Maddstarks29

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"My Father"

by Maddstarks29

Fire only smells like my father No matter how I feed the flames. Leaves and twigs and cardboard sheets...

0 Likes | 1 comment | 41 views | Poetry | December 6, 2018

"Pinky Promise, Cross my Heart to the Moon and Back"

by Maddstarks29

I pinky promise, cross my heart to the moon and back There's a pirate ship parked in my cul-de-sac And it's stealing my promise on its way to the moon It's been interrupted by swords and harpoons. I sent them once, they were lost on the...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 39 views | Poetry | November 29, 2018

"Mourning"

by Maddstarks29

I mourn for the thoughts I’ve lost Forever buried in my mind That tumbled before barely born...

1 Like | 0 comment | 58 views | Poetry | November 27, 2018

"Boomerang (sequel)"

by Maddstarks29

I’ve got another toxic notebook This one too will burn my eyes I left the other on the shelf...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 56 views | Poetry | November 19, 2018

"Stardust"

by Maddstarks29

Declare to the stars that we are at war And let them know their debts cannot be settled. We will not be fooled. Every being on this earth Knows that all stars turn to dust And with them, a hole is torn In our dusty cobwebbed pockets...

1 Like | 0 comment | 72 views | Poetry | November 18, 2018

"Nighttime Comforts Me"

by Maddstarks29

Nighttime comforts me Brings by thoughts and feelings That wouldn’t dare ring my doorbell...

2 Likes | 0 comment | 92 views | Poetry | November 16, 2018

"Lung Collapse"

by Maddstarks29

You couldn’t let me be Could you The moment I could breathe Someone slid the tent poles...

0 Likes | 1 comment | 78 views | Poetry | November 15, 2018

"Mirror"

by Maddstarks29

He says Do you know how I feel when we embrace Like I want to hold you all at once I...

2 Likes | 2 comments | 104 views | Poetry | November 14, 2018

"Connect Four"

by Maddstarks29

The pick up sticks fell out again The puzzle pieces shattered I tried connecting four and yet...

0 Likes | 1 comment | 93 views | Poetry | November 13, 2018

"The Stars are Dead"

by Maddstarks29

The stars are dead And they don’t know that we still Prop their bodies up in constellations...

0 Likes | 1 comment | 108 views | Poetry | November 13, 2018

"TV Screen"

by Maddstarks29

You keep the TV up too loud You turn the knob there up to twenty You make the voices seem to scream...

0 Likes | 1 comment | 107 views | Poetry | November 13, 2018

"Tarmac"

by Maddstarks29

Why are you yelling, Dim lights? What makes you scream? What makes you blink one two wink Like a heartbeat? There must be a way to quell the hum. I can't tell If you like the sounds you make, or if you really want my help Why ar...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 430 views | Poetry | April 26, 2018

"Sweatshirt"

by Maddstarks29

I ask you where you’re going And I just can’t stand not knowing And you tell me all I need to know...

1 Like | 1 comment | 441 views | Poetry | April 20, 2018

"Picture"

by Maddstarks29

Smash all the pictures And I’ll grab the shards of glass So bleeding hands can place them back together...

2 Likes | 4 comments | 406 views | Poetry | April 20, 2018

"Arrow"

by Maddstarks29

Say that the arrows pointed at each other Won’t shatter if their sharp points meet And fe...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 567 views | Poetry | March 25, 2018

"Two Knights, Red and Blue"

by Maddstarks29

And I was squeezing my knees tight As my legs folded into me In the corner of my room Where...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 425 views | Poetry | March 23, 2018

"I Just Left"

by Maddstarks29

I just left your bedroom and I think my clothes are damp from The bucket you poured over my head...

0 Likes | 1 comment | 464 views | Poetry | March 23, 2018

"Animal Crackers"

by Maddstarks29

When I was three- I think- (I was too young to note my age) My great grandmother lay dying...

1 Like | 0 comment | 505 views | Poetry | March 20, 2018

"Paralyze"

by Maddstarks29

Paralysis crystallizes My once streaming eyelashes And cements me in my place As if I’ve b...

1 Like | 0 comment | 539 views | Poetry | March 9, 2018

"I Just Thought"

by Maddstarks29

I just thought That maybe it’d be different And I just knew I couldn’t live this way...

