First Draft

being the one to make the first move.. Top Story - January 2024.
i’m looking at you all disappointed-like because why didn’t you take the hint when i reached my hand out across the table
By Huan Huan 2 years ago in Poets
Stranger
When I think of you being gone I don’t think of grief and sadness I get a sense of relief and gladness To be free from you
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Poets
Home
Your house is where you live It is the place where you store your things Where you eat and sleep But home Home is a state of being
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Poets
Whispers of Winter
A brisk and biting wind begins to blow, Between the scattering of falling snow, Crystal flakes descending, an ethereal show.
By Varsha Elizabeth2 years ago in Poets
Click
Ah, there it is The click The gears have been spinning so long I forgot they could do that It came as a whisper Unbidden, unbound from any thought
By Vicious Avarice2 years ago in Poets
Nairadeceba
Zoonotically chaotic, a world filled with life Yawning and yelling to tell their stories in this Xenologic experience Whaling at all hours of the day to attract a mate
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Poets
Breaking The Silence . Content Warning.
Being sagacious about my anger. Hung it up like a hanger. Feeling alone, turned me into your myrmidon, no choice in the matter on my behalf. Castration like a calf but it wasnt my balls. It was my innocence, purity and all.
By BigPThaGoat2 years ago in Poets
2 AM
Here is the prompt: It does not feel real (a glow in the dark) * No one is really up now (green and red light lined up)
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in Poets
Worthy?
A hammer A sword in a stone A thrown waiting to be taken To be conquered by the forsaken To be shaken loose But it is you that must choose
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Poets
Searching
A code in a book From a cephalopod god People roving the streets As ravenous dogs Devour the holiest of ours People scour to and fro
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Poets
What I imagine it would be like to trust God
A heavy burden lifted off your shoulders... You can finally breathe for the first time Because you’re not trying to figure it
By Kya Pereira2 years ago in Poets
The Wanderer
Behold!! The Wanderer Traveling the stars Both near and far What does it know It’s just a brain in a jar Come to inspect our world
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Poets