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14.3k · May 2019
The Bookstore
Lye May 2019
I’m buried in a cocoon of stories
From poetry,
To biographies,
To dystopia,
And romance
So many stories
Of so many people
Real,
Or just figments of the author’s
Imagination
Sitting atop wooden bookshelves
Waiting for the right person,
To pick them up
And get lost in their story
For everyone has a story to tell,
Some are overly exaggerated,
And other’s are rarely heard
The important thing is
That we share our stories
Through word of mouth,
The internet,
Or in a notebook
To be found by future historians
Tell your story
Believe me, you won’t regret it
1.8k · Dec 2019
strong girl
Lye Dec 2019

as she trudged up the mountain
        ^
      / \
    /     \
  /         \
/             \
victory pulsing through her veins

badum badum badum badum

her eyes set intently on the peak

a deathly stare

she knew she could do anything

anything at all

she was anything but meek

this world is not for the meek
The line “this world is not from the meek” I took from a poem I wrote last school year called “Story of a Lonely Bird”.
1.8k · Apr 2019
Introverted Extrovert
Lye Apr 2019
I’m an
Introverted extrovert
That means
That I am an extrovert
Around people that I’m
Comfortable around
But I still need my
“Introvert time”
And I’m really shy
Around people that I don’t know well
So,
I’m an introverted extrovert
And it’s very annoying
Because I hate being around people
And I need to be alone
For so long
To regain my energy
Like I’ve said
Why do I have to be different?
1.7k · Nov 2018
Sunset
Lye Nov 2018
Warm colors
Pink, orange
Red, yellow
Light up the dimming sky

A giant ball of fire
Descending down,
Down,
And down

Darkness falls over the world
The moon peeks
Over the mountain tops
Slowly ascending into the sky

Stars blink
Lighting the way
Through the darkness
Of our world

That is our life
The cycle of the Earth
We rarely recognize it
But that is what it deserves

Night
Day
Today
Tomorrow

We don’t know what is coming
But we can count on the sun
To be there when we wake
And the moon when we drift off to sleep
1.0k · Feb 2019
Your Love
Lye Feb 2019
The sweet, soft rain
Pit-pattering on the rooftop
Keeps the beat
As you sing to me
The most beautiful song
Of your love
992 · Nov 2018
Darkness
Lye Nov 2018
I am swimming in a sea of ink
During a total eclipse
The world is black
And I blend into the background
Like a chameleon at midnight
Engulfed in in the shadows of others
No stars are blinking
No moon is shining
No light coming through the clouds
And I can’t even see my hands
When I hold them right in front of my face
The ink turns into rock
The air disappears
I can’t breathe
I can’t speak
I can’t see
All I can do
Is remind myself of all the mistakes that led me to this moment of darkness
And mourn the loss of light
When the darkness takes over
And I am lying in a puddle of my own tears
I don’t think
I don’t do
I just lie there
In the abyss I call my mind
This poem was inspired by Juliette Ferrars, the main character in the Shatter Me series, and her struggles.
875 · Jan 2019
Life Will Never Be Perfect
Lye Jan 2019
"I hate my life."
"I want to die.'"
It's what they all say
But really
All they want
Is for life to be perfect
And if that's what they're waiting for
Then they might as well just **** themselves
Because life will never be perfect
It is messy
And crazy
And incomprehensible sometimes
But if there was no darkness
Was there ever any light?
I don't really understand this myself. Tell me what you think it's trying to say because I surely don't know.
753 · Dec 2018
Our Fucked Up World
Lye Dec 2018
We've all been raised in a
****** up world
With ****** up minds
I’m a ****** up girl

We’ve all been born to a
****** up race
With ****** up ideas
Coming at a ****** up pace

We’ve all seen this world as a
****** up thing
With ****** up people
Wearing ****** up rings

We all know how
****** up we are
But all we do
Is sit
And stare
At our phones
And think it will just go away
If we ignore it long enough

We’ll do this
Until the world ends
And we have no chance at stopping it
Because we are
******
The
Hell
Up
679 · Jul 2019
Tell Me
Lye Jul 2019
I want you to tell me
All your darkest secrets
So I can tell you mine,
But I need you to really want it, my dear
I’d hate for you to waste our time
594 · Feb 2019
An Abusive Inner Voice
Lye Feb 2019
“You’re so stupid!”
You say,
And I believe you
“You worthless ****!”
You say
And I know it
Unlikable
Annoying
Insignificant *****
You call me
And with every word
My soul plummets deeper
Into the hole
Where no light comes in
And you can never escape
The suffocating darkness

