nobody on Nostr: In the Name of Poetry The world isn’t always poetic, my mother tells me today. I ...
In the Name of Poetry
The world isn’t always poetic, my mother
tells me today. I shrug and keep writing
because I’m convinced the entire world is
poetic if you capture the essence of it subtly
like a paintbrush on blank canvas, or the way my diamonds reflect the sun at midday.
I use these poems to solidify memories, to firmly cement the brutal history of my heart
so the world cannot kill me again,
it can only look back at me like this
which doesn’t hurt as much, I think.
The world isn’t always poetic, my mother
tells me today. I shrug and keep writing
because I’m convinced the entire world is
poetic if you capture the essence of it subtly
like a paintbrush on blank canvas, or the way my diamonds reflect the sun at midday.
I use these poems to solidify memories, to firmly cement the brutal history of my heart
so the world cannot kill me again,
it can only look back at me like this
which doesn’t hurt as much, I think.