In the depths of solitude, I dwell
Slowly consuming my own hell
Striving hard, tucked away on the shelf
Each day mirrors the last, in itself
Songs birthed, destined to be unheard
Guided by critiques, wrong or right
No romance to grace my dimming light
Amidst the dying, I persist in trying
To garner pride ere they fade from sight
Yet cries for aid, silently plead
In this vast emptiness, I bleed
Longing for kin, for solace's touch
Yearning for rescue, from this crushing clutch
Excesses squandered, earnings burnt
Liquor's veil, to mask the hurt
In fleeting moments, at parties I roam
Kissing strangers, pretending they're home
A stranger to self, haunted by past's decree
Struggling to embrace who I used to be
A futile dance, to fit the mold
Desperate attempts, constantly foiled
Loneliness, my constant kin
Echoes of family, lost within
Yearning for connection, any guise
In this desolation, where hope dies
Yearning to belong, yet always adrift
In the silent cacophony, my soul sifts
A plea beneath the surface, to be seen
In this lonesome landscape, I've never been keen
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His Haibun
He does not like poetry; I write it anyway and do not tell him. It's true his face is not a poet's face. It is round and open, youthful; too apt to be compared to the sun. His nose is neat. It is impossible to imagine him smoking a cigarette, terse, full of cheekbones and tension. His warmth burns my fingertips. I am here for his fascinating body, the haphazard freckles I touch one by one; he is here for my eyes, just my eyes. A sunbeam sneaks through the curtains and pierces us both, sizzling the spices of his skin. I inhale and wrap myself in him. He kisses my eyes.
By TheSpinstress3 days ago in Poets
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“I realize there are still aspects of humanity that my kind cannot understand or appreciate….” The soft, airy voice resonating from the orb that trailed Teyhx through the hallway of her dorm pleaded with her to see reason. Though, ultimately, the decision was not hers anyways.
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