Stepping onto the old wooden steps, I feel as though I have seen this place before. Where have I been for the past several years? I have to keep moving. Stepping onto the old wooden boat, I feel as though I have been at…
Category: Poetry Prompt Responses
I Hope I’m Not That Tree
I wait for your text. After hours we don’t do much. I see you, You see me, We don’t talk openly, Be honest… I know that I don’t. The soft moonlight hits us as we walk past the old tree stump. The tree was…
Dark Waters Filled with Hope
Used to be comfortable in this world I lived in. Used love being part of this wondrous world of life Used to see my various neighbors swim past my home. Used to love waking up in the morning Used want to catch food Used to…
It was a dream
Words swirling, pen scratching. I look in the mirror and I am napping. Goodnight.
Hunger game
I doubt my talent, raging storm of self loathing. I must be hungry.
Old fashioned love
Hate, blinding and all encompassing. Humorous, uncomfortable laughter ensues. You are too cute. You are too wild. I hate your curves. I hate your smile. How humorous your sweet looks are. How humorous your accent. You try and melt my steadfast heart. You…
The woods
My guide had left, I walked alone, deeper into a great unknown. Trodden a road less traveled, filled with overgrown obstacles. I came upon a snowy clearing, having no idea what I was nearing. I walked up to the single lone pine, in the…
Returning love
And the sky seemed to clear for you and I. Days before with dark clouds above, I searched for the one I love. Though crystal mountains and glass halls, could never reveal her at all. The people that I spoke with were transparent…
Fire insurance
The rumour spread through the city like wildfire.* Rising up fresh with each new breath of gossip. Fighting to stay afloat as it soared over the heads of each monger. And with each recitation it grew in size and strength. Then the city collected…
Having Slept
I slept. I never do without it. Up for an hour to finish But I slept. My old mind. My old body Cannot Not Sleep! Not just to dream Sometimes I wish I didn’t Sometimes just to lay still And heal. I sleep. I never…