Matchbox Poems


Premium MemberThe Matchbox


I opened a matchbox
and found a city
woven from shadows and desires.
People carried their lives,
fragile as unspoken sparks,
never suspecting
how my trembling hand
could ignite
their infinity in a single moment.
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Categories: matchbox, desire,
Form: Free verse

Matchbox Memories

The other day my little boy
Refused to hold my hand
I knew the day was coming
But my eyes teared up and  then

He said how bout I just call you dad
I'm not little anymore
Then my thoughts went back to yesterday
And our time playing on the floor

I still remember our matchbox memories
Back then I was his hero
The
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Categories: matchbox, emotions, father son, feelings,
Form: Lyric


Baggage, Bio, Matchbox

Sitting on the fence, as they say 
Cannot make up my mind, on this day
I have treasures, I have hidden memories 
I have archives, I have a past that follows

Old contacts, old pictures, old names, old rituals 
I have those things that i've gotten attached too
They have accumulated over the years
They are hard to let
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Categories: matchbox, introspection, life,
Form: Verse

A Matchbox In the Rain

Unprotected piece of a house
exposed to fierce drops of water
prone to melt away in mud
like a music box in a matchbox,
unbelievable and unnecessary
and yet there,
a dwelling of husband and wife
to nest and breed
their young
willing to go away
and build their own music matchboxes,
stronger and safer
yet still
exposed to the ruthless transparency
of falling water.
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Categories: matchbox, allegory, family, husband, wife,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberA Matchbox-N

We are all born with a match box inside our body
We need oxygen and a candle to light it to accomplice
The oxygen has to come from a lover’s breathe.
Candle can be anything- a melody, a word, a caress.

Anything that pulls trigger and sets off a matchstick
Every person has to discover who will pull the trigger?
It
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Categories: matchbox, inspirational, light,
Form: Free verse


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