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 2490° 
F Elliott

It was not the beast alone
that hollowed the soul,
but the silence
that made a chamber for it.

The silence of fathers
who looked away.
The silence of mothers
who smoothed the tablecloth
and spoke of other things.
The silence of friends
who chose comfort
over confrontation.

Every unspoken word
became a shroud.
Every careful pause
became a nail.
Every smile that denied
became another grave.

The beast feasted,
not only on wounds inflicted,
but on truths unspoken,
on the complicity
of quiet mouths.

And so silence
killed more surely than rage,
for rage at least
named what was broken,
but silence gave it a home.


The deadliest weapon
that lays in the hands
    of Death  itself
    is not the sword;

but the silence sharpened
against the soul.



What destroys us most often is not what is done, but what is left unsaid. Families, friends, communities—complicity thrives in silence. Every unspoken truth becomes a stone, every quiet denial a grave. This piece speaks to the deadliest accomplice of the beast: not hatred, but silence.

And yet, even within silence, the cry still trembles. It leaks through scars, through hidden eyes, through the fragile flame that refuses to die.
These words are for every soul who has lived inside that chamber, unseen but not alone.
Plumb gives voice to that cry.

What if the “cut” is not a blade at all, but truth itself--
naming the wound, naming the perpetrator,
breaking the silence that becomes a second trauma
worse than the first?
Sharp though it is, such a cut
can become the only one that heals--
the deepest relief of all...
"Cut"

I'm not a stranger
No I am yours
With crippled anger
And tears that still drip sore

A fragile flame aged
With misery
And when our eyes meet
I know you see

I may seem crazy
Or painfully shy
And these scars
wouldn't be so hidden
If you would just
look me in the eye

I feel alone here and cold here
Though I don't want to die
But the only anesthetic that
makes me feel anything kills inside

I do not want to be afraid
I do not want to die inside
  just to breathe in
I'm tired of feeling so numb

Relief exists,   I find it when

    I am cut

https://youtu.be/OJkqkWIpFAI?si=hMaAlmoUB_OnEoOG


Better the wound of truth than the grave of silence;

To those who have carried the weight of numbness,
Plumb’s voice  becomes
their own cry of solidarity

xoxo
 629° 
Emirhan Nakaş
La trace de rayure que tu as laissée sur ma machine de fonctionnement
Me fait peur,
La possibilité qu’elle ne disparaisse jamais,
Et en même temps la possibilité qu’elle disparaisse aussi.
Je veux trouver une définition pour ce dilemme étrange,
Autant que toi tu es prêt à laisser notre lien sans définition.
 622° 
MiMo
Your absence aches me
I feel the pull, the hollow,
withdrawal itching
through my veins.

We resonate
like water in the ocean,
two whales clicking,
bound by devotion.

Your light is carried by the tides
ebb lays me bare,
flow overwhelms,
waves remind me
of all I’m longing for.
 565° 
TOD HOWARD HAWKS
Do not listen to the beating of my heart;
listen , instead, to the hearts of others.
Do not feel the passion in my hands;
feel, instead, the passion in your lover's palms.
Do not absolve all my misgivings;
forgive, instead, the wrongs of all others.
Do not see the beauty in my mirror;
see it, instead, in 8,000,000,000 others.

TOD HOWARD HAWKS
 344° 
paul sheridan
who the hell is an illegal
asylum seeker, anyway,
on a boat crossing the channel
with his heart in his throat
thinking, surely britain
is better than this   ..
 249° 
سلمى
I will die for you,
lie for you,
get naked, and sprawl my heart
wide   for   you.
 246° 
zoe
I loved you
back in 8th grade

I sent a secret note for you
and you took it
and my feelings grew

but then it got revealed
my number, my name
everything

all your friends contacted me
wanting to know who I was

you said it was an accident
that they stole it and didn't give it back
but you still wanted to know me

