Hello Poetry

778°

btp

when the answer to every thought is
"what does it matter"
and the scary thing is
it's not like depression makes you think so
it's just that you have to think long enough

to all the overthinkers

349°

Jethro Nhero Cuizon

What's your name?

You!
Your name sounds like any weather

It could be rainy
when everything seems so gloomy.

Sometimes it's windy
and you make me feel so carefree.

Most of the time it's sunny
you make my world so bright and happy.

Whatever it may be,
I just want you to be close to me.

It's Cindy

328°

Nishant Rawat

Simulation

Sometimes, it feels like we are living in a simulation.
A simulation designed to ultimately doom all of us.

Midnight Thought

#simulation #life #thoughts

301°

Poetria

confessions of a fraud

fraudery

written in time
disappearing past lines
colours a face
(with) crows feet and soft smiles

i was innocent until realised
my living lie, this sweetly lime
a pirate of ways
perhaps too saccharine

(you are) more than i say
(you were) less than i liked
curse frauderous men!
I am fraudery's child.

finally feel alive again after 4 long months

#time #fraud #innocence #sweet #men #women #children

142°

pineliquor

escapism

horizon shrouded in dim light
will stars fall in these reflective eyes
rain beaten hydrangea, summer limes

anticipation for bitter nostalgia

Apr 23, 2020

130°

alexis

Untitled

you burned like a star
they whispered,
terror and awe laced in their words

you burned so hard, so bright
everyone but the sun had to look away
the sun stared down as
the burning boy fell underneath the water-
blue hands reaching up to catch him.

stars burn out too fast
they speak,
indifference and pity colour their words.

3, août 2020
12:23 am.

#icarus #burned #star

123°

A Girl Floating Around

Early Morning Conversation

Sitting out on the front step with you
Under stars in their last breath of this night
Coffee in hand
3 a.m.
We talk.

#early #morning #3am #coffee

92°

Midnight Rain

half

the only thing that keeps
away the darkness
is the light
i burn within myself.

so i have been half flame
half smoke,
half light
half shadow,
half myself
half someone else.

this isn’t a way to exist;
it’s a way to survive.

81°

Bree

Addicted

I’m addicted to the feel of cold metal sliding across bare flesh
Addicted to the instant
when nothing marks smooth skin
immediately before
red rivers rapidly rise
painting a once white canvas
with a flood of emotion,
tears on my cheeks,
sobs caught in my throat,
numbness replaced by pain & sadness.
Addicted to the imperfection
of red welts and dotted scabs that follow,
fingers drawn like magnets
to the texture of healing skin,
tracing over and over and over now fading ridges
Amazed that I am strong enough
to heal myself over and over and over.
Convincing myself that I am strong enough.
I find strength in my weakness.

6 months self harm free! Writing about it helps fight the urge

#selfharm

76°

Zack Ripley

One way ticket

Dreaming about the future
While living in the past
Is a one way ticket to madness

#onewayticket #ticket #oneway #madness #crazy #past #future #dream #dreaming #poem

73°

Heavy Hearted

Murphy's

First is a tree who's name wasn't taught
Next, then of course, a tree now forgot
And then many maples
A spruce and a birch,
Then the last leafless branch upon which these words perch:

Now Into blue sky
Through the swirled clouds I search
On this dock, or a bible
In this lake like a church;

My soul does the backstroke
Toward the blue dream, I lurch.

#cottage #trees #kearney #loon #lake #dock

67°

Rachel

Tapestry

I thread ever so carefully
Every strand of you
Weaved into the fabric of my being
Under tension was picture perfection
But don't look at the knotted bottom

Our love was like a weaving loom, perfect on the surface.

#love #hurt #miss #longing #heartbroken #pain

59°

Miles Graves

Untitled

a walk, so long it seems
and so lonely, a weird feeling.
the lights and water dance together,
something so beautiful but never seen
and they are never lonely.
the fallen leaves washed away, alive yesterday
but forgotten when the sun came,
they looked so lonely.

58°

Emily

Inked

Thinking about getting a tattoo
But, I take pause...
Looking in the mirror
I see my body’s already covered
Marked in invisible ink
Every inch of my bare skin
Painted with the joy and pain of living
From my heart to my hips
Color faded here, but poppin’ over there
Memories designed by your hands
Others etched on my own
A collection that makes me smile
Among a few pieces I regret
So, about getting a tattoo...
I guess I’m not ready
Because I can’t think of a tattoo
Meaningful enough, yet
To write over any of the life I’ve lived

57°

E

The Internet

TikTok comps
Russian bots
Makeup tutorials
"I'm not like other girls"

Trolls and incels
BuzzFeed articles
Gay fan fiction
Many a pun

Demonetization
Censorship
People hiring hitmen
Buy some hair clips

Twitter ramblings
Anti-vaxxers
Flat earthers
And a partridge in a pear tree

#trolls #incels #censorship #hitmen #hair #partridge #tiktok #russian

56°

Ashly Kocher

Catch me I’m Falling

Catch me I’m
F
A
L
L
I
N
G
Into the oblivion
Spiraling
D
O
W
N
Into the unknown
Or maybe fantasy
Within my own fears
Contemplating life goals
Free falling
Endless flying
Only to
L
A
N
D
Always on my feet..

54°

Annika

Untitled

The simplest form of
I love you is
I miss you…

52°

Nylee

The sun and the moon

My love for my brother
is like an ocean
But when I see him,
I turn into tidal waves.

