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10.6k · Nov 2019
Zombies
Alex Nov 2019
We stare at empty light
Look at fake pictures
Pretend that everything
Is just okay

We watch pointless videos
Mindless entertainment
To fill the endless void
The people have created

We don't know what to do with ourselves
To keep us occupied
We don't know what we like
We don't know how else to hide

The world is ending
People are dying
We are all stuck
In a fake world

Just zombies
Trying to cure ourselves
Of the terrifying void
Outside
1.0k · Sep 2018
Tired
Alex Sep 2018
I'm tired of people
I'm tired of hearing

I'm tired of feeling
I'm tired of seeing

I'm tired of turning
Everything upside down

I'm tired of life
And tired of feeling down
689 · Jan 2018
Legos
Alex Jan 2018
I build my life up with colorful legos
I take a break and admire my work
Bright, beautiful colors
All stacked up
Then someone comes along and kicks my legos
Bright, beautiful colors
All scattered across the floor
I pick up my legos and build again, and again, and again
I'm so tired but I don't stop
I don't take breaks so no one can knock my legos down
I tell myself keep going
Yet someone still comes and kicks down my legos
But this time I don't fix it, I am too tired
And I realize, that no matter how many times I rebuild
No matter how beautiful the legos are
Someone will come knock down my life
Untill I die
Do I have to continue building?
645 · Jan 2019
Dear IBF,
Alex Jan 2019
We haven't spoken in a few days
Why? I'm not sure

You were texting on my birthday
And the next you disappeared.

You're inactive online and my texts seem ignored.
Are you grounded, tired of me, or something much worse?

All I can say right now is I miss you more than anything
And I love you a lot

I need to know if you're okay
And not leaving me in the dark
578 · May 2019
you don't know why
Alex May 2019
I'm terrified
and you don't know why

I'm crying
and you don't get why

I'm hurt
and you don't know how

I'm insane
I'm angry
I feel such intense emotions
but you don't seem to understand them
547 · Nov 2023
Hyperfixations
Alex Nov 2023
My heart resides within pixels
Encaged within a screen
For I refuse to see others
When they cannot see me

I delude myself
Indulge myself
Panels, media, fiction
I ruin myself

Outside, I run
Abandon the colors that enrapture me
See another, face to face
Yet I always return inside
This is just my experience with most of my hyperfixations and/or celebrity crushes tbh- its basically all about obsessing over a comfort character to the point where you'd rather text them on some chat-ai instead of like see your family idk
544 · Feb 2018
The Girl In My Mirror
Alex Feb 2018
If I look in the mirror
I don't see me
I see a girl who is hiding
She sits in the back of the class
She hides during lunch
And the saddest part?
She forgot who she ever was
or ever could be...
507 · Apr 2019
Here's the Thing,
Alex Apr 2019
I don't like talking to you
Because I'm scared I'll be awkward
And make you hate me

I don't look at you in the halls
Because I'm scared you'll look back
And my chest will fall

I avoid texting back
Because I'm scared I'll send some dumb text
I'll regret later on

I look to my feet
Not because I'm scared of you,
But I'm scared of the hate

I'm a coward, afraid of the people in the world
Their judgment, their problems, their lives
I'm scared that if I love someone
I'll destroy them as much as I am

I promise you, I don't hate you
I'm not trying to avoid you
I'm just terrified
Of loving you.
503 · Jan 2018
My Fake Smile
Alex Jan 2018
The voices in my head tell me things
Sometimes they can be good things!
They can tell me how lucky I am
How good of a family I have
How smart I am
Those are the times I am happy
And the voices are my friends

The voices in my head tell me things
Sometimes they can make me cut.
They can remind me of how I'll never get the guy I love
How I'm fat everywhere
How people talk bad about me
How ugly I am
How I need to stop everything
Those are the times I am sad
And the voices take me to the bathroom
Where my blood goes drip, drip, drip

When I'm sad the voices tell me to end it
Yet some of my friend voices are still there
They are the ones I can rely on
The ones that make me stop my sadness
The ones that tell me to put on a smile
And I am happy again

Where are those fun voices?
I miss them
I can't hear them through the noise
But I stay away from hurt
I try to create new, good voices
And that was how my fake smile was born
488 · Dec 2018
Us, the world
Alex Dec 2018
Since when did I have to do this
Since when did I have to write
To keep me from going insane
And crying every night.

