poem – buildpoetry

Red

July 24, 2021July 23, 2021 buildpoetryLeave a comment

The image shows a black background with a pair of pink hands, thumbs hooked onto one another and fingers spread out as if to form wings. Their nails are painted neon green.

They want those pretty wings

The kind that sings

Break, break, break

Let’s pull out those feathers

In seas of red.

For broken wings will have to rely on you

To be fed

Pain

July 23, 2021July 22, 2021 buildpoetryLeave a comment

There is a black background and at the centre there is a pair of hands - one blue hand is spread out with palms facing up, the other is standing straight. Both of their nails are painted neon pink.

You should know your place

And never push too far

Because you’re replaceable

Just as they all are.

So heed this warning

And stay in your lane

I’ve never hesitated

When it came to

Inflicting pain.

Outside

July 22, 2021July 21, 2021 buildpoetryLeave a comment

A pair of green hands in the black background with palms and fingers pressed together in a praying motion - their nails painted neon yellow.

I looked outside to find the answers that were on the inside

And it would be the first of many mistakes that I would have to make

To finally build the me that no one could shake.

Want

July 21, 2021June 23, 2021 buildpoetryLeave a comment

The image shows a black background with a pair of blue hands holding onto one another tightly into a fist.

I want to let go.

I want things to end.

I want to leave.

I want to breathe

Like I am me.

I want to live

Like I am me.

I want to break

And become free.

Redemption

July 20, 2021June 23, 2021 buildpoetryLeave a comment

The image shows a black background with a yellow hand at the centre, with neon pink nails. The hand is held up with fingers curled in a theatrical manner.

On the edge of the bed,

Her feet dangles

Swinging forwards and backwards

Her hand hanging limply. Emptily.

Everything is so empty.

Like a soulless body vomiting out words

Regurgitate, regurgitate, regurgitate

She swallows her salted wounds,

As the wings on her blades tremble.

Salvation,

Salvation,

This is her redemption.

Both

July 19, 2021June 23, 2021 buildpoetryLeave a comment

The image shows a black background with a pair of green hands and blue fingernails, fingers pressed together with their palms slightly touching.

One of the greatest pain,

Is reconciling the darkness with the light.

But to live and breathe them both

Is the choice to abandon ego

And realising,

That it never determined your worth.

Lying

July 18, 2021July 17, 2021 buildpoetryLeave a comment

The image shows a black background with a pair of green hands and neon yellow nails with one hand is holding onto the back of the other.

I hate lying

But I hate it even more

When you give me no choice

But to lie.

I’m lying to keep your truth

Whilst denying my own truth.

Back

July 17, 2021July 16, 2021 buildpoetryLeave a comment

The image shows a black background with a pair of green hands with pink fingernails. One hand is resting on top of the other, with fingers hanging limply outwards.

The car ride back always feels so strange.

As if the day has ended,

And everything returns to what it once was.

The memories of the day will slowly fade

A lonely return to some place

For another moment to be replaced.

Dim

July 16, 2021June 22, 2021 buildpoetryLeave a comment

The image shows a black background with a pair of pink hands and multicoloured nails of green, blue and yellow. The hands are held out with fingers in clawing motion as if in pain.

I let you dim my light,

So why are you still not satisfied?

You can’t live without comparing

The different hands that were dealt in life.

And let it hang over you, like a knife.

Why overly attach to materials in life

When you can’t carry it to the afterlife?

So don’t project your fears onto me

Or there will be strife.

Lights

July 15, 2021July 14, 2021 buildpoetryLeave a comment

The image shows a black background with a pair of pink hands and neon blue nails held up straight and tall, facing you.

The lights are bright

But painfully lonely.

You can feel the warmth

In fleeting moments.

Enough to want more

But never to have

Forevermore.