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85 · Jan 2023
E d
E d
Such a simple thing
Three little words
I trust you
I love you

But when something happens
The letters ed get added

I trusted you
I loved you

The knife those letter hold
Only make the pain worse
Now all I need
Is a upside-down u

To make it

End
85 · Nov 2022
Burning Fire
Your voice smooth and sweet
You words ones I wish to trust
But others have made that impossible
And yet I still get a little hope
And the thought of seeing another face

But would your stay still be the same
If I finally spoke the truth
Could you ber to look at me
Or would you throw me out
For hiding it for so long

Would you be upset I asked about it
Or would the fragmented memories
Finally click into place
And you understood why I jump
Why my heart races
And fear sets softly in my eyes
Despite my body wishing you close
85 · Aug 2023
On Display
Perform my act
I watch you smile
the crowd cheers
and they give you a thumbs up

but when they leave
you growl and bite
cutting me with words
and leaving no trace

Stand up in front of the crowd
play my part
do my act
and listen to the cheers

One by one
they come back
asking for an encore
Calling me by name

"Shes so impressive"
"So imperational"
"We want her"

But when time comes
you make an excuse
and hide me behind your shadow

cutting my wings
chaining my feet
preventing me from flying

Act my part
entertain the crowd
hear them clap
and watch you smile

how much longer will you chain me?
how much longer will you beat me?
how much longer must I hide
the scars no one sees?
84 · Sep 2022
Fighting for War
Tick tock
seconds for most
minutes for others

breath in
breath out
heart pounding

My face bruised
the blood drips from the cuts
my eyes slowly look up

Time freezes
the devil grows white
and my target grows weak

Hit me once
shame on you
but you don't get a second hit

one day you'll know my name
one day
ill throw you back in the dirt like you did me
84 · Mar 2023
Oh to find a friend
One lives on a phone
One lives a thousand miles away
One forgot I exist
One refuses to answer
One stopped reaching out
One left me when I needed someone
and one didn't want to understand

so many people
so many people I called "friend"
if only
just maybe
I could give that title to one

and they hold it close
like me
84 · Jan 2022
Monster
A creature I swore to never become
It has finally consumed me
And made me one of its own

A replica of the one before me
and only created to cause harm
Cause pain

I create problems
I destroy relationships
And I scar my skin for punishment

Who could love a monster?
Who would miss a monster?

One less monster under the bed
One less monster in the closet
one less monster on the street

who would care
about how the monster felt?
84 · Dec 2022
Pretty venom tongue
Strip me of everything
Take the meaning from life
Only then
Maybe I'll say I love you

Show me your darkest secrets
Expose yourself at my whim
Only then
Maybe I'll say I love you

It was sweet at first
A tainted well I drank
Slowly my body wasn't mine

And I looked for "love"
In all the wrong places

And believed
That a kind venom tongue
Would save me from myself

When in fact
Was the reason
I tried to **** myself
84 · Jul 2021
Prison
I wake up like every other day
The wall the was once filled with hope and love
now echo the screams from the night before

Each one getting worst than the previous
Not sure when this hell will end

I've already been through this once
why was I returned to crying myself to sleep every night

Why?
84 · Jun 2023
"No Friends"
She believed that lie
that no one loved her but family
that everyone else was being nice
but didn't care

She believed that lie
when her boyfriend said "I love you"
for the first time
he was just being nice with her fragile heart

With a final breathe
she believed that lie
that no one cared
they were just being nice

But the line to view her
the silent screams
the aching hearts
and glass tears

those weren't a lie

They honored her like she was a hero
one who went to war over seas
when the battle she loss
was much closer to home

She believed the lie
when people said
"Oh you must have many friends"
"I don't have any friends, everyone is nice
but no one is my friend"
84 · Dec 2021
Almost Free
With the final keystroke
I was done with another semester
the final click of a mouse
showed it was finally over