Once I was happy,
A joyful little girl
But ever since I grew up
I seem to see way more

I can see now, the terrifying world
And I can hear now, the voices knocking at my door
I can feel the sadness, as I walk through the air
And I can sense that I am no little girl no more.

I miss believing I'd be happy forever
I miss running around playing house
I miss not being sad with every breath and more
And I miss most of all trusting in us
462 · Aug 2018
1000 Words
Alex Aug 2018
A picture is worth 1000 words,
But you are worth much more to me

You are worth 1000 stars
Spread across the universe

You are worth 1000 diamonds
Because you are the rarest of them all

You are worth 1000 pictures
Worth 1,000,000 words

You are worth 1000 more
Than you may think you are
436 · Feb 2018
No one gets it
Alex Feb 2018
People may think
They know what's going on
They know exactly what my sadness is like
But they don't
They don't know why I'm sad
In fact I don't either
They don't know why I hate myself
But I know why
It's because they judge my appearance
They don't know why I'm crying at night
I know why
It's because I know no one I love will ever understand me
It's not a phase
It's a fact
No one understands
No one cares
So I put on my smile
So no one has to deal with me
I trick myself into being happy
But it doesn't last long
Because reality always seems to interfere
Does everyone enjoy laughing at me?
Does everyone like ruining me?
Does anyone understand me?
Yes,
Yes,
and No.
I wish I could be a normal girl
My own room
I could have makeup
I could be pretty
I could have a best friend that understands me
But that isn't reality

This isn't even a poem anymore...
417 · Feb 2018
My Dreams
Alex Feb 2018
I walk across the ocean floor
Where everything has a blue tint
I do my thinking here
While the sea is calm

I think about you
And your stupid smile
That I love so much
And think is adorable

As the fish swim by
So does my hope
For us to be together
For you to be mine

The seaweed flows gently
Unlike my mind
Which is racing with my thoughts
Racing with my emotions

I don't go up for air
I don't seem to need it in my dreams
I know it has to be a dream
I can see you walking towards me

Your smile is so clear
I can hear your voice
But before I can even blink
You're stolen by the ocean world

I open my eyes in pitch black
And just look up to whatever
I think about you all over again
And now I am sad

I hate to wake from my sleep
My dreams of the ocean floor
Even if you wash away
Before I can touch your face

You are taken before I can hold your hand
And feel your embrace
I'm stupid to think this way
Get it out of my mind
395 · Dec 2018
i feel mental
Alex Dec 2018
It stabs me every night
Giving me the worst fright
When I can see it in front of me
I want to cry or scream

The memories, the scenarios
Some include loved ones' burials
They are mostly fake, I can see
But I can't stop them from coming

I cry every night, depression? I'll never know
Sometimes I'm fine, but it hits me with a fatal blow
I can't stop feeling this way,
So please, don't try to help, it won't help anyway

I feel insane like rational thought has flown away
I know it isn't true, but I'm scared, so it'll stay
It seems to feed off my sadness, my fear, every inch of my being
And it makes me feel guilty, for, well, living.

I talk to my friends, talk to my family
They say, "You're fine, it'll go away"
So I try to ignore the screaming in my head,
But when I fail, I just cry myself to sleep instead
391 · Feb 2018
My Willow Leaves
Alex Feb 2018
All I do is write
Under the willow tree
This is my safe place
I call it my Willow Leaves

I heard them fighting again
So I ran and ran
To my safe place
My Willow Leaves

My emotions left
Or are they just crazy?
I don't care really though
I'm under my Willow Leaves

The school kids are annoying
Always gossiping
But all sadness rolls away
Under my Willow Leaves

During the winter my willow tree goes
My Willow Leaves gone for months
I'm always depressed during this time
I hate myself for being like this

No other place to run
No other place to vent
No other place to be safe
Other than my Willow Leaves
346 · Jan 2018
My Black Hole
Alex Jan 2018
I look down at my own black hole
It expands when I feed it
I feed it what people say about me

