Here is a collection of some of my poetry from college |
My love is shallow, easily penetrable you can see the buried layers... but how far will you wade into these waters? There are stars and feathers surveying the surface, and urchins and prickles that prey on the soft hearted ones. My love is hollow, surrounded by an invisible wall But once surpassed, it will echo for eons and fill the emptiness with whatever you give it grasping for life in this abandoned cave My love is impressionable, malleable like clay you can wipe your footprints here but I reserve the right to change the mold whenever i feel misused. My love is cold, dead as dawn after an ice storm yearning to be held, warm in front of the fire under blankets and wool Will you lie beside me? inside these woven sheets? to warm my bitter soul... My love is hiding, relenting all responsibility asking you to count to ten and hunt for living clues come out come out, i know you're here won't you tell me where you are? the fun is in the rollercoaster ride My love is being taken away, forced from my heart like a splinter leaving behind fragments of memories, emotional scars breathless and confused my love surrenders to the pain My love is leaving me, backing away slowly and closing the door he's packed his suitcase with a magazine and umbrella fleeing from my tears running away without cause or regard. My love is shallow, dessicated and alkaline my world is exposed, everything has died my tears are all gone they cannot refresh the void. I close my eyes and watch the stars beneath my eyelids dance into constellations Ribbons and sparkles and beads converge into the portraits of the night My phone is lying on the floor and i wait for it to make a sound a sound that tells me you're alive the sound that tells me you still care. I watch my phone like it is your love, Maybe it's presence should be enough But i still want the affirmation that the phone i see still rings. ring... ring... please let me know you're alive. The light is always brighter when night falls a tiny glimmer in the world so vast a moment in time gone too fast a diamond in a coal mine the light is always brighter as night falls revealing the stars that shine on high consuming the wishes i whispered to the sky a criminal with an alibi the light is always brighter as night falls an intangible vision in a universe unknown a nightlight that protects my bedroom door a firefly run away from home Light is always brighter as night falls the dark is gone with a flip of a switch but then the light isnt worth pursuing if it is always at your fingertips Breathe deep... who knows when you will breathe again. Breathe slow... just in case this breath is your last. Breathe silently... so you can listen to yourself. Breathe no more... and you will find your inner peace... The air feels cold on my tongue but warm in my throat I devour my breath knowing it is my last... I close my eyes I feel my lungs steadily rise and release ...oblivious. |