Name one thing you survived that no one saw.
52 responses
I silently wrote out all of the reasons for leaving but that goodbye never came.
and the only witness was the days-old coffee cup sitting on my desk as light forced its way between closed blinds.
tender pine
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 11:40 PM UTC
i survived a pulling of strong force to a state of not being.
moonlit hearth
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 7:02 PM UTC
One?? Basically survived the su!cid@l thoughts because I was scared what if I didn't d!e but rather hurt myself and would feel pain
copper porch
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 4:27 PM UTC
no one could understand what long covid did to the inside of my brain and i lost the language to convey it but this year it is fading and i am myself again
weary hearth
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 6:12 AM UTC
isn't that everything?
hushed cloud
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 3:10 AM UTC
Tears and howls alone at night
No ghost to hear my sobs snd sighs
One step foreward two steps back
This sorry I'll bring to the grave
hollow ember
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 12:52 AM UTC
The urge to make myself bleed every night to fill the void I felt in my chest
windswept lantern
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC
I watched that State Of the Union
ALONE.
and COMPLETELY SOBER…!
( spooOOKy )
steady reed
Apr 18
Apr 18, 2026 at 11:34 PM UTC
crying
crying
in my room
all alone
thinking about the pills downstairs
wandering lantern
Apr 18
Apr 18, 2026 at 10:54 AM UTC
The hell my mind made for me
early meadow
Apr 18
Apr 18, 2026 at 9:46 AM UTC
self doubt and mind loathing, feeling unseen and always forgotten, being baited to the harshness of cold and decaying thoughts of uninspiring tongue muttering amidst the bright light
amber dune
Apr 18
Apr 18, 2026 at 8:59 AM UTC
Solitary confinement is real
In a super guise that it is helpful
Until colors mark the face
Which is withdrawn
Alone in a new way
thin lark
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 11:56 PM UTC
Having a micro peener
tiny heron
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 10:21 PM UTC
pissing myself
quiet cedar
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 10:19 PM UTC
I didn't cry
I moved
I called
I breathed
early ferry
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 8:19 PM UTC
I believe that no one saw that room of a Tuesday's glow,
Bereft of people's eyes despite the room's capacity. No one could see the forceful lust of the girl who maimed me.
But I main the ship which contains her ghost at the bottom deck, grinning with several carnal teeth to remind me of exactly where she bit.
weary fox
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM UTC
---
Name one thing you survived
that no one saw—
my dad being in jail
and me acting like I’m okay.
crying more than anyone knows,
and still crying sometimes
because he said
I might be back with him
by the end of summer.
missing him
while he’s still alive,
just somewhere
I can’t reach.
no one saw that.
but I did.
tender valley
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 5:16 PM UTC
a cold flutter
a small scorch
a map of bruised and bloodied scars
a mother’s love
corrupted light
did i make it though the night?
copper birch
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 4:37 PM UTC
The bar in the closet
The old belt I used to wear
The silent sound
The ringing in my ears.
quiet pond
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 4:33 PM UTC
My mother is my light, but in the dark of the night i can not stand her.
The persone she becomes the drinking, the drugs i wish i had her guts just to shout, i wish i could scream "mom stop you scarring me"
She is trying she is still not clean but the nights have become less often.
She may not notice my despair but i fear one night i will lose her.
I can not talk, scream, cry because if she or anyone notices the nights, its our final goodbye.
late shore
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 4:24 PM UTC
Emotional abuse
restless hearth
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 3:59 PM UTC
I survived it.
Parents torn apart by dislike and incompatibility,
Adults who didn't know me,
Siblings I no longer know the faces of,
Friends who are now so far away,
And ones who can't look me in the eye,
In the end...
I survived
and no one
even
blinked...
shy lantern
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 3:33 PM UTC
One night I was going to end it all.
I had the thing I was going to use
in hand.
But the thought
Just the thought
Of all the people it'd affect,
what I'd miss.
I couldn't bear doing it,
for the small amount
Of people that'd be thankful for it.
I couldn't take the easy way out.
I put that thing back where it belonged,
And went to bed.
