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181 · Nov 2017
dusty paisleys
Elioinai Nov 2017
You call out dreams within me
Like pulling out folded saris
from boxes waiting on attic space
Colors I’d almost forgotten
come tumbling down like a rainbow waterfall of fabrics
I long to drape them again
and walk my own adventures
181 · Jun 2017
dying . . .
Elioinai Jun 2017
I lay on the pyre
burning . . .
bleeding . . .
longing for my flesh to be finished
completely stripped away
Sometimes pouring is preceded by drilling
And joy so thrilling interspersed by lengths of crying
burning . . .
bleeding . . .
whispering away the trauma of old or newer lies
my Lover hears my cries
and calls me on to sing it all
181 · Jan 2018
Sunday Theater
Elioinai Jan 2018
So often on Sundays I can feel the hard operating table beneath me
It’s a sudden, aching cold
and I keep squeezing the hand holding mine my fingers numb from a week of pounding my fists
Blood pumps back into my hands and I gasp
sensing the fingers surrounding mine finally
I can feel that strong, warm, supporting hand again
I can feel the knives again
But this time I can hear their purpose
called out
As they are brought down again to meet flesh inside my chest
I’m briefed again for another 7 days of healing and reopened wounds
Elioinai Dec 2018
No feeling in your heart deserves a violent end
if one must be put to rest
give it a quiet, gentle death
180 · Apr 2018
exhale with me
Elioinai Apr 2018
A poem is a breath
that two people who have never met
can share
Elioinai Jan 2019
A simple question, really
But asked as my heart screams in agony
is only fuel to the flame
today
Might I live more by reason?
Might I be at peace
if I ordered my life more on knowledge
instead of ordering knowledge on feelings?
179 · Sep 2018
slowly talking
Elioinai Sep 2018
And we’re both too recently scarred
to be far enough from fear
of foolish affection
So we ask each other simple, surface questions
only a few every day
Elioinai Oct 2019
I find myself
strangely silent
my chat box sits empty
I think of you and sigh
once I did so well
why do my fingers hang so limply now?
my heart cools
as if floating in a murky pond
and I don’t know if I’m too busy
I’m too content
or I’m too ambitious
to pursue again
Or if I don’t believe
I know how to find a heart at all
I never was very good at window shopping or enjoying walking malls
Elioinai Jan 2019
My heart sadly asked for privacy
but the words in my mind tumbled out
177 · Oct 2014
Untitled
Elioinai Oct 2014
I spin,
Like a skater,
Faster,
Pulling my arms closer to my body,
Then pushing them out,
To slow,
In,
Out,
Like cascading melody,
And weave across the ice,
April 6, 2014
177 · Jul 2020
winds carry
Elioinai Jul 2020
If you think I’m on fire
don’t worry
The good will stay
Only the bad is burned away
Elioinai May 2020
Have you ever longed for simple foolishness?
for a happiness in little things
looked for fleeting pleasures
that sweep away like sand
without worrying about how it ends?

one confident step onto a trampoline
just one jump into the sky
you know you won’t go far
just get a little high

but having never blindly wandered
never giddily ran
my feet feel stuck in 12 inch mud

I’ve always been hedged in by poisons
when I wasn’t walled in by fears

Today I find nothing but solid gold to reach for
as tired as I am of that old, cold stone
only lasting, strenuous mining appears
to bend to my fingers
I’m left bored and annoyed
in this prosperous land
Elioinai Dec 2018
I fell asleep
fighting to untie the fears knotting in my chest
that you felt less sweetness towards me
I tell myself you’re busy
I tell myself you’re sick
I tell myself this happens
and it doesn’t even matter
I am able to put it aside for the night
my head resting on Christ’s hands  
But wake up with a lump in my throat
I love rain, but this is getting to the point of sorrowful skies
176 · Jul 2019
On the Best Path
Elioinai Jul 2019
I praise you, Lord
    for you have lifted the boulders of my  mind
    and broken up a highway to Joy
The Lord has blessed me this past week with a much more neurotypical calmness and a supernatural joy
175 · Oct 2014
Untitled
Elioinai Oct 2014
Poems have a funny feeling, especially before they start,
A weakness, a pull, a longing in the heart,
To give words to something that is just a part,
Of greater unknown,
Poems have a funny feeling, like tears trying to get out,
The steam of life’s hottest moments, gathering at the spout,
Their release is like a shout,
Of laughter,
And when the tears, and cries, and giggles,
Have all run out of ink,
Only sleepiness remains, and feeling,
That knowing is a little closer.
