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514 · Mar 2019
p e r f e c t
kerri Mar 2019
my cold fingertips touching my new word,

perfect

still fresh,
raised from the skin,
a reminder of what i’m not,
what i wish i was,
what i could never be
475 · Sep 2016
Untitled #4
kerri Sep 2016
i don't want to be so ambitious
but you and i could be something so beautiful
437 · Oct 2016
thank you
kerri Oct 2016
my anxieties keep me up
they tell me you might not like me as much as i like you
you unknowingly punched those worries in their ugly faces
you make it obvious to me
i love you too
427 · Sep 2016
I've been caught
kerri Sep 2016
she called me "baby"
she said I belong to her
nothing else matters
but the bliss she gives me
424 · Sep 2016
self reflection #2
kerri Sep 2016
i do not exist for your pleasure
are you so entitled to think my goal is to please you?
clearly i don't know you
and you don't know me
i don't love you
i love her

did i just say that out loud?
405 · Mar 2019
Leave Me Alone
kerri Mar 2019
I long to taste the sunshine in my mouth again.
But seeing you had only brought me seething pain.
I’ll never forget what you have done to me.
Erase all of your messages and just leave me be.

It’s taking me too long to be okay.
Get out of my mailbox and just stay away.
Stop sending me your demons and your darkness.
Your disregard for feelings is too heartless.
Happy World Poetry Day!
kerri Aug 2018
we broke up months ago

it was inevitable,
three adults with two babies?
two adults with serious mental issues?
it couldn’t have healthily worked out


we broke up months ago

you faked a suicide attempt for attention,
we were so ******* worried,
you were our foundation,
that should’ve been a sign


we broke up months ago

i did the best i could do,
my best didn’t live up to your standards,
so you left,
i was in charge of the house


we broke up months ago

i lived a few weeks in your shoes,
barely saw or talked to you,
i couldn’t handle that,
you wrecked me


we broke up months ago

i couldn’t do it all by myself especially in my condition,
I couldn’t live in your house without you there,
i didn’t think we’d end up hating each other,
but i left


we broke up months ago

i didn’t think we’d end up hating each other,
you badmouthed and lied about me,
completely disregarded everything i did for you,
all so you could keep your victim complex


i became free months ago
395 · Mar 2016
haiku and you can too
kerri Mar 2016
all you need is seven words here
another five fits right after
ending with seven just like the start
394 · Dec 2019
white noise
kerri Dec 2019
i’ve lost enjoyment in what i used to love.

books left unread,
dust beginning to move in.

tv turned on,
my mind somewhere else.

video game systems untouched,
npcs wondering where their savior has gone.

guitars and piano sitting alone,
my fingers instead tapping on a phone.
kerri Jan 2019
i turn my pain into beautiful words and images.
why can’t i do the same with my happiness?
365 · Mar 2019
Not Enough Answers
kerri Mar 2019
please make the hurt stop
i was never yours
you were never mine
why is this pain here?
why doesn’t anything good ever stay?
when can i finally evaporate?
355 · Aug 2019
Sad Souls
kerri Aug 2019
They say a sad soul is always up past midnight.
It's 1:30 AM right now.
I'm still stuck in this perpetual cycle of overwhelming emotions,
None of which are easy for me to avoid and forget altogether.
Written around 2014.
349 · Aug 2019
Oh Peter
kerri Aug 2019
Oh Peter;
I swore I would never grow up - fly to Neverland with you;
Now I'm 17;
I wish I kept my promise;

Oh Peter;
Children don't hate themselves as much as I;
Children don't get excited to drift off to sleep;
Children don't wonder whether tomorrow is their last;

Oh Peter;
Can you tell me when it all went wrong - when I stopped believing;
Perhaps Captain Hook was behind it;
I miss you, Peter;
Written around 2014.
347 · Nov 2019
you’re not done here
kerri Nov 2019
please don’t go,
i love you so,
you’re not done here,
that much i know.

don’t leave me alone
338 · Sep 2018
Don’t Compare Tragedies
kerri Sep 2018
Don’t ever tell anyone, “Get over it. That’s nothing compared to what I’ve been through.”

Someone who drowns in a 7 foot pool is just as dead as someone who drowns in the endless ocean.
323 · Jan 2019
n u m b
kerri Jan 2019
The pills meant to take away sadness should replace it with happiness.
The sadness is gone but there’s never enough happiness for everyone.
317 · Sep 2018
Untitled #12
kerri Sep 2018
I don’t understand atheists.
How could you not believe in a higher power,
As we are all gods controlling the universes within us.
kerri Aug 2019
I've spent way too long biting my tongue and grinding my teeth,
Standing back and watching in defeat.
It's time I finally see the truth in your eyes.
You never loved me, not even once,
I finally realize.
Written around 2014.
300 · May 2016
Untitled #2
kerri May 2016
i feel congested
my heart is arrested
and i can't find my way down
299 · Sep 2018
self reflection #5
kerri Sep 2018
i am able to carve illustrious images with the words of my poems,
yet I’m speechless when it comes to you.
why may I be so inept at speaking simple thoughts to you?
294 · Mar 2016
Pill Friends
kerri Mar 2016
When my depression ate at my soul, I was in a truly bad place.
I didn't have many physical friends.
The only ones that seemed to always care were in my head and fit in my shaking palms.
291 · Jan 2019
Untitled #15
kerri Jan 2019
Here I am,
Trying to think of a poem to somehow ease my anxieties since you decided to remind me of your presence.
But you don’t deserve my words anymore.
Keep your insincere and selfish apology.
Leave me to rot.
287 · Aug 2019
I Swear, I'm Not A Creep
kerri Aug 2019
I promise to love you 'til we're old and grey.
Would you promise to do the same?
Who am I kidding?
This is all just a dream.