Well
I bet that
You weren’t expecting that
“You”
Is actually
The little voice in my head
That completely
And utterly
Hates
Me
I can’t figure out how to do the italics correctly. I wanted the words in parentheses to be italicized, but it didn’t work. Help?
545 · Feb 2019
What It Seems
Lye Feb 2019
Her eyes,
Used to sparkle with the light of the moon
As she looked into mine
Her smile,
Used to make any dull moment
As bright as the sun
Her presence,
Made everyone happy
You would think
That she was the happiest person on the planet
But
It’s always the ones you never expect
The ones who seem the most happy
And
It’s not always
What
It
Seems
About someone that I know. Magenta Scarf (only she will understand that)
533 · Dec 2019
I don’t do winter
Lye Dec 2019
It’s snowing, and I’m happy
It’s beautiful,
Soft,
Light,
And easy.


But I know tomorrow I’m not going to be happy about it because COLD
I don’t do the cold. I just don’t.
513 · Feb 2019
Dreams of a Tsunami
Lye Feb 2019
Last night
I dreamt of the beach
And waves as high as the clouds
Everyone else
Was having a ball in the huge waves
Even my little 3-year-old brothers
Not affected at all
By the tsunami-like mountains
Of icy-blue water
But
The second
That I stepped foot in the water
I was swept under
And into darkness
And it was that moment
That I
Was truly
Awoken from that dream
Everyone else seems fine and unaffected, but I’m the one who’s swept out from under my feet and thrown into darkness. But, the moment I was thrown into darkness in this dream, I woke up, and I felt amazing. I think that dream just taught me something really important. What have your dreams taught you?
468 · Mar 2019
Music
Lye Mar 2019
Music is escape
A place where I can melt into
A beautiful voice
A beautiful sound
A beautiful feeling

Music is safety
A place where I feel
Happy
Loved
Protected

Music is happiness
A place where I can
Dance
Sing
Be who I really am


Music is life.
467 · Mar 2019
Love for You
Lye Mar 2019
There are so many things
That are confusing to me right now
But the one thing that is clear
Is my love for you
450 · Nov 2018
I Write
Lye Nov 2018
I write
I write the truth
I write what I feel
And what I don't

I write
I write about me
I write about you
Letters of truth

I write
I write my love
I write my pain
And everything in between

My writing is the closest you'll ever get to the real me
448 · Nov 2018
Self Loathing
Lye Nov 2018
I know I don’t have many friends
I mean, who would even want to be my friend
I am just an ugly,
annoying, girl
who writes bad poetry
Well, I can crack a good joke if the opportunity comes up,
but is that really that important?
Only one person has ever liked me back,
and he was a total *******
so,
I attract *******
Because I am a lot like them
Sorry that I am just rambling on
It’s just one of my many repulsive traits
Not that there are any that are attractive
I just needed to get that out of my system.
445 · Feb 2019
A Valentines Love Story
Lye Feb 2019
Rubies are red
Skies are blue
They say I could do better
But I still love you

I’ll give you a stupid Valentine
Decked out in red and pink
I would say I love you so,
But I’m afraid you’ll be gone in a blink
Do you have someone to call your Valentine this year? I don’t. Just writing this in a fantasy world where someone actually loves me in a romantic way.
432 · Mar 2019
Beach Eyes
Lye Mar 2019
She has beach eyes
A hazel ring in the center,
The golden sand
A grayish blue surrounding it
The ocean
And finally
The deep turquoise line around the edge
The line that marries the sky and the sea
Together in a beautiful way
Her gorgeous
Beach eyes
Bore into mine
As we sit and watch the sun
Set over the ocean
Darkness falls
But it doesn’t matter
Because I still have those eyes
To look at when the sky turns dark
When the sea is no longer a royal blue
And the sun has set beneath it
My friend told me once that that is what my eyes looked like.
429 · Nov 2018
Athiest
Lye Nov 2018
I am an atheist
But sometimes,
I believe that there is something up there
But it isn't good like they all say
It exists only to bring pain
And suffering
Into my life
Something I was thinking about last night.
413 · Mar 2019
Nerd Love
Lye Mar 2019
If I
Look upwards
From my book
To look at you....


You better watch out....



Because....