My black hole likes to eat pain
So I give it my pain
Or else it will eat me

My black hole likes growing
Because when it grows
It is closer to eating me

My black hole never leaves me
And I can't leave it
Because if I leave it
I will feel nothing
335 · Mar 2019
losing your mind
Alex Mar 2019
you aren't alright
stop lying to me
and everyone else
around you

I see the tears you left on your pillow
from crying yourself to sleep
I see the pain behind your eyes
you want so desperately to hide

I can hear the screams
you keep inside your head
I can feel the emotions
storming away in your mind

I understand what you are going through
I go through it myself
I need you to talk to me
because I need to help you

you want to lose your mind
and I can't let you
because losing your mind
isn't the answer, I promise.
329 · Jun 2018
I'm Happy
Alex Jun 2018
Outside me
I'm really happy!
All I do is smile!
Cause I'm always in hiding...

Long sleeves
To cover the scars...
Long sleeves
So no one can see

Smile smile
For the flashing camera
For in this world
You can't look sad

I'm happy, I'm happy!
Happy as can be
I'm so happy
So no one can see me...
320 · Jun 2018
La La Land
Alex Jun 2018
La La La
I sing and sing
As I frolic
In La La Land.

Hm Hm Hmm
I love to hum
As I sit
In La La Land.

Oh no no
I always say
As I look outside
At La La Land

It crashes down
Day after day
And fires burn the cities...
Welcome to my land.

As we grow, and learn, and learn
Our little La La Lands, from young years
Soon develop into hell.
And we see bad things

Because social media tells us more
Than we should know these days
And we all are filled with thoughts of terror, death, and evil
Untill we are corrupted with sin
290 · Aug 2018
Little Girl
Alex Aug 2018
A little girl, in her room
Playing with dolls, out of the way of all doom

The little girl, now a bit older
Carries little burden, she is sober
She runs around the house happily,
But one night, she doesn't sleep

The teen girl, still growing up
Thought she had it all figured out
Thought she would never be this stuck
But with all the sleepless nights,
And all the memories in her head
That little girl, will never be the same again.

The girl, eyes deprived of life
Lies in her room, in the dead of night
The blood rushes onto the carpet,
And onto the dolls
As the once little girl
Couldn't take it anymore
287 · Mar 2018
I Can't Understand Them
Alex Mar 2018
Echoes fill the room
All I can hear
The soft noises
That come from a person
I can not pin point where they are
Once again and forever alone
All I ask is to hear those voices clearly
To be understood

So I stand here in the rain
All I hear is the drops
Why do they seem so big to me
Like a brick hitting rock
A person is speaking to me
But it is not clear
For the rain drowns out the sound
I need so desperatly to hear

So I run to them
Run through the rain
And miracously I can reach them
When I run to them they stop
I grin a grin so big
They smirk and laugh at me
And insult me
And I run back

I sit alone in the dark
Only fire to warm me
To warm my broken heart
Unlike a broken bone
My scars will never heal
And I will always remember
That no one will ever care
But even if they do care
They won't understand
I need them to understand me
281 · Jan 2018
You
Alex Jan 2018
You
The world expands
Into the dark abyss
Called space
Where blackholes form
And everything is ****** in
And dissapears
The world is too big now
I can't find you
You're hidden
Did a blackhole get you?
I sit and cry
Untill you come back
But you're not the same
I don't know what happened to you
But I still love you
And I stay with you
And I don't care who you are now
But you did change
And you'll never be the same...
262 · Nov 2019
800 Miles Away
Alex Nov 2019
800 miles and more texts than I can count
1 day online and the memories it would amount
A sleepless night spent together
Even though our distance caused different weather

I love you, so much, more than you'll ever know
If my parents weren't so upset about the internet, I would see you now
Even with our troubles, tears and the dumb crap we may say
I won't ever leave your side, even 800 miles away.
Alex Aug 2018
A crash of thunder, a breath...

I hear it getting closer
It seems to get heavier
I am scared, but less than before
My shoulders and body relax.

I relax.

