Submissions by nightbirdblue (enbyblue)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I am fluid polygender, identifying as both “she/her” & ”they/them” • Panromantic and married to the love of my life! 🏳️🌈 Poetry on mental illness, spirituality, LGBTQIA2+ experiences, and surviving DV.
Song for Sister
Let it go and move on
There's no need to get caught up
In the things that corrupt your mind...
Open up, let me in
Peel away from your tough skin
And embrace the true love of your existence...
When the sun rises again
Breath in life, breathe it in
Feel the warmth and take another step forward...
Every day we practice this
But together we can't miss
The opportunities await if we see them...
So let it go and move on
You're not alone this time around
We...
There's no need to get caught up
In the things that corrupt your mind...
Open up, let me in
Peel away from your tough skin
And embrace the true love of your existence...
When the sun rises again
Breath in life, breathe it in
Feel the warmth and take another step forward...
Every day we practice this
But together we can't miss
The opportunities await if we see them...
So let it go and move on
You're not alone this time around
We...
#love
#sister
#family
#inspirational
#addiction
591 reads
12 Comments
Candy Wrapper
😉
THEY CALL ME:
Dah CANdy WRAPpah!
jus’ a lil flakey like
saltine CRAcka’s!
born an’ raised ON THE
streets o’ Flint CON-CRETE!
...a city LOST
was once the HEART
o’ MICHigan...
I shake my head and I
LAY all those memories to REST...
‘cause them streets there
are now a-crumblin’
as I walk aWAY froma
life o’ softcore thuggin’...
I live now in
the capital LANsing-
BIG 10 UNI’...
don’t KNOW-WHAT to DO wit’ me!
as I BREAKdance mah entrance
onto the...
THEY CALL ME:
Dah CANdy WRAPpah!
jus’ a lil flakey like
saltine CRAcka’s!
born an’ raised ON THE
streets o’ Flint CON-CRETE!
...a city LOST
was once the HEART
o’ MICHigan...
I shake my head and I
LAY all those memories to REST...
‘cause them streets there
are now a-crumblin’
as I walk aWAY froma
life o’ softcore thuggin’...
I live now in
the capital LANsing-
BIG 10 UNI’...
don’t KNOW-WHAT to DO wit’ me!
as I BREAKdance mah entrance
onto the...
#home
#funny
#myself
#rhyming
#rap
1083 reads
14 Comments
Child’s Play
I will be:
The Grown
Mature
Aged
Young Woman
Who doesn’t makeup her bed
On any given day of the week
Hugging tight my dear soft teddies
And I will live
Happily this way
I will love the child within
Until the end of my days
The Grown
Mature
Aged
Young Woman
Who doesn’t makeup her bed
On any given day of the week
Hugging tight my dear soft teddies
And I will live
Happily this way
I will love the child within
Until the end of my days
#happiness
#identity
#inspirational
#aging
#SelfReflection
1072 reads
17 Comments
Dictionary Demise
I see the letters have now peeled off
Of the tabs of tarnished pages aged;
Mother’s old college textbook
“The American Heritage Dictionary”
This second edition before remission
Served Mother words for school,
But in the youngest years of my commission
It was my first poetic tool.
Long before the interwebs
Crept into my home,
These pages my fingers did glide
But now the glyphs are gone.
...
Of the tabs of tarnished pages aged;
Mother’s old college textbook
“The American Heritage Dictionary”
This second edition before remission
Served Mother words for school,
But in the youngest years of my commission
It was my first poetic tool.
Long before the interwebs
Crept into my home,
These pages my fingers did glide
But now the glyphs are gone.
...
#PowerOfWords
#aging
#rhyming
#LifeAsAWriter
#mother
767 reads
15 Comments
Lab Rats
like rats caged
tested and tamed
documenting all of
my sterile lines
from times they will
never know anything about
battles lost to add to the count
controversial treatments:
pills to pause mental disparage
cause growths malformed
of both psyche and form
and they wonder why
I’m forlorn
the lab rat that bites back
I will not conform
to ill-minded nature
when our freedom of thought is
being contained
yet we continue to blame...
...
tested and tamed
documenting all of
my sterile lines
from times they will
never know anything about
battles lost to add to the count
controversial treatments:
pills to pause mental disparage
cause growths malformed
of both psyche and form
and they wonder why
I’m forlorn
the lab rat that bites back
I will not conform
to ill-minded nature
when our freedom of thought is
being contained
yet we continue to blame...
...
#motivational
#MentalHealth
#identity
#oppression
#SelfHarm
642 reads
15 Comments
Doctors
Low and behold
Years since I’ve seen you
Don’t know why I expected
Anything more than sterile
Cut and cold
Your nurse was nice
Asked me about my story
I said just enough to paint the picture
But your lab coat tainted my mood
As soon as I saw you
Pills for thrills
Offered up in exchange for sleep
Had to ask if you even read the notes
Your lack of empathy
Could have killed me
Terse in verse
My irritation with you not withheld
Got to treat you like they always did me ...
