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yolonda-dahl
yolonda-dahl
30/F
All the static, the noise in my head is getting louder So unbearably loud. And it's all I can do to convince myself, I'm okay. They're not ALL pointing and laughing. You are not shameful. You're worthy. Things are going to work out. Things will look better. The ground is not falling from beneath you. Although, your knees are shaky, you're still standing. Still pacing. Still taking small steps forward. Dancing with your own thoughts, as it may be. Nonetheless, your own chaotic tango. Just roll with it. The dice have been rolled. Go with the next calling. The next thing that feels right. Because. This. Doesn't. I've placated myself, become complacent. I listened to the outer noise, that which stirs unease. Stick it out, they say. Don't give up on this great thing. This greatness is not my greatness. Is not my passion, or my heart. This 'greatness' is a grand recurring nightmare. A grandiose headache. Remove me. This is not a reflection of my soul. A stepping stone, I remind myself. Yet, here I am in limbo, as with everything. When does it end? When can I stop aching for more? In an ocean full of water, I am drifting and dying of thirst. I call out, "Quench me." I am done thirsting for an unknown resolve. What on Earth is this life, this meaningless humdrum life?
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Sep 25, 2021
Sep 25, 2021 at 4:20 PM UTC
Quest
Ignorance is bliss. A statement that remains A conflicting struggle with me. Because I believe it is to an extent. But my adaptation to this indifference Could just be a slow surrender. And here I was, keeping my heart tender. Now my heart is callused And the pattern between us Is carelessness. Here, I gently forfeit.
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Jul 2, 2018
Jul 2, 2018 at 2:20 PM UTC
Indifference as Slow Surrender
Slipping. Slowly.. slipping Fading out And into the dark As I reject my own comfort And lay it all down for you Follow into your every wish And I lose Every time And I'm slipping As you're baffled by these shattered pieces Scattered all about As my heart breaks daily for you But you can't figure it out How this love swells in me Inflated like a balloon As you step too close With pointed objects And leave me broken And breathless Gasping for life.
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Jul 1, 2018
Jul 1, 2018 at 12:28 AM UTC
Burst
Tongue twisted, Stomach shifted, Brain's a mess With all this stress. Fighting for words, My mind can't procure A single thought that reads: sane. For my patience, I've had to re-train The thought process that you evoke, so I must restrain.. The anger, the frustration and confusion Of these things you do and choose to be. As if you look to others, and I'm not your only. If I'm not enough, and leave you wanting Others who are out there flaunting.. Then why stay with me, if you show them your interested? If this is what I get with you, Then stop pretending to be invested. You say you want me, but your actions say otherwise. Your words only taunt me, As I try to cover my eyes, Seeing only what you want me to see. Feeling how you say I should, As you tear open my heart to bleed.
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Jun 17, 2018
Jun 17, 2018 at 8:51 AM UTC
Rubbernecker
Losing myself Think I need to recover. My thoughts on a shelf, Waiting still to be discovered. So much giving, But really I'm losing The meaning of living Because it's others I'm choosing. I offer all I have Yet still I am bled for more. No permission to feel sad. Be in silence, or there's the door. It is only you that matters to you. My feelings are cast aside. Conversations long overdue, But instead I hold it inside. It's too much for me to feel this way. Been burying for far too long. Yes I'm female. I have things to say. Or should I put it in a song? .. Put my feelings in a bottle, on a note for someone to find. Send it far across the sea. Better chance of reaching eyes, Than waiting for you to see me. I stifled, and I burrowed, and I've shrunk myself way down To fit the mold you've made for me. "Quiet, girl. Don't make a sound. But, hey. I'm only teasing.. " No time for talk, no time for you, no time for love. Just prioritize all else above. Man thinks his importance lies in his ego. Can't seem to relate, so away we go. Tether is breaking. Heart is aching. Solo I dwell in my mind. Looking for a way to bind Our thoughts and emotions, At least understand That my love and devotion Is slipping with your hand. You pull away. I feel estranged. Things don't seem okay. And you call ME deranged.. Here's to letting go. Even if I can. Cling to hope. Footprints in the sand. I give up control, So now I can know That I'll be okay Either way. Change. Derail. Be okay with betrayal. For you can continue To gawk at the menu. And hit me hard With your backhanded jokes. Then tell me that it's all okay. Well I guess I don't mind Being blind. The truth is ugly anyway.
