I have been compulsively Cleaning my room As if trying to get rid of The mess of you And my mind feels clearer now But at the same time feels Empty. To close my eyes is to Look out over completely still water And even my breathing Sounds quieter than before. But I am used…
Read MoreMemories – A Poem
The nature of memories Is comparable to pebbles Found on ocean shores. The pretty ones. The ones you admire for their pure perfection. The ones you may collect into Parcels of folded hands To be deposited in display jars When you arrive home. But they weren’t always that perfect. It’s just that the tumbling tides…
Read MoreThe view from underneath a park bench
I never want to live Like the spaces under benches That only see the hands disposing of chewing gum And the muddy soles of shoes. I want to see the world above them filled with First kisses and Giggles and Whispers and Old couples holding between their interlaced fingers, The idea that maybe true love…
Read MoreHopelessly Wasted Words – A Poem
You don’t deserve Any of the words I give you. Why do I fill my pages With words for you When all yours for me Were empty? And more importantly Why do I keep writing them? Why do I constantly Hopelessly Waste my words On the people Whose colours turned to grey? Who turned my…
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Masterpiece – A Poem
I am a masterpiece in progress. Constantly Endlessly Painting and repainting my bones In the colour that I think fits me best, But nothing stays just right for very long. At first a colour may seem rich And powerful Like the passion of burgundy red, But as it seeps into my marrow It becomes nothing…
Read MoreRain – A Poem
It is not the rain That makes the sound. It is the collision Of water bullets beating a surface. I will always find discomfort In the sound of rain hitting my head, Drumming on the walls of my skull, Tapping on my window pane. Water holds so much power As if these droplets Are actually…
Read MoreA Song I Heard – A Poem
I found a song That is more a story With lyrics speaking more Than words But emotions. Instruments playing more Than a tune But screeching with ache Yearning to be heard Like the bow Is slicing across my skin Instead of a violin. This song transports me To the heart of another And makes me…
Read MoreDangerous – A Poem
Did you know How dangerous it is To love A lover of words? You must love them Ferociously Passionately Delicately. Fill their days With dancing rains, Blooming stars And honey-scented cigars. Fill their hearts With potions Of emotions They never knew they could feel. Send them balloons Planted with trees To give them a wonder…
Read MoreNot All That Glitters is Golden – A Poem
I often end up blinded By the glitter falling from the sky Nesting underneath my eyelids And in the creases by my eyes. But though this glitter sparkles While I’m holding out my hand, It never seems as golden By the time it took to land. What looks like glitter from below Is actually glass,…
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To the Bottom of the Ocean – A (quite long) Poem
I jumped off the jetty. Or maybe I fell, Too busy with my face turned toward the sun. Floating in the water now I’m somehow So far away. Alone. My feet dance Searching for the familiarity Of feeling sand between my toes But all I’m doing is treading water, The ocean slipping through my fingers…
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Lauren Kathleen 