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Jordan28
addiction: "a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms upon withdrawal or abstinence" ~Mirriam-Webster addiction is the feeling of finding comfort in the cold bottle against your lips the sharp edge of the razor the emptiness in your stomach the lump of the pills in your throat pretending they didn't help cause the very pain you're using them to escape addiction is the toxic partner you stay with even though you know you should probably shouldn't part of you scared of what they'll do if you leave and the other part of you just wanting to feel warmth however inconsistant it might be but the bottle doesn't hear your pleas for help the razor can't remember your dreams the scale won't hold you when the world is crashing down and the pills don't know your name addiction is lighting a dwindling candle for the brief dim illumination in your sea of darkness while ignoring the hot wax dripping onto your skin beleiving that somehow eventually the fire will love you back instead of flickering out and leaving you burned
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1d ago
Jun 2, 2026 at 9:06 PM UTC
the pills don't know your name
You were never meant to carry the weight of becoming flawless. Still, you stood in front of the mirrors counting every crack within yourself as if broken things could never be loved. But look closely The moon survives with scars, old books survive with folded pages, and hearts survive even after being left unheard. There is something deeply human about unfinished people. The way they hesitate while speaking, the way their hands shake before holding someone else’s pain, the way they smile even after difficult days. Perfection is cold. It does not tremble, does not heal, does not understand. But imperfect people— they learn softness from every wound. They become gentle because life once wasn’t gentle with them. And maybe that is enough. Maybe being human was never about shining without flaws, but about continuing to love, to try, to stay kind while carrying all those invisible storms inside. So if you ever feel incomplete, remember this— some souls are beautiful not because they are perfect, but because they remained good in a world that gave them every reason not to.
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3d ago
Jun 1, 2026 at 12:16 AM UTC
Being Perfect in Imperfect
i will never understand why there is so much hatred towards a community so built on love that it can be seen in every color of our rainbow red is the blazing fire the all-consuming passion our heartbeats pounding in unison orange is the citrus the shared snack basking in the tangy sugariness juice running down our faces yellow is the sunshine the light the joy of being who we are and letting ourselves shine through the grey green is the emerald the precious gem we found underground and buried in stone while at our deepest and darkest blue is the sky on a cloudless summer day serene and undisturbed peaceful indigo is the flood the unstoppable force breaking down walls and transcending all barriers violet is the flowers and butterflies and beautiful moments we thought were out of reach for us the reality is there will always be people who choose to hate us for our electric love but at the end of the day they're the ones missing out because they've made themselves blind to our screaming color
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3d ago
May 31, 2026 at 11:46 PM UTC
rainbow
If I could write truly write put pen to paper and spill my soul into a milky galaxy of love I would spend every word on you If I could write love songs like Noah Kahan or beabadoobee I wouldn’t waste a second To tell you how I really feel I would spend hours shaping syllables like windows in to my mind just so you could see yourself through my eyes If I could write poetry strong enough to make your chest ache I would pour every ounce of my love into it because the words I love you have always felt too small for something so enormous If I could sing in a way that made your stomach drop and your heart rise like the moon I would let you hear the music hidden in your laugh the softness in your voice the way your breathing falls and rises like an ocean brushing against a cold gray pebble beach But I can’t write And I can’t sing So let me tell you this in the simplest way I know how I. Love. You.
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6d ago
May 28, 2026 at 9:17 PM UTC
I Love You.
hold onto this for me, it's the string of fate, My fate. It's in your hands now, you can have it, keep it, tear it apart, tie it in a knot, it's malleable, I'm malleable do with me what you must, but please, hold onto this, and don't let me go
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May 27
May 27, 2026 at 7:15 PM UTC
Do Anything, but please, don't leave
It’s never enough. No matter how many fake smiles, No matter how many hallow laughs, The thoughts still linger, Engraving a deadly scar In my chaotic head. It’s never enough. No matter how many people I push away, No matter how much I plead for help, My begs are ignored, My scars remain unnoticed Under my army of bracelets- a line of defense. It’s never enough. No matter how many panic attacks, No matter how much I leave my body, “She’s fine, just tired” But they miss out why- “tired of existing” It’s never enough. No matter how much I scratch, No matter how much I pick my skin, The pain is too short To quiet the thoughts To make me think someone’s there. It’s never enough. No matter how much I burn, No matter how much blood I draw, The fire is never hot enough, The blood is never red enough To make me enough. Perhaps a shaper blade, Or an ocean, Or a rope, Or a bridge, Or pills Will be enough.
