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Mar 2023 · 144
Burden
Mitch Prax Mar 2023
To stay like this,
forever far away, silent
and unknown to your heart
is something I hope will
not burden me for the
rest of my life.
Mar 2023 · 260
Haiku
Mitch Prax Mar 2023
I know that this is
going to torture me for
the rest of my life

11:09 PM
26/3/23
Mar 2023 · 172
Ravaged
Mitch Prax Mar 2023
I wanted to take care of you
as if you were the last sunflower on Earth
but winter ravaged this garden.
Despite my best efforts,
I watched your petals wither
before my helpless eyes.
It is true that I did not know
how to take care of you,
but I’ll be ****** if
I had not given you my all.
Mar 2023 · 146
One Day
Mitch Prax Mar 2023
I write
even though you
are not reading.
I will continue to write
in hopes that one day
you will.
Mar 2023 · 162
Haiku
Mitch Prax Mar 2023
I see your smile
and I wonder if heaven
has opened for me

10:12 AM
18/3/23
Mar 2023 · 152
Haiku
Mitch Prax Mar 2023
I hope I wake up
when this nightmare is over-
it's taking so long

8:17 PM
14/3/23
Mar 2023 · 139
Different People
Mitch Prax Mar 2023
You and I
are different people now.
Maybe if we met again
it would be like meeting
for the first time
all over again.
Mar 2023 · 151
Off
Mitch Prax Mar 2023
Off
How easily it was
for you to leave.
How simple it was
for you to turn off the switch
and move on with
your life.
Feb 2023 · 169
The Way It Was
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
Why is it so hard
to let go of those who
hurt us the most?
Is it because they were once
the source of happiness
and everything nice?
Are we still clinging onto the hopes
that it will go back to
the way it was?
Feb 2023 · 185
Shell
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
Once a crab has made
a home in one shell of a heart,
it is difficult for it to find
a home in another.
Feb 2023 · 145
Inner War
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
Some of us are living in
our own little battlefield,
fighting to survive an inner war.
We are broken, we are hurting,
fighting for those missing pieces
that prevent us reaching peace.
Feb 2023 · 200
Haiku
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
There is a song in
my heart that only you know
the melody to

5:43 PM
22/2/23
Feb 2023 · 200
Haiku
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
It does not take a
thousand cuts, but a well-placed
wound upon a heart

10:55 AM
19/2/23
Feb 2023 · 170
Leaving
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
I am leaving-
not because I want to,
but because by leaving,
I will recover the piece
of me missing.
Feb 2023 · 149
Goodbyes
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
Is this farewell? Maybe…
But aren't our lives filled with goodbyes?
From our pets to our childhood friends,
how many people in your youth
who you once held dear
do you still talk to this day?
Whether it be time, location or our feelings,
life is always changing and we
are always saying goodbye.
Feb 2023 · 559
Melt
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
I am no longer anxious
because I have you.
I carry you in my heart,
I feel you in every beat and
all my sorrow
and stress melt
away from this soul.
Feb 2023 · 149
Out of Thought
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
Why do I still dream
of you to this day?
You are no longer in my life-
you are out of thought, out of sight,
so what is it about you that
my mind still finds the need
to place you in my dreams?
Feb 2023 · 155
Haiku
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
To dream you is to
still believe that one day you
will come back to me

4:12 PM
10/2/23
Feb 2023 · 169
Haiku
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
What will I do with
all that vulnerability
you have given me?

3:59 PM
9/2/23
Feb 2023 · 200
The Enemy Within
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
You are your own worst enemy.
Indeed, it is you who have placed
these traps and obstacles along your path.
You underestimated the enemy inside-
its power, its strength, its perseverance.
It has overwhelmed you,
made you feel small and insignificant.
So do not waste your time in search
of an enemy in this world-
your enemy inhabits you.
You have only to look
within.
Feb 2023 · 195
Snowflakes
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
There are countless ways
to show your love,
each way unique like
every little snowflake,
each one glistening to be seen
in all its intricate beauty.  
Let my love fill your skies
with endless snow like that
of a Christmas morning.
Feb 2023 · 224
Anchor
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
Some days are harder than others.
This separation cuts deep and all I can do
is hope that I will see you soon.
Come back into my arms,
anchor this heart so that I
will not fade from yours.
Feb 2023 · 191
Missing You
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
Sometimes missing you
hits me like a storm.
Black clouds come without warning,
dampening everything below.
I am left in eternal darkness
that only your light
can restore.
Feb 2023 · 147
Warped
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
You are not at fault for
anyone’s warped view of you.
Stay true to yourself and
let your truth prevail.
Feb 2023 · 156
Bed of Sunflowers
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
I have laid in your
bed of sunflowers and
I have taken one home.
I keep it upon my bedside table
so that I will never forget you
and your warmth and joy you bring.
This is how I continue to adore you and
how you continue to
brighten my world.
Feb 2023 · 217
Summer/Winter
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
If I was summer
then you were winter
that enveloped my sun
in an endless cold.
Where we would swim in lakes
you would freeze over in ice
and everything else I had grown.
Every flower I planted for you
was destined to wither and
not even my sun could
withstand your storm.
Feb 2023 · 183
Haiku
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
The day I find you
is the day I forget I
was looking for you

