I have written poems like this before

I have written poems like this before
when words are hard to grasp
when feelings come in racking waves
what keep my pen from forming thoughts
that keep my mind from working right
like all my gears have rusted

I have written poems like this before
when somethings just so overwhelming
when im lovesick 
when heartbroke
when my mind refuses to cope
like I just cant draw it out 
I just cant deplete the purity of what it is 

I have written poems like this before 
a depth that can only really truly be named
with the smallest of things. 
 

Batman

VT

17 years old

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  • By Batman

    My grandmother sings

    My Grandmother sings with an irish accent 
    her voice warbles, wrinkly and warm
    sweet as a bird's song,
    and a hearth in the heart of autumn
    My grandmother signs in the room next to me
  • Sonnet of Feathers

    Can I describe this thing that beats like wings

    That steps with every fall of my feet

    That sits in my rib cage and sings

    What is this thing that flutters when I sleep?

    Can I describe this thing played out in keys 
  • Piano and Candy

    Hands held in tight conversation
    tongue bitten in sweet concentration
    Sticky piano fingers
    stretched out like rainforest frogs
    and my rainbow toes
    pressed up against the body of the thing

    Just to feel your heart beats