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Lyle Sep 7
Parts of me that don’t add up
Puzzle pieces that don’t fit
Broken shards scattered around
Impossible to glue together
But I keep searching
For the right adhesive
That will fix what’s been shattered
Nothing seems to work
Everything is a temporary fix
To a major issue
Me
The problem
The unfixable
The broken
Lyle Sep 9
I’ve been happy
I say
I swear
But I’m lying
I’m always searching
For the next rush
Adrenaline
Lyle Sep 11
Cool breeze
Stars out
Yellow moon
Fizz
Bass pounding
us laughing
This night
Free
Lyle Sep 5
I am so angry at you
Furious
How could you leave me
The last thing you said
Was that you would talk to me
Tomorrow
That was over a month ago
You said you wanted to die
And I would have to be okay
When you left
But how could I
Look at me now
Falling apart at the seams
I’m so angry at you
I went back and reread every word of yours
Our last conversation
Every video watched it again
What if I never get to talk to you again
And the last thing I told you was a lie
I told you I would talk to you tomorrow
And I didn’t
Because you left
And it’s my fault
I distanced myself
I let us grow apart
I made the divide
You suffered in silence
As I tried to heal
Selfishly
Apparently
I told you I wouldn’t be okay
I told you I would fall apart
You didn’t believe me
Well look at me now
I’m so angry at you
I miss you
Our three months
Knowing each other
Would have been in a few days
But you’ve been gone a month
I can’t
Do
This
Anymore
I’m
Too
Angry
This
Wasnt
Fair
Lyle Sep 3
Midnight
One
Two
Three
In the morning
On my roof
Half moon
Cold air
Blanket on my legs
Tears
Hot
Down my face
Heaviness
In my chest
Lyle Aug 3
I have been blessed
With an amazing friend
Words cannot explain
I’m heading into senior year, and one of the things we were going to do as a senior class was paint our parking spots. However, my mom decreed i wasnt allowed to paint mine since I ran away…so my best friend just told me she’s painting mine for me since my mom never said someone couldn’t paint it for me. I literally lover her sm ahh
Lyle Aug 18
Sometimes when I’m running
I detach from reality
And suddenly I’m face down in the rocks
And my knees are ******
And I’m throwing up
But there’s no one to save me
No one to pick me back up
Thats what happens when you’re on your own
You have to stitch up the wound
Stitch it closed alone
And there’s sweat on my hairline
And blood on the dirt
But I have to put myself back on my feet
And keep running
Like I didn’t miss a beat
Lyle Aug 28
It’s back
The black
It’s back and it’s
Crushing me
How to be
Okay
Lyle Aug 4
I cut my arms in seventh grade.
“What’s so terrible about your life?”
“Why are you looking for pity?”
I developed an eating disorder.
“Gain weight, you look awful.”
“There’s nothing wrong with you. Stop.”
I ran away.
“You think your life is so miserable!”
“You have clothes and food and shelter what could possibly be wrong?”
I cried myself to sleep every night.
You never noticed.
These were cries for help, mom!
This wasnt attention seeking!
I needed you to be a real parent.
I was crying.
For help.
Lyle Sep 9
In the days you’ve been gone, I’ve learned a lot about myself. You’ve only been gone a month but so much as happened, and it feels like an eternity. You left right before school started, and I never got to talk to you about it. For the first week it wasn’t healing me like it was supposed too. I was barely talking to my friends, I was crying in the bathroom, wearing a rubber band and stacks of bracelets on my wrists to hide unhealed scars, and basically I was losing myself.    