poeems

some stuff i drew, with lines or words, usually in pencil, sometimes upside down

[carolinadivina]

spoonfed

it was a while back

when all you could do was bubble bubble bub bubb

it was a sweet scent, the smile you gave, all wet and gloriously drippy

how shiny and clean your eyes were drinking it all in

blub blubb blubbble

and then the day your dressed in gravy

the gurgle the laugh the prickley tomato scent

i surrounded you with my arms and soul, no one should touch you

and then the day i gave you the spoon you took the spoon the spoon pokes out of your fistball

it was more than a toy it was more than the power it was more than triumph

the same smile the same scent the same bubbleblub

further than an arm's length now

i watch you grow fat in the world of love that i made for you

grow fat in the love

[breakingpoems]

Ruth

Ruth, you beautiful creature, you spin history with your delicate fingers, telling men to step off our pieced-together capes that sputter us toward a future state – where we live and love and struggle together, perhaps not in agreement, but not saying never. Where we endeavor to learn each other like lessons, tear down walls, and temper aggression. Girls everywhere swoon over you, our fantasy grandmother who comes to our rescue.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg slams Texas’ anti-abortion arguments: “Beyond rational belief” – June 27, 2016

[carolinadivina]

mother

wiping the snot off my face from sobbing and a scraped knee you assured me that life would keep me i was your rose among flowers your pearl glittering on the shores of the sea knowing these sentiments would crumble in the storm of the life i created i’m sorry

[carolinadivina]

bloobloobloobloo

it is known that our purpose is to shed light on and reflect what is asleep in those around us even those who are the broken mirrors with the scattered light source and seven years bad luck hanging overhead

[carolinadivina]

Forgetfulness

This paralysis has lasted only a few year long months But it's settled in the joints And its ancient crackling is now my song With all the notes and and gestures during this time I've failed to remind myself I've forgotten Now my flame has gone Its last wisp of smoke has dispersed into the never Sometimes this makes me sad There can never be tears to accompany these lonely sobs My dreams, sexual shadows and offer no relief I wear my anger as my skin It's easy to hide away from your gaze Things will never be the same This life does not step backwards and only moves away No. You don't. You love an idea of me that never was. I remember this much.

[carolinadivina]

getting rid of things

this was given to me by the girl with the longest hair it reached down to her calves who was married to the guy who played surf guitar in the hopes to make a living we were friends for a breathe as i didn't have a home or history to speak of they took me in but at a distance that night i learned they met when she was a stripper and they fell in love and got married and she switched her career to nails where she would twirl her hair up in a big big bun like whipped cream on her head to color those fingertips in glitter and gold I forgot her name i forgot her husband's name but I remembered the cafe style booth they had in the nook of their dining room to entertain guests instead of a table

[carolinadivina]

Yes

Ears do well to sit there Gathering Words, sounds, wind, sighs And even daily dust But even they know better Your sentiments are well formed The day is bright The future strong The hopes are many My ears receive as you expel And even more than what you offer I can still hear the undercurrent The endless sighs in which you drown Beneath your well formed waves of sunlight

[carolinadivina]

sister

i'm here alone with myself and i'm losing this battle the sparkles in the water are only that after all i was dumb faced and stupid looking at the world that was built before me in a time when a me was not but it was all about me nonetheless i saw myself and then pointed me out to you in the façade of the world as it sat as it had even before me and to think that there might have been a time when i was the only one i sit here stupid faced and dumb remembering the sparkles in the water and what they once meant

[anthonyfredaart]

Hear No Evil

Anthony Freda

illustration for Trends Journal

[carolinadivina]

silent

i try in the house whose walls are the only witness to my shame when the sounds of the living have faded along with the songs of the morning birds where the whirring of the ceiling fans insulate and hush my thoughts with the water pooling hot and then running clear down the drain i try to keep breathing

[carolinadivina]

handFace on Flickr.

Fingerlings

[carolinadivina]

there are treasures down there

once a person I do not know told me my smile appeared insincere At my feet, a lost coin found I look at you and see my smile your face lights up the moon aglow We close our eyes and share a sigh once a person I know well told me to give him a look that was sincere A sparkle below snatches me He looks at you and wonders why your straight-forward gaze is so serious You do not turn your eyes away In this frame I cannot not smile In this box I cannot sing I think of you with my grin I find coins on the ground all the time

[wtfevolution]

Llamas?!?!?!?!

[carolinadivina]

Awaiting my soldier

The sun is warm on the carpet
 Silent moats float freely The kitchen clock consistently conducts the morning's flight A slow draw in
 To strengthen the unraveling
 And keep it together just a little longer The fresh laundry piles up 
 For no one but herself
 But she washes everything just the same
 So that upon the great return… The pains of birth should have foretold
 But the stretching and yawning womb
Was always of the flesh
 Warm, turbulent, remorseful, carnal This is different altogether
 the slow carving away 
The blunt hunks of time deepening the crevices in her heart Darkening the hollows in her eyes A knock on the door And the ship undocked Slips around the obstacles to the door Following the last footsteps That followed the last footsteps Of her future and her past

[carolinadivina]

Challenge me

I take requests

[carolinadivina]

look, like,

[carolinadivina]

Sneeze