Category Poetry

Unrealistic Expectations

They question why you make the choices you do, Leaving behind the safe path, For a riskier world, Calling it unrealistic, Watching you work and waste away in pity, They shrug and complain, Despairing for you, Caught in the web…

Specs

It’s a wonder how my specs remind me of the men in my life, My father always asked me to remove them before every strike, My brother asked me to take them off, “Show off those beautiful eyes.” The man…

Identity

If you could run away and become someone else, If you could replace your skin with dye, And turn into truth any lie, Who would you be? Which person would you choose? Which one would you shed like an old…

Teenage Musings

There are questions all around everyone has different advice, And lifestyle, No one wishes to cause harm, Or perhaps they do, Torn between various relationships, And desires and dreams, And goals and aims and duties, And wishes and cruses, And…

Siren Song

Eyes that entrap senses, A violet swirling demise, Surging like a storm, Clashing likes waves forbidden, In a tango so beautiful, so hidden, Like desire, Like demise, As one their voices rise. The waters, dark and deep, Swirl with all…

She

She was air-born, Flying above the stars, With her hair trailing out, Her tears bled over wars. She saw them cut and slash and maim. She saw them trade insults from inside cars. She saw them rejoice in pain, Set…

Nostalgia

Oh! Wheel of time, How you run. Seventeen years gone, A whirlwind of fun. The memories precious, Recall? The days you wanted to grow up? When you stood by the door, Patience waning, For someone to scare. Recall? The days…

A warrior

A warrior A warrior she was, Not of her aim true, Nor of hardships lived through, No, a warrior she was, A warrior for her sister, Protection from the world sinister, A warrior for the young dove, A warrior for…

Circe

Circe From the shadows of the past, A maiden has ensnared by heart. Her hair red like a flame, Flickering down her back, Burns the hearts of all around her, Her eyes are emeralds, Set in the most beautiful stone,…

Fire in her eyes

She had fire in her eyes, Bejeweled as they were with emeralds. He was a rising prince, And tears were his pay back. He ran in a pack, While another howled at the moon, And yet others embraced the darkness…