free verse poetry (Remove filter)
I.
false start.
Draw too deep breath.
Linger too long.
take back break
neck speed one
two don’t stop ask
once no twice
Forget.
Slowly.
Forego solid food.
Count to ten.
hold on elastic pill
tight stretch
release sharp no time
fixing not broken not ever
Monday 3rd December 2018 9:57 pm
the first is [not]
I don’t have a poem for you
you don’t feel volatile
I am sputtering like a flame someone left too close to
an open window
but you are not the chilly night air
you are not the frayed wick
I still haven’t figured out what you are
you are like deja vu with pretty eyes
seeing a splintering of a thousand potential futures
they all exist because none of them exist ...
Wednesday 21st November 2018 3:26 pm
the first is
This one is not for you.
Stay.
Stay.
Close your eyes
those framed portraits
[eager and aloof.]
one day red
full stop
left to [no] exchange
grasping
looking
[looking] up up down
stay.
Stay sane.
in
with no regard,
heaviness,
luke warm
...
Wednesday 21st November 2018 3:04 pm
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