it is actually quite embarrassing
to take the words beating in my mind
and circulating in my heart
and put them up so that they can
live on the floor right above
my real name there
is no denying that I’ve had
so many of these private thoughts
once I’ve put them out for the world
to swallow and slowly ingest
there is no more pretending
that my words aren’t mine
when my name moves in on the first floor
and listens to the words’ ceaseless footsteps
morning and night, back and forth, pounding down
hauling mental furniture all around
About the Creator
Leigh Fisher
I'm a writer, bookworm, sci-fi space cadet, and coffee+tea fanatic living in Brooklyn. I have an MS in Integrated Design & Media (go figure) and I'm working on my MFA in Fiction at NYU. I share poetry on Instagram as @SleeplessAuthoress.
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If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’re a poet, or a writer of some type. If you’re not a poet, but enjoy reading poetry, then you are awesome and one of my favorite people in the world. There are not nearly enough people out there who are like you, enjoying poetry because it’s a pleasure to read.
By Leigh Fisher6 years ago in Poets
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