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Grace-Willow
Grace-Willow
USA I don’t post much, but it’s a nice way to put my thoughts onto paper, albeit digital. Thanks for reading! :)
"Yes, yes, I feel the same as you all!" I insist "I will rip off my skin to rid myself of my flesh To lose this sense of wrongness and to express to you my true form. For this is my one true desire. For you to look deep within me and see the parts I now lay bare. To pick apart the bone from the meat and the thoughts from the words. This is all ive ever longed for." And I'll repeat it again and again. More and more I long to match. To feel the same as those around me. Parroting the words of others as if I am capable of knowing myself in such a way. When will I finally know myself?
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May 18
May 18, 2026 at 4:30 AM UTC
Take me apart
I speak of you in hushed tones, dimmed lights, drunken nights. Your name falling from my mouth like something bitter. We gather round to mutter practiced disdain Of your flaws and your mistakes. Yet what I bruise in you is mine, What I condemn, I recognize. Every fault I hand to you is one I've carried all along. For the only enemy I've named is the one standing before you.
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Mar 2
Mar 2, 2026 at 12:09 AM UTC
A mirror I can't bring myself to face
If we didn’t speak then maybe I could pretend I was a better person. Pretend who I am now is good and absolved of wrongdoings. Pretend my regrets only reside in what’s been unspoken. As if my actions don’t hold the weight I know they do.
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Apr 16, 2025
Apr 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM UTC
on the subject of pretending
I’d tear myself limb from limb If only you would love me more. Broken bones for you to nurse, A fragile body to be saved. To make myself smaller and smaller Until I was finally gone. Maybe if I wasn’t here, You’d truly pity me.
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Apr 10, 2025
Apr 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM UTC
Take All of Me
With gentle fingers she molded the clay Every line etched in was deliberate Two eyes, a nose, a mouth A face slowly began to form. A warm smile, a youthful glow Her creation was complete She sent it off into the world, Free to love and learn The little person lived a great life Yet something was never right The nose, the eyes, the arms An issue would be found She heard the clay’s prayers to her “Why did you make me this way?” Golden streams fell from the goddess Her creations never loved her back
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Jun 6, 2020
Jun 6, 2020 at 3:03 AM UTC
Tears of the gods
I want to hold your hand as we dance under the moonlight Let ourselves be free Open No fear of closeness or vulnerability We can laugh and love Yell out into the stars of another world Letting the universe know that I’ve chosen you But just your eyes on me is enough for me to choke and stumble I just want the world to know that you’re mine
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Nov 7, 2019
Nov 7, 2019 at 10:05 AM UTC
The universe knows I love you
It has been three days since my last confession I beg you, Lord to listen to my prayers Accept my words and let myself become new again The holy spirit is a strong one, guiding me back to your light in times of great darkness Yet today I fear I have strayed far from your light Sister Marian was in a great deal of pain I was unable to cleanse her of her true sin Wayward souls are mine to correct, Lord, I know But at times their sin is heavier then I may heal So I only had one other way to truly cleanse her Forgive me father please She is in your hands now, her cleanliness immortalized.
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Nov 6, 2019
Nov 6, 2019 at 11:01 PM UTC
Forgive me father for I have sinned
Am I worthy of love? Me Tainted and bathing with sinners Disgusting, unnatural. The only thing a man will truly hate How dare I mingle with their kind. Ever long are the days words will pass only in hushed tones If I had the voice I would scream aloud my thoughts Let myself be free But I am trapped in this chamber of normality I may try my words, but no matter what I try These pleas won’t stick to bare walls
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May 29, 2019
May 29, 2019 at 12:15 AM UTC
Am I worthy of love?
Wrap me up in your words Bury me in the warmth of you Until I’m left with your scent for days As I fall in love with you all over again
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Feb 14, 2019
Feb 14, 2019 at 12:24 AM UTC
Tell me I’m pretty
Your lips are a poison, burning the back of my throat with the taste of you But I can’t help but crave just one more sip.
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Dec 12, 2018
Dec 12, 2018 at 10:17 AM UTC
Your lips are a poison