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6.6k · Apr 2015
Sleepless Nights
Madalyn Apr 2015
I still can't get you out of my head. I try to ignore the feelings but once I lay down to go to sleep
I start replaying that night and I yearn for more like it
3.4k · Oct 2016
Lonely or Depressed?
Madalyn Oct 2016
A word often synonymous with depression. Are those lonely, depressed? Or are those depressed, lonely? It's the classic which came first? the chicken or egg question. Am I depressed because I'm lonely? Or am I lonely because I'm depressed?
Madalyn May 2015
I've finally understood the quote "some people feel the rain, others just get wet" I mean I assume I've always known, but now it just seems so clear. While some people feel nothing others feel too much. I am afraid that I feel too much as well as love too much. So much love, so may feelings, yet no one to share it with. Soon I hope.
2.5k · Apr 2015
Victim To Charm
Madalyn Apr 2015
I fell victim to his charm, and God that's all I'll ever be.
1.7k · Apr 2015
Love is Madness
Madalyn Apr 2015
It's not just love that will drive you mad, it's the idea of it too
1.4k · Oct 2016
You Are My Dusk
Madalyn Oct 2016
You made me feel like dusk makes me feel
Happy yet sad
Sure yet uncertain
Secure yet insecure

You were the light coming through the window but
I was so oblivious, I turned on the light
1.2k · Feb 2017
Will I Ever Know Self Love
Madalyn Feb 2017
On the 7 ways to make your partner fall in love with you list one stuck out in my mind. "Stare into each other's eyes for four minutes without saying a word," it read. So here I sit, staring into the eyes of my reflection in the mirror hoping that maybe if I am able to stare long enough I will begin to love myself. I'll notice my favorite attributes and learn to love my flaws. However, within 30 seconds of locked eyes, my vision was blurred as I began to sob. Within those 30 seconds I came to the realization that I do not love myself and I'm finding it hard to believe that I ever will.
1.1k · Apr 2016
Sealed Fate
Madalyn Apr 2016
Something with fate and the day it was sealed. Go back to a time where I could have changed his life and he could have changed mine. The day when I saw him standing alone. I was a coward. Still am.
1.0k · Oct 2016
Online Dating
Madalyn Oct 2016
These days flirting is through Instagram likes and Tinder swipes
i hate this generation of "dating"
795 · Apr 2015
Blonde Bombshells
Madalyn Apr 2015
I am nothing compared to the blonde bombshells of the world
698 · Sep 2015
Autumn
Madalyn Sep 2015
And in Autumn, even the leaves fall for you.
696 · Jan 2016
Growing Up, No Turning Back
Madalyn Jan 2016
Slowly, we are becoming adults and we have no choice.
We are cursed with growing old
It's quite depressing
We have no way of stopping it
We have no choice
We are destined go grow old
There's no turning back
Theres no point in fighting it
How could you even fight it?
It's inevitable
We live our lives how we are told
Graduate high school, go to college
Get a job, get married, have a family
Everyone's end goal is the same
It's strange that everyone can be so different, yet we are all destined to the same fate:
Death
692 · Apr 2015
The Idea of Being Conquered
Madalyn Apr 2015
All those girls who want you only see you as prey. They want to conquer you. All I want, is to learn every inch of you. But you love the idea of being conquered.
620 · May 2016
PC
Madalyn May 2016
PC
I keep replaying that image in my head.
It was the last time I will ever see you.
That is,
if fate doesn’t bring us together again.
You saw me from across the bar but you didn’t see that I saw you.
The last image I have of you is you turning your head as I went to make eye contact with you.
It’s the image I see every time I close my ******* eyes.
620 · Jan 2017
No One
Madalyn Jan 2017
No one will ever love me
No one will ever count the constellations of freckles on my body
No one will ever hold me close and whisper they love m e
No one will discover the galaxies hidden beneath years of heartache
No one will ever beg me to stay
No one will ever love me
572 · Jan 2016
Finally
Madalyn Jan 2016
I think I am finally free.
I've spent the last three years imprisoned by the thought of you and me. I've dreamt of what our lives could be, what we'd name our first dog and I don't even know your middle name.
I'm finally letting go of you.
I'm finally ready to let my heart out of captivity.
I'm done being a slave to what could have been, what we could have been.
Madalyn May 2015
