inner thoughts poems

Memory Is Vermillion | Jenny Middleton

My mind a sky tumbled; a glass of thought.
I want to pour on to paper pearled drops
Of dew to quench the hungry, thirsty pages.
Bluely burned and lit words are forming you
Into a being of strange landscapes glowing
Dangerously; death darkly brooding and rank.
Each mental recess an avenue of despair.
You channel rivulets of words pain-bound
To a sea of messages sliding silver-grey
Beneath my hands. Pain, loss and soft beauty too
Shivers and something silk and richly woven
Has begun to sew itself to my clouded
Mind, despite the angry disapproving
Unbelieving staid stares and prying glances.
Past is alive and a throbbing agony
And all memory is vermillion.

You Are My Insomnia | Mónika Tóth

Charming stars
Friendly dark
Beautiful half moon
3 :am
I can’t sleep.
Darling
I miss you.
Fear in my chest.
Fear in my heart.
Fear in my soul.
I can’t sleep.
You are my insomnia.

Impossibility – A Poem by Ndifreke George

The truth be told
You do not exist
You are just an imagination
And creation of my mind
Decked with the Pacific’s breadth
And Everest’s height
A supposed thought
Now holding me captive
And challenging my prowess
Now, I stare into your eyes
As I tell you this bitter truth
That I am above you

Cups | Envein

Is thy cup half empty or half full? Think! Does it really matter? For when we thirst we must drink. The wine is a distraction, its taste sweet and bold. Used to carry our attention from the chalice that we hold. Does our cup runneth over? Sure. Yet we drown our fears with a thirst for more. Got to let it go, let our thoughts be stilled. No longer to worry about all the wine we have spilled.

The Long Way Home | Stan Morrison

when my mind is free-floating
I always take the long way home
the route secures a path for itself
disclosing what’s on my mind
the long way is a method for discovery
an interval to unravel the knotted twine
most of the time.

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