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 427° 
David R
Attempt at Suicide
i climb the scaffolding
look down below
spirit faltering
will i die in the blow?

caffeine swirling,
dizziness whirling,
truth obscured
devil-lured

dry darkness,
unfeeling eyes,
dropping, heartless
out of the skies

failing, falling,
faster than water,
missed my calling,
embracing slaughter

but i'm still here,
didn't dare,
risk the fear
of devil's snare
This was a memory. At the moment I do not have any drastic suicidal wishes.
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 259° 
Quarks
Different
People come in all  ways
As different as the days
Some of us are glass, shattered
Some of us are paper, tattered
Some are candles, claimed by devotion
Some are uncertain as the ocean
Some split under force, like stones
Underneath, all are flesh and bones
We're all shattered, tattered, claimed
Uncertain, split, broken all the same.
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 210° 
Andrew James Shepherd
Waking up
Through the eyelids
All yellow and hazy and warm
The sun gently creeps in
A freshness blows
As the birds sing
Signalling the day is to begin
Dust particles dance in the air
Like midges near a river
The weary eyes feel wet
A yawn is stifled
Arms stretched up
What mysteries await me yet
Snuggled under cotton
Wrapped like a mummy
The chill is creeping around
No work today
A weekend release
Loafing is duly abound
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 200° 
Elias
dog
the other people
i talk to
know that
i have a dog
this has a deeper meaning behind it than it seems to have
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 161° 
Boaz Priestly
steady
you braid your hair
long and blond and curled
and i can’t take my eyes
off your hands

or the way you said the
braiding was just for me
and winked in just
the right
way

with that crooked grin
i so adore
to make my knees turn to jelly
and my mouth suddenly run dry

and when you ask me
to undo the braids
and brush your hair
there must surely be gods

because sitting there
hands steady in your hair
i’ve never felt so close to holy
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 104° 
jay
THIS IS KINDA WEIRD....
Roses are red
Berries are blue
She's for me
NOT FOR YOU
if by chance
you take my place
i'll take my fist
and hit your face
:)
THIS IS RANDOM. DON'T HATE MEH PLS
#weird #roses #mine #punch
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 91° 
David Lessard
To an unread poet.
I used to read your poems
but lately you don't write
you're silent and aloof
you know that isn't right.
You can't close a door once opened
you can't abolish all your dreams
you're a poet of the heart
mustn't fall apart at the seams.
Say what you can in words
they speak the message true
spoken from the heart
the poems will see you through.
A hermit's not your style
a recluse, you are not
never give up writing
of things that you've been taught.
I used to read your poems
I'd read them once again
if you would send them out
(this one's from a poet friend)
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 76° 
anonymous
Stripes
I've been trying to write a poem,
But the words wont really rhyme,
Been trying to write a stanza,
But I cant fill up a line,
I've been trying to explain you,
But the sheet swallows it whole,
Been trying to type it out,
But the 502 Error took a stroll.
?
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 75° 
shana
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL
They said,
"The most beautiful art is
looking into someone's eyes
when they talk about the
things they love."
And I said,
"Or looking at someone you love.
Or maybe, just maybe,
by looking at the mirror
is the most beautiful art
anyone should appreciate."
Appreciation post for myself; for you and for everyone as well. You deserve more than the world has to offer.
#love #yourself
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 61° 
eden
men
I can't stop shaking
around my father
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 56° 
DrippingWatercolors
Bland
-
a tasteless empty word
like numbness of the fingers
like numbness of the tongue
a numbness of heart
and false plastic lungs
-
bland face
bland skin
bland stomach
and bland eyes
-
gleaming
with
wax satisfaction
in a false candle pose
bland
wax candle prose
written
by plain poet hands
-
I am a wax figurine poet
who writes
beautiful
but bland
verses.
#false #plastic #statuette #clay #wax #stiff
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 56° 
TheFinalKeeper
Only you
Only you can
see the missing
part of my heart.

Cause I know
that you keep it
always next to yours.

