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246 · Apr 2020
Colorless, Feelingless Days
Lye Apr 2020
She’s numb
Looking for something, anything
To make her feel something.
Every day feels the same,
There’s no variety,
No excitement,
She’s just living for the day she will finally feel alive again.
Or maybe just living for the day that she won’t live anymore.
Either way, she lives.
She lives for her family,
She lives for her friends,
She lives so that others will too.
She lives.
I really hope she lives.

This means nothing to her anymore,
This waking up,
Eating,
Sleeping,
And repeating.
It’s all just an instinct for her
It no longer feels like each day is new.
It no longer feels like she can live her life to the fullest.
It no longer feels like she can really be truly happy.
It feels like nothingness
There is nothing for her here

She no longer cries
For it does nothing but make her feel worse
She feels less anxious because what’s the point in thinking about things
Nothing is real if you think about it
Your brain is just playing a realistic game
A game of survival
A game of love and loss
The game of life is tough because nobody ever wins.
245 · 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
Lye May 2019
Your heart is still beating strong when you feel at your weakest
Remember that
232 · 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. ♥️
230 · Dec 2018
Poets Block
Lye Dec 2018
I have writer's block
Or is it poets block?
But, whatever
I know I have it
Because,
When words usually flow out of my fingers with ease,
I find that the words have evaporated
Like a dish of water
Disappearing into thin air
I don’t know where they went
Maybe they’re just tired
Of me using them up
But I can’t get the words out
I don’t know how to describe
What I am seeing
Feeling
Nope.
Nothing,
Nothing at all.
I have nothing to write.
Oh.
Wait a second...
Sorry I haven't been posting as much, life's been crazy, and I haven't been able to find any inspiration.
230 · 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.
224 · Mar 2019
Live
Lye Mar 2019
Live your life
It’s much too short to dawdle
Lol I love the word dawdle.
219 · Sep 2019
♥️♥️♥️
Lye Sep 2019
I just realized
I have 99 followers!
That means that 99 wonderful people
On this wonderful cite
Have decided they like my poetry enough
To have it show up on their page
Whenever I post!
That’s fricken awesome!
99 friends.
I love you all my beautiful and valid and amazing friends!!!
♥️♥️♥️
216 · Feb 2019
Silence
Lye Feb 2019
Silence speaks volumes
A glance in someone’s direction
A sorrowful look in someone’s eyes
A poorly hid snicker
Something simple as the touch of a hand
Can tell a story
A story worth so much more
Than words
Because the emotions
Transmitted through total silence
Are the most powerful
And words are nowhere near enough
To convey such intense emotion

Though silence is not filled with words,
It is filled with feeling
Maybe people
Should communicate through silence
More often
Inspired by the poem “telling” by ap.
212 · Sep 2019
Like She Does
Lye Sep 2019

I want to sit close to you

like she does

I want to put my arm around you

like she does

I want to whisper I love you
In your ear when you’re hurting

like she does

But the thing is...
I don’t love you.
I like you
There’s a difference.
I just hope one day that I do, and you will reciprocate.







I’m sorry I can’t stop thinking about you I just want you to think about me too and I really should just give it up I know I’m trying but it’s so hard it’s so hard it’s so hard I want you and all of you but you’ll never want any piece of me.


I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry


IM SORRY
212 · Mar 2019
I'm sorry, I just love you.
Lye Mar 2019
What? Oh, I was staring longingly at you from across the classroom? I'm sorry, I just love you. Have a nice day.
I don't really know what this is, but I hope you enjoy it anyways!
211 · Mar 2019
Dear Angry Girl
Lye Mar 2019
Dear angry girl,

     Just because someone made you angry doesn’t mean you have to show it. Showing your frustration gives them more reason to taunt you.
                                       Love you always,
                                                Lala♥️
210 · Dec 2019
Love?
Lye Dec 2019
Love is the only reason I am here today.
But sometimes,
It makes things so much harder.
210 · Feb 2020
Villains
Lye Feb 2020
Stalking in the shadows.
Whispering false truths.
Flaunting their dignified beauty,
Socialites against a wallflower backdrop.
They scratch without leaving a mark,
And stab you in the back without breaking the skin.
Admired, but nobody really knows them
They’re heroic villains.
Humanoid looking, but they’re really ghosts.
Really, creatures of the dark and the bad can still shine in the light if they’re mean enough.
Was told to use the word “glamour” in a piece and this is what came of it :)
207 · Apr 2019
Secrets
Lye Apr 2019
I would tell you the secrets
Engraved in my mind
But I’m still afraid




