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Apr 2019 · 359
Coming Through
Mitch Prax Apr 2019
It's when no one believes in you-
that's when you have to come through
but oh, it's such a hard thing to do.
Apr 2019 · 259
Purple Gaze
Mitch Prax Apr 2019
Stop wearing
my favorite colour
It makes you that much
more beautiful.
Apr 2019 · 191
Wasted Time
Mitch Prax Apr 2019
so much wasted time
chasing temporary feelings
only to tear ourselves apart
for those who aren’t listening.
A million thought out words
only to be lost in translation-
we pray for companionship
but end up with damnation.
Apr 2019 · 415
Spilt Ink
Mitch Prax Apr 2019
If I just keep writing,
then maybe my poetry
will spill out and
bring you back.
Apr 2019 · 409
Doing the Unstuck
Mitch Prax Apr 2019
Tomorrow
is tomorrow
is tomorrow
is tomorrow-
if only i could
become unstuck.
Apr 2019 · 356
The Aftermath
Mitch Prax Apr 2019
I am always
exploding out of love
yet I still don't know how
to sort through the debris
Mar 2019 · 484
4:03 AM
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
Up until 4 am,
for no reason at all-
time just ran away,
And I wish you could
have stayed for
one more night.
Mar 2019 · 307
Dream
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
You're a dream
I want to get lost in -
One I don't wish to wake from.
Mar 2019 · 450
Leaving
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
People always leave.
It was never about them-
It's about the ones
who come back.
Mar 2019 · 329
Tbilisi
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
Tbilisi held up more
than just our broken heart.
They held our hopes and dreams,
at least until we were apart.
Mar 2019 · 574
The Kiss
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
Can we still salvage this kiss
from over seven-thousand
miles away?
Were our lips destined to repel
like the north and south pole?
Or will they find a way
like a heart to a soul?
What were we thinking
when we never said goodbye?
what were we thinking
when we ripped our souls apart?
Can we still salvage this kiss,
as damaged as we are?
Mar 2019 · 352
U-Turn
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
Sometimes
it feels like
the only way forward
is a U-turn
back towards yesterday-
heading for the past.
For it is there
where my heart
doesn't want to leave.
Mar 2019 · 242
The Last Stitch
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
I'm a sorry little soul
and you’re the only thing
that keeps me going.
I’m a fraying mass-
I'm falling apart at the seams
and you're the last stitch
keeping me together.
I've been left out in the rain,
the cold and the darkness,
and I'm waiting on your light
to bask in my direction.
Mar 2019 · 473
Eclipse
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
When I eclipse,
just know that we will meet again
and you will be at my side.
I will shine on you again
and we will give the world
something they won't forget-
a dazzling twilight for all to see.
I am your sun,
you are my moon.
Don't leave me in darkness
anytime soon.
Mar 2019 · 592
Our Future Cat
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
I think about our future cat
that is, if you wanted more.
Would we have too many to pat
or would they be ours to adore?
We'd argue over countless names
in between our countless grins-
these perfect moments hung in frames,
soaked in pure love and the finest gins.
Mar 2019 · 437
Cigarettes & Valentines
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
I guess this love was never reciprocated.
Now, our words just linger and fade
like bedroom cigarette smoke.
Maybe my heart will also fade
out of my chest on my walk home.
That’d be nice.
Mar 2019 · 333
Agony and Artistry
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
You've learnt an art
from within your heart
so when you break mine apart
the pieces fall into
an aesthetic craft.
Mar 2019 · 236
Catch-22
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
my dream has been a
curse in one too many ways-
I found and I lost you.
Mar 2019 · 459
Mondays
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
Monday's here again
and off to work I go to
to do it all again
and countdown
to that next fix.
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
You and I,
Hand in hand-
we are one.
There is no distance,
no time, no fear,
that keeps us apart.  
We love without consequence
and we are free-
oh, how free we are.
Mar 2019 · 476
She is the Night
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
She is
a night full of darkness,
wine and solace.
Mar 2019 · 477
Fall
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
I wish I could fall
together
as quickly as I
fall apart
Mar 2019 · 407
In Your Eyes
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
I don’t fear getting lost
in your eyes,
I fear getting lost in your voice.
I see myself in those eyes
and  I see my home.
Your voice, though-
it can swallow me whole
with all your little words
and I would
never return.
Mar 2019 · 315
Sea & Solitude
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
Can love travel across seas?
Can it float over the ocean
or drift upon the waves?
Would love reach me
upon shores of loneliness?
I'm drowning in solitude
and you are too far
to extend your hand.
Mar 2019 · 329
Nature's Law
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
Nothing blooms in nature
all year long,
so why should you
expect yourself
to do so?
Mar 2019 · 401
Go ahead and fly, kid
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
It stormed yesterday.
Today the sky is clear
and now they're yours
to conquer.
So remember, whenever struggle
and pain are present,
it will always pass-
the oceans are yours to surpass.
So fill your heart,
Purge your mind,
Spread your wings,
Go ahead and fly, kid,
The world is yours.
Mar 2019 · 232
I Care Because You Do
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
We all wander,
sometimes too much,
about those who truly care
for us.
We believe that no one
would care if we weren’t here-
but think about all the ones that
you have ever cared about and
how they have no idea about it.
