I wanted to see if I could write a poem with only one word each line, it made me think of different ways to convey ideas, and made me try out different strategies
An explosion of sound The most discordant tones Clash with the most emotive harmon… Colour streaks around me The most vibrant hues
A stare down New weapons Old ways Old ways for hurting people Smoke blocks the sky
Those who have left us I often wonder if they look down o… Protect us Times come and go Sometimes people need to sit down
The devil in my mirror Told me on Sunday That I was nothing And I listened The devil in my mirror
I have gazed upon the world snake,… And the world’s cradle stared back It’s very eyes, like oceans, it’s… It’s teeth, greater than any blade I could see it’s body lacing over…
The struggle for life is constant An uphill battle A war, never to be won An inevitable loss, only to be pro… Life is such a fickle thing
Why? It hurts So so much Please I’m still here
I have no friends I have no home Till my time ends I’ll be alone I’ll be alone
Oh my love I see you It’s okay You shift slightly, as if in disco… Don’t worry
The eyes constantly watch me, Digging into my flesh like razors, Judging every move I make, Every letter my pen writes, Glaring into my soul with contempt…
You’re beautiful. I stare into the sky at you as peo… They run from you, but, why? Why run from the culmination of al… I feel your cleansing strength tug…
It would be so easy to let go Imagine that Let the current wash me away I’d like to But every time I try to
You kneel there So far from grace Look at what you were And what you have been reduced to It seems not so long ago that I f…
I breathe in. The blackness floods into me, cold… The last shreds of light flicker o… There is nothing now. No joy.
The rats, oh the rats, are crawlin… They scurry and run, and they run,… They bite and then bleed and then… The stench of the rats sickens, th… They screech as they crunch under…