I often imagine a warmth drenching me , specially when dusk dawns in this neighbourhood of innumerable weeping willows. I know my mother more than she knew hers, she says. There is a dam somewhere I feel, holding back a reservoir of memories, bound by…

Wandering eyes with meandering mind Eat away at symbols Clutched within the web of thought Struggling, attempting to decipher Yet every thought brings on more Questions than answers. I bring myself back Pulling myself down Out of the clouds And try and stay in the…

For so long I lived in the illusion of our happy ending. Until I learned that endings can be found in the middle too. It took me far too long to see that my happy was in our ending, which also became my beginning. 6/26/2021

Apocalyptic endings Mass extinction all the way People think they’re rarities But they happen every day Within the souls of people Passing on the street You wouldn’t know to look at them It could be anyone you meet The kid who sells you coffee Whose…

It was a beginning of sorts Only I had no idea where I was going Or where the roads would lead. Uncharted lands, the tiny path That twist and turned upon itself Into the woods in the mist-ridden Hills where you once walked. I heard…

In you, I believe My love, I retrieve No more I grieve!

Too long I’ve lived inside the noise, the words, the doubts; I’ve been trampled down, and made to shrink beneath the sea of strife. My soul was lost, weighted by the expectations placed upon me, not just by others but also by myself, so all…

Hillside dark, water calm A single lantern floating Veil shredded, flowers dead A sudden, rotten, bloating Bride alive, Corpse husband A shovel with sticky coating Crunching earth, shifting waves A victim left ungloating. Crime unseen, story untold The lantern no longer floating.

Why are you dreaming of a return To normal? Your normal was never mine.   Your normal gave me pain And heartbreak. Your normal was my hell, My misery.   Let this mark the end of your normal And of mine. Hope’s last cry for…

Hello! My name is Erin and this is my first year participating in the Poetry Marathon. I’ve opted for the half, since I can’t run very far 😉 I’ve been writing poetry in earnest since middle school – mostly free verse, and found poetry, and…