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JD Oct 2023
going going
never time
to stop
and rest

i must perform
i must oblige
i must keep going
and going

taking time off
to take my mind off
of all the things to do
as soon as time’s up

i have to function
so the guilt
of underperforming
doesn’t consume me
it's capitalism innit
JD Oct 2023
i love
i always have
fiercely
fearlessly
i love

i love
everyday things
paltry
significantly
i love

i love
people
places
things
and spaces
in between

i love
with all my heart
wholly
fully
i love

i love
and always will
utterly
subtly
i love
my love, mine all mine
JD Oct 2023
and now i am Atlas
shouldering the weight of the past
all on my own
JD Sep 2023
your heaven
is my hell
my heaven
is your love

when nothing
lasts forever
was the second time
i fell
fallen in love with an angel
JD Sep 2023
in your eyes
i saw the stars
in your arms
i felt the warmth
of a perfect summer night

now in your eyes
i see the pain
in your arms
i feel the end
of a love yet to begin
And we spent our existence pretending that we aren’t
JD Aug 2023
I want to let go
let go
of this heaviness
that’s dragging down
my heart
heavy with sorrow

I want to let go
let go
of this tragedy
that’s filling
my heart
brimming with grief

I want to be
be free
of insecurities
that aren’t my own
for my heart to beam
with love
instead
JD Jul 2023
I know who i am
i know myself
i want to shout
i want to scream
i am myself

how can i make
you see
how can i make
you realise
how can i prove
myself
to you

i don’t want much
i don’t mean harm
i just want to be seen
by you
as the person i am
and always have been
yes, this is about being queer
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