by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 11, 2023 | My Blog, Poetry
Always alone Always have been alone In a crowd, I am even more alone Will always be alone Die alone Written December 10, 2022 I don’t trust you I still feel empty
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 19, 2023 | My Blog, Poetry
I don’t want to feel your skin I don’t want to taste your lips I don’t want you inside my head Better to live with the emptiness Better for the heart to ache Better to just go away We both know I can’t satisfy your deep desires We both know you...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 7, 2023 | My Blog, Poetry
There is my childhood one from when my forehead made contact with a door knob during a pillow fight There is the one on my stomach when I ran from killer bees and tripped and landed on a tree stump There is the one behind my left knee from an infected spider bite...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 10, 2022 | My Blog, Poetry
Do you see what I see? I look at you. You look at me How does it feel to see the pieces slip between my fingers To see all those memories slowly sink into the depths below I wanted life, I got pain Who will pick up the pieces The pieces are so deep, just out of...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 12, 2022 | My Blog, Poetry
Last night I dreamt about you You were still as pretty as all those years ago I should have told you long ago Your long dark hair Your quirky personality Your pretty smile I will never forget your laugh How would our lives have been different The roads we could have...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 12, 2022 | My Blog, Poetry
All those emotions stirring my heart Bursting at the seems Needing a place of their own Words coming together in beautiful transformation Cause my heart to sing for joy Expressing my deepest love and desires Feeling a freedom for the very first time The clouds have...