1/13/2024 12:35am
HuskThe sky looks green
College is a maze
And I'm underwaterThe rooms well lit
By small strung bulbs
My comforts left. AloneCling to small wishes
Wishes turn to dust
Finding old trinkets
Metal turns to rustOutside it's raining
But the droplets don't sound
Can you hear rain deep underwater?
Do you feel earthquakes underground?Pestering, billowing, cursing to find
Give them your passions
They sway you with wine
Trading my sanity to be in thier presencePaying the price
Passive aggressive undertone adviceHow can I heal these wounds
If you keep cutting me upHow can these stitches sooth
If you keep ruoughing them upAnd held up by the crutch
And shattered bone by boneYour yelling is the worst torture I've ever known
While gashes may heal
My heart has bullet holes
They cling on like parasites
Through tales to unfoldWhatching old Disney movies
A bandaid on the bleeding out
I've escaped from a vacation of a forced hushMy body doesn't know I'm allowed
That I can afford
To finiallyShout
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1/14/2024 5:00pm
ChildhoodShe hears the whines of an abusive daughter
I hear the cries of a child gone through hell
She can't see the light at the end of the tunnel
Still going through it she'll dance with the devilShe sees a no good self spoiled brat
I see a 2end grader hiding from that
A large shadowed silhouette that wants her childhood back
Living through her terrified daughter sobbing under her bathroom matWont fight back
Counting with her eyes closed tight
Hoping no one will find her
The yelling was loud she didn't want a fight
Yet the heat in her throat defied herBullies across lives, bullies across jurisdictions
An inconvenience to some
A non guilty conviction.
Self affliction
Biting nails
Silent pains
Silent wails
My head swirled mad with tears
My face stone cold
Emotions feared
But the numbness is melting
Every time I leave home it defrostsEvery time I escape
I must process
The love
The pieces
Of
The childhood that I lost
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I/16/2024 11:20pmI'm frozen
I'm lost
Flurries
Blizzards
Can't move me or toss
Freezing
My shivers aren't even moving
I can't see where I'm going
It's gone
Don't know why I feel this ache
In my chest like I'm running a race
My mind rushes as I must be running late
Tick tock
Tick tockIt's winter
I'll wait.
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Sophomore soliloquies
PoetryIf you've ever felt burdened by being a sophomore in college your not alone. I'm writing these and posting them as I go along. So we can feel less alone together, in a complicated world, within a song. Please feel free to comment, critique, or ask...