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700 · May 2015
Drop Dead
Xyns May 2015
My life would be so much easier
If you would drop dead.
I was laying in bed last night thinking
And that thought just popped in my head.
697 · Apr 2014
Let Us Smile
Xyns Apr 2014
Let the dust settle
Down on our rusted hearts
Let the sky rain
Down on our diluted dreams
Let the glass break
Down on our forsaken heads
Let the doubt pour
Down on our distrusting minds

Let the love seep
Into our lost lives
Let the hope invade
Into our fearful thoughts
Let the joy cross
Into our hateful words
Let the truth leak
Into our liars' souls

Let us be happy
And change our worlds
Let us be honest
And break the dam of paranoia
Let us be real
And alter our facades into nothing
Let us let loose life
And ignore the death that tries so hard to capture us

Let Us Smile.
Please.
696 · Apr 2014
Plan
Xyns Apr 2014
I plan to love you past my capability

I plan to love you until all of heaven and earth's love has run out

I plan to love you until the end of The Neverending Story

I plan to love you until all the world's hope has run dry

I plan to love you even after the day we both die
695 · Mar 2014
Immortality
Xyns Mar 2014
The sentence of life
Like a tide of crimson
Washing over me
Rinsing me of mortal holds
Raining down urgently

Breaths of sensitive souls
Wishes growing old
Like the ashes of the scrolls
Of time that told
Our heart-wrenching story

The bends, the folds
Of the dance that
So tightly bound us
To one another
In undeniable splendor

Like two star-crossed lovers
We lie in waiting
In the middle of the bustling street
Death, we plan to tempt
Our bond, it has no end
691 · Nov 2017
Cold Feet
Xyns Nov 2017
Why does every poem published feel risky?
Why does it cause me such a hard time?
I think "What am I even doing?"
And "Am I wasting my time?"

Is it recognition that I'm seeking?
Or is there something else I'm trying to find?

And just what is wrong with me?
Is this a talent, obsession, or is it an affliction?

If you could only see the way i scribble addictively..
I wouldn't be shocked if you staged an intervention.
Am I a poet or am I losing my sanity?
And could all my hopes be founded in fiction?

Still, my goal isn't nearly defined.
My mental organization could be improved..
I write as much as a nut case of some kind.
Is it in my best interest for my pen to be removed?

Patterns and stanzas keep me shallowly refined.
I'll ignore the hazard; it's excused.

*No reason to admit defeat because of cold feet.
690 · Apr 2014
Missing You
Xyns Apr 2014
That was supposed to be me
I'm supposed to be the one with you right now
Calling you baby and holding your hand
Kissing your cheek and making you laugh

I remember when it was
When you were faithful and you cared
I remember how sweet you were
I remember when you turned

Was it your friends?
Or was I just not good enough?
It's times like this when I miss you
I was tempted with the thought of you and now I'm relapsing

I have a love
I have someone better
But still I sit here in tears
Wishing I could still call you my dear

And I know if he read this, he'd wonder why
Why am I not satisfied?
Well, I am. He's more than enough
I just can't function through this brokenness sometimes

I don't want you back..
I just want to know you
I just want to see your face and still be ok
I don't want you back

It hurts to think about it
It still gives me nightmares sometimes
And still stings my chest
But I'm not giving in

I won't text you no matter how bad I want to
I won't say I love you even though it feels like routine
I won't assume to position of my arms around you
I won't break and do what you want me to

But it's so hard
When I still have your number
Still want to run to you and hold you
Still wish to be your everything

I want to hurt you more though
For all this pain you've caused
And for how you've broken my trust
And left me damaged

I just wish I'd never asked your name
Never given you a hug
Or gave you my number
Never put up with the racist laughter

I stood up for you
You knew I was true
And you used it
Why didn't I see it?

