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
1st Apr 2024 12:58pm
1st Apr 2024 12:58pm
Poemorama
There’s a cranky old poetry machine
tucked away in the back of my head.
It hasn’t been running well, of late,
only firing up in short, infrequent bursts
as a last-resort grasp at clarity
when emotions have become too tangled.
It has suffered from disuse,
its metaphors jammed,
flow revving unevenly in halting, coughing word-bursts.
Today I’m pulling it from the shed and
gently blowing off the dust.
I’ll gingerly test each lever and pulley,
searching for semblance of rhythm and rhyme,
replacing spark plugs of...
tucked away in the back of my head.
It hasn’t been running well, of late,
only firing up in short, infrequent bursts
as a last-resort grasp at clarity
when emotions have become too tangled.
It has suffered from disuse,
its metaphors jammed,
flow revving unevenly in halting, coughing word-bursts.
Today I’m pulling it from the shed and
gently blowing off the dust.
I’ll gingerly test each lever and pulley,
searching for semblance of rhythm and rhyme,
replacing spark plugs of...
#motivational
#WritingPoetry
#support #NaPoWriMo2024
#support #NaPoWriMo2024
152 reads
14 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
18th Mar 2024 3:55pm
18th Mar 2024 3:55pm
Pour me another stimulant (with reading)
#coffee
239 reads
12 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
15th Mar 2024 1:28am
15th Mar 2024 1:28am
I burned that f**ker down
I finally did it.
Took all the napalm stored up in my heart --
the apologies, the fears
the pleas, the tears
the sleepless nights
the silent fights
confessions, concessions
questions and obsessions
childhood trauma
relationship drama
petty suspicions
demands and conditions
intrusive thoughts
oughts and naughts
accusations
intimidations
myth and mystery
ancient history
wounds and scars
snuffed out stars
bad excuses
old abuses
daddy issues
bloody tissues --
All the...
Took all the napalm stored up in my heart --
the apologies, the fears
the pleas, the tears
the sleepless nights
the silent fights
confessions, concessions
questions and obsessions
childhood trauma
relationship drama
petty suspicions
demands and conditions
intrusive thoughts
oughts and naughts
accusations
intimidations
myth and mystery
ancient history
wounds and scars
snuffed out stars
bad excuses
old abuses
daddy issues
bloody tissues --
All the...
#anger
#relationships
#abuse
#fire
#secrets
329 reads
22 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
13th Mar 2024 00:29am
13th Mar 2024 00:29am
Perspective
You haven't broken me and I haven't broken you.
You might have held the knife but you didn't push it through.
The future keeps on coming, but the past we can't undo.
I'm scared but I'm determined to hang onto what is true.
So humbly I ask you:
is it too late to renew?
It's way past the beginning but we haven't reached the end.
I didn't kill your bunny and I didn't steal your bread.
The world keeps spinning faster and I kinda miss my friend.
I know it's different now; I'm not trying to pretend.
But timidly I ask you:
do you...
You might have held the knife but you didn't push it through.
The future keeps on coming, but the past we can't undo.
I'm scared but I'm determined to hang onto what is true.
So humbly I ask you:
is it too late to renew?
It's way past the beginning but we haven't reached the end.
I didn't kill your bunny and I didn't steal your bread.
The world keeps spinning faster and I kinda miss my friend.
I know it's different now; I'm not trying to pretend.
But timidly I ask you:
do you...
#conflict
#friendship
#healing
253 reads
14 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
18th Feb 2024 5:38pm
18th Feb 2024 5:38pm
Quandary of silence
Oh! Wait...
Is it over?
Did I miss a line?
Did you?
I didn't hear anyone call "scene"
or see the curtain drop,
but I'm standing in the dark
wondering
what comes next.
---
Are you still here,
or is that just your ghost?
---
What do I say now?
Prompter, please!
I wanted to know how this story ends.
but...
If it's already over, ...
Is it over?
Did I miss a line?
Did you?
I didn't hear anyone call "scene"
or see the curtain drop,
but I'm standing in the dark
wondering
what comes next.
---
Are you still here,
or is that just your ghost?
---
What do I say now?
Prompter, please!
I wanted to know how this story ends.
but...
If it's already over, ...
#ImSorry
#friendship
#confusion
#MovingOn
#acceptance
249 reads
12 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
18th Feb 2024 4:23am
18th Feb 2024 4:23am
Wait for me...?
What annoys me most
is that you really should be
irrelevant.
With so many souls in the world,
there could be any number of others
that I might connect with just as well...
right...?
So why is it,
as I stand at this fork in the road
trying to decide which path leads to ME,
I keep wondering if there's one
where you're waiting,
just out of sight.
