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26.5k · Jul 2015
Growing up gay.
Charlie Jul 2015
Growing up gay wasn't easy.
Always knowing I was different to the rest.
I never felt right, never felt normal.
Because I'm not.
I'm different.
But sometimes difference is good, isn't it?
I've accepted myself.
But some haven't.
23.6k · Apr 2015
Equality haiku.
Charlie Apr 2015
I think we're equal,
egalitarianism.
I will never rescind.
5.8k · Mar 2016
The devil
Charlie Mar 2016
The devil howls at the winter moon
Screams with ecstasy at the hunt
His shrill cry piercing those around
His hoofs shake the ground.

The devil sees all around him
Profiles all upon the earth
His gaze hypnotises everyone
Will never retire until his evil work is done.
5.8k · Apr 2015
Thinking.
Charlie Apr 2015
I sit here alone and think,
what a dangerous thing to do.
4.7k · Apr 2015
Desire.
Charlie Apr 2015
I long to feel your lips on mine,
I beg to feel your warm embrace.
I desire to sleep next to you at night,
I crave your gaze.

I hunger for the attention of your soul,
to be the one you see and love.
I only wish you catch  on to my words,
I only wish you could read what I write.
4.5k · Apr 2015
Luck or fate?
Charlie Apr 2015
We all play the game each day.
And that's all it is, a game.
Our lives dependant on a dice roll.
Or is it predetermined?
Will we ever know?
Luck or fate?
4.2k · Jul 2015
The key.
Charlie Jul 2015
The key to my heart hangs around my neck,
one day I'll give it to someone worthy.
My heart openly exposed on my sleeve,
free for anyone to take.
Who will unlock its secrets?
2.9k · Apr 2015
A haiku from the soul.
Charlie Apr 2015
Days without talking,
I miss you with all my heart.
My soul cries for you.
2.3k · Apr 2015
A haiku to exams.
Charlie Apr 2015
I have but one shot,
I must make it count. Aim straight.
On this I depend.
2.1k · Nov 2016
Remembrance
Charlie Nov 2016
Lest we forget this Remembrance Day
The sacrifice of those brave men
Their blood spilt on the battlefield
Their lives given to protect us
Their lives extinguished to sand us

Lest we forget our fallen troops
Who lay dying in no mans land
Who's blood gave life to the poppies at Flanders field

Lest we forget our true heroes
Lest we forget our protectors
Lest we forget our guardian angels
All gone to be with God.
1.9k · Jun 2015
The warm embrace
Charlie Jun 2015
Embrace the dark.
Let the shadows consume you.
Slip slowly into the eternal sleep.

Embrace that which you cannot change.
Let him into your life when no others are there.
Greet the devil with kindness.

Embrace him when God abandons you.
Hold him like you'd hold a loved one.
He is all you need now.

Embrace the eternal sleep of death.
Embrace its peace and calm.
Embrace your tortured soul.
1.8k · Aug 2015
Coalescence of souls.
Charlie Aug 2015
When two souls join as one, time stops.
As the lips meet for the first time time inner fire is stoked and the world blocked ftom the senses.
In that special moment, only those two souls exist.
Unfettered passion.
Love.
1.7k · Jul 2015
Could you love a broken man?
Charlie Jul 2015
Could you love a broken man?
One who's been to hell and back?
Could you love someone who would cling on to the first sign of affection?
Could you love someone who has felt betrayal?
Could you love someone who would love you unconditionally?
Could you promise your love to me and only me?
1.6k · May 2015
Hopelessness
Charlie May 2015
As I slip deeper into this eternal sadness I must wonder if anyone is actually there for me.
Nobody knows how I truly feel, nobody sees this side of me.
I feel my time getting closer, no light at the end of the tunnel, no escape from my thoughts.
Always here for everyone but nobody there for me when I need it most.
I cant do this any more.
1.5k · Apr 2015
A haiku to a new day.
Charlie Apr 2015
Greet today smiling,
welcome sunlight in your life.
Forget past mistakes.
1.4k · Apr 2015
A haiku to haiku's
Charlie Apr 2015
A Haiku, beauty.
Embracing its gracefulness.
The picture of poise.
Made a major edit, turned out the original wasn't a haiku which I only just noticed~~~Oops.
1.4k · Apr 2015
The Gods of love.
Charlie Apr 2015
Does Eros smile down on us when he see's our interaction?
Does Cupid notch an arrow when he see's we're in pain?
And Venus, does she boast when a couple marry?
Are there Gods looking down on us controlling our love?
I have to wonder...
1.3k · Nov 2015
Depression
Charlie Nov 2015
The black veil shrouds my vision
I can't see in front of me, I can't see behind
I walk on, purely out of fear for what will happen if I stop
I walk for what seems like an eternity
I panic, wondering if I'll ever escape this void
I scream, hoping someone will hear
I beg to hear another voice
I plead for relief from this torture
I start to consider stopping
I want this to end
I can't carry on like this
Nobody to help me
Nobody to care
Nobody to lift the veil
No reason to continue.
1.3k · Apr 2015
Blind faith.
Charlie Apr 2015
Dear God above I beg of thee to reveal yourself.
Dear God below I beg you to make your presence known.
Dear King of Olympus cast down your thunderbolt.
Dear Xenu will you show us if Hubbard was right?
Dear Flying Spaghetti Monster I'd even accept you.