8:28 PM
4/2/23
Feb 2023 · 141
Petal Path
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
you are a sunflower that
coats this ground in petals.
They form a path for me to follow,
a path that will always bring me
back to you.
Feb 2023 · 147
Silence
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
My silence is
every word, every scream
I have had to swallow.
Feb 2023 · 229
Trust
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
Trust is confessing
you are smothered in oil
to the person holding
the match.
Feb 2023 · 199
If
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
If
If I did not travel to that country,
If I did not attend that class,
If I did not take that job,
I would have missed out
on the best moments of my life.
But as grateful as I am,
I sometimes wonder
how many people I never met,
all the places I never went
if I had chosen a different path
and all of the memories
I would have instead.
Feb 2023 · 162
Butterflies
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
Why do I still
feel you in my bones?
Memories still fill my chest,
leaving butterflies in their wake
just as you once did.
Feb 2023 · 147
Wasteland
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
I was in love with a wasteland
because it was once home to sunflowers.
My memories had become locusts
and left nothing to grow in their wake.
Little did I know that the sunflowers
did not stand a chance.
Feb 2023 · 454
Rhyme
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
The young poet
I used to be would be sad
to learn that I do not
rhyme as much
as I used to.
Feb 2023 · 168
Haiku
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
Would you have done the
same if you had known how it
was going to end?

9:06 PM
1/2/23
Feb 2023 · 166
Rot & Death
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
To dig up the past,
is to raise the dead.
Let it rest,
for you will find
nothing but rot and death.
Do not relive the horrors
of a life now deceased.
Feb 2023 · 166
Fiction
Mitch Prax Feb 2023
This world
is under no obligation
to be less weird
than fiction.
Jan 2023 · 151
Haiku
Mitch Prax Jan 2023
Why is it that I
find beauty in everything
except for myself?

11:59 PM
31/1/23
Jan 2023 · 145
Untitled
Mitch Prax Jan 2023
You cannot teach
someone how to love you-
you can only find
someone who does.
Jan 2023 · 197
2023
Mitch Prax Jan 2023
Another year,
another chapter
in this book we call life.
Turn the page and
begin your story.
Jan 2023 · 144
Disappear
Mitch Prax Jan 2023
One day you said
your last goodbye
and we turned away.
We just disappeared
from each other's world
and that was that.
Jan 2023 · 136
Solitude
Mitch Prax Jan 2023
Solitude is not my enemy,
Solitude is more of a pet.
I call it over in times of need-
it comes to me, sits by my side
and makes for good company.
Sometimes solitude will bite
to remind me of just how lonely
the solitary life can be.
But thanks to solitude,
I see life for what it is.
Jan 2023 · 109
Window
Mitch Prax Jan 2023
I find myself peeking through
a window I had closed long ago.
All that remains is shadow and silence
of a life long left behind.
That place builds up dust now,
an empty room that I
once called home.
Jan 2023 · 130
Paths
Mitch Prax Jan 2023
Every step you take,
every soul you cross,
each one leading you down
a different path with the
potential to change
your life forever.
Jan 2023 · 281
Regardless
Mitch Prax Jan 2023
To spend the
rest of your life with
someone who does not need you
but will love you
regardless.
Jan 2023 · 161
Love Letter
Mitch Prax Jan 2023
Your birth is a
love letter to my soul.
Whether you are near or far,
your existence will forever
adorn this heart.
Jan 2023 · 219
Dawn until Dusk
Mitch Prax Jan 2023
Have you ever danced
to the rhythm of the sunflowers?
The notes of the sun fall on our feet
as I sway with the petals
from dawn until dusk.
Dec 2022 · 704
Haiku
Mitch Prax Dec 2022
We remember most
of what we wish to forget-
a cruel brain indeed

2:08 PM
25/12/22
Dec 2022 · 327
Beautiful Day
Mitch Prax Dec 2022
Soon you will be in my arms,
and I plan to wrap them
around you like a Christmas present.
I want to spend the oceans I crossed
to reach you to swim in your eyes
and get lost in your smile
as warm as a Vietnamese day.
Indeed, tomorrow will be
a beautiful day.
Dec 2022 · 155
Reasons
Mitch Prax Dec 2022
I will always find
reasons to love you
and that will be
the death of me
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