Poetry

Comet

inkycapnip

09 Apr 2025

You look pretty
There’s the spark
Your mind beguiles
A race in my heart

Fidgeting toes
Trying to get close
Swaying arms
Sneaking a touch
Itchy lips
Stuck on her view
In this state
Nothing I wouldn’t do

A single drop
My cup runneth over
The future I glimpsed
Turns into disorder
Someone to love
Could never be me
You’ve shown me another way to be free

The fire burns out
My mind contorts
Lingering feelings
Cotton candy storms
I’m aware they’ll continue to come in installments
What once was destructive finally turns harmless

A bird with a broken wing

I want to write a poem for you But you don’t really let people in So I can only write for the father I’ve had Not the one you wish you had been Deep beneath the skin of a man little boy cries frozen in time For a

Never Heard

While you were frozen solid I was falling on my face When I offered you a hand My progress was displaced In the face of your suffering I prefer to walk alone Rather than cut off pieces Trying to keep you whole All the darkness I witnessed Contrasted by beams

Sunshine

Brown eyes brighter than the sun I saw the world through yours before I ever grew my own Strong hands forged in fire and stone You stood stalwart between my light and the unknown Sour words that stung in my youth Turned bitter after half a decade apart Lemonade sweetened

Daisy

In another life Crescent moons adorn your arms Slipping through my fingers Cocooning an ugly charm A silver touch, soft fingers Gliding across my scalp A luminous smile Feeds a fresh start A whispered plea Let's never be apart Sadly I've grown An unattached heart I&

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A bird with a broken wing

Never Heard

Sunshine

Daisy