Hello Poetry
Submit your work and get some sparkles! Create free account
rnl
rnl
30/F/New York 9th life lines & lullabys
by seasons And peoples energy Am I safe in a place that feels like home Or once again, mistaken Comfort In a place, I’m not meant to be
0
Feb 14
Feb 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM UTC
Time warped
Split up into sections & organized by size Overcrowded racks of memories Categorized by past lives The electric hasn’t been paid in years Some things aren’t meant to be seen in light Pain and pen caps fill pants pocket Next too horror films from age 25 Self help Books & treatment plans from Milford drive to Misty pines Unpacked suitcases mailed from Claremont Ct. All Traded for chasing highs I know I should revisit soon Or at least open up the blinds I guess I’m tired of the change that follows Once someone else comes inside
0
Feb 13
Feb 13, 2026 at 8:16 AM UTC
Thrift Store of Forgotten Feelings
Without my abuse Who am I now When drugs were my muse Was I ever talented Or just creative in addiction I traded my emotions For an anti depressant prescription I want to be heard I want my words to mean something more than scribbles on a page Or a hobby when I’m bored There’s a message in my madness If only I could see it myself I’m in a tea cup spinning Tossing fake news in a wishing well
0
Apr 9, 2023
Apr 9, 2023 at 5:40 AM UTC
Uninspired
Tonight I will Enjoy my bed While you lay in yours I wonder if you regret it all After the first night when guards closed the doors When you were on the inside With absolutely nothing you could do I still can’t believe the time has come Punishment for the destruction that comes with you I never thought it’d be real You understanding what it feels like To be a powerless prisoner Giving everything you got- to still lose the fight Do you lose sleep over me Putting you where you belong Do the voices in your head still tell you I’m in the wrong? I wonder how many months It will take to break your spirit All you have is your thoughts How many memories till you hear it The muffled screams, my terrified eyes Or are your memories filled with stories saying I’m the bad guy Blaming your true colors on account of being high While you looked down at me on the floor, beating me just enough not to die Are you angry with me because I got away? If you could see me tomorrow do you know what you would say? I think you would walk right past me Without even a look Making me feel like I was nothing It’s the biggest play from your book I think about this often If I had the chance, what would I say I forgive you for making the biggest mistake of your life Knowing I’m the one that got away
0
Apr 9, 2023
Apr 9, 2023 at 4:45 AM UTC
Penitentiary
And bringing my mom flowers when she’s sad I been chasing a high I’ll never feel again While spending every dollar I’ve ever had I’ve withered away to nothing Scattered bruises cover every inch of my pale skin Make up hides the tired black eyes If only it could shade the feelings within I’ve never felt a pain like this The unknowing of my future The friends who come to my funeral Who say we tried to help her. I’ve never felt so alone, How can the person I love make me feel so unwanted Maybe I’m just a temporary fix An empty soul, forever haunted.
0
Feb 9, 2022
Feb 9, 2022 at 4:27 PM UTC
I stopped making my bed
Shadows are real they move when you don’t want them too When you think your taking steps further away, and they slowly move closer towards you Flash light and colors in your face, sending you signals But I’m only human, don’t they know I’m not bilingual? Or has the crack made me lucid Feel the presence of the other side Why did they choose to torture me? Because I didn’t hide? Because I kept getting High? Maybe because I was close This devils dying to taste me, inching closer every time I crush his powder. Making ticks on the clock louder, every minute of every hour. Our connection was inevitable, I could tell how bad he wanted to break through Enough for him to convince me, crashing my car was how I’d get to you. Your cheeky in the way you move Fed on my weakness because you’d know I’d listen But you’ve mistaken my blood shot eyes, for ones that glisten. How could you think I’d be that easy? I’m stronger than you realize, It insults me you mistook me for a phoney You’ve been taunting me for years, how infuriating that your voices haven’t made me enough lonely Your angry, losing patience in the divided line But your poison kept me alive when it came down to my life and a telephone line I’m a fool, not foolish. Near sighted, not blind You made me weakest, gave false hopes on becoming yours and no longer mine I’ve realized maybe you wanted me to meet my real demons While they flashed red and blue in the taillight behind I can’t decide if you wanted me at the bottom As payment for my sins Or gave me an opportunity to start solving all the real problems, The ones from within. I can’t find the right words yet. I’m hoping this was our last dance But I mean it when I say I met my maker I know this time is my time, a real second chance.
