AmeliaGerhardt : Writing

Ocean

Ocean

A Poem by AmeliaGerhardt


I long to be the waveskissing the shoreas the tide comes in.
Art Forms

Art Forms

A Poem by AmeliaGerhardt


You were the most beautiful songI'd ever heard.To compose as you had been composedwas the passion fueling my existenceFor you were magnificent artand ..
Birdie

Birdie

A Poem by AmeliaGerhardt


Youhave mistaken your skeleton as a cagewhenit is merely madeto support your physicalbeing.The disservice then ishidden in the pressureyou've created ..
Blue

Blue

A Poem by AmeliaGerhardt


Perhaps she would no longerbe invisibleif she could turn anything otherthan the color of the skyand of the ocean
A cry for help

A cry for help

A Poem by AmeliaGerhardt


What is more insane?asking strangers to patchmy broken heart,or expecting that I amable to do it on my own?
Tea II

Tea II

A Poem by AmeliaGerhardt


As a tea bag soaked inhot water forms tea,the anger boiling within herveins started to form hate
Tea

Tea

A Poem by AmeliaGerhardt


I sip at my teaseconds after removingit from the stove.Momentarily, thecold void within issatisfied by the scorchingliquid that fills myevening mug
Unity

Unity

A Poem by AmeliaGerhardt


When two heartsspend so much timebeing so close toone another,how could they not learn to beatat the same rate,how could they not notice the absence o..
Shutting down is all I know to do

Shutting down is all I know to do

A Poem by AmeliaGerhardt


I can see the gears slowing.I watch as the entire systemreads my cry for help andinstinctively shuts down in panicrather than workingto find a solutio..
Nature

Nature

A Poem by AmeliaGerhardt


More soft and delicatethan the petalsof a newly blossomedand well nurturedflower in SpringA feeling so overpoweringcaused by the most gentleunion of o..