Timo Schmitz

No connection

No connection, battery empty,
Be my charger, bae!
Yet still lonely, you don’t know it,
Because we aren’t walking on the same way.

Let me inside your world,
Let me gain your trust,
Face what you feel for me,
Is it eternity or just bodily lust?

Climbing to the peak

Colors which are in the mirror unseen,
Sunsets so orange, yellow, blue green,
Through breathlessness where I hike,
In the moon nights’ sweet delight.

Where the fog is getting thicker,
Walking further through the night,
In the dawn the sun is breaking,
Galaxy-like shining light.

Myriads of breathless miles,
Melting in a thirsty might,
Reaching the mountaintop
With smiles.

I don’t want to lose you

Every morning when I wake up,
I know that I have such a luck,
– That you are with me.

But life is dangerous and one hush,
An unattentive moment in a rush,
And nothing would be as it was.

I am so afraid of losing you,
Because you filled me with life.

~~~

Timo Schmitz is a language fanatic, philosopher, journalist, poet, and book author from Germany. He authored poetry books in German, English, and French. His poetry was also featured among others in Luna’s Poetry Bar, I Write Her, The Short of It, and the anthology Social Justice Inks. Schmitz is currently doing his Ph.D. thesis in philosophy. Timo was first featured in 2022, and had his work appear in The Short of It – Volume 2, Reflections & Revelations.

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Gross

have you ever held a slug
petted it lovingly
in the backyard
of your home
during your youth
and wiped the slime
on your jeans
only to then smear
remnants of it
on your bottom lip
finding out that the taste
of said slime
is disgusting

ah, childhood memories

*This is based on a true story. And yes, it happened to me.

Balloons

Inspired by What do you see #208

see that girl
she knows how to have fun
yes, the one with ice cream,
smiles, and watermelons
standing in front of a rainbow

follow that girl
she’ll take you to places
you won’t want to return from
be prepared for adventures
where your joy will grow

be that girl
and let your life take flight

Reblogs – Paul V. Cannon & Ruth Klein

What is life if you are not moving beyond your comfort zone to take risks? You’ll never know what awaits unless you challenge yourself, or?

The Unknown by Paul V. Cannon

If I remain as I am the
boat will sail without me,
past the shallows I wade in,
near the reef I have only
transcended in my wintry
dreams, uncertain of the
clearance of my keel which
has kept me even for so long,
and now, looking at the vast
horizon with anticipation,
knowing that I risk more by
not plunging into the unknown.

Twitter Poetry by Ruth Klein

The world ends
On the horizon
Dreams begin

Alice

Inspired by Sadje’s What do you see #137

a tumble begins the adventure
chasing a white rabbit
mystery drink drunk
becoming a shrunk girl
eating a cake to become a giant
crying many tears to make a pool in a room
fanning herself and shrinking again
falling into a pool and getting wet
running a race to dry off
an errand bringing her to the white rabbit’s house
another mystery drink gets her stuck in one of the rooms
she shrinks again after eating pebbles become cakes
the caterpillar teaches her to eat mushrooms for size control
attending a mad tea party
visiting the duchess
then ending up rescuing a baby
meeting the cheshire cat in the forest
joining the queen of hearts for a game of croquet
meeting the mock turtle and gryphon
attending the knave of hearts trial
growing large and brushing away the deck of cards with ease
waking up at her sister’s side and telling the tales
this is the way of a wild mind
go ask alice