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Oct 2018 carter

You Laugh

Oct 2018 carter

Hisham Alshaikh

You laugh
Angels weep out of jealousy
Devils have no single conspiracy
Demons dancing in harmony
Men hearts go broken with no remedy
Women eyes tearing continuously
Violins break out of envy terribly
Composers have no more creativity
Music plays with no melody
Silence starts listening joyfully
Happiness laughters left in agony
Beautiful words describe nothing but misery
Tulip flowers become colorless shamefully
Believers lose their faith immediately
Infidels drop their convictions instantly
Hearts start beating rapidly
Lungs oxygenating quickly
Living ones laying listening carefully
The dead come back miraculously

--Hisham Alshaikh

You Laugh. Version 1.

#romance #love #laugh #day #life #time #night #heart #eyes #smile

Oct 2018 carter

Smile Like Mona Lisa

Oct 2018 carter

Shofi Ahmed

Smile Like Mona Lisa

Art, a smile like the one
on the face of Mona Lisa.
Curved like the waxing moon
above the sea.
Light a flame before a face
yet to be seen.
What will it prevail,
will it show once for all
a slow tilt on the smiling lips
—a curve softly locks on
a rose from the sun,
or a shadow beneath the moon?

This is a poem from my book Zero and One available on Amazon.

#monalisa #curve #smile #art #lips #shadow #love #moon #face #sea

Oct 2018 carter

talents

Oct 2018 carter

Jules

talents

“what are your special skills?”

well—
lately i have mastered the art
of silent tears
and wordless crying,
shuddering breaths
instead of wracking sobs.
my eyes don’t even get red.
if i do it right,
i have the exclusive ability
to break down in a full room
without anyone noticing.

also,
i can brush my weak gums in front of the mirror
and watch blood drip onto my uneven teeth
without flinching.

last,
i can give the best i have
every time
and still my brain can convince me—
worthless.

this poem is almost unbearably sad

#poem #depression

Oct 2018 carter

2

Oct 2018 carter

Gyuwon

2

Im not a poet,
Im just a depressed teenger.
Ill run around the circuit
Until my sweat becomes my armor.

Dont expect much from me,
Im just a socially awkward wreck
The worst card in the deck
Only be remembered as a speck

My ideas are so cliché
That theyve become irrelevant
I always give up midway
And leave myself less confident

But until I find my purpose,
Im just a depressed teenager,
A voiceless individual,
A worthless entity.

Oct 2018 carter

It's Complicated but Simple

Oct 2018 carter

Cné

It's Complicated but Simple

A girl may fear but she is not a fright.
A girl may hurt but she is not pain.
A girl may cry but she is not weak.
A girl may fall but she is not a failure.
A girl may be down but she is not a mad.
A girl may lose but she is not a loser.
A girl may forgive but she does not forget.
A girl may be dreadful but she is not a tragedy.
A girl may want to die but she is not selfish.
A girl may feel worthless but she knows it shall pass.

A girl may be ****** but she is not Jil-flirted.

#fear #sad #depression #life #living #weak #down #empowerment #simple #empowering

Oct 2018 carter

Trapped

Oct 2018 carter

Perri

Trapped

Other men look
with interest and intrigue
while I walk behind you,
small,
as you take lead

I look them in the eyes
hoping they sense the hurt in me,
seeing my distress,
praying they will come set me free

So as I walk in your shadow
shameful
and unimportantly
I'm hopeful
my worth
will shine
for all the others to see
~

#lonely #relationship #sad #depressed #love #worthless #cold #unhappy #alone #hopeful

Oct 2018 carter

I need cigarette

Oct 2018 carter

Alaina Moore

I need cigarette

Plagiarism of worthless ideals,
that you so ignorantly hold high.
Shaking in amazement,
how can you call your self alive?

Totalitarian, lethargic lifestyle.
Ignominious displays of disaffection.
Constant contradictions;
out of your mind.

Caught up in the clouds,
cognition of mania and level debauched.
Up to high to realize, you're an “open mind” with locked doors.
Maslow, Skinner, and Darwin alike, turn in their graves,
over your lack of evolution.

#lyingcunt

Oct 2018 carter

worthless

Oct 2018 carter

Amory Caricia

worthless

I want to cry in a scarlet robe
A vestment of my own demise
I want to trickle into tears
My soul drip out right through my eyes

To empty out into the streets
This body that was never grand
And flow away with ***** rain
And stain the mother earth and land

An uneventful, empty death
A toast to all my useless life
The sting of nothingness quite felt
For nothing wields a lonely knife

Goodbyes bygones from other days
I was a lie that came and went
When life and death were cards to cheat
And not dull guests at the main event

Oct 2018 carter

Worthless

Oct 2018 carter

Commuter Poet

Worthless

The truth is –
I am not worthless
I am not weak
Because strength comes from character
It comes from what you do
When your back is up against the wall

Worth is not measured by how much money you have acquired
The partner you have got
The house you live in
The clothes you wear

True enduring worth lies within your heart
How you treat others
How you treat yourself
How you act
How you express your feelings
How you choose to live

The truth is -
You are not worthless
No matter what experiences
Have led you to this point
No matter what trials and sufferings you have endured
The truth is that your life
Is worth more than you can ever imagine

12th October 2018