As I keep yours
next to mine.
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 46° 
Callamasttia
A Truth :
The universe loves a bad joke.
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 45° 
Micah
Burnt. The End.
And here we are
the end.

Five years running
and nothing to show

except the slowed
platonic love

and tired
texts

and an absence
of what once was

Except you don't know
do you

know that I'm
leaving us

know that I'm
panicked

into wondering
if I'm behind in
people

experiencing people

I feel I'm at a loss
with you

because we met each other
too soon

and now I'm just pointed bones

and you are the sun

and I'm greedy
for still wanting a piece of you

But I am burnt

The End.
I didn't think I'd write this kind of poem about you.
#love #life #relationship #breakup #thoughts #sad #loss
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 38° 
Safana
My wife to be
She is someone
from somewhere
unknown to my sight
unknown to my going
unknown to my understanding
she is my wife to be
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 34° 
Max
Falling
She said "I'm falling in love."

I said "I'm falling apart."
What's the difference?
#love #falling #apart #him #her #he #she #begin #short
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 33° 
LJ
I Love You
And you said it
With no emotion
And you've said it before
To many
I was no different
But still
I felt honored
To be loved by you
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 31° 
EMD
Sky high
The sky here
Is so blue
That when I look
It feels like falling
Upward into the sea
The planes and their wakes
Look like boats on the waves
It’s hard not to be happy
With the sun kissing my skin
And you name on my tongue
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 30° 
Deidre Lockyer
The Violin’s Shadow
In the morning of yesterday
There were strangers talking in my garden, heads close together
Intent on each other, in whispers
I heard them say your name
And the earth shifted a little...the season moved forward a little
And I heard myself sigh like a dreamer

Harvesting hearts and marigolds
The thief steals in when we least expect it, masqued and lithe
Wanting an exploration of Souls
Oblivious, if we’re generous
But still the knife cuts deeply...the blade turns without intention
And I’m bleeding out like a Madrigal

I loved you too much in the Mirrorfall
I found you in the violin’s shadow
Dust and star tears are my witnesses
I love you
My joy and my abyss
I am trying to believe in a love for me.
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 28° 
Tamila
inside..
inside, it hurts
it screams
it pains
it aches
it wishes and hopes
but never arrives

my heart
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 27° 
Lucas Ennis
Noname
It feels like my wrists are burning
Blood is dripping down my arms
My head keeps screaming
I shouldn't of self-harmed.
My mom is going to be mad.
She's going to hit me again.
Give me another bruise.
Now my scars have some friends.
Just wash off the blood.
Dry off with the towel.
Wrap up your arms.
Go back to your personal bubble.
Isolate yourself for another week little girl.
Take you medicine.
And jump off the hill.
Just a little vent cause I feel icky.
#depression #anxiety #lucaspoems #selfharm #suicide
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 26° 
Aishu
I'm done crying
The cry version of her is
no longer available
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 26° 
Mykenzie
Unwritten
So many poems
and stories
have gone unwritten
due to fear of not being good enough
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 23° 
Traveler
MAKE YOURSELF
Whether a comma, or colon:
Punctuation slows my rolling
I need no period. When I end
no Capitalization when I begin
Rulelessly I flow my art
  Not a single!
Exclamation mark
Are you not the one
Who'll know?
Where a question mark
No longer goes

Warp the structure
Bend the lines
Put in repeat
Let emotion unwind
Make yourself
Your poetry's the best
Be your own ruler
Pass your own test

Take your own road
Where ever it leads
Lover or hater
It's all poetry!
Traveler Tim
.


Hay
No matter who you are
You have my deepest respect!

