Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Quotes
Short Stories
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Resources
Syllable Counter
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 3.129.211.173
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
What can move me now? Like a flower I am stuck, in a hole, in a rut And time will dig me deeper still. When chattering keys and computer screens and the tease of free knees about the library are far too clear to me when I can’t stand or breathe Leather boots and coffee stains bleed rings in papers puckered lines And paint these purple floors. Mundane life outside of me makes my chaos seem to be a crime, an awful dream This air hangs heavy on my lips It holds me steady, cinches, dips And pins me like a bandit. A grip ensnares these body curves to keep me still and shut. My feet fell firm when they pulled me here, to his web of words I’m caught A child to his will, content and not What can move me now? I bow my golden hair and face to this mindless taste I can’t erase which arrests me here like stone. And my body creaks a sulky song, to beckon his arrival. And his arms are warm in form and fact cloaked stark in russet skin. His hands don’t doubt, there’s space on me And like doors they settle in, Clawing at survival Those brilliant eyes stay To terrify and mask the cracks and make me small again. I am afraid, but I stop all the same By palms that press me to dust and away. What can move me now? I am taken and tossed by this fractured smile, Captured awhile and my breath is spent And my blood, a flood, shifting hotly now Is a sport for the man and a day, unplanned. I am stuck again here To wide eyed stares and purple chairs, To the scratch of carpets and Pattering fingertips To my lonely skin and finally, to him with his kiss, an intimate lie What can move me now?
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required