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LIFE
YOUR BORN
MEET YOUR FAMILY
BECOME FRIENDS
TO HAVE CHILDREN
WORK FOR MONEY
LOVE MARRIAGE
FEEL HEARTACHE
SAD SOMETIMES
ALWAYS HAPPY
STRUGGLE TO HATE
DEATH IN TIME
 Nov 2024 Roxy
Emma
For it was not anger but sorrow—
At the Abandonment—laid bare—
The dandelion—blown to pieces—
Wishes scattered—everywhere.

She could hear their Thoughts—their Fears—
A chorus—soft—yet sharp—
She wished to hide inside herself—
A hollow—without a harp.

Self-medication’s quiet needle—
Addiction’s velvet glove—
She yearned for Home—but found illusion—
A mirage—far from Love.

She stared into the blank horizon—
Falling—farther still—
A call for asylum—ghostly scribes—
No cure for her ill will.

They stopped questioning the Overdose—
What happens—must occur—
We take precautions—but in the end—
The void—we will still endure.

He lied—his promises dissolving—
No Trust resides in Truth—
Sabotaged—her fragile Being—
An existence—gone uncouth.

The grace of a lone sparrow falters—
Circles—spiraling near—
Yet never reaching—centers hollow—
 Nov 2024 Roxy
girlrinth
Camping out
 Nov 2024 Roxy
girlrinth
Kindness
was a house.

Knitted by
knowing you.

It was made
of sticky notes.

Encouragement
aching for actions.

Friendship
is the fuel.

Hearts only
in its windows.

Looks didn’t
really matter.

A firm foundation
invisible.

Gates of wisdom
walk to it.

Depression
laughed at it.

Gossip galloped
away from it.

The golden rule
knew better.
 Nov 2024 Roxy
Peter Garrett
Sometimes
Life feels like
Carrying a piano
While walking on
A tightrope
It's hard being strong without losing balance...
 Nov 2024 Roxy
Peter Garrett
Goodbye
 Nov 2024 Roxy
Peter Garrett
You had every right to leave
But not without saying
Goodbye
I needed some closure...
 Nov 2024 Roxy
Carlo C Gomez
~
Unusual and cloudless

This slippery world

Today is still contagious

Here is heat, here is rain

Here is love, regardless

Shadows in the scaffolding

Look like a broken alphabet

The sun in its anger

Just won't set

Life and how to do it

Perfectly absent

~
 Nov 2024 Roxy
Liana
But I remember
 Nov 2024 Roxy
Liana
I know that you see things
As the remix
Or maybe the movie version
That instead of all the good parts getting left out
It's the bad ones
You don't remember any of it
And you caused it
And I remember all of it
It's engraved in my head
I can't pick it off
Like I pick off my skin
I can't ignore it
Like I can't sleep
And I can't pretend it's okay
Like it wasn't abuse
Yes
You didn't beat me
But you still bruised me
And whenever I move
I ache
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