Poetry

Rudder

inkycapnip

10 May 2025

Consequences are mine to behold,
sluggish with the weight of another.
Morals I bought repeatedly sold,
finished rebuilding my rudder.

Mentally ill with a heart of gold,
forgetting the feeling of rubber.
Automatically doing what I have been told,
my ancient dreams lay covered.

Trimmed white sails, I dodge the boom.
Steered into rougher waters.
Letting you in may spell certain doom.
My heart once again flutters.

Belay the start of something new,
shadows of familiar discord.
Sinister words in search of reward,
am I ever prepared to suffer?

There's Time

I oft feel like I’m running out Wading in stagnant waters of doubt I wonder how I’ve survived without The things I can only dream about There is a time to mourn the past But bad things never seem to last It was my mind that held so

Crystal Clear Lines

guarantee we’ll survive every flow and ebb of tides we don’t control but thrive in spite of silly choices silly people silly fingers through the peephole empty words could never cut we’ve been through worse it’s not for us and so we remain simple unbothered opened

Ginny

I want to believe someone who writes such beautiful poetry could never hurt me, or desert me. Can I be worthy of such sweetness without suffering? I’ve never really been seen, People rarely get what I mean, But you dissect so effortlessly, A power that enraptures me. I notice

No one will believe you

Threaten one more time and I will spill every secret You’re naive to think I’d continue to keep it My lips are as loose as these tiny little screws Consequences of your actions long overdue “Keep your mouth shut or tighten the noose” I’d rather set fire

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There's Time

Crystal Clear Lines

Ginny

No one will believe you