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Urvashi 1d
Why adore?
Frightened by thought—
the one you cared for
betrayed you hard.

Where dark secret
cuts sharp,
a monster within thee,
a hunter in innocent robes.

Whom you protect now?
no more dolls—
it’s curse  that
hunting down in hills.
caught by surprise... flash !
your face   bleached by the camera
you look like your trying to halt          
                           some base emotion                      
something ticking fiercely                          
               behind that beached expression
a hesitant question molesting                        
           something you couldn't take back
once uttered

if uttered   a destructive spell ?                 
             would it turn us away from you
in revulsion ? would we feel                       
                   too deceived by this mystery
to maintain friendship ?                                
                           maybe we’d astound you
and bond with support and                        
                       understanding ? or maybe
behind it all you hide                                  
              simple disgust for the lot of us ?

 perhaps          i'm being silly                         
          and   you simply chose
                  a poor photo ?
aug 2025
Bekah Sep 1
When I was little,
I used to lay beside you,
ear pressed to your chest,
hoping one day
our hearts would beat the same.

Now I know better.
That was never love.
The man I called my father
was nothing but a monster,
hiding in plain sight.

I remember the day I learned your secrets—
your truth carved into me,
still etched beneath my skin.

That was the day I understood
not all monsters live under beds.
Some tuck you in at night,
and press a kiss to your head

Some of them build a home
only to haunt it
with their secrets.

But now I know the truth.
That our hearts never matched,
and I was so stupid
for ever wanting them to.
mysterie Aug 27
tell me --
who you are.
where you've been.
because i can't trust anymore.

i can't trust anyone.

between ai,
fake people
and old white lies --
im not sure what's real
and what's not.

maybe my brain
is too twisted
and is making
this all up...

im not sure
what's real
and what's not,
who i can trust
and who i can't --
it's all so confusing.

just leave me be,
maybe it'll spare me
the sympathy
when all my secrets
get dug up.
date wrote: 24/8
Marwan Baytie Aug 14
I am her *******, humble, soft, worn thin,
A silent witness to her hidden life.
I’ve known her body’s secrets, close and deep,
A second skin, I clung to flesh and bone.
I have tasted her sins, the bitter proof,
Felt the deep tremor, held the quake of thighs,
A vessel for unspoken, urgent needs,
The silent echoes of a hurried touch.
I have worn scents of nights that would shame saints,
Of raw desires and whispers in the dark,
The heavy perfume of a world unseen.
Each stain a story, etched into my cloth.
Now, press me closely to your patient ear,
And I will speak what only I have known.
My fabric holds the truth, a living scroll.
No hidden part of her escapes my grasp.
I will name every man, each grasping hand,
Every woman too, whose waiting lips did part,
And the precise hour, when they broke her open,
To spill her secrets, whispered in the night.
I hold the ledger of her pleasure, pain,
The hidden history within my weave,
and the very hour when her heart opened wide.
girlinflames Aug 20
Does he know
everything I’ve done?
Has he seen
that I am no longer
that lily flower?

And yet,
despite it all,
I still love him
just the same
Two souls apart from all the crowd,
in love and hate, both fierce and proud.
Through beauty’s light and sorrow’s rain,
we cling through joy, we cling through pain.

For in thine eyes, my truth I know,
and neither heart will let it go.
Thine eyes hold truths no stars could hide,
a mirror deep where my heart abides.

No chain of earth, no hand of time,
could break the bond that makes thee mine.
We keep this fire, this hallowed whole—
and drink forever from each other’s soul.

...
This is a little different for me, because when I write poetry, I typically do not rhyme... This time I did, and I like it 💕
Bipasha Dutt Aug 7
I write my secrets
On the shores,
And let them get erased
By the tides,
Knowing the oceans
Have hidden them somewhere,
As waves recede and rise

I feel
Unburdened,
A weight is shed -
My heart joins the seagulls,
That circle overhead
~ A Nursery Rhyme ~

By night the lamplights bloom in blue,
and Squinty Bat comes lurking through.
A flicker, a whisper,
a crooked spin,
she twirls in the hush where dreams begin.

She nibbles moths that orbit the glow,
grim as the gossip graveyards know.
Around the lamp
she loops and slides,
a velvet ribbon on moonlit tides.

At morning sun - dreadful, bright! -
Miss Clara Parrot claims the light.
She squawks and scolds,
so green, so loud,
a herald of day to the mortal crowd.

She tattles from trees with her feathered choir,
spilling the secrets that night conspired.
Their laughter clatters
like shattered glass,
naming each sin the shadows let pass.

Neighbors groan and pull their sheets
as Clara reigns over waking streets.
While Squinty swings
in her secret nook,
dangling like crime in a dusty book.

By day, it’s Clara, gossip and glare,  
by night, it’s Squinty, a ghost in the air.  
And before you ask:
Which one is blessed?
the sun and the moon will refuse that test.
And a credit to Mr. Edward Gorey, an inspiration.
CE Uptain Jul 29
I can’t keep up with my muse’s ****
My write hand is dragging, like a catcher’s mitt
In such a hurry, trying to catch everything
You never know, my muse may make me sing

Words abound, no truth in any I’ve found
Still the words, they circle back around
Did they find my roots, am I buried that deep
The cold, dark ground, holds my secrets to keep

Wait just a minute muse, you’re going too fast
You have to slow down to make the pages last
Capture my heart, blurred between the lines
Uncover my soul, it’s inside these rhymes
Another one from my marathon writing sessions on "My New Pad "
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