I still lie to myself
Saying if I were to see you today
That you'd want me
You'd still need me

I'm too stupid
Too broken to know
But my heart now belongs to another
And he's putting it back together
It's been 7 months now.
And I still miss your face
Still like to say your name
Even though I'm taken
And he's definitely staying
So says the ring
He gave to me
684 · Nov 2017
Revelations
Xyns Nov 2017
She watched as the flames bit at her heels

And stared on in silence
As the sting licked her calves
Inching slowly upwards, aiming for the ****

She let the light blind her in her daze

And settled into the abyss
As the anguish learned her name
To haunt her dreams and taint her days

She whispered her pleas

And released herself slowly
As the rage took total possession
Reminding her chest of the purpose of greed

She captured it in a Polaroid picture

And shoved all else away
As she glared at it in shock and awe
Beholding the explosive, exclusive, targeted rapture
681 · Mar 2014
Marry Me
Xyns Mar 2014
Marry me
Marry me right now
Take me and keep me
In holy matrimony
Forever and always
That's all I ask
You're all I'll ever need
678 · Oct 2016
Ache
Xyns Oct 2016
Go ahead shout, scream some more
My chest is aching, heart is sore
As I cry, bow out, and sit on the floor
You don't feel, get angry, slam the door
I'd say we're together at the core
But it's clear to me, can't you see
*Love doesn't live here anymore
675 · Mar 2014
Destined
Xyns Mar 2014
We can let the pleasure
Drip off our bodies
We could never measure
The depths of this affection

The simplest things you do
Change my whole day
The smallest things undo
The biggest mistakes

Our world can crash around us
We'll still have each other
Our life could never break us
We'll still adore each other

I know that you're the one
At the end of the day
Because when all is said and done
We're meant to be
674 · Mar 2014
Our Game
Xyns Mar 2014
Your touch is like sin
I'll still give in

I know it's wrong
But it's all I want

Your lust infects me
Courses through my veins

I know it's not right
It'll only fuel the fight

Your voice soothes me
It moves me

I know I should run
But the game has only just begun
671 · Nov 2015
It's True
Xyns Nov 2015
Nothing hurts me like your words do
So I get mad and I hurt you

Then you blame me
Say I'm crazy
Wanna leave me
But you need me
Though your angry

But I used to love you
And, ****, I still do
And that's true

And I'm not lying
Got nothing to be denying
But I bet we'll still be fighting
Till I'm alone and I'm crying

But I used to love you
And, ****, I still do
And that's true

I can't imagine my life with anyone but you
I ******* love you
And that's true
A love poem.
671 · Jul 2014
Lonely
Xyns Jul 2014
Sometimes I feel lonely
I'm not alone
I have a boyfriend
And great friends
But within myself
I feel abandoned
I feel lost, abused, and afraid
But mostly I'm lonely
I don't know why
All I know is I'm dying inside
It's horrible in my mind
I need stability
I need internal security
It's terrible to be lonely
670 · Aug 2017
...quite confused...
Xyns Aug 2017
For the longest I was confused
I wondered who I was
And what I wanted too

But now that my love has gone unused
I know exactly who I am
And what I want is you

Sadly, if I bring that up to you
I know that I'll be rejected
And given some type of excuse

This has got to be emotional abuse
Even if it's being done by myself
And not caused by you

Sadly, I do feel quite used
The question sits in my mind..
Should I let go of you?

I need to hear something from you
Otherwise
That's exactly what I'll do..
670 · Mar 2014
One Last Time
Xyns Mar 2014
Baby, let me hold you one last time
Give me this chance to call you mine
I know you won't miss me
But I'll always yearn for you here

Baby, let me love you one last time
Give me this chance to trace your tattoos
I know you don't care for my innocence
But I gave it to you anyway

Dear, allow me to feel your skin
Let our bodies move once more with grace
I'll open myself to you once again
I'll entertain your wondering hand

Dear, allow me to wear your lust
Let our movements synchronize as we sigh
I'll release this tension within
I'll caress your face as you enter in
669 · Nov 2014
Untitled
Xyns Nov 2014
He told me that I
Was his little secret  
I told him that he
Was worth the pain  

He told me that I
Could hold his hand
I told him that he
Could bring me shame

And I know that it's wrong
And I know I should change  

But the words that he said
They drove me insane  

And I know that it's wrong
And I know I should change  

But  

He told me that I
Was his sweetest pain
I told him that he
Was my best mistake  

He told me that I
Could be his favorite lie
I told him that he
Could make me cry..
668 · Sep 2016
This Time
Xyns Sep 2016
She doesn't want to hide behind
That screen of lies.
She doesn't want to have to this time.

She doesn't want to change your mind;
You're gone, she's fine.
She doesn't want to go back this time.

And, no, She doesn't want to hold your hand
You're cold, *******.
She doesn't want to say this again.

