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Janet02
17/F Just a messed up girl...
The weather app says it’s 32 degrees, yet I walk around being slow-roasted alive. No amount of water quenches this thirst, no passing wind cools the skin enough to feel human again. Who looked at this burning rock and called it habitable?
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May 11
May 11, 2026 at 2:37 AM UTC
Habitable?
We scroll past bodies like it’s just content Another war clip, another “thoughts and prayers” event Kids catching bullets while suits debate the cost We all act shocked but we already know it’s lost And it’s genocide somewhere, but it’s “complicated” here Funny how the truth gets quieter every year Metal toys go bang and the headlines blur And the cycle keeps spinning like we never learn People starving on streets you walk every day You got cash in your pocket but you look away Say you “worked for yours,” say they should too Like the world’s that simple, right, good for you We burn our books like it’s Fahrenheit 451 coming true Keep the kids nice and clueless so they don’t feel blue Don’t teach them history, it’s “too **** sad” But the truth is ugly, but it’s supposed to be bad Millions dead in the The Holocaust, yes, it hurts to read So is slavery, and assault, just pick your century You think hiding the story makes the damage gone? Nah, it just means we’ll keep passing it on And kids get hurt and nobody screams Till it trends for a day, then it’s back to memes My friend’s got scars, and I’ve got some too We joke like it’s nothing, what else do you do? And nobody cares, or that’s how it feels Maybe they’re numb, maybe nobody heals We got so used to it we don’t react Just shrug, scroll down, “damn…that’s whack” Are you really gonna fix this place like that Posting black squares, yeah congrats on that “Raising awareness” while you sit and stare People are dying, do you even ******* care? I’m angry as hell and I don’t feel wise Just confused how we normalize all these lies How cruelty’s casual, how pain’s routine How the worst **** alive feels weirdly…seen It’s messy, and I don’t have a plan I’m just calling it out ‘cause I know that I can If the world’s this broken, at least say it’s true Don’t dress it up nice, what the **** is wrong with you?
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Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 7:52 AM UTC
Keep Scrolling
We scroll past bodies like it’s just content Another war clip, another “thoughts and prayers” event Kids catching bullets while suits debate the cost We all act shocked but we already know it’s lost And it’s genocide somewhere, but it’s “complicated” here Funny how the truth gets quieter every year Metal toys go bang and the headlines blur And the cycle keeps spinning like we never learn People starving on streets you walk every day You got cash in your pocket but you look away Say you “worked for yours,” say they should too Like the world’s that simple, right, good for you We burn our books like it’s Fahrenheit 451 coming true Keep the kids nice and clueless so they don’t feel blue Don’t teach them history, it’s “too **** sad” But the truth is ugly, but it’s supposed to be bad Millions dead in the The Holocaust, yes, it hurts to read So is slavery, and assault, just pick your century You think hiding the story makes the damage gone? Nah, it just means we’ll keep passing it on And kids get hurt and nobody screams Till it trends for a day, then it’s back to memes My friend’s got scars, and I’ve got some too We joke like it’s nothing, what else do you do? And nobody cares, or that’s how it feels Maybe they’re numb, maybe nobody heals We got so used to it we don’t react Just shrug, scroll down, “damn…that’s whack” Are you really gonna fix this place like that Posting black squares, yeah congrats on that “Raising awareness” while you sit and stare People are dying, do you even ******* care? I’m angry as hell and I don’t feel wise Just confused how we normalize all these lies How cruelty’s casual, how pain’s routine How the worst **** alive feels weirdly…seen It’s messy, and I don’t have a plan I’m just calling it out ‘cause I know that I can If the world’s this broken, at least say it’s true Don’t dress it up nice, what the **** is wrong with you?
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It's not shameful to cry like women Shameful is to make them cry It's not shameful for dressed like women Shameful is to tear it It's not shameful to speak for women Shameful is to make them depressed Nights wasn't my enemy It's ur shamefulness to make it my enemy Pains wasn't our friends It's ur shamefulness to make it my friend In the world full of women makers You are shameful to be like women?
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Apr 18
Apr 18, 2026 at 9:59 AM UTC
"Shame for what"
Looking at the sky for a while Thinking about the universe for a while Hoping to know ,all the matrix for a while Seeing the stars at night Gazing the sky at a height And so looking at the sky for a while The tiny stars follow us The dark sky remain within us Hoping to get those tiny starshine in depth beneath us Seeing the stars through dark beneath us Gazing at the sky at a height above us And so looking at the sky for a while The tiny planets in a big universe Life remains within us Hoping to get those life in death beneath us Seeing the planets as life through silence beneath us Gazing at the sky at a hope beneath us And so looking at the sky for a happiness all around us..!!!
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Apr 18
Apr 18, 2026 at 9:55 AM UTC
"Looking at the sky for a while"
Crush? no, not that. Taken a liking? Maybe. Love? Too young for that. Obsession? How could it be!
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Mar 24
Mar 24, 2026 at 3:24 AM UTC
Confused
A single drop of blood A pressed-down, crushed bud Young flower cherishes No one knows what it tarnishes. Cold poison hidden in the densest bone Only to act when the bud nearly shone A harm, not intended Dignity, not defended Forgotten moments, lived again Haunting reflections beyond ken Such cruelty of fate Horrible mandate When the desolated bud is to bloom Suddenly struck with such a gloom Despondent, in a dread frenzy The little one in a vile plenzy Leaves do not care Bud's petals tear The bud is uncovered As The flower savored Untill the doom day All was thought to be just a play When finally known, it is a curse Who knows which is worse Dark lightning flashes Colossal grief surges Innocence wash away Bud is left in the grey For long, being on the shelf Tender Bud questions herself Why she is not pure Might there be a cure
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Mar 24
Mar 24, 2026 at 2:22 AM UTC
Melancholy
Black and white are all mere words The Mighty one decides them all That is the ancient rule of the warriors Strength crushes whoever stands tall Right and wrong cannot have coexistence Thus the immortal bow and cope The heaven and earth has no existence Without the rays of golden hope Darkness has conjured my thoughts Why would I wear a white costume Current takes to the eternal doom When evil prevails, even deity rots
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Mar 24
Mar 24, 2026 at 2:19 AM UTC
Truth
To live is hard. To die? Harder. Why not choose a moment of pain, Over that of many, many years?
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Mar 22
Mar 22, 2026 at 8:53 AM UTC
Pain
I see no hope. No good days to come. Yet I'm unaware, Why life is so dear?
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Mar 22
Mar 22, 2026 at 8:51 AM UTC
Why Life is so Dear
Under the scarce, starry sky, I sit in a daze. Not counting the stars, I count the reasons why I'm so messed up, distressed, on the edge, why my life is just a big lie.
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Mar 22
Mar 22, 2026 at 8:49 AM UTC
I Wonder Why