I was still fighting with my mom every day, and I was still not caring about anything. I was feeling nothing. Then I made a risky decision to add a new boy in my class on snap, and he added me back almost instantly. A few days later I had to go up to the city for a medical evaluation for the military (I signed the contract, got medically cleared, and now I’m officially enlisted) and I got to stay in a hotel room for the night. Me and the boy (we will call him E, like yours) started talking and we talked for three hours, until midnight even though I had to get up at four the next morning. But I was so excited and fascinated by him that my mind wouldn’t shut up and I ended up waking up at two. The next day we talked more, and more, and more. Then one night E was hanging out on the parking lot of our school with some of our school friends. This began the night of my bad decisions. The friends, my two girls and their two boys, told him to come get me so we could all hang out together, as three couples. So I snuck out of my house for the first time, just walked right out the door. This was also my brothers first night moving out into a small house in the backyard. But anyways, all of us went and played on the school playground, laughed, talked, and just enjoyed each others presence. It was beautiful. And I was addicted, especially when I came home and realized I didn’t get caught. So I did it the next night, the girls came and got me and we went to Es house and hung out and ate tacos. Then the next night I snuck out again, E came and got me and we laid on his truck and watched the stars, and I played Roblox on his phone and we talked and talked and talked. And then the next night I snuck out again, my girls came and got me and we drove around town, just blasting music and living life. And I realized I was being healed. I hadn’t cried in a week, things with my mom were going smoothly. The only bad thing was my brother and I were talking less and less, and he didn’t really approve of me sneaking out. But he never stopped me. Now me and E have talked all day every day for three weeks, ive snuck out five or six times (im losing count already). I snuck out again tonight, and me and one of my closest friends drove to the cemetery and just had deep talks, blasted music and drove around. We also hit the local Dollar General and got drinks because I was thirsty. Minor details but I know you’d appreciate them. Me and my brother also hung out a lot this weekend, with his girlfriend. We made goofy videos and laughed until we cried, and made bacon at midnight. Ive been staying up past midnight every night. My brother thinks im being reckless, and maybe I am, but I only get one life. One senior year. And I don’t want to be sad and bored and lonely all the time. And my friend me make me happy, being dangerous gives me a rush. I still text you all the time. I still miss you more than life. And I waited on your call today. I hope your doing okay. Because I am. And there me an old friend of yours who is back on HP, and my first reaction to this news was to tell you. I miss you. And that’s my life, how it’s been going. Im happy. The only thing missing is our friendship, our memories, One Day. I love you so much!!!!!
Diary entry for my beautiful friend, I miss you so much!!!
Lyle Aug 20
And suddenly I know
About the cross on your ankle
The way the humidity
Poofs your hair
How you love New York
Cars and tattoos
Poetry and chili dogs
And you ask the excellent questions
Had me smiling from ear to ear
My heart was pounding
I still can’t sleep
Adrenaline from you
Getting to know you
Sweet, kind, amazing you
Lyle Aug 16
If this is a test
Then, dear, I’m failing
I’m still texting you every
Single
Day
I miss you so much
It hurts not knowing
I’m struggling
But I’m sure you’ve got it worse
I wish I could see into your head
I need to know how you’re doing
How is it going
I miss you i miss you
I do
I’m failing without you
Lyle Aug 9
You always look so happy though!

