#pantoum

My daughter Sleeping on the forest floor As the birds sing She dreams, a timber wolf

Sleeping on the forest floor Free to run, free to explore She dreams, a timber wolf Huntress deadly, forest critter

Free to run, free to explore Bear trap her took Huntress deadly, forest critter Now, stuck in a body of a man

Bear trap her took As the birds sing Now, stuck in a body of a man My daughter

These are some of the smaller bits of poetry I've made in the past.

A voice of the dead calls, once frozen ice falls, breaking past these walls, deep inside of me.

A life-taking wave mauls, the broken sky itself squalls, echoing in empty halls, far across the sea.

Two storm clouds meet, a terrifyingly loud feat, this tragety won't be beat, ripping me apart.

Calm and resolved, take a seat, the waves calm, soft and neat, sunbeams come, bringing heat, to heal a fractured heart.

Once the wind blew, whistling through the trees.

Once the wind grew, expanding from a breeze.

Once the wind sung, and the forest then repeated.

Once the wind rung, and it was sorely needed.

Once the wind stayed, heeding my desperate call.

Once the wind payed, trapped here for us all.

If you were to ride,

On your dreams to the ocean,

When would your dreams sink?

If you shot a wish,

Flying through the midnight sky,

Are you the monster?

If you cried empty,

Vacant of wishes and dreams,

Who's to blame but you?

If I were

If I were to have been a bird, free and high and wild, would I have a screaming cry, or a song so mild?

If I were to have been a wolf, running fast and far, would I have had fur silver and long, or fur as black as tar?

If I were to have been a man, crying loud since birth, would I possess a gun for war, or try for peace on earth?

I was simply born as me, shy and plain and quiet, but I can write my days away, and have a peaceful riot.

A day since past

Once upon a day since past,

I sang a quiet song,

A darkness that will never last,

Showing all that's wrong.

I sang a quiet song,

On that fateful day,

Showing all that's wrong,

And yet it's here to stay.

On that fateful day,

The shadow clouded me,

And yet it's here to stay,

Blinding all you see.

That shadow clouded me,

Once upon a day since past,

Blinding all you see,

A darkness that will never last.

Red River

Far away, long ago, where the poppies used to grow, there's a stream the flows in red, twisting, winding, down the bed.

I used to go there, but no more, for, you see, I'm too poor, too old, too weak, growing small, soon I won't be here at all.

So, dear child, please, for me, would you please go down and see, the river, winding scarlet still, I will rest, I surely will.

If I weren't stuck in a jar,

If I were to be a star,

If I saw the world from far,

If the sea was dark as tar,

It would be my end.

I am stuck here in this urn,

I don't twinkle, but I yearn,

I can only sit and learn,

I am such a big concern,

I just need a friend.

An ode to Crimeapple

Pinapples aren't kind,

Never trust Crimeapple please,

They will commit crimes.

Sisterhood, it shines like gold, it sparkles in the sun

You could survive without the glint, but then it's much less fun.

Jotting down a little note can help a future you.

When your life has cloudy days, your past will help you through.

Art is made by loving hands, persistant through all strife.

Gaze around your beauty within, and bring your dreams to life.

I went to the doctor today.

The operation was supposed to fix me.

The doctors do not understand.

Why am I still in pain?

The operation was supposed to fix me.

Everyone assured me it would work.

Why am I still in pain?

The doctors are too busy to worry.

Everyone assured me it would work.

I followed their instructions to no avail.

The doctors are too busy to worry.

They told me to live healthier.

I followed their instructions to no avail.

They said losing weight would fix me.

They told me to live healthier.

My weight (My flesh!) drops away without me even trying.

They said losing weight would fix me.

Don't they understand how I am suffering?

My weight (My flesh!) drops away without me even trying.

The pain is the very thing preventing me from exercising.

Don't they understand how I am suffering?

All they can see is my weight and my womanhood.

The pain is the very thing preventing me from exercising.

I am trapped in this tormented form.

All they can see is my weight and my womanhood.

I went to the doctor today.

I am trapped in this tormented form.

There’s nobody to keep us company.

No other mind to share thoughts with.

No body to feel with.

Nobody to keep us company.

We ruined that for both of us.

No body to feel with.

We don’t deserve it anyway.

We ruined everything for both of us.

We couldn’t reign ourselves in.

We don’t deserve you anyway.

You’re too good for us.

We couldn’t reign ourselves in.

And we’ll never see you again.

You’re too good for us.

So maybe it should stay this way.

We’ll never see you again.

We want to say we’re sorry.

But maybe things should stay this way.

So we stare at our barren home.

We want to say we’re sorry.

Your mind is not there to share our thoughts with.

So we stare at our barren home.

All the roads lead back to Rome

So why be troubled by the fall?

The place inside that you call home

Will be there when you come to call

So why be troubled by the fall?

Empires, which come to end in time

Will be there when you come to call

They lie in rubble, marble and lime

Empires, which come to end in time

Live with us to this very day

They lie in rubble, marble and lime

Haunted by stories who kindly stay

Live with us to this very day

The monologues of long-gone souls

Haunted by stories who kindly stay

To fill your own heart’s cracks and holes

The monologues of long-gone souls

Do not despair for epics passed

To fill your own heart’s cracks and holes

The ancient songs foreverlast

So guide yourself still to the hall

The place inside that you call home

The Vestals’ hearth will welcome all-

All the roads lead back to Rome

thanks to @faerie-remuslupinsversion for motivating me to post this lol