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Day Mar 2016
Poetry doesn't HAVE to be sad; just filled with EMOTION.
Day Feb 2019
I'm sad because no one likes me
No one likes me because I'm an alcoholic
I'm an alcoholic because I'm dead inside
I'm dead inside because I've been hurt
I've been hurt because I am weak
I am weak because I love everyone
I love everyone because no one loves me
No one loves me because I'm unlovable
I'm unlovable because I am broken
I am broken because someone broke me
Someone broke me because I left them
I let them because I loved them
I loved them because I am naive
I am naive because I trusted them
I trusted them because I was ignorant
I was ignorant because no one taught me
No one taught me because no one was there
No one was there because no one likes me
No one likes me because I'm an alcoholic
I'm an alcoholic because I am dead inside
I am dead inside because I am sad
a poem written by my friend Jeff - posted with their permission.
Wanted to share his words with you all
478 · May 2015
Anxiety
Day May 2015
Can't breathe.
She's looking at me.
What do I do?

Can't move.
He's standing so close.
What do I do?

Can't talk.
She asked me something.
What do I say?

Can't sleep.
Tomorrow I'll have to do it again.
What will I do?

Can't eat.
He's staring right at me.
What do I do?

Can't Breathe.
My heart is going to **** me.
Oh well.
Day Jan 2016
walking down the street at 4 a.m.
can't figure out, where I am
higher then the sun, you know
so why do I feel so low?
street lights fade in and out
now starting to doubt
the sanity of my mind
soberness of my kind
i mean how can I go
when my feet are so slow?
bottles, leaves and pills
are what time kills
but is it worth the high
when inside you slowly die?
is the blur of a night
worth the live-long fight
of trying to remember your own name
when you're done playing the game?
473 · Dec 2015
broken family
Day Dec 2015
the smoke drifts out of a soul losing his meaning
trying to drown his pain in tobacco and *****

lying in bed next to an unfamiliar face
she's lost herself to the crush of desire and shame

staring out the window with empty eyes
the child wishes for a someone, anyone to rescue him

and last, a small white cat, sitting on the couch
watching it all fall apart,* **day by day by day
473 · Dec 2015
Broken Angels
Day Dec 2015
I had opened my wings to fly,
but I forgot that they were broken,
by the crush of a lie,
so I fell,
opening my eyes to see
black teardrops
falling with me,
and I saw,
that even a soul become evil and dark
can know sorrow and regret
from an angels remark.
472 · Nov 2015
stop following alice
Day Nov 2015
we're all mad here
because in the rabbit hole
no one gets out*
alive
471 · Sep 2015
Society
Day Sep 2015
I've been told the world moves fast,
but yet I'm still standing still,
Gravity holding me down.
Well, I don't want that.
Maybe I want to fly.
To me this symbolizes  the weight of society  holding down potential of people.
470 · Jun 2017
Travel
Day Jun 2017
If I could go anywhere in the world
I would go back in time to a little girl,
to myself, at 8 years old,
and make the world seem a little less cold.
I would tell her not to cry
keep her chin up and keep her eyes dry.
I would tell her to love her mother
for she loves you like no other
After this I would travel on
to 14 year old me, thought she was gone.
I would tell her, please don't use the blade
for those scars you make, they will not fade.
Please just go and ask for help
i'd scream at her but she wouldn't yelp
for she thought that this would help her then
couldn't see a future where she'd smile again
next i'd go and visit mom
i'd sit with her and keep her calm
Tell her about the pain i hid
I know she really loved her kid
she didn't see how much i hurt
all she saw were angry spurts
now i'm filled with much regret
wish i could just forget
but adversely we can't go back
as much as i wanted that
moving forward, it will not stop
we just keep on going until we drop
i try to think now what would i say
if future me, came to me today
what would she tell me?
what does she know?
i guess that i will see
when i get there, you know?
457 · Nov 2015
just another sad story
Day Nov 2015
with every sad smile you throw my way,
my heart breaks a little bit more,
because i know that,
while i'm thinking about
you
you're not thinking about
**me
i need to stop
Day Dec 2016
It gets a little harder, then usual
To hide how ghostly you feel.
Suddenly, you become more aware
That you haven't left your room in days.
You think more about your smile
And all the hurt pushing it up.
It's hurt a bit more,
To keep up with the fascade.
Suddenly you live in the basement,
In the room with no windows.
Searching for some little ray,
Any proof that the sun still shines.
To grab and throw up in the air,
To scream
"Look!"
*"I'm still here..."
453 · Nov 2015
sleep away
Day Nov 2015
they told me to chase my dreams
but what if
i can't sleep?
453 · Nov 2016
i'm sorry
Day Nov 2016
it's so hard to write a poem
about my feelings
because to be honest with you
i don't understand them

