PoemsBrowse PoemsSlamsFresh DropEchoes
LearnWriting TipsPoetry TermsPoets & ArtistsBooksFor Teachers
ExplorePoetry GenomePoem MapEchoesTake ActionGroups
AboutWrite a PoemDonateSign UpLog In

Feed Me, Please


I have no hands,  

My mind is empty,  

My lungs are craving 

air and I cannot give it to them.  

I feel useless in this body. 

 

I have six feet,  

I cannot control the weather, and  

My mother hates me for it.  

I feel useless in the body. 

 

I am made of glass and rubber.  

I am breaking and melting and molding.  

I am bouncing and stinking and folding.  

And I am trying to see a point, as to why, 

Why was I giving so much and so little power? 

Why can I climb mountains 

and yet,  

I am unable to reach the glass on the top shelf? 

It does not make sense, and so I  

Crave answers.  

 

I crave to know why the sun shines directly in my eyes,  

I crave to know why the trees grow so high, and yet not high enough,  

For me to climb up and touch the clouds, who I crave answer from as well,  

I crave to know why they rain when I am happy? 

Don't they know that I don't want to disappoint my mother anymore? 

 

©All Rights Reserved

Something wrong with this poem?

Share

Replies are closed for this poem.

angelina.asteraceae

View all poems →

Your Poem's Voice

See what makes your poem unique — its voice, energy, themes, and the literary traditions it draws from.

Comments (0)

No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.

Log in to leave a comment.