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 Nov 2018 Me Díaz
Napolis
(for my daughter Madison I wrote this while standing over her crib when she was two years old )


Embrace

the world with

Baby steps,


a million

things in life

will become.

turtle shells

like your

opinion on

things and
people you
come to love,


and they

will only fit

for a

time.

be flexible

watch for

the changes.

in love

and life.


don't get

caught on

your back

little turtle.


remember

licorice

comes in

more than

one flavor.


take

the time

to make

up your

mind.


and then

hold on

as tight

as you can.


first love

is meant to

be pulled

over your

dreams and

be a perfect

fit,


and not

cover your

eyes so

that you

cannot see.


let the

world

always know

that your

there.


and love

is to

be always

given first

without

expectation

and grown.



and tended to

like a garden

our garden,


that you

have been

to us


from the first

day that

you were

born.
 Nov 2018 Me Díaz
Pagan Paul
.
A cloud falls from the sky,
a lead balloon of precipitation,
and cuddles the ground
like a long lost lover.
Dripping its cargo,
shedding tears along the way,
leaving a trail of damp memory
and a calm balm
for the Earth.

And a candle flickers
on a lonely table,
as a pen drifts across lines,
filling meaningless words
that never
convey the depths of separation.
The flame flares
as a waft, a draft,
creeps in a crack under the door,
adding a poignant touch
to the melancholy of atmosphere.
Gripping the pen with delicate unease,
the hubbub drowns inwards,
doubt rises in ascendancy,
the pen falls,
like a discarded relationship,
and the meaningless words
stop.




© Pagan Paul (21/11/18)
.
My brain is still on meltdown :(
.
 Nov 2018 Me Díaz
Lawrence Hall
For Thomas V. Morris and William J. Bennett
In gratitude for a wonderful summer at Notre Dame



O, thou dry Jansenist! A night of fire
Left in your pocket like a shopping list
Sitting quietly in a room, will never burn
To set your sere and withered soul alight

And one might wager that your calculator
In brass, for counting brass, touches not the heart
Which has its reasons which the mind knows too
Pensees which never make a night a day

Forgive thou, then, this lettre provinciale
And count it as a friend’s memorial
 Nov 2018 Me Díaz
eileen
new year
new face
I've got no plans
I've spent all
my hope
on lost family and friends

how I'd love to swim
inside a river again

look up to the sky
only to be blinded
by the pale clouds

I'm a walking overdose
sometimes you just want a slice of skin
that's what he tells me
cutting up his wrists

how I'd love to be in my bed again
with my heavy teddy bear timothy

ask me anything
I should know

I'm clean
I'm clean
a little mean
I don't answer to anyone
I'm scared they'll see

sleepless nights
asleep
I'm dreaming wide awake
the light is coming in

I'm not who I'm supposed to be
I'm not someone you should believe in
I'm not who I want to be
I'm not someone you should trust

years of wishing death

I've seen the end

I don't fear death
death fears me

the less I know
here comes the worst

the less they know
the better

my mind grows weak

I think all I've ever wanted
was more life

he's got me dancing
he's got my head

prince of darkness
caress me to sleep

eternal warmth
in his cold arms
 Nov 2018 Me Díaz
eileen
I'm afraid to die
because
I might come back to life
10w
 Nov 2018 Me Díaz
eileen
Me
 Nov 2018 Me Díaz
eileen
Me
I want my death
to shake the world

I want my death
to be known

Because
I am a nobody

I have no face
I have no body

I'm so transparent
You can't see me

So please love me
Treat my ghost well
 Nov 2018 Me Díaz
eileen
Ela
 Nov 2018 Me Díaz
eileen
Ela
I'm sorry I didn't say thank you

Those weren't my intentions

I almost killed somebody

Don't you mind

I'm having a heart attack

8 AM

I've arrived

Heaven's gates
are closed
my soul is trapped

Eternal flames
cover my body
I'll burn alive

I'm gonna miss somebody

No one minds
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