#family poems

[aishasarchive]

will you be mine

before the trees start to become bare

their naked branches all brown and old

waiting for their new leaves to come in.

i shed my skin every year

in hopes you’ll like the new season

instead you wish for the trees to

be green again,

did the dark mornings scare

you away?

[macieles]

how kind of my mother to pass on to me all of her birthmarks: the one on her right hip, the other inside her right thigh. the shape of her smile, the depth of her sadness. the lack of self worth enough to last us generations. the love for the women who came before and whoever comes next; who bear the same mark on their right hip and the spot inside their right thigh. the same downward tilt of the lips  and the awarness of their own faults that verges on false fabrications of the mind. i long for my mother's peace. i wish that by passing them down she could be rid of them. i'd bear the entire burden on my own if it meant she got to exhale for the first time in her life.

e.m. inheritance.

[crimsonclawedchronicles]

Model to my mother

Model to my father

Model to the daughter

Never seen

Never been

Only extractions

Of behaviors

Daddy’s laugh

Mommy’s dieting

Daddy’s depression

And mommy’s pain

Picture perfect happy house

Never ever wish to leave it

Cause they say that’s where the love is

Love comes in different forms

Yelling and shouting

Or maybe it comes by drinking

Mixing

Pouring down my stupid face

Liquor I wish to ingest

Mommy this I learned from you

All these years I see you too

How you mix and splash the drinks

Near the toilet or the kitchen sink

Model to my grandma

Murderer of hope

Killer of happiness

Destroyer

Burglar

Thief

My throat got sore

From these past days

It’s sore and my teeth are weird

A weird sensation to it

My head is pounding bad

Nights come with a surprise

Maybe there’s a devil under my bed

Or in my bed

Sometimes I forget

[brehem96]

I would have given anything for you to love me

Love me, like you love them.

You left me waiting by windows.

Waiting for you to show

You never did…

They never had to question if your love was real

But I question it everyday

You never show it, no not to me

You can’t even hold a promise

So how am I to trust you…

What do you do

When the one who was meant to protect you

Ends up being the one to hurt you

Do you just pretend to be fine?

Even if deep down it’s breaking you…

You’d be happier if I didn’t exist

I know it deep in my heart

You probably wish I was never born

I’m just a ghost of your past who haunts you

Sorry I couldn’t be enough for you…

[p1nkvan1lla]

One favored by fate

“Clouds wept in elation at the announcement that yet another angel was to be constructed. Ivory lilies bloomed at the concept of her cleansing the dirt with her presence, stretching towards the sun to steal a glance at her pulchritude, freshly brewed from the skies.

As her body leaped between that of dream and reality, fate wrapped their loving arms around her, sculpting her features with great tenderness, cradling her as if she was to fall right through the clouds.

While a comforting giggle escaped her lips, the beautiful child was born at last. Trees gossiped at her elegance, her back carrying a pair of delicate wings. Suitable for a child of her winsomeness, yet, invisible to the ignorant eye.

However- you, you were created at random. Your eyes, nose, shape of your lips, were all assembled and stitched together as one magnificently chaotic art project. You were born as a shadow, a trail to flaunt her clarity. The night sky in favor of her moon.

Nevertheless, as the fates dropped their dice with rolling eyes, you managed a radiance on par with the very angel who was destined to excel you in all manner of ways.” - Sophia 5/2/2023

[clarabelleblog]

Beyond Beautiful

This verse is especially for you… A heart so kindWarm and givingFull of lifeHappy livingA smiling danceTwinkle in the skyMagical energyFlying highSweet caring soulHelping allUplifting othersAfter a fallBeyond beautifulLight and spaceOne of a kindHeavenly graceShining starIn all your gloryBeing the dreamEternal story~Clarabelle Stay you. Stay beautiful. Stay true. I love you for…

[mapleicedlatte]

three mugs

Ours

Hers, yours & mine

Hers, decaf & extra honey

Yours, one bag & one sugar

Mine, double strength & sweeter

I pour the kettle

A little gray cat paws my shoulder

Tea & honey & sugar & ours

Ours & us

Our mugs

Our little gray cat

Three mugs

[greenpoems]

I Wonder If I'm Like My Dad

I wonder if I'm like my dad

He was tall with dark skin, dark eyes and dark hair

I am average height

With brown skin, brown eyes and green hair

He has 3 siblings

I have 1

He loved my mum

He loved his family

I hate my mum

I hate my family

He died young

I wonder if I'm like my dad

[aishasarchive]

we have fought. you have pulled my hair.