She doesn't want to accept she's ******
Will she if she can?
She doesn't want to lose it over a man.

She's got pride
It's hard to hide
But you're wise
Know her disguise
Changed her mind
Called her "mine"
Now she'll cry
Because of lies
But you're blind
You don't mind

But, no, She doesn't want to hide behind
That screen of lies.
She doesn't want to have to this time.

And She doesn't want to hold your hand.
You're cold, *******.

*She doesn't want to go back this time.
A poem about a toxic relationship.
656 · Mar 2014
Relentless
Xyns Mar 2014
Does it taste sour?
The bitter hand of reality
It used to feed you
But you bit it

Does it feel painful?
The sharp blade of death
It used to protect you
But you abused it

I hope it's disgusting
I hope it stings
Because the truth
Is relentless
654 · Apr 2014
LOVE YOU
Xyns Apr 2014
I WANT TO LOVE YOU
AND ONLY YOU
650 · Dec 2016
ascent x
Xyns Dec 2016
You thought it would be innocent
Always thought I was heaven-sent
A demon, from Hell I made my ascent
648 · Mar 2017
Childish Things
Xyns Mar 2017
Words once so tangible
Phrases so easily written
Character after Character
Flowing so elegantly
Cascading flawlessly
Dripping from ****** lips
And filled with a ******'s confidence

Artistic expression
Which can only flourish
In the shallow waters
Of innocence's temper

Dreams clinging foolishly
Fueled by nonexistent beliefs
In nonexistent things
Unknowingly temporary
Oh, so faithful were they
As they faded into memories
And we drained every ******* bit

Purity once so present
Talent once so black and white
Blurs into grey, stoner stories,
Pipe dreams, and *Childish Things
647 · Jun 2017
XOXO
Xyns Jun 2017
She was beauty
Sweet to taste

She was faulty
Made in haste

She was lovely
Bound in disgrace

Her creator was not kind
Her creator was wise
Her creator was not kind

She was beauty
Pale porcelain face

She was faulty
Cracked in her case

*She was lovely
645 · Sep 2017
Tunnels
Xyns Sep 2017
"There's a light at the end of the tunnel"
It seems that this tunnel may have no end

Worship false idols and wear empty titles
It seems that this may be the trend

Hate in diplomacy; drown in monotony
It seems I may break and not bend

There's a blown light at the end of this tunnel
It seems I may force it to end
642 · Nov 2017
Where Do I Begin?
Xyns Nov 2017
I wanna take you all in
But where do I begin?

Star-lit kisses, every tattoo to trace
Just to put a smile on your face
In hopes that it always stays

I wanna take you all in
I'll start by tasting your skin

Pray for you and hold you close
Watch you grin and crinkle your nose
Telling inside secrets that no one knows

I wanna take you all in
Something so good it must be sin

I'll love you now, I'll love you later
Renewing pieces to fill my chest's crater
All along, you've clearly been this girl's savior

I wanna take you all in
Feel your warmth on me again

Remember me. I'll go nowhere
When I'm with you, the world ain't unfair
So please dont leave; I'd follow you anywhere

I wanna take you all in..
Oh where do I begin?
637 · Mar 2014
Chocolates
Xyns Mar 2014
Life is like a box of chocolates
People don't read any guide
And we take a bite out of everything
To see whether we like it or not
636 · Apr 2015
Alone.
Xyns Apr 2015
In a world void of loving arms
Hollow when it comes to affection
She'd fallen too often for false charms
And was resentful of any connection
A safe haven to her, but to others, harm

With a slit of her frail wrists
A bottle of gin, four shots in
She considers the suicide olympics
In this life, she'll never win
All she wants is to end this

"You can't have your cake and eat it too."
But all she ever wanted was a friend
Pain was all they ever put her through
No one ever considered lending a hand
She had never met anyone who had been true

They come alone with kind eyes
They make promises and call her beautiful
It all renews her faith in guys
Then the brokenness they cause is plentiful
And her anger reaches new heights

So now she's here, all alone
Slumming it with the worst of them
The high she feels is her home
At least this way, her life won't end
*She's better off on her own
633 · May 2015
Still Waiting
Xyns May 2015
It's strange, I know.
But I'm still waiting for the day
When you'll come back,
Hold me,
And never let me go..
See You Again makes me miss you so much...
632 · Jun 2018
pawns
Xyns Jun 2018
Grown enough for nicotine
Adult enough to be a feen

Yet too young for THC
Or to pour myself a drink?