A bittersweet ending
second to last down
final to start

and when it's done
life will take me where I belong
out of this town
and finally allowing me
to make a new life

One more semester
One more paper needed
One more sleepless night
One more goodbye

I'm almost free
and I am both terrified
and excited
for a new journey

to begin.
84 · Jun 2023
Hotel bed
So strange

To lay so still
To be frozen under the sheets
Wondering how you feel

When the last time
Your were in a borrowed one
Was with another
And you were happy then
84 · Jul 2022
To wait
such a dreaded thing

Some for good
Some for bad
Some for hope
some for despair

Seconds feel like hours
the clock moving slower

oh why do you move so slow
when I am alone
yet so fast when I am not?
84 · Jul 2021
Thin Walls
Every night the screams echo
Every shout muffled but not silent

Each hit echos through the house
Each fear growing as the second's tick by

The walls shake
The door's slam

Thin walls
Broken home

Gave birth
To a fighter
84 · May 2023
Ghost of what was
I still look for you
despite the years it's been
beyond the time you last touched my skin
I still long for you

Looking for that spark we had in others
and coming up empty
because none will compare to you

I still miss you
and feel like I'm still crying in the rain
as you drove away

away from me
away from us
away from what could have been

so I hope
pray that one day you'll relise
that despite how you view yourself
that you are still loved

unconditionally
unchanged
everlasting

you still have my heart
and one day I hope we meet again
even if it is to see you one last time
A+T
83 · Jul 2023
Voiceless
A world of sound
An endless plethora of creation
All beautiful and wonderful

But when loses the ability to communicate
to add to the symphony
to create a solo

everything crumbles
and they are overlooked
in absolute silence

But beauty comes in all shapes and forms
and though our ears can not hear
our eyes may see

a wonder only gifted to few
a language lost to time
a beauty that comes with being
voiceless
83 · Aug 2021
Wildlife
The ground was a beautiful war
Floral and fauna competing for space
Everything was a perfect balance
The machines ruined it
Concrete suffocated those trapped
the steel frame made the ground impossible to dig
The building created an everlasting darkness

Time made cracks appear.
Rust made hole in the metal.
Light started to shine for the first time in decades.
The machines came once again
but took away the building that killed so many
and once again
on the barren land
The wildlife took it over once more
83 · Jun 2023
What does love feel like?
"Hey I'm in town, want to meet up"
                                                                                       "What are you after"
"Nothing"
                                                                                         "Don't lie to me"
"......."
                                                                                      "What do you want?"
"I want to feel again....."
                        "And I hurt you, like you said we never could mix right"
"But at least then I know I'm alive, even if it will hurt when I leave"
                                                    "You can easily do that talking with me"
"But what if I want something more"
                                                                                                  "Like what?"
"To know what love feels like again"
                                                                                                         "............"
                                                                                                               read
82 · May 2023
Could you still love me?
What if my heart was bruised
From being dropped so many times
By hands that forgot
It was fragile

What if my trust was broken
From those who took it for granted
And never listened
When I asked for understanding

What if my skin is scared
Not by purpose
But by accident instead
By something I can not control

What if my eyes do not see right
The uncertainty of the world
When vision fades
And all I can see is the darkness I think

Could you still love me
Or even let me be around
Even if friends
It would be nice not to be alone in this silence
82 · Sep 2022
Quite
The phone is silent
The email does not ping
Nothing breaks the void

Her voice powerful
Her mind a raging fire
But her mouth stays closed

As time slips by
Tick tock
Oh look, another minute has passed
82 · Jul 2022
Second life
I have a second life
Few know exist
Black and white
1s and 0s
Endless possibilities
Endless wonder
A emptiness is how it begins
Slowly the world grows
And find new life
In the stories I write
82 · Nov 2021
Depression
You walk in my shadow
Your right out of eyesight
You are always next to me

Watching
waiting
patient for the right time

The right time when you can slither back in my mind
plant dangerous thoughts
reminding me once more
that I'm nothing