But as soon as I got comfortable with the ghost in my room,
It left, and all was silent
Then it came back once more, louder and heavier

Yet somehow I was not prepared.
217 · Oct 2018
Big World
Alex Oct 2018
I look around at the vast blue sky

Little white clouds sprinkled all over

A big yellow sun bright enough to blind you.

I look down at the blades of grass

Millions spread for miles.

I think about the big cities, and all the people on Earth.

And I think about how big the universe is.

And I think about all the big people who changed this big big world.

And I'm reminded how little I am.
217 · Dec 2018
Loud
Alex Dec 2018
Loud
The noise drowns everyone out
The screams
They are the only one here

I try to hide
But the noise follows me
Inside and out
It kills me

I want to make it stop
I want someone to help
I need someone to just
Drown the noise out
213 · Apr 2018
Midnight
Alex Apr 2018
The only thing to sing to me
Was the moon
In the middle of the night
When I would look up
And stare
At my bedroom ceiling
Thinking about nothing
And everything...
All at once
The memories flood in and out
Through my ears
The gentle blow of the wind
Is my calling
So I open the window...
And step outside
Because by the light of the moon
I will make my great escape
211 · Jan 2019
No Motivation
Alex Jan 2019
I used to love to write
I would every day
Hello Poetry, Wattpad
Even write notes as I lay
But as I have grown more stressed
More anxious and sad
I find that motivation and I
Have drifted apart
And there's nothing more to be said
209 · Feb 2018
I Am OK
Alex Feb 2018
I am ok
Am am ok
Not am ok
OK am ok
And am ok
This am ok
Is am ok
My am ok
Cry am ok
For am ok
Help am ok
...
Come quick
206 · May 2018
I Don't See
Alex May 2018
I block out the noise
And I can't hear

I block out the sun
And I can't see

I seem to be able
To block out everything

But when I try to block out the emotions
They always come back
205 · May 2018
Her Face
Alex May 2018
You've heard of clickbait?
What lures you in?
The things with all the colors?
What's all just sin?

That's her
And everything she is
It's all just...
Clickbait

She puts makeup on everyday
Makes herself look all nice and pretty
Innocent and pure
But its just a lure

She will pretend to love you
And you'll love her
But in her mind...
She wants you to cry.

She will take you in
And kick you out
Because under that mask
Is a demon of guilt

You thought she was just evil?
A girl isn't born that way
She does that only
Because it's happened to her

Over.. and over
Over... and over
Over... and over
And over again

And she's done the same
She is stuck in a loop
And she can't get out
She is scared of her self doubt

Her face is pretty
Innocent and pure
But my darling...
She is pure gore
204 · Sep 2018
Blink
Alex Sep 2018
I blink
And age another few years

I watch as family grows
Older, and more distant

I watch as friends come, and go
I have no control over them

I watch as I try to keep myself together
Try not to just scream everything inside me away

I blink
And age another few years

And see the same things
Happen all over again
204 · Nov 2018
Helpless.
Alex Nov 2018
When I look into her eyes
I don't see her pretty smile
I see tears
Just waiting to fall

She stands there, stiff and unmoving
Looking through me
And no matter what I do
She doesn't respond

So as I sit there
And watch those tears fall
I sit and wonder
What I did wrong?
197 · Nov 2019
Words of Ink into My Skin
Alex Nov 2019
As if into paper
The ink seems to seep in
Into my skin
Deeper and deeper

The ink forms the words
I shall never forget
Even if I tried
To wipe the ink away

It seeps deeper day after day

At first, it's fine
I shrug it off
I laugh along
At their joke

Soon it burns
Burns my skin
Burns my being
Burns within

The only emotions
That come forth
Are sadness
And anger

I try to communicate
But they laugh it off
Pick up the ink
And write, and write, again
Alex Dec 2023
We are stripped of our flesh
Self-crucifixion demanded
By such a merciful god

Under the loving moonlight
I will weep, and the nebulas shall
Gaze upon my dreadful soul

Not to be forgiven, not to be loved
To devote myself to the planets,
From the cradle I am not my own

Crimson life seeps into the Earth
We can no longer see the stars
Shattered are their promises
193 · Jun 2018
Glass Of Water
Alex Jun 2018
I'm like a glass of water.

