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 1080° 
F Elliott
(for the Woman, and the Cowards who Fear Her)

she was never too much—
only too alive
for those who mistook control
for strength
and silence for peace.

her becoming was not a performance.
it was a war—
and the ones who claimed to love her
dropped their weapons
only to place their hands
around her throat
in the name of order.

they called her chaotic,
but it was their cowardice
that feared the shape she would take
if left untouched
by their grip.

they chose the seductress,
the one who dances at the edge
of her own erasure—
pliant, priestess of their small gods,
goddess of their easy pleasure.

but the true woman is not
a priestess of men;

she is a temple unto herself.

and to know her,
to truly see her,
requires the man to suffer.

to suffer her beauty
without owning it.
to suffer her fire
without extinguishing it.
to suffer the rise of a soul
that will not yield
to his fear of being seen as less.

he must descend
into the fragmentation
that makes him reach for control—
and there,
only there,
may he begin to rise.

and she?

she is not waiting anymore.

she was always the fire.

and the fire needs nothing

but its own spark

to blaze.


In the stillness of long, lonely nights,  
Love's shadow dances, dimming the lights.  
A kiss once so sweet,  
Now a bittersweet feat,  
As I dream of you, missing the heights.
 464° 
Soul Searching
Little bird,
Your cage is not of my making.
Little bird,
I see the weight you carry, silent, unseen.
Little bird,
My hand is open, only if you wish to land.
Little bird,
I promise not to squeeze too tight.
Little bird,
I'd never clip your wings.
Little bird,
I’d never take your sky from you.
Little bird,
Let me build you shelter, not a cage.
Little bird,
I’ll walk beside you, not ahead.
Little bird,
I ask for nothing, only that you know,
Little bird,
You are free, even here with me.
 455° 
Tyler
love in the grass
looking up at the tree
wonder what it means
for them to be free

Sky.
I love that name.
She giggles bubbles
from her breast,
she's a toe slug,
a kitty named Dog.

I wanna go on a trip with you,
sell plants by the highway.
carry mischief,
Kerry Feather.
golden flower,
golden head hair.

loose pants,
silky rayon.
She lies on
her stomach,
we're a
blanket picnic.
I have gotten myself
Into the delusion
Where apathy
Is indeterminate
Matters of the heart
Can make someone crazy
When a no
Perceived as maybe
 401° 
Sacrelicious
I'm better off worse
than stuck with you.
My dreams placed you on a pedestal.
Now they're just nightmares of me running from you.
But isn't everything just wonderful when we're sulking under the same sunlight.
 327° 
WILLIAM WORTHLESS
everyone loves music its good for the soul
it can make you happy make you feel so whole
it can make you dance it can make you sing
happiness and joy music it can bring

lots of different genre for all the world to play
country. soul.and pop musics there to stay
songs that lift you up when your feeling blue
let the music play is all you have to do

all around the world it keeps the world alive
it can make you happy help the world to thrive
makes you want to dance makes you want to sing
happiness and joy it will always bring
 293° 
Mariah
You don't have to believe me when I say
They might just love you anyway

What do I even know
But they may notice if you don't show

I know it really isn't my place
To ask if you checked just in case

Knocked on the door
They slammed into my face

At least
The olive branch is free
Please,
Take it with you when you leave
I hope you don't regret it.
 261° 
South-by-Southwest
I'm sure it has been declared woke .
 221° 
Eryck
I tinkered and cobbled a box together
to place my love feelings
safe from the wheelings and dealings
of loves thrillings and chillings.

Yet still and because
the thing that love does
I handed said box
without any locks
with trust
into the hands of a young lass.