A nobody
a speck in everyone's else's lives
that will be blown away by the wind
and never missed

You tell me no one would care
Because no one cares now

The final jump
the relation of a step
the pull of a trigger

then it's over
and nobody is gone
forever silent

a marked grave no one visits
a corpse encased in stone

Who would care
if nobody disappeared

when nobody seemed to care
about a nobody
82 · Mar 2023
To find one of my own
I miss them
Souls I never met in this lifetime
Though I see parts in others
Oh how I miss them
how I miss him
The one I gave not my life
but my soul to
to  meet him again
would be a miracle
but all I can hope
is to find one of my kind
once more
in this crazy lifetime
81 · Jun 2023
Pause or Stop
Perhaps we may never meet again
or we will live next to each other
run into each other at the store
or live across the globe

Life always became messy and strange with us
on circumstances that never should have existed
yet there we were
enjoying what never should have happened

Maybe our time is done
or we're on a pause right now
but while you're away
playing house with another

I can reread stories we shared
moments that are mine to keep
Sensations I relived
to remind myself they happened
and that it was real

It black ink
our love never dies
and you never leave
but instead stay




like you promised you would
81 · Aug 2022
Perhaps this is it
Is this how it ends?
One final stroke of a key
One final note sung
One final message sent
Final page of a book
Without a end

Is this how we end?
Is this how the love dies?
It was small
like a match right as it starts
a tiny beat from a naive heart

One became two
then two
became none

One heart shattered
One heart distorted
None left to beat

One heart, Two heart
Unsure what the feeling was
that a comic fueled

One jump
One stayed
On shattered along the way

One small flame
was given gasoline
and became a wildfire

Workers are unsure if it can be controlled
or if it will burn out like before
not understanding

it's still just a match
giving light to a shattered
but beating heart
81 · Jul 2022
Decisions
Choices
Do I stay
Do I go
Do I continue on
Do I start over
Do I create art
Do I read a book
Do I train
Do I ride

Endless choices
Endless possiblities

and yet
I sit here
and do none of it
80 · Nov 2022
Changing Views
Oh, my sweet little devil
You view me so high
put me on a pedestal to display

You hold me up
Comfort me when I'm down
try to support me as best as you can

But would you still hold me close
comfort my fears
if you realized I wasn't the angle you saw

Would you still wish to be near
if you understood
that is my biggest regret

the one simple action
that controls my life
involved you?

Could you still look at me the same
or would your view change
when you see me shy away from your loving touch

Would you leave little devil
if you understood what I did
that November morning?
80 · Aug 2021
Never Going To Happen
The thought of love
is wanted by all

Some wish it sweet and carefree
where others wish for a safe place to fall
but all wanting the same four-letter word

love

I, however, wish for something else
I wish for truth
not love

looking for love
has made it almost impossible to trust words
when the actions hurt worse

Still looking
Still dreaming

dreaming of falling in love with a Star
A star who would make all my problems finish
A star
who doesn't know I exist

The thoughts bring me hope
I hope that I might find love one day
I hope that there is someone out there
just waiting for me

"Wish upon a star, and your dreams will come true."
A star falling into my lap and loving me till I draw my last breath?
That will certainly
Never happen

but it does leave a smile on my face
even if just for a moment
80 · Jul 2021
One Day Girl
Lights flash
Everyone staring at her
Her smile simple
Not a trace of makeup on her face
Her hand with his
His name known all over
Reports demand to know her name
They push the man
Needing to know the story

"It's simple," He said with a smile
"She is my world
My everything
My one in a million
My one day girl."
80 · Jan 2022
Dragons Flight
When I was 11
I wished to die

Simple and painless
not sure about the thoughts

When I was 13
I wished to die

Slow and calm
Something where I would feel myself die

When I was 16
I wished to die

Expecting hospital equipment
that wouldn't save me

A hole in everyone's hearts
A message no one wished to hear

When I was 20
I wished to live

Pushing myself to exhumation
It almost made me lose it all.

