Poetry Blog by Cher
Alone
the beautiful hungry baby
dirt ring neck
abandoned at the grocery store
wailing in the cart
sticky fingers outstreched
reaching for those who stare
and now when the sun sinks into the ground
when the street lights come on
no cell
no texts- "get your happy ass home"
and down this dirt road
the lights flicker out
wondering
relying on stars for sight
and no...
Monday 5th December 2016 9:40 am
Hey Dad
this peach pit
lodged in my throat
and I cannot swallow it
cannot throw it up
makes me short of the breath
I'm already running to catch
I want to stop
purge all that was never digested
with a heart beat so irregular
so unrested
wishing for words unsaid
hanging in the gallows by my vocal cords
cut down and dropped dead
festering in my stomach
God
plea...
Monday 5th December 2016 7:55 am
Brother
upon shoulders
so high
and the blades of grass become trees
trampolines bounce
we're in the sky
and the puddles become lakes
I can swim
because I have you to teach me
but who taught you?
thrown in and forced to paddle
not ready
sunny sidewalks are flooded by shadows
I tried
beating on the bathroom door
and oh god
in your arm
it sticks
the devil is yellow
mixed wit...
Tuesday 23rd December 2014 4:38 am
Fly
Even as a child
I leaned this body against the truck door
Full weight, eyes glued to the pane
Watching the world fly
But what if I opened this door and flew too?
If I bled into the blur of the trees that whip by?
This feeling of my belly botton kissing my spine
Finally satisfied
Even as a child
Would I lift the handle?
to die
Friday 19th December 2014 11:55 am
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