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1d · 32
vinyl
collin 1d
the side ended and i let it
sit in silence and forget it
til death its me and my regrets
the tidal violence that i’m left with
1d · 23
rat race
collin 1d
no one tells you
no one warns you
that your brain
will outrun you
4d · 34
wash
collin 4d
stretched seams
tried to burn myself away
evading questions
about my birthday
or what i’ve been into lately
stitches listing to a dead end
always needing something
or someone to cut the thread
4d · 175
popcorn
collin 4d
you wake up, you’re angry
the world, you resent it
your moms on ozempic
there’s no one to vent with
the ceiling makes sense
if you stare at it long enough
5d · 33
routine
collin 5d
pin me down like a butterfly
dissect me and search but all you’ll find
behind my pendulum of chemical tides
is more grey skies and a fabergé smile
i will never be the porcelain me
you have in mind
7d · 834
oh
collin 7d
oh
oh, the bliss that must come with
the ignorance to your own actions
the knives you spit with vehemence  
whether involuntary or by choice
a deaf man could’ve felt
the disappointment in your voice
Apr 19 · 190
i guess
collin Apr 19
you’re busy playing wordle in a ******* bathroom
you’re talking to your future self inside a vacuum
you only know their songs from one of the guitar hero games
but you’ll wear the t-shirt all the same
Mar 9 · 173
u-haul
collin Mar 9
i finally knew
why we never met
on the other side of the move

you packed the broom
while i packed the *****
collin Jan 25
i talked to a stranger on the phone
it wasn't the face i've known
but i'm pretty sure it had his bones
i walked a minefield of catching up
with the hollow cheeked husk
of a man i used to love
Jan 15 · 853
letter to a younger man
collin Jan 15
the highs, the lows, the overdose
the nights alone, the empty phone
i wish i'd know where this would go
i would have got off long before
it broke the wings i used to soar
and left my heart an open sore
you don't know what you're in for
hey, what's your favorite dinosaur?
Dec 2024 · 74
landscape potrait
collin Dec 2024
beneath the golden iris
blue glare shared between
waves of a luscious green
more stars than i've ever seen
the beauty i can see
everytime you turn to me
Dec 2024 · 163
minute
collin Dec 2024
an invasion against the sky
by the monoliths that rise
man is the tread that's evident
intricate prints of the heaven sent

