the nature of this flower is to bloom - poetry

By kellyb

recent poetry written in the aftermath of a break up from an abusive relationship

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the page welcomes me like a lover

By kellyb on Thu, 17 Jun 2010

prose poem about the compulsion i get to write on blank pages!
Autobiography
Poem
Certificate PG

undergrowth

By kellyb on Thu, 17 Jun 2010

i was overgrown the wind making tangleknots of my thoughts the weeds curling entrails of past regrets stifling my growth then you came the sharp blades of your righteous anger
Autobiography
Poem
Certificate U

ice cream

By kellyb on Thu, 17 Jun 2010

i can still taste you sweet on my tongue lingering like ice cream when you have licked the cone clear you're like candy the sugar rush of your touch gives me a high
Autobiography
Certificate PG

i hate the lonliness of your leaving

By kellyb on Mon, 28 Jun 2010

I hate the loneliness of your leaving… I hate the loneliness of your leaving the way your eyes will no longer look at me as if already you have forgotten already
Autobiography
Certificate PG

scars, for my lover

By kellyb on Mon, 28 Jun 2010

Scars for my Lover You have left no trace upon my skin and I will not write you there or mark myself like a tribal woman On the inside of my thigh or the indent of my hip
Autobiography
Poem
Certificate PG