I must really ******* love you.
And when I love, I love fierce.
412 · Apr 2019
Catching Shy Poetry
Lye Apr 2019
Capturing
Lines of poetry
Before they fall
To the ground and
S          A    T    
     H               T      E  
                                    R
Into a mumble-jumble
Of meaningless letters

Trying to figure out
What I am feeling
What I want to say
In this
S                L
    W       R
           I
Of intangible emotions
That I must put to words

Us poets understand
That crawling feeling
The need to get feelings down on paper
To make sense of what we
DON’T
               KNOW.
What we want to know
Before the thought slips our mind

Poems are creatures
They are extremely shy
And when they come to you,
They will escape as fast as they can
Write them down before they leave
You must be their only escape
From the torturous world
That they come from
Inspired by a poem by Gabriele called “Untitled”.
It looks like this:

Untitled

Capturing
this moment
before it
runs through
my fingers
Capturing it
in a tentative
line of an
unborn poem
                          -Gabriele
400 · Mar 2019
Dear Hurting Girl (#4)
Lye Mar 2019
Dear hurting girl,

     Feeling things does not make you weak. The thing that makes us women so strong is that we have the ability to express our emotions. That is the greatest power there is.
387 · Feb 2019
Our Secret Fire
Lye Feb 2019
closer
fiercer
urgent
like storms and danger
beautiful
i want to melt into her
disappear
fire
red flames within
a secret fire
her forehead against mine
trembling hand
lifting to cup my cheek
maybe the hard life isn’t so bad after all
Another blackout poem from the book “Girls of Paper and Fire”.
387 · Dec 2019
Ignorance is Bliss
Lye Dec 2019
Music is the sound that fills the gaps in my knowledge with beautiful lullabies to lull me into ignorance.
Sometimes I just want to ignore everything and pretend everything is okay because I’ve learned that ignorance truly is bliss.
360 · Mar 2019
When I Think About Him
Lye Mar 2019
Hate
Darkness
Feeling pain
Heart
Broken  
Feeling shame
You
Not me
You're so vain
Screaming
Crying
All hope slain
Who "him" is, probably irrelevant to you.
348 · Mar 2019
Fainting
Lye Mar 2019
Stomach?
Queasy

Head?
D
   I  Z      Y
           Z

Pulse?
R a c i n g

Body?
F
A
    L
       L
          I
            N
                G
How I feel when I faint.
347 · Mar 2019
I’m ok!
Lye Mar 2019
I am strong
I’ve got this
I am in control

I’m kind
I’m loved
I deserve to be heard

This isn’t that bad
I’m not going to die
It’s just a bit of anxiety

What’s the worst thing that could happen?
Not very bad
I’m stronger than I know

I’m ok
I’m ok.
I’m ok!
What I try to think in my moments of weakness.
343 · Apr 2019
How to Spot a Poet
Lye Apr 2019
Big, intelligent eyes
Taking in all their surroundings

Memorizing
How things feel

Quiet mouths
But loud in their confident stance

A sense of maturity
Surrounding them

Telling people
“Shhhush! I’m trying to write!”

Giving friends
Life advice

And most of all
They are the troubled ones

That boy without a mom
That depressed girl
That gay girl with homophobic parents
That boy stuck in a girls body
That girl with anxiety
That boy who gets picked on every day

In their hearts
There is true poetry
For they have felt true pain

Poets know disappointment
They know heartbreak
They know
Not to get their hopes up
There is a poet in everyone
For everyone has known pain
Sometime in their life

Everyone
Is
A
Poet
Anyone can be a poet, whether they have a place to write it or not.
320 · Apr 2019
A Universe of Girls
Lye Apr 2019
Red
A silky rose
Beautiful at first glance
But get near to her,
And you’ll be pricked by her thorns

Orange
Fire in her soul
Slowly growing
But she is afraid to let it out
For fear of being rejected

Yellow
The beating sun
She will not let herself go unnoticed
Shining light over the whole world
Bringing happiness to everyone

Green
Natures favorite color
She is lively
Bringing peace to everyone
Who lays their eyes on her

Blue
The vast sky
Clear on some days
Cloudy on others
And at night she cradles softly
The glowing stars

Purple
A gorgeous flower
Shy and quiet
But as beautiful inside
As she is on the surface

Black
The dark abyss
Terrifying and mysterious
People have yet to unlock
Her beautiful secrets

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Purple
Black
The colors of the rainbow
The ones that make up
Our entire universe
Every girl
Is a different color
Playing a different part
In the game of our world
We must appreciate all of them
Whether they are shy,
Outgoing,
Friendly,
Or a bit standoffish
It’s the inside that matters
You just need to get to know them enough
To see it
312 · Jul 2019
I Am Me
Lye Jul 2019
I’ve always wondered...
Where did the little Lilah go?
I’m so different
She was outgoing and extroverted,
And I am shy and unsocial
But... I’ve finally realized
That we are the same
I am me
13 years ago or not
I’ve just changed
And I hope it has been for the better
Because I can’t really go back and change it...
Right?
Sometimes I wish I could go back and change things.
308 · Apr 2019
A Perfect Dream
Lye Apr 2019

