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julianna Jan 2019
Time is unmeasurable.
It goes so fast,
Except for when it goes too slow.
Like last week, I felt out of control,
And
Today felt as if it was never ending.
julianna Aug 2018
Another dream as part of the treatment
In all reality, it feels like a torture
If they only knew what the beeps brought on...
The left-right, dream-inducing,
cadence,
Tells my brain what to process;
And it’s always you.
If it hurts that much, is it healing?
Or bleeding out and re-peeling?
It’s the second dream since the therapy
On the second day since the therapy.
And oh,
It felt better the first time.
The one where he thought I was weird,
Because it’s more realistic.
But in the one about you,
I got everything I’d ever wanted
Which hurts
And aches
And hollows one out.
It leaves nerves fried
And teary eyes
And palpating hearts.
Because there’s no room to grow,
No room left to dream.
It’s given me an eye to see what we could have been
And feel how good it would’ve been.
And now I know and long for those  feelings.
And I think I always will,
Because I’ll never forget what I’ve dreamed.
I’m a broken, hollow body. These dream are tiring, winding torture. I don’t think I will ever get over him, it’s a deeper ache than you can expect someone to have for someone so non-essential in their life. But here we are.

The title is EMDR in Braille, or atleast it’s supposed to be.
17
julianna Nov 2018
17
Is 17 too soon?
I don’t think I’m ready
I look nothing like her
Or what I thought.
Age complex... I feel weird turning 17 in 2 months. I don’t feel like I’m ready for it even though nothing will really change.
julianna Apr 2018
If I'm not standing on a stage,
Then why should I act "more my age"
?
People always meet me and we quickly become friends. We laugh and talk, exchange numbers. Then, they ask me how old I am... Is it bad for me to be mature or be able to have good conversations at a  young age?  Why should you act differently because you now know the number of years I've been alive? It's unfair how people can judge so quickly and it hurts when people reject me because I don't match whatever stereotype they have attached to my age group. It's almost as if I've insulted them... they no longer find me funny, witty, or smart. How sweet.
julianna May 2018
What would you do if you saw a girl spending pennies and pearls on food?
She gobbles it up and then she barfs, which she thinks makes her feel good.
Later that night, with her conscious she'll fight as the guilt eats her for lunch
But she'll never tell of the story where of she went to after brunch.
julianna Sep 2018
I know that I come off as mature,
But don’t erase my life.
16 is far from 20
And 20 would make me a different person.
So please don’t invalidate my existence
By creating a new one in your head.
Treat me like a human
And please, treat me the way you think I should be treated, regardless of what number is attached to my being.
Don’t be an age eraser.
This poem doesn’t even make sense. It’s a jumbled up ramble of two of my most haunting insecurities;
People assuming my age (usually 18-20s) and then holding me up to some impossible standard of responsibility/maturity that they’ve created AND people judging me for my age/patronizing me/invalidating me when I tell them my age and I’m younger than what they thought (I’m 16 but I am “mature for my age”).
Don’t make me feel bad about my existence just because I’m different than what you think a 16 year-old should be.
julianna Feb 2018
Have you heard of Alice,
The girl in Wonderland?
I am sure you have.
The problem, you see
lies in the words you didn't read.
The part the writer did not need.
While Alice laid upon a bed,
Her mother watched and stroked her head.
The doctors said it was psychosis
And so they gave her higher doses.
She's over-stressed,
She is a mess,
But every day she takes her meds.
She can't find Wonderland again
And so she uses pad and pen
To write some poems, oh so sad
But they help others feel less bad
And that will help her feel less ******,
The closest thing she feels to happy.
May make changes
julianna Sep 2018
you say a cuss word in your head and then you watch something that’ll hurt you and
then you blame everyone else for things you’ve done
you’re not doing well in school because you’re lazy
you’re so lonely, but you’ll never tell a soul then you want them to feel guilty for not noticing
but you hide your pain on purpose
you think that people hate you and they probably do
you’re being reckless for no reason
your emotions are too heavy for the situation
you write poems for attention
you used to follow your head but now you follow your broken heart
when you need help you don’t ask for it
your greatest downfall is lust
and now you’re nauseous because of how disgusting you’ve become
To the person I was and the person I’ve become and the person that I will be or won’t... I’m feeling hopeless and lost and I need help and I don’t know how much longer I’ll be this way
julianna Jun 2018
Alone,
Alone,
It’s happening again.
I’m alone in this body
And stuck in my head.
I’m irritable.
I’m worried.
I’m unable to cope
I’m filled with violent dread
And I’m glued to my bed.
I’m left wondering why this is happening again.
julianna Jan 2020
It let go.
I struggled out of its pale, bony fingers...
I doubted and contemplated other means of escape, but I kept fighting,
Never giving up.
***** fingernails, bitten raw,
Was what I saw when it grabbed me in the hallways many years ago.
But I never stopped trying to break free.
Never.
I scratched, kicked, and screamed!
I scratched and hit,
And the blood of the hands just poured   Down,
Down,
Down,
Red thick blood.
And it laughed. It laughed in my face.
When this happens, don’t be startled or scared. Don’t give up.
Because when it laughs, it’s in pain. And
Finally,
Finally,
Finally,
It let go.
A month ago, maybe two.
Maybe yesterday or tomorrow,..
I stopped keeping track.
But I’ve finally been able to smile
Without the sadness holding onto me.
You’ll get there too.
julianna Feb 2018
A middle-aged couple
Stares out their front window
Happily watching the workers
Busy on their front lawn, digging a hole.