Vanity
All is vanity
The meanings of passion
The aesthetic expression
The lines we draw and stay within
Even love is beyond intent
Vanity transcends
Flowing from our pens
And so we breathe again
#traveler #tim #contemplation #cccommings #incubus #instruction #rules #directions #help
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 23° 
Eloisa
Still Here
If there comes a time
that you might lose me
Find me in my poetry
#still #here #waiting #find #me #poetry
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 23° 
tenielle
fake love.
maybe people are meant
to fall in love
but not meant
to be together.

i was coming to terms with this
only to find out
we werent in love.
i was.
you never loved me
you didnt feel anything for me
you tried to,
but loving someone isnt something
you can make happen.

we always said we were meant to be, right?
soulmates
perfect for each other
you said our love was pure
and real
and unbreakable.
look at it now,
its shattered.

falling in love with you
was the easiest thing
ive ever done.
falling out of love
will be the hardest.
i guess the [lovers] code has been cracked.
#breakup #fake #love #goodbye
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 22° 
zumee
Suicide Note commits suicide
Dear Reader,
if you're reading this
it means
I'm dead
as a paper

free

to be etched
with the poem
I tried to write
so many times
when I was m-
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 22° 
Colm
A Cry For Quiet
The moment someone knows me
The moment someone sees
I exist
I am present
I am back to being me

And so I go where noone knows me
To where I'm openly not seen
To not exist for a few hours
Is such a blessing
Not to be
The January Lasts

It's not about non-existence. It's about getting away from the self without reset. It's about being... Refreshed. And we all do that differently.
#*** #cry #for #quiet #refreshment #and #escape
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 22° 
Akta Agarwal
The city of my dream
I am in the city full of happiness
Where to live we don't have to follow any restrictions
Where we can have time to see the beauty of the evening
Where we want to stay
Where there will not any jealousy or hatred can stay
Which is only made up with love
Where no one has tears in their eyes
But that's only the city of my dream
And after realising it
I got to know
It can't be real
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 21° 
UnitingWriting
I care
The way you stand
The way you sit
The way you secretly laugh for a bit
You’ve been hurt
You’ve been broken
And yet your heart is wide open
You think no one sees
You think no one cares
But that is really just not fair
Because I see
Because I do
My heart is filled by just looking at you
#you #i #care
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 21° 
ghost man
do i have to save the many or can i save myself
i have chewed this gum,
once mint,
until it rather tastes like metal
like blood

and i worry.

can i ask you a question?

if it came down to it,

would you **** me
if you were certain
i'd never know it was you?
i'm meant to be doing an exam right now I'm so sorry
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 21° 
Victoria
sin
the things i've done,
they sank into my skin
and drew a crimson pattern
on the surface,
so when i die,
i want to die with purpose,
and cleanse away
this everlasting sin.
#life #death #pain #sad #sin #blood
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 19° 
Ariana Bagley
A Reverse Poem
I love him
I tell myself
I know that
We will be together forever
I don’t believe that
We could be separated
My thoughts tell me that
He’s the love of my life
Sometimes my heart lies and says
I could live an eternity
Without him
Like my friends say
“We’re perfect for each other”
And you can’t tell me
He’s not the one.

Now read from bottom to top.
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 19° 
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
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 18° 
Erika
half empty
i spend my days
pouring myself into the cups of others

only to find that
when it’s time for myself
to take a sip

all that’s left
in my cup
is the remainder of a girl
who gave too much
self care is extremely important. most days I fight my depression by putting smiles onto others faces, but forgetting about my once bright smile.
#self #care #love #depression #anxiety
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 17° 
emnabee
The secret life of poets
The poet lives two lives.
One on the outside,
And one in their mind.

When you look in their eyes
You could see an abyss.

If you looked long enough
You could sink into it.

But most people don’t see it.

Take the time to read the words, though,
And you would know for sure.

The poet lives in two different worlds.
A little escape from the madness.
Or maybe, into.
#secret #life #poets
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 17° 
Amelia Delgado
shame on me.
I mistook you for a glass,
When I poured all my love
Into you
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 17° 
Tanya
Night Therapy
☾

Yesterday I cried to the moon
as she wiped my tears away
made my worries disappear
so I could sleep again.

☼

Today I smile at the sun
and it shines back on me,
what a wonderful world
to be alive;
to be me.
#love #pain #hurt #moon #sun #happy #feel #good #sleep #night
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 17° 
max
Untitled
I didn't think I'd ever make it this far
But I'm glad I did
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