Category: poetry
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From The Air Vent
Image Source: Pinterest From the air vent, as in Venting my bottled emotions onto paper. My digital diary, If you will, My one place I feel safe. The one place I feel safe Is this poetry I share with you: A peak behind the mask I have so carefully crafted, For this time, I have…
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A Note For My Granny
Image Credit: Pexels- MART PRODUCTION Today I sent a short note to heaven, To my grandma beyond those skies. I told her how I miss her nighttime stories, And those wrinkles around her eyes. First, I tried looking on the porch, To see if she still sat in her chair. But I thought I again…
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Where Do I Go
Image Credit: Unsplash- Tim Winkler Where do I go, When my time finishes here? Do I return to the dust, Or does my sojourn continue, as I walk in tears? Where do I go, When I heave my last breath? Does everything end here, Or will I find life on another side on this earth?…
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Beyond The Memories
Image Credit: Unsplash- Prokhor Minin In plain sight, you hid A smile crept like dark clouds, Like the stars you glittered Like the wind, you were majestic But now I’m trying to move past this I still hold you dear, but I need to move I’m stuck between worlds Worlds I know not of. Through…
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Farewell, Richelieu
Image Credit: Pexels- cottonbro studio Before you go, Richelieu, Take a part of me with you. So I will be there by your side, In all that you will do. Before you go, Richelieu, my friend, Let me hug you for one last time, For I want your scent to remind me, Whenever I’m reciting…
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What The Wind Carries
Image Credit: Pexels- Nuto Sorokina Birds warble softly behind trees Golden rays flicker through the leaves. Wind drifts through my tangled hair Nostalgia lingers in the air. Dogs chase echoes in the forest’s core, Where laughter and peace are lost evermore. Joy was a canvas we once used to paint, Now faded and broken by…
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A Mirror For Granny
Image Credit: Pexels- Anne Svets When I look at you, my grandchild, You remind me of me, When I, too, was a child, Squinting beside my granny’s knees. Your eyes and how they stare, Your lips and how they smile; Whenever I see your face, My mind runs back to the past too far. When…
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Serenity, My Sanity
Image Credit: Pexels Ah serenity In you, I find peace, A peace I always wanted By the clouds, I rest my head By the stars, I claim my rest Look how my veins sleep They haven’t done so in a thousand years. Like the sun, I wish to shine A light that never fades, My…
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Tend Your Garden
Image Credit: Unsplash- Norikio Yamamoto The grass on the other side may be greener. But if you started watering your own, it could easily become just as green, or even greener. Put your focus where it belongs. This was written by our contributing writer, Luna Baic.
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A Silent Wandering
Image Credit: Unsplash in the depths of silence, i wandered through shadows, unaware of the dawn that awaited, the creeping warmth of a new beginning. isn’t it strange? how beautifully maddening life can be? but now, i embrace the light, learning to smile again as it fills my heart. take a leap of faith- an…