If you hit me, I might shatter
If you scream at me, I might crack
If you use me, I'll be drained of my life, the water, little by little
If you knock me down, every drip of life will fall out of me.
Drip by drip
Tear by tear

So please treat me right
Because you have no clue
How fragile I can be
192 · Mar 2018
Angels
Alex Mar 2018
The angels pick one person to look at
One person to watch over
And that angel looks at their memories
Their sadness, happiness, anger
And pick the memory that person needs

But instead of sending me a happy memory
They sent me insecurities
And they got so embarrased they ran
Ran away from me
But what if its to much for me
To remember my happy memory

No other angels can help me
No one else to give me a good feeling
They are to busy with others
To care nor look at me
But what if I can't survive without them,
Mentally

That is why I look at others
And feel jealousy
Because they have their angel
And they don't have to
Be scared like me
185 · Mar 2018
The Stars
Alex Mar 2018
The stars sing in the dead of night
Looking down on us my love
I hope and pray that they will sing
A lullaby for you darling
So you can sleep well

The stars shine in the dead of night
In unending bliss
To light a path for us my love
So that you don't trip and fall
Fall away from me

The stars align in the dead of night
Writing our names
So that I'll know
That we truly are
Written in the stars

The stars sing in the dead of night
A calming melody
That will allow me to sleep
Knowing that
You're safe and happy...



Without me.
180 · Jan 2018
...
Alex Jan 2018
...
My heart is a dog
Loyal to whoever it loves
Loyal to you
----------------------------------
My heart is a butterfly
Fluttering around when someone is around
When you are around
----------------------------------------------------------­-
My heart is a mixing ***
Contains so many different emotions
So many emotions about you
---------------------------------------------------------
My brain can't decide for my heart
Yet this time I want it to
I want to know if I like you
177 · Feb 2018
My Love
Alex Feb 2018
My rose floats to the sky
The petals slowly washing away
I watch as they catch the light
One falls down to me
I hold it tight
Because I know this is it for me
My only love so far away
Yet somehow when I look up
And see the petals drift away
It seems like he is next to me
This Valentine's Day will be my worst
This I know
But I'm sure it will be okay
If he would like me back
Why is it that I can't be with him
And he doesn't love me
Why is it that I am too cowardly
To say what I wanna say
Maybe I should get it over it
And tell him now
Before the other girls
Take him away
175 · Feb 2018
My storm
Alex Feb 2018
Something is inside me
Swirling like a storm
An unending hurricane?
A monsterous tornado?
Or my own emotions
Trying to take hold of me
169 · Jan 2018
When I'm Gone
Alex Jan 2018
Please don't cry
When you see my body
During my funeral
Nor during my burial

Please don't cry
When you find out how I died
When you know how it happened
How it all went down

Please don't cry
I wasn't sad when I died
I was rejoicing when I saw the Lord
When I knew I was gone

Please don't cry
I didn't
I was happier when I left the evil
And cruelty of the Earth

So wipe your tears from your cheeks
And just look above
For I have met the Lord
And we are looking down upon you
166 · May 2020
Sleep
Alex May 2020
Flashing colors
A tightening of the lungs
Then, a loss of consciousness

And I free myself again
166 · Feb 2018
What Those Things Do
Alex Feb 2018
Mentally I am scarred
Emotionally I am broken
Inside I am dead
In reality I am done
Yet physically, I smile

Because only happy girls are loved
Girls should just smile and wave
Girls shouldn't be nerds and wear glasses
Girls need to play dumb and wear makeup
Girls need to do the housework for the guys

These stereotypes claw at them
Untill they give in
And they forgeet everything
"Smile and wave, do the chores, make him happy"

