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.
be
let them know they're loved
simple mission, but so hard:
be the hands and feet
simple mission, but so hard:
be the hands and feet
#love
#humankind
#spiritual
465 reads
2 Comments
Meanie Muse
My muse is disobedient.
She doesn’t come when called;
She casually takes vacation
as I stare at paper, stalled.
My muse is inconvenient.
She comes when I’m unprepared,
shouting fine phrases into my brain
where they vanish, unwritten, unshared.
The brilliant sparks of poetry
won’t ignite at my decree;
I sit here voiceless, slave to her whims
as muse chuckles with devious glee.
She doesn’t come when called;
She casually takes vacation
as I stare at paper, stalled.
My muse is inconvenient.
She comes when I’m unprepared,
shouting fine phrases into my brain
where they vanish, unwritten, unshared.
The brilliant sparks of poetry
won’t ignite at my decree;
I sit here voiceless, slave to her whims
as muse chuckles with devious glee.
#WritingPoetry
431 reads
2 Comments
(Un)Compartmentalize
mind without boxes
terrible and wonderful
everything is both
terrible and wonderful
everything is both
#haiku
#MentalHealth
#SelfReflection
585 reads
8 Comments
How will I explain?
How will I explain
the lure of intimate strangers
that make me leave my tasks undone
The world will not understand
How will I explain
the wilderness inside my head
where I adventure for hours on end
The world has never known it
How will I explain
this hunger for words and perception
that mutes all responsibilities
The world will not approve
How will I explain
when night falls without tangible achievement
“But at least I really felt poetry today…”
How will I ever explain?
the lure of intimate strangers
that make me leave my tasks undone
The world will not understand
How will I explain
the wilderness inside my head
where I adventure for hours on end
The world has never known it
How will I explain
this hunger for words and perception
that mutes all responsibilities
The world will not approve
How will I explain
when night falls without tangible achievement
“But at least I really felt poetry today…”
How will I ever explain?
#addiction
#responsibility
#reading
565 reads
6 Comments
Generations
across the table
my source and offspring converse
beatiful bookends
my source and offspring converse
beatiful bookends
#love
#mother
#admiration #daughter
#admiration #daughter
583 reads
10 Comments
Meh
I am just a hole
Something warm to jerk you off
Whatever, good night
Something warm to jerk you off
Whatever, good night
#marriage
#sex
#funny
197 reads
15 Comments
Mojo Regained
You have no power here
Only what I give you
So I don’t
I’ve got my ruby boots
You can shrivel up now
Off with you
Such memories are nice
Leave them where they should be
In the past
I’ve got some shit to do
No time left for crying
Here we go
Only what I give you
So I don’t
I’ve got my ruby boots
You can shrivel up now
Off with you
Such memories are nice
Leave them where they should be
In the past
I’ve got some shit to do
No time left for crying
Here we go
#learning
#determination
433 reads
7 Comments
go>>>
thought that I was free
still it creeps back like a song
stay out of my head
still it creeps back like a song
stay out of my head
#frustration
#MovingOn
708 reads
2 Comments
Old Enough
Old enough to know better
you were
Fighting your own demons
a fear you couldn’t shake
so you spread it out, thinner
Old enough to know better
I wasn’t
Always littlest, always last
striving to be seen as more
any attention was a win
Old enough to know better
now I am
It was not my fault
that you planted fear and shame
I share your demons now
you were
Fighting your own demons
a fear you couldn’t shake
so you spread it out, thinner
Old enough to know better
I wasn’t
Always littlest, always last
striving to be seen as more
any attention was a win
Old enough to know better
now I am
It was not my fault
that you planted fear and shame
I share your demons now
#childhood
#secrets
#family
#abuse
#shame
674 reads
7 Comments
Night Owl
this is my time
dark, all is still
all asleep
but not me
I’m busy approaching the heart of a mystery
a secret force
the face of truth
senses heightened
but not the usual ones
something within me bleeds outside the lines
reaching into the dark
and inviting it in
time slows
and the riddle becomes so tangible
I could almost unravel it by hand
if I could only grasp its tail
I know it’s right there
just inside the dark
so close, I reach
pulse quickens
nostrils flare
pupils widen ...
dark, all is still
all asleep
but not me
I’m busy approaching the heart of a mystery
a secret force
the face of truth
senses heightened
but not the usual ones
something within me bleeds outside the lines
reaching into the dark
and inviting it in
time slows
and the riddle becomes so tangible
I could almost unravel it by hand
if I could only grasp its tail
I know it’s right there
just inside the dark
so close, I reach
pulse quickens
nostrils flare
pupils widen ...
#night
#spiritual
#magic
549 reads
10 Comments
The thing about smouldering
Its warmth is addictive -
the hint that perhaps
with a stir and a stoke
and a soft sigh of breath
it could flare to new life
blazing passion-brief heat
But
it demands tears for kindling
a beating heart for fuel
and will burn through your soul
fast as oxygen
One can also
choose to leave it
Lay the poker down
and refuse to feed it
Hold tight to the memory
of its heat and light
But welcome the relief
of finally
letting it ...
the hint that perhaps
with a stir and a stoke
and a soft sigh of breath
it could flare to new life
blazing passion-brief heat
But
it demands tears for kindling
a beating heart for fuel
and will burn through your soul
fast as oxygen
One can also
choose to leave it
Lay the poker down
and refuse to feed it
Hold tight to the memory
of its heat and light
But welcome the relief
of finally
letting it ...
#fire
#MovingOn
605 reads
6 Comments
Imaginary Lover/Cheap Chocolate
once I longed for you
now I understand the truth
you don't satisfy
now I understand the truth
you don't satisfy
#Easter
#disappointment
#funny
462 reads
7 Comments
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