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Literature
the sea lies.
between scylla and charybdis,
i can only wonder whose
lips taste more like saline kisses
and less like misplaced misery. that could remind me
of broken impossibility, that could
allow me to lie my books of yearning poetry down. i
slumber in stories, of wishing that
when i hum to the ocean
mermaids and sirens would come to
seduce me, to steal me away –
hearts sink like stones in freshwater
when given too much
love and thought; though love itself is like freshwater
in the overbearing presence
of saltwater and
a shark’s blood.
waves speak to me, lapping for the sandy
shore: hoping for a child’s
fingers to appreciate its sur
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oceans from tidepools
dreamer; you might feel
lost at sea but guidance
has always been within
you; you will find shore
soon enough.
you can look to the stars
all night but they may
never hold the answers,
you can pray to your gods
and to your earth but
they might never write back
because, dreamer, you are
your own force of nature
you are the captain, and
you have never been lost.
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seaside letters
one.
i was never good at starting these things
two.
did you know some flowers
only open at night?
they must not be very afraid
of the dark
i wish i could say the same
three.
i can't light my candle anymore,
maybe it's telling me
that i should stop trying
i didn't really like that blister
on my thumb anyways
four.
i noticed that my veins
were the same color as the ocean
and i made myself bleed
my veins lied and blood is red, not blue
i guess i just thought i was different
five.
i wish you could read these
six.
i don't know how to write anymore
and i always knew this would happen sometime.
but god why now?
i still haven't figured out w
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