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 Feb 2023 Danielle
zz
You reached for the stars
and put them in my eyes

I keep them locked
behind my eyelids


fearful

that you´ll change
your mind
 Feb 2023 Danielle
Carlo C Gomez
incubator
technological mother
wi-fi our blood vessels
to your eternal link
make us passionate machines
symbiotic connections
programming a love
continuously on update
in lieu of heartbreak
in lieu of heartbreak
in lieu of heartbreak
in lieu of...
fail
buffering
abort
retry
error
 Feb 2023 Danielle
Mister J
Heavy
 Feb 2023 Danielle
Mister J
Heavy is a mind
That is chained to its past

Heavy is a soul
That knows no way forward

Heavy is a spirit
That keeps running around in circles

Heavy are the eyes
That never stopped shedding tears

Heavy are the ears
That remain slaves to your voice

Heavy are the hands
That knows no other feeling but you

Heavy is the heart
That is struggling to forget everything

Heavy is a person
That drags himself down
To memories that will never
Become a reality

Heavy are his dreams
If these dreams can never be
And will only be
The source of his nightmares

Heavy are the arms
That helplessly linger for yours
Constantly waiting for you
Though never to come back

No more
Please?

I've had enough
Midnight writing

Thanks for reading!

-J
 Feb 2023 Danielle
soft
Lost at sea
 Feb 2023 Danielle
soft
Some days I am swimming,
most days I am sinking.
There is never a day where I
can simply just float.
 Feb 2023 Danielle
guy scutellaro
if you go down forgotten streets
where the lights push the nightmares aside

and travel down
some forgotten dreams
to hear the melody
and are drawn in
by the strumming of guitar strings

and there on the stage
a heart walking a wire
with a sad smile of thunder and rain
that rolls you like tumbling dice

and if you believe in love at first glance
and listen with a young heart
you'll hear the wind and stardust
that she's chasing in her song
 Jan 2023 Danielle
unnamed
Escape
 Jan 2023 Danielle
unnamed
Society is a prison.
It traps you in
And steals your freedoms.
Makes you conform.
Until you are normal.

So why don't we escape?

Because we are afraid.
Afraid of being alone.
Loneliness rots the mind
It steels the heart.

We all decided
Being trapped together
Is better than to be free
Alone.
 Dec 2022 Danielle
Zywa
A little flower,

delicate between sharp stones --


that's what life feels like.
"tuimelaar" ("bottlenose dolphin", 2008, Rozalie Hirs)

Collection "Willegos"
 Dec 2022 Danielle
Caitlin
Nakadungaw ako ngayon sa bintana.
Umiihip yung hangin papasok,
nag-iingay,
tila binubulungan ako ng kalawakan:
“Handa ka ba sa
paparating na katapusan?”

Subalit walang hanggang nakikita
ang kalungkutan na ito.
Sa umpisa palang,
noong sinimulan natin ‘to,
talo na agad ako.

Hinihintay ka na niyang bumalik.
Ako din, mayroong nag-aabang
sa aking pag-uwi.
Hindi nila alam
na nagpapakapasaway tayo.
‘Di nila alam
kung gaano tayo kasaya.

Naaalala mo pa ba yung gabing
bumyahe ako pa-kyusi
para lang makita ka?
Kahit ngayon, habang ako'y nagsusulat,
pinapakinggan ko yung kantang tinugtog mo
nung pagdating ko.
Nasa pinaka-likod ako noon ng inuman, pero
nahanap mo parin ako.
Tapos buong gabi, pasilip-silip ka na —
akala mo di namin nahahalata,
pero yung titig mo’y
sumunog ng landas
patungo sa akin.
Halos binahagi mo ang buong madla.
Sa umagang sumunod,
unang beses mo akong ihatid pauwi,
at unang beses mo rin akong hagkan.

Habang ako’y nagsusulat ngayon,
napapaisip,
hindi ko alam
kung kailan tayo magkikita muli —
Pero sapat na sa akin ang kaalaman na
yinayakap ka niya
tuwing tumutulo ang iyong luha.
Sapat na sa akin
ang makita ang pangalan mo sa telepono
kahit na wala ka namang mensahe.
Sapat na sa akin
na naaalala mo ako,
kahit na paminsan-minsan lang.
Sapat na sa aking ika'y magligaya
kahit na sa dulo ng lahat,
ako yung talo.

Kaya sa ngayon,
maninigarilyo muna ako dito sa bintana,
maghihintay nalang sa susunod na minsang
maalala mo ulit ako.
salamat sa panandaliang ligaya.
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