I think I'm always gonna be that girl. The girl who no one knows but knows everyone's name. The girl that no matter how hard she tries will always be let down. Even by people who claim to be her friend. I think I'm meant to be alone. I've never been the type to have friends. They always leave for some reason. Maybe it's good though because who wants to be around a girl that hurts this much for no reason at all. A girl who thinks everybody that looks her way is in love with her. A girl who will never have a boy love her. A girl who tries so hard to pretend like she doesn't need to a boy and tries so hard to be okay with being alone. The girl who keeps her feelings inside so often that one day they just burst from the seams of her skin and she can't control the Avalanche of emotions. A girl who wants a tragic love not some stupid fairy tale. I want a love that hurts my soul when it's over. I want to feel the pain of love. Because right now all I'm feeling is hurt over no one. Hurt over boys who don't even think about me ever. Boys that have other girls. There will always be other girls.
508 · Dec 2015
Changing Without Realizing
Madalyn Dec 2015
And I cried. Not for the things they said but because I realized I have changed. The way I think, the way I act, everything I do is based on their thoughts and opinions. I’ve let them infiltrate my being and fill my mind with poisonous thoughts. Thoughts based on their views. Views which I thought were good ones. How wrong was I? All they do is tear down people for living their life a certain way. You think smoking *** makes you cooler, cool, but don’t belittle me because I think it’s stupid. Newsflash, it doesn’t make you cool, maybe to the immature *** head boys with no clear future, but not to someone who respects themselves enough not to do things just because they make you “cool” Trust me, my “cool” is way different from your “cool”
502 · May 2015
Eclectic
Madalyn May 2015
My friend told me I was eclectic today. I didn't know what that meant so I asked. She told me it meant unique, quirky, different. I said thanks, I like it that way. Why try and be like everyone else when I can be my weird self.
Madalyn Apr 2015
So now you're about to turn twenty and you haven't accomplished much. Yea, you made it through high school and almost two years of college now, but what does that amount to? Congrats! You've done what everyone else does. You're about to turn twenty and you've never had a boyfriend , you've never done anything worth something. You always make excuses for not doing something and you've missed out on opportunities that could have helped you. Now you're about to turn twenty and you have no idea what you want to do with your life. You don't know what you can do with your major you're wasting all this money on. You know nothing, but now that you're twenty you're expected to know this **** because you're an adult and when you do find your job, you'll have to pay your loans that you used while earning an education. But it's okay! everyone does it. Now you're about to twenty and you can't even invite a boy to the bar because you're scared of what he might think of you. You're about to turn twenty and you can count your friends on one hand because you always lose them and you have no idea why. They just leave with no explanation. You're about to turn twenty and you're not happy with the way your life has turned out. You're insecure about stupid things and the only people that love you are your family members and that will never be enough for you. So now you'11 turn twenty, and as much as you want to, there's no stopping it.
487 · Aug 2016
If I believe u
Madalyn Aug 2016
I've lost you, I know I have and I tried, I tried to find you again but with all the destruction in this world, I'm hesitant to believe in any power. A God of destruction is not a God I want to follow. However, as I sit here, lost beyond belief, I realize this is not your doing. Yes, the world is ******, but you are not a God of destruction.

I am here, I am ready to be your servant.
468 · Sep 2015
Sleep
Madalyn Sep 2015
Sleep away the sadness and loneliness. Maybe in the morning you won't feel so hopeless.
466 · Nov 2015
I'm so not over it.
Madalyn Nov 2015
I was so over it. I was so over it. I was so over it. Why did you have to come back. I was fine.
Madalyn May 2015
Apparently getting drunk won't help me talk to you either
456 · Jan 2016
Trivial
Madalyn Jan 2016
Don't say I'm hot. Don't say I'm beautiful. Those words mean nothing to me. Just words used over and over to win a girl's heart.

