i’ve done it.
i’ve reached the final stage.

Everyone has a book.

Every single book is still incomplete until the day that its owner expires.

Some of us have nice, clean books on the outside.
"What a nice book, I bet it hasn't been through too much, it's in such great condition."

Open it.
Go on.

Read their story, will you?
What does it say?

Every book is worth reading.

The most beautiful ones are the saddest ones you will ever read.

So.
Tell me.
What writing lies within your book?

What a burden I am upon everyone I’ve ever known. And what a gift it is to everyone who has never known.

how sad.
that i’ve come to know a world—
where i don’t feel as though
i deserve to be loved.
in a world where everyone
deserves to be loved.

i wish. with all of my heart. that one day.
maybe.
i could look at you the same way that you look at me.
and return the love that runs deep within your veins.

i guard my demons but they still fight to protect me
and they are stronger than you think

love is just the quantum physics of emotions

darling, why are you trying to find a cure when there’s no disease?

if you’re 15-19 and want to make a friend please message me, it would be nice to have a few

I can say every word ever created
but it will never mean the same thing
it does to me that it does to you

"his palms are sweaty
knees weak
arms are heavy
there's ***** on his sweater already
mom's spaghetti"

you aren't alone
this community of hello poetry?
we're a family
we have each other

it’s funny
the poems that i write
that don’t mean much to me
get more attention
and recognition
than the poems that mean
everything to me

Maybe it’s the naive teenager part of me but...

I want to dance in your room with only the color LED strip lights on, chill dance music playing, and dancing even though neither of us know how to.
I want to stay up late playing video games together because we always do so much better when we play together.
I wanna drive around mindlessly with you in a car, listening to music, and just be free.
I want to hold you when you’re having a bad day and tell me all about it so that I can tell you all of the good things that you have to make it better.
I want to go camping with you in the middle of nowhere so that nobody can bother us, we can just be our crazy selves together.
I wanna make blanket forts with you and watch movies together.
I want to feel every emotion possible with you.
And I know that you want this too.
That’s the beauty of this.

I want to spend the rest of my life with you, and I knew that the very second that you and I met.
I don’t know how, but my heart met you and whispered “him.” And that was it.

i’ve lived my life so far not knowing you
but not that i do
i don’t know how to live without you

you
me
35 minutes away
3am calls
everything is bliss
you’re the miracle
that i have been waiting for

i wish there was a word
something
just something
at least
to describe exactly
how you make me feel
but there isn’t
for it’s unlike anything
that anyone
has ever felt before
simply a
definition without a word

the ones who have had the darkest moments shine brighter than you could ever imagine.

One day
I will write a poem
That will make you feel
The magic of music.

my eyes are heavy
skin pale
heart numb
smile shining

take me somewhere where we can fly amongst the butterflies.

i have the choice to sleep
but if i do
then i am vulnerable
my demons would be able to
target the darkest parts of my mind
where all of my pain has taken off its armor
and it is left with a target hanging from its neck
so why would i sleep
if i can just stay awake

my knights are tired
but the night is awake

I am very much afraid of the unknown.
It's funny because
I do not know myself
Perhaps that is why I am having so much anxiety
I'm constantly exposed to
What I do not know.

This life is NOT a simulation
This is not a video game
We are not just characters is someone's Sims game
This. Is. Real.
You are real.
You are important.
You are a here for a reason.
What that reason may be might take a while to figure out
But you are here for a reason nonetheless
This is not a game
You do not have more than one life
Cherish this
Don't take it from yourself

have i ever really learned to love
if i never learned to love myself?

i have the world at my fingertips
and yet
i have never felt more alone.

love, fall into me
and i will fall into you
it will be okay

you are the type of crazy that matches my crazy
yet somehow you make me feel sane
but you drive me insane in the best way possible
what a wonderland you've got my head caught into

my heart let you go when i didn't want it to
you loved me as if i was what kept you living
we had that rom-com type of love that you can only find in movies
that love that every teenage girl would die for
you were there for me when i wasn't there for myself
and darling
what we had was beautiful

"will you take me to a place where we can see the stars?" i quietly whispered as you held me in the dark
"of course, beautiful" you smiled
"promise?"
"i promise" you kissed my forehead gently

all we ever wanted was to see the stars together
i wanted to be able to feel what the stars were trying to whisper to us
they kept trying to tell us something
but i suppose we will never know
for i broke that promise that you made to me
because my heart finally decided to tell me: "darling, it's time to go"

the world will not throw anything at you that you cannot handle.

As midnight strikes
My demons smirk
Knowing that it's time.
They rush to my vulnerable mind
Unlock the cage
And release the thoughts that weaken me.
For hours on end
My demons laugh as I fall
Helpless
Vulnerable
and Beaten