They learn their words
Then make them swords
Straight through your heart
You’re left in parts
And it all goes unseen
This invisible war appears clean
But let me tell you
The length of shadows will change
Walk away until you’re out of range
Of their stares
They sting
Walk away from all the noise
That make your ears ring
Danielle Rice 2017©
No matter height, no matter how tall
You become familiar with birthmarks
Enough to blindly connect them all…
No matter language, no matter accent
We are still all one family
Living in the slow present…
No matter land, no matter race
We’re mammals, only animals
All sharing the same face…
Maybe someday, maybe someday soon
We’ll all have a home
Underneath the lit moon…
Because no matter what we love
We love all the same
Which is how we’re blindly connected
But given different names.
As shells absorb the song of the sea
The waves wipe away
The footprints of you and me
In the sand left behind
Walking to our home
Only we can find
Danielle Rice 2017©
(Writer’s note: I’ve decided poems don’t require titles….. also I just have no idea what to call this one haha.)
I’ll wait with you out in the rain,
I’m familiar with this type of pain.
Danielle Rice 2017©
Sitting on the corner of this street
Waiting for my dreams and I to meet
As I see
All of these
People walking by
Carrying on,
Living their lives
I can’t help but think
What I missed when I blinked.
Was there a memo I didn’t receive,
Sharing the secret to life and how to achieve?
Or did I just find my blind spot?
I gained too much hope then lost my shot?
Getting dragged into fantasies
About my life and what it could be
I let the clock go unseen
As I got stuck in between.
I grind my teeth
As I sleep
I’ve lost the path where my dreams and I meet
Crowded my nightmares,
Terrors and jump scares
It’s time to just stay awake
Before the path start to break.
I saw my old friends
While in my childhood home
But they all left and wouldn’t wait
Leaving me alone.
I was in today again
I had a second chance
Had knowledge of the risks
But it won’t make any difference
Its all in my head
I’m still just lying in bed
Having made all my mistakes
Yesterday while I was awake.
No need
To build a bridge over a puddle
I believe
You can get by without struggle
© Danielle Rice 2016
(Writer’s Note: Last post until 2017! Thank you so much to everyone who has been liking and commenting on my posts, it means so much to me that you like them ♥ I hope you all have enjoyed the holidays and have a wonderful new year.)
Jealously,
My constant enemy.
Your arm so cold and bony
Stop reaching out
Your attempt to steal it all will fail,
No doubt.
Nothing bad gets what it wants.
Why do you want it all when you have enough?
Being grateful for the gifts of today shouldn’t be that tough.
What a monster you are, Jealously.
I wish you didn’t live inside of me.
© Danielle Rice 2016
When did these ceiling lights get so high?
I can barely read my book at night
Instead I could just read the walls
They’re paper thin
I’m constantly reminded of the world I’m living in
Always loud, always dim
© Danielle Rice 2016
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