Category: Poetry

To Bleed

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“Bleeding Rose” by Bold Frontiers is licensed under a standard Creative Commons License – Attribution 3.0 Unported.
Empathy is a jagged knife held in another's hands
cutting through my silken eyes, 
cracking 
open my head.

Oh, but my love, remind me,
what is this pain so sweet
that breaks my soul
down to the bone
and leaves 
a beating
heart
to
bleed.

Silence never felt so loud against my own ears
when the screaming finally paused, 
it only increased my fears.

Oh, but my love, remind me,
what is this pain so sweet
that it breaks my soul
down to the bone
and leaves
a heart 
to 
bleed.

Trembling hands held a phone to my head
buttons pressed, message sent
all that was left 
was the sirens roar
the sirens roar
the sirens roar!

Oh, but my love, remind me,
what is this pain so sweet
that it breaks my soul
down to the bone
and leaves
a heart
to 
bleed.

Resolution Revolution

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"New Years Eve - New York City 124" by jereandreagan is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
“New Years Eve – New York City 124” by jereandreagan is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Midnight drops, champaign bubbles pop, New York City begins to roar

Franctic notes, scribbled in hope, as the ball slides to the floor

Plastic rains down the drains, same thing year after year

Bodies jump, speaker thump, a ringing in the ear

Yet, under the blacktop, past the last bus stop, there’s

nothing

of note: one soleless Vans covered in sand next to a discarded sock,

three bullet cases, scattered in places, people have forgot 

what its like to flee for your life 

all while the clocks slowly

stop.