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Jul 2021 · 353
poem a day
Strying Jul 2021
i've been trying to write a poem a day
as if poetry is a lifeboat
sailing the dark ocean that is my life
~drowning~
Jul 2021 · 340
i feel like a failure
Strying Jul 2021
in every meaning of the word
and i think ill fail whatever comes next too.

those around me are constantly telling me
i already have.
my mom told me she thinks imma end up living in the streets :D
when i was a kid she told me she thought i would be a star, like performing and all...
Jul 2021 · 1.9k
i dont want to get better
Strying Jul 2021
so alone
i forgot how it felt to be held

took a cold shower
because i didnt want to remember
but fr i just took a cold shower and it made me feel alive
10/10 recommend, especially while it's still summer
Jul 2021 · 1.1k
I've been feeling empty
Strying Jul 2021
But it's pushing me to try,
I don't know why.

~Maybe my eyes miss having reasons to cry~
kinda just sitting here trying to motivate myself with some techniques my sis gave me earlier this year when I had 0 motivation to even try them and idk if theyre going to help, but i have school soon so, even though im sad and numb, i gotta try to get back to an active life
Jul 2021 · 573
expectations
Strying Jul 2021
I only feel like I'm enough,
when I'm doing things I don't love.
:(
-
©Strying
Jul 2021 · 127
cycle of sadness
Strying Jul 2021
each day i hope for something better
as though the darkness fades away in the night
and the daytime washes the remains clean

if only reality was like this
and i didn't wake up still teary-eyed,
waiting for dead of night to come again
allowing me to lay my head
and let my pillow catch the waterfall again.
an old draft i kinda liked
Jul 2021 · 1.8k
lonely
Strying Jul 2021
why is it the people I always check in with,
never check in with me?

And even when they do,
it is never more than a simple,
"how are you?"
god im so alone
my besties are in a different state rn and im just here like ??
hope you are all doing well and feel free to rant in the comments, this is a safe space <3
Strying Jul 2021
i want love
and im scared of love
and im sick of love
and im so tired.

and yet my heart continues to beat,
as if it's aching for another soul to fall in love with it,
and as if it knows it will once beat to the same rhythm as another;
"love, love, love. what is it good for? absolutely nothing."
Jul 2021 · 1.4k
confused
Strying Jul 2021
I've tried to hide my emotions for so long,
I'm starting to forget what I'm hiding.

It sometimes comes back to me,
like a dark wave of awakening,
and then back to the light and fake smiles I go.
been really sad recently, it's like sometimes i forget and think ill be fine and make it, and then i go back to being exhausted and wanting to cry all the time.
Jul 2021 · 1.5k
killers and the innocent
Strying Jul 2021
I often look up at the television
seeing heroes like the black widow,
and warriors like blodreina,
and I want to have this power,
but a society with people like this cannot function.

These people inflict so much pain on civilians,
that they would never be allowed to exist,
in reality.

Hidden under the depths,
they may be discovered,
but killers and the innocent cannot coexist,
despite needing each other to survive.
I really look up to Natasha from the new Black Widow movie. So proud of the actress for getting her own movie finally, but the character itself is amazingly strong and loving. Part of me wishes I grew up to be someone that strong, despite knowing how terrible her childhood was and how much pain she was forced to inflict.
Jun 2021 · 1.0k
grey
Strying Jun 2021
im numb
but still sad
what is this life
something straight out of hell
its hard to breathe
and i wish i could be happy
but everything is just
so grey
:(
HAVE A GOOD SUMMER OR GOOD LUCK ON FINALS
~im still doing finals ah~
Strying Apr 2021
have no fear,
don't look back
only take words of wisdom,
from your own soul.
u are ur own inspiration.
Apr 2021 · 674
one slip up
Strying Apr 2021
and I'm gone.
The drop is so strong I can barely breathe,
and yet everything around me keeps moving.

Time doesn't stand still for anyone.
i dont want to turn back time, i just want everything to stop sometimes
Apr 2021 · 171
meaningless
Strying Apr 2021
If everyone dies,
why should I try to get an A?
And if humans are evil,
why do I try to be good?
do we not understand that the stress we put on ourselves is unneeded, u can live your life, or you can die, it's that simple.
Live hard or live easy depends on how people around you treat life.
Sadly, society is mainly made up of people who want complacent slaves who get good grades and end up working a 9 to 5 in an office.
In fact, people will judge you until you make it big, and even then people will keep judging you.
You can't be loved by everyone, and you can't expect that.
But, that should be the norm.
Why do we hate, when we can love?
Why do people make things harder for themselves?
It's like we want people to suffer but then complain when it affects us too.
ok this started out as a poem and ended in a rant so it's cool if u don't read, just idk where to put it all lol
Apr 2021 · 598
“Life” as we know it
Strying Apr 2021
A country road leads to a home.
Beyond rows of trees,
you find a place to hide,
and yet people always seem to be hiding in a place
where they can be found.
Where can one go to never be discovered?
One may wonder if such a place exists.
If it does, how does one get there?
Is death the only path, or can other ways be made.
Can a person scream and not be heard.

