MYTHS | breaking.the.belief | Poetry MYTH: Children who are abused will become abusersThey tell me I look like him, that my eyes echo his existence and that he grows upon my brain like weaving jasmine. But I hug my mother with kindness, and I sing my sister to sleep, spilling melodies he could not hear. [...]
Author: ambientheightspublishing
Featured Work | August 21, 2019
'Full Time Contract' and 'Save The Paper' | r.burlepoetry | Poetry I left a hole in the middle of myself,I Gave you a contract to fill it,When really, I should’ve gone self-employed.- Full Time ContractYou could re-name the self help section:{INSERT NAME HERE}(Don’t worry – this one’s just between us)The answers aren’t in the books.They’re [...]
Featured Work | August 19, 2019
'Purple Sun' | unreadablescott | Poetry It all begins in chaosThe tuning of an orchestraEach instrument playing its own songThe shambles before the melodyNo whisper of the beauty to comeTransformed when in harmonyThe many creating one pieceAscending into MajestyA soul conceived from nothingnessA dream borne from wakefulnessThe power of creation evidenced in every notesmw
Featured Work | August 15, 2019
Pieces 2 and 4 | layiba_writes | Prose, Poetry Piece 2 "From a young age, we see so many failed marriages or relationships around us, we often see so many couples just “settling in” or “trying” to make their relationships work that we are convinced at a point that this is probably just how they [...]
Featured Work | August 14, 2019
'Untitled' | danielleholian_ | Poetry You spoke to me in low whispers Things too quiet that went unheard, sometimes I began to ignore the truth So it tangled itself in my heart, soul, and mind It crawled under my skin Reaching for depth You disguised your abusive outbursts As reactions to my kindness and generosity [...]
Featured Work | August 13, 2019
'Cold Coffee Compunctions' | kaleido_peace | Poetry While the water boils I think about how I once had a flaming love that burned But I blew it like the coffee I just made By now I have learned that the only place Colder than the shoulder Of someone who doesn't miss you Is the other [...]
Featured Work | August 12, 2019
'Your Fate' | taryntaffywrites | Poetry MilesMiles of walking with no destinationI took your handAnd prepared for retributionYou pulled me backBut I pulled you furtherBecause you painted me blackWhen I wanted colorSo I took up a brushAnd painted in redYou quickly went hushAs I split open your headIt was a job I didn’t want to [...]
Featured Work | August 11, 2019
'Prole Parade' | emilyshotgun | Poetry Proletariat hustle fueled by blood, sweat, and muscle, fist over wage, make the rich man’s wallet bustle. A blue collared noose, worth and freedom reduced, to a time clock rendition of a life left unused. Slaves to the cause, of production driven jaws, that consume hope and shit out [...]
Featured Work | August 10, 2019
'Caution to the Wind' | sicario_ruun | Poetry Caution to the wind, I'm a mountain within, To pressures I will not give in, To my battles I will always win, And no matter how difficult things may seem, I'm king and I will always reign supreme.
Featured Work | August 9, 2019
'Wish... I Could' | its.meetjain | Poetry Life for me has become a burden, I have started to see darkness in the sun. My days are filled with never ending sorrow, In the nights I stay awake thinking of a miserable tomorrow!! I have been betrayed times too many, And now I’m left with nothing [...]
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