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Nobody is Ready

Often I feel as if I am not ready,

But then I remember I have never

Felt ready,

Yet here I am.

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Stay or Pay

I refuse to have regrets,

And I am stubborn.

But if I were to

Then I’d regret this path,

One I voluntarily chose.

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Ev

Stuck and Anxious

Afraid.

Tired.

I chose this path,

No longer can laugh.

Not feeling ready,

Hands not steady.

Expectations are high,

But just want to cry.

Please give me a break,

It is all fake.

It meaning me,

Why can’t I be free?

Not fit for this role,

Need to heal my soul.

All wax no wick,

Made myself sick.

My heart palpating,

My thoughts racing.

But what else would I do,

If not just go through?

Too late to turn back.

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Refuse to Cry

The dull throb behind eye,

A closing of the throat

And pounding heartbeats choke

While unspent tears dry.

The chest ache persists,

Fingers feel numb

Bleeding gum

Nothing exists.

The stain by the eye,

Pain in the head

Hold onto that thread

Not ready to die.

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Ev

Cask

The ache spreads

For they no longer sleep.

But it’s not the beds,

They weep.

The numbness creeps

To heavy head.

A tear seeps.

Smile instead.

They don’t feel pain.

They don’t feel rain.

They just don’t feel at all,

Such a doll.

No.

Stop.

You’re wrong.

That’s not.

What we’re supposed to be.

But can’t you see?

It’s killing me.

Slowly…

Challenge
Write an 'Advice' poem
Any advice. Might be personal, or general advice. Life, love, career, finding peace, battling demons, sacrifice, to name a few suggestions. Any poem style you'd like, but make it a poem.
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Ev in Poetry & Free Verse

Sidewalk Rule

If you knew me,

you would let me walk

on the side of the cars.

I like to feel them pass.

Challenge
"If I dig too hard, I fear that Madness lies on the other side” - Alizee
Any Style
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Ev

I Have

The quietness of my father

The emotions of my mother

The ambitions of both

Yet the pure exhaustion

All because I am myself.

Challenge
Infiltration Challenge
Write a poem about infiltrating a cult to stop a virgin sacrifice.
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Ev

Mine.

Red stains,

Piercing cries,

Whimpers,

Silent breathing.

A baby,

One to call mine;

A girl,

One to adore.

The bed is empty,

The house quiet,

The birds have left,

She was taken.

My hope,

My love,

My life,

Gone.

Walk the empty

Streets full of pain,

Blades concealed,

Cold on heated skin.

Only a door, a wall,

A world, a conscience

Stand before me, and

I will bring back what is mine.

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Ev in Micropoetry

Untitled.

Pain doesn’t just disappear,

Guilt weighs more unbearable,

And those are the moments when we cry ourselves to sleep.

Challenge
link a feeling to a place
tell me about a place, and a strong emotion you experienced there. maybe it's the first time you went abroad -- maybe it was the last time in your hometown. link your feelings to a place.
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Ev

Homesick for No Home

I feel sick.

There’s a knot in my stomach,

A pounding in my head,

A pressure in my ears,

An ache in my throat.

Is this what it’s like?

To be homesick?

I feel the need to flee

And fly back—or forward,

I don’t know,

Just get me away from here.

But home. What is home?

How can be I be homesick

Yet never feel at home?

Home is not home,

People are not home.

I have no home.

The feeling follows me everywhere;

The emptiness a throbbing reminder

That I must figure it out,

Nothing will magically fill this hole.

Until then I shall live on

With the longing,

One day I will find home.

One day when I am ready.