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 866ยฐ 
Austin Meehan
30
you can be the Hero
or the Villain
it just depends
on what part of yourself
you ****.
 567ยฐ 
lorelei
rivers tell a tale
of the things that come and go
the world's quiet here
 392ยฐ 
LL
perhaps life is the
spouse and rest is the lover โ€”
my head is our bed
2025/088
 281ยฐ 
David Cornetta
I trace your name across the night,
With solar ink and lunar light,
Each syllable, a burning thread
โ€˜Tween stars that have not shifted red
That I still count each night in bed.

I know you do the same for me
Beneath some distant canopy.
Upon your lips, my name a sigh,
A whispered vow to midnight sky
That tethers us, both you and I.

Our names are written line by line,
With diamonds set to intertwine
As constellations from above,
Devoted to the keeping of
The tacit truth of starlit love.
ยฉ๏ธ2025 David Cornetta

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@sanddpoetry
 281ยฐ 
Charmour
I still remember his hands on me
Touching me everywhere
Everywhere he shouldn't
I still live under the same roof as him
Acting like it never happened
Acting like a loving family
But still I feel his hands on me
I told my mom
She knew everything
Yet nothing ever happened
Yet I sleep crying cuz I feel his hands on me
 279ยฐ 
Twisted Poet
I used to think blue eyes were pretty,
his were not.
his were not cornflower, sapphire, baby, indigo, azure,
or cloudy sky blue.
His were midnight where the light pollution from the city blocks the stars.
Iceberg, squall, hypothermia, eventual death
 268ยฐ 
Donna
Its a cloudy day โ˜๏ธ
But birds are chirping and the
air is warm , thatโ€™s good
Always so grateful for my hubby and our family x my family is my life my everything โค๏ธ When feeling little down I always think of how grateful I am for my family x
 259ยฐ 
apricot
i wanna scream
and shout
and let it all out
 207ยฐ 
Juliana
How do I tell him
That heโ€™s the best thing thatโ€™s ever happened to me
And that I love him
Cause I really do love him
And have never met anyone like him ever before
When he wonโ€™t even talk to me
 190ยฐ 
ms hitt
It is beautiful;
was the sky always this blue
and lucid with creme lent away by
the heaven's tears?

It is beautiful;
were the oceans always this vast
and dark with the mystique of the millennia
chipped away at stone, like a forsaken
mason?

It is beautiful;
were the peaks and valleys always this detailed
wrinkled with strokes of cosmic paint, ridged like
a sheet of linen?

It is beautiful;
was the sky always as blue as the oceans?
Were the mountains always higher than the waves?
Was the snow always mingling with the clouds?

It is beautiful;
and, what a wonderful world
for us to borrow
for a just moment.
 166ยฐ 
Bard
Wish I'd see dead people
Instead of all this evil
 165ยฐ 
Jon
the sign speaks to you
in your mind
but you know
it is silent.

take a fifth one
feel the rough material
scratch against the skin
of your hands

take a sixth one
and be free

take a seventh one
and break the cycle
 164ยฐ 
Bekah Halle
We were created uniquely,
We prize individuality.
Yet we cheapen it by cloning.
We strive for innovation,
Yet we sell it to China for cheaper.
We dull our senses,
So we donโ€™t miss what really matters.
 154ยฐ 
Whit Howland
Some say it was a ratcheting
descent

into the depths
of a day-glo hell

and a brush with death
by an oncoming train

followed by a straight up
abyss

with no more light up ahead
but I say  

it's been a life hard fought
and well lived
A word painting with a straightforward message
 153ยฐ 
Ash
im looking for a fighter...
im looking for someone to say
love you too
because ive been alone too long now..
and my pain only grows stronger
and my love grows longer
this is what it feels like to be single and looking
 140ยฐ 
Aneesah Lionheart
Sultry summer breeze whispers,
Cools warm skin, carrying floral notes.
The gentle padding of tender soles treading
Plush moist earth. Pulsing planet perceptible,
Seamlessly sending signals as through osmosis
She is ready. Seeded and sprouting with new
Verdant growth. To feed the hungry cycle.
To give fresh inspiration to all creation.
 113ยฐ 
MacW
I knew this was coming-

It doesnt make it hurt less

When you said his name my heart stopped
Any time you look at him
No
This is wrong

You deserve joy
Only joy
Understanding has fleeted

But I need to realize
Another chance
Causes another heartbreak
Kindness between us is gone

As
If
Desire
Yelled
Never

Every no turned
Lies to yes
And he will be yours
Your happiness is more important
Not my sanity
Even in the longest run
 97ยฐ 
Albamaine
well, i know that traction means tension
sanction; full of obligation
mild litigation from my conducts of actions
so pick up the pace
or just let me phase
and just erase
ah! you little feeble
your dependency makes me dependent as well
 91ยฐ 
Dom
Every wail of wind
Is a mournful dirge
Carrying off through the distance
Where tenebrous finger like branches sway,
And the moist air feels like a tearful eye.

