A collection of published works and poetic musings, Copyright 2020 Alyssa Ahle
Check out my poem 1942 on Poetry Super Highway’s 22nd Annual Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Poetry Issue
Excerpted & Miscellaneous Poetry
a poem for HSPs
An HSP (Highly Sensitive Person)
You know me
I’m the one
covering my ears
when the train goes by
screaming on tracks
racing to nowhere
You’re so dramatic
Stop covering your ears
Do you crave attention?
What’s wrong with you
Did they forget
to diagnose you
and let you live life
thinking you’re crazy?
I didn’t ask
for everyday sounds
to set my brain on fire
for my nervous system
to send signals of pain
throughout my body
every time
a baby’s cry
a motorcycle rev
cuts into my eardrum
If a person can break my heart
then sounds
decimate my soul
my body
my temple
I cover my ears
so I don’t scream
cry
disintegrate
Poem/Photo Copyright © 2020 Alyssa Ahle
an excerpt from Interviewing For a New Heart (to be released in 2021)
The Closest Thing
Glass bottles
on coasters
Netflix loads
episode thirty
Ti amo
he says
green eyes
seeking blue
Je t’aime
he says
our fingers
fitting together
He knows
I fear
the truth
he feels
Closed eyes
protect me
from hearing
his words
Doubt forbids
my heart
from escaping
the past
Another soul
might pledge
its love
in English
I cannot
not yet…
Te amo
I say
Poem/Photo Copyright © 2020 Alyssa Ahle
a poem of miscellaneous musings
Unknown
I remember your name
The world doesn’t
I whisper your name
The world won’t listen
No one
will talk about you
So you disappear
Closure is a word
I will never know
The letter I wrote you
will never be opened
The questions I have
will never be answered
I miss you
Do you miss me?
Do you remember me?
Or did you choose
to forget
Because
it was easier
I didn’t
And now…
It hurts
Every day
To live
Without you
It’s impossible
to forget you
You’re still alive
But I must pretend
that you are dead
Poem/Photo Copyright © 2020 Alyssa Ahle
