sometimes
my thoughts and hand
bleed so much poetry
i can barely stop them
from leaking
onto the paper.
but sometimes, too,
my heart bleeds
too much blood
that i couldn't write
poetry anymore.-verityismyname, When Poetry Bleeds
[cover: original from artidote; edited by me.]
[© christine gelvosa @verityismyname ]
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Dark and Beautiful
PoetrySometimes my thoughts and hand bleed so much poetry I can barely stop them from leaking onto the paper. But sometimes, too, my heart bleeds too much blood that I couldn't write poetry anymore.