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181 · Apr 2023
Haiku
Mitch Prax Apr 2023
The way that you love
somebody affects their life-
Never forget that

4:30 PM
26/4/23
181 · Nov 2022
Haiku
Mitch Prax Nov 2022
How is it that red
flags can appear green to us?
Are we colorblind?

12:03 AM
22/11/22
181 · Oct 2023
The Actress
Mitch Prax Oct 2023
You may not be here anymore,
but were you ever really here?
You did a great job acting
that I truly believed you cared,
at least for a while, and worse,
that you actually loved me.
180 · Mar 2019
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?
180 · May 2022
Haiku
Mitch Prax May 2022
You left a hole in
my heart that I will never
dare to fill again

8:05 PM
31/5/22
180 · Feb 2022
Baby Steps
Mitch Prax Feb 2022
There is nothing wrong
with taking baby steps.
Whether you walked instead of ran,
wrote a few sentences instead of pages,
or woke up a few minutes later.
It is better to have attempted than
to not have attempted at all.
Baby steps are okay.
180 · Oct 2021
An Open Letter to S
Mitch Prax Oct 2021
Dear S,
I thought I
could keep this up.
Maybe I could for a while,
but not anymore-
it hurts too much.
I didn't know it would
be so difficult and I didn't
know you would turn away.
You were supposed to be here.
You were family.
I'm lost.
179 · Aug 2020
Haiku
Mitch Prax Aug 2020
You stayed long enough
to make believe that you
wouldn't ever leave

3:41 PM
22/8/20
179 · Nov 2020
Haiku
Mitch Prax Nov 2020
It is like we are
hard-wired for a life of
hurt and misery

11:02 PM
15/11/20
179 · Jan 2021
Haiku
Mitch Prax Jan 2021
The world is waiting
to hear your thoughts once again.
When will you write more?

6:54 PM
9/1/21
179 · Mar 2021
The Luckiest Guy in Tbilisi
Mitch Prax Mar 2021
I get to see the world
and all of its beauty
like the shiniest pearl
in the deep blue sea.
I may live in Sydney
and all its works of art,
but he's the luckiest guy in Tbilisi
'cause he unlocked your heart
with a charm like a key.
179 · Aug 2023
You
Mitch Prax Aug 2023
You
If I loved it was you,
If I dreamed it was of you,
If I felt it was for you.
178 · Oct 2023
My Sky
Mitch Prax Oct 2023
Never forget this heart beats for you,
that I need you to remember me.  
Know you are ever-present in my sky
for you are the only star I see,
whether it be sunshine or twilight.
You are the song of birds in that sky
and I hope the song will never end.
178 · Mar 2022
Sweet Nostalgia
Mitch Prax Mar 2022
I am a bee in the
sunflowers of memories.
I find shelter and solitude
underneath the petals
and harvest that sweet nostalgia
of this garden we once shared.
178 · Jan 2020
Diary Excerpts #9
Mitch Prax Jan 2020
Dear Diary;
now that the dust has settled
I have realized that
all I want to do is
work,
travel,
work,
travel
to distract myself
from the joke that is my life
178 · Feb 2022
Dreams
Mitch Prax Feb 2022
I still dream about you
from time to time.
Sometimes I wish to not wake up,
sometimes they turn into nightmares.
Either way, I am sad when I wake up
to see that you are gone.
178 · Aug 2022
Ordinary Beings
Mitch Prax Aug 2022
We are merely
ordinary beings
curated for the world to see.
Such glimpses into
another's life weaves fantasies
that simply aren't reality.
178 · Oct 2022
Purgatory
Mitch Prax Oct 2022
That time between
Christmas and New Year
has always felt like purgatory
and we are just ghosts with
nowhere to go but haunt the time
until the new year is here.
178 · Jul 2022
Haiku
Mitch Prax Jul 2022
Stop offering your
apologies to the knife
wedged deep in your back

10:43 AM
23/7/22
178 · Feb 2023
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.
178 · Mar 26
Clear as Day
Mitch Prax Mar 26
It has been too long-
time is still passing,
yet the memories still remain,
sometimes clear as day,
sometimes like a dream.
But the longing to return to you
has created a galaxy within me
that no amount of stars
except your radiance
can illuminate.
177 · Nov 2022
Haiku
Mitch Prax Nov 2022
Joy not just by name,
but my joy around the world,
the joy in my heart.

11:19 AM
20/11/22
177 · Aug 2019
Haiku
Mitch Prax Aug 2019
you probably think
this haiku is about you-
well guess what? it is.