I want to lay
In the tall, tall grass
Enjoy the peace while it lasts

I want to hear
A sweet melody
Floating along in the summer breeze

I want to hang my feet
In a babbling stream
Let my troubles flow out of me

I want to look up to
A clear blue sky
Wonder what lives in that world so high

I want to be
Alone to dream
My face bathing in a warm sunbeam

I wish to be
In a land so divine
Where love will prevail
And hate outshined
Inspired by today’s poem if the day, “letting go” by Sue
304 · Mar 2019
A Wandering Heart
Lye Mar 2019
Her heart longs
To be on the road
To be a free gypsy
Like a river she’s always flowed
Inspired by the book “A Snicker of Magic” by Natalie Lloyd. Amazing book! If you like magic, and an intriguing mystery, I highly recommend it.
293 · Mar 2019
Hey Violet
Lye Mar 2019
Hey Violet,
You’re so beautiful
Do you think that you could
Splatter some of that beauty
Onto a page
And share it with the rest of us?
Violet is just a name I really like. But also, all of us poets are beautiful, putting our beauty on the internet for others to enjoy.
289 · Apr 2019
Only You
Lye Apr 2019
You fill my dreams
Like you fill my heart
You are the only one I need

<3
283 · Dec 2019
FREAKING SNOW
Lye Dec 2019
It’s still snowing.
It’s been snowing since Sunday.
Helppppppp meeeeeeeee


But at least there’s no school!

:)
Yes, it has been snowing basically non-stop since Sunday.
268 · Mar 2019
People Write
Lye Mar 2019
People write to help
People write to hurt
People write to inform
People write cause panic
People try to help by writing
But sometimes all it does is bad
People write to hurt
People write to help
People write
People.
Write.
Its what so many of us do
For so many different reasons
And who's to decide what reasons are right?
I'm bored because my mom took my phone away. Just writing random poems lol
267 · Dec 2018
Christmas Anticipation
Lye Dec 2018
Is it weird,
That even as a to-be-teenager,
I still feel like a young child around Christmas?

Christmas Eve:
Butterflies are fluttering in my stomach
And it takes me about 2 hours to finally get to sleep
And then I wake up just to take another 2 hours
To fall asleep again

Christmas Morning:
I wake up
Early.
Like, really early
Around 6:20
And my heart is beating so fast,
That I have to slow my breathing to get it back to normal.
I want to wait, give everyone else some time to sleep in
But I can't take the anticipation any longer

I rush downstairs
To feast my eyes on the wondrous sight
Of presents wrapped under a fake pine tree, covered in lights
I have to wait, of course
For my brothers to wake up
So as I wait
Fighting off the urge to unwrap my presents
I look at the ones that said to be mine
And I examine them closely
So that maybe,
Just maybe
I could figure out what they might be.

Finally,
The time has come
And we all run to our presents
Starting to rip off the beautiful wrapping paper
To reveal our Christmas gifts

So, tell me, dear friends
Is it weird?
That I still feel the infamous Christmas Anticipation,
Even as a to-be-teen?
Just something I was thinking about.
261 · Apr 2019
Freezing Love
Lye Apr 2019
Freezing rain pelts my head
And dampens my clothes
But the only thing
That stays untouched
Is my love for you
I went out to dinner with my mom, my dad, and my twin little brothers a few days ago, and it went great! The story behind this poem is that as we were leaving, it was raining and it was really cold, and I was waiting for my dad to put my brother into that car to say bye. I was freezing, but I couldn’t go away yet.
257 · Jan 2020
Forevermore
Lye Jan 2020
Forevermore, I will speak
For myself and others in need

Forevermore, I will walk
This Earth without you shaming me

Forevermore, I will love
And I don’t care if you don’t want to see

Forevermore, I will be myself
To my heart, only I have to key
Wrote this in 5 minutes because I thought of the word “forevermore” and I thought it sounded nice.
257 · Mar 2019
Statues of the Soul
Lye Mar 2019
Deep within my soul
There are statues
Statues that define my life

Some are concrete
And some are just sand
But all of them are there for a reason

There’s one of me
At the very center
It’s not made of concrete yet,
Because I don’t know who I am
But I soon will

There’s a statue of my family
Made of concrete
Right at the very center

Then there’s a statue of my best friend
Also of concrete
Almost as close to the center as my family

There’s also my poetry
So near to my heart
It is made of wood
Strong, but breakable

Singing is also there
Concrete and proud
Singing frees me

These are my Soul Statues...

