Poems from LaylaSmith
I hope to become a translator and english teacher in South Korea someday as well as publish a poetry book. All my poems are posted on Hello Poetry under the name of Pyrrha. I am a Hellenistic Pagan, I write a lot about the Greek Gods and I hope to write more about religious tolerance.
He chased love like a child chases dreams
Like a dog chases its tail
Excited, carefree and hopeful
Like second nature
Daphne was his temple...
I have been a pagan since I was a young childI never knew exactly which branch I belonged inI knew I wasn't Wiccan or DruidI couldn't be...
Laughter laced with fearCaptured among final goodbyesCracked and broken fingernails; all that remains
Claw marks on wallsBodies abandoned...
Why lock your heart in a cage and give someone else the key?You didn't spend all those years in isolationJust to lock yourself up once you'...
Aren't we all like Perseus?Looking for what we can conquerFor what will give us gloryAnd immediate satisfaction?
Looking for what we...