11:17 AM
24/8/19
177 · May 2022
Speechless
Mitch Prax May 2022
I have been speechless
since I kissed your lips.
For it is in your mouth
I left my voice,
my reason,
my soul.
177 · Oct 2022
The Last Petal
Mitch Prax Oct 2022
My sorrow is a rose
and I am the last petal
trying to hang on through
the raging winters.
Sometimes I forget that
spring does not last forever.
177 · Jun 2022
Paradox
Mitch Prax Jun 2022
Be careful with me,
I tend to believe anything and everything
from those who seem to care.
And at the same time,
I doubt almost every word.
Is this a paradox? Yes.
Is this self-defense or have
my demons convinced me otherwise?
It's both.
177 · Dec 2019
Bleeding Shadows
177 · Apr 2023
All this Love
Mitch Prax Apr 2023
Sometimes I want to scream it,
Sometimes I want to take all this love
and give it wings, send it
across the sea so that it
can hug you, kiss you,
and keep you warm
while I am gone.
177 · Jul 2022
Greater the Chance
Mitch Prax Jul 2022
From the beginning,
I knew our time was limited
but that did not stop me from choosing you.
Perhaps I thought and hoped that
the more times we said 'I love you',
the greater the chance that
we would make it.
176 · Sep 2022
Then & Now
Mitch Prax Sep 2022
You crossed my path and I realized
that you haven't changed at all.
Still, you are the lost and bitter
individual that I did not realize
until you turned away.
The difference between then and now
is that my eyes see through you.
176 · Oct 2023
Bottle
Mitch Prax Oct 2023
Why do we bottle it in,
and hold ourself together
in front of strangers who
do not care nor matter?
176 · Mar 1
Solitary Nights
Mitch Prax Mar 1
It's the solitary nights
I cherish the most.
The silence and shadows,
the thoughts and theories-
these are the things that
keep this heart beating-
this is what it's all about.
176 · Dec 2023
DemonTalk
Mitch Prax Dec 2023
Do not trust those
who do not converse with
their demons once in a while,
let alone, those who ignore
or deny their existence.
176 · Apr 2021
Sunflower Dreaming
Mitch Prax Apr 2021
If just one
sunflower bloomed
for every time I dreamt of you,
there wouldn't be room
for the thorns
and thistles.
176 · May 2023
The Curse
Mitch Prax May 2023
You took away
my desire to need love.
For some reason, I accepted it,
and I do nothing to change it.
It is like a curse I must endure.
How much longer must this go on?
Do I hold onto this curse to
avoid more pain and heartbreak?
I have carried this curse for too long
to remember how you made me feel
all that time ago.
176 · Nov 2023
Miracle
Mitch Prax Nov 2023
There is so much joy
in the way you smile,
in those eyes and in
the way you see the world.
I could listen to you all day and
every word I will keep in my heart.
You really are a miracle
the way you bless my life with
your words, your smile
and your love.
175 · Jun 2022
Even in Dreams
Mitch Prax Jun 2022
Even in dreams
I cannot escape you.
Your voice still shrieks through sleep
and your face can still be seen
throughout these dreamscapes.
What was once a method of escape
has now become a prison of
memories of a love I thought I
left behind long ago.
175 · Jul 2022
Haiku
Mitch Prax Jul 2022
Things don't really end-
they just transform or morph for
better or for worse

11:16 AM
17/7/22
175 · Dec 2023
Slumber
Mitch Prax Dec 2023
The demons never really leave,
they only slumber in the
dark corners of the mind.
They do not leave,
do not let them fool you,
they will hide and wait for the
right moment to wreak havoc upon
the soul once again.
175 · Jul 2024
Haiku
Mitch Prax Jul 2024
What if everything
was as scary as my mind
made it out to be?

10:56 PM
4/7/24
175 · Aug 2022
Haiku
Mitch Prax Aug 2022
I never asked for
any of this. It was all
you. you wanted this.

10:07 AM
14/8/22
175 · Oct 2022
Made For
Mitch Prax Oct 2022
We were
not made for this world.
We were made for
each other.
175 · Aug 2023
Do you?
Mitch Prax Aug 2023
"Why do I feel you letting go of me?"
I think to myself, a thought I have far too often.
And I wonder,
do you feel it too?
175 · Mar 2022
Haiku
Mitch Prax Mar 2022
How fragile must
we be to have our pride hang
on another's words

8:14 PM
25/3/22
175 · Aug 2023
Damaged
Mitch Prax Aug 2023
Just because you
have a damaged past,
does not mean you
have to have a damaged future.
174 · Jul 2022
Oh Chai
Mitch Prax Jul 2022
Oh Chai,
you cleanse this soul.
Your warmth rushes through this body
on the way to this frozen heart.
So sweet you are,
I need you every night.
Oh Chai,
it's you that makes me feel alright.
174 · Mar 2023
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.
174 · Dec 2019
Diary Excerpts #3
Mitch Prax Dec 2019
Dear diary;
this heartbreak stuff
does wonders for my writing.
Is it a price worth paying?
Probably not,
but it’s not
like I have a
choice.
174 · Oct 2022
Say
Mitch Prax Oct 2022
Say
I either have
nothing to say or
too much to say but
no will to say it.
174 · Nov 2022
Balloon
Mitch Prax Nov 2022
I want to let go
of these feelings
I have held onto for far too long.
I want to let go
of these memories
like a child lets go of a balloon.
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