One look and I was frozen in time. Her eyes just piercing the veil of what could and what should be. I was never immune to those sapphire blues that a...Read more
Karlie van wyk
Poetry is my escape from the world
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I heard your name My heart shattered all over again. Tears flooding my eyes, I pushed my ears closed As hard as I could, Trying to block out the voice...Read more
It's funny. When the people you swore to love. Take chunks of you you've wanted back. Those tiny pieces that meant more to you than food grass or even...Read more
I still have everything you gave me tucked into boxes in the dark of my closet. I keep your sweatshirt in my drawer though I never wear it. I have yet...Read more
I last saw you in November. I could Swear it was the last Time. Now I See I was wrong. There is No such thing as 'last time' When love dominates Your...Read more
(after Alex Dimitrov) Today, I woke up at seven thirty and made myself an oats smoothie with one tablespoon of oats, half an apple, three dates, some...Read more
When I die, do not bury me with my favorite hoodie, my journal, or the headphones I used to escape into noise. Instead, place a photograph in my fron...Read more
She slipped clumsily in a café Looked all around her from the corner of her eye Felt all eyes upon her Bit her lip and flushed crimson most disconcert...Read more
One drink, Another one, And another one, And another one, And then five more. Watching you pour another didn't bother me. It didn't. But when you sp...Read more
One day, everything is normal— and the next, something feels off. Your mood shifts. Your energy towards me feels different. The way you talk to me… so...Read more
Close, Close your eyes Eyes that hold pearly drops Drops of sparkle of the evening moonlight Moonlight that kisses the unsettling water Water, over ...Read more
Climbing up there not to care Care for mee? ,I listened you You were crying Crying to fall Fall from mountain Mountain ,so high but I don't cry to...Read more
How brightly stars are left to shine, Shine behind the curtains of my eyes— Eyes that nightly watch your silhouette Silhouette, in turn, the world's s...Read more
Save me again my savior Savior, my flesh and soul are weak Weak like prey in the wild Wild are my thoughts and desires Desires with death on their hea...Read more
Please be there There I linger in anguish Anguish you gathered around me Me in a straitjacket, sinking Sinking through heavy depths Depths I never ima...Read more
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow: Each as perpetually empty as this glass. Dry, or dirty, or wet, or vodka over gin— That forsaken day is but an ...Read more
Another Day Another car crash. Another ride to the hospital. Another phone call that broke me. Another Tear running from my eyes to my cheeks Another...Read more