I’ve wished I could simply tell you Just how lamented You’ve left me It hasn’t gotten easier As the meter ticked The waves Were measured Time has decided to Bring me here Pounding this sea wall Washing, washing Me away Your ignorance, Not a gleeful bliss, But actual ignore-ence Helped Suppress and create This land … Continue reading A Ghost in Your Heart – February 13, 2020
Tag: poems
Winter’s Mist – February 7, 2020
Barren and cold So many snowflakes Landing one at a time Altogether Barely big enough To separate Playing with each other Grounded with a kiss And gone
Racing Thoughts – January 20, 2020
The sense of regret that hits Before I even speak it Is deafening The quiet I live in Is yelling constantly To speak up
We All Disappear – February 9, 2020
When the fog settles in The street lights Glow a little wider. Up that hill Just ahead I see my way, It’s not clear. The red lights disappear Flat, on the horizon line. I’m left wandering, Will I?
Reflection – February 2, 2020
She flutters As she babbles Her eyes No longer remind me Of who she once was She lived Harder than expected Full of life Until it was no more Her days Like ours Numbered to a ‘t’ She was too proud To really let anyone in
Only a Mother – February 5, 2020
Untethered And floating, Silence In the dark. A mother Hears these things.
Unimpeached – January 4, 2020
They want to win They want it more than ever The power he stands on Right at this very moment Has darkened Any light, If any, That shown Inside the epicenter The chosen one Tapped into the hatred Harbored In their heads The confusion That whirls And spatters From here to there Written on the … Continue reading Unimpeached – January 4, 2020
A Garfield Thought – January 16, 2020
Can you imagine Life without lasagna Smelling the fresh breeze Spring rolling up from under the leftover snow As the sun beats down Getting higher and higher Until sinking again Feeling fall take it’s hold Shaking it’s trunk The grasp shivering down Snow, beautiful white snow Dancing in the sky Landing in just the right … Continue reading A Garfield Thought – January 16, 2020
Rain on Me – January 28, 2020
Do you love me now Can you love me, now I am not, but I am I see your pondering mind When I bring it up again and again You look away Your lips fall silent You have nothing to say Because you’ve said it all before This is me I so desperately Need you … Continue reading Rain on Me – January 28, 2020
Whispers – February 4, 2020
Listening to time Whisper through love You let me go Before you left me The gift Was knowing I’d be ok
Writing – February 5, 2020
Writing my feelings, Or are my feelings writing me?
High Strung Mess – July 13, 2020
Anxiety rolls in A bottomless pit Takes over All the moments Hit at the same exact time Unfold Untwist Move Please, move. A jolt of something Zings down your arm Closing your eyes Clinging to the one thought You seek and grab As a million shooting stars fly by Every single Touch, Emotion, Blaring. Volume … Continue reading High Strung Mess – July 13, 2020
Tongue Tied – August 21, 2019
There are so many words Jumbled everywhere Stuck in my knotted hair Awaiting a chance Just one will do To come out At you
Grey Matter – January 31, 2020
The grey sky Is blank Covering my mood Shaken to the core Who am I Lost in the obsolete Waiting past the due date The buzzer rings The light sings And for a split second I am awake Long enough to notice The grey Swallowing everything
Heartcries – January 20, 2020
Blood, My blood. All this blood. Why is it still dripping?
Still, I Cannot Breathe – January 29, 2020
Nobody And nothing Surrounds me Still, I cannot breathe
Spaced Out – January 26, 2020
I don’t know And I don’t know Why oh why Don’t I know Sitting and thinking Thinking and sitting Staring into space What a peculiar place
Tendrils of Credence – January 23, 2020
Bubbles of ice Stretching As far as the temperature Drops, Leaving nothing untouched And Accepting its reach.
Take Heed – January 22, 2020
I try to explain The direness Of it all My head Falls Softly to my chest The tears Can’t help But roll away Your lack of life Halts the ability To take in What I am floating And I worry Because This Is all we have
Brokenheartedness – January 22, 2020
I lay down my head My heart breaks ~~~ I open my eyes My heart breaks ~~~ There is not an inkling of time That traipses by ~~~ My heart doesn’t break
DoRee MelNic 