Chance (Poetry Collection)

#everydayinjune

#everydayinjune was another one of those daily poetry prompt challenges like Escapril. However, I was only able to do a few of the prompts so instead of making a whole book for them, I've compiled them down below! Wish I could've done more but I was really busy with summer courses and TYWI stuff.

Day 1: Suitcases Packed
Stuffed full of extra whatever
so much more than I could ever need
because you never know

Weighed down with books
ten for a week long trip
because you never know

The unnecessary calms my anxious fingers
I won't be unprepared

But it festers when we plan to leave
There are so many things...
Did I forget something?

Day 2: Pause or Play
So many times I wish I could just press PAUSE
on a true universal remote
To get an extra hour of sleep
To finish my work
To relax without hearing the nag of people
To escape the din of life
And when everything gets too much
too much for a simple PAUSE
I wish I could press STOP
and EJECT myself from this broken world
before I get too many scratches
before my life is stuck on repeat
But I never cave
I PLAY on and on through this cycle
Round and round and round I go
I hope someone enjoys my movie
I hope someone is watching at all

Day 3: The Weather Forecast
The temperature is a feverish 103°F
Later there will be heavy thunderstorms
with a chance of hail
It's a great day for an existential crisis
If you go outside, don't forget your gentle façade
Thanks for tuning in
Now, back to endless regret

Day 4: Sand in the Hourglass
I just sit and watch
the ribbons of time slipping passed my eyes
moving through the shiny blown glass
It traps my llife and keeps me mesmerized
until the frayed end
with so many strings left undone
slips through

Everything is so still without a breeze to blow
the leaves of the trees
the blades of grass
or for gravity to pull down
the soft sands that move
the deep red ribbon
in my hourglass