A flicker, a flash , a flame
A blaze of fire ignites inside
It scorches with a fierce torch
Embracing the warmth of it while it sears
Melting
Watch as it all goes up in smoke
Smoldering
Reduced to nothing
but ashes
and char
Kyoko WP
sad
Break
I can break
I can break and mend
Push me so far until I bend
over backwards till it ends
Does it end?
Kyoko W.P.
Curated catastrophe
Diffuse the IED of dishonesty
Before we all combust from the blow you fraudulently
handled as love for me
But now I see
This disaster was always meant to be
It didn’t matter what I tried to be
Or all the love you quickly stole from me
This was always meant to be…
A tragedy
Kyoko W.P.
A Single Tear Drop
a single tear drop
is a minuscule
fragment of affliction …
its a speck of vast emotions
all encapsulated
in one single splash…
imagine the pain that remains in the tears not cried
but put a side
to hide
Kyoko W.P.
Little girl
Little girl, little girl
Why do you cry?
You’re far too young to know such pain
But it’s all I see in your eyes
Little girl, little girl
You don’t have to tell me who or why
You don’t have to be okay
You just have to try
Little girl, little girl
I see the fear in your eyes
You need not be afraid
I will sing you lullabies
and hold you under the nights shade
Little girl, little girl,
Don’t grow so fast…
Sometimes the world
can feel chaotic,
hard to find your place
Take your time…
find your pace
Don’t lose your firefly,
dreams and wishes
Send them way up high
Do it your own way
Light up the sky
Little girl, little girl
Keep your chinup
Don’t cry
Inside every little girl,
Is a warrior… with fire in her eye
Kyoko WP
Keep my Heart Alive
Maybe I dance to the beat of my own drummer.. or
Maybe I am the drummer
Still looking for my beat
I feel it as it changes right under my feet
Maybe I sing to my own melody
Lost in the rhythm of life
And it’s swift changing keys
They can be sharp, haunting
Full of melancholy
I’m lost in the lyrics
that overstimulate my mind
But there are moments of clarity
Where the words just unwind
Those moments of solace
Happen time to time
Those are the times
That keep my heart alive
Kyoko W.P.
My Light
Maybe it’s not that my light
doesn’t shine bright enough
for others to care,
Maybe it’s that my light shines too bright;
hard to witness, to bear.
So the world throws its shade and its filters,
in forms of trauma and tragedy,
in attempts to dim or dull
my light capacity.
But I still glow and gleam in the dark…
Beaming dazzling light into the night sky,
like art
Kyoko WP
Petals
You picked my petals.
One
by
One.
And I let you,
thinking… I had won.
Truth be told,
before you finished with my petals…
You were already
done.
Kyoko W.P.
Pardon Me
strength with an iron will
doesn’t make this pill
any easier to swallow
down, even with water
it’s still stuck in the gut
-ter of my thoughts
that I can’t wash out
so pardon me,
while I scream and shout
this is not what I want
Kyoko W.P.
once was war
just like all the debris,
left from the storm.
it’s up to you
to clear that path,
and make a way-
where there once
was war.
Kyoko W.P.
Forget me Not
So I’ll sit here with my tears
Because you’re upset by things I can’t control
You must’ve grown tired of it all these years
Everything must’ve taken its toll
I don’t blame you either I know I’m a lot
But don’t let me disappear,
Please,
Forget me not
Kyoko W.P.
Big Feels Book on Amazon
Tomorrow my book will officially been on the market a full month. I’d love to sell a few more before then!
Big Feels: I feel too much
Stillness
Standing in stillness
I observe the world
Spiral around me
Faster and faster
I behold life moving
I’m just a witness
Motion sickness
Hit me with a quickness
But I’m still …
standing in the stillness
Kyoko W.P.
Piece of Art ( Kinsugi)
Every word is a memory.
Each a punch in the gut,
a crack in the heart.
But these wounds
somehow craft me
into a new piece of art.
Kyoko W.P.
Won’t See You Again
The fog has lifted
My spirit shifted
I once was gifted
But now I don’t know,
how
to talk to you
Cause it was easier then
Back when
We were younger with discipline
stronger voice within
And now the story’s old
Nothing left to be told
I’m getting on the road
Won’t see you again
So this it then
It’s been real friend
Kyoko WP
Predator
It doesn’t matter
how many years have passed
I can still feel you choke me
I can still feel your grasp
your grabs and your grip
Fighting my screams
by biting my lip
You tossed and threw me
like rag doll
You behaved like a predator
ready to maul
I closed my eyes until it was over
The shame and the pain,
the full – body exposure
I’ll never forget
but I’ll always long for
closure
Kyoko WP
Bad Dream
Chaos and cancer
War and disaster
Make it go faster
Feel frozen in a bad dream
Is everything as bad as it seems?
What does any of this even mean?
I don’t know, but it’s breaking my heart
Come take a look,
it’s falling apart
Anxious
I can’t even take this
I don’t have the patience
I’m nervous and anxious
My chest feels tight where it once felt spacious
The Prelude
Been beaten and bruised
Blamed and accused
Turned away and refused
Felt empty and used
Lost and confused
Utterly disapproved
But allow me to be excused
I’m no longer consumed
That was just the prelude
Because I have cocooned
Through metamorphosis,
I have been improved
Losing you
The decisions been made
It’s very clear
Lay me down in my grave
You won’t shed one tear
Leave me here, afraid
Because losing you is my biggest fear
Kyoko W.P. POETRY 