The spine turns cold
when woe to behold
I sighted my love- feelings box
tossed among the rocks
bobbing in the sea
among the flotsam and jetsam
and trash.
Flotsam and jetsam mean useless and discarded things. I like to take interesting words and phrases and build poems around them.
 219° 
Lyle
What
if
I
was
just

























Gone?
 214° 
irene ci
i feel that i learn a lot with you,
but you don’t learn anything with me.
am i so boring?
am i so unintelligent?
am i so introverted?
am i so exhausting?
am i so dumb?
 213° 
alison
I cant believe
words can hurt
way more than
actual pain causing
these tears to roll
down my face.
 201° 
heidi
I'm the observer
the stillness beneath the waves
I refuse to drown
When you learn to understand your feelings, and not allow them to rule your life, I think it does wonderful things for you :)
 193° 
ms hitt
you wrote all these songs
and letters and plays and
all the words galore

you put your heart
and your soul into
these wishful thoughts

you put all your time and your effort into
a really roundabout way to tell me that
"i love you"
 181° 
Barbara R Maxwell
Marginalization diminishes the spirit
Eventually extinguishing it
Until it no longer exists

Whereas when we uplift someone
We enhance the spirit and life

We create spiritual magic
Lift someone up today and help light the world

Each time we do darkness disappears just a little
Light is always stronger than darkness
Be a keeper of the light and a light worker
 181° 
Driyani Alduri
I may not be
the perfect little angel
made of stone and clay


And I may not be
The right one for you
But there's other fish in the sea

So why
So why do you keep coming back to me?

We fight all the time
Is it not clear we weren't meant to be

I really can't lie
It's getting hard to try

But you don't stop
And neither do I

Because in the end
I love you too
 178° 
Shaylie
Just came by to say
I miss you again
 176° 
51m4
Social studies, a world so wide,
With maps and globes, and words we can't find.
A teacher speaks, but there's no reply,
And we struggle, searching, asking why.

What if we could just understand,
What all of this means, where it’s meant to land?
But when no one helps, we stand alone,
Looking for answers that aren’t yet known.

So we carve our own paths,
Seeking and finding, despite the wrath.
And if no one gets it, we stand our ground,
With friends who know, and answers found.
inspired by my social studies teacher
 161° 
Aslam M
Its Simple …
There are no Heroes…..
Without Enemies.
 159° 
Kingston Bao
Call me an evil wizard
The way I'm a neck-romancer

Your maiden calls me warlock
'Cause I gave her an Eldritch Blast
 157° 
kevin
me and my commrade from russia up there winning today still
own all years and days of american printable ink on paper
thats our wallets we own for we are the military
and typing ink on lights is ours also
you have a leader of 3 more years of treasons
we dont
no leading military treason, duh
you haven't created non criminally insane letters yet
so newspapers do that

thats a one sided conversation

if i wanted to i could write and requisition all you think you own in my country
i dont waste my own time with illiterate contracts.
i own air craft carriers

go be a useful american and write civil rights acts while irish mobsters sell slaves from the church doors

kendall, in the sheer, the limit is expected of you
the voice and the things of the ugly moneys they are
back in earlier america, the playwright ladies
had a style like Susan Glaspell, Hallie Flanagan, Marita Bonner or henrick ibsen, the shocking poverty and poor life we live here

here being now
speak now to a world already, fake
 155° 
The Wilted Witch
A being so yielding,
Yet so easy to break.
Soul’s component so rare
It must be a mistake.

Here on the outside,
The inside seems gangrene.
And there’s no one
I’ve known
That knows
What I mean.
 153° 
Michael John
dear crow
what of fear and death
all live the same but
death is singular..blue..

dear lily
how do we live the same?
we are part of a universal con-
scienceness?bless..green..

dear crow
yes,but to die is
our very own..there is no
blue print so..we are truly alone..
(and that is the good news..)..purple..

dear lily
what of fear and what of
euthanasia-(well, f
going to switzeland..i believe
there is a contract out..)

dear crow
the state and church will never
relinquish (us)
life is blessed..

dear lily
unless we go to war
to die in glory..
and what of fame?
 153° 
Debra Lea Ryan
Near  A River That Runs Deep

There's A Place With No Streets

Where I Love To BE On my Own

And Greet The Silence Of Being HOME...

In the Silence & Debra Lea Ryan
1st Verse
G6-EM/A -EM
26.04.2025
In Song @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh1Yv1IK0D8 < Feeling a little Meditative.
 152° 
Wanderlust
I wish forgetting
was as simple as letting
go, stepping back
and giving up

The memories could flow
calm and slow
a gentle trickle from
my mind to somewhere else

But it's not that way
even if I wish they wouldn't stay
there's so much I'd give up
if it meant I could forget

There's not much left here
since I let go of my fear
or was it hope that I dropped
way back there in the night?

