Poems from elisaethcumbee
I'm a twenty year-old violinist and lover of literature. I taught myself to read as a child and started writing poetry shortly thereafter. I tell stories, and aspire to some day write down and publish those stories.
there is a monster that lives in my bones
it has sharp claws, deep roots,
black-hearted and empty-stomached
it sucks at my marrow slowly...
it’s a thought(quiet, still)that moves you from calm to (fear)
it’s a motion(abrupt, small)that warns of (panic)
it’s your heart(afraid...
you’re staring thoughtfully at the (blank)page in front of you, pencil poised, hovering hesitantlyyour hand still as you consider
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