I was relieved and hurt
I didn't control my feelings
and I told you it was the wrong number and person

and till this day I regret it
I wished I told you the truth
that it was me

Now I see you everywhere
and I cant help but to still love you  

I still love you
 213° 
Rachel
It hurts, not having you near, wish you were by my side, singing a song or watching the sky.
It hurt, the way you lift me up to the sky, only to let go once I trusted in your arms to fall in.
It hurts, knowing you pretended all the time, lied to my face while I was polite.
It hurts, everytime I think of you, the moments we shared, so lovely, so sweet, they make me want to write you, see what you think....
It hurts, thinking you could be the one for me, when all I was to you,  a game, not for two.
It hurt, the dissapointment, the idea I had of you, held you so highly now I look down on you.
It hurt when you ended it, shards to my heart, but I didn't colapse I kept my compulsure even when every word you said dug deeper in my heart.
It hurt, it did, it still does, but pain isin't something I haven delt with before, it'll hurt a bit more until I grow, only to realise
you were nothing next to my beautiful soul.
when people bring us down, we have to look up
 213° 
LM
My final letter:
An elegy to friendship,
A knife in your back.

My solace is in your laughter,
In your kindness,
In your heart.

My touch-starved soul yearns
To return to your embrace,
To come home.
 208° 
nai
i miss you
i miss hugging you
i miss feeling like i held heaven in my arms

i guess i just miss us
 201° 
Keyara S Trotman
Prompt: Describe the last time you saw a piece of art that inspired you.
Include a photo of it if you have it.


ℭ𝔩𝔬𝔲𝔡 9,
𝔒𝔫 𝔠𝔩𝔬𝔲𝔡𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔭𝔢, 𝔦𝔫 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔩𝔬𝔲𝔡𝔰,
𝔄𝔦𝔯𝔶, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔟𝔬𝔱𝔥 𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔠𝔶,
𝔖𝔦𝔱 𝔬𝔫 𝔥𝔦𝔤𝔥, 𝔪𝔬𝔩𝔢𝔠𝔲𝔩𝔞𝔯,
ℭ𝔩𝔬𝔲𝔡𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔭𝔢𝔰, 𝔞 𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪 𝔱𝔬 𝔩𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔬𝔫 𝔦𝔱,
𝔉𝔩𝔲𝔣𝔣, 𝔣𝔩𝔲𝔣𝔣𝔶 𝔡𝔯𝔦𝔭𝔭𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔰𝔲𝔠𝔥 𝔟𝔢𝔞𝔲𝔱𝔦𝔣𝔲𝔩 𝔭𝔲𝔣𝔣𝔰, 𝔪𝔞𝔯𝔰𝔥𝔪𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴𝔰 𝔞𝔰 𝔦𝔣 𝔦𝔱𝔰 𝔣𝔬𝔬𝔡.
𝔓𝔲𝔣𝔣𝔶 𝔭𝔲𝔣𝔣, 𝔣𝔩𝔲𝔣𝔣𝔶, 𝔪𝔞𝔯𝔰𝔥𝔪𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴𝔰.
𝔉𝔬𝔯𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢, 𝔠𝔩𝔬𝔲𝔡𝔶 𝔬𝔣 𝔞 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢,
ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢, 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔡.
𝔅𝔢𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔡, 𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔢𝔡, 𝔬𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔨𝔢𝔭𝔱, 𝔦𝔫𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔱𝔢 ∞︎︎🔐
ℭ𝔯𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔬𝔫 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔡, 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔢𝔡, 𝔞𝔰 𝔦𝔱 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔶𝔰🙈
𝔄𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰➶︎📌

𝒮𝒾ℊ𝓃ℯ𝒹: 𝒫𝓎𝓉 𝒦𝒾̨𝓀𝒾̀
Written: August 24, 2025
 194° 
Jimmy silker
When you
Trapped in triangle
The default
Is to panic
The chance to escape
Down to
Terrible angles
Bounce sharp
And hard
Off of
Acute dense sides
Then sink
As pulp
As gravity
Revives.
 179° 
anna charlotte
jeg er jævnligt bange for om jeg elsker dig
mit liv, drejer sig om dig
og jeg vil ændre mig for os
du skal ikke betyde noget længere

om du er det værd, det ved jeg rent faktisk ikke
selvom det ville være mere romantisk, at lade som om

er bange for at du går længere væk end jeg ønsker, hvis jeg afviser dine tilnærmelser
kun et skridt ikke tre, ikke tilbage på markedet