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May 27, 2018
May 27, 2018 at 12:39 AM UTC
Buoy
Losing myself Think I need to recover. My thoughts on a shelf, Waiting still to be discovered. So much giving, But really I'm losing The meaning of living Because it's others I'm choosing. I offer all I have Yet still I am bled for more. No permission to feel sad. Be in silence, or there's the door. It is only you that matters to you. My feelings are cast aside. Conversations long overdue, But instead I hold it inside. It's too much for me to feel this way. Been burying for far too long. Yes I'm female. I have things to say. Or should I put it in a song? .. Put my feelings in a bottle, on a note for someone to find. Send it far across the sea. Better chance of reaching eyes, Than waiting for you to see me. I stifled, and I burrowed, and I've shrunk myself way down To fit the mold you've made for me. "Quiet, girl. Don't make a sound. But, hey. I'm only teasing.. " No time for talk, no time for you, no time for love. Just prioritize all else above. Man thinks his importance lies in his ego. Can't seem to relate, so away we go. Tether is breaking. Heart is aching. Solo I dwell in my mind. Looking for a way to bind Our thoughts and emotions, At least understand That my love and devotion Is slipping with your hand. You pull away. I feel estranged. Things don't seem okay. And you call ME deranged.. Here's to letting go. Even if I can. Cling to hope. Footprints in the sand. I give up control, So now I can know That I'll be okay Either way. Change. Derail. Be okay with betrayal. For you can continue To gawk at the menu. And hit me hard With your backhanded jokes. Then tell me that it's all okay. Well I guess I don't mind Being blind. The truth is ugly anyway.
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You have to take happiness for what it is. You might be tempted to call it fraud, because it can seem insincere. Happiness does exist, just not in permanence. Ever. It is fleeting. Coming and going like deceitful lovers. But no, the feeling is there. It might slip away like a thief in the dark. But it is there for a time. Enough time to make you believe that life is conquerable, That your worries are not so daunting. Just to have the cord ripped away and reality sets in. On a scale of complacency to desperation, when did you find yourself reeling? When did the harshness of life make you lose sight of any meaning? Candles don't burn forever. People don't yearn forever. Change is relative. There's always a constant. Whatever changes you conceive, are really just repetitions Occurring on a loop of existence. This reality has happened before And you're stuck in a vortex of eternity. Everlasting is the illusion that we'll catch a glimpse of an illuminated and enlightened existence. But good doesn't exist without bad. No light without darkness. And holy **** does it get dark.. So elation, take me high, so high. Just to suddenly drop me from epic elevation. Crashing hard onto pavement now, you're humbled and removed. Just sit and ponder you're quest for love and joy, and why you're so ******* undeserving of things that are good. And why all the flaws of us humans just get in the way and destroy us from the inside out like spontaneous combustion. Learn to accept them, or dont. Some can be changed, but some wont. What can you live with? Who can you trust? What can you fake? It's all one big mind game. And I'm just a piece on the board. Beginners luck is no more, and I am losing in the war. Doomed to a series of misfortunes, and feelings of despair. I look for peace of mind, but it's destined not to stay there. Accept the impermanence. Everything in your world is only temporary. A moment, a feeling, this life.. Choose your temporary with care. Soon it won't be there.
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May 16, 2018
May 16, 2018 at 7:49 PM UTC
Is it, or isn't it?
You have to take happiness for what it is. You might be tempted to call it fraud, because it can seem insincere. Happiness does exist, just not in permanence. Ever. It is fleeting. Coming and going like deceitful lovers. But no, the feeling is there. It might slip away like a thief in the dark. But it is there for a time. Enough time to make you believe that life is conquerable, That your worries are not so daunting. Just to have the cord ripped away and reality sets in. On a scale of complacency to desperation, when did you find yourself reeling? When did the harshness of life make you lose sight of any meaning? Candles don't burn forever. People don't yearn forever. Change is relative. There's always a constant. Whatever changes you conceive, are really just repetitions Occurring on a loop of existence. This reality has happened before And you're stuck in a vortex of eternity. Everlasting is the illusion that we'll catch a glimpse of an illuminated and enlightened existence. But good doesn't exist without bad. No light without darkness. And holy **** does it get dark.. So elation, take me high, so high. Just to suddenly drop me from epic elevation. Crashing hard onto pavement now, you're humbled and removed. Just sit and ponder you're quest for love and joy, and why you're so ******* undeserving of things that are good. And why all the flaws of us humans just get in the way and destroy us from the inside out like spontaneous combustion. Learn to accept them, or dont. Some can be changed, but some wont. What can you live with? Who can you trust? What can you fake? It's all one big mind game. And I'm just a piece on the board. Beginners luck is no more, and I am losing in the war. Doomed to a series of misfortunes, and feelings of despair. I look for peace of mind, but it's destined not to stay there. Accept the impermanence. Everything in your world is only temporary. A moment, a feeling, this life.. Choose your temporary with care. Soon it won't be there.