And what truly healed me
My little spark of sunshine
Was finally dating
My crush of 3 years
moonlit kestrel
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 3:06 PM UTC
A burgeoning psychopathy that led me dark, dark places. A mind full of violence and online consumption of death. A constant struggle of internal urges that I have survived to this day.
weathered marsh
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 3:02 PM UTC
In the requisite shatter
She boiled my bloods
Choosing the smirk
warm porch
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 2:36 PM UTC
I silently wrote out all of the reasons for leaving but that goodbye never came.
and the only witness was the days-old coffee cup sitting on my desk as light forced its way between closed blinds.
tender pine
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 11:40 PM UTC
One?? Basically survived the su!cid@l thoughts because I was scared what if I didn't d!e but rather hurt myself and would feel pain
copper porch
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 4:27 PM UTC
isn't that everything?
hushed cloud
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 3:10 AM UTC
The urge to make myself bleed every night to fill the void I felt in my chest
windswept lantern
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC
crying
crying
in my room
all alone
thinking about the pills downstairs
wandering lantern
Apr 18
Apr 18, 2026 at 10:54 AM UTC
self doubt and mind loathing, feeling unseen and always forgotten, being baited to the harshness of cold and decaying thoughts of uninspiring tongue muttering amidst the bright light
amber dune
Apr 18
Apr 18, 2026 at 8:59 AM UTC
Having a micro peener
tiny heron
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 10:21 PM UTC
I didn't cry
I moved
I called
I breathed
early ferry
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 8:19 PM UTC
---
Name one thing you survived
that no one saw—
my dad being in jail
and me acting like I’m okay.
crying more than anyone knows,
and still crying sometimes
because he said
I might be back with him
by the end of summer.
missing him
while he’s still alive,
just somewhere
I can’t reach.
no one saw that.
but I did.
tender valley
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 5:16 PM UTC
The bar in the closet
The old belt I used to wear
The silent sound
The ringing in my ears.
quiet pond
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 4:33 PM UTC
Emotional abuse
restless hearth
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 3:59 PM UTC
One night I was going to end it all.
I had the thing I was going to use
in hand.
But the thought
Just the thought
Of all the people it'd affect,
what I'd miss.
I couldn't bear doing it,
for the small amount
Of people that'd be thankful for it.
I couldn't take the easy way out.
I put that thing back where it belonged,
And went to bed.
And what truly healed me
My little spark of sunshine
Was finally dating
My crush of 3 years
moonlit kestrel
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 3:06 PM UTC
In the requisite shatter
She boiled my bloods
Choosing the smirk
warm porch
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 2:36 PM UTC
i survived a pulling of strong force to a state of not being.
moonlit hearth
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 7:02 PM UTC
no one could understand what long covid did to the inside of my brain and i lost the language to convey it but this year it is fading and i am myself again
weary hearth
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 6:12 AM UTC
Tears and howls alone at night
No ghost to hear my sobs snd sighs
One step foreward two steps back
This sorry I'll bring to the grave
hollow ember
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 12:52 AM UTC
I watched that State Of the Union
ALONE.
and COMPLETELY SOBER…!
( spooOOKy )
steady reed
Apr 18
Apr 18, 2026 at 11:34 PM UTC
The hell my mind made for me
early meadow
Apr 18
Apr 18, 2026 at 9:46 AM UTC
Solitary confinement is real
In a super guise that it is helpful
Until colors mark the face
Which is withdrawn
Alone in a new way
thin lark
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 11:56 PM UTC
pissing myself
quiet cedar
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 10:19 PM UTC
I believe that no one saw that room of a Tuesday's glow,
Bereft of people's eyes despite the room's capacity. No one could see the forceful lust of the girl who maimed me.
But I main the ship which contains her ghost at the bottom deck, grinning with several carnal teeth to remind me of exactly where she bit.
weary fox
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM UTC
a cold flutter
a small scorch
a map of bruised and bloodied scars
a mother’s love
corrupted light
did i make it though the night?
copper birch
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 4:37 PM UTC
My mother is my light, but in the dark of the night i can not stand her.
The persone she becomes the drinking, the drugs i wish i had her guts just to shout, i wish i could scream "mom stop you scarring me"
She is trying she is still not clean but the nights have become less often.
She may not notice my despair but i fear one night i will lose her.
I can not talk, scream, cry because if she or anyone notices the nights, its our final goodbye.
late shore
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 4:24 PM UTC
I survived it.
Parents torn apart by dislike and incompatibility,
Adults who didn't know me,
Siblings I no longer know the faces of,
Friends who are now so far away,
And ones who can't look me in the eye,
In the end...
