poem – Page 7 – Poems & Prose

{barriers}

{barriers} he sat in his house for the final time, the house where his children were born, where they would play until the fireflies came out, with their youthful smiles, and unbridled appetite for the world and all it had to offer. he thought to himself, what breaks down barriers? tragedy, tragedy breaks down barriers….

{the ragged, the jagged}

if he’s startled of me in the fresh beams of the sunrise,
he’ll never recognize me under the cover of the indigo moon,
constantly seeking proof,
yet the greatest things in life cannot be proven:
love, feelings, dreams…
the shape of one’s soul,

{backwards}

{backwards} when there’s nowhere to go. the only way forwards is backwards, back to where I came from; I used to hide from the darkness, now it’s a true catharsis, to translate heartbreak and dejection, and purge it of its clogging baggage, tell the wolves I’m home. –e.l. jayne

{frozen} by SEJ

she said no,
but they sit,
like a waterfall,
constantly moving,
but going nowhere.
–SEJ

{illustrate}

{illustrate} if another soul were to wish to understand me, I’d have them read my poetry, there— my soul illustrates itself, finer than i could, poetry does not, and cannot, lie. –e.l. jayne

{ambivalence}

{ambivalence} they used to say, “how could you be so careless with yourself,” but I’ve seen strength in the face of death, it’s easy to believe what you hear, but there’s a storyline behind the curtain; ambivalence led to action, and now we’re out of the woods, as I promise: “nevermind, Darling, I’ll soon be…

{dragonflies and blackened eyes}

{dragonflies and blackened eyes} where the first corner of the world, is blanketed in nightfall, and the dragonflies float on, your lower ribs rise only to fall in the same place. i put up an inert resistance, i blended myself into one color of reality and beauty, reminiscing, our love was the poetry of love;…