Feb 10, 2014
175 · Jul 2019
The Chief Servant
Elioinai Jul 2019
Gold doesn’t elbow it’s way onto your front door
It doesn’t scream it’s own name in throbbing lights
at night in city squares
It doesn’t drip down television screens pleading for recognition
No, gold waits
Gold sits with his head held high
But his body down in mud
He finds a bed at sea just as comfortable
there, in the dark deep
as he does old, forgotten heaps
of pillaged treasures
or the velvet pillows that support his form
contorted around bright gems and pearls
in palace throne rooms
He knows nothing and no one can take away his identity
even on the off chance they didn’t recognize him
He’s elemental
and you love him for his service
He lives to serve
For in service he is glorified
173 · Sep 2018
EZER Kenegdo
Elioinai Sep 2018
I was formed in power
Adam began in dust
I was breathed through bone
He recognizes himself in me
Yet cannot understand the change
Or his great need for the strength I bring
I’m his most important friend
172 · Oct 2014
This is not love
Elioinai Oct 2014
Gluttony,
Like every sin,
Is built upon a Lie,
The Lie,
That what you have sat down to enjoy,
Is Closer,
Than Love,
My heart calls,
And cries,
Wanting to be comforted in real arms,
Not chocolate,
Not honey,
But warm mouths,
And strong hands,
And words woven,
In Heaven.
August 10, 2014
172 · Jun 2019
House reigns
Elioinai Jun 2019
Throw your dice as you might
but you will never win the World’s game
For the rules always change
faster and faster as the day wains
171 · Apr 2020
❄️
Elioinai Apr 2020
Maybe I don’t know
like you do
how to tiptoe to the edge
barely getting in
barely feeling water on your feet
Maybe it’s because it scares me
I only know how to jump
All In
All In
I’m up to my waist
while you’re still at the shore
My legs feel like ice
but you’re walking away
Elioinai Mar 2018
Is it a stereotype
or a more common truth
that a woman finds her strength
when she walks away from a man?
Man, manliness, liberated from dominating men, embracing your body as completely woman, no men aren’t the worst but if history shows us that men have had the dominance then freedom for women means walking away from that
170 · Oct 2014
See me
Elioinai Oct 2014
Do you,
See me?
Have you watched,
How the sun
Turns my curls golden red?
Do you desire to know me?
Have you felt happy,
To see,
My *******,
And curves of eye lashes?
Do you remember,
My voice?
Have you given me,
More than a glance?
Do you know,
When I am near you?
Are you happy that I came,
And sad that I went?
Is there anything,
That draws you to me,
But you are shy,
Like me?
April 3, 2014
170 · Nov 2017
contender
Elioinai Nov 2017
Poise and rationality
I think we can all agree
are key characteristics of Queens
but I’m starting to fear
that these things will never darken my door
thrown open wide to the wind as it is
No
The shadows that darken my halls are different
Inspired by Panic! at the Disco’s song I write sins, not Tragedies
169 · Jul 2020
griefed
Elioinai Jul 2020
Eros lies desolate
only acrid smoke rises from the burned plane
a dismal sight
for my romantic heart
There are lush horizons in other directions
But for this one
the strength is drained from my hands
and my mouth is as dry as that scorched earth
I’m so tired and longing for love. Even hope wains, I who have always had so much hope
169 · Aug 2020
bond and blood
Elioinai Aug 2020
I want you to hurt me
accidentally
somehow twist the wrong words just right
or clumsily elbow my nose
I want you to see my red and tears run down
I want you to see me grin in the pain
I want you to see me heal
I want you to watch how quickly my skin grows back
I want you to know I will forgive you
So you don’t live in fear of hurting me
169 · Jan 2019
healing with oxygen
Elioinai Jan 2019
I breathe out to release . . .
what?
I breathe out to release . . .
what?
I breathe out to release . . .
what?