I see it happen everyday.

You won't win mine with such trivial words, trust me. You will never win my heart. It will never belong to you.

I am not hot, I am not beautiful.

I am the stars in the sky, I am the unexplored galaxies of the universe.
Madalyn Apr 2015
So, I can't sleep. I'm to busy thinking about how I left without hugging you one last time. I wanted to be friends, and I mean I guess we are acquaintances, but not in the way I wanted. So, goodnight, I guess, though I'm sure sleep found you quickly tonight **
Madalyn Jan 2016
If I can't stop thinking about you, I will get a rope, tie it around my neck and jump off the highest building. Because even strangling myself seems like a more tolerable pain than this.
444 · Jan 2017
Arms Around My Neck
Madalyn Jan 2017
All of our awkward glances never seem to go unnoticed. In a city I barely knew, with people I barely knew, you made your move. At the time, I was nervous and worried about the gossip that would endure so I rejected your kiss and terribly regret it.

Now you seem to be unable to make eye contact except for that night we stayed up til 5 am talking about life

So maybe I'll just avoid your gaze so that maybe I can catch my breath and make a move myself but that was until I saw another girl's arms around your neck and wanted so badly someone's arms to be around mine, suffocating me.
444 · Apr 2018
I Wish It Was Me
Madalyn Apr 2018
I can't remember the exact words you uttered into my ear that night on the phone. All I remember is the feeling i got, i was giddy. I think you said, “my birthday wish is for you to get here now” but i also think maybe you said “yall” and i just hoped you meant me..
435 · Jan 2016
I'm Failing
Madalyn Jan 2016
I dreamt of you last night in all my drunken glory. I can't seem to escape you. I usually don't dream when I'm drunk, but for some reason you were there, you're always there. I'm trying to get over you. I'm trying.
433 · Oct 2016
Reckless Thoughts
Madalyn Oct 2016
I want to be the type of girl that wakes up at 8 AM everyday in silky pajamas and drinks coffee out of a cute mug but here I am at 2 AM wide awake with my reckless thoughts
431 · Apr 2015
Alone
Madalyn Apr 2015
I've never been one to need someone. I like to be alone with my thoughts. It gives me time to try and piece together who I am and what I want out of this life. However, my days are numbered and I'm beginning to feel I may be alone forever. It's really starting to affect me.
420 · Dec 2015
Forget Me
Madalyn Dec 2015
I am sorry for all that I have done. I truly am. I hope you have forgiven me and forgotten me. God knows, I deserve to be forgotten.
417 · Apr 2015
Middle School Crush
Madalyn Apr 2015
And when I saw you, I didn't think anything of it. That is, until we made eye contact, and I spoke to you for the first time in eight years and all those feelings rushed back
410 · Dec 2019
taunt
Madalyn Dec 2019
every touch was a taunt

your hand behind your back
palm up, touching
touching her hand, her back, her hair

i tried to look away but i couldn't help it
i am drawn to you
      like a moth to light
      like black & white

