Best Poems Written by Kayleigh Bathurst

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Kiss me

Said you could
Hold it; hold fast
Hold me
That you weren't
Scared
Said the storms
Were worse at sea
That you saw
The sadness underneath
That you loved 
The taste of smoke and ash
Of the flame
That burns through
Me

Copyright © Kayleigh Bathurst | Year Posted 2025


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Sadness is a pretty girl's game

Heart shaped glasses 
Bottled sadness 
The perfume of melancholia
Sold as aphrodisiac 
Somewhere between
Smoke and rum
Between the sheets
All is fair 
In love and
Other indoor sports

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Birth weight



the weight of a life
between a feather and a soul
the weight of life
two lithium batteries 
920 grams





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Weeds

Call me deadly nightshade
Poison in my blood
Anger sparks cruel words
Inspired desperate actions
That cannot be undone
The weapon my tongue
Bloodsports for the soul

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Ferry crossing

The ocean 
Gave a gift to me
A coin for passage 
Across the sea
To pay the ferryman 
Should I need to cross
To light the lanterns
So I won't
Get lost

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Obituary

Seeking life among the dead
living like the dead among the living
a ghost haunting city streets
chasing the void--
the dark places/
between the stars and neons

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Judas

Leather hide-wild eye
What should I do
Blackened mind
Borrowed time
Trading pieces 
Of myself 
For thirty silver coins

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Masochist

The thundering pain
The fills my bones 
Skin stretched right
A razor blade
Drags out 
Never digs in
Can never quite reach
The itch within

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Love you even more

Parachutes are for girls
Soft beautiful things 
gowned in silk wings
Curls, linen, lace
Wisteria eyes
Silver snake tongue liars
Asking for wishes
On evening stars
Forgetting 
Even stars fall

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Parachutes

Something soft to give
Recoil/repulse
Parachutes
Are for girls
Draped in billowing clouds 
Of silk linen and lace 
I am a storm
Wrapped in black hide
Hides me
Easy to brush off 
After a crash landing

Copyright © Kayleigh Bathurst | Year Posted 2025

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