Poetry

Writing to, from, and about the parts within. Sharing to normalize the healing process.

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Poetry, burn these pages, a finger pointing Zachary Phillips Poetry, burn these pages, a finger pointing Zachary Phillips

the body keeps the score

i’m frozen
reading the words scratched upon my soul
long before i knew how to read

but now that i’m baked
i’ve got a new take
a new way to remake
and rewrite the wake

so many tears
for so few words

it is on me
to see
and send love
inwardly

my shadow bleeds ink
yet i hold the pen
with these words
i begin again

for my story will be long
with chapters anew
and these words
are so few

the body keeps the score
but the pen holds the key
the paper is the door
so love what you see

begin again

This poem is inspired by my book, How To Write Evocative Poetry

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Poetry Zachary Phillips Poetry Zachary Phillips

un-actioned decisions

a man walks
blindfolded and alone
desperately searching for meaning

finding nothing
he cries
and clings to his own broken form

the remnants
of a series of an un-actioned decisions
the only identity left to embrace

nonetheless he smiles
unable to hide the irony
that only now does he finally feel safe

This poem is inspired by the book How To Write Evocative Poetry

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Poetry, A Requiem Zachary Phillips Poetry, A Requiem Zachary Phillips

Triggered

I cannot whisper
The words I wish to scream

Tears fall
At the precipice of silence

Unmoving internal chaos
Catatonic rage

Memories of the present
Give way to realities of the past

All again
All at once

Visions flash
To the beat of the body’s rocking

The internal observer
Watches helpless

Why can’t you see I’m suffering?
Don’t you dare touch me

Thank god
For Valium

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