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MacW 3d
Life holds our hands like a mother at dusk,
with palms still warm from the day’s quiet trust,
her breath is a song we have known since birth,
full of sunlit fields and the scent of earth.

She teaches us rhythm with trembling grace,
sways us in circles we ache to retrace—
each heartbeat a footfall, a whispered plea:
stay just a moment longer with me.

But Death waits quiet, just past the line,
not cruel, not kind, just steady with time.
A shadow in velvet, no need to speak,
offering rest for the bones that creak.

We dance that edge with unspoken dread,
our heels near the dark, our eyes ahead.
And still—before the final fall,
we turn once more to Life’s soft call.

A breath. A blink. The final sway.
The ghost of light at close of day.
And then, as dancers do in time,
we step across that thinning line—

not dragged, not torn, but led with grace,
into Death’s arms, a gentler place.
And Life, behind us, sheds her name,
but never once forgets our face.

The hardest part of living
When everyone loses the faith
You had always given

Now your world falls to grief,
the bridge between
what was and is—
a breath, unseen.

The space they filled still hums with light,
though they have vanished from your sight.
Grief is love in different skin—
a door left open, a voice within.

Life and Death juggle your world
Some days the world feels brighter
Some it feels it should be lighter
Say your prayers, your goodbyes, never lose their loving eyes
MacW Jun 1
I used to be free
All too soon before
I turned to stone
The moment my guardian angel
Stopped guarding me

I fell in love with a fairytale
He was mine
We were sweethearts
A love story to be told
More true than in the story books

An angel was sent to protect me
He stayed
He cared
He loved me
He never tried to leave

He told me every story
I memorized every word
Every movement
Every glance
Every smile

I know every detail
Of anything he ever said
He was my angel
I was forever his
He loved me forever and always

He never said goodnight without:
"My Love"
"My Beautiful Angel"
"My Goddess"
"Beautiful"

My heart
So eager to feel love once
He said we were soulmates
I say we drew the right cards
My dreams told me we were meant to guard each other

60 days, 4 hours, 1 minute, 12 seconds
All the time we had before you were gone
Every word, every memory, every dream
Caught in a frame of time
This was our first goodbye

261 days, 12 hours, 7 minutes, 50 seconds
How long I have loved you as of 12:16am today
Every second a reminder of when you left
Every minute a debate to beg for your return
Every day another attempt to cut my string of life

The difference?
201 days, 8 hours, 6 minutes, 38 seconds
Every day, another stone I set for you to find her
Every second of it another tear dropped from my eyes
I didn't just cry you a river, I cried you a sea

180 days, 8 hours, 17 minutes
The time it has been since you left for good
I have been numbed
I looked into Medusa's eye and chose to see her beauty
Yet I still turned to stone

200 stones I have placed for you to find her
Only one last step
She is yours
You are hers
One more stone and one more tear and you can both be free

I have become stone
Not the last step, but the first
You have reached her at the sea
I hope you can learn to see
She will be the one to get you on one knee

I cried you a sea
I let you turn me to stone
I learned that guardian angels,
They don't get told who to protect
They go and find them on their own

A fairytale
Too real to be true
The story books only tell of the true loves kiss
Never the oceans or the paths taken to get there
A fairytale, and I get to see first hand that true love is theirs
MacW May 30
We all know
Of the Soldier
The Poet
And the King

But not all
Have heard stories
Of the fire
And the wing

Of the one
Called the Rebel
With a heart
That will not yield
Who will rise
When the silence
Is the loudest
In the field

Of the one
Called the Wanderer
With no crown
And no home
Who will walk
Through the ruins
So the lost
Won’t be alone

Of the one
Called the Dreamer
With the stars
In their eyes
Who will speak
Of a future
That the world
Won’t recognize

The original three
Only are
Because of the wanderer
With her love for the sea
The rebel
And his want to be free
And the dreamer
Following a path only they can see

