Category «Poems in progress»

Through the past, darkly

To the future, You blink, And life changes before your eyes. The pandemic is something no one saw coming, Once a fun, joyful life  Quickly becomes one of fear and panic. Living life with no touch, No contact, No ability to see below someones eyes. We live in a life full of masks And Purell. …

Film poem(pg 92)

Icicles clinging on for their life Fearing if they slip They crash into millions of tiny pieces Snow gracefully dancing To the faint song  Of the trees rustling The atmosphere white and cold Burning your throat as you breath in  Exhaling warm air Seeing it disperse into nothingness The calm and serene beauty Easing the …

Acrostic(pg 150)

The Unwanted Shadow He calls himself mental illness as if a name makes it Easier to cope with and live with on a daily basis. He’s Locked himself inside me making my body a home. Little does he know, he’s not wanted here. One long day after another of continuous battles. Does he not understand …

Free Poem 2

My eyes hang heavy  Like weights on my face Drooping so low they can touch the floor.  My body weak  Caving to the weight of gravity  Slowly bringing me lower and lower My being is flooded with exhaustion Which is growing stronger by the minute Making me weaker and weaker.

Drafty-Draft Poem

Running Out of Time Tik tok tik tok Time is running out Which will I choose? The path of uncertainty  Do I trust in fate Where I have no control? Or stay on my current path Where I live in fear Wondering “what if”? Tik tok tik tok  Which will I choose?

Free Poem

Lifeline Your heart is racing As you fight for your life. Watching in flashes Everything you’ve ever done. All of your choices, emotions and memories  The loves you’ve had and those you’ve lost Like a megaplex of screens Scanning through your life. You hear the beep get faster Like an alarm in your head. Do …

Feared Drowned Two(pg. 102)

Agony I woke up Tears dripping down my face I closed my eyes as tight as I could Squeezing my leg hopping it would be gone when I opened them back up again, But it wasn’t. It’s always there It’s become a part of me, Apart of whom I am. Some days worse than others, …

And what if I am a taker?(pg 62)

Defeated Bubbly, cheery and happy go lucky?   Not on my watch.   I am stronger than them. Your effervescence falls flat when I am around  I take over your emotions and affect you physically  I fill you with hatred and anxiety, Making you sick to your stomach. Replacing your baby blues With cold gray emptiness.    …

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