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May 26
May 26, 2026 at 12:47 AM UTC
Its never enough
Can you see the cracks Of her mask She says she’s fine When she feels like she’s crying No light shines through Darkness bleeds From the cracks of her mask The mask collapses The walls break down The boundaries gone Nothing to keep them up Nothing to close off the pain Nothing to hide behind Her mask has cracks beneath Now it breaks outside Now broken in and out Can you hear the cracks Of her mask Or can you feel it Did you notice The cracks started within Now they bleed out The cracks her mask Exposed Now everyone knows When she feels like crying When she says she fine The cracks her mask show She has cracks In her mask Cracking her mask
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May 26
May 26, 2026 at 12:46 AM UTC
Cracking Mask
You call it a crime. I call it an exorcism. I call it taking back the skin you thought was yours to rent. I call it the tax you owe for every breath SHE had to steal back from the air you poisoned. Every bruise you left is a receipt I’m here to collect. And I don’t take installments. I take it all. Right now. In blood, In silence, In the dark where you thought you were safe. I’ve memorized the sound of your footsteps so I can hear you coming from miles away. I’ve memorized the way your eyes dart when you lie. I’ve mapped out the geography of your cowardice. And I’m going to tear it all down, brick by ****** brick. You think you’re the hunter? That’s cute. You’re the bait. And I’m the thing that’s been waiting in the deep, dark water. Oh, but you’re not a monster. Monsters are impressive. You’re just a leak in the ceiling. You’re the mold in the floorboards. You’re the thing that rots because it doesn't know how to grow. You didn't steal HER light because you wanted to glow— You stole it because you’re a coward who’s afraid of the dark you created. But guess what? SHE isn't the light anymore. SHE'S the fire. And I’m the one feeding the flames. I want to watch the moment the realization hits—the exact millisecond your stomach drops and you realize the sorry *** list of excuses SHE wrote for you won't save you from ME. I’m going to take everything you took from HER. Not just the peace. Not just the sleep. I’m going to strip the safety from your bones until you shiver at the sound of your own name. (is it loud in here? or is that just your pulse?) And when you’re finally broken? When you’re begging for the mercy you never gave? I’m going to lean in real close. I’m going to smell the fear off your skin like expensive perfume. And I’m going to whisper: "SHE still hasn't forgiven you. And neither have I." Rot in the quiet. Rot in the "I’m sorry" you’ll never get to say. Rot in the void where HER voice used to be before you choked it out. I am the witness. I am the evidence. I am the one who stayed awake while you slept like a saint. And if I’m the monster for what I’ll do to protect HER? Then I’m the most beautiful ******* thing I’ve ever seen. I’m not done. I’m just getting started. And you? You’re already a ghost. You just haven’t realized the haunting has begun. The walls will close in with the stories you tried to bury. The air will grow heavy with the words you silenced. This is the architecture of a life built on shadows, and now, those shadows are reclaiming their space. You will look for peace and find only the reflection of a witness who never blinked. You will look for an exit and find only the beginning of a long, cold reckoning. It was ALWAYS about HER. And now, it is about the debt that can never be repaid. The haunting is your legacy.
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May 17
May 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM UTC
call me crazy (and probably call the police)
You call it a crime. I call it an exorcism. I call it taking back the skin you thought was yours to rent. I call it the tax you owe for every breath SHE had to steal back from the air you poisoned. Every bruise you left is a receipt I’m here to collect. And I don’t take installments. I take it all. Right now. In blood, In silence, In the dark where you thought you were safe. I’ve memorized the sound of your footsteps so I can hear you coming from miles away. I’ve memorized the way your eyes dart when you lie. I’ve mapped out the geography of your cowardice. And I’m going to tear it all down, brick by ****** brick. You think you’re the hunter? That’s cute. You’re the bait. And I’m the thing that’s been waiting in the deep, dark water. Oh, but you’re not a monster. Monsters are impressive. You’re just a leak in the ceiling. You’re the mold in the floorboards. You’re the thing that rots because it doesn't know how to grow. You didn't steal HER light because you wanted to glow— You stole it because you’re a coward who’s afraid of the dark you created. But guess what? SHE isn't the light anymore. SHE'S the fire. And I’m the one feeding the flames. I want to watch the moment the realization hits—the exact millisecond your stomach drops and you realize the sorry *** list of excuses SHE wrote for you won't save you from ME. I’m going to take everything you took from HER. Not just the peace. Not just the sleep. I’m going to strip the safety from your bones until you shiver at the sound of your own name. (is it loud in here? or is that just your pulse?) And when you’re finally broken? When you’re begging for the mercy you never gave? I’m going to lean in real close. I’m going to smell the fear off your skin like expensive perfume. And I’m going to whisper: "SHE still hasn't forgiven you. And neither have I." Rot in the quiet. Rot in the "I’m sorry" you’ll never get to say. Rot in the void where HER voice used to be before you choked it out. I am the witness. I am the evidence. I am the one who stayed awake while you slept like a saint. And if I’m the monster for what I’ll do to protect HER? Then I’m the most beautiful ******* thing I’ve ever seen. I’m not done. I’m just getting started. And you? You’re already a ghost. You just haven’t realized the haunting has begun. The walls will close in with the stories you tried to bury. The air will grow heavy with the words you silenced. This is the architecture of a life built on shadows, and now, those shadows are reclaiming their space. You will look for peace and find only the reflection of a witness who never blinked. You will look for an exit and find only the beginning of a long, cold reckoning. It was ALWAYS about HER. And now, it is about the debt that can never be repaid. The haunting is your legacy.