Years may pass, but the only constant
is the endless denial of the end.
There will always be nothing in the end.
Blank.
Then again,
a blank canvas is exactly what so many artists look for,
right?
What many broken people look for to make a new start?
A blank page is a new story waiting to be written,
a life waiting to be lived,
and a masterpiece waiting to be crafted.
Art is a whole other story,
for every stoke creates one piece of something
that has never been made before,
no matter how detailed one can replicate,
each is new,
as each person is a new.

These are all pretty random thoughts;
put together using words,
sentences, paragraphs,
whatever you want to call it.

In reality, everything we know is made by people.
This is because, even things made by God,
were polluted by people.
Who knows if God wanted the sky named “sky.”
In reality, nothing is reality,
it’s all a concept.
And not all of these ideas can be written.
Everything seems dumb down to what we,
who we consider the most advanced species,
can understand.
To me,
it seems many animals can get by with
just knowing that when it is dark they sleep,
and when it is light they get up.

Anyway,
my point is that if,
humans can turn beauty into false concepts,
people are too a false concept.
Who are humans;
some say we are ****-sapiens.
I say we are beings,
all trying to find a purpose in a broken society,
broken by us.

Why is that in an attempt to educate our young,
we stress them out past levels of asylums just a century ago.
I don’t see what the point of creating a world where people are unhappy is.
And then, they don't allow for an escape from it.
Their personal sad and insanity entertainment.
Our only escape is death,
and suicide is looked down upon.
What does society expect us to do?
Talk to other people,
the root cause of the world’s negatives.

When I say it would be easier to die, it’s the truth.
Death is the easy way out,
and yet why does it feel so hard?
I know it's long, I apologize.
Mar 2021 · 1.2k
A withering light
Strying Mar 2021
is destined to fade
like a heart
is destined to break,
and every line I write brings me
closer to sanity
but every sentence you take from my lungs,
brings me closer to vanity.

Dear God,
when will I find my humanity?
ah im kinda losing my motivation everywhere and my grades are starting to slip but i cant seem to focus or learn or even care.
HOPE YOU ARE ALL DOING AMAZING.
Mar 2021 · 2.3k
tears
Strying Mar 2021
dripping on my page
I can't take this pain
my eyes blur
I can't even see the page anymore
and the writing is doubled unrecognizable lines

I want to disappear.

It's easier for me
to die
than to try

but every time someone asks me if I'm fine,
I lie.
im sad
so ******* sad
i literally say i want to die in front of my parents
it seems like no one cares
or if they do, i never say anything and they dont push hard enough to get me to open up.
HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING WELL, STAY STRONG <3
Mar 2021 · 309
:(
Strying Mar 2021
:(
tears in my eyes
it's been an hour
I can barely breathe.

I hear the front door open
I stand and wipe my face 10 times
look in the mirror
give it 3 more wipes.

Fake smile,
bright eyes,
wipe my nose,
I'm ready to go :)
literally my life
Mar 2021 · 1.2k
terrid
Strying Mar 2021
it's not horrid
it's not terrible
it's everything
it's you and her
it's the tears that pour
it's the people laughing
it's everyone clapping
for the joyous occasion
the white dress
the suit
and the girl in tears watching her life dissapear.
POV: watching the love of your life get married to another girl and love someone else. you're never enough, you're never the one.
Mar 2021 · 708
i just wanna die
Strying Mar 2021
I repeated things so many times,
they've become lies,
and I can't breathe thinking about
the number of times I wished I could
just be alright and yelled why?!
Please,
God!
I yell in my head,
why why why
listen to me this once,
I just want to die.
:)
Feb 2021 · 1.4k
l'appel du vide
Strying Feb 2021
the call of the void.
I may not speak French,
but I seek the same:
existential freedom,
endless darkness,
eternal peace.
<3 LOVE U ALL AND THANKS FOR READING MY POETRY <3
writers note ab mood: I really feel like my anxiety is getting worse despite a week off of school.
Feb 2021 · 1.6k
another fallen innocent
Strying Feb 2021
I gasp for air
I reach for the surface
I fall by the call