That is all they know
And that is all they will do
Untill their brains finall realize what is happening
And they try to find themselves
But they are already to broken to be fixed
164 · Jan 2018
Abyss
Alex Jan 2018
I lie awake in the darkness
And I run to turn on the light
The darkness won't swallow me tonight
The demons watch me from the hallway
Trying to close in
Trying to take over me
I try to run
But in this world called Earth
No one is safe
Inside me are monsters
Waiting for my breaking point
So they can control me
Causing my friends to run and my family to hide
Untill I am lonely and sad again
And I hurt myself again
And again
And again
Untill one last breath
And the pain is gone
164 · Feb 2018
Best Friends
Alex Feb 2018
I look in your eyes
You know they say they are the windows to your soul
Wanna know what I see?
I see hurt
Pain
Suffering
Come my dear,
Let me help you through your troubled times
We can walk in the woods to clear your mind
I'll take you to my favorite climbing tree
Where we can build a tree house over your insecurities

I take your hand in mine
Cold hands mean a warm heart
My dear your heart must be warm
It's too bad no one can see it
They wouldn't care anyway
The people in our school are monsters
Laughing at us

I hug you to protect you
From the animals in the woods
You've delt with enough today my best friend
Let's relax in the quiet for a change
Away from the other girls at our school

I look at your eyes
They don't look so sad
I see happiness
Laughter
And hope
But I know there is still fear
But we will get through it
Because your my best friend
And nothing will hurt you ever again

Memories of joyous times flood through my head
As we stare out into the ocean
And we look at each other again
We know we have been freed
So we jump into the warm water
And feel it on our skin
But this time we don't sink in the insecurities
But we swim up
Stronger than ever
163 · Feb 2018
My Noise
Alex Feb 2018
The noise is back
It echoes in my head
It whispers to me
Temptations
I can't ignore it
I want to give in
But I shouldn't
It reminds me
Of dreadful things
I thought they were forgotten
But the noise never forgets
Every mistake
Every embarrasment
Every dark secret
It
Won't
Let
Me
Forget
Why? You may ask...
Why don't I try to get it out
The noise is my punishment
I must not let it go
Or pain will come
And cover me like a cocoon
I let the noise whisper
I let myself remember
I wish I didn't
But it is to late
It is a part of my being
My soul can't live without
That stupid little noise
That kills me...
From the inside out.
161 · Jan 2018
Am I ok?
Alex Jan 2018
I wake
The sun shines through my window
I look out
The grass swiftly blows in the gentle breeze
Trees use there arms and wave to me
I don't want to go outside though
Instead I stay in and hide from the evil of the world
I tell my friends I am not allowed to hang out today
When in reality I don't want to make them hate me
I tell the trees, the grass, and the sun goodbye for the last time
And I don't come out again

I sleep
The moon is the only light left
I look up
The stars fade away
The moon is growing dimmer and dimmer
The dark grass is still
The blackened trees no longer beckon to me
I want to go outside tonight
I walk out and feel the darkness swirl around me
I tell my friends goodbye for the last time
Looking at the moon, I follow
Following it to the edge of the forest I stop for a breath
Then I find any courage that hasn't abandoned me
And I walk in
Never to be found again

I am sleeping
In an endless sleep
But I'm not afraid
I walk out into a bright light
I think this is heaven
But it a hospital
Am I sick?
What happened?
I close my eyes
And I realize what happened
For my heart it a butterfly
So it must've flown away
But I am not ok.


I have lost the man I love
And he will never know it.
I don't know what this was but I just wrote it down...
159 · Sep 2018
Friends
Alex Sep 2018
I swallow air, as I'm pulled back under
The waves force me deeper, and deeper
    I look at the beach and the fun      
Secretly wishing I could be there to

I swim above once more
As I always do
No one seemed to notice me
Well, until you

You swam out to me
As I went under
You grabbed my hand
And held me closer

You left, but more came
And soon I reached the shore
And finally, maybe
I can enjoy life some more

I know you may leave,
And more may come
But I still love you guys
No matter what.
159 · Jun 2018
The Golden Song
Alex Jun 2018
Little pieces of shine
Grow around me
As I listen
To the songs they sing

"Another day another day we sing...
we will rise up with the sun and go with it too.
We are the golden flowers, in this meadow
And we like to sing"

"We are the ones that bring joy
To all your summer days.
So smile, don't frown
For many joyous days are here."

I sit for hours
Smiling like an idiot
As I sit and listen
To the pretty golden flowers
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