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Jamtots
Jamtots

A Broken Home

The pieces of a crumbling ruin. Tumbling down to a field of grass. Pebbles and rocks, a shadow of hail. Splintered wood and shattered glass. A gradual collapse of weathered walls.

36 11 98 words
jackalice
jackalice

Flowers In The Desert

The world is feeling. A little bit flesh and spine,. Finding it difficult to. Make clear and define. One day you think 'it's yours!'. The next 'it can never be mine!'. Sweet mother of euphorbia.

20 1 66 words
mrsaunders
mrsaunders

Thwarted

I I slump my way through the labyrinth of grey Through chilled corridors, my eyes on the floor At my feet a spiral staircase.

12 0 431 words
gior22
gior22

This is Personal

Something I wrote a while ago and kept to myself. I hope it's not too bad it means a lot to me, enjoy. I hear it again, it's that sound, the sound of that vain thudding in my ear.

6 0 199 words
VibrantDance
VibrantDance

Damn The Ocean; A Black Storm.

I am a black lake, my reflection darker than the devil's blood. I have no hope today, no ambition, I want to give up again, a tiring repeat of twelve years age.

14 0 118 words
kelz2413
kelz2413

White Carpet

Darkness wraps around us, Trying to squeeze all the goodness from our bones , This phase is to test us, See if we break , break down .

4 0 123 words
Splashdown
Splashdown

Ashen Heart

#colour The heart's volcano dies.

26 6 51 words
awesomeannie
awesomeannie

Blood Red Fields

Strained control and exerted minds Pushed onto someone from different kinds The wail of the wind unevenly blown The threads of ancestors harshly sewn Their respect dead, one turned on one's...

28 2 85 words
ioperfvy
ioperfvy

Scarlet Zinnias

If an overgrown garden needs to be mowed or weeded, what's the damned point in doing it.

2 0 178 words
leelee101
leelee101

mist

In the midst of the mist. There are fuzzy felt shapes. Juicy green carpets. Battleship landscapes. Each watery wave. Distorts anew. My petrol coloured. Point of view. Gossamer tripwires.

20 10 88 words
smellyfingers
smellyfingers

Distant Love

You've burned all your bridges. The old flames still burn and flickers. Footprints glow in the embers. Old wounds still scar the witness. You wait for a distant love. To bathe you in a brighter light.

20 12 230 words
kessie
kessie

........

Below the sight of the six-footers, lies the lush, ever-green grass, caressing the summer breeze –as it cautiously blows between the tiny delicate hairs of grass, feeding it awareness that its...

2 0 155 words
Odd
Odd

Sky Giant

There's a giant that lives in the sky. The moons just one of his eyes. The atmosphere is his dark skin, And the stars his freckles, like pins. The planets make up his face.

16 5 79 words
littleone
littleone

Foggy Thoughts.

Black clouds hang, Blocking out the sun. It's just a fling between us, Just a bit of fun. Grey mist loiters, Blocking out my view. Nothing important's going on, At least with me and you.

12 0 66 words
MelchiorJ13
MelchiorJ13

Coffee Rain

In my world, the clouds of sugar empty coffee rain, On to roads of cinnamon pavings, Trees of cloves and nutmeg houses.

8 1 80 words
Irrational_Kimmi
Irrational_Kimmi

This Wind Is Wild

This wind is wild, Whipping the scrawny Fingers of the trees Into a lashing frenzy, Pulling leaves, Like teeth from blackened gums, Scattering their dying forms, A sprinkling of confetti, On the...

6 5 105 words
dyanaromero
dyanaromero

Not Yet

Today… the day is bright, out there the sun is shinning, out there the wind is dancing. In here, the clouds are grey, there's no air to breathe.

4 4 129 words
smellyfingers
smellyfingers

Build You A Place I'm Starting

Is there a view for me and you A place were we can meet. Rain filled moons And foggy dunes A place that we don't greet. Carpet snow where footprints go Leading us through the night.

6 0 165 words
mojopyn
mojopyn

love is all

words by the tallest man on earth. Well I walk upon the river like it's easier than land. Evil's in my pocket and your will is in my hand. Oh, your will is in my hand.

0 0 267 words