Submissions by nightbirdblue (enbyblue)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I am fluid polygender, identifying as both “she/her” & ”they/them” • Panromantic and engaged to the love of my life! 🏳️🌈 Poetry on mental illness, spirituality, LGBTQIA2+ experiences, and surviving DV.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
Today 4:35pm
Today 4:35pm
Scribbling Nonsense
Addicted to adverbs
Conjunctions and hyperbole
Can you believe I’ve just
Created this monstrosity
An inspired creative frenzy
Or just a crazed lunacy
Laughing maniacally
Authenticity compels me
Obsessing over misspellings
My pen is running dry in this
Grammatical maelstrom
And I’m losing the fight
Slashing run-on sentences
Wielding the editor’s knife
I fix a paraphrasing and the verse
Dissolves right before my eyes
Verbs blur into maladies
Prepositions interject and then
I’m...
Conjunctions and hyperbole
Can you believe I’ve just
Created this monstrosity
An inspired creative frenzy
Or just a crazed lunacy
Laughing maniacally
Authenticity compels me
Obsessing over misspellings
My pen is running dry in this
Grammatical maelstrom
And I’m losing the fight
Slashing run-on sentences
Wielding the editor’s knife
I fix a paraphrasing and the verse
Dissolves right before my eyes
Verbs blur into maladies
Prepositions interject and then
I’m...
#rhyming
#funny
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
#StreamOfConsciousness
3 reads
2 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
Yesterday 1:01am
Yesterday 1:01am
Brewing Dead Cat In The Witch’s Hat: A Nightmare Retold
#cats
#despair
#nightmares
#witches
#curse
62 reads
4 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
21st Jul 2022 10:55am
21st Jul 2022 10:55am
Flow Sweetly
so hard yet so vital
the walls we once
used for survival
can encapsulate us
long after the need
for protection
turning self
preservation
into isolation
i pray your path
becomes easier
to communicate
the human connection
is a primal
necessity
the walls we once
used for survival
can encapsulate us
long after the need
for protection
turning self
preservation
into isolation
i pray your path
becomes easier
to communicate
the human connection
is a primal
necessity
#hope
#friendship
#support
#philosophical
#vulnerability
94 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
20th Jul 2022 2:58am
20th Jul 2022 2:58am
Breathing Fire [My Birth Chart]
gemini sun:
a contemplative wind
susceptible to whimsy
aries moon:
a transformative pyre
never settling for confinement
sagittarius ascendant:
an inferno blazing new trails
seeking hope on the horizon
leo south node:
childlike in determination
mastering the flame of creation
aquarius north node:
an ethereal projection
humble yet timeless elemental
a contemplative wind
susceptible to whimsy
aries moon:
a transformative pyre
never settling for confinement
sagittarius ascendant:
an inferno blazing new trails
seeking hope on the horizon
leo south node:
childlike in determination
mastering the flame of creation
aquarius north node:
an ethereal projection
humble yet timeless elemental
#stars
#fire
#wind
#astrology
#spiritual
81 reads
0 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
19th Jul 2022 1:19pm
19th Jul 2022 1:19pm
Rowan
named your newborn son
after my baby cousin
and i can’t help but wonder
if your new baby mama
knows just how twisted you really are
your games are unironic
poisoning and hypnotic
you plagiarize the subject
while framing the delusion
with a name you stole from heaven
coming to conclusions
assuming your transgressions
will be forgiven and forgotten
but i will never be silenced
i know justice is overdue
it’s coming for you soon
pity not the fool
...
after my baby cousin
and i can’t help but wonder
if your new baby mama
knows just how twisted you really are
your games are unironic
poisoning and hypnotic
you plagiarize the subject
while framing the delusion
with a name you stole from heaven
coming to conclusions
assuming your transgressions
will be forgiven and forgotten
but i will never be silenced
i know justice is overdue
it’s coming for you soon
pity not the fool
...
