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She reads a lot. In buses and in trains, in bed and on the couch, while eating and even walking, at all the times of day and night. Another – writes, restlessly, especially at night. Both prose and poetry, in all their forms. Prefers the…

Void of Any Thing

“Be the best version of yourself” it is said Avoid the watered down version, others crave Avoid dulling anything despite the observation ways Avoid that negative talk that leaves one frozen in the situation Avoid holding what is not yours to hold, in time, space,…

1 PM

Lately I feel it all Rushing into me A house fire blazing From room to room Leaving only charred foundations Caked with soot And I am left standing Shivering in the ashes Grateful for the in and out Of my lungs Grieving over what’s lost…

Afraid To Fail

(My fear of failing goes back to time immemorial.) Afraid to fail afraid to fall Because your anger I still recall ‘Might be embarrassed might hear a nag That’s why in trying It’s where I lag

Infamously Unknown (Prompt Seven)

Upon the stage… I have found my love. To act . . . To sing . . . To entertain… Accolades have come; Criticisms, too. I am an Actor; Female. We are all Actors. Labels . . . Male or Female; We act… On stage…

Sadly #5

Sadly I stare at the screen, knowing what I want to say, I just am not to sure on how to let it out, or how to relay, Sadly I must trust technology, to help me through, I do not have any friends, to ask…

The Anatomy of an Anxious Heart

Pumping blood of worries, On veins of negativity. Made up of dark chambers, And loneliness for arteries. Beating with danger, Thumping with fear, Pounding hard for the unusual things, Though they are not yet made clear. Silently screaming, Wanting to get out of this old…

ANGST

A. Alive, I feel alive. I feel alive, in this moment and in this poem. I am alive. I am everything I’ve dreamed of, anything at all, I can be. I am the moon, controlling the tides, I am the tides, washing ashore, I am…

Lay hands on me

Place ur hands over my head Heal my mind Close ur hands over my face Make my beauty shine Cover my heart with ur healing hands Take my pain away Heal me Feel me under my skin The power to heal The love can do…

The Angst

My death awaits me somewhere up ahead Each step I take leads me to it’s embrace I must go on I cannot stop instead It looms ahead and waits to show it’s face Is fear of this my only lot in life? A fate that…