1.
Because the earth isn't spinning fast enough
and I'm barely holding on to the soil
dipping my toes in gorilla glue
just to be safe
to be attached to something.
2.
For all the boys and girls that never grew up
that chew bubble gum and throw it at their neighbors
and get sugary plaster in their hair
only to be tamed with peanut butter
scissors
and some summer rain.
3.
For us.
because we need it.
4.
Nails that don't grow enough in the day light
for veins that glow through skin
pulsing on our palms
holding us hostage for a breath
of air
I don't like to breathe.
5.
For them.
Because they need it, too.
for the world
for the beakers that can't keep their lids on
and the wasted air we breathe into our clouds.
For me, for you
For who we strive to be
6.
Ripped sheets of paper,
ribbed wife beaters
with bad reputations.
Ever since they got out on parole
no one will wear them any more.
They find a comfortable home on my skin.
They are loose.
They are lost.
7.
To worship rejection.
To live life as misery
because sorry is a small price to pay
to see the beauty in the world.
To expect nothing of yourself
and still end up
disappointed.
8.
Waking up on the wrong side of tomorrow
When the animals are barking at the stars
like collars sitting in the sky
calling to their long lost masters.
Noses pointed at the moon
but the barks fall back into their stomachs
like kibble.
9.
Because we need it.
Because today is too painful
and tomorrow doesn't have a name
yet.
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Hey, I really liked the last poem you wrote, so I thought I might check out another!
This is cool, it feels really loose and free and unpolished, but in a way that doesn't seem sloppy and strange. That's hard to do. Honestly, I think you have some serious talent; I think it's a style a lot of people stray from because it's kind of "out there" compared to some of the more traditional forms of poetry, but that just makes me like it even more.
Keep writing,
~StoryWeaver
truthfully, no. i don't think very much about my poetry, I just let it flow out. But thank you, I'm glad it felt powerful to you