My body was too tired to stay awake
A miracle I walked away

Three attempts
21 scars

All gave birth to a dragon
That still flies
despite the circumstances
80 · Apr 2023
One last Day as Normal
One last day
One final breath
One last moment
before chaos strikes

Im a nobody today
tomorrow everyone will know me
I just might be
The one everyone wants

One last day at being me
One last day of being a nobody
One last day
Before my life changes
80 · Jul 2021
To Myself
If I could, I would write myself a letter
A letter full of hope and happiness
but also a warning of the pain to come

To write to the past
make memories that can never come
Hold loved ones just one more time
Stop the pain before it comes

I would be happy
my body wouldn't be scarred
but I would also be different

I wouldn't be able to stand up when hit
I wouldn't understand how fragile life can be

If I could write a letter to myself
A letter that said everything to come
I simply


wouldn't
80 · Dec 2021
Forgotten
Looked over
Ignored
Pushed aside

I work with what I have
but yet others get special treatment
and I'm once again told I can't do something

When I speak questions
I am yelled at
and cut with a knife
called "Insincere"
and family grows smaller

Messages of love and hope
are overlooked
in the chaos of the job

everyone forgets me
so who would care
if I just disappeared?
79 · Nov 2021
Unsure
Your voice was music to my ears
the small laugh you gave made my heart flutter
but as quickly as it went up
it came crashing down
I do not know what to do
Nor how I feel half the time
The long periods of silence
only make a mind wander
but when you speak
you act like I'm the only one in the world
So now I type
procrastinating yet again
because I am unsure about you
79 · Jun 2021
Family
I see them close by
Some days they are closer than others
A boy and a girl
Two souls that call me mom

Both are sweet and caring
but only one is mine by blood
both of their fathers are gone

One killed in a war away from home
the other in a war down the street
Both caring
but taken too soon

Even though we all miss them
We try to find happiness.
The only thing we can't run short of

One day I will hold them in my arms again
And when that day comes
I will cry once more
Thanking those above
that I have my family once again
79 · Aug 2022
Mystery Man
I see you in my mind
You are the focus of my stories
or the art I create

Longing for you
Dreaming of you
just holding me

Have yet to meet you
Have yet to hear you voice
But maybe one day

One day
you wont be
a mystery anymore
79 · Dec 2022
Drowning in air
Silent sobs
tears running down the face
Screams that will never be vocalized
feelings cut before they grow

for every rose bush
has its throns
and every bud
suffocates before it blooms
78 · Dec 2022
What I see
To take a picture from my eye
Or what a wonder it would be

Snap it up like a memory
Hold the painting forever more

Such beauty that can never be captured
No mater how hard man tries
78 · May 2023
Trama Attack
I thought I could handle it
He didn't touch me that much
It was just one touch
And nothing more

But I didn't relize the anxiety I would have driving back
I didn't know the pain I would have
Standing in the same spot where it happened
I didn't think I was so good
At pretendeding I was ok

Until I started to break
The tears falling down my face
My legs shaking uncomfortably
My chest tightening

I struggled to breath
To remain calm
When I lost control of my body
And all thought was of the past

The past as a child
When it first happened
The past of a teenager
When it happened again, but worse
The past of a adult
Who just wanted to feel loved

I thought I was doing good
But maybe I lied to myself
And just got good
At bottling it up inside
78 · Oct 2021
Waiting
I sit and wait

wait with a heart full of hope
wait for a miracle to happen
wait to see if life can be beautiful

But I have been here before
waiting for others to decent those steps
and lift me off my feet
but no one did

I waited for you
hoped and prayed that you would come
hoped that what we had was real
and not just a figment of my imagination

I waited ever after you said no.

still hoping for a tiny spark of hope


Now I wait again
praying that for once I can gaze upon your face once more
and finally, get to feel your touch

