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We Are Shipwrecks

A Poem by I Am Svetlana

To each we are themassive body of a shipwreck.To find safe harbor.Some of us are born chasing disaster.Some of us are born chasing poetry.The sky is e..

Sweet Dreams

A Poem by I Am Svetlana

We went for a walkon the wooden pier.Napped underneath thebeach umbrellas.I don't think the scenein my head is realcause I can feelthe phantom hurt in..

Never My Last Words

A Poem by I Am Svetlana

The boy who liveddownstairs inhaling chemicalswas equivalent to the timeyou left the popcorn in too long.Thus this memory ismixed into my poetryon a d..

This Black Hole

A Poem by I Am Svetlana

When you appeared on my doorstep,I was eating cereal with no milk.Surely, I could fit all my worries inside a bathtub.Even when I wished I could.Took ..

Our Jigsaw Parts

A Poem by I Am Svetlana

Somewhere down a crowded hallwaywere two halves that didn't fit together.Our jigsaw parts.I know it's past my bedtime,but there is a hummingbird in my..

Rough Draft

A Poem by I Am Svetlana

I am a rough draft(all you are is a blank paper)Dipping my toe into a pool of sadness(a lovely place to play)A glimpse of the wolf in the shadows(a gi..

Unopened

A Poem by I Am Svetlana

All the messages left unopened.Poems about a girl I used to love.The moment I heard her laugh,makes me wish I had stayed.I could see the light in her ..

Matched

A Poem by I Am Svetlana

Misery in your eyes,a sky full of sorrow.She is my soul.She sees galaxies.We were just two peoplewho heard the call of thewind.In the moments of hope,..

Little Orphans

A Poem by I Am Svetlana

Little orphans are giventhe bravest songs withmuch moresadness.An entire lifelike a broken chain,imagine how little will remain.Held in a placemeant t..

Phantom

A Poem by I Am Svetlana

I slipped out in the night.The night the lakefreezes over.It was a shadow that woke me."I won't hurt you."He doesn't want you to fear him.Such a kind ..