The only one I'd ever fight with and for
My brother is the sun, I am the moon
Together in this universe,
the constants for one another.

#rakshabandhan #rakhi #brother #sibling #love #sun #nyee #moon #fight #constants

47°

muna

ignored.

Why does it always feel like
no one's listening
when I talk?

I'm never loud enough..

#voice #ignored #sad #lonely #invisible

46°

Andre Vrdoljak

Untitled

The dew before
The light catches it
Before then

#early #morning #nature #beauty

43°

Lulu Sarmiento

Take One

He said: “Let’s start.”
She said: “It’s the end.”

What’s the silver lining between start and end?

#life #love #start #end #finish #journey

42°

Berry Blue

It’s all I’ve got

Memories
Frozen in time
Only 9 months with you
Your love
Very few pictures
Tons of text messages
This is all I’ve got
And nothing more
And there won’t be any more
This is all I’ve got
It’s all I’ve got
It’s not enough. Come back. Please?

#death #love

39°

Kyra

Creation

Between the lines
of now and then,
you’re drawing me
with ink and pen.
Every ridge
and every curve
you’re carving out
what I deserve.
Tangled veins
and knotted hair,
a thunderstorm
of senseless care.
Between the breaths
of God and man-
You’re writing me
just as I am.
With fractured bones
and black-hole eyes,
painted purple,
ringed with lies.
All I am
is what you see
and what you make
is all I’ll be.

#creation #art #paint #imperfect #human #flawed #life #love #unrequited #people

39°

Kingshuk

Sky is falling

The sky should crush into us-
even if an ant dies out of our negligence.

38°

HaleyBoo

The hardest thing

The hardest thing I’ve ever had to do?

It wasn’t letting you go.

That was difficult though, to swallow my pride and wear a smile to hide the fact I’m not okay.

Oh no, the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do? Was finally admit to myself the truth.

It was admitting that you were never mine to begin with.

35°

misha

drunk on you

your name is
forbidden in
my mouth
or in my heart
because when
i think about
you;

i'll cry a little more,
hurt a little stronger
love a little softer
because you no longer
make me feel sober

i'm drunk on the
memory of you

if only i could chase you with pizza but shots don't work like that

#hearts #mind #soul #girl #lonely #heartbroken #love #drunk #tears #cry

34°

amanda

why i no longer hate your girlfriend

i may have despised
for the longest time
that she was your sun

but you’re my moon

and i guess what
i’m trying to say is—

every one of my nights
would be darker
without her light
all over you

i wouldn’t have ryan
if ryan didn’t have courtney

she’s a hot and necessary evil
for my hot and brilliant
best friend

34°

mjad

Break

He would let me break every bone in his body
Just for me to let him love me

But then I'd break his heart

#bone #heart #breakup #love #relationship #sacrifice #simp #lost

33°

amanda

the first time

your hands on my heartbeat

playing with your hair
between my knees

it was like we were
learning each other
for the first time

want indiscernible from need

if i woke up naked
next to him

well, that would be
the only thing
i’ve ever needed

~to ryan~

33°

Harriet Cleve

An ignorant belly

“And what are you? “

“I am a toad eater and am hungry for a meal”

“Then keep looking for I am not a toad”

“I shall eat you anyway for what does a belly know of toads?”

33°

TG

Nothing lasts

Oh dear heart,
Tell me why do you get excited,
When nothing lasts,
Why do u want me to let anything in,
If it´ll only cause me hurt,
Why do you cheer for someone,
If you know there´ll be an end
It´s lovely when the heart craves something,
But terrible when that doesn´t last

#last #sad #sadpoem #lasts #nothing #poetry #poem

32°

Ryan Dement

Serpent.

You fanged at me so proud,
but I only eat poison,
I only kiss snakes.

32°

Maria Etre

Different Story

If I see it
then it is

If I hear it
then it is

If I taste it
then it is

If I read it
then it's
a different
story

If I see what you see, and they see it too, that doesn't mean I am crazy!

#see #you #her #society #love #heart #break #insanity

31°

Rupert Pip

gore

Break my bones;
cut my throat.
Pull me open,
learn the ropes.

Breath me in;
taste the fear.
Shank my skin;
stand and cheer.

Kick my head;
let me bleed.
Unbolt my veins;
enjoy the read.

Gouge my eyes;
punch my face.
Wrap me up
in your embrace.

Get to know me like I do you; inside and out.

#love #gore #feelings

30°

Bryan Lunsford

Rainbow

Through dark skies,
I've sat all alone,
With tears in my eyes,
It's all I've ever known,

But every storm dies,
And this I know,
Because when you entered my life,
All left was a rainbow

29°

Barrie T Whittaker

Relevance

Relevance
2 August 2020

It is the irrelevance of life, that gives me a map.
Dearth of deep meaning, significance.
Chaos of each day, the blessing of good fortune.
Pains of survival, bliss.
Senescence of age, wisdom.
Loneliness, dear companionship.
The commonness of life, creates the strange..
My search for God, gives me peace, when none is found.
.

29°

Maria Hernandez

The End

If someone
does not want me
it is not the end
of the world
but
if I do not want me
the world is nothing
but endings

#soul #deep #feelings #hate #words #love #self

28°

Flower C

Submission

Heaven rained on me,
I breathed in the petrichor,
Bathed in the downpour.

I have sinned,
So destroy me,
With your rain.