but I want so badly to write
about the thoughts inside
because to be honest with you
it hurts to keep them in

i'm sorry that my words
dont make sense
that my thoughts aren't
coherent
i apologize
for every scribble of a note
that I work to complete
that comes out
like a toddlers drawing
hung up on a fridge
with a faulty magnet
soon fallen to the floor/
tears of a child
projected onto construction paper
but no one
looks for pain
written with a crayon
451 · Oct 2015
whispers in the fog [10w]
Day Oct 2015
i wonder,
how many will disappear before we're all ghosts?
449 · Dec 2016
Death Tape
Day Dec 2016
Forty-four, the minutes tick down
to mass ****** (some may say suicide)


Twenty minutes in
the children start screaming
A voice begging mothers to force feed poison
down the throats of their young

A woman stands up, to fight for her rights
to be shoved down by angry souls
"Your life means nothing without his."
Hatred is spewed in her face

And as I listen, my heart breaks
These people all sought for peace and rest
only to think that death was the answer
the only true release

Ten minutes left and chaos erupts
Children line up for a drink, encourages and kept still
A weak understanding of where to go next
Silent tears streaming as mama closes her eyes

Forty four minutes, and silence is heard
909 souls gone on to wander
looking for something better
and, god, I hope they found their peace.
I'm writing a research paper on the Jonestown  Massacre and it really has made me question alot of things. Morals and the way I carry myself in life. The last recording of them really broke me
448 · Nov 2016
Love Poem
Day Nov 2016
Everyday I wake up wishing to write the stars
I would like to describe every breathe of wind
Show the world how a flower opens up
and express the thoughts of a bumble bee

but I find myself day after day writing about you
and I realized
that while all of these things are incredible
they still don't compare to you
446 · Feb 2017
Untitled
Day Feb 2017
I searched for a better world, desperately trying to find something more.
I found someone who instead ... gave me new eyes.
Someone who taught me not to squint when the sun emerged from behind the clouds.
A soul who opened my ears to hear the music this world sang to us.  
Slowly he taught me to stop searching for a better world, but to see the good in this one.
444 · Nov 2015
on empty pews
Day Nov 2015
i tend to stray from "christians"

from people spewing hate at me
and yelling "because the Bible says so"

from hypocrites who tell me i'm wrong
while claiming "nobodies perfect"

from a savior who tells me he's close
but yet never seems to be near

from pastors glancing my way,
restraining an eye roll

from a book of rules and regulations,
yet contradicting every other page

from a group that claims love,
but only shows hatred

i mean for a group of saints,
i sure see alot of sinners
but then i realize im no better
437 · May 2015
Lonliness
Day May 2015
Nobody...
Nobody wants...
Nobody want me...
Nobody wants me here...

I'll...
I'll just...
I'll just go...
I'll just go now...
435 · Aug 2018
speedbump
Day Aug 2018
I slowed down
to run you over,
so I wouldn't hurt myself.
Day Jan 2016
throwing up all of my feeling in a poem
so I don't have to face them
in the "real world"
as if spilling my soul on HP
could ever fill the emptiness
consuming me whole
424 · Mar 2016
To all the Queens
Day Mar 2016
Don't give him everything, for his sweet nothings.
His whispers in your ear will all slowly fade.
Don't settle for just anything, when you deserve EVERYTHING.
You are more then your flesh and bones, you are smart.
I know it's easy to fall for lies of the need to be Beautiful,
But you don't have to conform yourself to be something you already are.
You are worth it.
You are Amazing.
You are You.
And, yeah its cliche,
(and god knows I hate cliche)
But you are perfect just the way you are.  
Don't forget that He doesn't make YOU.
Am I saying, never love?
or never let anyone in?
Not at all/
Just don't let anyone make you think that you NEED to let them in.
You don't need anyone to "make" you perfect.
You are YOU.
a Queen.
I wrote this fast so it prob doesnt make sense but oh well. My point was made.
Day Apr 2016
my clothes\hair/makeup\body do not define my beauty
only an expression of my mind
and
the imperfections of my style do not dictate my worth
only the effort of my humanity
and
the size of my chest\**** should not measure how much
I can be loved

