Tag: poetry

  • Slam Poetry

    “The Star Chamber is what I am here to invent.  I am here to get out of my comfort zone and to do exactly what I want to do.”  I talked to my mirror and tried to pump myself up.  I knew my nerves were getting the best of me because I was starting to…

  • Wildfire

    “Spread love like wildfire is probably one of the cheesiest lines I’ve ever heard.  Wildfires are dangerous.  Love is not.  Why would anyone want to compare love to a wildfire?”  Hannah sat back in her chair and primly folded her hands in her lap.  I squinted my eyes at her and wondered what her life…

  • Missing

    I tried hard to miss you  When you left me for the last time.  I wanted to move on  But couldn’t quite figure out why.  Or how.  Why you kept invading  My thoughts  My dreams.  When all I wanted to do   Was to love again.  I wanted my heart   To open  And not break.  Strengthen.  Bond.  Laugh.  I’m starting…

  • About Me

    I never wanted everything about me  And yet, I did.  I wanted you to call.  To include me and think about me.  I wanted to insert myself  Into the fun, but didn’t know how.  Didn’t know if you would accept me.  If you even really liked me.  How could I convince you I   just wanted to be included?  You talked about…

  • First

    He was the first one I fell in love with. The first one to break my heart. But he had moved on too quickly For me to forget What he had done and How he had treated me. I wanted to be free. He wanted to control everything I did. I slowly realized what Was…

  • Love Letters

    I knew what letters I wanted to send  and what letters I never should have sent.  The ones I never should have loved  and the ones I should have loved harder.  Hugged longer.  Laughed louder.  I wanted to find my way  with you by my side.  I wanted to let them know how  much I cared.  But…

  • Naïve

    I always knew I trusted  you too easily.  That you would take advantage  of me at a moments notice.  The longer I stayed  the more I lost.  The more I lost  the more I thought I needed you. 

  • My Heart

    If you rip my heart out  I won’t even notice.  If you rip my heart out  it won’t even hurt If you rip my heart out  I probably won’t bleed.  If you rip my heart out  I won’t keep chasing.  If you rip my hear out  I will only go back to sleep.  If you rip my heart…

  • Shake It Up

    “I intend to shake things up,” my roommate said.  “No one is going to be able to stop me when I get everything started.”  Mallory did a little dance as she tried to pump herself up.  She was performing  at her first open mic night and reading some of her poetry.  It was her chance for a…

  • Comfortable

    I wanted to be comfortable   In my own skin  I wanted to love myself  As much as you love me.  I wanted to look like her  But she was impossible to replicate.