0
Feb 9, 2022
Feb 9, 2022 at 4:26 PM UTC
Demons
Shadows are real they move when you don’t want them too When you think your taking steps further away, and they slowly move closer towards you Flash light and colors in your face, sending you signals But I’m only human, don’t they know I’m not bilingual? Or has the crack made me lucid Feel the presence of the other side Why did they choose to torture me? Because I didn’t hide? Because I kept getting High? Maybe because I was close This devils dying to taste me, inching closer every time I crush his powder. Making ticks on the clock louder, every minute of every hour. Our connection was inevitable, I could tell how bad he wanted to break through Enough for him to convince me, crashing my car was how I’d get to you. Your cheeky in the way you move Fed on my weakness because you’d know I’d listen But you’ve mistaken my blood shot eyes, for ones that glisten. How could you think I’d be that easy? I’m stronger than you realize, It insults me you mistook me for a phoney You’ve been taunting me for years, how infuriating that your voices haven’t made me enough lonely Your angry, losing patience in the divided line But your poison kept me alive when it came down to my life and a telephone line I’m a fool, not foolish. Near sighted, not blind You made me weakest, gave false hopes on becoming yours and no longer mine I’ve realized maybe you wanted me to meet my real demons While they flashed red and blue in the taillight behind I can’t decide if you wanted me at the bottom As payment for my sins Or gave me an opportunity to start solving all the real problems, The ones from within. I can’t find the right words yet. I’m hoping this was our last dance But I mean it when I say I met my maker I know this time is my time, a real second chance.
Continue reading...
35
Chest tube leaking blood from the side of my breast Alone and uncertain in a pale blue hospital dress He told me he loves me With a closed fist that felt like a loaded gun cracking two ribs that must have argued with my lung sign this waver We’re running out of time I wonder if he wouldof brought flowers to my grave.   If I didn’t write my name on that line
0
Sep 8, 2021
Sep 8, 2021 at 2:00 AM UTC
Stockholm syndrome
I want to keep my eyes clear so I can see the moon I want to keep my eyes clear so my funeral won’t be an empty room I want white around my pupils, meat between my bones and skin And less green and purple patches from the bleeding within I want clarity in my voice when my parents call I want to be telling the truth behind the excuse that I didn’t mean to fall I want the numbness to feel warmth, and my ears to stop ringing I want to be sleeping every morning when the birds start singing I want gentle love and passion from the man who has been my best friend I want kept promises of our future, not threats of a near end I want to stop talking in circles, never finishing a conversation I want a life that has journeys but also has a destination I need to keep my eyes clear, no high is worth chasing I need to keep going even when all I can think about is escaping These drugs will never love me back, they’d never chase me like I do them Yet here I am begging for love to a man who makes me feel less than   I’m tired of running after things that don’t even notice if I’m there This life is so painful unforgiving and unfair
0
Sep 8, 2021
Sep 8, 2021 at 1:51 AM UTC
Claritin
Every day is different and unknown You wanted to leave the house but your mind wanted you home Shifts of emotions come with out warning How could so much happen from now since this morning It only takes a second to lose control But a life time to recover the time that it stole You’ve been given a million reasons to feel all this rage It’s in every chapter of your life on every single page I know you feel hopeless like your trauma has damaged you beyond repair How couldn’t you, when your constantly let down by the ones who said they’d be there One day you told me that I had no ******* idea what was going on in your head I stopped trying to compare and started learning how to be there instead Your unique when it comes to your pain You get so pattionate about something, it shouldn’t but makes you feel insane I have seen every version of yourself and some tried scaring me away Your dark days are hard enough but sometimes I don’t know what to say I wish I could save you but it’s something only you can do None of this is your fault but why are you letting it win when you hate to lose? It’s a blessing and a curse to feel everything so deeply Please don’t make permanent plans on a feeling you have briefly I don’t take it lightly when my best friend tell me she wants to throw everything away And my words are not enough to make you want to stay Our friendship is so real from even when we were broken Why would you spend so much time putting out fires in your life just to let the smoke in I know how bad you want to quit You have so much to live for, please open your eyes wider so you can see it
0
Jun 14, 2020
Jun 14, 2020 at 1:51 PM UTC
Melting Months of Mania
Every day is different and unknown You wanted to leave the house but your mind wanted you home Shifts of emotions come with out warning How could so much happen from now since this morning It only takes a second to lose control But a life time to recover the time that it stole You’ve been given a million reasons to feel all this rage It’s in every chapter of your life on every single page I know you feel hopeless like your trauma has damaged you beyond repair How couldn’t you, when your constantly let down by the ones who said they’d be there One day you told me that I had no ******* idea what was going on in your head I stopped trying to compare and started learning how to be there instead Your unique when it comes to your pain You get so pattionate about something, it shouldn’t but makes you feel insane I have seen every version of yourself and some tried scaring me away Your dark days are hard enough but sometimes I don’t know what to say I wish I could save you but it’s something only you can do None of this is your fault but why are you letting it win when you hate to lose? It’s a blessing and a curse to feel everything so deeply Please don’t make permanent plans on a feeling you have briefly I don’t take it lightly when my best friend tell me she wants to throw everything away And my words are not enough to make you want to stay Our friendship is so real from even when we were broken Why would you spend so much time putting out fires in your life just to let the smoke in I know how bad you want to quit You have so much to live for, please open your eyes wider so you can see it
Continue reading...
26