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 Jan 2023 Anissa
erin walts
Hello?
Are you there?

Did I write this?
Do I care?

My brain is gone
and I don’t know where

My creative spark
My unique flare

Hello?
Are you there?
 Jan 2023 Anissa
Shin
Anxieties
 Jan 2023 Anissa
Shin
I think you told a lie today
about the shadow on your mind.
I think you plan to die today,
and leave these follies far behind.

I wish you would write me a song,
and ink the truth within its verse.
Happy or sad, it's fine, so long
as this does not end in a hearse.
 Dec 2022 Anissa
Ruth Nadler-Nir
Tend to me
Like a thirsty garden once forgotten
Sing to me
Like a crying infant, pure and innocent
Hug me
Like an old friend years after
Look at me
Like an abstract painting, more complex with each glance
Touch me
Like the the cold steel strings of your guitar
Love me
Like you did before
I poem I wrote early last year while thinking about with my ongoing need for co-dependence
 Dec 2022 Anissa
mads
It’s the kind of sadness where your rib cage
Contorts
And twists and
Snaps.

Depression doesn’t float through my veins
It crawls through my bones, with dagger hands
And winding movements.

I cannot breathe.

And yet there was nothing taken from me.
But then again you took everything all at once the moment you looked in my eyes, covered my mouth and forced me down.

I don’t know why your smell still lingers in my every thought.

I’m not scared anymore.
 Dec 2022 Anissa
Micaela
it’s official—
i hate being alone.
this isn’t a poem
but
it’s words
i needed to say
my negative thoughts aren’t the best of company
 Nov 2022 Anissa
Aishu
She is hurt.
She is tired,
yet she always
wears a smile.
 Nov 2022 Anissa
Aishu
So Much More
 Nov 2022 Anissa
Aishu
I've got so much more
to learn, to discover,
to craft, and to give.
I have miles to go.
 Nov 2022 Anissa
Aishu
Shine
 Nov 2022 Anissa
Aishu
Like a butterfly,
spread your wings and shine
your beautiful light.
 Nov 2022 Anissa
Aishu
Write
 Nov 2022 Anissa
Aishu
Take the pen.
Spill the ink.
Write your heart out.
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