LostViking
Lost Viking
Lost Viking
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:23pm
Yesterday 3:23pm
Reading the Obituaries
She was so much to so many. She’d been a loving daughter, aggressive athlete, thoughtful scholar, and later, a loyal wife and mother. She was all of these things and beautiful in every role. So much was lost in the moment of her passing.
As my eyes drifted over the parade of relationships listed in her obituary, I couldn’t help thinking one was missing. I smiled, wondering how I should have been listed. First love? Probably not since I couldn’t have come close to the love of her parents. First infatuation? Definitely not that, since several guys in our class had pursued her before...
As my eyes drifted over the parade of relationships listed in her obituary, I couldn’t help thinking one was missing. I smiled, wondering how I should have been listed. First love? Probably not since I couldn’t have come close to the love of her parents. First infatuation? Definitely not that, since several guys in our class had pursued her before...
#love
#sex
#family #death
#family #death
50 reads
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BlueBeastGirl
Poem Published
26th Jan 2022 9:11am
26th Jan 2022 9:11am
Little Sin Eater with Worms in her Skull
#family
#death
#UnrequitedLove
#MovingOn
#sacrifice
11 reads
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A_Failed_Artist
Poem Published
26th Jan 2022 2:26am
26th Jan 2022 2:26am
Ultimate Protection
The more I learn about you, the more I wish I was never born.
How fucking dare you come into her life.
It was never yours to decide.
I thank the universe for her protection.
Of all women, she was the one who lead the way.
If she had never had me, I would understand.
That would be the ultimate protection.
How fucking dare you come into her life.
It was never yours to decide.
I thank the universe for her protection.
Of all women, she was the one who lead the way.
If she had never had me, I would understand.
That would be the ultimate protection.
#anger
#motherhood
#family
#abuse
#feminism
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BlueBeastGirl
Poem Published
25th Jan 2022 9:06am
25th Jan 2022 9:06am
I'm not your family
My family has always been a mess
And I was its sin eater... its fixer
Always attempting to fix what I didn't break
I look back at the child that was sacrificed
For what? So the rest could feel like they're better?
None of you have ever apologized to me
The trauma that my siblings and cousins piled onto me
It was enough that the adults in our lives dished it out
But fuck if y'all weren't bringing pain pie to the potluck
And when everything happened in 2021
The way I idealized our relationships
Crumbled when I could no longer meet that 99%...
And I was its sin eater... its fixer
Always attempting to fix what I didn't break
I look back at the child that was sacrificed
For what? So the rest could feel like they're better?
None of you have ever apologized to me
The trauma that my siblings and cousins piled onto me
It was enough that the adults in our lives dished it out
But fuck if y'all weren't bringing pain pie to the potluck
And when everything happened in 2021
The way I idealized our relationships
Crumbled when I could no longer meet that 99%...
#rejection
#childhood
#family
#UnrequitedLove
#escape
46 reads
1 Comment
rubyredheart
Poem Published
24th Jan 2022 9:25pm
24th Jan 2022 9:25pm
Truth in the Tales
Dad, you were such a conflict.
An Artist—but you missed metaphor.
Poetry was senseless
In the strange web of your head.
Yet you wove poetry into your stories
And life.
Oh, What a yarn-weaver you were!
What was true and what was tallest
Tale?
I’ll never know.
Your two little girls eagerly begging
For a story
Didn’t care.
In that, you were an amazing dad!
(Let’s skip the angry bits today)
Most who knew you kept you high
On a ridiculous pedestal—
Unreasonable placement for
An Adrenaline...
An Artist—but you missed metaphor.
Poetry was senseless
In the strange web of your head.
Yet you wove poetry into your stories
And life.
Oh, What a yarn-weaver you were!
What was true and what was tallest
Tale?
I’ll never know.
Your two little girls eagerly begging
For a story
Didn’t care.
In that, you were an amazing dad!
(Let’s skip the angry bits today)
Most who knew you kept you high
On a ridiculous pedestal—
Unreasonable placement for
An Adrenaline...