but little to none have we ever known
of the schemes that steam our wins and woes
our dreams at night and oceans below
the fires that burn
the winds that blow
Dec 2024 · 128
y?
collin Dec 2024
y?
frozen to the marrow
an icy, hollow core
to juxtapose the vessel
through the cosmos we sore
closing in on an answer
orion serves his sword
to slit the adam's apple
before the stars can tell us more
Nov 2024 · 100
patron saint of patronizing
collin Nov 2024
i never dared to call when you're asleep
another knife next to the card inside your sleeve
your laugh like cyanide everytime i tried to make you see
the darker half that conceivably convinced my wrists to bleed
Nov 2024 · 85
sleeper
collin Nov 2024
the sussuration of life outside my window let's me know i'm still alive. 'took the dive', it's been described less eloquently from time to time. the murmur of the wind in conversation that never ends with the whisper from the trees 'til mr. winter eats their leaves. but i survived, i mean just look at me. alive and took a drive, packed the car five stories high with all the people, places, things and love i would've left behind. from now on, i decide.
Nov 2024 · 138
waking nightmare
collin Nov 2024
i pray i'm imagining things.
neurons firing, burning me.
the brakes on this freight car start to scream.
real life breathing into my dreams,
fanning the flames in the evergreens.
real pain where it's not supposed to be.
collin Nov 2024
she smiled
but it didn't reach her eyes
the weight of gold
and everything else inside
Nov 2024 · 350
dry
collin Nov 2024
dry
the most precious stones
i've throw into the lake
to skip and wish to elevate
with nothing less than my love
as if that's ever been enough.
Nov 2024 · 53
hold 'em
collin Nov 2024
i lit my little candle
around noon upon the mantle
that's a simple rhyme
for a drunk like i am
even fools know how to gamble
Nov 2024 · 71
jack and frost
collin Nov 2024
suspended in a deepening cold
incessant, never ending
seeping into my bones
you begged me to let you love me
but it's safer to freeze alone
Nov 2024 · 192
Cycle
collin Nov 2024
I'm beyond me
Beating myself for being myself
And then beating me again
Oct 2024 · 232
nightlife
collin Oct 2024
rigid skyline
crossed T's and dotted I's
that wink at the night
inspite of what i know is right
i accept the invite
and wake up in the afternoon
my pockets light
Oct 2024 · 53
siren
collin Oct 2024
it's always been her fear
of inadequacy that distracts her
she can't get passed the anxiety
to pursue her passion
she would rather stand asleep
she's that last to see
that she might be exactly
what this planet needs
Oct 2024 · 55
pumpkin spice
collin Oct 2024
fragrant flavors of autumn
fallen leaves the flotsam
of summer. spelunking
and plunging into the aesthetic
Aug 2024 · 619
alone.
collin Aug 2024
it's harder to find the way out
when you don't know how you
dug yourself down.
sunken, so alone.
all alone now.
everyone left you above ground.
Aug 2024 · 95
crimson
collin Aug 2024
fluorescent orange
sunset soaring
sore and a syringe
stripping bone so cringe
get a grip, kid
puzzle pieces
biting creases
in my lips
until they bleed
you said you love me
so it's cool goodnight
collin Aug 2024
you take your coffee sweet
vanilla latte with stevia
you treat me like concrete
as i dream of you biting my sheets
Jul 2024 · 168
far beyond
collin Jul 2024
i'm lying to everyone
rather be drunk than loved
yeah sure i've been taking my meds
i've been getting to bed
and there's not as many
voices in my head
Jul 2024 · 82
I got you
collin Jul 2024
happy as a clam
by the grace of god gotdamn,
you're still where i am
Mar 2024 · 189
oneiric
collin Mar 2024
evasive sleep
i’ve been awake since three
i pray the way i’m thinking of you
is the same you’re dreaming of me
Feb 2024 · 143
i got a walking bug
collin Feb 2024
all my thoughts had gone to riot
so i set out to find some quiet
but even way behind the city’s lights
the silence here is not as bright

the roads are crowded with noisy cars
screams and hollers, the sounds of bars
pool tables, beer bottles, the music loud
relinquished solace in fiery cloud

despite the throbbing in my walking legs
my steady stalking refused to stay
and my soles engulfed in a blistering heat
could not stop me from seeing every street

cats in the trash and moths and bones
the racket i heard was mine alone
Feb 2024 · 131
comfort
collin Feb 2024
never felt this but i know every bone
in your hand. i’ll never let you be alone
again. hold me close, iced coffee in the cold
on a bench by a pond at a palace
you made Seoul feel just like home
Feb 2024 · 116
arid
collin Feb 2024
i hear the whispers of you in everything.
every grey cloud bullying the sun and every stray sound echoing its hum.
lying bare beneath the trees of sleep and waking to an itch without relief.
i believed knowledge equaled belief
but faith was a dry and dying seed.
how can you water what you cannot see?
Feb 2024 · 179
kiss
collin Feb 2024
your cold nose pressed to my cheek
as you kissed me in the street
i said
i’ll be with you for forty years, love
you said
i’m sorry, that’s not long enough
Jan 2024 · 184
static
collin Jan 2024
standing on the narrow stairs
painted walls to match your hair

standing in the scent of dust
damaged walls to match your trust

standing only inches apart
a vibrant warmth to match your heart

standing there despite ourselves
you and me and nothing else
Jan 2024 · 82
posted from iPhone.
collin Jan 2024
you can’t because you don’t try
you won’t feel the sky
eyes only for ghost lines
the way beauty cries
and wails from the sailing
of the birds and trees
and people in the street
of their lives and tales
they try and fail
and try again and win
the desires within
lovelorn or love scorned
head over heels or reborn
left behind or leading life
brilliant and serene
you dismiss this scene
with eyes of sleet
for a feed on a screen
Jan 2024 · 87
sunder
collin Jan 2024
this unyielding winter
splintered but inured
for the cold that reached inside me
is something i’ve endured

