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 Sep 2020 Lee
amanda
i always
respected
the kind of depression
that cut
into wrists
and arms

as i stood there
on a balcony

scared i might feel
the impact
i'm terrified
of physical pain
cause i'm a dainty lil thing

but some people
cut themselves
to deal with
their emotional pain,
and i think that makes them
stronger than they realize

unwell, yes.
but strong.

message me next time
you need to bleed out
on someone, please?
 Sep 2020 Lee
Tashenia Haughton
I write the words that my heart cannot speak.

The words your eyes will never meet.

The words my mouth refuses to greet.

The words my thoughts serve to my mind as a treat.

The words that are hidden beneath.
 Sep 2020 Lee
Edward Foster
Sit with me awhile;
Talk to me.
Tell me everything you would have done
If I was still alive

Sit with me awhile;
Cry with me.
There’s no shame in expressing your emotions
If you’re feeling sad.

Sit with me awhile;
Listen to me.
For even though I’m lying here, silent, remember
What I would have said.

Sit with me awhile;
Just sit with me.
Sometimes you need no words, or tears, or anything
Except my company.
Cemeteries can be sad and lonely places, where sometimes you don't know what to say or do.
 Sep 2020 Lee
Cross Boundry
this is the miracle that ive been dreaming of
if this is love it comes at much to high a cost
it feels so good but hurts so bad
so this is love
defying gravity
troublemaker
i like how the order
changes the meaning
 Sep 2020 Lee
Olivia
come back
 Sep 2020 Lee
Olivia
come back,
that's all i request

why'd you
have to go


i hate being in love
with someone i
can't have
 Sep 2020 Lee
Donall Dempsey
I LIKE TO SAY YOUR NAME

I like to say
your name

when you're
not here

turn you
into sound

conjure you out of
thin air

so that you appear
before me

dressed in sound
only

memory sketching in
the rest of you

as if sound
was just an outline

and love
colours you in

adding the voice last
so I can hear you say.

"Hello you..!"
and there you are

as present
as present

can be.

I like to say
your name

when you're
not there.
 Sep 2020 Lee
Sugar and spice
Wounds
 Sep 2020 Lee
Sugar and spice
Two painstaking years later
The scars turned into art .

Those tarnished memories
Were once treasured.  
And now they just float carelessly.  
Away into nothingness.

The pain they carved.  
And the weight they carry.  
Now it seems, it was just dead weight.
But they're wisked away , this time---
No gut wrenching sorrow.
I traded my scars for art  .
 Sep 2020 Lee
amanda
there’s this little pink canvas
between my legs

come

paint your name
all over it,
won’t you?
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