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POEM STARTER
Write a poem on the theme of returning.
You could write about returning to a physical place, or a more metaphorical meaning of this theme.
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there’s an angel on earth (an impartial observer)
come to witness the folly of humanity
to watch, unsleeping, unbreathing, unliving
(it forgets itself)
it sees the dapple of light through leaves and the rippling of fresh river water and (it forgets itself).
it goes to sleep.
she wakes up to an unbearable weight.
the world itself sits on her chest and calls her to the stand,
in a court of outdate...
there’s an angel on earth (an impartial observer)
come to witness the folly of humanity
to watch, unsleeping, unbreathing, unliving
(it forgets itself)
it sees the dapple of light through leaves and the rippling of fresh river water and (it forgets itself).
it goes to sleep.
she wakes up to an unbearable weight.
the world itself sits on her chest, calls her to the stand,
in a court of outdated ...
It’s been six months since you asked,
“Will you be mine?”
How far we have come,
In what little of time.
You brought me a flower,
Its color was blue.
So simple, yet precious.
And what came next, I had no clue.
We’ve danced, we’ve laughed.
We’ve hugged, we’ve cried.
And we’ll always be here,
Where our love has never died....
I leave
For the first time.
It’s New Years Eve,
And you both come
To say goodbye.
Even though it’s Michigan,
And December,
And six AM,
And your twelfth birthday.
I’m gone
For four months.
We text each other
Every single day,
And play Roblox together.
It’s great, but I can’t see you.
And then I text you all:
My parents have bought
A house. In Florida.
But I come back,
And you all come...
She spilled out the secrets
That night on their bed
He heard all her scars
Inside of her head
He heard horrid moments
She wished to forget
She never told a soul
For a safe place…
She hadn’t met yet
He heard of the years
All the innocence
He stole
From the woman he loved
How it took its toll
Just a little girl with a story
She needed to tell
She laid out before him
What
Created her shell
Ke...
Why do I always come running back to you
There’s just no escaping you
I know that you’re a part of me
But you’re so toxic you’ve scarred me deep
And just when I feel like I can be alright for a second
I’m right back to where I’ve been
With no distance gained
Just figments of my imagination
Look up to the sky and ask god what is this cruel game
Why’d he give me this fucked up brain
Filled w...
I hope that you feel safe
Inside your tiny fortress
A microcosm of the world.
I hope that you find peace
Inside your gated fortress
A place you’re not disturbed.
I hope that you are happy
Inside your hidden fortress
A thief of your great laugh.
I hope that you can dream
Inside your shiny fortress
A prison for your mind.
I hope that you will glance
Outside your lonely fortress
A person without ...
They said there would be a flash.
A piercing light, a thundering silence,
A creeping, quaking fear as my own wrongs, disappointingly bland, were thrust into the light of an eclipsing love.
But there is never a flash.
I tilt forward into You as if my head were tipped up to the bowl of the sky and I could choose to keep my feet anchored or offer myself up to the galaxy's swirl.
There was no boomin...
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