by Angela Corpus | Dec 10, 2022 | Poetry
I’ve often wonderedWhat it feels likeTo be on the other side of the pain.Perhaps you’ve wandered,Sought for sunlight,Only to be caught in the stone cold rain.Perhaps you’ve carriedThe trauma into your skin buriedNow it’s crawled out to collect its dues,And you’re...
by Angela Corpus | Jun 14, 2022 | Poetry
Some friends comeSome friends goSome will leave a lesson for you. Some friends stayWhen everything’s okayThe grey skies tell whoever’s true. But once in a whileYou find a good fellowWho sees through what you put on showAnd when they deferDespite the weatherKeep them...
by Angela Corpus | Oct 25, 2021 | Poetry
I keep a journal in my back pocketI scribble to-do’s in receipts, in store pamphletsI hold on to photographs to put in a locketThis is me trying not to forget. I gaze a little longer into your eyesI hug you a little tighter before goodbyesMy eyes close to feel your...
by Angela Corpus | Oct 17, 2017 | Poetry
An empty room, nothing but silence and, you—A recurring thought of a distant memoryWhere all I felt was misery;I think I can’t ever forgetThe moment our eyes first metI never knew the sun could fit in hollow windowsAnd scorch the very being of meAs if to thaw my heart...