#secrets
#morality
#choices
#deception
#karma
50 reads
9 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
19th Jul 2022 11:35am
19th Jul 2022 11:35am
I Couldn’t Breath
#husband
#abuse
#DomesticViolence
#manipulation
#deception
114 reads
7 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
16th Jul 2022 11:20am
16th Jul 2022 11:20am
Beggar’s Prayer
i was wailing for you
in my car that day
that promised fate
all day and night long
driving around lost
bawling along to a
hymn of broken hearts
by emiliana torrini
desire echoed infinity
my beggar’s prayer
was a singing bowl
overflowing with emotion
grasping at hope
i never knew love
could hurt so damn much
aching for you but
you were out of reach
so close yet far, i was
alone in the dark
driving around lost
wearing weight on my soul
in my car that day
that promised fate
all day and night long
driving around lost
bawling along to a
hymn of broken hearts
by emiliana torrini
desire echoed infinity
my beggar’s prayer
was a singing bowl
overflowing with emotion
grasping at hope
i never knew love
could hurt so damn much
aching for you but
you were out of reach
so close yet far, i was
alone in the dark
driving around lost
wearing weight on my soul
#regret
#rejection
#heartbroken
#emotional
#ForbiddenLove
74 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
13th Jul 2022 1:52am
13th Jul 2022 1:52am
Dysphoria
i put on
the dress
you bought me
it fit
perfectly
but
i wondered
why i saw
a man
in the mirror
wearing
the dress
you bought me
the dress
you bought me
it fit
perfectly
but
i wondered
why i saw
a man
in the mirror
wearing
the dress
you bought me
#LGBT
#frustration
#confusion
#transgender
#GenderDysphoria
107 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
24th Jun 2022 9:40am
24th Jun 2022 9:40am
Heatwave
accustomed
to violence
you held me
in silence
commanding
compliance
still i grew
in defiance
——
when walking
on eggshells
from dawn
until dusk
you learn
to be silent
because
you must
you trapped me
inside
locked the door
tossed the key
proceeded
to torture
degrade and
abuse me
you set us
both on fire
then you
apologized
but i didn’t
believe you
when i looked ...
to violence
you held me
in silence
commanding
compliance
still i grew
in defiance
——
when walking
on eggshells
from dawn
until dusk
you learn
to be silent
because
you must
you trapped me
inside
locked the door
tossed the key
proceeded
to torture
degrade and
abuse me
you set us
both on fire
then you
apologized
but i didn’t
believe you
when i looked ...
#strength
#abuse
#memories
#healing
#DomesticViolence
134 reads
0 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
8th Jun 2022 1:00pm
8th Jun 2022 1:00pm
The Integrity of Cottonwood Trees
like tattered ashes
of scorched bark
you send out seeds
sacrificially
dancing on the whim
of labored wind
drifting through
my line of vision
now entranced
by your soot spirits
serendipitously
sent to guide me
i do not question
your intentions
breathing life
into broken wings
of scorched bark
you send out seeds
sacrificially
dancing on the whim
of labored wind
drifting through
my line of vision
now entranced
by your soot spirits
serendipitously
sent to guide me
i do not question
your intentions
breathing life
into broken wings
#trees
#wind
#nature
#rebirth
#MyInspiration
172 reads
8 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
4th May 2022 4:51am
4th May 2022 4:51am
Lighting Up The Night
#suicide
#night
#fire
#addiction
#MentalHealth
192 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
14th Apr 2022 2:10am
14th Apr 2022 2:10am
Burning Bridges
you find ways to rationalize
when you’re trying to survive
an abusive situation
you self-sooth and say
everything’s going to be okay
but it’s not yet
you still have to learn
to enforce healthy boundaries
and when to walk away
whether it was leaving
my ex husband
or my workplace
disowning family
it’s just the same
abuse wears many hats
disguised in lies
but wise eyes recognize
the time to cut all ties
for the sake of personal growth
when you’re trying to survive
an abusive situation
you self-sooth and say
everything’s going to be okay
but it’s not yet
you still have to learn
to enforce healthy boundaries
and when to walk away
whether it was leaving
my ex husband
or my workplace
disowning family
it’s just the same
abuse wears many hats
disguised in lies
but wise eyes recognize
the time to cut all ties
for the sake of personal growth
#abuse
#TruthOfLife
#MentalHealth
#learning
#MovingOn
213 reads
10 Comments
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