for we, as beautiful creatures, deserve
SO much more then that.
not the easiest thing to believe
416 · Apr 2017
a poets touch
Day Apr 2017
harsh a poets hands to write such anger,
how soft to feel such love,
the fingertips flow and move
assist the mind above.
the palms tender and smooth,
the bones bitter and tough
lift the hand up to the tongue,
the taste of ink and sweat.
rest a moment weary hands,
let the feelings set.
tools in such a weary work
needed just as much,
thank you hands for moving so,
create nothing from the dust.
i like this, thank you for the inspiration
414 · Feb 2021
My favorite cup
Day Feb 2021
The glass shattered on the floor
&
I stared at it

- i threw it on the ground but,
I couldn’t comprehend my purposeful
destruction -

I loved that cup

Why did I break it?

Sadness fills me up -but- like that cup
I can’t contain the content anymore
Day Mar 2016
stop trying to guilt me into something
you want me to be
stop trying to make me feel like I'm not good enough
to satisfy your own selfish purposes
your piecing eyes
don't faze me anymore
I'm tired of shaping myself into a person
I HATE
for what?
appearances....
so that I can stand and pose for a portrait
that if you look closely is labeled
"i'm miserable"
GIVE ME A BREAK
you don't give a  @#!
%
whether the smile on my face is genuine
Day Apr 2016
ah, at least,
relief!*
at the end of another day,
my pen
waits for me!
i'm starting to write song lyrics. not sure if I should post them or not? anyone have any input on that note?
404 · May 2017
*****Warning*****
Day May 2017
A flash flood warning is enabled from now until forver,
for a poets thoughts are held behind a waning dam,
and emotions may spill out and overflow at anytime
pulling any(and every)one into a current of ink.
sirens of "I tried to let you let know" blare in the distance
but you never know until you're too close, and too late.
399 · Jan 2016
broken
Day Jan 2016
suddenly the mirror shattered
revealing who she really was inside
398 · Jan 2016
Fallen
Day Jan 2016
I'm an angel in disguise
You just can't see past
The broken wings
Day May 2016
I've always thought sentiment was pointless
trying too hard to hold onto the past
but still wanting to move into the future

the irony seems apparent
wanting to keep the past but not learn from it
sorry i haven't really been posting lately :(  just havent been feeling that inspired to write which is sad for me
396 · Nov 2015
together/alone
Day Nov 2015
i'll forgive you
if that's
what you need
but i'm begging don't go
i'm begging  *don't leave.
396 · Jan 2019
heavenly love(her)
Day Jan 2019
Go searching for
a person,
to lie with you in bed.
I did and found
an angel -
to fights demons in my head.
Every morning
tell yourself
"You are not alone."
Ethereal
open hearts
create the safest home.
1/6/18
accept that it will take work
happiness is a fight
one the many take for granted
some have people fighting for them
others, only themselves
but never stop fighting
because you deserve that
7.7 Billion people
it's easy to feel
alone
it's easy to think that
you don't mean anything
but you're here
and you deserve happiness
so fight for it
394 · Jan 2017
january 29
Day Jan 2017
laying down naked in your backseat
such a cliche love, thought wasn't for me
but god, how much i wanted this
such a warm memory