.
is that you really should be
irrelevant.
With so many souls in the world,
there could be any number of others
that I might connect with just as well...
right...?
So why is it,
as I stand at this fork in the road
trying to decide which path leads to ME,
I keep wondering if there's one
where you're waiting,
just out of sight.
.
#friendship
#confusion
#choices
188 reads
10 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
17th Feb 2024 3:07am
17th Feb 2024 3:07am
Gifts
I hear it in your stories
and in rare moments, I've witnessed it:
your gift --
and I marvel at the empathy
with which you guide families
through their worst moments
Never impatient, judgement at bay
Always respectful, giving space
as they cope
and grieve
and make decisions,
wrapped in the stability of your care,
feeling heard and supported.
I wish you could bring the gift home,
but I know it's finite,
and I know it takes its toll.
In weak moments, I'm envious
that they aren't expected...
and in rare moments, I've witnessed it:
your gift --
and I marvel at the empathy
with which you guide families
through their worst moments
Never impatient, judgement at bay
Always respectful, giving space
as they cope
and grieve
and make decisions,
wrapped in the stability of your care,
feeling heard and supported.
I wish you could bring the gift home,
but I know it's finite,
and I know it takes its toll.
In weak moments, I'm envious
that they aren't expected...
#love
#kindness
#marriage #responsibility
#marriage #responsibility
203 reads
8 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
14th Feb 2024 5:06pm
14th Feb 2024 5:06pm
Boxed in
Boxed in
I'm trying to breathe.
Expressions of self hit the glass
and fall limp with crooked wings
leaving nothing but a smear of hopeless feathers
My soul peeking out of this
mime-created imaginary cube,
I reach out and my fingers crumple
against an invisible wall
A prison - is it of my own making?
What holds me inside?
The easy answer is fear
but there is no prowling tiger out there
no mortal enemy
so fight-flight-freeze makes no rational sense
Yet here I sit, encased in ice. ...
I'm trying to breathe.
Expressions of self hit the glass
and fall limp with crooked wings
leaving nothing but a smear of hopeless feathers
My soul peeking out of this
mime-created imaginary cube,
I reach out and my fingers crumple
against an invisible wall
A prison - is it of my own making?
What holds me inside?
The easy answer is fear
but there is no prowling tiger out there
no mortal enemy
so fight-flight-freeze makes no rational sense
Yet here I sit, encased in ice. ...
#identity
#shame
#memories
#healing
#PersonalGrowth
216 reads
12 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
14th Feb 2024 3:12am
14th Feb 2024 3:12am
Shadow
knee-jerk forgiveness
brushes angry child aside
shadow, shunned again
.
brushes angry child aside
shadow, shunned again
.
#conflict
#senryu
#SelfDiscovery
#healing
#hurt
162 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
10th Feb 2024 3:43am
10th Feb 2024 3:43am
Misjudged
I thought you knew my heart.
You certainly should have, because
I handed it over, piece by piece,
in return for crumbs from your table,
trusting they were your best offering.
"I don't want to think badly of anyone,"
I told her.
But after opening so many doors,
choosing vulnerability over and over
until I was powerless...
to then be so grossly misjudged?
It hurts.
I'm embarrassed by how much.
I really thought I was tougher than this.
The thrill of connection was worth
dancing with flames -- ...
You certainly should have, because
I handed it over, piece by piece,
in return for crumbs from your table,
trusting they were your best offering.
"I don't want to think badly of anyone,"
I told her.
But after opening so many doors,
choosing vulnerability over and over
until I was powerless...
to then be so grossly misjudged?
It hurts.
I'm embarrassed by how much.
I really thought I was tougher than this.
The thrill of connection was worth
dancing with flames -- ...
#regret
#hurt
#SelfWorth
277 reads
14 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
12th Jan 2024 3:24am
12th Jan 2024 3:24am
Smile
surface cracks heal up
faster than the wound inside
no one needs to know
.
faster than the wound inside
no one needs to know
.
#senryu
#MovingOn
#hurt
225 reads
20 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
4th Jan 2024 5:02pm
4th Jan 2024 5:02pm
Fallen
Fallen, deep in my darkness...
But what if it's the best of me?
the part that connects
with the hurts of the world
On the other side I sense
the oneness that eludes me
Here in coolness of shadows
I can feel my own warmth
.
But what if it's the best of me?
the part that connects
with the hurts of the world
On the other side I sense
the oneness that eludes me
Here in coolness of shadows
I can feel my own warmth
.
#love
#dark
#LifeStruggles
375 reads
17 Comments
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