That’s fake
That’s fake
It’s fake
It’s fake
Fake
Fake
Lyle 4d
I don’t know what’s going to happen
I don’t know what the outcome will be
And that
To me
Is the scariest part
Of everything
Lyle Aug 1
I’m not the person I used to be
Something changed that night
Something snapped
I don’t like touch
I don’t care
I don’t talk as much
Enthusiasm is forced
Talking is hard
Sleeping is worse
Something changed that night
Not for the better
Lyle Sep 11
To me
Freedom tastes like sprite
Feels like my arm out the car window
Looks like starry night skies
Smells like smoke
Sounds like music, thudding bass
Freedom is these nights
These highs
Me
Lyle Aug 7
Surrounded by people
Ones who care
Still feeling awful
Knowing I have to go home
Lyle Aug 31
Walked down the driveway
Once again
Third time this summer
Got in their car
Sped down the road
Laughing
Screaming
Snuggled up on your couch
Your head on my chest
Where it belongs
My fingers through your curls
Our friends all around us
I didn’t want to go home
Never ever again
Because home is with you
Lyle Aug 28
I miss you
Something fierce right now
I don’t know what to do
I don’t like my life
I don’t see a light
The only light was you
No one talks the way you do
Dont you see
Youre all I need
To be okay
Life made sense
When I talked to you every day
I miss you
Real bad right now
Please come back
Lyle Aug 5
I miss you,
I do
You said I had to be okay
When you left
But you’re the only thing keeping me glued
I wanted to leave
Disappear without a trace
Sit in my bathroom with bottles
In my hands
And fade away
but I thought of you instead
How you would die inside
More
And I knew I couldn’t
Because we are each others glue
You keep me here
Why can’t I keep you here
I miss you
I do
I picked up the phone call
Because it said from New Jersey
I didn’t tell her how my heart dropped
When I saw it
I didn’t tell her that I was terrified
That you had done it
I told her instead
Thank you for letting me know she’s okay
While my insides were falling to pieces
Knowing you were hurting
Relapsing
Alone
I need you here can’t you see
I need the beautiful
Curly haired girl
With a dog named Daisy
With the ethereal soul
And caring heart
I need her
I’m can’t breathe properly without knowing
Whether you’re safe or not today
I miss you
I do
I painted you a picture
I’m not even artistic
But I painted it anyway
The moon
The one we promised to look at every night
And know the other was seeing the same
A road
Smooth except for one crack
Down the middle
With a dandelion growing from it
I thought of you
On that blank canvas
It silently screamed
This was made to be for her
So I did
The stubborn dandelion
Growing where it wishes
Growing despite the unwelcoming circumstances
I miss you
I do
Watching the videos over again
Just to hear your voice
I need you to exist
One day will come soon enough
The hurt will fade someday
And everything will be okay
Love him
Hug him
Write words of beautiful power and pain
Create art out of junk
Hate trump
Pet your dog
Live
Live
Live
Live
Please
Because I miss you
I do
Lyle Aug 31
Will someone please
Just look at me
And ask
What are you doing
You are being so reckless
Why are you risking it all
Dont you know you are going to fall