var du på tilbud?
hvad holder jeg af, ved dig?
måden du ikke forguder mig
 172° 
Ashlee Marie
it feels so odd,
to no longer run to you,
telling you everything,
the way I used to.
 168° 
Dew
It all occurs then,
when you cry with all your heart ,
and with all your heart you know that it's impossible.
But you still want that.....
Just remember,
while you're squeezing your wet eyelids,
it's waiting for you behind this curtain.
All you've been waiting for
 163° 
Anwar Ghani
Come closer to me, sit here, under this tree, here is a bird singing and a pink flower that never lies. Come, reach out and shake my hand. Come closer to me, and remove all the leaves of distance and gray veils. Come, let's sing of love, and write a poem on this beautiful night. Our hearts are warm and full of dreams. Come and sit; don't stay standing, for my eyes are tired from tears and my heart is tired of waiting. Come, warm yourself with tales of love, for our souls are pure rivers that never know cold. Come closer to me, let's write a new story.
 163° 
Nigdaw
angels dance in the inferno
of creativity
untouched by it's heat
just illuminated in flame
while I stumble through
a forest
with trees I couldn't bring
to life on a page
but Blake in his divine
madness
saw angels in the branches
 155° 
The Invisible Poet
I may seem stoic in this new situation
and for a while I was fine
then it hit me like a truck
my heart was the only casualty
tears threatened to spill
but I kept them at bay
I'm an adult
but I'll always miss my parents
I just want to hug them goodnight
but 2 and a half hours of driving separate us
I may seem stoic in this new situation
but on the inside my heart aches for them
stoicism is just a mask for the internal havoc of emotions
stoic: a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining
 155° 
CantSeeMe
staring at a screen
it says ‘bad gateway’
what does it mean?

I don't know
but I've seen this before
that's why I'm in
survival mode
it's gonna be okay
I'll just take the next road
left

writing poems...
in my head
 135° 
Giacomo
Working
To pay the gas
To get to work
 131° 
Daughter of Cain
It began in silence,
The kind that bruises,
The kind that teaches you
How pain can wear a smile.

It wasn't pretty like the movies
It was ugly
Like what they did to me
A cruelty
I would never place
On anyone's skin.

Bt even broken
I gather myself
Rising from what tried to end me
Proofing that pain
Cannot silence light
Still burning in me.
 122° 
Mike Adam
So much green tea

Leaves a mark

On the old oak tree
In the courtyard
 117° 
Pablo Neruda
Con mi razón apenas, con mis dedos,
con lentas aguas lentas inundadas,
caigo al imperio de los nomeolvides,
a una tenaz atmósfera de luto,
a una olvidada sala decaída,
a un racimo de tréboles amargos.Caigo en la sombra, en medio
de destruidas cosas,
y miro arañas, y apaciento bosques
de secretas maderas inconclusas,
y ando entre húmedas fibras arrancadas
al vivo ser de substancia y silencio.Dulce materia, oh rosa de alas secas,
en mi hundimiento tus pétalos
subo con pies pesados de roja fatiga,
y en tu catedral dura me arrodillo
golpeándome los labios con un ángel.Es que soy yo ante tu color de mundo,
ante tus pálidas espadas muertas,
ante tus corazones reunidos,
ante tu silenciosa multitud.
Soy yo ante tu ola de olores muriendo,
envueltos en otoño y resistencia:
soy yo emprendiendo un viaje funerario
entre sus cicatrices amarillas:soy yo con mis lamentos sin origen,
sin alimentos, desvelado, solo,
entrando oscurecidos corredores,
llegando a tu materia misteriosa.
Veo moverse tus corrientes secas,
veo crecer manos interrumpidas,
oigo tus vegetales oceánicos
crujir de noche y furia sacudidos,
y siento morir hojas hacia adentro,
incorporando materiales verdes
a tu inmovilidad desamparada.Poros, vetas, círculos de dulzura,
peso, temperatura silenciosa,
flechas pegadas a tu alma caída,
seres dormidos en tu boca espesa,
polvo de dulce pulpa consumida,
ceniza llena de apagadas almas,
venid a mí, a mi sueño sin medida,
caed en mi alcoba en que la noche cae
y cae sin cesar como agua rota,
y a vuestra vida, a vuestra muerte asidme,
a vuestros materiales sometidos,
a vuestras muertas palomas neutrales,
y hagamos fuego, y silencio, y sonido,
y ardamos, y callemos, y campanas.
 114° 
OnLithium
Do you feel love
When you're alone
Or is it just me
Cause you know
That I can't leave
You still thrive
In my heart to this day
But in yours
I'm just another
Body and soul
Left to decay
 106° 
Kai
I've been lately writing poetry!
Oh? What do I see?
A perfect poetry site waiting for me!
First poem, proud of it!
Oh? Someone in my messages?
This guy seems sweet
And he's hoping I don't get beat!
Pretty songs for me to listen to!
And a drunk man messaging me...?
“You're only making yourself a victim because you're cutting yourself"
Oh? Okay- thanks for the paragraph/drunk rant?