Of what we may find
I don’t know what I’ve hidden from not only others, but myself.
205 · Feb 2019
Life
Lye Feb 2019
L |ove
I  |dentity
F |ailure
E |volution
The first thing you do in life is love. No matter what it is, you love. Then, you find out who you are, your identity. Then, you fail. Failure is a part of life, it is unavoidable. Finally, evolution. You evolve to succeed, become a better person. And then obviously you die but there are only 4 letters in life so deal.
202 · Mar 2019
Dear Hurting Girl (#2)
Lye Mar 2019
Dear hurting girl,

     You must love yourself before you can love anyone else. Look in a mirror and say "I love you", because I love you, and so should you.
198 · Jul 2019
it will be over soon
Lye Jul 2019
Acknowledge that hurting moment inside,
That hate for yourself that you can’t deny.
And know,
It will be over soon.
You will march into the light,
A graceful butterfly,
Emerging from your dark cocoon.
Into a future that is only brightened,
By each new day.
197 · May 2019
I Guess I Took A Vacation
Lye May 2019
I’m sorry
That I haven’t been posting
I guess,
My world’s just been a bit too chaotic
For me to get a word in
Even on paper


I guess
That I took an
Unofficial
Poetry
Vacation
Lye Feb 2019
Stars
They seem so tiny
So insignificant
So abundant in our sky
That each little one
Must be worth close to nothing
But in actuality
Because of their gargantuan distance
From Earth,
They are really
More than about 10 times the size of Earth
And probably more
Also
It takes thousands of years
For a stars light to reach Earth
So think,
The light from the star in the sky
That you’re looking at right now
Could have gone supernova decades ago,
But the light hadn’t died out yet,
Because the light from when it was still
Alive,
Is still traveling to us
So in a way,
We can see the past
Stars are incredible
I think
We could learn a thing or two from them
And that is why,
My friend,
I just wrote a really long,
Really boring,
Poem with facts about stars
I don’t know if I’m even going to post this
Well,
I guess we’ll see
???????
Lye Nov 2018
a rose won't help me decide
picking off the petals
until the stem is bare
because every time I see you
you remind me of all you have done
to hurt me
to hurt her
but I can’t hate you
because I love you too much,
I love you way too much
193 · Aug 2020
Maybe?
Lye Aug 2020
I sit here on the floor of my bedroom,
And I fantasize about what the future holds.

Maybe I’ll get to see my friends again
Or go to after school clubs
Maybe I’ll grow more confident
And dress how I truly want
Maybe I’ll tell the world
The reality of who I am
Maybe I’ll be myself more often
But I’m scared they won’t understand...
Hi, it’s been a while :)
192 · Feb 2019
HEAR ME
Lye Feb 2019
I’m screaming
And no one on Earth can hear me
Sometimes it feels like I am screaming so loud, and no one hears me. No one gets me.
188 · May 2019
Demons
Lye May 2019
Demons lurk in my soul
I feel them
Making me think things,
Want to do things,
That are absolutely awful

They claw at my insides
Begging me to give up
And join them
In their evil
But I refuse to be that person

That little devil inside me
That likes to hurt people
They set fire in my soul
And taunt me
Telling me to be mean
To be vicious...

Sometimes I give in.
And I have to admit,
It feels good.

But I will continue to refuse
The temptation

For being evil
Is far easier
Than trying to do the right thing

Always think before you act
Before you speak
Because your words,
Could be the difference
Between someone’s happiness
And someone’s complete despair
188 · May 2019
A Change
Lye May 2019
I just changed my name on HP
From the alias of “ArrowBird”
To my name, Lilah
And I’ve also altered my bio
Because I want to be fully me
On this cite
And I want to stop hiding
Behind the facade of
“I’m always staring off in space”
And though that is true,
I want to show more of
Me
Whoever that may be...
Well,
I hope you appreciate my choices
And enjoy knowing a bit more
About me
Have a great weekend!
188 · Mar 2019
Heart of Gold
Lye Mar 2019
She does seem quite rigid,
Truth be told

