Hello Poetry
Submit your work and get some sparkles! Create free account
Yonwato
Yonwato
26/M/Lagos, Nigeria Still in search of colors...
I gave you my heart, And sealed my vow in your name. I shaped my life around your shadow, Believing it was light. But all was in vain A devotion to a dream. I reach for you, I see you... yet you don’t exist.
0
Nov 10, 2025
Nov 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM UTC
A memo of disillusioned devotion
I drown myself in me, Immerse in endless tasks, To escape your grip, You are my doom, Yet also my drive. You make me feel like a fraud, A mask I wear each day, I claw at my own face, Haunted by your whispers, Lost in a haze, I zone out, I drink, Trying to numb the noise. You push me to the edge, Where shadows loom large, My heart races, Thoughts spiral, A storm I can't control, You are the phantom that lingers, In the corners of my mind. I see you in the mirror, A reflection of my fears, You are the weight on my chest, The knot in my stomach, A relentless tide, I can't seem to fight. You see this battle, It gives me strength, A flicker of hope, To rise above, To reclaim myself, From your clutches. Dear alter-ego, You may be my anxiety, But I am more, I am the light in the darkness, The calm in the storm, And I will overcome, I will find peace, Amid your chaos.
0
Jun 26, 2024
Jun 26, 2024 at 5:00 PM UTC
Dear alter-ego
For nights like this, Give me something strong to drown it all
0
Mar 21, 2022
Mar 21, 2022 at 10:11 PM UTC
Whiskey and Thoughts
There's a sort of tension between us. It isn't love, It isn't lust. We're both damaged and it brings us close.
0
Nov 13, 2021
Nov 13, 2021 at 2:38 PM UTC
Us
I have spent my worst days with you I have spent my best days with you Yet I live everyday, without you.
0
Nov 8, 2021
Nov 8, 2021 at 6:29 PM UTC
You
...and I hope that one day we come to understand our love...
0
Aug 27, 2021
Aug 27, 2021 at 6:42 PM UTC
Entwined
I am a friend and a lover. I am a lover in a friend and a friend in a lover. Two can co-exist.
0
Aug 24, 2021
Aug 24, 2021 at 6:38 PM UTC
Discovery
Pain that never goes away, Wound that never heals, These are the things that make me. These are the things that **** me.
0
Aug 22, 2021
Aug 22, 2021 at 11:44 AM UTC
Broken?
If I die young, do not mourn me. Throw me a party Wear bright colours to my funeral, Make it a festival. The world was dark enough, Make my exit bright.
0
Jun 17, 2021
Jun 17, 2021 at 4:27 AM UTC
If I Die Young
My heart yearns for you, You who broke it. It's pieces seek your words just to mend them. My mind drifts away, searching for you. But all they find is pain when they find you.
0
Jun 9, 2021
Jun 9, 2021 at 5:03 AM UTC
Longing