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I want to travel great distances, far beyond reach. Won't you come with me? I want to escape this plane and walk dimensions unseen. Won't you go with me? I won't drink a drop, nor fill up my lungs, or inhale the dust, you see. No for me, it is tranquil and freeing To stay awake while sleeping, Clear of mind and ego, pure of soul, Surrendering with no control. Walk with me. Sink with me. Be with me. See the truth of your findings in all its complexity. Realize that all is not so vexing, Much too is rooted in simplicity, frequency. To be is to feel, and to see is to heal. Know you and love you so you can know and love all others properly. Understanding love is knowing humans can't be property. Recognize that we are each individual entities. We cast our signatures on the world As we journey on through life. Seeking to make ourselves a bit more pure, We adopt a heart that's more gentle and kind. Growth is self reflection, and being aware of Who You Are. And if it scares us, well it isn't too bizarre. Change never comes easy. We must want it. In all things. Facing hard truth is none too pleasing, But in the end what a comfort it brings To find your resolve and to be humbled by the universe, And gain knowledge in perspectives that are diverse. Lie in the stillness that is. Be moved by the warmth and bliss. My mind releases the chaos surrounding me. And I go further into the abyss I hear no music, but the sound is sweet. Such happiness that swells in me, Tell me, wont you go with me?
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Apr 7, 2018
Apr 7, 2018 at 10:42 AM UTC
Lucidity
I want to travel great distances, far beyond reach. Won't you come with me? I want to escape this plane and walk dimensions unseen. Won't you go with me? I won't drink a drop, nor fill up my lungs, or inhale the dust, you see. No for me, it is tranquil and freeing To stay awake while sleeping, Clear of mind and ego, pure of soul, Surrendering with no control. Walk with me. Sink with me. Be with me. See the truth of your findings in all its complexity. Realize that all is not so vexing, Much too is rooted in simplicity, frequency. To be is to feel, and to see is to heal. Know you and love you so you can know and love all others properly. Understanding love is knowing humans can't be property. Recognize that we are each individual entities. We cast our signatures on the world As we journey on through life. Seeking to make ourselves a bit more pure, We adopt a heart that's more gentle and kind. Growth is self reflection, and being aware of Who You Are. And if it scares us, well it isn't too bizarre. Change never comes easy. We must want it. In all things. Facing hard truth is none too pleasing, But in the end what a comfort it brings To find your resolve and to be humbled by the universe, And gain knowledge in perspectives that are diverse. Lie in the stillness that is. Be moved by the warmth and bliss. My mind releases the chaos surrounding me. And I go further into the abyss I hear no music, but the sound is sweet. Such happiness that swells in me, Tell me, wont you go with me?
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Losing myself by the day, by the night as it comes. Sinking and being ****** further in. And I know I shouldn't care so much Because it's all just trivial in the end. But these conflicting feelings repel like magnets. My loss of patience is tragic. These burdens eat at my heart and challenge my soul. As I try to be a rock and not to roll.. Transparency is me But only for the ones that see. If your pride separates us, I build my wall for you and walk away. For a connection without trust Cannot be genuine in any way. Mistake my silence for agreeance Because I won't be bothered with your ignorance. But I choose to turn from childishness And step into consciousness. Forgive me for not giving into the game the ego plays. For my higher self wants to stray From the path of insecurity and hurt And social normalities. And I say **** it to your fake formalities. Being pulled by the current of the world and torn to shreds By the animals that walk it, My body and mind have grown weary. As I realize eminent outcomes so dreary.. But of all the unfortunate ends, Would be my unfolding social suicide. Swayed and influenced into reaction Rather than reflection, I become part of the disease, the infection. Following the useless herd with no sense of direction. As I try to return to myself once again, I know within, its all meaningless and I should only love. But my mortal feelings challenge me. I attempt to ascend and look to stars above. All this emotion and wisdom I have, balancing. Not sure if my silence is growth or indifference, or maybe just pain. But my reactions, whether how I feel or not, are hard to cover and feign. So this is what it means to be human.
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Mar 15, 2018
Mar 15, 2018 at 2:28 AM UTC
Outlier
Losing myself by the day, by the night as it comes. Sinking and being ****** further in. And I know I shouldn't care so much Because it's all just trivial in the end. But these conflicting feelings repel like magnets. My loss of patience is tragic. These burdens eat at my heart and challenge my soul. As I try to be a rock and not to roll.. Transparency is me But only for the ones that see. If your pride separates us, I build my wall for you and walk away. For a connection without trust Cannot be genuine in any way. Mistake my silence for agreeance Because I won't be bothered with your ignorance. But I choose to turn from childishness And step into consciousness. Forgive me for not giving into the game the ego plays. For my higher self wants to stray From the path of insecurity and hurt And social normalities. And I say **** it to your fake formalities. Being pulled by the current of the world and torn to shreds By the animals that walk it, My body and mind have grown weary. As I realize eminent outcomes so dreary.. But of all the unfortunate ends, Would be my unfolding social suicide. Swayed and influenced into reaction Rather than reflection, I become part of the disease, the infection. Following the useless herd with no sense of direction. As I try to return to myself once again, I know within, its all meaningless and I should only love. But my mortal feelings challenge me. I attempt to ascend and look to stars above. All this emotion and wisdom I have, balancing. Not sure if my silence is growth or indifference, or maybe just pain. But my reactions, whether how I feel or not, are hard to cover and feign. So this is what it means to be human.