I will tell you when I return from meditation
168 · Aug 2020
Surely mercy
Elioinai Aug 2020
You do not let a single day of mine fall
nor a word from my mouth
Somehow
You hold them up
In your hands they become like crystals
and form a long, beautiful line
A long, sparkling line of life
Nothing dull or dark is found within
Psalm 25
168 · Nov 2017
In crumbling cold ashes
Elioinai Nov 2017
I don’t know how to say it
adequate writing escapes me
but I’m suddenly relieved
to call myself a stranger to you
I barely recognize your face
it’s configuration of features
has finally faded
And I find I really would have hated
being friends
I’m glad we’re civil, but I realize now that I really couldn’t have ever been a close friend, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
167 · Sep 2019
Accepting
Elioinai Sep 2019
I wash your feet with my tears
bringing every overflow of my heart to You
I do not have to turn away
or hide my face in wait for composure
You ask to see it all
so I place my present in Your presence
Elioinai Sep 2018
You’re so black and white
when I look at you
Like a creative charcoal canvas
like exquisite dot work
like the shades and shadows of a skeleton
You show me the world is still beautiful without color
166 · Mar 2020
To be Still
Elioinai Mar 2020
As the pools of knowledge deepen in the mind
the outward appearance falls away
the refreshing convergence
of all past, present and future
creates a calm today
166 · Aug 2020
Black and White
Elioinai Aug 2020
It’s so
Yes or No
A wonder like I can finally stop wondering
Is it me who has changed so much
Or are you what I’ve been waiting for
I could wait for you forever
For you are wonderful
165 · Jun 2020
All Things Rap
Elioinai Jun 2020
If there was ever a man I worshiped
it would be Jon (Jon, Jon)
But it doesn’t make me special
to see his kingdom
His dream
His potential
I’m one in a million
Hell, it’s more than millions
But I can rise above a fan base
Because my face
and my talents
can put me high up
in this race
I’ll meet my idols someday
“It’s what they all say”
Is naysay
And I’m not afraid to waylay
and mug all my fears in an alleyway
My kingdom
My dreams
My potential
aren’t what anyone’s expecting
see, so far they think they’ve been letting
letting me be here
But “they” be forgetting
that as a child of God
EVERYTHING
is mine
And I’m not gonna hold myself back from asking
for EVERYTHING
165 · Sep 2019
homines ad astra
Elioinai Sep 2019
Oh human
so glorious and grand
I sigh in awe
as I stare into this nebulous navel
So full!
and yet so ready to hold more
That is the loveliness of You
every one of you
every one of you glorious and grand
Elioinai Aug 2018
So I recently joined eHarmony and you know what my biggest fear is? Going on a date and discovering the guy is sexist, or worse, only finding out after several dates. I’m fully confident I can spot most major issues before deciding to meet up, and any I’ve missed prior I’m sure I can spot in person, but I don’t have a clue how well my chauvinist radar works. I never really thought about this before this week. Maybe it’s because of where I’ve arrived in my journey of self-discovery and self worth. I ******* hate the term “Lady”. It’s outdated. I don’t have a use for “Gentleman” either. You’re a good person or you’re not. I guess this actually stems majorly from my pain in my last relationship, with a controlling dude who was a bit sexist. What am I afraid of? Being made to feel small. Having my feelings invalidated. Not being encouraged to express my joy, my pain, my sorrow, my anger, every part of me I want to express. That’s what I hate about the idea of “a lady”, it so often portrays a woman who hides her feelings. **** that! Change the heart, but never cover it up.
I want to be allowed to bloom, I want to watched in expectation and awe.
I want you to be waiting for my next move yet somehow always content.
I want you as a bursting star meets bursting star in emotional brilliance. I want you to be open and ready for all I am to fall into all you are.
I want a glorious canvas covering itself in shocking color to find me as their inspiration.
And that’s why it’s so hard for me to write a list of what I want in a man. I don’t know what to say, I want to be part of a ******* fireworks display?
164 · Jul 2020
Fires starting Fires
Elioinai Jul 2020
oh, observe!
How the greatest hindrances of Love
are yet it’s greatest spotlights
A wall of resistance
must in the end be consumed in flames
And like giant ***** of gas mysteriously ignite
to become our stars
Roaring walls become lights along the path of our journey
Inward and Outward
Elioinai Jul 2020
I long to tell you
                   to get over yourself
                       Come love me
                run your tongue around
                             my lips
                 the only poison within
              is your own sticky hatred
               for your own sticky soul
              Your mind slowly lifts out
                 of darkness long laid
      the romanticism of your own faults
                      leave them now
                      And come to me
164 · Oct 2017
late thoughts
Elioinai Oct 2017
It’s nice to know
without you saying so
That you never loved me
It’s nice to know you were
as in the dark as me
It’s nice to know that it’s ok
Go and love another
162 · Feb 2020
In the End
Elioinai Feb 2020
in the end
it doesn’t matter
what the human body looks like underneath
in the end
it doesn’t matter
what the human body wore
the flimsiest of veils
or a walking edited wonder
it’s all but a soul’s projection
and eyes that see
see through everything
to gaze upon what they desire
162 · Oct 2014
Time yet
Elioinai Oct 2014
Can I wait the hope?