I had a college teacher I
haven’t seen in too long
yet I still tell people how much
of an impact he had even though
he doesn't have a clue.
I have old coworkers,
people I met through travels,
and friends turned acquaintances
and haven’t seen in years
who I would be devastated about
if something happened to them.
We secretly care about so many people
but act like it’s impossible that
anyone cares about us.
Impossible - people do.
more than you think,
even if you can’t see it.
Mar 2019 · 440
She's a Supernova
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
She is alone
day after day-
night after night.
Alone between pages and
in between each pen stroke
are the secrets she
keeps to herself.
She'll tell them one day and
they will explode out of her
like the supernova
that she is.
Mar 2019 · 641
Newcastle
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
I'm sorry I
didn't tell you
that I was back in town.
I was scared, I was anxious
of this time and space between us-
an aching silence echoed across the seas.
You know that all you have to do
is call out my name
and I'll be back
in a heartbeat.
Mar 2019 · 179
Red Flags
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
It always hurts that extra bit
when you don't see it coming.
You begin to punish yourself
and say how you should have
seen this coming.
How many red flags
did you overlook this time?
Mar 2019 · 262
Demons
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
So foolish to
think that we are enough for
each other’s demons
Mar 2019 · 564
Tbilisi
Mitch Prax Mar 2019
the city is a
distant monument to our
one summer in love.
Feb 2019 · 481
Soulmates
Mitch Prax Feb 2019
Our two souls were
brought together
from different worlds-
perhaps to be entwined.
Our stories were weaved
into one-
through the seas and storms
that couldn't keep us apart.
Feb 2019 · 617
Flòki
Mitch Prax Feb 2019
Viking cats live
in such magnificent ways,
and he was no different-
Valhalla awaits him.
Feb 2019 · 324
Insomnia
Mitch Prax Feb 2019
I am longing for the night-
wishing for nothing but sleep
but when the night comes,
I lay in bed,
awaiting a serenity that
isn’t so imminent.
A restlessness stirs within me,
not realizing its still hours
until dawn.
Mitch Prax Feb 2019
The left find themselves
caught in between socialism
and a rebellion.
On one hand,
they wish to grant their government
more power,
when on the other,
they claim they cannot be trusted.
Which one is it?
Time is ticking.
Feb 2019 · 447
2:34 AM
Mitch Prax Feb 2019
Does anyone catch themselves
in between two realities?
Do you wake up in a cold sweat
from a dream your mind still believes
is real?
Obsessing over every little detail
until your mind collapses from exhaustion.
This isn't a poem,
this is a question-
or is it?
I can't decide.
Feb 2019 · 741
Your Smile
Mitch Prax Feb 2019
I want your smile to be
the last thing that I see
before I fall asleep

and the first thing I see
waking up with glee-
a smile I can keep.
Feb 2019 · 2.0k
Playlist
Mitch Prax Feb 2019
It's just your voice,
your heartbeat,
your laugh
on repeat.
Mitch Prax Feb 2019
I wasn't prepared to be right-
but I knew you would find
someone else
and I knew you would be happier
with them-
even happier than you were with me.
I knew you wouldn't miss me anymore
and I knew you would move on.
Feb 2019 · 280
The Right Choice
Mitch Prax Feb 2019
Think about all the people
you wouldn’t have met if
you had never broken up-
Think of all the things you’ve
learned since then.
Think of all the travelling you
wouldn’t have gone on and the
photos you wouldn't have taken
and the laughs you wouldn't have had.  
Step outside yourself
and look at who you have become-
remind yourself that you made
the right choice.
Feb 2019 · 209
Better-half? Better-you!
Mitch Prax Feb 2019
You don't need
a 'better-half'.
what you need
is to make yourself
whole again.
Feb 2019 · 325
Shasta
Mitch Prax Feb 2019
she was a teacher
with a heart the size
of a mountain.
I set my sights for its peak-
as many others have
only to find myself
gasping for air.
Feb 2019 · 670
The Grey is Okay.
Mitch Prax Feb 2019
I may not believe in soulmates
but I do believe that there's someone
out there waiting for you-
whose face you will wake up to
for the rest of your life.
Sure, you may not believe me now-
you can't get over them today-
you probably won't tomorrow-
but just remember that
the silence is okay.
These grey periods in life
are finite and do not need
words to colour them in.
Feb 2019 · 210
Gravedigger.
Mitch Prax Feb 2019
Memories never leave us,
no matter how much time has passed.
How selfish of the human mind-
to dig up memories
one thought they had buried
long ago.
Feb 2019 · 288
The Little Monsters
Mitch Prax Feb 2019
We check under our beds
for monsters but
don’t check for the ones
living in our heads.
Feb 2019 · 166
Star Chaser
Mitch Prax Feb 2019
I seem to know how
to chase the stars-
but never how to
catch them.
Feb 2019 · 278
Care
Feb 2019 · 474
Rock Bottom
Mitch Prax Feb 2019
Just when I thought
I hit rock bottom
I always find a way
to drill down
and find
a new
low.
Mitch Prax Feb 2019
I'd rather be certain
of the saddest reality
than uncertain about
a hopeful fantasy.
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