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Caving from within, I'm fighting Pins an needles hard to breathe Through heartache; pains me As I suffer tirelessly, in silence And hide the fatigue of my mind Caught in landslides choking On conscience, consciousness daunts me, Toying with emotions Brainwaves sending false readings With absolute disconnect Error. Error. Error Of thought and self-control I dismiss rationality to welcome insanity Briefly I receive a message caught From the stars only To tell me not to feel scarred Our lives are temporary in the present With much difficulty finding meaning in all this I ask to the one, Thee only truest of a presence For an answer or some guidance Or some notion, at least a good semblance of One comforting piece of news or advice Would suffice To the reckless being I embody In this shell, this core, this hollow case Trapping me, ensnaring me. I am A victim to this forsaken life of greed And ruin along the many empty Beings not reaching their potential That they might see a sight in themselves to feel A fright and be obliged To set things right. I am pained in a world of hurt and hurting And loss and confusion and parting those Familiar ways of setting hearts a blaze today We stray from common knowledge of love to understand the other, to rise above Hate and hatred and wicked ways To free of the old clay, and mold ourselves I pray That we are of like-mind in this day and age To forfeit the sentiment of seperation. Our kindness heals hearts, understanding erases hurt, love unites, respect connects. Dig there in the depth of lost ruins and emerge to seek a soul of purity and intellect to give to one another as you so desperately crave to receive. Open hearts and open minds yield possibilities for us to be intertwined. Casting shadows produces a cold Bitter yard for your neighbor to dwell Evoking and emitting a smile from within can be akin To a warmth and envelop those near in a blanket of sunshine as well. "Oh but Why?" you ask. Because my friend, a friend Is a friend. Be them strange or familiar, And wouldn't you want the same? Oh, But. Wouldn't. you. want. the same? I say to you and unto you Hear me now as I beg Love with the same love you deserve and realize it's always deserved. So give it, but mostly receive it from thy self and know You. Are most certainly of worth. As are we all, my dear dears and dearests.
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Aug 23, 2017
Aug 23, 2017 at 1:52 AM UTC
Dearest Me
Caving from within, I'm fighting Pins an needles hard to breathe Through heartache; pains me As I suffer tirelessly, in silence And hide the fatigue of my mind Caught in landslides choking On conscience, consciousness daunts me, Toying with emotions Brainwaves sending false readings With absolute disconnect Error. Error. Error Of thought and self-control I dismiss rationality to welcome insanity Briefly I receive a message caught From the stars only To tell me not to feel scarred Our lives are temporary in the present With much difficulty finding meaning in all this I ask to the one, Thee only truest of a presence For an answer or some guidance Or some notion, at least a good semblance of One comforting piece of news or advice Would suffice To the reckless being I embody In this shell, this core, this hollow case Trapping me, ensnaring me. I am A victim to this forsaken life of greed And ruin along the many empty Beings not reaching their potential That they might see a sight in themselves to feel A fright and be obliged To set things right. I am pained in a world of hurt and hurting And loss and confusion and parting those Familiar ways of setting hearts a blaze today We stray from common knowledge of love to understand the other, to rise above Hate and hatred and wicked ways To free of the old clay, and mold ourselves I pray That we are of like-mind in this day and age To forfeit the sentiment of seperation. Our kindness heals hearts, understanding erases hurt, love unites, respect connects. Dig there in the depth of lost ruins and emerge to seek a soul of purity and intellect to give to one another as you so desperately crave to receive. Open hearts and open minds yield possibilities for us to be intertwined. Casting shadows produces a cold Bitter yard for your neighbor to dwell Evoking and emitting a smile from within can be akin To a warmth and envelop those near in a blanket of sunshine as well. "Oh but Why?" you ask. Because my friend, a friend Is a friend. Be them strange or familiar, And wouldn't you want the same? Oh, But. Wouldn't. you. want. the same? I say to you and unto you Hear me now as I beg Love with the same love you deserve and realize it's always deserved. So give it, but mostly receive it from thy self and know You. Are most certainly of worth. As are we all, my dear dears and dearests.
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I write poetry to pass the time, Seeking solace in a silly rhyme. Reminds me how alone I am, And how no one really gives a **** Looking for therapy, I find an ease momentarily. Hoping for peace to put things on paper instead, Except I realize they're still in my head. Nagging and gnawing, the words won't retreat. My thoughts are a burden, Slowly killing me.
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Oct 3, 2015
Oct 3, 2015 at 2:48 AM UTC
Laughable Irony