16. so embarrassing
everything embarrassing
is always linked to you
i'm performing under pressure
like the monkey in your zoo
this isn't how it's meant to be
this isn't what i do
i don't deserve your third degree
so screw this, and screw you
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15. beach
i watch - i watch the time - i watch the waves - i watch the way you pause in front of the ocean - i watch the way you glance at me - the corner of your eye - and i - i want to say hello - i want you to say hello - i want one of us to say - something - i am stuck - romance shy - so my chance dies - i'm sorry - a stupid reason - i wait - i apologise - if it was you - i guess i'll never know now - stupid me - why can't you be - more brave?
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14. a reoccurring dream
i escape to a place in my mind / where reality meets fiction and my sight / is blurred and murred by a love of all things new / carpe diem with one hand / hold non omnia possumus omnes in the other / wrestle with the contradiction / of ever-changing change: it revolves and this evolves / dissolves / into solutions minus a problem / the dream? it didn't stay / but it returned / again
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13. purr
how citrus lingers from yesterday night
like the ginger cat curled,
purred at my feet
how dishes collect on the kitchen sink
and second-nature second chance
burn bright between glances
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12. oh, the light!
oh, my darling, wait for it now...
at night, at dawn, at starfall
oh, look how it glimmers
one tear away from a shimmer
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11. posture
sit taller, sit brighter
stand stronger, stand lighter
grace becomes you; fills the space
pride of posture in your gaze
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10. fog
it hovered over the cityscape
like a restless hummingbird
a quiet fog, a shrouded silence…
a thousand whispered words
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9. bad habit
i have a bad habit of backing out
before i see things through
not with projects; just with you
not with poems; just the muse
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8. what's the truth
the world was full of blue
not of rain clouds, just of you
now the air is cleared of colour
a darker hue: still you
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7. portrait
gave your picture portrait polish
saved your favourite frame to hang
from the eaves, you left it dropping
crumpled heart and mangled panes
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6. a childhood memory
elephant in the room,
everyone staring
ignored all the warnings
and kept yourself cool
your energy is draining
my endless patience waning
how can i care
when i'm so done with sharing?
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5. spiral
i'm not sure if it's wise to wonder
whether words are swords
or spirals
...you could just assume they're both
- from METAPOETICAL, 2022
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4. trip
slipped, then dipped
got up too fast
tripped on over
my own heart
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3. eye contact
from under lashes, amber rose
to meet with idle foes
something going through her mind
impossible to know
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2. the internet
insanity of humanity
thorned truth and soft hope
contradiction infliction
of worn words and lost quotes
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prompt: change of state - day 1 of #escapril2024 on IG ✨I'll be posting every day on tumblr, but come join me over there to learn about the inspiration and writing process for each piece this month!
happy NaPoWriMo, sparks fam!
i felt at home
in a bigger city
no longer so alone
maybe this will be good for me;
surviving on my own
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each year i hope
and each year i don't:
my favourite daydream is true
each time i hope
and each time i don't,
my favourite nightmare is you
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