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 Sep 2021 Chandy
Wilkes Arnold
When jotting poetry
Or filling a search box
Entering a password
Or scribbling notes
I've found my hand writing "limits"
And I don't know why
 Sep 2021 Chandy
Cherisse May
waters
 Sep 2021 Chandy
Cherisse May
test me
my waters have remained constant
rippling, reaching
as far as the eye can see
into the horizon; the water surrounds me
my knowledge is useless
when drowning in these waters;
i can only flail desperately
as my movements create ripples
out into the open sea
all these efforts
all in vain
all in my vein
blood rushing out
like the sea, light then heavy
then strong
like the sea, with a strong smell of salt
this time, the waters are red
and they reek of iron

test my waters
they’ve been stained crimson
with my lifeline
exam week got me in a bad light
 Sep 2021 Chandy
Juanita
pruned
 Sep 2021 Chandy
Juanita
your fragile flesh weeps
but even your blood soaked tears
cannot stain, steel with a conscious
your branded with your sorrows

but one day
you’ll grow new skin
because your disfigured heart still dreams
and your soiled scars will soar into stars
 Sep 2021 Chandy
selina
it was a puppy sort of love
but we were young
so it felt much deeper

perhaps it was the reason
why we were so hesitant
to let go and move on

thus, i found myself cutting corners
so i could fit myself into your box
and in the painful process of loving you
i made myself become someone i knew i was not
 Sep 2021 Chandy
Aindri
Me :)
 Sep 2021 Chandy
Aindri
It's not others' judgement which shatters me
It's in fact, my own perception
Of who I really am
It's not you
its the monster in my head
 Sep 2021 Chandy
Anthony Smith
The moth flies in circles,
Forever distracted by the light.

Surely it must be the moon,
Telling it where to go.

Yet as long as it remains on,
The moth shall never escape.

For it is in the moth's nature
to always follow the light.

Until the time comes
that the moth is not but ash.
 Sep 2021 Chandy
nick armbrister
Little Globe
Grow me a planet
I want a moon
Followed by a Saturn
Real ones but small
To fit inside my pocket
Got my own worlds
In my palm
 Sep 2021 Chandy
eileen
trivial
 Sep 2021 Chandy
eileen
does anyone know

to feel so insignificant
to feel so tiny
useless
so unknown

are you waiting for me
are you thinking of me

no
no
I know

if I disappear
my name will fade away

I'm tired
of knowing
I mean nothing

loneliness will be the death of me
i romanticize the things that **** me
 Sep 2021 Chandy
Mar Orellana
Dust.
 Sep 2021 Chandy
Mar Orellana
I know you won’t read this
and I know you won’t care
but I will tell you what it was like.

It was blurry.
it was slow
but time was running fast.
It was dusty feet
and dusty souls.
It was feeling nothing
and then all at once.
It was hating you
to drown the urge of hugging you.
It was writing a poem
and post it
wishing you will relate to it.

But who cares,
you don’t.
May 2017.
I wrote this instead of telling you, even though you were there, dancing next to me. And we were made out of poison, finding new ways to hurt each other.
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