They had lived in this neighborhood
For three years
With their three precious daughters,
The family dog, and only two trees.

The mother would often complain
Because the houses looked bare
The father was sad,
Said the air was stale.

But they know well that each day that brings a trial
Brings a blessing, too.
Today, the dog is barking
And there's plenty of work to do.

Still, they smile.
Because today they get a brand new tree.
julianna Aug 2018
I’m not an angry person,
I’m just an irritable perfectionist.
Haha. I’ve told myself this lie for so long, but I’ve now come to realize that it’s the same thing.
julianna Apr 2018
I am a comprehensive manual,
But I'm written in braille.
They open me and soon realize
that they don't really care.
I cannot speak their language,
Communicate my thought
So every day that passes,
they just watch me fall apart.
If you love me, please put in the effort to learn my "language". I have trouble communicating because of my anxiety and it has really affected me. I know I don't make sense at times, but I need you to keep trying. (may edit)
julianna Oct 2018
And it was
iN that split  
secOnd that i was
Rather weak.
Eating no longer  
seemed an eXit, but instead
as If it was so, so,
Aimless to do.
julianna Apr 2021
I didn’t see it ever stopping
I wanted to be free
When will nothing hurt anymore?
I grew tired of guessing and failing
This is why I did it
I was tired and burnt out
Even my gut reminded me with a stabbing pain,
Reminded me of everything I would never and could never be
So with this note
I set myself free.

Don’t try to follow,
You’ll learn to live without me.

P.S. Your love was always enough. I had always spiraled so quickly, it was just too hard to catch myself this time.
Don’t worry about be, I’ll be fine I’ll be fine I’ll be fine
julianna Aug 2022
i always found it easier to blame myself
responsible for your feelings
incapable of handling my own
i felt so much wiser when things were unknown
now I stand in the future and now I stand in the future and now I stand in the future
but im still the same age
im still the same
12 with that look on my face
14 with a secret to trace
16 with the weight of the world
18 with so much to conquer
20 with nothing to do
20 with nothing to prove
20 with nothing to lose
maybe the cycle stops when I do
but this time, blame yourself.
julianna Dec 2018
This time, unconditional
I asked for a “kissy”
More than once, mind you
And I received what I had wanted
  <3
julianna Aug 2018
I’m afraid
To go somewhere I have the right
I’m afraid
That someone will threaten my life
So many people have passed away
At the hand of another shooting
But at 16, should I be afraid
That the next one could be me?
I am heartbroken and terrified.
julianna May 2019
You push me up against the wall,
Because our love is bound to fall.
But you know what you can’t do?
You can’t save it.
You put your hands around my hips,
A taste of bitter guilt.
Your lips, my lips—
We kiss.
It’s the last time I’ll do this.
It’s over, that’s for sure.
A disaster? I don’t think so.
I’m walking out the door.
I know you’ll never find me.
You know that we’re done for.
I found a draft of this poem in my journal, which I wrote at age 12 (almost 13). I guess I’ve always been dramatic.
julianna Feb 2018
Every new year
for the rest of my life
Is now an
apart year
Because you are
a part of me
and you are
gone, love.
julianna Oct 2018
Angry because we were in the same room
And you couldn’t even look in my direction...
At me, and you knew,
It was me

