Category: poetry (page 2)

Let the leaves of my heart unfurl,

And open into a space of quiet exile.

A gentle drag in my stomach,

Speaks directly to my heart.

The whispering shroud of sadness,

Tells me you are gone.… Read the rest

Is there anything better,

Than the art of putting words on a page?

They flow from my soul like a watercolour,

Painting a different kind of piece.

Like a sculpture of sounds,

That the words make inside our minds.… Read the rest

Words for soothing my frayed soul,

And words for healing my tender mind.

Dive into a pool of words,

To bathe in their gentleness.… Read the rest

Sit around the speaker,

Like it is a fire.

On a cold evening,

Music warms my soul,

With sad, beautiful songs.… Read the rest

Looking forward,

To a trip to the country tomorrow,

The sunshine is so divine,

The best time of the year.… Read the rest

Writing feels closed to me tonight.

Another way to give up my power.

All the things that I choose NOT to say,

After finding the rumble inside.… Read the rest

It is so nice to come back to my body.

This was such a disembodied experience.

So outside of what can be seen or tasted.

Waiting for me beyond those doors can be touched.… Read the rest

It is such a strange and totally unexpected consequence,

Now I feel like you don’t want to hear from me,

And in the process I have totally stifled my voice.

A voice that was such a lovely thing to find.… Read the rest

The desire to write has got the better of me perhaps.

It doesn’t feel like a safe space.

And it doesn’t feel like a fun space.

It feels like it has turned against me.

And now all that is left is the opportunity to be traumatised,

Or to go into withdrawal.… Read the rest

A memory of a meme,

‘Loneliness is the human condition,

We are all at its mercy.

Don’t try to find a relationship to absolve yourself of it.’

Digging a little more,

Some authors say that loneliness makes them regret every decision they have ever made.… Read the rest