But I assure you, my dear
She has a heart of gold
Sometimes a rigid exterior is just a facade of a person with a heart of gold.
187 · May 2019
Unreasonable
Lye May 2019
I’m terrified
Of
Rejection
Even when
No one
Is
Rejecting me
Inspired by “echoes in the wind” by ap.
186 · Mar 2020
Why?
Lye Mar 2020
Why?
They ask.
They’re so different from the others
What’s the difference?
Gender is a social construct,
What’s the difference between girls and boys?
Why does there need to be such a means of separation?
Why can’t we all just be human?
They want to be normal
They don’t know where they belong
With the boys?
No.
With the girls?
Maybe.
But, really, they feel best
When they’re with those who are neither.
Not a boy nor a girl,
Just a person
They want to be seen as just a person
Not a girl, a human being.
Because really, what’s the difference?
A poem written in the third person about myself. I recently identified as agender and sometimes I prefer they/them pronouns, and other times I prefer she/her. Sorry I haven’t been on for a while! <3
185 · Mar 2019
Further From Me
Lye Mar 2019
Driving
Normal day
I see a white car
Like yours
I look inside
Eyes lock
Realization
I know
You saw me
My eyes pleading
For you to come home
But as quickly as you appeared
Outside my window
The car sped past
And you
Went further and further
Away from me
I saw my dad in his car the other day while I was driving with my mom. That was the first time I've seen him in what, a month? Still haven't heard anything from him.
184 · Nov 2018
Cherry Blossom
Lye Nov 2018
I’ve never really liked pink
But how could I ever ignore
The stunning image
Of millions upon millions of
Baby-pink petals
Drifting through the air
And settling on the ground
To form a luscious blanket
Of blush-pink beauty
Not my best but whatever.
184 · Aug 2019
Is anyone willing to see?
Lye Aug 2019
The sunset sky
Lights a fire in her eyes

The one twinkling star
Ignites a liveliness in her heart

The swaying leaved trees
In her hair brings a slight breeze

And her beautiful face
Brings a feeling of grace
To any creature willing to see
I feel like the last line and the title ties in with the fact that most adults are unwilling to see teenagers and their opinions, as they are always dismissed as “uneducated” and “childish”.
183 · Feb 2019
What I Think Love Is
Lye Feb 2019
Love
What is it?
You might say that it’s something you feel
When you really care about someone
It’s a noun
A feeling
A verb, when you love someone
But really,
It’s an adjective
It describes something
It describes that
Indescribable feeling,
When you have someone
Who you can’t get out of your mind
They are always with you
Talking to you in your head
And when you look at them,
All you can do is think to yourself,
“What did I do to deserve such a beautiful human being like you?”
And in your head,
(Because they are always there)
They say,
“I wasn’t like this before. You turned me into the beautiful, loving, and most of all, happy, person I am right now, with you. Because you are me, and I am you.”
That, my friend,
Is what they would say
181 · Sep 2019
Life Goes On
Lye Sep 2019
Sometimes I get anxious
About little things
That I know won’t matter to me
In a week,
   A month,
     A year.
I just need to remind myself,
That life goes on
Did anyone get my Beetles reference? No? Ok....
181 · Feb 2019
An Average Conversation
Lye Feb 2019
On the outside:
Hi!
-Hey.
How are you?
-I’m good, what about you?
I’m good, thanks.

In my head:
Oh, if only they knew
That I am the complete opposite of “good”
But I have to say that I am
Because society hates
When we wear our hearts on our sleeves

In their head:
Yeah, sure
I’m totally “good”
Well
I guess she isn’t either
But that’s just how it goes

Back outside:
Well, I’ll see you later!
-Yeah, see you later!
(They both walk away)

Inside our heads:
I hope I don’t see them later.
Most of the time, people don’t say what the really feel.
Lye Dec 2019
These people with lives of gold,
And bodies of finely carved diamond.
Living with their perfect friends
And concrete families
They’re beautiful,
But they’re living a lie.
Because although they may be flawless
And sculpted with unbelievable expertise
On the inside, they are nothing but dirt
Ugly and easily destroyed
And with one simple touch,
They will break.

Because nothing is perfect
And though they may want to be it,
They never will.
178 · Mar 2019
In The Dark
Lye Mar 2019
I’m in the dark
I don’t know anything
I can’t feel
I can’t hear
I can’t see anything
The only thing that I am sure of
Is you
You are the light in my ink-stained mind
The tiny sliver of sky
That I see in the ceiling of the
Seemingly never ending blackness
Of my heart of stone
But
The problem is
You are the one
Keeping me
In
The
Dark
My mom won’t tell me anything these days. She’s been doing things that are completely random and not telling me why. She says that she’s doing it to protect me. I think she’s trying to protect me from my dad, but I haven’t seen him in a while and I miss him. I don’t know what’s happening. Please help. I need advice desperately.
178 · Dec 2018
Where did she go?
Lye Dec 2018
I remember that girl
Her short blonde hair
Pudgy, round face
Big blue eyes, sparkling with curiosity

She was fierce
Outspoken
Fun-loving
Didn’t have a care in the world
I wonder...
Where did she go?
The girl is my younger self.
176 · Mar 2019
I am Lilah-Eve
Lye Mar 2019
I am my words
I am my thoughts
I am who I am
And I show it