I can see no evidence for a God, but I beg to.
Charlie Mar 2017
Your scratches and bites excited me at first
The gentle clawing and nibbling my neck
But you didn't stop there.

You got harder and harder until I bled
I asked you to stop
You bit harder.

It didn't take long for me
to enjoy the pain again
Because it was you
Ours bodies embraced.

That wasn't enough for you

You saw my enjoyment
and had to change it
You saw my pleasure
from your genetic violence
You wanted to hurt me, irreparably.

You attacked my body first, then moved to my brain, heart, soul
Your words burnt like fire
Your tongue lacerated my soul like a whip
Constant agony.

Unrequited love disguised with manipulation
You were pretending all along
And yet I stayed
Now, I am gone.

Forever yours in body, your little *******.
Charlie May 2015
So darling, darling,
Stand by me, oh stand by me
Won't you stand by me?
RIP an amazing singer.
1.2k · Jul 2015
Why rhyme?
Charlie Jul 2015
Who ever said poetry had to rhyme?
To rhyme the divine is a crime.
Why change the perfect form of expression
with your attempt at creative oppression?
Irony? Sarcasm? Satire? Who will ever know?
A concluding line,  let's forgo.
1.1k · Apr 2015
A haiku to the future.
Charlie Apr 2015
Chapter one: they meet.
Chapter two: they fall in love.
Chapter three: [ Insert ]
1.1k · May 2015
A haiku of solitude.
Charlie May 2015
No matter the good,
I can't shake this loneliness.
No-one can hear me.
Charlie May 2015
I know this isnt a poem but I feel its my duty as a moral person to report that there is fraudster messaging this websites members and asking them to email "Her" at which point she will send you false information about wanting to transfer money from senegal.
I urge you, if you get a message from a member called nicystephani ignore them, they're only trying to defraud you. Their email is stepahnicuma@hotmail.com.

Please spread this message so that they can no longer try and trick people.

Remember, don't fall victim to foreign scams
I apologise for the tags not relevant, this just needs to be spread.
1.0k · May 2015
Election day haiku.
Charlie May 2015
It's election day.
Time to change our countries ways.
Let's hope we choose well.
Today is election day for the united kingdom. Lets just hope we choose the right people to lead us.
948 · Aug 2015
War.
Charlie Aug 2015
War, war never changes.
The suffering of the many at the hands of the few,
the overwhelming invasive force,
the authoritarian, oppressive government.

But in the darkness of war there's always light.
There are always those willing to stand up against them.
The lights in the darkness.
The Spartacus, the French resistance, the common man
938 · Apr 2015
Unrequited.
Charlie Apr 2015
His eyes pools of blue, his hair mousy and soft.
His lips as luxurious as a breeze on a hot day.
His words pierce me like cupid's arrows, his gaze as stunning as Medusa.
I feel this for him yet I'm just a friend, my soul sings like the caged bird.
938 · Apr 2015
Freedom.
Charlie Apr 2015
Freddy said he wanted to break free.
Until recently I couldnt see
why he couldnt.
He wanted to be himself, the man was inside.
Alas society wouldn't let him. Until he died.
A tragic death, so early in his life but his death let us see
that nobody should ever not be free.
911 · Apr 2015
A haiku to my ex.
Charlie Apr 2015
Love has become hate,
toxicity from desire.
Venus, change to Mars.
909 · Apr 2015
To hear your voice.
Charlie Apr 2015
Not a day goes by when I don't yearn to hear your voice.
I sit there by the phone waiting for you to call but it never happens.
I miss you, why don't you miss me?
Why do you break my heart?
All I want is to hear the choir of angels that is your voice.
Charlie Nov 2015
He sits in his chair with the gun in his hand,
whisky in the other.
Lived a troubled and disturbing life,
abandoned by his mother.
Ex took his kids and half his money,
laughed in his face, then walked away.
Now he sits alone, nobody to talk to,
his rage and hopelessness consuming his day.
The nameless man will die tonight,
while we sit and ignore his plight.
842 · Jul 2015
I want to know you.
Charlie Jul 2015
I want to know you.
I want to know the person behind the writing.
I want to know the mind that expresses so vividly and beautifully.
I want to know you as more than just your poetry.
I want to know you for you and not the assumptions I can make.
I want to know you as the beautiful soul you are.
I genuinely want to.
811 · Jun 2015
Questions to my rapist.
Charlie Jun 2015
I scream but I make no sound.
Why did you do it? What made you think it was okay?
What made you think that because we were dating you could do whatever you wanted to me?
Why did you not speak to me?
Why did you pretend it never happened? Do you realise what you did to me?
Do you even realise what you did?
Why did you treat me like an object?
Why?
I scream. I wonder if I'll ever be heard.
801 · Jun 2015
As I weep.
Charlie Jun 2015
As I stand weeping silently on the streets.
As I lay weeping in my bed, no sound leaves my mouth.
As I sit weeping no tears leave my eyes.
As I silently scream I wear my public mask.
As I weep none will see my pain.
Oh my God this trended? I hated it and was planning to delete it.
786 · Nov 2015
The innocents of war.
Charlie Nov 2015
We see the child cry as he watches his father die.
Murdered by the state, forced to bow his head and accept his fate.