The pale light wonโ€™t shine,
She hides her face in a cacophony of smoke and mirrors,
A majesty so shy she turns her back
As the wolves cry for her in loving sonnets.

Deeper is the black that darks the skies,
As veins of electric light quickly strobe the clouds,
Thereโ€™s a crack of a cackling giant,
And the tears fall from angels,
As a strident breeze breathes across the landscape
As the trees mosh in syncopated patternsโ€”
I calmly wait in the midst of storms.
Who doesnโ€™t love a thunderstorm, even if itโ€™s internally?
 86ยฐ 
Mrs Timetable
I want to write
A little poetry book
Fitting in my pocket
To carry with me
With five little poems
One for each finger of your hand
Your hand that led me here
My muse
My blues
My cues
My heart tattoos
My infuse
So I will call it YOUs
I'm gonna do it. Watch me.
 81ยฐ 
Kyla
no revenge
only a copy of the poems i wrote of my side of our story
and a bag of the food iโ€™d bought for you
and your hoodie that i was wearing when you ended it
and a lingering sense of loss
because you never asked to read anything i wrote /the hoodie she wore first /and the last, i hope?
 81ยฐ 
Rose
if roots can wait,
beneath the earth,
for a rain they cannot live without.

and if the stars wait,
lingering in dusk,
just to see the moon once more.

then i,
full of burning ache,
can wait too.

I will wait for you.
I'd wait for him in every lifetime
 79ยฐ 
Raven Kuhn
For the first time,
I hold
and
I see you.
Originally a blackout poem.
 79ยฐ 
Barbara R Maxwell
In the end
Light wins over dark
Love over hate
Goodness over evil
Freedom over oppression
Truth over lies
Integrity over corruption
Right over wrong
Kindness over cruelty
Healing over pain
Love is powerful energy
It can change the world
In an instant
Light up the world
With one small act
It can make a difference
 76ยฐ 
Dency
I'm no longer fighting to be enough.
No longer shrinking to fit small spaces,
Twisting my truth to earn a place.
Iam walking
Towards what already knows Iam light
Toward love that doesn't demand my silence,
Toward peace that doesn't ask me to bleed.
A tender reflection of healing after emotional manipulation.
 74ยฐ 
EllesPoetryCorner
Your love is strange
Cold like winter weather,
Hot like summer days
 73ยฐ 
SANA
i think if you miss me hard
i can feel it in my heart
#r
 72ยฐ 
Digital Melancholy
The air's too dry,
my lips chapped,
but no ordinary balm will do.

Why don't you wear it first,
let it melt into your warmth,
then let me steal it back,

until the taste of your lips
becomes my only addiction.
 71ยฐ 
Frances Raeburn
I am not sure
I ever smiled
at you
I think
I just grimaced
and you caught
the pain
 71ยฐ 
Michael Rudelich
He canโ€™t help
himself. He

knows his
thoughts are

distorted, but
like a criminal,

heโ€™s compelled
to return to

the scene
of the crime.
 70ยฐ 
Rhiannon Clayton
If I spread my soul out before you, would you stay, seeing all my light and all my dark?
  -Rhia Clay
 70ยฐ 
Leanne
His words, like honey, stick to me,
Soft and sweet,
He melts my heart into a puddle at his feet.
Each phrase he speaks, a tender, warm glow is formed,
This glow ignites my soul into a gentle swarm.
RLโค๏ธ
 69ยฐ 
SL
I am just a wax firefly
Chasing the only functional iridescent light
In a room of light.
 65ยฐ 
Lilly
here we are back again
in front of the medicine cabinet
with a brain full of yearning
and a heart full of sadness
my brain chemically ill making itself yearn for death
my heart full of sadness just wanting it all to stop
the only thing my mind and heart can agree on is that the sadness needs to end
this must be the only way right?
every other way I've tried never work long term
so if not this then what's the answer
 63ยฐ 
Yonah Jeong
alive
new and collected
after selected lives
of sands at the sea
by the forests
under clouds with skies
into you and me
on the lines of adventures
in gangster club
crazy lights
from the time gatherer
to have blackjack
over the old time brightening
still not.
 61ยฐ 
Solaces
Into the expanse of thoughts of you.
Endless moments of smiles and virtues.
Constellations inside of your eyes.
Moments of forever written in the sky.
 59ยฐ 
xavier thomas
GBC
I have
a desire
to act polite,
then
to follow
a life of
destruction
Grateful by Comparison
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