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Ash Jan 27
You keep trying to
make sense of their *******.
Why are you doing this?
They've been told time
and time again.

They KNOW the harm they have caused.

Pouring your heart and soul
out to those who wish
you were dead is doing nothing.
It's only exhausting you.

Put up your boundaries,
take a stand,
show them that you are
here to ******* STAY.
Ash Jan 24
*******..
We've just about seen it all,
don'tcha think?

We feel backed into
a narrow corner.
We feel small & mute.
We feel frail & powerless.

This is exactly how
they want us to be.
We cannot give them
that satisfaction.

There are more of us
then there are of them!
They want us to CONSUME
all the **** they feed us.
They need US!

We need to stand tall
& be loud & fearless.
I understand war should
not be the answer..
but we MUST defend ourselves.

We deserve life ******!!

Every system in place
is designed to fail you,
& to benefit the ones with power.
Do not be a cog in their regime.

Embrace community & togetherness.

So, let's fight & LIVE!
Ash Jan 10
..here comes the darkness.
Seeping in every corner.
Covering me like a blanket.

I feel numb,
yet on fire within
a void.

My body &
mind slow down.
& my stomach
in my throat.

I cannot tell
what I'm feeling.
But it's lonely
& dark here.

I cry a thousand tears of pain.
I can barely breathe.

I remember what
someone once
told me.

So I take
3 deep breathes,
close my eyes,
& hold myself close.

This won't last forever.
I know I can fight this.

We've done this
dance many
times before.

I hug myself tighter
as I begin to smile.

I have Bipolar.
My Bipolar does not
have me.

I tell myself
this over & over..

I open my eyes & sigh deeply.

It's going to be okay.
We WILL heal from this.
Ash Jan 10
I was so curious.
I felt free.
There was warmth..

So I thought.

Things start
to blur & cloud.
I thought this
was the light I needed.

I fell hard
& fast.
Deeper I go.
The light dims..

What have I done?
What is this place?
There must be
a way out.

I'm clawing, jumping,
gasping for air.
I see the surface.

I push harder,
but still no luck.

There appears a hand
as to reach for me.
I grab hold tight.

I slip as the
current pulls
me down.
I feel trapped.

I feel hopeless
& lonely.
But I cannot
give up.

I see a second
& then a third
hand plunge
down into the water.

I can suddenly breathe!
I'm alive!

I have found my people.
No longer feeling lonely.
The way has been shown.
Ash Jan 10
I can smell it
in the air.

I can almost
feel it wrap
around me.

It's like a cool
mist at first..

Then it starts
to get very
HEAVY.

The sounds
of it hitting
my umbrella.

Thump Thump Thump...
Speeding up.

This is my
little safe
space to be me.

The freshness
I feel all
around me..

I can hear
a loud rumble
in the near
distance.

It's coming!!

I start to feel
the hairs
on my arm rise.

A smile
comes across
my face.

I close my
eyes shut
tight.

THUNDER.

The rain
brings me
happiness.

A chance
to start over..
FRESH.
Ash Jan 10
I've never known how
to deal with pain.

Pain is something
that you push down.

Hush. Hush.

Growing older is
full of resentment
& mountains of pain.

How do I handle
the pain that
is too much?

Some day I
will be free
of this pain.

I must be free.

Freeing yourself
of pain & hurt
is lifelong.

We must speak
about the pain.

Do you feel the
weight lifting?

To be free of
the pain
you must release.

In the end,
you cannot
have happiness
without pain.
This is one of the first pieces I wrote last year when I started attending my writing workshop.
Ash Jan 10
Unbecoming everything that isn’t you.
.. this is such a factual statement.
We live in a society where everyone masks and they don’t even realize it.
There is this facade that we parade around throughout life, while becoming a little bit of every person we meet.
Who are we really?
Am I truly someone who works in an office every single day of my life, or am I a little piece of everyone I’ve ever loved?
We are the only ones who know our true selves.
Everyone’s perception of you is wildly different.
We are chameleons.
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