You don't exist, completely unreal.
To be honest, I'm all alone, passed out,
face down in the snow.
My imagination swirls around in vicious circles.
I'll need a compass to find my sanity again.
Written around 2014.
kerri Apr 2019
When I saw you,
I saw someone that I fell in love with.

But then I look beneath the surface,
You are truly just the serpent,
Begging me to eat your forbidden fruit.
271 · Aug 2018
My New Family
kerri Aug 2018
You reached out to me and made a huge change in my life.
You saved me from myself and are helping to make me better.
I dropped everything to be with you.
Both of you welcomed me with open arms and open hearts.
Now I have four loves.
Originally written in December 2017.
270 · Sep 2018
You Can Be Happy Alone
kerri Sep 2018
Everyone says the moon is lonely,
How lonely can she be?
She’s surrounded by the stars in the sky.

How lonely must the sun be?
She has no one but those wispy clouds.
But, oh, does she still shine.
268 · Aug 2016
Untitled #3
kerri Aug 2016
blood is thicker than water*
scientifically, true
figuratively, a load of *******
263 · Sep 2016
Untitled #5
kerri Sep 2016
this piece of plastic makes me feel better than you ever did
262 · May 2016
one word
kerri May 2016
I will forever be a
loser
loner
lover
The only change is a single letter
252 · Oct 2016
Untitled #6
kerri Oct 2016
I've wasted such beautiful words and phrases
on the most toxic people
I tell myself it won't happen again
but the cycle will continue forever
251 · Sep 2018
self reflection #4
kerri Sep 2018
we’ve been friends for years
slowly grew to be best friends
as I got worse, it became one sided
that was my own fault
you realized it
save us both and just leave
we are both so different now
243 · Mar 2019
Just Worse
kerri Mar 2019
“Depression is just a phase all teenagers go through!”
“You’ll grow out of it!”
“It gets better!”

When does it get better?
7 years running,
I’m still as miserable as ever.
But now I have more than depression.
Anxiety.
PTSD.
What more mental issues do I have to look forward to?
It’s never gotten better.
Just worse.
239 · Jan 2019
You Were Too Hot
kerri Jan 2019
Every time we cuddled close,
One of us would overheat.
Was that our bodies realizing we weren’t meant to be?
237 · Sep 2018
Untitled #14
kerri Sep 2018
Leaving memories
Everyone is gone
The scars of yesterday
Make me hurt
Even as the wind changes
Deciding on the end
In case you didn’t notice
Every first letter shows my truth
228 · Mar 2019
Untitled #16
kerri Mar 2019
I’m someone lost in thought,
Just waiting to finally be found
kerri Sep 2016
i feel like i'm unfit to live in this life
everything confuses me
nothing seems to be worth it
what's the point?
224 · Mar 2019
My Ghost Limb
kerri Mar 2019
i haven’t thought of my blade in a while
it used to be a part of me
my ghost limb, i’d joke to myself
always within arms length

i remember it’s resting place
the temptation to wake it up coursing through me
my arms throbbing
my thighs itching

the words i want to carve into myself running through my mind
homewrecker
false idol
flake

i need to feel something other than despair
222 · Sep 2018
At Least Pick Up Your Feet
kerri Sep 2018
For he did not notice my heart stuck to the bottom of his shoe,
He just kept on walking while I felt every step.
212 · Aug 2019
I'm At A Loss
kerri Aug 2019
You led me on.
You made me believe that I was worth something to you,
And then you go,
And take back all your words and feelings,
And say that it was all an accident.

I still see you in my dreams,
Every night,
Everyday,
Every waking second.
My thoughts are a prison,
And you can't escape.
Written around 2014.
211 · Sep 2018
Song Series #1: Marble Soda
kerri Sep 2018
The sun,
Oh how she shines her love on us.
She radiates her warm tenderness on you and me.
I will love you for as long as the sun shall allow.

The water,
Oh how she splashes her kindness on us.
She splatters her compassion on you and me.
I will care for you for as long as the water shall allow.

The wind,
Oh how she blows her peace on us.
She puffs her tranquility on you and me.
I will be gentle to you for as long as the wind shall allow.

The sun's love may become hidden by the clouds,
But she still exists behind them.

The water's kindness may get evaporated into the sky,
But she still exists in the rain.

The wind's peace may come to a stand still,
But she still comes back.
For the poem's full experience read it while listening to "Marble Soda" by Shawn Wasabi.
This is the first poem in my Song Series. My process is to listen to the aforementioned song on repeat while jotting down feelings or a story.
209 · Aug 2019
I Am My Own Enemy
kerri Aug 2019
Sometimes I feel like a demon is possessing me;
The shivers coursing through my body;
My nerves feel like collapsing - they can't support the weight;
Using my body as a vessel - the demon lowers in;
After the cold shakes - I feel like I'm burning;
I can't do anything;
My mind is skewed;
My hand moves forward - out of my control;
It reaches towards a kitchen knife - latching on like its life is on the line;
Guides the knife to my wrist - I can't stop it;
It sinks in with all it's might;
My coal black eyes roll back in delight;
I feel the liquid trickle down in an odd euphoric way;
The demon is proud of the painting it made - done with its job;
He leaves my body scarred;
I look back in disgust and wish he never came;
Written around 2014.
202 · Sep 2018
self reflection #6
kerri Sep 2018
that’s the thing about people,
you only know the side they choose to show you
they may have been good to you,
but they may have also done the worst to someone else
that’s life’s tragic irony
187 · Sep 2018
Stay the Night
kerri Sep 2018
The moon has known me for my whole life
She has seen my best and worst nights
Yet she’s the only one that’s stayed
179 · Sep 2018
Untitled #11
kerri Sep 2018
Everyone hangs their darkest tapestries deep within their mind

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