“can you please play a game with me”.

i can still remember holding you in my arms.

your favourite cartoon playing in the background,

but only quietly so your little body can sleep a little longer.

i will make you a cup of tea, side by side by mine

till the day i die.

[idontreallyhavealife-99]

Scares shared

From your very first breath

Your mother had already pushed you away

Sworn and defeated

From your very first breath

Your father did not know you

And he will not now

From your first moments

Ripped away from the ones meant to heal

And placed with others to the same fate

Your mother pushes you away

Your father does not know you

She will never hold you

He will never know you

The greatest hate a mothers love

The greatest tragedy being your father in flesh

You are not different than their scars

And they cannot hold you

They will not love you

For you are them

And that scares them

[hrokkall]

"Sad Cat Poem" by Spencer Madsen

[crimsonclawedchronicles]

Cheap perfume

and toothless smile

Childish dreams

and broken spine

Daddy’s home

Until he’s not

take a lesson

drink more wine

he’s not selfish

he is kind

he was sad

now he’s done

loosen kidneys

lose the kid

feed the girl

get one more drink

he was gone

all night and day

take a lesson

please behave

take a picture

made in vain

he’s not shallow

he’s not deep

not to show

not to show off

take the money

put it in the bag

go to sleep

never come back

Daddy’s house

is big and large

Family’s not

the only child

dead to me

dead to him

take a lesson

remember him

put the name

write it in stone

he was here

and now he’s gone

[that-poetry-bitch]

Why am I never good enough for you?

The one who should love me the most,

The one who should never leave

Our home was angry

And sad

And different every day

The expectations I never met were some of the hardest things I’ve been through

I’m sorry

So sorry I wasn’t enough to love

The yelling every day was too much for me to stay

And I’m sorry

And I always will be

For what you did to me

I tried my best, you know

To shut you out, to keep my head up,

But I can’t anymore

I’m sorry

And I say it so much

Because of

You

[h3llis4teenageg1rl]

that diary the only best friend, really

[bet-on-me-13]

Danny has to work off his Sentence

So! Danny isn't the King of the Infinite Realms. And he is not above the Law.

Sure, he has many friends in high places, and he did defeat the King in single combat, but that doesn't mean he is above the Law in the way The King would be.

And unfortunately for him, Walkers Laws do actually have some backing.

Not all of them. Some are just laws he placed over his Lair and surrounding Territory, which he is really nitpicky about, but the Big ones he touts are the Laws of the entire Zone set by the First King. Don't Tresspass on Lairs without an official challenge, don't End a Realms Being without permission, Don't bring Humans into the Zone without permission, etc.

And Danny has broken quite a few of them, meaning Walker is entirely in his rights to put him away for a few Thousand Years. Thankfully, there is an alternative.

Since Danny wasn't wanted for any major crimes, Walker offered a different path for him. Danny was still one of the Strongest Ghosts in the Zone, and as the Portal was technically his Grave he had full authority to use it however he liked, so if he ran a couple of errands for Walker, he could consider his Sentence served.

All he has to do was round up a few of the Trouble Makers that had escaped his grasp by virtue of being in the Living Realm, and he would forgive his previous crimes.

So, Danny took him up on the offer. It was better than being constantly hounded by Walkers Guards. The fact that he could beat them easily was moot, it was extremely annoying and he wanted it to stop.

So he was given his First list of targets, and went on his way.

Ra's "The Demons Head" Al Ghul, for Tresspassing on Ghost Zone Waste Dumping Grounds

Solomon Grundy, for continued use of copyrighted poem, requested by copyright holder post mortem

Vandal Savage, for failure to notify the proper authorities about his absence on the day of his intended death

Jack "The Joker" Napier, Special Request by 1000+ Ghosts for purposes of Vengeance, Torture, and general Catharsis.

...interesting list...maybe he should have this through a bit more...

[cerleansky]

My therapist was so real for saying the meaning of life is found in connection.

People hug their friends when they meet up and hug them a little tighter when it comes time to say goodbye. My grandfather rebuilt the broken rocking horse my grandmother had as a child, a gift from her father. There's an indescribable ache that goes along with seeing someone you used to know intimately, the becoming of a common stranger. Coincidences that bind, one time I got an uber and the driver used to live in my home before me. It was the last place he saw his father alive as a child and he nearly cried when I told him the walls were still the same colour.

Has anyone ever gotten over their childhood best friend? Is that alone not a testament to the fact we are more than blood and bones.

It's all about connection, friends.