Mature enough for a felony
The system to take life from me

Still youth is used against me
Seems it doesn’t matter what I think..
632 · Sep 2014
Scandal
Xyns Sep 2014
The scandal burned red hot
As it kissed my lips with hidden passion

The temptation tasted sweet
As it entwined with my modesty

The confusion set in deeper
As right and wrong blurred into grey
629 · Mar 2014
I Love You
Xyns Mar 2014
A phrase said so much
It's almost lost its meaning
Started so important
So influential

It has lost its touch
Because it's said too much
Not often thought through
It's now a reflex

Take this seriously
I mean it truly
You are my everything
I Love You
627 · May 2015
I'm Done.
Xyns May 2015
Why the **** should I be sober?

All you've ever done is **** me over!

I'll drink, I'll smoke.

I'll do ******* till I go broke!

Cuz when I needed you, you weren't there.

But it's whatever, I don't care.
622 · May 2014
What Would I Do?
Xyns May 2014
What would I do
Without your eyes
Looking into mine?

What would I do
Without your words
Complimenting mine?

What would I do
Without your smile
Causing mine?

What would I do
Without your voice
Responding to mine?

What would I do
Without your mind
Encouraging mine?

What would I do
Without your arms
Entwined with mine?

What would I do
Without your world
Colliding with mine?

What would I do
Without you?
620 · Aug 2021
July 24, 2020
Xyns Aug 2021
I’ve read a lot of books
So many stories

They always describe it the same
Dry mouth, empty thoughts
Usually even instant understanding
But that wasn’t how it happened for me

They all say they couldn’t breathe
But I was breathing too much
Hyperventilating

There was nothing empty about my mind
The thoughts were racing
Oh, all the images
The memories
Of you and me
Under the bridge
And at the trailer parks

Our last conversations
That very final hug
But not our last embrace

I held you from the casket
I planted a loving kiss on your face

My tongue didn’t feel dry
I was mumbling to myself
Screaming in devastation
Drowning in my grief

I kept calling your phone
Praying for an answer
Praying for anything

I needed it to be a lie
I needed it all to be fake

I couldn’t understand
No sense could it make

I threw my head against the walls
Hoping the bricks could seal my fate
Blow after blow
Trying to join my soulmate

Pleading

Bargaining with God

I’ll change my ways
Just let this be okay

Begging to have you back that day

Hopeless.
Lost.
My soul felt pointless.

And when I saw you for the first time
When I laid my eyes on that box
It wasn’t just you; it was me that I saw

I was you and you were me
And I knew the truth
I was dead now too
Dedicated to my best friend. Bryce Aaron Rhodes-Ewing
October 8, 1996 - July 24, 2020
619 · Apr 2014
That Someone
Xyns Apr 2014
We all miss that one person
Through everything

No matter how many others
No matter how many rings

We all had that one person
That haunts us even today

Though we're committed
Their memory just won't fade

We all miss that someone
The One That Got Away
618 · Apr 2015
In The End
Xyns Apr 2015
When everything comes to an end
I've thought it all through
And my most fatal mistake
Was trusting you

After all is said and done
My biggest flaw was
Believing you were *the one
613 · Apr 2014
Consumed.
Xyns Apr 2014
Those rancid shadows
Shall consume
All who dwell
Within the darkness
607 · Aug 2017
Just Another Day
Xyns Aug 2017
I don't want today to be just another day.
Will I wake up tomorrow still feeling confusing pain?
When you hear "love," will you think of my name?

I don't want today to be just another day.
Will you dismiss my words and toss them away?
Did you really understand the words I chose to say?

I don't want today to be just another day.
Will you think of my heart as a simple game to play?
Are you going to turn me into a tragic regret anyway?