What are yours?
Write a poem about your Soul Statues! Also this was inspired by “His words, not mine [10w]” by Lu Lu.
Lye Feb 2019
There are so many people
Who think that they know me
But no one actually knows me
I don’t know me
When I look in the mirror,
I don’t see myself
I see what everyone thinks I am
Happy, good life, good friendships
But really,
No one in this world understands me
Not even myself
It’s kind of sad how little people know about me.
243 · Mar 2019
Star Eyes
Lye Mar 2019
If clouds are covering the sky,
How am I supposed to see
Your beautiful star eyes?
Inspired by “How to write a poem” by Chris. Thanks for inspiring me, dude!
242 · Mar 2019
Her Every Movement
Lye Mar 2019
She walks
Head high
Hips swaying
Boots planting sturdily
Unwavering confidence
Emits from her every movement
The epitome of style

She flips her red-dyed hair
Blue eyes staring straight ahead
Lips slightly parted
Face as still as stone
Unfaltering authority
Emits from her every movement
The epitome of beauty

She moves her head from side to side
From the music in her earbuds
Eyes closed
Immersed in her favorite song
Unyielding passion
Emits from her every movement
The epitome of happiness

She takes out a notebook
And starts writing
Her pen moves fast
Along the lined paper
Unrelenting thoughtfulness
Emits from her every movement
The epitome of intelligence

She opens the car door
And sits in the passenger seat
She starts to smile widely
At her mom, talking about her day
Indefatigable love
Emits from her every movement
The epitome of caring
About me. I felt like I needed to write a positive poem about myself. I really like it!
234 · Mar 2019
Dear Hurting Girl (#5)
Lye Mar 2019
Dear hurting girl,

     Dance like nobody’s watching. Sing like everyone in the room is deaf. Be who you are, no matter the consequences. Be perfectly imperfect you.
I’m starting to really enjoy writing these.
223 · Mar 2019
A False Evacuation
Lye Mar 2019
Emergency
Evacuate
Smoke
Evacuate
Blares the smoke detector in my room
I rush out of my bed
Eyes as wide as a deer in the headlights
When I find my mom
Frantically checking for any signs of fire
And though there are none,
The incessant voice keeps repeating
Emergency
Evacuate
Smoke
Evacuate
Oh how I wish it would stop!
My stomach starts to feel queasy
And a cold sweat breaks out
All over my body
Suddenly the world begins to spin
And my mom just catches me
As I fall helplessly to the ground
“Head down, keep your head down”
She says
I wrap my arms around her legs
And try to make my breathing even again
When I feel a bit better,
I get up and walk to the couch
I lay down and cover my ears
Ah, sweet relief
I hear voices
And suddenly, it stops
For a moment, I am ecstatic
But then
The awful noise starts right back up again
I hear more voices
And soon enough,
It stops
And finally
It is done
I head upstairs
And lay in my bed
It’s all done, Lilah
It’s all done
No need to worry anymore
Zzzzzzzzzzz.......
The smoke alarm went off in my house at 4am, and though it may seem like not much of a big deal, it was awful for me. Really scary.
219 · Mar 2019
Procrastination
Lye Mar 2019
Why do I sit here
And read poems
When I know
That I have a test tomorrow
And I know
That I certainly have not
Studied
Lol I’m prolly gonna fail
209 · Mar 2019
Dear Hurting Girl (#1)
Lye Mar 2019
Dear hurting girl,

     Know that you and those tears you cry will soon evaporate, and leave all the saltiness behind. The pureness of your soul will be free amongst the air of which those you love breathe.
207 · Feb 2019
In Her Green Eyes
Lye Feb 2019
Her eyes are a canvas
Filled with tears and sorrow
Pain and self doubt
Regret and anger
But also
Those eyes know
Laughs and smiles
Inside jokes
Knowing looks
Paired with raised eyebrows
Her eyes are a filled canvas
Of beautiful green
The good and the bad
The hatred and the love
All right there
In her green eyes
About a specific someone I know with green eyes.
207 · Apr 2019
True Love
Lye Apr 2019
True love is an amazing thing
We all wish to have it
And if you are lucky enough,
To have a true love in your life,
Please,
Love them with all of your heart
Because you don’t know when
It could all
disappear
In an instant
Cherish them
If not for your sake,
But for theirs
Inspired by Johnny Walker and his undying love for his deceased wife Helen. ♥️
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