3 months later and here we are
last night fresh on my skin
i hope you know i love you
and god, im glad i let you in
388 · Jan 2019
F*CK this rage
Day Jan 2019
HELP WANTED
Looking for a better weapon to fight this vulnerability
387 · Dec 2018
disconnect
Day Dec 2018
this body was build with autopilot,
so guess i'm worth more then I thought
387 · Jun 2018
another day stuck in repeat
Day Jun 2018
Today I walked to the city,
because the cat ****** on my bed.
I think my punk phase looks pretty,
and it helps to clear my head.
My work thinks I've gone insane;
I can't help but to agree.
Oh, but they don't know the pain
that's overwhelming me.
My lover packed up and went home,
leaving me here alone to mend.
Using my time to think and roam,
the solitude has become my friend.
Smile and nod at those who pass,
I wonder who I am.
Life seems to **** me in the ***,
but,hey,
peace comes at $10 a gram ;)
386 · May 2016
suicidal cliche
Day May 2016
when i was younger , i feared of the monsters under my bed,
but now I'm scared because they all came to live in my head
and the hunger, it screams to be fed,
and I'm weak, so soon my skin turns red,
and I'm wondering now if it i'd be better off dead?
it been an awful morning, feeling so so empty rn. started crying at school and at this point im just done
Day Apr 2016
I've adopted a noise,
and named him silence.
Anxiety comes,
when he leaves.
in such a good mood
379 · Nov 2017
paper identity
Day Nov 2017
im tired of writing the me
that you want to see
i want to be writing the me
that *I want to be
375 · Jan 2017
light blue sky
Day Jan 2017
your gentle kiss
erases pain
like soft sunshine
after the rain
Day Feb 2016
Waiting, watching, hoping, praying, needing, wanting
for
somebody,
ANYBODY
to
NOTICE ME
and I know its not socially acceptable for such a public cry of attention
so forgive me
but i'm SO tired of just sitting here hoping for
strangers....
to give me the affirmation that I am enough
am I so low to crave the eyes of people i don't even know?
...I know....that these words will go
UNNOTICED
but yet i continue to SCREAM my thoughts
and pour out my heart to you people
so thank you  for scrolling by
*if only you knew the awful AWFUL effect it has on me.
I'm sorry for this
Day Feb 2016
drinking and writing are much the same,
i know both by name
both become easy
when you're feeling too much

the only difference is

one is called an addiction,
the other a passion.
373 · Mar 2016
unconscious understanding
Day Mar 2016
push a thought to the back of my mind; too scared to listen to the truth
370 · Oct 2016
if I didn't like you....
Day Oct 2016
you asked me to prove that I was serious,
because you couldn't believe
(oh how confounded you were)
that I could ever be speaking the truth.
I like you
I had texted to you some Tuesday morning
and you just send me back
haha
and the conversation went on because, well,
that's just how you are (which is okay)
The second time we hung out you tentatively held my hand
as if any second I would ask you to stop
"I like you"
I whispered as you held me in the parking lot,
(I was scared your friends thought I was weird)
You just pulled me closer and kissed my head
and past it we went again..
You texted me the other night, right after my midnight snack
Do you really?
and I sat and thought for a long time
..if I didn't like you...
I wouldn't yawn as much
because I stayed up until 2 thinking about you
..if I didn't like you..
I wouldn't curse so much
every time I embarrassed myself (as I do so much)
..if I didn't like you..
I wouldn't write so much
trying to understand all the thoughts overwhelming me
..if I didn't like you..
I wouldn't smile so much
every time you glanced over at me from across the room

trust me,
I like you
..if I didn't..
you would know.
this is the start of something
Day Jan 2016
~close your eyes and think of something that makes you happy

~think about someone you love

~distract yourself with good things

~cry (crying is always better then bleeding)

~remember that you never have to be "enough"

~remember that you ALWAYS are enough

~think about your future (i know it's hard)

~don't give up

~watch a happy movie

~don't ever ever give up

~forgive yourself
think is more of a list than a poem but I think it's important nonetheless
366 · Jan 2016
life is difficult
Day Jan 2016
*** is easy when it's meaningless
365 · Nov 2016
hear my silence
Day Nov 2016

sometimes a lack of words
feels better
than trying to explain


i am alone
363 · Jan 2016
playlists of the night
Day Jan 2016
intoxicated by lyrics and smoke
sobered by the hearts broke
high on lips and skin
low when pain sinks in
anxious for his love
depressed from her rejection
trying to make poems rhyme
giving up on any hopes of perfection
Day Oct 2018
sunshine blinded me

and my words
v a n i s h e d
like that august air
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