Poetry Blogs (2019, perfection)

Nothing.

Till I woke up 

then you spoke up

screamingng in my head.

Losing that weight again

with words of encouragement

ignoring the ills of my mind

pushing me back to when "You looked so much better".

Look inside.

Whiplash.

Punches.

Ugly words.

Oh no sorry.

You don't want to know

you just want to see

Perfection.

Smile.

Laugh.

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So it's cliche,
write anyway.

So it's not 
gramatically correct,
write anyway.

So it doesn't rhyme,
write anyway.

Don't let judgmental
"experts" distort
your perception 
of poetry 
or silence
the part of 
your soul that
longs to make
sense of life.

Just write 
any way! 

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Yellow branches drifting to the shore,

You hold true in the forwards direction,

Bending ever downwards to the depths of darkness.

Your voice is shallow and short,

The breaths meaningless to all but the other,

Mirrors reflecting the sun.

Shattered windows created imperfections in a perfect line,

The glimmering colors to present true beauty once again,

Feathers ...

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Isradella waits

for ghosts of lovers past

to homogenize

Perfect recipes of want

ingredients elusive

beg materialize

Abundant beauty falls

shorter than ideal

too rarefied

Hope ever lives in one

who strives for vision

so eulogized

Reality proves tepid

in life-dreams eye

and Isradella cries

Disbelieve the sellers

unattainable pe...

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