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void Dec 2022
there’s an overwhelming loneliness
that burns from the chambers
don’t listen to the voicemail i left
from the nights i’ve sobbed in my pillow
i can’t remember the last time it felt
old lovers remember it fondly
but i remember waiting by the phone
i’ve spent a lifetime in the dark
and learned the lesson that’ll haunt me
there’s no voice who will call
no voice to tell me i’m what they wanted
start swallowing your pride and remember it
it’s just you
an overwhelming mess
a manic storm
i will never be the one they needed
only a temporary hold
but never something permanent
i’ll leave more voicemails in the dark
i’ll send the chamber to hell
i’ll ignore all the lessons
give it another lifetime
maybe i’ll remember it fondly too
void Nov 2022
it came back with a vengeance
bed unmade, bare mattress alive
a pile of cups on the desk
half empty, staring at the ground
swim through filth that bite ankles
clothes becoming an island
bottles upon bottles on the nightstand
a pill, or two, maybe four
they float along the dirt
there’s no motivation, no energy
the mattress will hold me hostage
it won’t relent to choke me with springs
it has been my longest friend after all
my one and lonely
it came back with a vengeance
it let my heart rate slow down
and i only hope it’ll let it stop
void Nov 2022
“though you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours, i simply am not there”
i think fondly of the quote
something that made me think i'm inhuman
i have never really been there
you were never really here
how fitting
it’s another year of unwanted sadness
within every year of aging
i feel hollow on the inside
don’t perceive me
don’t acknowledge me
all i am is empty
i don’t want to grow old
i’m stuck with a fear of myself
i won’t die on my own terms
i won’t hold eternal beauty
what is a birthday?
what is even worth celebrating?
written october 2022
void Nov 2022
“healthy”
the meaning always stayed
toned bodies and goals to achieve
but what is the meaning of “healthy”?
what can i possibly achieve
when my hair goes brittle
fingers going blue
when the smallest size can’t even fit
i never knew what “healthy” meant
all i knew was obsession
all i knew was a crumbling body
all i knew was isolation
just a self-destructive mindset
it’s been a decade of yearning
yearning for this to end me
and i could leave them behind me
“healthy”
the word still feels lost to me
winds of time continue on
i no longer feel the cold in my bones
no longer cry at the sight of a meal
i’m not happy with myself
i’m not happy with being “healthy”  
but if those i love can feel happy
those i love can still hold me as i stay here
then perhaps “healthy”
is something i have to live with
almost 6 months of AN recovery
void Oct 2022
there is no direction in front of me
holistic practices aren’t useful
neither is your classic dose of lamictal
it isn’t the change of weather
or the gust of autumn causing it
it’s the torment of knowing who i am
two decades of trials and tribulations
to find a new way to cope
i’ve grown past razors and alcohol
we’ve moved into noticeable harm
broken teeth, ripped skin, no more nails to bite
we’ve landed on addiction in my lungs
nothing will feel better
to simply put it: i’m sad
i don’t know why and it isn’t going to change
you can unpack your trauma
and hang it up like old clothes from vacation
it doesn’t change that it is still here
i’ll stare at it from the bed that suffocates me
void Oct 2022
to engage in testosterone fueled fantasies
of thinking "i am always right"
"i am never wrong"
you and your best friend
like minded subjects
i don't care if it was all gray to everyone
it wasn't gray to me
and it wasn't gray to her
i don't care it it's not hostile to everyone
it's hostile to me
and they were hostile to her
a mirror's image to the one we vilified
yet no one sees the same narcissist
with the hellfire temper
i hope you live uncomfortably like i do
i hope you hold in anger
just like i do
void Sep 2022
harmful to others
beloved by many
i feel foolish for even speaking
of course no foul deed goes unpunished
but a slap on their wrist
equivalent to a slap in my face
how do those live feely?
the menaces in society?
hiding behind gentle faces and sweet smiles
underneath it looks sickening
it’s beyond a spoiled barrel
the rotten apple contaminated all
you and your friends sharing the same mind
they'll combine the guilt and mental gaslight
i feel foolish for even speaking
i feel foolish for letting this grow
when i should’ve ripped out the roots
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