I hope I will see
another deity
coming from the sky
like a prince or a knight

I wish for the day
I finally see the light
because I'm drowning in denial
and all the plight
I see in my life
where there used to light.
I felt like writing ab something with drowning because I am truly drowning in school work right now and I have two tests tomorrow which I'm not ready for and so many assignments and school is just so hard right now for me.
Hope everyone is doing amazing and I love each and every follower I have on this platform <3
Feb 2021 · 599
Genius and Madness
Strying Feb 2021
truly
grateful
and
completely
terrified
Thank you guys so much for showing so much love for my last poem and I was just thinking about how so many extremely talented people had bad addictions or lost their minds.
On another note, my palm has a bump on it from writing so much and it scares me, and each time I write I worry that it'll be the last time even though it's not as serious at all (I think).
Thanks again ya'll <3
Feb 2021 · 2.5k
Peace
Strying Feb 2021
I wonder if when I die
Someone will find comfort in the poems I write
That when I reach a peace
They too can see some sort of calm in the distance

Like a withering light
A flickering spark
It's fleeting
But enough for you to walk through the tunnel.
I wish my poems to be found after I die, although it's kinda a violation of privacy since I don't write these in my own name, I want to make a difference in the world even if it's just through language.
I recently found an author named Sylvia Plath and im absolutely amazed, yall
should check her out :)
Jan 2021 · 869
silent
Strying Jan 2021
I try to speak because
I have so many thoughts
and stories to tell
yet I can't find the words
and my head just yells them
arguing back and forth,
what do I say next?

my mind is at war
and I'm just trying to win the battle,
a battle just to open my mouth
but I always seem to lose.
So I just sit there, silent.

And even my tears
seem to
fall
without a sound.
I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY BUT ITS SO HARD TO SPEAK
Jan 2021 · 142
come home
Strying Jan 2021
Sleepless yawns
Headless calls
Waiting up
For someone who never comes
Jan 2021 · 794
On my Nerves.
Strying Jan 2021
"DOubT ME AgaiN I DaRe YoU!"
she yelled
at the man
who said
she couldn't do it.
he really said i dont do anything in school when i try so hard and got all As but a B+ last semester IM SO DONE
Jan 2021 · 279
I Find Poetry Everywhere
Strying Jan 2021
Melodies are poetry,
you are poetry,
his eyes were poetry,
and my hands are made of words,
                                                            stanzas,
                                                                          and figurative language.
It's hard to breathe and not think of a poem.

"Dust if you must,"
but I will not.

I will live life,
as life is a poem.
And I won't stop until each word is written,
all the pages are used up,
and no stanzas are left to be finished.

No words left unsaid,
because an unfinished poem is like a life abandoned,
as is a guitar song cut off in the middle,
and his eyes losing their glisten.
^.^ have a great day
Jan 2021 · 1.0k
The Queen of the Apocalypse
Strying Jan 2021
Pretty and silent.
Unspoken but seen.
Beauty,
her eyes.

Surrounded by death,
she stands,
a light in the dark.

A world taken,
yet she keeps it turning.
She keeps those left going.
She's a lifeline, not a lifesaver.

And when all hope is lost,
her heart beats loud and she stands.
She stands to fight.

Even when no one follows,
her hair is swinging in the wind above them.

She is the queen of the apocalypse.
"Behind every great man is an even greater woman"
she is the queen.
Jan 2021 · 507
breathe
Strying Jan 2021
in and out
oxygen
if you can breathe
you can live
if you can breathe
you can fight
so dont stop breathing
because i need you.
haha this sounds like an inspirational talk someone would give to someone during an apocalypse
Jan 2021 · 215
i chug water like it's wine
Strying Jan 2021
the only release that i find
i pretend that i am fine
when im really falling out of line

find me now
find me then
doesnt matter
its too late

you just cant relate
always in my headspace
<3 hope everyone is doing well
Jan 2021 · 186
Open Enrollment
Strying Jan 2021
Meaning they can tell you
That you can't do it
And you can take the class
Despite their voices
Despite their downgrading
Despite everyone who limits you
And everyone who doubts you
You can take the class
And you can prove them wrong.

