My Table (PoetryGrrrl Quote)
“This year, I finally removed all the chairs that didn’t belong at my table. I still want everyone to eat, just not at my table, unless you are willing to bring something to it once in a while too.” ~PoetryGrrrl
“This year, I finally removed all the chairs that didn’t belong at my table. I still want everyone to eat, just not at my table, unless you are willing to bring something to it once in a while too.” ~PoetryGrrrl
hope against hope
pledges it is true,
confuses the soul;
i am torn in two!
but cannot make a whole
in one direction;
edgy sleep did not cure
uncertainty inside
how to lend solution to
this sweetly aching tide?
the heart stays the hand,
and the hand, the pen,
but longs to find some clarity
or definite to send;
but i cannot, alas!
this is the bittersweetest ache –
i should not give, lest i should take!
and yet, i Want, i Thirst, i Crave,
but i cannot break
dearest trust to either;
to both, I am devoted!
but being thus, untrue to both
but in this constraint, untrue to myself.
Original Poetry is © 2011 PoetryGrrrl.com – all rights reserved – no reproduction without my explicit permission.
The reason I compulsively forget
everything you say to me
is so that I won’t become lost
dissecting everything you ever said to me
looking for signs of hope
which I know are not there
yet, find anyways somehow
overload, the cache was too big
purge, restart, repair, reconfigure
trying to erase the data you left
on my heart drive
but you’re like a master boot record virus
I need to flash my BIOS
to get you out of my memory
and I didn’t have time
to back up my system config
before you infected me.
— Virus, an original poem by PoetryGrrrl
Original Poetry is © 2011 PoetryGrrrl.com – all rights reserved – no reproduction without my explicit permission.
Alone in my mind,
I search for myself
seemingly never to find.
Alone with past thoughts and
the feelings they brought
I am hidden from prying eyes.
Alone with my fears
I can shed lonely tears
or enjoy the silence
and waste some time.
While seeking myself,
I am often sidetracked
by what I never imagine I’ll find.
Alone in the space of
my own private place
I can reflect on my life and
rebuild shattered dreams.
I have time to imagine and
time to cry;
I am free to be truthful or
free to deny;
there is no one to judge me,
there is only myself,
unafraid to be me.
Original Poetry is © 2011 PoetryGrrrl.com – all rights reserved – no reproduction without my explicit permission.
Shining Bright
lacksidaisical whimsy flight
o’er treetops and through sunshine rays
poetry in motion, undying devotion
and feeling so utterly happy
grinning ear to ear through
pleasant waking dreams;
wondering, if you pinch,
will they be gone?
Each day, to be taken as it comes
no more self-torture is allowed
flitting between the pure innocent
and the other?
all things in time, even decisions!
Original Poetry is © 2011 PoetryGrrrl.com – all rights reserved – no reproduction without my explicit permission.
loneliness is cold
airport goodbyes,
teary-eyed parting words
don’t forget your dad’s birthday
and remember to feed the cats
will you miss me?
wanting to be reassured
and to reassure.
muzak in the background
while you smile
and try not to let them
see the tears in your eyes,
goodbye,
we say
and part.
Original Poetry is © 2011 PoetryGrrrl.com – all rights reserved – no reproduction without my explicit permission.