You whispered poetry to me,
penetrating my ear with the warm hard thrust
of your syntax. Caressing my body with your
alliteration, bringing chill bumps to the
landscape of my skin. You trace a
series of haiku down my spine.
My toes curl from the thrill of wave after wave
of vowels and syllables washing over me.
I open my eyes to see before me your
naked heart trembling, longing to be claimed.
Before I Can Become a Writer by intricately-ordinary, literature
Literature
Before I Can Become a Writer
Develop insomnia. Develop
problems with substance abuse,
nothing serious, but enough
that I can say “write drunk,
edit sober” and mean it.
Drink tea. Write about drinking
tea. Take up smoking, ignore
the thoughts about it being
a slower suicide. Write about
suicide. Don’t mean it.
Write about sunsets and
ink veins. Mean it.
Fall in love with someone
who will never love me back.
Lament. Write a million
crappy poems and two good
ones. Never show him.
Move on. Write a few more
bad poems. Fall in love with
someone perfect. Screw it up.
Fall in love with someone awful.
Call him perfect. Screw it up.
Cry. Cry for the inevitab
Curing Depression in Seven Easy Steps by intricately-ordinary, literature
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Curing Depression in Seven Easy Steps
1. apologize profusely to
the ones you were honest with,
the ones who believe in you,
the ones who never cared,
the boy who thought you were
worth it, the girl who stayed up
all night to hear you breakdown,
the doctors, the nurses, the stars,
your scars, your little brother
who told you he hoped your sad
would go away, yourself
2. fall in love with someone
who doesn’t understand you.
write poems about his eyes being
a lighthouse, and his hands
being sirens. tell him he is
your happiness, he makes you
better. tell him his scars are
beautiful, he is so breathtakingly
beautiful that it’s reasonable
you should cry; love him
infin
1.
i wake up and tear the sun
from the sky like this is a
grade school art project and i
am supposed to share something
worthy of myself-- i think
there is a black hole nestled
betwixt my lonely ribs,
devouring anything alive.
on days like these, my greatest weakness
is weakness and i am my own fatal flaw.
we live by mantras and my ears ring
‘i hate every piece of me’
(he put his head to my chest
and heard me dying;
call me beautiful now)
2.
we are the false ends of sunken
universes, we are pieces of
dead galaxies and you are
stardust, god, you are
beautiful.
i believe that this is all just a dream
by someone with an
in a pride of white
rooftop ashes, stars dangling
on hooks
we stared, oval-shaped
at driftwood ships
burning in the passing night
the moon swung low
and waves made splinters
of all plans
you laughed, and held tighter
30
toasting the moon
with draughts of deepest twilight —
old friend
29
a small band
lurking beneath the trees
waiting
to accost the unwary
with bad folk music
28
from a nook
in the giant pillars crown
watchful sparrow
27
our beautiful tree
blooming later than others
and yet —
26
snow yesterday
dandelions today
a winter training
25
sparrows shout
over a jackhammer
be quiet!
24
plenty of time
on the long walk to the car
to miss my coat —
23
heavy rain
thickens into a blizzard
then sunshine
22
a lone raven
flies through the heavy mist
no leaves for shelter
21
wa
All roads lead to an ancient forest
to a forest made of stone.
Friends and daughters, sons and fathers
in the forest, you're alone.
All roads lead to an ancient forest
some too short, some for too long.
All roads lead to an ancient forest
and each road is walked alone.
All roads end in the ancient forest
each is separate, all alone
all lead there but none return
from the forest, made of stone.