But I would answer with a smile
A real one
Im happy
I’d say
The danger makes it fun
The chase makes it a game
Im finally doing okay
Lyle Aug 3
I’m sorry mom
I still love you
But I’m gone right now
You hit me mom
I kept saying I’m sorry
But you didn’t hear me
Couldn’t hear me
I’m safe now mom
I miss you
I want a hug from you
I just wanted to be okay
But you hit me
I walked down the driveway mom
And I kept looking back
Waiting for the light to turn on
Waiting for you to run out
Saying it’s okay
Come home
But you didn’t mom
And I’m not sure I would’ve
If you did
I’m sorry mom
I didn’t mean to hurt you mom
But you hit me
And I am gone now
Lyle Sep 13
Last night
Mistakes
Got in the car
Intoxication
You laughed
It was funny
To you
I called my boyfriend
He sped to come get me
You were
Drunk
Driving
We almost
Died
Intoxication
You thought
It was funny
It wasn’t
Lyle Aug 4
Can anyone hear me?
I’m yelling but no one is listening
I’m falling but no one is catching me
I’m crying but no one sees me
I’m grabbing but no one feels me
Am I invisible
Lyle Aug 1
I ran
From my problems
They came back
But I didn’t
In a way
I’m still trapped
In that night
Cowered in a corner
Arms over my head
“I’m sorry”
“I’m sorry”
But you wouldn’t listen
Couldn’t
I ran
But my problems followed
They came back
I came back
Lyle Aug 4
It feels like I’m taking a deep breath
But my breathing is still irregular
It feels like I’m swimming
With everything I have
But I’m still going under
It feels like I’m running
But my legs can’t support me anymore
It feels like I’m living
But I’m dead now inside
Lyle Aug 3
Woke up this morning
And there was rain
Lightning
Thunder
I still was excited
But I didn’t go run in the rain
And I flinched at the thunder
But I still admired the lightning
In awe
Powerful and silent
Lighting up the whole sky
It doesn’t need loud noises to be felt
Lightning is still beautiful
So is rain and thunder
Nothing has changed
Except for me
Lyle Sep 8
And it’s everything
The way you notice the little things
Grab my hand
When I mess with my bracelets
Pull my necklace from my mouth
Still my leg from bouncing
And snap me back to reality
When I zone out
It’s everything, you know
The little things
Dr Pepper in the mornings
Your fingertips brushing mine
The not so subtle looks at me
The brown of your eyes
God I love those eyes
Our secret shared smiles
Inside jokes
Little things
Are why I love you
Lyle 6d
a beautiful soul
carved out of pain
afraid of burdening
others with your darkness
terrified that speaking
is only attention seeking
darling, I see you
and I'm sorry I'm not there
don't peel back your skin
don't let your beauty
be rotted by sin
take that knife and toss it away
don't let the cold metal
pierce through your heart
always the therapist
the one who checks in
but darling we have failed you
who checks in on you?
pick me pick me
could never be you
but I pick you,
I do.
you have always been there
through the dark and the light
and finally I see you
I see you shining bright
you hate that it hurts
and honey I know
I wish I would have known
let us be close
let me help heal your scars
I know I've been gone
mentally at least
but honey I'm here now
talk to me please
never shut down
keep on pushing
because you have a soul
untouched by hate
you are pure
amazing
darling, its true
you are always there for others
but who is here for you?
I'm so sorry I've let you down
I'm sorry I've let you drown
don't worry about ruining anything
post everything here
you aren't a burden
we love you I swear
you are loved
and if I could hold you tight I would
One day I will
attention is divided
and its hard I know
but let me take a minute
and focus on you
you deserve it love
truly, you do
you cannot lose me
I'm here now
let yourself be loved
and please keep ranting
I won't look again
(I lied)
I love you.
Lyle Sep 2
You say you love me
How can you possibly