#family
#confessional
#memories #honesty
#memories #honesty
45 reads
2 Comments
Nizana
Poem Published
24th Jan 2022 3:07pm
24th Jan 2022 3:07pm
The Family Man
#sex
#family
#betrayal
92 reads
4 Comments
LillyValleyPoems
Poem Published
23rd Jan 2022 6:33am
23rd Jan 2022 6:33am
Outside Looking In
Each time I try to write
That baby calls
It’s a family thing
Whether it be to cook or clean
I’m going to have to hold
This annoyingly tiny person
I’m not in control
I have no will
This girl—a tiny pit bull
Barrels through my god damn bedroom door
I have asthma and allergies
It’s a rule! These things are not allowed in here
Well?
Que country western TV
Hippity hoppity piano music now
My point?
I forgot
Day in the life of a mother.
That baby calls
It’s a family thing
Whether it be to cook or clean
I’m going to have to hold
This annoyingly tiny person
I’m not in control
I have no will
This girl—a tiny pit bull
Barrels through my god damn bedroom door
I have asthma and allergies
It’s a rule! These things are not allowed in here
Well?
Que country western TV
Hippity hoppity piano music now
My point?
I forgot
Day in the life of a mother.
#family
27 reads
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nightbirdblue
Poem Published
21st Jan 2022 9:43am
21st Jan 2022 9:43am
The Editor
the editor puts
their life under scrutiny
windows of opportunity
close in time
inaction may feel
like an option, for a while
but you simply can’t
turn back the clock
once you realize
what you’ve done
you have a moral
responsibility
so if your ignorance
is an illusion
then you can understand
my confusion
did you have my
best interest in mind?
do you realize where
you crossed the line?
invasive...
their life under scrutiny
windows of opportunity
close in time
inaction may feel
like an option, for a while
but you simply can’t
turn back the clock
once you realize
what you’ve done
you have a moral
responsibility
so if your ignorance
is an illusion
then you can understand
my confusion
did you have my
best interest in mind?
do you realize where
you crossed the line?
invasive...
#secrets
#family
#morality
#responsibility
#deception
43 reads
2 Comments
LostViking
Lost Viking
Lost Viking
Poem Published
17th Jan 2022 1:14pm
17th Jan 2022 1:14pm
Twenty-third Anniversary
#love
#lust
#marriage #family
#marriage #family
65 reads
6 Comments
Nizana
Poem Published
15th Jan 2022 1:27pm
15th Jan 2022 1:27pm
Awkward Conversation
The second I came through the front door my seventeen-year-old daughter asked, “How was your date?”
“Fine,” I replied. How else should I answer the offspring of my failed marriage? Could she see the lingering aura of pleasure on my face? Could she read my eyes and see what they had seen?
“He was a true gentleman,” I said, but my eyes gave me away as they saw a replay of his final throbbing thrusts before he knelt over my parted lips. I wondered if she saw any part of the scene as she watched my eyes?
“It was a night to remember, and he asked me out again,” I...
“Fine,” I replied. How else should I answer the offspring of my failed marriage? Could she see the lingering aura of pleasure on my face? Could she read my eyes and see what they had seen?
“He was a true gentleman,” I said, but my eyes gave me away as they saw a replay of his final throbbing thrusts before he knelt over my parted lips. I wondered if she saw any part of the scene as she watched my eyes?
“It was a night to remember, and he asked me out again,” I...
#breakup
#sex
#family #daughter
#family #daughter
98 reads
3 Comments
MrDunnePoetry
Poem Published
14th Jan 2022 12:19pm
14th Jan 2022 12:19pm
Boy In The Box
#sadness
#dark
#children
#family
#death
31 reads
0 Comments
KittyFromHell
Poem Published
14th Jan 2022 9:14am
14th Jan 2022 9:14am
out of the mouth of babes
this is not the best day ever
a deep sadness lingers in your eyes,
but you struggle to bring it to words.
you rest your head in my arms
as I hold you tight and tell you
it's alright to feel what you feel,
but there's times you stare at the floor
with nothing but silent confusion
I wish I could be two places at once
my heart feels like it's being ripped
from my chest, as if the split
was only yesterday's agony.
I remember all the times I failed you
when I didn't come when I said I would,
and I think...
a deep sadness lingers in your eyes,
but you struggle to bring it to words.
you rest your head in my arms
as I hold you tight and tell you
it's alright to feel what you feel,
but there's times you stare at the floor
with nothing but silent confusion
I wish I could be two places at once
my heart feels like it's being ripped
from my chest, as if the split
was only yesterday's agony.
I remember all the times I failed you
when I didn't come when I said I would,
and I think...
#love
#children
#motherhood
#family
#hurt
56 reads
1 Comment
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