And together
They roam through
Every forest
Every kingdom
Every fairytale
Every end of the earth
And still
They keep the skies blue
MacW May 26
Take me back to our first glance from across class
Take me back to the first time we heard each others name
Take me back to the first time we said hello
Take me back to the first time we sat together at lunch
Take me back to our first conversation
Take me back to our first aimless talk about green day
Take me back to the first time we said see you later
Take me back to the first time we talked in a class
Take me back to the first time we walked to class together
Take me back to the first time I had love in my eyes when I saw you
Take me back to the first time I asked for your phone number
Take me back to the first time you saw that love
Take me back to the first time I could tell you loved me too
Take me back to the first time i held your hand
Take me back to the first time we hugged
Take me back to the first time we said I Love You
Take me back to the first time I sent you a good morning text
Take me back to the first time you sent one back with a heart <3
Take me back to the first time we sat together in that blue and green chair
Take me back to the first time we kissed
Take me back to the first of 4 shows I saw just for you
Take me back to the first time you cried and I was there with you
Dont take me back to the first time you were honest
Dont take me back to the first time you said you lost me
Dont take me back to the first time you said you were leaving
Dont take me back to the first time it was As If Desire Yelled Never
Never take me back to the first time her response to Desire said no
Never take me back to the first time you saw her
Never take me back to the first time you loved her
Never take me back to the first time the cycle repeated under a new name
And never ever take me back
Not even to the first time
MacW May 21
I knew this was coming-

It doesnt make it hurt less

When you said his name my heart stopped
Any time you look at him
No
This is wrong

You deserve joy
Only joy
Understanding has fleeted

But I need to realize
Another chance
Causes another heartbreak
Kindness between us is gone

As
If
Desire
Yelled
Never

Every no turned
Lies to yes
And he will be yours
Your happiness is more important
Not my sanity
Even in the longest run
MacW May 20
Unspoken words fell between us like snow.
Remember how you smiled, soft and sudden?
I wanted to believe you meant it.
And maybe you did — for a moment.
How fast warmth turns cold.

Summer light flickered in your eyes,
Tangled with lies you didn’t tell out loud.
Every goodbye echoed longer than the love.
Leaves changed faster than we did.
Light doesn’t mean truth.
And I finally stopped mistaking the two.

Sometimes kindness hides the cruelest hands.
Time didn’t soften you — or me.
Even now, I question what was real.
Promises spoken over texts mean little.
Hope hurts more than heartbreak.
Everything I gave, you swallowed whole.
Now I hold it back.

Loving you felt like an exhale.
I didn’t know peace could feel temporary.
After you left, I stopped breathing right.
Maybe that’s why I still get dizzy in the fall.

Anger was easier than grief.
Love didn’t feel safe with you.
Even your touch was lined with shadow.
X marks where I buried the trust.

And you — you were something else.
I called you prince, but you vanished like a ghost.
Daylight sits heavy in the chair where we used to meet.
You led me on like a dance.
Now, you spin circles with her.

Tried to be what you wanted.
I lost myself learning how to bend.
Maybe I never should have.

Jokes turned into arguments too fast.
Underneath every “haha,” something cracked.
Laughter isn’t always love.
Long nights didn’t save us.
I searched for warmth in your shadow.
And came out colder.
Now I light my own fire.

In the beginning, I believed.
Sometimes I still do.
Kisses don’t mean connection.
You proved that the hard way.

This is what I learned from loving you
Holding on hurts more than letting go.
Even the sweetest lies stain the tongue.

Every ending writes itself, eventually.
Names fade, but the ache carves deep.
Desire doesn’t mean destiny — I know that now.
MacW May 20
Desire vs. Denial
Who will win
No
Stop
Don't feel this
Your laugh cracks the silence I built like armor
My stomach tightens
But my spine stands still
It's not fair how Desire flares
When I've sworn I'm done burning
Your hands never meant forever
But they memorized my skin
My skin memorized them
I miss your smile like fire misses air
My hands curl empty
Forgetting you're not mine
You push me away
As I play with your hair
Do you know what you're doing to me?
Do you even care?
You laugh with her
Like we never had language
She holds your gaze
I hold my breath
Each time she makes you smile,
I swallow storms
Desire strikes Denial
But Denial tries to win
I chant closure like a prayer I don't believe in
As if Desire yelled 'Never'
And my heart obeyed
I still ache with emptiness
In the places you used to fill
I know I shouldn't want you back
But god knows I will
Desire is quieter now
But it hasn't left yet
Maybe silence IS the answer
The answer I haven't met
I walk past you like a wound dressed in lace
My pain will never be shown to your face
As if Desire yelled 'Never'
And I nodded along
Still bleeding
Singing the same old song
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