You are strong.
:) you got this :)
Jan 2021 · 233
Barely
Strying Jan 2021
above ground.
keeping my head above the top of the sea
is difficult
especially when bombarded from above.
A hand keeping your head
below the surface,
and just when you think you have gotten a breath in,
it shoves you further down
than ever before,
because that's what life does, that's what it does
"don't know what we're chasing but we all do it."
"guess we're all foolish."
Jan 2021 · 1.9k
i cant
Strying Jan 2021
breathe
sleep
eat
walk
talk
be.
You and her together again,
leaving me like a piece of cardboard on the street
you kicked around, but never really wanted.
Dec 2020 · 191
Someone To You
Strying Dec 2020
"if the sun starts setting,
the sky goes cold"
from a song but i found it deep
Dec 2020 · 178
falling fast
Strying Dec 2020
I can feel him pulling me in
saying he likes me
falling for him
he knows what he's doing
I just hope he doesn't
break
my
heart

smart women know
which people for not to go
welp help
Dec 2020 · 762
can u hear me?
Strying Dec 2020
I'm so used to
singing a note
no one else can hear
it's like I'm screaming
underwater
and no one's ever there
drowNing but it's okay
How is everyone doing?
Dec 2020 · 106
oh, okay
Strying Dec 2020
stu
          mbl
                     ing
over my own words
what you said really hurt
but I can't cry:
                        :
                        :
                        :
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~­
or feel any pain

so I choke it down
and say
"oh, okay."
i feel this when im texting people sometimes, i dont want to come off as sensitive :(
Dec 2020 · 209
chase it
Strying Dec 2020
higher and higher
don't look down
because falling now
is not an option
I HAVE FINALS TODAY AND IT'S 2:35 AM ***
welp
Dec 2020 · 272
broken hearts
Strying Dec 2020
Don't fall in love and your heart will thank you
when it doesn't shatter and break into
          two,
                        three,
                                          a thousand parts.
</3
Wishing you a great day
Dec 2020 · 254
is that me in the mirror?
Strying Dec 2020
When I look into the mirror
I mean is that even me anymore
I mean
Life hasn’t been the same since
I've grown numb
To just about everything
And anything
I cant think
I just cry
I lie
I smile
Real wide
Just so you cant see how sad I am
Truly, I'm on the verge
Of the edge
Of jumping
And I just
Can’t take much more.
numb.
Dec 2020 · 204
"fairytale"
Strying Dec 2020
Once upon a time
I found a boy
who made me laugh
and then he said
he didn't love me back

No happy ending for those who loved too much.
yea :(
Dec 2020 · 130
again
Strying Dec 2020
thinking to myself,
"how can I be like this?"
it's finals week
and I'm up till 3 again

I'm staining my own soul.
good luck if you have finals <3
Dec 2020 · 85
unbalanced
Strying Dec 2020
A wave
In an ocean
is nothing.

A beat
In a heart
is often.

So is one life lost
that bad
to humanity?
DOWJAOIDHWAO nonono what did I write, am just sad rn
Dec 2020 · 236
silence
Strying Dec 2020
You tell me I'm not good enough
I say a snarky comment,
walk away.

Never saying how I truly feel,
breaking down,
another day.

Knowing I will never be okay,
Hurts a bit,
I gotta say.

But I can't do anything to change,
because when my lips open,
it seems that nothing escapes.
.
Dec 2020 · 2.6k
...
Strying Dec 2020
...
Coming back
As if nothing changed

Texting me
As if you didn't stop

Using the same language
As if we're on the same terms

As we were
Back when I fell in love.
this dudeeee smh
Dec 2020 · 234
rebirth of love
Strying Dec 2020
People say that changing yourself for another person
Is losing yourself

But I believe there are times
Where changing yourself for another person
Is how you find who you're meant to be

You are reborn,
out of love for another.
today I heard some amazing poetry
I encourage all to look at some more verbal poems as well as written ones
:)
Nov 2020 · 152
I don't care anymore
Strying Nov 2020
Don't want to listen anymore
take my headphones off
saying
"my camera broke"

I just lay and stare at the ceiling,
I'm losing feeling.
sorry I NEED TO WRITE HAPPIER POEMS ***!
Nov 2020 · 100
fakin it
Strying Nov 2020
eyes burning
tears pushed down
fake large smile

"I'm ready to go mom!"
srry my poems have been so sad lately.
Sending love <3
Nov 2020 · 465
sparks die
Strying Nov 2020
I feel so cold.

We were never "together"
But you led me to believe in "us"
We were never "meant to be"
But I thought we had a "spark"

And then I found out the truth.
yeah.
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