You don’t hit
Scream or yell

Love doesnt look like this
Sweet and caring

How can it
Does this mean
No one has ever loved

Me before?
Me
Lyle Aug 9
Me
Got a mark on my thigh that I did with my nails
Got a collection of safety pins tucked by my bed
Got scars on my wrists that aren’t fully healed

Got a permanent smile that isn’t true at all
Got my life together like I got some kinda clue
Got friends who care but I still won’t share

Got thoughts in my head saying I should be dead
Got tears in my eyes as I lay down to sleep
Got piles of clothes that are suddenly too loose

Got a mirror on my wall that taunts and teases
Got eyes that are tired but nobody notices
Got a soul that is broken and a mind that is done
Lyle Aug 12
When I die
Yeah, people will be sad
Some might even cry
But as the days go on
And the years pass by
They will slowly forget that I’m gone
They’ll forget to look for me in the halls
They won’t ask where I’ve been
They’ll stop wondering when I’ll call
The only place they’ll look for me
Is buried deep in their memories
Where I’ll always be
As long as you remember me
And if you forget
Hey, that’s okay
I will see you again someday
When I die
Some people might cry
But I will always be
Alive inside your memories
Lyle 19h
Thunder and rain
Police lights
Pain

Dark sky
Sickly sweet voices
Why

My worst fears
Muddy mess
Tears

Lightning strikes bright
Body shudders
Fight
Lyle Sep 15
Driving with the girls
Backseat with you
Your arms wrapped
Securely
Around me
My fingers twirling
Through your hair
Playground at night
Talking with you
Your head on my stomach
My hands in your hair
I love you
You whispered
And I said it back
Because truly I do
Midnights with you
Talking about life
Existence and such
Your fingers leaving trails
Of sparks on my skin
With every circle you trace
Every memory we make
Lyle Aug 3
To quote a friend
I’m better
But still in the negatives
Things are looking more positive
I’m healing slowly
But I’m still sitting below zero
Rate my mind from one to ten
It’s better
But still in the negatives
Love you Lostling <3
Lyle Aug 1
Adjusting to a new kind of normal
One where everything is tense
Trust is long gone
And I don’t know who I am anymore
I don’t have the mental capacity
For things that used to be easy
Like helping people
Like eating
Like sleeping
This new normal is different
But it was necessary
Lyle Sep 2
And suddenly
It’s one AM
and I’m not tired
But before
I was asleep by ten
Now I'm
Home by midnight
Lyle Aug 11
How do I tell people
That I don’t see a future?
When I look it seems foggy
Like an unreachable dream
And my instincts are telling me
You’re not going to make it that far
And I want to
I do
But it doesn’t seem reasonable
Even my body is against it
I don’t see a future
The future isn’t bright
Its darkness smothered in fog
Lyle Aug 11
Everyone is asking me
If I’m okay
And I just say yes
Because it’s easier to be
To be okay
But it never feels right
And I guess
I guess that’s because ive spoken to you
And they don’t follow it up
With “do you promise?”
They don’t do it like you
So I’ll lie and say yes
I guess
Lyle Aug 7
I want to be okay
I need to be okay
I will pretend for as long as I can
So I don’t disappoint those around me
Who need me
Want me
To be okay
Lyle Aug 20
I’m trying my best to be okay
Okay
So stop yelling
Put down the sharp words
Quit making me cry
I’m tired
Please let me try
To be okay
Okay?
Lyle Aug 3
One day he’ll grow up
One day he’ll realize why we didn’t like him
One day he’ll know it wasn’t his fault
But we don’t like him
Right now
And I hope one day he’ll know it’s because
He got the childhood we dreamed about
He got to be the favorite
He got to know love and hugs
Not hatred and hitting
He got to be mean
And bossy and rude
Without consequences
I hope one day he’ll realize
He got the life we wanted
And we can’t help but to envy him for it.
I’m sorry little brother. I’m glad youre getting a good life but I find myself wishing I were you all the time.
Lyle Aug 1
One day
One day I’ll feel normal again
A new normal
Without pain
But with feeling
Peace
Like that night
Sitting in the middle of the road
Moon half concealed by clouds
Feeling nothing
But everything
I don’t want that
But I do
I need that serene feeling
Of being alone
While simultaneously
Hearing their voices drifting
One day
One day soon
I’ll feel alright
Out
Lyle Sep 2
Out
In their car
My girls
Bass pounding
Smoke filling
Laughing
Screaming
Stars out
We’re out
I’m
Out
Lyle Sep 9
Jokingly she asked
What are you running from?
My demons
I responded
Do you run fast enough for that?
She laughed
But my smile slipped
And my body froze
Probably not
I answered
I will never be fast enough
To outrun you
Lyle Aug 28
I watch the sun set
With it’s beautiful colors
The sunflowers swaying
The breeze is cool
The moon shows through the clouds
Just barely
And I can feel the heaviness
Settling
In my chest
My hair blows
Lightly
With the wind
But my body is solid
Weighed down by regret
Sorrow
Darkness
Pain
Lyle Aug 1
Everything in my head
Words left unsaid
That quiet dying feeling
Not caring about anything
Because I want to die anyway
Lyle Sep 9
Another nighttime escapade
Another trip down the driveway
Another time I jumped in a car
And sped down the road
Away from this house
We drove to the cemetery
And sat on your car
The nighttime air
Cool on our skin
And it was just us
Two girls
Two friends
Talking about boys
Talking about mothers
Talking about life
Lightning flash
Sirens in the distance
Peace
Sprite on my tongue
Smoke filling the air
Laughing
Singing
This is the life I always wanted
Always on the run
Always searching
For the next adventure
Even if it is just
Peaceful nights
And long talks
Lyle Aug 4
I haven’t left my house in eleven days
Not by choice
I’m going crazy
The days are years long
I need out
I’m locked up
I can’t function
Help me
Lyle Aug 7
I started wearing a rubber band
Around my wrist
So I can send slicing pain
Through my arm when I didn’t feel okay
My wrist is swollen
White welts
But they won’t scar
That makes it okay
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