The ghosts of my dead friends
Appear to me in dreams
But it's hard to be reminded
And it's more than I can take
So I stay awake for days
In hopes I won't be haunted
By the empty space inside of me
That never goes away

#poetry

#poetry

Just an elder emo uncle about to clock in for baby sitting duties (wish me luck)

I would climb from every grave,
Claw through all the earth,
Pick the lock from every tomb,
Leap out of every hearse.
To find myself inside your heart.
My afterlife is you.
It’s you that brings me back again,
It’s you that pulls me through.

#poetry #poem

Good morning 🌞☕

There must be nightshade in her nail polish,
mascara made from monkshood.

There must be hemlock in her highlighter,
foundation made from foxglove.

She’s a field of poison ivy,
the bane of wolves and men.

I’ll risk rapture from the roots,
picking petals till I’m dead.

#poetry #poem

Poem reads: In the mood for self-destruction, something that I miss. I competed in the pro leagues, still got an injured wrist. Forced into retirement, ended on a low. Never won the major, but that’s just how it goes. Survived it nonetheless, alive to tell the story. Replay all the highlights— the rest is kind of boring.

#poetry #poem

There must be nightshade in her nail polish,
mascara made from monkshood.

There must be hemlock in her highlighter,
foundation made from foxglove.

She’s a field of poison ivy,
the bane of wolves and men.

I’ll risk rapture from the roots,
picking petals till I’m dead.

#poetry #poem

Hemingway's memorial to F. Scott Fitzgerald

Inside a spaceship

Poem: I lay awake all evening, listening to the sounds of overnight construction, and know I’m not alone. It’s nice to share this moment with machines that move the earth. I imagine that they dig for the bones of fallen stars. A symphony of steel keeps the whole street up. It never bothers me at all— a distraction from my thoughts. I lay awake all evening, listening to the sounds.

🌙

#poetry #blueskypoetry #writingcommunity

Picture of a man (me) playing guitar

Spending the afternoon with Priscilla (yes, I name my guitars)

Photo of the book 'Ariel' poems by Sylvia Plath

Revisiting a classic for this evenings reading #booksky #nowreading

The man I know as father
is far from the ideal.
This wooden boy is running
to look for something real.

With scissors for these strings in hand
and something for the pain.
Farewell to this familiar tree.
Break the branch that bears my name.

#vss365 #poetry

Fell for it again
A comedy of errors
Fail compilation

The 69 Eyes - Track 5 - Kiss Me Undead YouTube video by razorbladekiss616

Kiss me undead

Lovely poem (and my favourite game 🥲)

Today's fit: Satanic mechanic

I watched you moor yourself
to a man made of misery
who wouldn’t breathe you in
anchored in the shallows
still wanting something deeper
he took the wind from your sails
I watched you keep afloat
on the hopes of something real
then I felt a sinking feeling
you would never see the ocean

#poetry

Forgot her number
I know it starts with zero
Can't recall the rest

#haikufeels

Ray LaMontagne - Empty (Official Audio) YouTube video by raylamontagneVEVO

Never learned to count my blessings
I choose instead to dwell in my disasters

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6L3...

Thanks! Appreciate the likes 🙂

Thank you 😊 on the same wavelength haha. Appreciate the feedback!

My mother tried to teach me
The beauty of the trees
The innocence of flowers
The gracefulness of leaves
It's in a mothers nature
To nurture what she loves
Now I've grown to see the garden
In everything she does

#Cassiopeian #nature #poetry #writingcommunity

Thank you 😊

Absolutely, just have to try and super glue it all together and hope for the best 🥲

Poem: Heartbreak is flat-pack furniture the instructions don’t make sense pieces scatter on the floor and something’s always missing no tools supplied you force what doesn’t fit too many hands involved leave parts stripped, misaligned a few loose screws rattle where they shouldn’t when it’s finally assembled it’s just pretending to be whole

#Emoetry #flat #writingcommunity #poetry

all those dreams erased
like marker off a whiteboard
hard lesson to learn

#haikufeels

A photo of a football field with a big Australian flag in the middle

Football season in Australia. Go tigers 🐯

Book cover page. Title: The thirsty muse: alcohol and the american writer Author: Tom Dardis

Today's read. Should be interesting 🤔 #booksky