1 Like | 3 comments | 473 views | Poetry | March 3, 2018

"High"

by Maddstarks29

I can’t get down Since you’ve put me up so high On your shoulders where I’m vaulted An...

0 Likes | 1 comment | 589 views | Poetry | February 22, 2018

"Ashes"

by Maddstarks29

We all fall down As death tips down his dominoes And burned to silent specks we flow To ashe...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 598 views | Poetry | February 20, 2018

"Heat"

by Maddstarks29

In the heat of the moment The flames may just be cold The ones that you produce Aren’t war...

1 Like | 0 comment | 510 views | Poetry | February 17, 2018

"Seventeen"

by Maddstarks29

Seventeen In between Stuck in this room full of legos and Pictures of people...

1 Like | 1 comment | 512 views | Poetry | February 15, 2018

"I think you’re pretty, beautiful"

by Maddstarks29

“I think you’re pretty beautiful” I said it to his face I said it to his eyes I said i...

0 Likes | 1 comment | 479 views | Poetry | February 12, 2018

"Angel"

by Maddstarks29

An angel of the highest order Brought the earth to blind loyalty As it turned from mighty warrior...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 577 views | Poetry | February 9, 2018

"Hook"

by Maddstarks29

His eyes are hooks Not sharp, or cold But tools to catch me And reel me in ...

2 Likes | 5 comments | 566 views | Poetry | February 7, 2018

"Wave"

by Maddstarks29

I can hear the wave collapsing On the shore that is your mind When this ship sails into harbor ...

0 Likes | 5 comments | 598 views | Poetry | February 6, 2018

"Chapter One: The Window"

by Maddstarks29

My eyes yearned to glance towards the window, but I kept my gaze on my work, knowing full well that the murky sea green curtain had simply fluttered due to the whispering breeze outside- not committed enough t...

1 Like | 1 comment | 379 views | Realistic Fiction | February 2, 2018

"Stationary"

by Maddstarks29

He asks me to sit And watch the sun rise From beyond the horizon line As it is set free to...

2 Likes | 2 comments | 528 views | Poetry | January 31, 2018

"Humidity"

by Maddstarks29

The humid air Dripping in suffocating moisture Substitutes for your arms And wraps around me...

3 Likes | 1 comment | 621 views | Poetry | January 30, 2018

"The Painter’s Demise"

by Maddstarks29

The brush trails behind streaks of paint Still wet, it reflects the chandelier’s light. While the artist chooses his schemes of c...

1 Like | 1 comment | 458 views | Poetry | January 30, 2018

"Boomerang"

by Maddstarks29

In my room, there is a book I keep it hidden on the shelf. I take careful note to ignore it...

0 Likes | 1 comment | 626 views | Poetry | January 29, 2018

"Her Hair is Ablaze"

by Maddstarks29

The bright blue sky above reminded me of her dyed turquoise hair whipping the sides of her face in my windowless car. I smiled as I recalled the reason that window was broken. She was always getting into a...

1 Like | 0 comment | 287 views | Prose | January 29, 2018

"Fate’s Spiderweb"

by Maddstarks29

She sits alone With puppet strings In her crumbling tower On the edge of the earth &...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 567 views | Poetry | January 28, 2018

"Dear Schedule"

by Maddstarks29

Dear Schedule, I’m about sick of you. I think I have a fever, I think you’ve given me t...

2 Likes | 1 comment | 607 views | Poetry | January 28, 2018

"This Night is Different"

by Maddstarks29

This night is different I could explain The change in the wind Its smell no longer of the re...

1 Like | 0 comment | 542 views | Poetry | January 28, 2018

"Prey"

by Maddstarks29

You tied the cords around my wrists. You left me in the clearing. The trees above quaked at the sound Of the wolves coming for th...

2 Likes | 2 comments | 651 views | Poetry | January 22, 2018

"The Architect"

by Maddstarks29

I was dancing in my room last night When my heart caught mid-beat I was waltzing to our song...

1 Like | 2 comments | 563 views | Poetry | January 22, 2018

"Last Survivor"

by Maddstarks29

I am the last man on earth. Yet the streets aren’t empty The wind does not whisper, Unblo...

2 Likes | 2 comments | 637 views | Poetry | January 17, 2018