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Lyle
Lyle
17/F/Hells Mind I am who I am. I have demons but they don’t define me.
You read my words In your voice Your tone And it was wrong, all wrong Those words weren't meant for you You weren't supposed to memorize them Break them down and analyze them You weren't supposed to twist them Make them all wrong You weren't supposed to read them. Never.
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Jan 7
Jan 7, 2026 at 9:25 PM UTC
Not supposed to
There are people I have met Most don't fit into my life anymore One will resurface when I decide And some who never really belonged But every person taught me something One showed me beauty in sadness One was there when I needed them most One was my first love One was a reminder of my worth And one I will run to when the time Is right for me Each caused a pain of their own But each were necessary to my growth I couldn't be who I am without them.
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Jan 7
Jan 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM UTC
The lessons people teach
It's strange, to feel okay again Like I'm postponing the end Maybe this time the sun will stay And I won't dread every single day
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Jan 7
Jan 7, 2026 at 8:41 PM UTC
Sun
I like to think on the good things Like your voice when you sing But also the little things Like goldfish in the meatloaf When we were small Or peanut butter and jelly instead Of egg salad because I didn't like it at all These are the memories I want in my head I don't want to remember you being mad But somehow the good never outweighs The bad
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Jan 1
Jan 1, 2026 at 3:01 PM UTC
Goldfish and egg salad
I'm back in that place again Waking up is a chore Moving is too hard Eating is torture And sleeping ceases to exist My smile is forced Headaches are frequent There's something wrong with me Seriously How can no one see??
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Dec 30, 2025
Dec 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM UTC
Seriously?
I can't stop the thoughts That play in my mind every night I replay memories I rewrite scripts I memorize words I play the music instead It helps But it doesn't glue the cracks That the thoughts slip through I'm broken My mind is undone
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Dec 30, 2025
Dec 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM UTC
Undone
I don't know how to be me. I don't know how to be me. Everyone has suggestions Talk like this Walk like that Don't act like this Be more like that I never had the chance to find me So I'm sorry if I don't know how to be me.
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Dec 30, 2025
Dec 30, 2025 at 11:42 PM UTC
How to be me
Have I impacted Anyone's life? I feel like a floater Drifting around, but never grounded Never touching anyone Never reaching them With my words or actions Do I cross someone's mind The way others cross mine? Do I? Don't lie
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Dec 30, 2025
Dec 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM UTC
Impact
Have you lost your mind?? Yes I don't even know where it is anymore Find
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Dec 30, 2025
Dec 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM UTC
Find
A father seated behind us A newborn in his arms Two toddlers running about An elderly couple beside us Wearing matching flannel shirts One pink, one blue A smiling girl About ten, licking an ice cream Her mother and father surrounding her A teenage worker with a green apron Eating blue ice cream alone with a spoon While I sit crowded into a booth Wanting to know everyone's story
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Dec 27, 2025
Dec 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM UTC
People watching