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efni Jul 2021
it's not okay
you don't get it
and your hope is
better placed
elsewhere

04.07.21
i'm not going to 'feel better soon'
but i'll just say "thanks" anyway
efni Jul 2021
lately i have noticed that no matter
what i gain or lose
that constant, burning feeling of being
one more worry away
from my complete mental demolition
permanently trapped
on the edge of an implosive insanity
haunts me mercilessly
this devilish dense acidic anticipation
bears an awful weight
that i habitually beg to just crush me

simply because i am so tired
of holding this burden
and i am so sick of
seventeen

04.07.21
cheers to my 200th hello poetry post!

this year has been jam-packed, testing my strength and limits by breaking me over and over. i'm too young to be this numb and have such sore shoulders
efni Jul 2021
new friends and old flames
aren't nearly enough
to fill the you-shaped hole
in my here and now

01.07.21
it stings
efni Jul 2021
i chew on the side of my mouth where my teeth hurt
i cut my toast vertically when i want the halves in triangles
i turn the temperature down when i want a blanket
and i count all the flaws in my reflection before i leave the house

01.07.21
etc. etc.

i do a lot of small things...to hurt myself
passive aggressive self-loathing
efni Jul 2021
normally i need my solitude
but tonight i need someone

and for the first awful time
i feel so lonely being alone

01.07.21
this is a new/very rare feeling
i usually find comfort in solitude
not tonight i guess...
efni Jul 2021
will this title tether my touch
to your heart or the void
of feelings long withered away

will you finally realize I'm nothing more
than 10 disposable letters to you
even though you are everything to me

30.06.21
I'm scared that when we meet...you'll realize you feel nothing for me and distance won't be an excuse
efni Jun 2021
i believe i am one more
tiny mistake away
from slipping beneath
the surface again

29.06.21
every slip up feels like a massive chain and ball mercilessly dragging me by my legs, deeper underwater
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