Shining lights on all of my latest poems?
Thank you! You're so sweet!
….oh…talking to me about pedophiles…got it…
Why are there so many sad songs?
WHY DOES THIS MAN HAVE SO ****** MUSIC TASTE AGGGHGDGFGCC

Oh? You wrote a poem about the 764 and absolutely humiliating them?
Great! Good job!
…But uhh… why and how did they make a virus only going after your followers that are minors? Not funny!
Why is this man warning me if they threaten me? Is he trying to make me scared on purpose?
Blaming the Japanese for this virus now, huh?
Oh? Now blaming someone else named Pax to be part of the 764? Crazy

…. going to another website? But you're so fun!
May as well click on the link you sent me so I can join you

Drunk rants with me? That's okay!
Giving me gold so I can freely make poems?
THANK YOU SM
Daily texting
2-10 hour sessions
Why are you drinking everyday?
You're making me concerned for your health
I told you to stop drinking, papa
You promised me you'd stop
All you did was keep on drinking

Commenting on every poem I made
Oh? So suddenly I'm a “nasty *****" when I have done nothing to you? ありがとう!
We have a suicide pact now?
I'm going off the bridge first?
Don't mind if I do

Oh? Another poetry site? Okay…
I really don't like the way this site works, can't we just message each other with email?
Yes? Yay!

People bullying you on the internet? That's not okay!
Why would they accuse you of being a *******?
Letting me join an uncensored group to back you up? Great!
Sending me to a Reddit page to back you up?
Alright!
….oh … they warned me and I didn't do anything….
******* this man is an actual *******…..
gotta go fast like Sonic
pack my bags and leave

Oh? I betrayed you? Crazy
We were just friends
Can you stop spitting my name everywhere?
It's like you're so obsessed with me
Stop trying to be the Eminem to my Mariah Carey
Made a poem about you and you HAD to take it down?
Never thought you'd want to hide your identity THAT hard
Oh? Betting on my suicide now, are we?
Sending me multiple emails, desperate for me to come back to him?
I'm not that ******* naive or gullible
It's crazy if you think that about me
…I did tell you to send those photos of your cut open arms but I DIDN'T THINK YOU'D TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND DO IT

Being racist?
“Japshit”?
Why are you so obsessed with my Chinese genes?
“I thought I can use Kai because of her Chinise genes because the Chinise was known to be very good spies. ☝️🤓" へー! Didn't know that!
Also, that's not how you spell Chinese, my fellow kind sir
Threatening people to come to America with a Katana and slice us to pieces
So envious, I see
You're just mad because we have a little bit more freedom than your drunk *** does

Oh…. Talking to me about ****
Got it
Thanks
I didn't need to be taught about METART or some **** like that
I'm only 12 years old
You ***** *****

Well…this is the aftermath
There it goes out to all of you:
Ghost
RGH
Ryan Geoffrey Hayward
Nephilim Angel
Nephalem
Rose White
Rose Red
Jacob Lives
Hybrid Angel
Tormenter
Bread Crumbs
The Machine
Dirt-In-My-Shirt
Soul Unknown
Unicorns Passing
And etc. ENJOYERS

(Btw, all of these names are RGH's names so if you have these names, please don't feel targeted! The person knows who they are.)