Years since I’ve seen you
Don’t know why I expected
Anything more than sterile
Cut and cold
Your nurse was nice
Asked me about my story
I said just enough to paint the picture
But your lab coat tainted my mood
As soon as I saw you
Pills for thrills
Offered up in exchange for sleep
Had to ask if you even read the notes
Your lack of empathy
Could have killed me
Terse in verse
My irritation with you not withheld
Got to treat you like they always did me ...
#anger
#hate
#misunderstood
#LifeStruggles
#frustration
772 reads
10 Comments
Nerds Hurt Too
#anger
#identity
#SelfHarm
#misunderstood
#lust
574 reads
14 Comments
The Other F-Word
This morning in mourning
As the sun warms, slowly rising
Rays glisten against the crystals
Clumped up molecular holdings
Desperately forming life
The first bite of Winter’s Frost
Coating blades of grass and rooftops
The leaves are gracefully falling
Without even a breeze
They end their life now willingly
As they make the plunge to their earthly grave
Permanent home of season’s ending
Can’t help but hear what they have to say
Autumn's voice crinkling and crunching underfoot
Winter is...
As the sun warms, slowly rising
Rays glisten against the crystals
Clumped up molecular holdings
Desperately forming life
The first bite of Winter’s Frost
Coating blades of grass and rooftops
The leaves are gracefully falling
Without even a breeze
They end their life now willingly
As they make the plunge to their earthly grave
Permanent home of season’s ending
Can’t help but hear what they have to say
Autumn's voice crinkling and crunching underfoot
Winter is...
#winter
#fall
#morning
#LifeCycle
#nature
510 reads
10 Comments
Release
Packed all my stuff up good
Like a little Girl Scout
More like a little Brownie
Young cadet with a duty
Eating all the many little munchies
All the sweet tum-yummies
Forgetting one day
This will all catch up with me
Whether I’m packing my bags or
Developing diabetes
It runs in the family
Already lost Aunt Sandy
But the fetters we ignore
Are the ones that win the wars
Contemplations misinformed
Self judgements passed
When at once we were born
Rebirth; the cycle of suffering
We journey...
Like a little Girl Scout
More like a little Brownie
Young cadet with a duty
Eating all the many little munchies
All the sweet tum-yummies
Forgetting one day
This will all catch up with me
Whether I’m packing my bags or
Developing diabetes
It runs in the family
Already lost Aunt Sandy
But the fetters we ignore
Are the ones that win the wars
Contemplations misinformed
Self judgements passed
When at once we were born
Rebirth; the cycle of suffering
We journey...
#rebirth
#LifeChangingMoment
#LifeCycle
#SelfReflection
#regret
593 reads
12 Comments
Taming the Ten (Beasts Within)
#loneliness
#abuse
#SelfHarm
#depression
#insomnia
815 reads
18 Comments
Big Pharma
Labels here cast
as defined from
their textbook:
Diagnosis #1-
major depressive
disorder;
this horror
subconsious
she must overcome
Here let me just
inspect your scars too:
Diagnosis #2-
self mutilator;
it’s her sacred
revelator
tapestry curator
the lines are drawn
...
as defined from
their textbook:
Diagnosis #1-
major depressive
disorder;
this horror
subconsious
she must overcome
Here let me just
inspect your scars too:
Diagnosis #2-
self mutilator;
it’s her sacred
revelator
tapestry curator
the lines are drawn
...
#depression
#SelfHarm
#insomnia
#OCD
#MentalHealth
1338 reads
15 Comments
Purging
I rip
from abreast
this heart
from my chest
splatter neatly
upon my
dinner table
feeling
and sensing
on a platter
left alone to
intermingle
bite off
some sorrow
chew up
your ventricles
let the teeth
of your thoughts
digest
judgments
abound
anxiously
gulp down
some refreshing
ethereal air
taste the
intuition
bitter upon
your tongue
where
languid moods
still linger
perceiving
hollowed out
purity ...
from abreast
this heart
from my chest
splatter neatly
upon my
dinner table
feeling
and sensing
on a platter
left alone to
intermingle
bite off
some sorrow
chew up
your ventricles
let the teeth
of your thoughts
digest
judgments
abound
anxiously
gulp down
some refreshing
ethereal air
taste the
intuition
bitter upon
your tongue
where
languid moods
still linger
perceiving
hollowed out
purity ...
#EatingDisorder
#anxiety
#identity
#misunderstood
#symbolism
1189 reads
31 Comments
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