there is no grey in what i feel for you
405 · Apr 2016
Touch
Madalyn Apr 2016
His touch reminded me of one of those prominent hand touches in period pieces, He hugged me and his hand lingered on my bare back for just a second or so, but wow! it felt as if it meant so much more!
404 · Apr 2016
Insecure
Madalyn Apr 2016
Having insecurities is so ******* exhausting!!!!!!!!!!!
398 · Apr 2015
Bruised
Madalyn Apr 2015
I collect bruises like you collect girls
396 · Mar 2016
Goals for twenty two
Madalyn Mar 2016
Stop comparing yourself to others.
Stop comparing yourself to others.
Stop comparing yourself to others.
Stop comparing yourself to others.
Stop comparing yourself to others.
Stop comparing yourself to others.
Stop comparing yourself to others.
Stop comparing yourself to others.
Stop comparing yourself to others.
Stop comparing yourself to others.
391 · Apr 2016
PS
Madalyn Apr 2016
PS
On days like today I am only reminded of my regrets. My mind is filled with the loss of what ifs. When we started there was hope, God was there hope. Now, this hope has dwindled. I've spent four years of my life stuck on the possibility of what if and it has drained my being, my soul aches. As everything must come to an end, so must this. I must truly, completely give it up. I am utterly exhausted.
390 · Apr 2016
I'm Drowning
Madalyn Apr 2016
The more I try and push the thought of us away, the more I feel myself drowning.
387 · Apr 2015
An Ass Out Of You and Me
Madalyn Apr 2015
I know I shouldn't feel this way but I can't help myself. I feel like we had a strong connection and I had a feeling you felt it too. At least I had assumed you felt something too. But you know what they say when you assume, right?
375 · Apr 2015
Poison
Madalyn Apr 2015
Alcohol. It's a poison. With every sip I take I hope it doesn't **** me. Last night I was crying because it hurt so much. I don't know if I should blame the alcohol or myself. I let myself pour my heart out on the side of the road and I don't like when I do that because then they know. I succumb my true feelings so often that I hit this point where I just burst, like a balloon with too much air. I tell someone everything I've never said and it's scary. I don't like people knowing.
365 · Jul 2016
I Love You
Madalyn Jul 2016
I hugged you like I loved you.

I whispered "this is nice, isn't it?"

You replied, "yes, yes it is."

Then I woke up.
Madalyn Jan 2016
First touch
You were drunk and I was sitting next to your date. You sat on her lap, and as you did you ran your hand over my knee.
Second touch
You were drunk and you were talking to my friend. You noticed me and touched my face to get my attention.
Touch three
You danced with me after I stole your beer from you. You offered to buy me one but i declined. I told you to remember my name and I didn't think you would.
Touch four
Saw you at the party, we made eye contact and you went for the hug. You said "Hi" and I couldn't help but smile.
Touch 5
You hugged me and then I took you to see a dog you said reminded you of yours
Touch 6
A party. You gave me a full hug. No awkward side hug,full hug. I died inside cause I wasn't expecting it. You even told my sister hi.
Touch 7
Not really a touch, but my heart felt it. You dipped your head into our conversation and said hi and smiled in the cutest way I've ever seen a boy smile. If It was possible, your smile could end all hatred in the world.
356 · Jul 2016
Moonlight
Madalyn Jul 2016
It is ever so peculiar how the daylight makes me feel tired while the moonlight makes me feel ALIVE!
355 · Jan 2016
Life's No Movie Script
Madalyn Jan 2016
I don't know if I feel this way because I felt a connection or if I'm just imagining the perfect movie play out in my head. Awkward 18 year old girl meets hot, awkward boy at college orientation. They have a few set backs, but ultimately end up together and live happily ever after. I'm going with the latter, however bad it may hurt.
349 · May 2018
to the moon & back
Madalyn May 2018
Growing up your parents always made sure you knew that they loved you. Mom would walk up the stairs and say, “ Goodnight, i love you” and you would respond, “love you more” and a fight about who could possibly love the other more would endure.

These days, I know she loves me, but its not said as much. We don't fight about who says "i love you more" last.  She doesn't know me as well as she used to. She doesn't see what I’m going through. She’s blinded by the fact that she "loves me to the moon and back "

and she feels like that should be enough..
348 · Jan 2016
Two Souls. One Fool.
Madalyn Jan 2016
I think when I cry about you, it's not
my heart that's crying, it's my soul.
Each day you get further away and each day a little piece of my soul is torn away.
Our souls miss each other. Mine just wants to go home.
Madalyn Jan 2016
You had just as many chances to talk to me last night as I did. It's obvious you had no desire to. I'm just surprised it took me so long to finally see it. I've spent too much time with you in my head. Now it's time to let go of the imaginary you and face the real you. It's crazy how deceiving the mind can be.
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