DEFINING EMOTIONS
There is a poem for every emotion
Wednesday 23 October 2024
TELL ME
Monday 16 September 2024
THE FRAGILE LINE
I don’t mean to confuse you,
Or twist your thoughts in knots.
I don’t mean to capture your heart,
Or soothe the ego that you’ve brought.
I’ve told you—my heart belongs to him,
A love that overflows and fills my core.
Yet, still, my body craves your touch,
An ache I cannot choose to ignore.
I love the way my body knows you,
How I can simply be myself,
The way you stare when we’re in conversation,
And how your laughter lights my shell.
I can talk to you about anything,
But still, my heart remains apart.
I give you my body, yet he holds the strings
Of the deeper pull within my heart.
I give you pleasure because he has my time
You get the fantasy, while he gets my life.
But I know you, too, have your own world,
And so, I draw this fragile line.
So take me as I stand before you,
Incomplete without your touch,
Incomplete without his love,
In your own ways, you both complete me.
Friday 16 August 2024
I BEG YOU by Laban Erapu
Wednesday 24 July 2024
MY 3-LEGGED TABLE
I am such a creature of comfort, it's painful,
Living with familiar things, worn and faithful,
My three-legged table, broken but by my side,
New ones call, but they can't replace our history.
Repairing it is a dream denied,
But I find comfort in its lopsided grace,
You might think I'm a hoarder, but I only keep what I need,
Each possession chosen with care, a piece of my soul.
In their presence, I find rare solace,
Discarding them would leave a gap,
I cling to my flawed table; it's mine,
In its imperfection, I find love.
So here I stay, with my three-legged table,
A creature of comfort in a rushed world,
In its fragile balance, I cherish the past,
And the memories it holds.