I survived
and no one
even
blinked...
shy lantern
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 3:33 PM UTC
A burgeoning psychopathy that led me dark, dark places. A mind full of violence and online consumption of death. A constant struggle of internal urges that I have survived to this day.
weathered marsh
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 3:02 PM UTC
I silently wrote out all of the reasons for leaving but that goodbye never came.
and the only witness was the days-old coffee cup sitting on my desk as light forced its way between closed blinds.
tender pine
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 11:40 PM UTC
no one could understand what long covid did to the inside of my brain and i lost the language to convey it but this year it is fading and i am myself again
weary hearth
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 6:12 AM UTC
The urge to make myself bleed every night to fill the void I felt in my chest
windswept lantern
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC
The hell my mind made for me
early meadow
Apr 18
Apr 18, 2026 at 9:46 AM UTC
Having a micro peener
tiny heron
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 10:21 PM UTC
I believe that no one saw that room of a Tuesday's glow,
Bereft of people's eyes despite the room's capacity. No one could see the forceful lust of the girl who maimed me.
But I main the ship which contains her ghost at the bottom deck, grinning with several carnal teeth to remind me of exactly where she bit.
weary fox
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM UTC
The bar in the closet
The old belt I used to wear
The silent sound
The ringing in my ears.
quiet pond
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 4:33 PM UTC
I survived it.
Parents torn apart by dislike and incompatibility,
Adults who didn't know me,
Siblings I no longer know the faces of,
Friends who are now so far away,
And ones who can't look me in the eye,
In the end...
I survived
and no one
even
blinked...
shy lantern
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 3:33 PM UTC
In the requisite shatter
She boiled my bloods
Choosing the smirk
warm porch
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 2:36 PM UTC
i survived a pulling of strong force to a state of not being.
moonlit hearth
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 7:02 PM UTC
isn't that everything?
hushed cloud
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 3:10 AM UTC
I watched that State Of the Union
ALONE.
and COMPLETELY SOBER…!
( spooOOKy )
steady reed
Apr 18
Apr 18, 2026 at 11:34 PM UTC
self doubt and mind loathing, feeling unseen and always forgotten, being baited to the harshness of cold and decaying thoughts of uninspiring tongue muttering amidst the bright light
amber dune
Apr 18
Apr 18, 2026 at 8:59 AM UTC
pissing myself
quiet cedar
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 10:19 PM UTC
---
Name one thing you survived
that no one saw—
my dad being in jail
and me acting like I’m okay.
crying more than anyone knows,
and still crying sometimes
because he said
I might be back with him
by the end of summer.
missing him
while he’s still alive,
just somewhere
I can’t reach.
no one saw that.
but I did.
tender valley
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 5:16 PM UTC
My mother is my light, but in the dark of the night i can not stand her.
The persone she becomes the drinking, the drugs i wish i had her guts just to shout, i wish i could scream "mom stop you scarring me"
She is trying she is still not clean but the nights have become less often.
She may not notice my despair but i fear one night i will lose her.
I can not talk, scream, cry because if she or anyone notices the nights, its our final goodbye.
late shore
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 4:24 PM UTC
One night I was going to end it all.
I had the thing I was going to use
in hand.
But the thought
Just the thought
Of all the people it'd affect,
what I'd miss.
I couldn't bear doing it,
for the small amount
Of people that'd be thankful for it.
I couldn't take the easy way out.
I put that thing back where it belonged,
And went to bed.
And what truly healed me
My little spark of sunshine
Was finally dating
My crush of 3 years
moonlit kestrel
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 3:06 PM UTC
One?? Basically survived the su!cid@l thoughts because I was scared what if I didn't d!e but rather hurt myself and would feel pain
copper porch
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 4:27 PM UTC
Tears and howls alone at night
No ghost to hear my sobs snd sighs
One step foreward two steps back
This sorry I'll bring to the grave
hollow ember
Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 12:52 AM UTC
crying
crying
in my room
all alone
thinking about the pills downstairs
wandering lantern
Apr 18
Apr 18, 2026 at 10:54 AM UTC
Solitary confinement is real
In a super guise that it is helpful
Until colors mark the face
Which is withdrawn
Alone in a new way
thin lark
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 11:56 PM UTC
I didn't cry
I moved
I called
I breathed
early ferry
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 8:19 PM UTC
a cold flutter
a small scorch
a map of bruised and bloodied scars
a mother’s love
corrupted light
did i make it though the night?
copper birch
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 4:37 PM UTC
Emotional abuse
restless hearth
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 3:59 PM UTC
A burgeoning psychopathy that led me dark, dark places. A mind full of violence and online consumption of death. A constant struggle of internal urges that I have survived to this day.
weathered marsh
Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 3:02 PM UTC