this unrelenting snow
blows shivers in my bones
but let this chill go thirty below
it’s a pain that i have known

spring will bring a harbinger
of warmth and sunny glow
but i’ll remain frozen in places
to thaw all on my own
In the words of a great American poet, “i got this icebox where my heart used to be”.
Jan 2024 · 88
fleeting
collin Jan 2024
the wind is whipping against frozen hands
snow drifts dance in snake-like bands
i reach into the cold to grip the flakes
that sift through my fingers and slip away
.
Dec 2023 · 387
white christmas
collin Dec 2023
more beautiful than any soul i’ve ever known
pretty as the sun coming up over snow
praying to a sky that’ll listen when it’s cold
that mine could be the hand you hold
i think this one lacks wit but sometimes cheesy cliches just fit.
Dec 2023 · 272
winter
collin Dec 2023
this night feels like a sigh
the painted sky
reminds me why
i feel so dry
landscape and flora
we were soaring
but the leaves dried
Dec 2023 · 378
bonfire
collin Dec 2023
we’ll just read by firelight
feel the warmth on heavy eyes
snowy day, December night
someone I love on either side
Dec 2023 · 354
her voice
collin Dec 2023
soft, sweet
so curious
in my dreams
when i breathe
i hear it
Nov 2023 · 228
blind
collin Nov 2023
honestly, it’s not so bad
right now
she’s not mad
right now
he’s not sad
right now
if i don’t think about it
Nov 2023 · 100
the demons that feed on me
collin Nov 2023
tendrils from my brain
sick and twisted
sinister things that grip
and bring pain
disassociate, i feel a sweet wave
of relief, relax and this pain
starts to recede
i’m vacant
whatever misshapen
false sense of relief
decides to retrieve
the fragments of my grief
it’s his to keep.
finders keepers
Nov 2023 · 256
in the smoke
collin Nov 2023
you sit under the sun
and the golden shine is one
with the beauty of your skin
and you don’t believe
how beautiful you are

all the flames and all the fun
you can’t deny the nights we’ve won
i wish to live forever here with you
Nov 2023 · 369
words
collin Nov 2023
you make me feel new
truth is, we stole the moon
when we kissed, it’s true
your skin so smooth
and my words like rusted roots
i wish i could spoke
i wish i speaked
i wish i told it
i wish i spoked
i’m broken and weak
and can only speak
of my love for you
in this drunken speech
Nov 2023 · 113
table
collin Nov 2023
his name was something
i can’t recall
but we spent a whole night
playing pool, 9 ball

overhead lights hazed blue
chalk on my cue
made a shot or two
watch his turn from a stool

next game, someone called
maybe we'll play a split
it doesn’t matter who won
we were infinite
Nov 2023 · 112
seoul
collin Nov 2023
city skyline bright
your eyes lock in on my eyes
we felt every pulse
is this a haiku? idk
Nov 2023 · 2.4k
I’ll disappoint you
collin Nov 2023
i’ll probably stumble to the driveway
before the stars are all done shining
find a place still open
where the locals are unwinding

i got a fresh pack and a pocket of cash
ready to spend my last check
on the first girl that looks my way
forgetting all the word she’ll say
doesn’t matter, we’ll be gone by day

i know a lot of people
upset with the way i’m living
but i’ve never been known
for making good decisions
Nov 2023 · 154
bitter grapes
collin Nov 2023
cheap vices with expensive taste
an idle mind is such an awful waste
leave me to the bottle and a dim lit place
with a pool table and the girls who play
the monster can’t hide his hungry eyes
good morning, class. turn to chapter five
the monster can’t stay one size
when it stops growing, it dies
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