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A storm asking for pity. like a house that survived a fire, yet still smells of smoke. And while reading it, I kept thinking some wounds are not knives, they are architects. They enter quietly. move the walls of your mind inch by inch, replace mirrors with glass, turn laughter into evidence, and teach a child to apologize for taking up space. A seed buried still becomes a forest later. People forget this because scars mature silently. They think survival means healing, when sometimes survival is only endurance wearing clean clothes. You ask how forgetting works. Maybe it doesn’t. Maybe healing was never meant to be an eraser Maybe healing is when the memory stops becoming a landlord inside your ribs. Maybe one day his voice will shrink into nothing more than an old radio playing in another apartment but no longer capable of commanding your heartbeat Because the terrifying thing about cruelty is not always the act itself. You are not mourning anymore You are mourning the version of yourself who learned fear before she learned softness. The little girl who stood in front of invisible mirrors trying to scrape shame off her skin with bare hands. But A child blaming herself for being hurt is like a flower apologizing for the storm. You ask “How do I forget without neglecting my little self?” You don’t. You sit beside her. just because the world became impatient with her grief You let her speak fully this time. Because memory is strange the body keeps records even when the calendar moves forward. A trembling hand, a racing chest, a sleepless night sometimes these are still trying to protect someone who is no longer trapped there. And the wrist marks you mentioned they do not read like weakness to a reader. A human being once stood at the edge of unbearable pain and still remained alive long enough to write this poem. More than you realize. Your poem carries the weight of someone who kept drowning quietly while the world called it just childhood But rivers remember mountains long after leaving them. Hearing his name and no longer feeling your soul drop like shattered glass. Looking in the mirror without searching for evidence against yourself. Smiling again without guilt interrupting it. And understanding, slowly, painfully that the child he damaged grew into someone capable
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May 17
May 17, 2026 at 12:15 AM UTC
Healing is not a eraser
A storm asking for pity. like a house that survived a fire, yet still smells of smoke. And while reading it, I kept thinking some wounds are not knives, they are architects. They enter quietly. move the walls of your mind inch by inch, replace mirrors with glass, turn laughter into evidence, and teach a child to apologize for taking up space. A seed buried still becomes a forest later. People forget this because scars mature silently. They think survival means healing, when sometimes survival is only endurance wearing clean clothes. You ask how forgetting works. Maybe it doesn’t. Maybe healing was never meant to be an eraser Maybe healing is when the memory stops becoming a landlord inside your ribs. Maybe one day his voice will shrink into nothing more than an old radio playing in another apartment but no longer capable of commanding your heartbeat Because the terrifying thing about cruelty is not always the act itself. You are not mourning anymore You are mourning the version of yourself who learned fear before she learned softness. The little girl who stood in front of invisible mirrors trying to scrape shame off her skin with bare hands. But A child blaming herself for being hurt is like a flower apologizing for the storm. You ask “How do I forget without neglecting my little self?” You don’t. You sit beside her. just because the world became impatient with her grief You let her speak fully this time. Because memory is strange the body keeps records even when the calendar moves forward. A trembling hand, a racing chest, a sleepless night sometimes these are still trying to protect someone who is no longer trapped there. And the wrist marks you mentioned they do not read like weakness to a reader. A human being once stood at the edge of unbearable pain and still remained alive long enough to write this poem. More than you realize. Your poem carries the weight of someone who kept drowning quietly while the world called it just childhood But rivers remember mountains long after leaving them. Hearing his name and no longer feeling your soul drop like shattered glass. Looking in the mirror without searching for evidence against yourself. Smiling again without guilt interrupting it. And understanding, slowly, painfully that the child he damaged grew into someone capable
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somewhere in the world someone would love a girl like me a girl with scars, a girl with wavy hair, a girl with brown eyes, a girl who's insecure, a girl who has attachment issues, a girl who cries every night, a girl with family problems, a girl with anorexia, a girl with depression, a girl who cant sleep every night, a girl who needs constant reassurance, a girl who gets overwhelemed, a girl like me and maybe I've never found someone who will love a girl like me but maybe somewhere in the world there is.
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May 16
May 16, 2026 at 10:58 AM UTC
somewhere in the world