Words Upon Words

I write the words that swarm my head

[duherica]

“I want to claw open my own chest just to show you

how much of you is within me along with the telltale

signs of enough passion to scorch an entire meadow

of honeysuckle to the point of ruined soil

and toxic air so unbreathable that we suffer

together.”

  -EL

[duherica]

If you are still accepting prompts, how about this: loose shoelaces and tongue-tied? Loved the prompt piece I read and hope this can help in some way! :)

Yes! I’m always accepting prompts! Thank you so much for sending one, and I’m sorry it took so long to respond/answer!

  “You’ve got me so kid-dumb

that I’m clumsily tripping

over loose shoelaces,

but too stubborn to stop

and look away from you.

And I’m so tongue-tied silly

that the babble out of my mouth

hangs in the air

between your eagerly knowing face

and my next word disaster.

  I’ve been pulled back

to a time before knowing death

and pushed forward

into finally seeing life with love.”

  -EL

  Send Prompt

[duherica]

Prompt: Most traumatic daydream

Thank you for sending one!

    “Warmth of our skins melding

into puzzle pieces, limbs

lost in the jungle of entanglement,

breaths synchronized and heartbeats

fluttering out of rhythm, caresses

smooshing together run-on sentences

within our love language,

smiles marbling our faces--

  Though I’m sitting here alone

and empty and missing you.”

   -EL

    Send Prompt

[duherica]

My favorite word is the one currently hanging from your lips.

EL

[duherica]

Stop

scrolling and help a girl out by sending me prompts! It just takes a few seconds!

I want to try to get back into writing (during this whole mess) and it’s hard getting back into the groove. Send a few words or... anything really; anything I could try to write poetry about, anything you’d want to see in poem form via my brain, anything.

Thanks!

Send Prompt

[duherica]

“Tell me I’m not crazy

and that you’re real

like the cologne that permeated

the shoulder of my shirt

as if you’re still waiting for a kiss.

   Tell me I’m not crazy

and that we’re not rushing

like the active river water under the layer

of thick ice during the lifespan of winter.

(Does it truly matter though?)

   Tell me I’m not crazy

and that it’s okay.

Tell me that you love me

because I’m crazy.”

   -EL

[duherica]

“As time wears on

my mind wears down

to the studs and rotten insulation.

The fact is: I’ve been torturing myself

by takin’ a brutal sledgehammer to the

beautiful dwelling you’ve made for yourself,

but each dent I make, each split beam I shatter,

I never make headway in tearing you out.

At this point in time,

I’m on to closing you off, boarding you up--

quarantining your perfect world of a corner--

finally makin’ sure it’s you inside

looking out, and not me bashing in my head

trying to join you.”

  -EL

[duherica]

“I still find myself

pleading the universe

to take care of you.”

  -EL

[duherica]

Use this blog 😂😂😂

😂 easier said than done.

[duherica]

You still use this blog????

Seldomly.

[duherica]

Ever going to use this blog?

🤷🏻‍♀️ if I ever write again

[duherica]

Favorite quote you live by?

Usually variations of "fuck it."

[duherica]

All 3? Whatever you feel like answering

Umm.. I haven't really written in like a year or two, but want to get back into it? Except I'm not sure I even have a favorite childhood memory 🤷🏻‍♀️ lol pretty pathetic. It's an awesome concept though

[duherica]

Would you write a poem about your favorite childhood memory?

Is this a request, prompt, or actual question??

[duherica]

Favorite poem?

For a second I thought "this is going to be impossible," but then I remembered. Lol

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver 💕

[duherica]

“Your ghost suffocates me

when any thought of you fills my head

because mazes of memories appear

like the overflowing bath water

of an electrocuted pessimist

that soaks and drips

into the poor dweller’s kitchen below.

It suffocates just as the steeped smell

of charred limbs and vivacity

clings to the corporeal world

of the next unfortunate tenant

who’s locked into a lifelong contract.”

   -EL

[duherica]

What exactly made me this way? -6 word story

I am futilely pinpointing the cause.