Funeral by Artemis Lifeless limbs caress the forlorn floor,A lingering scent of melancholic miseryKisses air as stagnant as a heartThat has ceased to be a muscleTo be molded into the container for a loveAs broken as itself.Fluttering fingers wander over cracked skinThat used to be silk and sinInterwoven by a steady hand.I can’t even touch myself… Read More Funeral

Breathe Underwater by J. Rylee D.  The waves of you, they pull me underMemories of who we used to beLike an anchor, they drag me deeperAnd I’m finding it hard to breathe There’s a storm that’s surging throughI swim against the current of you and meI should’ve run after youWhen you turned around, but I watched… Read More Breathe Underwater

The Dark & The Heavy by Radana J Keenan Dustit’s everywhere,it’s covering all the dreamsmy naïve head framed. Echosin this empty roomare filling my earsthat are aching for a sound. Darknessas an obscure cloud,hovering over me,weighing me down. Voiddestroying my heart,destroying my soul,making a mere shell of a human out of me. This site contains… Read More The Dark & The Heavy

Of the Snow by Preston Chan The glistening snow on my backHalts the frozen death around me.Looking down, four delicate fluffs of snowOh wait, that’s only me. I look around, nothing beyond yonder exceptAn endless dark mahogany array of lifeless trees. Nothing in sight, so shall I askWhat am I doing here? Daringly sickening like… Read More Of the Snow

A Letter to my Best Friend by Mo Unwin When I was in darknessYou lit up a bridgeAcross the river.We crossed it and walkedAll over the city.We got drunk,We soared from bar to bar,Birds free to float aboutKnowing no one would hurt us.You’d never let them.Then we went homeWankered.I told you thatYou’ll always mean the… Read More A Letter to my Best Friend

If Photonic Velocity Remains Constant by Nathan Sweem No one will hear her words,Daylight trapped insideThe gravitational fieldOf a black star.Too much to say, anyway.Makes time slow.And loneliness heavy.To say that time slowsNear the stellar coreIs to say that distance expands;The two are equivalent.Her spirit eats itself aliveA femtometer at a timeWhile the universe speeds… Read More If Photonic Velocity Remains Constant

Fishing by John Hansen On the bank slender cattails reach out andtall grasses with clouds of swirling insects bite the air. John Hansen This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. For more information, see my disclosures here. 

Sudden Deaths by Aila Bolandro I was killed, onceFelt like the world in my handsLike a bean sprout in a mudA place I usually don’t hide. I was killed, twiceLived my childhood like a mouseGotta hide in the sunriseI filled my treasure chest with cries. I was killed, thriceI haven’t even recognizedAs if bullets are… Read More Sudden Deaths

Loving Love by Loud Mouth Insane Mind I wish I could do something,But loving love wasn’tas easy as loving someone, It had to be carefully done,love was weak-hearted,one anger strokeand ways, it parted a little hate snowcould cause an avalanchebecause baby love isn’t someonewith whom you can play around, and a little ignorance axecan cut… Read More Loving Love

Scars by Avalone Rae I gave myself scars by loving you,Your skeptic waves washed over my shore,Where I played for years and years,You planted seeds of doubt,Deep into the corners of my mind,As I walked like a ghost in the background,Always fading away into the crowd,Afraid of having the spotlight on me,Afraid of someone picking… Read More Scars