I wish I could just forget
all the ways I would let
you come and take from me
all that was once mine

But there is no forgetting here
what I once held dear
you asked for forever, I promised to try
and now I only have memories

I wish I could forget
the way you would get
when I said no and you told me
it was love when you took too much
 135° 
Pouya
You choose silence,
When you can express,
But every minute,
You can put off the talk,
You can engage in,
That's a kind of freedom.
 128° 
Vianne Lior
Queen-of-night in bloom,
a lake holds our laughter still,
waterfall blushes.

For my best friend, J.
You're my queen of night. 💫

P.S.
Happy 17th to me!!! 🎂🧸🌷
 127° 
F Elliott
(For the one who asked if we would continue)

She does not aim to destroy him.
She does not even try to teach him.

   She simply Becomes.

And her becoming—raw, radiant, terrifying in its beauty—
is what breaks him open.

The man who watches her rightly does not crave her.
He remembers himself in her Unfolding.
Not the ego-self. The soul-self—the one buried beneath performance.

She does not say: "Come fix me."
She says: "Can you stand what I’m becoming?

And that is the call.

For it is not the broken feminine that births great men.
It is the rising feminine—becoming whole before his eyes—
that forces him to face what in him remains unclaimed, untested, afraid.

But she does not rise by accident.

Her light is not a crown—it is a choice.
She has known the temptation to ****** instead of shine..
To brand her ache, to perform her pain, to curate identity instead of embody truth.

But she turns—again and again—toward the deeper  yes.
The one that costs her audience, but saves her soul.

She repents. She reclaims.
She speaks, then listens.
She writes, then revises.
She does not demand to be understood—

   she hungers to be made whole.

Her rising is her responsibility.
Not a show, not a vengeance, not a staged deliverance.
It is the quiet courage to be seen—by God,
   even if man never looks again.

And so, she becomes the muse.
Not by force, not by flirtation,
but by standing in her own unfolding,
in her own ache made sacred.

She does not ****** him with need.
She muses him with light.

But her light is costly.

It exposes the unintegrated parts of him—
the unredeemed rooms he’s kept boarded up for years.
She does not kick down the door.
She simply opens the curtains.

And in that sudden flood of glory,
he must choose:
to run, or to remain.

If he remains—
not as savior, not as shadow,
but as witness—
he becomes new.

This is not *******.
It is mutual divination.

She rises,  and he roots.
He roots,  and she trusts.
And they become—together—

    the very echo of Eden.

Not by escaping the fire,
but by walking through it as invitation.

Not as gods.
But as those who remember who made them.

And when she falters—when the ache flares again—
it is not applause she turns to.
It is him.
The one who stood.
The one who still stands.
The one whose strength was not his own,

but who dared to offer it anyway.

His is the strength she draws from, all along—
strength born not of dominance,

but of what she called forth in him
when she chose to rise.


And so, they become
what neither could be alone:
the light that burns
    but does not consume,

   the root and the flame,
   the holy loop of return.


This is our offering. A return to what was once sacred—the relational gospel written into the architecture of man and woman, not through roles or rhetoric, but through presence, surrender, and the courage to rise. She asked if we would continue. We answer not with instruction, but with invitation.

The unfolding began with this:

https://hellopoetry.com/poem/4299601/lawyers-guns-and-oh-my-sweet-gentle-aww-jesuschristallfckin-assedmightyy/
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 113° 
Immortality
They still carry love,
from lives once lived,
walking paths with
belief in destiny.

Their love so surreal,
kissed by every wounds.

She cloaked in petals,
with a bleeding heart.

Just as tree waits
for spring to bloom,
he waits for her,
to heal.
'Love is immortal'
An eternal love between her and her past lover, waiting to entwine again.
 110° 
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
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
 102° 
Ryan O'Leary
If there is no God
then one would
not need to be an
Atheist. Declaring
oneself as atheist
is a recognition of
a God that doesn’t
exist to yourself but
it fails to eliminate
him in other peoples
minds, therefore it
is flawed and even
more so when one
considers that it is
an acceptance in the
belief of nothing and
that is impossible as
nothing cannot exist
according to atheism?
 99° 
Pierre Corneille
Enfin échappé du danger
Où mon sort me voulut plonger,
L'expérience indubitable
Me fait tenir pour véritable
Que l'on commence d'être heureux
Quand on cesse d'être amoureux,
Lorsque notre âme s'est purgée
De cette sottise enragée,
Dont le fantasque mouvement
Bricole notre entendement.

