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  Sep 10 Someone's Sunlight
usagi
I keep going, even on the days I can barely breath,
I keep quiet and I listen carefully to my own needs.

I may not feel joy yet, and that’s okay.
I’m learning to take care of myself, while having nothing to say.


For now, that is enough.

This is my win.
This is enough.
  Sep 10 Someone's Sunlight
haley
i don’t just crave validation,
i need it.
i need it like some people need a drink in their hands,
i need it like it’s the cigarette between my lips.

it’s the air in my lungs,
my food and my drink.
it’s not just music to my ears—
it’s the only sound i hear.

i know i’m not your favorite,
not really.
but you told me i was,
three months ago.
and i wrote that in my journal.
i etched that in my heart.

i hold up my poems,
these nonsense words i call art,
and i need a compliment,
i need a hug.
so that i know i’m not just some girl,
the girl you whisper about when she’s not there.
so that i know
there’s a reason i give and give.

so that i know i’m someone’s favorite.
Before the first dawn split the sky,
before light learned to speak,
there was darkness
endless, ancient, alive. 🌑
From that abyss came chaos,
from chaos came pain,
and from pain came us.
We are not children of the light.
We are forged by shadow,
carved by silence,
tempered by storms no eye has seen.
The world believes darkness destroys.
It does not.
It creates.
It burns away illusion,
tears apart weakness,
and leaves only truth standing.
Your scars are not wounds
they are scripture,
verses written in fire and survival,
proof that you were broken open
only to be rebuilt unshakable. ❤️
Do not curse the shadows
that raised you.
They taught you what the light never could:
that strength is not given..
it is forged in the places
no one dares to look.
Even the stars were born
from the deepest black,
their brilliance a rebellion
against the void. 🌹
And so are you.
Rise, not quietly,
but like a prophecy fulfilled.
Rise, not as a survivor,
but as a storm that silences the rain. 🔥
We are all born of shadows...
and shadows do not fear the dark.

— Heart Hacker 🫀
We will never be satisfied
When we get what we want
Always longing for something
Just beyond our reach
Building bridges out of bloodshed
Just to get to the other side
Only to find that another
Lost, greedy soul
Made it here first

And now you want what they have too.
You don't have to go back
I wouldn't want you to
I know, deep down you aren't that person anymore
And who you are now is what you were always meant to be
But I will never forget the day I found you
Ha..
As though something so great could possibly be undiscovered.
No, you were known
And I was simply to blind
Too ignorant to your existence
But my eyes were opened
To see the stars blazing in yours
as you achieved something
something that at the time you believed to be greatness
I don't know what you think about that day now
I don't even know you
But I know everything is changing.
What we can do now is far different
from what we could do back then
But I will always look fondly on the day
that you achieved
18:10
You always stuck pictures to your fridge
A reminder of the people who matter most
Scattered amongst magnets and things that dont stand out nearly as much
Today was no different
The faces changed the your practices remained the same
I found myself asking the same question I used to years ago
"How can I be good enough to be up there on that fridge too.."
Only to realize that you never bothered to even take my picture.
Always a stop along the way, but never a passenger.
I spoke to her  for the first time in a long time
It seems things arent well for us both
She was so cold I nearly froze
But I was eager
I leaped into the replies
Shamelessly reaching for something familiar to hold onto
Hoping my warmth would melt the ice
Offering friendship
Its been a few days since her last reply now.
And I find myself talking to the walls again
Hoping one of the voices that reverberate might just sound like you...
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