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 Aug 2021 LC
Kurt Philip Behm
Crack open the vein
and let me back in
The ore of your vision
to mine from within

All treasured remembrance
lay fallow unclaimed
Awaiting my entrance
—forever proclaimed

(Dreamsleep: August, 2021)
 Aug 2021 LC
ChrisL
Alone
 Aug 2021 LC
ChrisL
Never have i felt so alone.

All my friends have left
Fault of my own im sure,
For i never made the effort.
"Too busy, too tired" i said.
At first I blamed anxiety
But let's be honest,
I was just too lazy.

No family to be seen.
Packed their bags,
And off they went.
Still we talk in text, alas
no hugs through a screen.

Despite all this I was happy,
All this seemed as nothing.
As my girlfriend was my all
Best friend and family as one,
What more could i ask for?

Now we are no more.

Never have I felt so alone.
 Aug 2021 LC
Grace E
When I Die
 Aug 2021 LC
Grace E
I have to leave, my love
But meet me in the in between
Under that canopy of daylight and dark
Before the sun touches the earth
And the stars send their last strands of heavenly luminescence
When you slip away into your dreams
And fly away into the deepest desires of your soul
Look for me there
I will find you
 Aug 2021 LC
Sk Abdul Aziz
A good relationship or marriage is not about finding the right or perfect person...it is about being with someone you genuinely and truly want to be with..it is about being with someone who makes you forget about all the problems and troubles you might be going through...it is about being with someone who cares for you and respects you...and most importantly it is about being with someone who stands by you through thick and thin and always believes in you and trusts you.
If you find such a person then hold on to her or him and never let go.
 Aug 2021 LC
Ciel Noir
Power
 Aug 2021 LC
Ciel Noir
I know the things I need to change
but I don't have the power yet

I want to be a charioteer
but I feel like a marionette

now every day I take small steps
and train my brain with little things

so one day I will have the strength
to break the strings
and take the reins
 Aug 2021 LC
Glenn Currier
In the first light of this day
with too little sleep
I am feeling tired and vulnerable
but I have entered the dreams, fears, and pains
of other poets from far and wide
and it seems
we are all growing and dying together
maybe just a little at a time
line by line
these spirits enter me
and assure me I am not alone
in this drift.
I came into our garden room before dawn this morning and read several poems of my friends and fellow poets on this website, the last one (https://hellopoetry.com/poem/4409062/the-yearning/) from Khoi, my South African friend, who seemed to be telling me, in his beautifully poetic way, that some kind of end is near. Lately I have been feeling my age both in body and mind. So this poem is what came out of this sense of angst early this Thursday morn.
The story is there
The conflict is perfect
The ending will be a page-turner

but why do I struggle to write a single paragraph
I use to write pages
Stories just flowed off the keys

Now it's like a burden to type a single letter

Am I ready for the story
or is the world not ready for the tale?
 Aug 2021 LC
psyche
Intimacy
 Aug 2021 LC
psyche
You made me crave for more
and left me hanging
on the bridge
when I expected you
to cross the half
of what you asked from me.

Is it still intimacy
or was I mistaken
from the start?
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