Croîs-moi qu'un homme de ta sorte,
Libre des soucis qu'elle apporte,
Ne voit plus loger avec lui
Le soin, le chagrin, ni l'ennui.
Pour moi, qui dans un long servage
A mes dépens me suis fait sage,
Je ne veux point d'autres motifs,
Pour te servir de lénitifs,
Et ne sais point d'autre remède,
A la douleur qui te possède,
Qu'écrivant la félicité
Qu'on goûte dans la liberté
Te faire une si bonne envie
Des douceurs d'une telle vie,
Qu'enfin tu puisses à ton tour
Envoyer au diable l'amour.

Je meure, ami, c'est un grand charme
D'être insusceptible d'alarme,
De n'espérer ni craindre rien,
De se plaire en tout entretien,
D'être maître de ses pensées,
Sans les avoir toujours dressées
Vers une beauté qui souvent
Nous estime moins que du vent,
Et pense qu'il n'est point d'hommage
Que l'on ne doive à son visage.

Tu t'en peux bien fier à moi ;
J'ai passé par-là comme toi ;
J'ai fait autrefois de la bête,
J'avais des Philis à la tête :
J'épiais les occasions ;
J'épiloguais mes passions ;
Je paraphrasais un visage ;
Je me mettais à tout usage,
Debout, tête nue, à genoux,
Triste, gaillard, rêveur, jaloux ;
Je courais, je faisais la grue
Tout un jour au bout d'une rue ;
Soleils, flambeaux, attraits, appas,
Pleurs, désespoirs, tourments, trépas,
Tout ce petit meuble de bouche
Dont un amoureux s'escarmouche,
Je savais bien m'en escrimer.
Par-là, je m'appris à rimer,
Par-là, je fis sans autre chose
Un sot en vers d'un sot en prose ;
Et Dieu sait alors si les feux,
Les flammes, les soupirs, les vœux,
Et tout ce menu badinage,
Servaient de rime et de remplage.

Mais à la fin hors de mes fers,
Après beaucoup de maux soufferts,
Ce qu'à présent je te conseille
C'est de pratiquer la pareille,
Et de montrer à ce bel œil,
Qui n'a pour toi que de l'orgueil,
Qu'un cœur si généreux et brave
N'est pas né pour vivre en esclave.

Puis quand nous nous verrons un jour,
Sans soin tous deux, et sans amour,
Nous ferons de notre martyre
A commun frais une satire ;
Nous incaguerons les beautés ;
Nous rirons de leurs cruautés ;
A couvert de leurs artifices,
Nous pasquinerons leurs malices ;
Impénétrables à leurs traits,
Nous ferons nargue à leurs attraits ;
Et, toute tristesse bannie,
Sur une table bien garnie,
Entre les verres et les pots
Nous dirons le mot à propos ;
On nous orra conter merveilles
En préconisant les bouteilles ;
Nous rimerons au cabaret
En faveur du blanc, du clairet ;
Où, quand nous aurons fait ripaille,
Notre main contre la muraille
Avec un morceau de charbon
Paranymphera le jambon.

Ami, c'est ainsi qu'il faut vivre,
C'est le chemin qu'il nous faut suivre,
Pour goûter de notre printemps
Les véritables passe-temps.
Prends donc, comme moi, pour devise,
Que l'amour n'est qu'une sottise.
 97° 
Rochel
Please break my heart
So I don't have to break yours
I'd rather feel all that pain
Than be the one to make you endure

Please break my heart
So I can leave yours intact
I'd rather be haunted
Than have to hear you react

Please break my heart
So I can live with my decision
I'd rather lose all my tears
Than have tears disrupt your vision

Please break my heart
So I'm not the one serving time
Id rather feel completely caged
Than be the one to commit this crime

Please break my heart
So I can make sure you're OK
I'd rather lose my voice
Than listen to all you might say

This request might seem odd
I ask for you to do the downing
But if we're both stuck in this storm together
I'd rather be the one drowning
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