EDIT: ILY ALL SM!!! I DIDN'T THINK THIS POEM WOULD GAIN THIS MUCH ATTENTION BUT I'M HAPPY THAT IT DID!! (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠) I'M GOING TO VIRTUALLY KISS EVERYONE ON THE CHEEK ONCE THEY READ THIS... or just virtually hug you, yk, whatever you're comfortable with
 95° 
Dawnevyn J River
I have been told
I speak too much
to be ignored.

At home,
I replay my day,
wincing
at every door my mouth opened
that maybe should've stayed shut.

Writing is the only room
where I am not wrong
for filling the air.

Today,
a someone said
I am good with words.
She doesn't usually read
other people's captions-
but she reads mine.

One small compliment
and I am lighter.

Maybe my words are wanted,
maybe they are not noise.
Maybe I am not
too much.
 85° 
TOD HOWARD HAWKS
If you wish the world a better place,
then gather hearts and hands and bow.
If you yearn for love and peace,
then feed a starving child. If you wish
to live a loving life, then open your
eyes and watch yourself hold out
your open hand to a stranger whose
skin is a color different from yours.
And if you wish a better Earth,
take your guns and bombs and
pray to God to turn all of them
into hospitals and hopes for a
world of one.

TOD HOWARD HAWKS
 78° 
Sky
My blue mixed with your storms
makes a raging torrent
and all we can do is hold on.
 74° 
Tharunii
My
My eyes have an ocean,
you never saw.
My throat have a storm,
you never listened.
                                      - tharunii
 73° 
Lizzie Bevis
Teardrops fall,
telling stories
that eyes cannot hide,
when the heart reveals all
without using words.
Pain and joy both flow,
as healing trickling streams
roll down over skin,
washing away
whatever ailed
or blessed the day.

©️Lizzie Bevis
 72° 
Simon Jester
The tales I heard

Lessons often ignored


Begged mercy

With a wink


Nor could wisdom cure

My grey blue eyes


SJA2025
No matter what you do
No matter what you say
Even when I haven’t a clue
I love you anyway

No matter where you are
No matter how far away
I’ll drive there in my car
Every single day

No matter what you ask
No matter what you need
I will meet the task
For our love to just succeed !
 70° 
CantSeeMe
make-up here
makeup there
following the trends
next week it'll end
shopping to spend
daddy's money to rent
a fake smile
a clear skin
no underchin
jewelry and rings

so boys will see
straight from afar

what a dream you are…

fake

I hear "goodbye"

while you say

"stay another mile"

but girlie
don't you see
you're running a marathon

with high heels sweetie
a friend of mine turned into this, she left because of it

it's everything I don't want to be...

but she's still the same cheerfull child, right? Just deep down in her, behind the walls?
La luna segó tres veces
su alba cosecha de nardos.
Tres veces sobre la mar
bailaron fantasmas blancos.

La novia espera alisando
su largo cabello *****.
A veces, peine de plata;
a veces, peine de hierro.

Le dice al viento: -Ya viene.
La flor de la salvia reza:
-Yo formé almohada morada
para su triste cabeza.

La novia espera bordando,
en oro, banda de seda.
Por el camino una nube
espesa, de polvo denso.
Por el camino se acerca,
enlutado, un mensajero.

Pone la rodilla en tierra,
besa la mano de reina.
La novia mira a lo lejos
y grita ansiosa: -¡Ya llega!

Por el camino se acerca,
sangriento y mudo, un espectro.

Hinca la rodilla en tierra,
helado la boca besa
y lágrimas color sangre
caen en las vacías cuencas.

La novia cierra los ojos
y siente un frío de huesa.
Caminante apura el paso
y en esa puerta no llames
después que tras de los montes
se haya dormido la tarde.

En ese porche sombrío
todas las noches se aman
un espectro, que en el pecho
tiene sumida una daga,

y la novia que en el día
peinando el ***** cabello
aguarda pálida y triste
que regrese el caballero.

La noche se lo trae muerto
a recostarlo en su pecho.
 57° 
Shambhavi
Sometimes thoughts blanket the mind,
Sometimes stress smothers creativity,
Sometimes career collides with health,
Sometimes life forgets to live.
Don't know what to write , sometimes I wonder only death could provide me peace
 56° 
𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚎
he has many walls
i have many wounds
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