that foe
stretch and grow
into ecstatic flow
but first…
it’s time to let go
of static woe
leaves us stunted and slow
no strength or glow
Let’s start, let’s go
strike down that foe
stretch and grow
into ecstatic flow
but first…
it’s time to let go
#religion
#frustration
#MovingOn
413 reads
8 Comments
Sisyphus' Circus
The issue is not
that the boulder rolls back downhill
nor that it is difficult to push.
We have strength
and we can do hard things.
The problem is
there are so damn many boulders
and attending to one
means letting others slide
And those that are ignored
tick relentlessly
like failure bombs
And sometimes I'd like to
just lie down
and let the avalanche end me.
But I keep pushing,
pedaling furiously
like a clown
on a unicycle
on a tightrope
over a pit of lava ...
that the boulder rolls back downhill
nor that it is difficult to push.
We have strength
and we can do hard things.
The problem is
there are so damn many boulders
and attending to one
means letting others slide
And those that are ignored
tick relentlessly
like failure bombs
And sometimes I'd like to
just lie down
and let the avalanche end me.
But I keep pushing,
pedaling furiously
like a clown
on a unicycle
on a tightrope
over a pit of lava ...
#LifeStruggles
#MentalHealth
#frustration #NaPoWriMo2022
#frustration #NaPoWriMo2022
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9 Comments
LimerElla
There once was a student named Ella
moving house with a girl and two fellas
They needed a van
so I said “yes I can”
and that started me on this novella
They departed a two storey flat
to move in with a boy and a cat
There were so many stairs
I’m now having nightmares
about falling and going kersplat
You might wonder why I’d be at peace
lugging boxes all day without cease
Though the work was unpaid
I was pleased to give aid
for this Ella is my darling niece
moving house with a girl and two fellas
They needed a van
so I said “yes I can”
and that started me on this novella
They departed a two storey flat
to move in with a boy and a cat
There were so many stairs
I’m now having nightmares
about falling and going kersplat
You might wonder why I’d be at peace
lugging boxes all day without cease
Though the work was unpaid
I was pleased to give aid
for this Ella is my darling niece
#family
#limerick
#NaPoWriMo2022
271 reads
4 Comments
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