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
Fragile fractals compose my flesh Porcelain ligaments Glass muscles Slightest slip up Biggest mistake
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
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…
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…
Coughing up blood How? Why? I never smoked in my life I haven’t drank since 20
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…
Oh my love I see you It’s okay You shift slightly, as if in disco… Don’t worry
I have no friends I have no home Till my time ends I’ll be alone I’ll be alone
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
I breathe in. The blackness floods into me, cold… The last shreds of light flicker o… There is nothing now. No joy.
A revolutionary, adolescent prodig… Has nothing left to lose, except t… has to be better. Has to be smarte… Has to be different. Has to be ma… I’ve gotta surpass. Lest my talen…
Its eyes pierce my soul. Deep crimson, they are. I try to lift my rifle, but I fin… I’m trembling. Trembling!
The devil in my mirror Told me on Sunday That I was nothing And I listened The devil in my mirror
The rain hits my window I stare at the ceiling The soft patter next to me Apathy I just feel apathy
Why? It hurts So so much Please I’m still here