Gaia Octavia : Writing

Burst

Burst

A Poem by Gaia Octavia


Waiting for the day I feel good when I feel whole again, like a real person someone who matters, who isn’t just impatient..
Spiralling

Spiralling

A Poem by Gaia Octavia


Leave me to brood on a lonely mountaintop that overlooks the smoking ruins of all my hopes and dreams Leave me to rot in a small ..
Bitterness

Bitterness

A Poem by Gaia Octavia


Withered hands are steadyHolding on to what was mine,Cool as any cucumberPickled in life's brine All our faults are realizedIn each silent moment pas..
Wrinkled Hands

Wrinkled Hands

A Poem by Gaia Octavia


The peaks and valleys of these, my wrinkled hands, traversed in a silence which no one understands Each nook and cranny shows hard..
Scarecrow

Scarecrow

A Poem by Gaia Octavia


Passion turns whilenumbness reignsliving life once-removeduntil nothing remainsThoughts corrode asbitterness doesleaving dried-out huskof who I once w..
Dead Weight

Dead Weight

A Poem by Gaia Octavia


What a thanklessjob I haveto raise you up and make you gladWhile my joyfades far awayAs I tend to you each dayThis "friendship" hasbecome no morethan ..
Drawback

Drawback

A Poem by Gaia Octavia


I have dulled my emotions with self-preservation preferable in every sense but one: my inability to write with a passion that is integral to art..
Poses

Poses

A Poem by Gaia Octavia


Suppose I saygoodbye to youand treat you as I'm loath to do?Suppose I leaveyou high and dryand with noexplanation why?Suppose we goour separate waysea..
Another World

Another World

A Poem by Gaia Octavia


Green waters,mountain gems,turned-up flowers,leaves and stemsBathed in beautyall around,both aboveand below ground Sunshine rises,light and dark,every..
Curling Fox in a Hole

Curling Fox in a Hole

A Poem by Gaia Octavia


I have swallowed my poisonholding my grief, clutching my ragein blistered disbeliefLost within a tragedy, trapped inside my mind no other cell keeps m..