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 Dec 2017 Mykenzie
Parker
1 second, 2 seconds
3 seconds, 4
i can't breathe... I'm
clutching my chest trying to
stay off the floor
5 ticks, 6 ticks
7 ticks, 8
how could he...why couldn't
he just learn to appreciate..
what he had.
what he had.
me. me.
i can't breathe.
BUSY. stay busy.
count again. again.
1 click, 2 clicks
3 clicks, 4
my heart is beating
my chest is sore
count. count.
please keep counting.
stay busy.
5 Mississippi, 6 Mississippi
7 Mississippi, 8
my knees are weakened
and my vision's filled with hate
9 taps, 10 taps
11 taps and 12
12...12.... what comes after 12?
13. right. 13.
13....14....15...16...
do you think he'll even miss me?
 Dec 2017 Mykenzie
Stone
When you're dragging along
just trying to pick the perfect song
you're all alone and you're on your own
It's okay to cry
It's okay to say you need me
But yet,
you keep pushing me away
and in the end
you're leading me astray
 Dec 2017 Mykenzie
Stone
So, this is it?
I told myself that I could do it
To just die
Is that it?
Maybe that’s easier.
There is nothing as irresponsible as words
I never thought of it, death.

It's fun if you do it seriously
Do not measure with your life
Did you stumble in your way?
What was wrong?
If it is a sweet story,
If you brag about unhappiness proclaim it in your mouth
Please show off all of your labels

Stop your breathing "I’ll do it for you",
Stop your talking "Because I think of you"
These limits of mine are not the same anymore, no longer, do you realize now?
My heart now works differently; you did not know that, huh?
You really don't know.



Do not say “I’m fine.”
Do not say “I’m okay”
You do not know that making minds is different, do you?
I didn’t think so

You feel exhilarating, do you not?
It's easier to have a higher level than me
I cannot do "normal things"
Then tell me what is normal.
I cannot be any good for anything
She says that she is as unnatural as her words
I never even realized it.

It's fun if I die
Take a look at your feet.
Is the stumble in your path a rollercoaster?
Are you walking on a sidewalk?
If it's a sweet story it's poisonous to your ears.
If you brag about unhappiness your mouth will go bad.
Remove all of your labels and never show up again.

Stop your breathing "I’ll do it for you",
Stop your talking "Because I think of you"
These limits of mine are not the same anymore, no longer, do you realize now?
Stop your "I understand", you don't.
Stop your "Everything is okay" when it is not.
My heart now works differently; you did not know that, huh?
You really don't know.
I will not say “I understand" easily,
Because I will not give up easily
I'm breaking the line please let me cross it now.

I walked back and it fell down and this place was a position.
Here is a white line and we’ll put it up a wall that is not here
Leave the door here and fill the key in there.
At least for a while,
Repeat without stopping
Do not ask yourself if it’s alright.

The left hand line and the heart line are not the same
Your heart and my heart are added and it is not "2"
Add a line of the left hand and a line of the mind
So I won’t have to know.
 Dec 2017 Mykenzie
Madison
Today you told me you moved on
You found someone new

Someone prettier
Someone smarter
Someone who makes you more happier than I ever could

It’s crazy to think you found that person
Because I thought I was her
I gave you countless times to realize I was the one

The one who would put up with everything you put me through
The one who stuck by your side no matter what
The one who always defended you no matter the ****** situation
The one who would never leave no matter how many times you broke me down

Little did I know
You’d be the one to leave
The one to have had enough of this so called love

And it’s crazy because no one saw it coming
And I guess I should’ve listened to Bianca when she said to leave before they realize you are not worth staying for

you are a speckle of dust and i am a star and i will never think of using my radiance to make you glow ever again
 Nov 2017 Mykenzie
Chloe
I wake up just in time to watch the sun set on the horizon.
I stay up all night to watch it rise again.
3:00am is when I demons start to roam,
And before I know it my sadness becomes my home.
I self medicate with drugs and alcohol that I know I don't need.
I do it to stop the craving of wanting to watch myself bleed.
I look at the scars that cover my skin.
They mock me, I'm trying so hard not to give in.
I sleep all day so I don't have to fake a smile.
I wish happiness was a mood that stayed for a while.

I wake up just in time to watch the sun set on the horizon.
I stay up all night to watch it rise again.
A poem about my struggle with mental illness, addiction, and self harm.
 Oct 2017 Mykenzie
Amy H
Mike Hauser had a brilliant idea to “Pass the pen” and see where it got us.  This, Friends, is the result.

I write of the stars
I write of the moon
I write of the things
That I love to do
I write of the lies
While telling the truth
And when I am through
I pass the pen to you


I read the things
that went before
and add my thoughts
for you to write more
of things we love
and things we hate
so here's the pen,
now contemplate!


I wait like a kid
the anticipation
breaks my quiet
like a train in station
with thoughts
pouring out
like the traveling weary
so here's the pen
"now what's my hurry?"


While looking at this
And studying that
As our poetic peruse
Comes up to bat
With much more in store
From the writer's’ knack
I jot down my last line
Then pass the pen back


and now it get's fun
with my lines and yours
at least it keeps me
from doing my chores!
fingers be nimble
brain be quick
I finished this part
now here's the Bic.


With words tattered and torn
I have you here to mend
Don’t know where I’m going
Brain lights on dim
With little or no warning
Here it comes again
All on a whim
I hand you the pen


*so who will care
if we make no sense
“these poets here
must have the bends!”
but all the same
we’ve had our yen
it was a good run
let's retire the pen
Thanks Mike!  That was fun.  Now maybe some of you can grab a buddy and see what happens.  To put this in context, all the stanzas went round in under an hour.  A dizzying frenzy.

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