I’m so tired and frustrated
I
I’m sad its come to this
My mother forced to greet your solemn face
Shake her hand like you used to, please.

Why did your dad steal your warmth?
What’s happening?
You’re hurting me,
Something that I never would’ve expected

I’m on the verge of tears,
Angsty
Just thinking about it
Thinking about you and all of it

Come back, I beg
I’ll still try to save you
And maybe we’ll fall again

10.28.18
It hurts so much. All I do is miss you and all you do is forget... It hurts. So. Much.
julianna Jun 2019
I push you away
And cry all the while
I act like I’m happy
The art of a smile.
julianna Sep 2020
They say you’re never alone
And the people I love say they’re always there for me.
Then why am I laying here, lonely, cold?
I could talk
I could text
I could ask for help
But, what would I say?
Would I even feel better?
The questions churn around in my head for so long that I become numb to the idea of finding out the answers.
So I’ll just lay here until tomorrow, keep to myself.
I’ll lay here,
Alone.
Alone with my thoughts,
But alone.
julianna Oct 2018
Why are we allowed to be at risk?
I’m more likely to die by my own hands than by ******.
We are letting our youth slip away:
Every 16 minutes a light flickers out.
By the end of the year,
We’re down by 800,000
From 15-24 we’re DYING
We are dying.
So let this be a warning to society,
To do something about it now.
julianna Aug 2018
I’m stuck in the backroads I walked
Many years ago
Because there’s no need to grow up
So now it hurts to wake
And hurts to go to sleep
The only thing keeping me alive
Is the chance of a better me
I’m stuck in the same place and it hurts ...
julianna May 2018
I'm back to reading books about girls in love
I'm back to being entranced by words on pages for hours at a time
I'm back to eating what I want with no remorse
I'm back to having normal relationships with people my age
I'm back to being able to grow out my nails without impulsively biting them off in seconds
I'm back to buying clothes that fits me right now and not after I lose a few pounds
I'm back to being able to walk around a mall without feeling every single person in my brain
I'm back to coexisting without inhibitions about being myself
I'm back to me...
I'm back to happy.
For the first time in a long time, I feel like myself. I get emotional thinking about it because I'm still young, yet I feel as if mental illness has robbed me of so, so much. Today, I felt "back to happy".
julianna Oct 2018
Bad
Days
That
Beckon
To
Be
Back
Again
Will
Always
Be
My
Future.
As another one rolls around, days are an endless wage of uncertainty...

