Writing Prompt

I am tired

Lord am I tired

Pushing the same tire up a mountain

But it’s flat and

The slope is steep

And the aching numbed

Bones in my feet

But I will persevere

What’s fueling me

Is the strength in my heart

When it’s buried deep

I am thankful for this suffering

Obsession with the process

Trekking up this mountain

Is an honest testing of my conscience

For every time I strive for mo...

Sapphires ricochet off slate

Magic swallowed by endless grey

A path cut clear for all to see

I’ll follow it to the end.

Bright smiles fade at ashen walls

Gold light cracked by the length it falls

Unfazed by sorrow, bliss and fear

Stands steady, my heart of stone....

Wake up and go to sleep tired

Keep emotions bottled up

Afraid to let them show

When will be enough

Nobody ever knows

That’s what they let you think

But it’s actually when

Your emotions are on the brink

It’s quite horrible by then

Like a kettle of tea

About to explode

You just have to be strong

And push agaisnst it

Not letting it go

When will be enough

I know someone has to know...

When the poetry’s too loud

When the words seep in my bones

When sorrow tugs and scrapes my heart

I gag and stifle a wretched moan

I look up

Watch raindrops coat the window glass

I find one making it’s way down fast

I let it guide me as it slides past

The others that stand too still

And in its motion I can breathe

A drop in the ocean

A wave breaks over a reef

And in the break I find reli...

I am

So tired

Of

Taking

It

One

Day

At

A

Time

When

I’ve

Been

So tired

Of

Being tired

And

The day

After

The next

Still

Isn’t

Better

I am tired

Of my head being so

Loud

But my thoughts so

Empty

I’m tired

And

I

Can’t

I

Just

Cannot

Look

For the light

At the

End

Of the

Tunnel

When

All

I

Want

Is to

Hide away

In the dark...

They called her an iceberg, frosty and insincere

Forever scheming behind a polished veneer

Eyes sharper than an iceberg’s pointy tip

Speech shallow and detached spilled from her lips.

Pale and pristine, untouched by pain or despair

Aloof and cruel, with her blank, icy stare

Merely drifting along in life’s cold sea

Alone and unloved, she would forever be.

Not once did they think she was barel...

Anger is a gift

I seldom let myself enjoy

For it use to be my prison sentence

Without my mask to hide the tears

Without my muzzle to hide my screams

I would have been sent to the stake

A look of frustration means rebellion

Rebellion means treason

Dare I question the hierarchy

Each protesting word was dowsing myself in gasoline while they held a match

If you go against the law, you will burn

Bu...

I wasn’t born with a heart for “casual”.

Not for hook ups,

Not for one night stands,

Not for cheating,

Not for side pieces,

Not for secrets,

Not for lies.

My heart wasn’t made for any of that.

My heart was made for the devastatingly,

Soul crushingly,

Mind boggling,

World crashingly,

Universe spiraling,

Pure insanity enveloped love

You could ever imagine....

I can carry the Earth in my arms

Yet not 30 pounds

My baggage weighs more than the airlines allow

It’s astounding that I’ve lasted until now

I’m completely crushed

But here I still stand

I just wish sometimes that it all would end...

Long ago, men fought with fists

Their power determined by simple brawn

Nature gifted some with strength

While others crumbled, quickly gone

The weak grew quickly tired of this

Constant belittlement like grubs

They needed something to their name

So men then invented clubs

With clubs, the playing field was matched

And soon the strong began to sweat

For winning by muscle alone

Was no longer a saf...