I want to know how sweet your lips are
and how silly you look when you snore
I want to cherish the small moments that mean nothing to you.

but to me

they hold the little bit of happiness I'll experience in life

so I sit and wait
for the chance, I can meet the person who has saved me from


myself
78 · May 2023
Neverland
Follow the North Star
All night into the morning
straight to make believe
where forever is a time
and death is unheard

Follow the North Star
among the moons and stars
fly with the birds in the night
Straight to relaxation
Straight to freedom

Follow the North Star
simple and easy
close your eyes
and breath in deeply
fly among the stars
to Neverland
77 · Jan 2023
What do you mean?
You say I am not what you want
I have flaws in your eyes
you refuse to look past

Yet, in the silent hours of the night
when your mind is tired and lonely
you say you love me
you say you dream of me
you say I am what you want and more

But which do you mean, then?
Am I your dream girl
or am I just a placeholder
for issues, you find with me
are too much to look past?
77 · Jan 2023
I can't hear
Drown out the thoughts
Blow the speakers
Damage your longterm
For temporary sensation

To stay sane
76 · Feb 2022
Home
A term that means many things
A love and caring space
Or a nightmare one can not escape

H
O
M
E

Simple yet so much power
just like

L
O
V
E

New chapter
New city
New job

The sea of life tried to drown us
Not understanding
this was not the first storm we had been in

Excite and joy bubble out now
The anticipation holding us hostage
Soon we will be free

And though pain will come again
It can never take away my home
ever again
76 · Jul 2022
Lifes copies
I thought seeing a copy
was just one instance
but it is happening again
makes me wonder
if this is lifes way
to show me
the people I used to know
are doing well in another life
that their happy
with what has happened
as I never see them again

Oh, to be able to say
you know a person perfectly
and you've just met
oh what a gift
oh what a curse
to stay
silent
76 · Aug 2022
Injuries
Simple action
And I'm out for weeks

My body complaining
With every movement I make

Throw me in a brace
Give me meds to take

Each on only showing
What damage I have done

Maybe one day
My body won't pop

Maybe one day
My body won't seize

Maybe one day
My body won't hurt anymore
76 · Feb 2022
When we meet
When we meet
I will hold you in my arms
Praying that it isn't a dream

Probably laugh and cry at the sight of you
The understanding that all this time I waited
Was so I could find you

I will be filled with so much emotion
that I will probably not be able to speak
but it just means I love you more than I thought

When we meet
I will probably yell about your height
I never want to take my eyes off you

The world will standstill
And for once, I will understand the pain I went through
when we meet.
76 · Aug 2022
Living Waking Nightmare
I thought it would be fun
I thought it would be relaxing
I thought

I never thought you would walk
I never imagine I would turn a corner
And you would be gone

Tears dried into fear
Anxiety birthed a drive
To find you

You save me
And I lost you
How could I live with that

Thankfully you went home
Thankfully your not hurt
Thankfully

But how do you live
With almost losing
The thing that is you reason to live?
76 · Nov 2021
Finding TIme
We used to be so close
I used to call you a friend
A friend I never met
I trusted you with my heart
And we made time for each other

Now we don't talk unless I speak first
I send messages you never reply too
When I express why I'm hurt
you fix it for a day
before leaving me alone once more

Now I hope you can find time to talk with me
I hope that I am not an inconvenience to you
I hope that you still care about me

Yet when you've had a bad day
I stop what I am doing
I let you rant on about how bad work is
and when I tell you what's going on
I feel hopeful that I do matter to someone somewhere.

but then the silence comes once more
Showing no one does care
leaving me in the place

where I hope you find the time
that I make for you
76 · Jan 2023
Pretty Girl
Bite your tongue
Hold your head up
Waist thin
Hips wide
Cheeks flushed
eyes piercing

what really classifies as beauty
when there are so many rules?
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