I don't want today to be just another day.
Will you have more excuses to say?
Will I have to let you fade?
604 · Dec 2016
Confessions #c
Xyns Dec 2016
"Laughter is the best medicine."
That must be true
I wouldn't believe it
Had I never met you

Your smile was enchanting
A brightness to rival that of the North Star
A single smirk could warm my heart
Sadly, so estranged, we now are

I'd love to deny I developed feelings
And my expressions are elementary
But your words gave things new meanings
And I know this is rudimentary

You were, to me, simply poetry
You made me melt, then fall apart
I can't deny, you took my breath away
Your presence, I can only call art

Free as an Autumn leaf
You moved as the wind blew
For me, if only momentarily
And with the breeze, away you flew
592 · Nov 2014
Me.
Xyns Nov 2014
Me.
I wish I wasn't me.
Then maybe things would be easy.
589 · Dec 2015
After the Changes
Xyns Dec 2015
I miss the way things used to be
Back when it was just you and me
In the backroom, smoking a doobie
Making love better than they do in the movies
Showing each other crazy new things
Giggling, we were always laughing
Holding each other like otherwise we had nothing

Now, i sit here all alone
I only see you through my phone
It's been so long now you've been gone
And we're both finally almost grown
And neither of us has wanted to move on
I thank God I get to call you my own
And right now I can't stop staring
                       at your picture on my phone
587 · Nov 2016
habits
Xyns Nov 2016
I need someone who wreaks of cannabis
A guy with moscato sitting on his lips
With the stress of nicotine on  his mind
And the threat of bankruptcy in his kiss
One who makes it snow when he sniffs
And lets me go when he finally quits
585 · Sep 2017
We Just Haven't Met
Xyns Sep 2017
I could love you and hold you close
Make magic out of these memories
You wouldn't deny my offered dose
Or make a mess of my mental faculties

Dismay in the fact that you don't exist
Perhaps we haven't met yet
All these unfelt feelings that I've expressed
Perhaps we haven't met yet

I should put more merit behind youth
More merit behind these anomalies
To others in this world, we'd remain aloof
And to the stress that accompanies

It's out there; I know you exist
We probably haven't met yet
All the unfelt feelings that I've expressed
We probably haven't met yet

Past flames on which I've burnt myself
We're not fireproof or flame retardant
Flings condensed to pages idling on my shelves
Feelings like prisons from which we're pardoned

Wondering aimless; we both exist
We just haven't met yet
Unfelt feelings that'll be expressed
We just haven't met yet

Feeling less lonely when feeling together
Being held close and not by empty arms
Text me; call me doll whenever
I'll protect you from any harm

I think I'll love you; I know you exist
*We just haven't met yet
583 · Oct 2018
Junkie
Xyns Oct 2018
I inject magic
on the page
with my pen

Just like
You once did
With speed
and ******
578 · Nov 2016
None.
Xyns Nov 2016
No obligations
No simply faking
No sweet nothings
No heart racing

No holding hands
No gentle demands
No feeling grand
No wedding band
576 · May 2015
Sometimes...
Xyns May 2015
Sometimes I sit in my room
And I cry my eyes out

Sometimes I cut myself
And let the blood out

Sometimes I wanna slit my throat
And bleed out

Sometimes I wanna run away
And get out
572 · Apr 2014
Begging For Sanity
Xyns Apr 2014
I cry, beg you please
Scream
Scratch desperately


Why?
Why not me?


****** words
Empty minds
Broken hearts
Lost in time


Open the doors
Let in the contraband
Crimson stained skin
Take me, I'm yours


Guess it's only right
To give in to the fight


You'll eventually leave
It's only for tonight
570 · Oct 2014
High School Teen Girl Saga
Xyns Oct 2014
This truly is
The High school
Teen Girl Saga

Bubble-wrapped
Overflowing with
Teen Girl Drama

Who kissed who?
Who to choose?
Teen Girl Trauma

Broken hearts
Disarrayed
Teen Girl dogma
570 · Dec 2014
Please..
Xyns Dec 2014
Please
Don't look at me
I don't want to see your face

                            Please
                            Don't talk to me
                            It is I who wanted space

                                                        Please
                                                        Don't love me
                                                        Find someone to take my place

                                                                                                          Please
570 · May 2014
Us
Xyns May 2014
Us
I want to love you
I want to love you right now
I want to love you forever

Nothing can change that
Nothing can change the feeling
Nothing can tear us apart

So love me back
So love me too
So love me because I love you
568 · Aug 2018
toxicity
Xyns Aug 2018
Those words are like a switchblade
With a steel knife

You stuck in my jugular
And ripped straight through my windpipe
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