words without a mouth

waiting

pen on paper

searching

storyteller

all alone

#poetry #me #words

Oh no! Don’t tell me I’m nothing -

something lives inside my head,

my black eyes have seen it all.

I leave my calling card on doorsteps,

scattering echoes of wind as proof

that I am a new beginning, waiting

for the fog on the deserted road

to develop wings and begin to fly.

I bare my tainted pen, becoming

something in shadows climbing

over empty spaces, leaving space

for something echoing in soup bowls.

Feed me! Feed my emptiness of soul -

move the migraines in my cloudy vault,

follow footprints into charisma of dawn.

I may mean nothing but I am your world

your empty spot, just waiting to be filled.

I am gasping

For air in an ocean

Of inescapable emotion

I am blinded

By the light of the sun

It shines so brightly on everyone

Yet,

I am drowning

I see the distant, monumental star

And it seems so impossibly far

Yet,

I am observing

This star in the distance and I want to think

I can reach it despite that I'm on the brink

Of drowning in sorrow

But I will wait until tomorrow

And I will prove if the sun

Truly shines on everyone

And if it will be able to see

In a crowd of billions, me

Or if it will just let me drown

In a crowd of billions, without a sound.

But I think it will see me, because like all decent human beings

I am wonderful

I am worthy

I am bright

Like the sun.

I am yours,

treat me with dignity,

treat me as you wish.

I am special in your eyes.

I give in to the rapture of your being;

treat me with the essence of your life.

I am, all I ever will be,

but without you, nothing is of importance.

Treat me with the passion and desire, I am.

I am

not just water under the bridge.

I am

not as easily thrown to the side as they wished.

I am

happy and light and free.

I am

loud and demanding and proud.

I am

not the quiet girl people thought.

I am

not going to change myself for anyone anymore.

I am a daisy in the center of a field of daisies.

The one no one can get to

That no one can see

That no one even knows is there.

I’m just waiting for the right person

To come and see

That I am no less than everyone else

Just because I am hidden.

I’m just as beautiful

As all the other daisies.

You just need to look a little harder.

I’m just waiting for the right person

To take me away

To a place where I’m the only daisy.

To a place where I stand out

As the unique and special person I am.

I am... plus

plus minus

I am sum

non plus

I am plus

plus one

I am unum

pluribus...

#IamPositive #AllAreWelcome #Challenge

I am drunk off life

I am sober (for the most part)

I am heathy and have never taken drugs

Yet I am addicted to you.

I am insane

But I have never been so down to earth

As I am with you

I’m a genius, loner, and very astute,

Stuck in my ways, macabre, and quite resolute.

If you don’t believe that’s me,

Wait a moment and you’ll see,

Yet despite this bullshit, I’m still pretty cute.

#poem #limerick #IAm #humor #challenge

I Am

I am black and American.

I wonder about my place in this country.

I hear laughter.

I see a child.

I want them to be happy.

I am black and American.

I pretend I am floating.

I feel light.

I touch a dark cloud.

I worry I will be absorbed by it.

I cry because the child is dead.

I am black and American.

I understand we are all different.

I say that we are one and the same.

I dream that my words come true.

I try to actively make them a reality.

I hope I succeed.

I am Black and American.