A thought in motion
Stays in motion
A mistake at rest
Stays at rest
The thought spirals
Until it hits the mistake
A grand enough thought
Can move past a mistake
But a big enough mistake
Will stifle all progress
SR Romney 2024
Inertia (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #13) Leave a comment
Caution: Open Flame (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #12) Leave a comment
I burn people who get close to me
Like a branding iron made of jokes
Like a stovetop you forgot was on Tinder
Or a campfire you ran into at a bus stop
For your own and everyone else's safety
Either put me out or stay far away
You wouldn't want to get burnt
SR Romney 2024
No Idea (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #11) Leave a comment
Someone pulled out the stopper
My ideas swirled down the drain
I only have the scarecrow
"If I only had a brain!"
Tumbleweed is in my skull
My track has misplaced its train
Today I'm taking a break Tomorrow I'll think again
SR Romney 2024
Control (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #10) Leave a comment
It makes me sad
But I can't do anything about it
I'm not the one in control
It makes me mad
But I cannot stop it
I'm not the one in control
It brings me joy
But it can't stay forever
I'm not the one in control
It brings me peace
But it won't always be still
I'm not the one in control
SR Romney 2024
Chemotherapy (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #9) Leave a comment
I'm chemotherapy
I'm dosed out to people who are unhealthy
People who are desperate
People looking to survive
I stay in their life long enough
To make their last few moments miserable
Or I help them get better
And one day they realize
They don't need me anymore
SR Romney 2024
Silence: A Ketek (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #8) Leave a comment
Deafening silence.
A cry ceasing
To hear danger.
Heard to cease crying.
A silence,
Deafening.
SR Romney 2024
Bored (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #7) Leave a comment
I'm so bored
I need a mistake
Or a disaster to deal with
Some sort of tragedy
To sink my teeth into
I don't want contentment
But good crisis to chew on
If I don't have one at home
Store bought is fine
SR Romney 2024
Disappear (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #6) Leave a comment
Without you I can't breathe,
But you've cut off my oxygen.
My thoughts revolve around you;
So why did you disappear?
I'm only half a person
When you're not here with me.
I stumble around, incomplete
When, again, you disappear.
Desperately I cry for you,
"Please don't leave me alone!"
I'm frightened by this future
Where you really disappear.
You are the reason I exist;
The purpose in my life.
If you no longer call me yours
I know I'll disappear.
Please don't walk away from me.
Don't take away my self.
Without you, I'm a fading dream
Without you, I will disappear.
SR Romney 2024
Uniform (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #5) Leave a comment
Don't put on your face today
Please wear ours instead
Inoffensive corporate drone
Looks better on your head
Don't wear your favorite t-shirt
Don't wear your pretty clothes
Just wear the corpo uniform
Be company head to toe
Don't think your independent thoughts
Or dream your fondest dreams
Just dream of corporate capital
Your place among our team
Don't think of trying to be unique
Smother your inner glow
'Cause if you need to be yourself
We'll have to let you go
SR Romney 2024
Myself (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #4) Leave a comment
My body is on a call at work
My brain is online scrolling reddit
My love is curled up in her cat bed
My dreams are taking a smoke break
My thoughts are repeatedly playing the same song
My fears still hangout in the parking lot
My soul is still covered in soot
My hate lies dormant in it's cavern
My past pokes it head out from the fog
My future walks by my window
My thumbs finish typing this poem
My present finally hits publish
SR Romney 2024
Shame on The Universe 