In The First Place Poems - Poems about In The First Place

The Postman

...He schleps constantly at noon
Through declivities and straight roads,
Bearing messages sealed by the hands
That laid them bare in the first place.
Sweat caresses his face, forming one mass of
Ea...

A Broken Mirror

...A battered pier glass, the length of a running lightning,
The width of a Caesarean window,
And next to an agelong, framed
Daguerreotype, lies face down across
A musty room.
Shafts and rods of ro...

How to not get raped: A Girl's daily checklist

...Don’t wear shorts — they’ll say you asked for it.
But also don’t wear jeans — you’re being too Western.
Saree? Salwar? Dupatta? — Oh please, that blouse was too tight.
Basically, just wear shame. ...

SPECIAL AGENT PAULA BRAND FEDERAL BUEARU OF INVESTIGATIONS ARLINGTON HEIGHTS

...ODDLY I WORE WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS FROM CORRUPT COPS GANG MEMBERS SELLING DRUGS FOR GARGANO CRIMINAL GROUP OWNER OF LAKE COUNTY MUSIC COMPANY THE ARCADE HE RENTED JUKE B...

When You're In A Rush

...When you're in a rush almost every light is red
Part of the problem is not wanting to get out of bed
Fooling around and doing everything at last minute
Rush hour isn't rushing when your out there ...

What has the Holy Spirit's been revealing unto me

...What's God's third person of His Holy Trinity, the Holy Spirit been secretly revealing
unto me?  I have actually seen Jesus Christ  placing an actual crown upon my head
because I have faithfully wa...

Wings

...One day, i am going to grow wings, 
And leave this place behind and never look back.
One day, i am going to grow wings,
And live as myself forever.
One day, I an going to grow wings,
And be the ...

So sorry to see you go Mo

...

So sorry to see you go Mo

Tally ho & bravo but must let you know

Not being weird...you had a bigger beard 

Face more hirsute to boot than even WG Grace.


Gleaming beaming grin..strea...

Is It Me?

...Am I even worth enough? I feel like every single time I think I’ve found the one, I realise something is wrong. My body is telling me something is missing, my heart is telling me that there’s a piece...

The Window

...An unexpected storm happened last fall
I put a window in to keep out the snow and wind
For the comfort you brought me, I embraced you
You and the peace I didn’t know I needed became my obsession 
...

Idea of You But Not Face

...my face in the ground
and a collar across my neck
i tried to stand up, little by little
but i fell on my knees again

from crying on the thought of you
to struggling for breathe over and over
...

How does it feel having you always around

...You promised you’d always be around even when you had to make yourself look so silly to make me smile even when I couldn’t you we’re always around even when it meant making the impossible possible ev...

A Writer's True Tale

...Within every writer's soul
is an untold role,
rolling along the shadows,
secretly, desperately seeking
the glow above the darkness
that gave it life in the first place...

Tragic and Unfair

...why did it begin in the first place?
and then why, it have to end so early?
it was meant to be another lovelorn story,
a story with arcs developing faster than fiction
everything shattered in the...

Water, 30 random word prompt

...The weight of the water is heavy in my chest, a force pressing against the ribs. It rises when I don’t expect it, like a flood breaking through cracked, neglected seams. The truck of my memory rumble...

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