Today happened to be a bad one.
julianna Feb 2019
How can you do this to me?
Make me feel these things,
Build me up then break me.
You’ve given me art and habit,
Just to hand me the truth of your *******.
Take back the truth
I don’t want your defiled love.
julianna Jun 2018
I'm being bled dry.
The water turns a drip-drip
Over the edge.
My squirming,
Twisted mermaid legs
Shrivel in pain
I'm ugly and deformed.
I gave all I had to give.
So I'm bleeding
And screaming
In this bathtub prison,
But no one will find me here.
Inspired by the song Bathtub Mermaid by Mili... I'm feeling bled dry, stuck in a bathtub. As if I have nothing left to give and I'm just waiting for an end to my slow death.
julianna May 2018
I don't trust people
Who do things
For my benefit
When it really
Benefits them.
julianna Feb 2018
I cannot read between the lines
You own them,
For they are not mine
To twist and turn and compromise
So tell me, do you think it's wise
To make me read between the lines?
julianna Aug 2020
I find solace in being busy
Once I find the quiet
It’s like Tyler said, it’s violent
I fill my life with noise
To drown out the voice in my head
What ugliness lies between the silence?
Do I want to find out?
julianna May 2020
Too young to be in love
But my heart beats faster when I see you
I will wait for our love to be accepted
No matter how long it takes
julianna Mar 2018
I am bordering on crazy and sane
I am balancing between smart and dumb
I am tripping between love and apathy
I am stumbling between living and existing
I am not this nor that, I am just a border line.
So who am I?
Who am I? Who am I?
julianna May 2018
Why am I so broken?
It always comes back to this.
There are moments of bliss when I don't miss
those horrible scars on my wrists.
But moments aren't made to last, and I...
I am a girl that's made of glass.
julianna Aug 2018
You’ve left your mark on a broken heart,
On a whirlwind of a girl.
She knows that she’s unstable,
But she considered you her world.
She thinks about you randomly
And digs herself a hole,
So later she can sleep in it
And rest her hurting soul.
julianna Nov 2019
Spin me ‘round
Carousel
Watch me fall
See me fail
Tired tired
It won’t stop
I keep spinning
‘Round the clock
Hungry hungry
Time to eat
I can’t get off
Of this seat
Seeing colors
Hearing sounds
All I do
Is spin around
julianna Feb 2020
I have sterile hands and a fragile heart
Tired eyes and heavy limbs
Stony stare and limp lip
I couldn’t want you anymore
And now I’m stuck staring at my bathroom floor
I’m a slave to your magnetic charm
A ****** for your magic smile
All these years, I thought I had a monopoly on your attention...
But now you’re hugging her
And I’m catatonic
julianna Mar 2019
It hurts.
Not in the hellish,
****-myself-kind-of-way,
But in the way a muscle does when you over extert it
It burns.
When my mind sparks, it catches,
and burns.
julianna Feb 2018
they think that chicken soup
for the human soul
can cure me,
but I am vegetarian.
thought this was a silly concept
julianna Jul 2019
Choose to stop
Choose to be different
Chose to be blissfully unaware
Of the chaos unfolding around you
julianna Dec 2019
What can I say?
It’s so sad to see him so thin
Addicted to that
And addicted to this
He needs to be healthy,
And happy,
And “fat”
All that I’d like is for him to be back.
julianna Oct 2019
It’s too cold to be alone
So that’s why I’m thinking of you
julianna Oct 2018
It was a color that I’ve never seen before
I knew that it existed, but not like this
It was an attraction that you couldn’t miss
Because our mouths met and we literally kissed
I’m glad that I felt it in my dreams, atleast
Because I can open my eyes and try to see it in real life
julianna May 2019
I’m searching for comfort
In words of wisdom.
I know where to look,
But am I strong enough?
julianna Mar 2018
why am I never content with the content of my head?
julianna Sep 2020
My whole life has been
“Control”
“Control”
“Control”
It’s hard-wired into me.
But that much tension is fragile.
That’s why I’m easy to break.
julianna Jan 2019
Sometimes they crash down and the waves take me with them.
Like a tsunami, it’s unexpected.
You usually know the signs, but once it starts, there’s no changing it.
There’s no going back, it’s not a choice.
It’s just a deadly fight against nature and water and time...
I always come up for air before it’s too late, but with my eyes closed, I don’t know up from down.
Am I plunging into the depths or rising towards the horizon?
I don’t know...
I’m just swimming.
julianna Oct 2018
In a different reality,
I would be wearing two-toned shorts,
Do crazy makeup,
And dye my hair
I’d carry a bat and wear a shirt
That said I was your monster
I’d be your crazy baby
And you, my evil man
But sadly Harley and The Joker
Don’t think the way I can
I’ve always wanted a twisted love and honestly, we’d have it. But things are different than I want and right now, that’s
what I need.
julianna Apr 2021
when I told my therapist that I felt lonely,
she said in response that
she didn’t want to belittle my experience
and I only half-heartedly believed her
when she told me that we all feel lonely,

but darlin’ I know you’re so lonely.
at the end of the day, we’re all in this together.
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