We see a mother's fearful roar as her child is sent to an unending war,
the boy who will never return. For his family's embrace he'll forever yearn.

We see lives torn apart, each person made to play their part.
Young lovers bid their tearful farewell, forced to stare into the depths of hell.

We see the innocents of war,


and do nothing.
775 · Apr 2015
Alone.
Charlie Apr 2015
You lay here beside me, I'm warm in your embrace.
We talk of our future and discuss poetry.
You look into my eyes and declare your love for me.
You kiss me softly, and then I wake up. Alone.
767 · Mar 2017
Is this goodbye?
Charlie Mar 2017
Is this it?
Is this goodbye?
A farewell to all those good times
The best times
The times when it was just you and I against the world?
Is this us over?
Have I lost my soulmate
My heart
My desire?

You're here and yet I feel you're already gone
Your mind if not your body with someone else
All that love, hope, desire
His.
I feel like I've lost you, say its not so
761 · May 2015
3am
Charlie May 2015
3am
It's 3am and I'm thinking of you.
I cant sleep because im scared of the rejection.
I like you but I doubt you like me.
I'm scared of these feelings...
757 · Aug 2016
A haiku to Him.
Charlie Aug 2016
Heartbreak once again
Longing for your warm embrace
Hopeless fantasy.
739 · Jun 2015
Pandora.
Charlie Jun 2015
As I lay living, living in an unending nightmare
Even sleep does not allow me to escape.
No way out. No light at the end of the tunnel. No hope.
"No" racing around my mind and then I see his face. In the darkness I hear the faintest yes.
Hope? Or pandora's box.
721 · May 2015
Apprehension.
Charlie May 2015
With apprehension I wait for you to text back
I feel sick to my stomach.
Thoughts racing through my head.
Will it be good?
Will it be bad?
Will I ever be able to talk to you again?
I regret sending that text.
Your typing seems to last a lifetime.
Then: a reply....
715 · May 2015
Hemingway #1
Charlie May 2015
"Do you do engagement ring refunds?"
A Hemingway is a small 6 word story, named after Ernest Hemingway.
686 · Jun 2015
The horrors of my mind.
Charlie Jun 2015
As I enter the gates of hell that lead to my mind I see visions of angels and demons.
They both beckon me, begging me to join them.
I choose one, my mind chooses another.
I choose one route but am directed the other way.
The neverending war in my head.
678 · Aug 2016
Love
Charlie Aug 2016
That explosive fire
known simply as love by man
lives within us all.
675 · Jul 2015
For two years.
Charlie Jul 2015
For two years hands were held and lips were pressed together.
For two years we held hands and held eachothers hearts.
For two years I was there for you every hour of the day and night.
For two years we were best friends, boyfriends, inseparable.
For two years all I gave you was love.
For two years all you did was play me and sleep with others behind my back.
For two years I wasted my time loving someone who was incapable of loving me.
673 · Jul 2015
To all the unnoticed.
Charlie Jul 2015
I melt when our eyes meet.
When you smile angels sing.
When you laugh the world falls silent around you.
I'm transfixed on you.
Do you even know my name?
670 · Jul 2015
Afterlife.
Charlie Jul 2015
With the last gasp of my last breath,
I will gladly greet and welcome death.
Whether by an accident, anothers hands or my own,
I will follow him to the place I'll call home.
No fire or brimstone nor angels there,
just those full of fear, bewilderment and despair.
The afterlife is in the eye of the beholder,
but he you admire will place his hand on your shoulder.
He'll lead you to your new domain,
the place you go when you are slain.
I don't usual explore rhyming at all let alone couplets, but I thought I'd give it a try.
666 · Jun 2015
Internal agony.
Charlie Jun 2015
My body, soul and mind divided.
Split by an unknown, pestering force.
The constant war waging between the sides for superiority.
The pain and hopelessness battling comfort and joy.
I cannot see a resolution to this endless war.
The only way out is to destroy them all.
661 · Aug 2016
Love/Lust/Love
Charlie Aug 2016
Love is such a fickle thing
Starts and ends in a split second
You'll never know if it will last.

Love is fragile as a newborn child
The slightest blemish equals destruction

True love is rare in a world of lust.
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