Stay afloat?
On such seas again?
Will I dare?
To ever wear?
This heart upon my sleeve?
I searched the dials on our chests,
And look, it reads, Time Yet,
But rocks ahead, I bet,
No saying when the twilight falls,
And stars come out above our heads,
No vivid golden ones by us I see,
Except ourselves, are we to be?
July 29, 2013
162 · Mar 2020
Tho the flower fadeth
Elioinai Mar 2020
Tho the flower fadeth quickly
tho the sun be hid behind a cloud
tho the calming sound of rain doth cease
our joy in each moment may be complete
        
We do not still our heart
or stop our eyes from brightening
upon pink blossoms
We do not close our ears to laughing music
as not to hear the player stop
No, we rejoice in full
when to our senses come such pleasures

So also do not keep yourself
from enjoying pleasant days
preceding grim disasters
or relief amidst pale grieving
162 · Aug 2020
Fires starting Fires
Elioinai Aug 2020
oh, observe!
How the greatest hindrances of Love
are yet it’s greatest spotlights
A wall of resistance
must in the end be consumed in flames
And like giant ***** of gas mysteriously ignite
to become our stars
Roaring walls become lights along the path of our journey
Inward and Outward
160 · Jan 2018
clear
Elioinai Jan 2018
the quicker you cry
the faster your face will be dry
And your mind clear again
159 · Aug 2020
ghost kisses
Elioinai Aug 2020
I’ve been waiting
waiting for words to appear
in front of my eyes
like that invisible milk ink
trope
secret messages appearing over fire
for our victorious protagonist to read
But no words come
to describe how I imagine myself kissing
You
I’ve never felt so empty of emotional vocabulary
I don’t know if I’m just lonely
Just if
I’ve always been lonely
I don’t know if I’m finally
too old for such affected flights
of fancies
with strangers
my mind has picked up ostrich feathers as if they were diamond chandeliers
Too quick to hang them in the Hall and worship silly feathers
I swore I shouldn’t fall in love again
To love again
would destroy my weakened mind and body
I breathe in shaky breaths and hear you speaking rationally
between friends
I’m just a lonely lover
Too tired to be anything more
than one bright star
in the short hours before you see your dawn
I’m so glad I conquered my anxiety and and exhaustion and became more
159 · Oct 2014
Many valentines
Elioinai Oct 2014
I have dreamed of many boys,
And I come to realize,
That it is only natural,
To fall in love a couple times,
A few, a lot, have left forever marks,
Upon my heart, which I will not forget,
As I do not now,
Impressions I find, lift a little every day,
And linger now like fingerprints
Or bits of paint,
Flung down in happy play
That make me who I am.
There is nothing to regret,
Even if my wish was not granted,
And it seems too late,
To love only once . . .
And love forever.
December 20, 2013
Elioinai Jul 2018
So I’ve been reading poems
and crying gently
My soul sore from stretching more than usual today
this week
it’s been quite nice, but
apparently my soul could limber up
158 · Jun 2018
Light upon me
Elioinai Jun 2018
at just the thought
that you might possibly be there
a figure to my left
my closed eyes
not daring to make sure
my heart
silently trying to convince myself that you couldn’t possibly have come this morning
Light filled me
Like oil pouring into an almost empty lamp
Like a warm, anointing
spreading down from the crown of my head
my tired legs could stand again
my tired voice sang strong again
my weary heart felt glad again
The figure to my left
was just a boring, disappointing stranger
and I wondered at how quickly I had changed
all it took was a tiny thread of hope
to fill me with life
this little selfish desire for your presence
Couldn’t I find a better way to bring this light unto myself?
Elioinai Jul 2018
little whisper
wisdom soul
I’ll listen to your quiet voice
158 · Sep 2019
floating in broken flowers
Elioinai Sep 2019
I’ve seen my inner lady
dressed in long, flowing organzas
she’s standing on the edge of sea cliffs
or the middle of empty, rolling hills
while pastel clouds flow past her legs
and pain ripples her hair
I think my soul feels stuck
like legs locked in position
almost exposed in sheer fabrics
the touch of sorrow has softened to a breeze
but endlessly caresses my being
beauty brushes my fingertips
and wraps around my torso
but it’s like passing petals on the wind
nothing enters in deeper
158 · Jan 2020
Oh, Purple Morning!
Elioinai Jan 2020
You rise,
in delicate, undeniable beauty
come once,
you never return quite the same
Today like the coloring of a bruise
that was the pain of night
A symbol that all trauma fades
into strength and story
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