I am a girl
I am strong
I will hurt you
If you hurt someone I love

I am Lilah-Eve
That is my name
I am who I am
Don’t you dare give me shame
Yep! Lilah-Eve is my first name. I usually go by Lilah, but I wanted to embrace my name in this poem. Hope you like!
Lye Dec 2019
My life is a rollercoaster
If ups and downs,
Happiness and despair,
Love and hate,
Contentment and wanting another life.
I never know when the mood will change
From one to the other
It all can happen in a matter of minutes.
And I’ll never see it coming...
175 · Mar 2019
Lost Will To Live
Lye Mar 2019
Somewhere
Someone’s will to live
Has been lost
Left on a lonely park bench
Waiting for it’s owner
To come back
And retrieve it
175 · Mar 2019
St. Patrick’s Day
Lye Mar 2019
When Americans
Wear green “kiss me, I’m Irish” shirts
And pretend to be from Ireland
Not to mention
Children making contraptions
In order to capture tiny Irish men
And force him to lead them
To his *** of gold
At the end of a rainbow
Me and my mom we’re talking about this earlier. It really is quite funny if you think about it.
Lye Mar 2019
Sometimes
People disappear
It's like they didn't love you enough
To even say goodbye
Inspired by "Gone People" written by Perry.
172 · Mar 2019
Missing Summer
Lye Mar 2019
All stress wiped away
Beneath the beating sun

Laughs
Smiles
Popsicle parties
End of the school year games

T-shirts and short-shorts
Out in the field
Heave! **!
The girl’s team won!

Driving on the highway
Power songs blasting
Windows down
Time of our lives

These are all my favorite things
About summer
Now...

It just has to get here!
I really just want summer to get here already.
Lye Feb 2019
Sometimes
I just scroll through Tik Tok
And see what’s there
There have been so many instances
Where I’ve watched a video
And it’s of an average-looking person
They do just one little thing
And it makes my heart flutter
I watch the video over and over
Just to see that one little thing
Oh,
How I despise hormones
Any similar experiences?
170 · Dec 2019
For N #3
Lye Dec 2019

Happy birthday,
To my beautiful best friend.
Please know that I’ll love you until my end.

You are the most incredible human being
And I hope that you’ll see,
Oh, how much you mean to me.

I know you’ll be with me,
Through this year new,
And my happiness now is all because of

You.
Love her so much. Thank you.
Lye Dec 2019
I have an amazing best friend,
Who helps me through all of my highs and lows,
And has never left my side .

I have a beautiful girlfriend who sticks by me always and is so understanding

I have a loving and caring mother who is always there for me

They all love me for me.

What have I done to deserve such incredible people????
I’m so lucky and I don’t know why but I’m inexplicably grateful for it.
168 · Dec 2018
Mirror
Lye Dec 2018
The mirror is my sworn enemy

I hate it
I wholeheartedly despise it
And, well...
How could it not hate me, too?
Everyone says
“It will be okay,
just give it time”
I just nod and smile
And try to believe it
But
No matter how hard I try,
I never will
Because it will never be “okay”
Not now
Not any time in the future
I will always be in this prison of a body
And pigs will fly before I ever,
Ever
Feel whole again
From the point of view of someone with dysmorphia.
168 · Apr 2019
Seeing Him Again
Lye Apr 2019
I just found out
That as of Tuesday,
My dad will be back in my life
We have a schedule planned out
1 month to get reacquainted,
And then into a new routine
I’m nervous
To see him after so long
After only ever thinking about
Seeing him again
But also
I’m excited
For him to be back in my life again
And I’m worried
That I’m going to cry
When I see him
At the restaurant
And make a fool of myself
But really,
All I care about
Is seeing my dad again
I’m trying not to get my hopes up, but I can’t help it!!! I hope all my dear HP friends will share my excitement in this new beginning!
166 · Feb 2019
Here With You
Lye Feb 2019
Icicles hanging from
Green
Green
Trees
Skies grey and bleak
Bare wood towers over
Dead
Dead
Grass
Wind weaves through branches with a shriek
Wishes for summer lost in the breeze
And carried to somewhere anew
But it doesn’t matter how it looks outside
Because I
Am here
With you
164 · Dec 2019
Merry Christmas
Lye Dec 2019
Merry Christmas, to all who may care
Joy and fun are in the air
It’s a time for family, a time for love
A time to not push nor to shove
Just be grateful for the things that you have
A home, food, and all these laughs
So a Merry Christmas to all who may know
That Santa Claus is coming, presents in tow
Belting a jolly “**, **, **!”
Merry Christmas my friends, and to those of you who do not celebrate, happy holidays!
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