My Poetry Is
written by: devereaux frazier
@marylandpoet
My poetry
is long-awaited sunset
on a lover’s winter night
My poetry
is a flashlight on the entrails
of the horror film called Life
My poetry
is a camera
on the heart of Titanic
Beautiful
but tormented
Acclaimed
and cursed
My poetry
is an anchor
and a mast
a tsunami
and a covenant
conviction
from the conflicted
moaning
behind near perfect diction
My poetry
is the other side of the railway tracks
The backside
catching all the jack
Telling my truth
emasculates me
to that of a bee
giving little
but losing all
so you might avoid
where I’ve stumbled
and crawled
My poetry may be autistic
from hands suddenly active
but the lips are rigid
and mind narrow
My poetry may be saddening
inspirational
or nothing to you at all
but it’s my lifeline
brink
brink
breaking
that’s my heart aching
and another poem
that needs your saving
His work is regularly featured on SpillWords.com, where he was nominated for the May Publication of the Month in 2017. You can also find him on Literary Arts Review and Teen Ink, the latter of which published him in their monthly magazine in 2016.
When he’s not working as an Active Seller at IKEA Baltimore, Devereaux can be found reading or interacting with readers on his various platforms, mainly WordPress and Instagram. Reaching new readers and connecting with poets and writers across the web is one of the reasons why he writes. There’s no use in writing if it can’t be shared to uplift and inspire.
- Galaxies - February 25, 2021
- Battlefields, Called My Heart - May 6, 2020
- Where Are You, Happiness? - December 2, 2019
