What has your body tried to tell you that you didn't want to hear?
30 responses
I hear the sleepy sighs of my soles as they struggle each step
But I ignore them because I can't rest
Too much to do with so little time
My struggles cause me to be stressed
steady lark
May 2
May 2, 2026 at 10:46 PM UTC
to push him away as his hands wander over my body,
to tell him to leave me alone.
but he's the boy I love,
so what could possibly go wrong?
still shore
May 1
May 1, 2026 at 11:55 PM UTC
i dont take care of myself
warm shore
May 1
May 1, 2026 at 7:24 PM UTC
Through the tears in my eyes I say I am ok.
My body long for rest, escape through sleep,
I say am fine...
Fine? My body questions in disbelief.
Fine..I respond.
Because in reality... no one will hear me or see me,
And I ... have to be "fine".
soft cloud
May 1
May 1, 2026 at 5:32 AM UTC
My body has wept
Cried for attention
While I have slept
Oblivious to its message
faded lantern
Apr 30
Apr 30, 2026 at 7:52 PM UTC
The truth.
I didn't want to fall in love with you.
I wasn't built for it.
I sigh as I realize the truth
You breath in,
And I love you more.
salted orchard
Apr 30
Apr 30, 2026 at 12:19 PM UTC
They all know
The heart has a story
They talk to each other
I don’t know why I worry
They collude so subtly
While things are blurry
And I cannot fathom
Why I am sweaty
They all know,
While I am wondering
hushed stone
Apr 30
Apr 30, 2026 at 4:41 AM UTC
Perhaps I lost my soul long ago
These words are without sound
brave lantern
Apr 30
Apr 30, 2026 at 1:13 AM UTC
there is love that lives in the knees
when they buckle and do not fall
life that hums in the bones
without asking to be called by name
small defeats in broken hours
words like a door without a hand to open it
tiny badger
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM UTC
That age has become a factor.
I can no longer tow the line
Time to take a break
And give yourself a rest
restless cloud
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 4:31 PM UTC
That most of my physical/mental issues that I have going on is from the continuing abuse from my spouse. I have walked away and am blooming like the flower I have always been, I appreciate and value myself now that I have taken control.
amber wren
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 3:51 PM UTC
Frozen. Tense. Heightened Observation.
I'm touched. I knew, but I didn't know--
How to feel secure. Indecision incarnate
Taken and decided without approval
Denial is a useful tool in fooling both
The self and the unobservant taker
Tension is held amid all fibers
As it was before, but certainly after
slow garden
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 3:04 PM UTC
you cant change him
you never will
golden ridge
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 2:25 PM UTC
dont' do it
it'll hurt
maybe it'll go away
wide atlas
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 2:23 PM UTC
I stumble down the street
heart pounding
shaking
my limbs
held up by those puppet strings
are tangled
knots replacing
those once-beautiful bows
my body,
it tries to speak
vomiting up words
that splatter aimlessly
but they are ignored
because really,
they're just lies.
what else would they be ?
faded ferry
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM UTC
Push it away,
the rotting guilt in the
pit of your stomach
Don't let it bother you,
the sting when hot water
touches the mark
Don't think about it,
promise yourself it doesn't matter
but my stomach knows
It does not let it go
gentle otter
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 12:03 PM UTC
'I'm Tired.'
Keep moving, maybe you won't falling asleep
'stop jumping'
I have to keep my stamina up for dance
I'm aware of the screeching pain in my ankle
in my knees
and shoulders
but I have got to continue
or my world crumbles
golden barn
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 11:07 AM UTC
I’m tired
Too tired
How have I gone on?
It’s their fault
Not mine
Listen but not respond
A cycle
An ache
I am deaf to my own cries
quiet thistle
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 10:53 AM UTC
Rest.
Maybe,
Rest,
no.
I feel the pull
aching
to get away from stress
relax,
no.
We're safe,
I doubt.
No more,
your mind
has told you so
a thousand times
it's okay, now step back
go and find the things
that you truly lack.
wide fern
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 8:17 AM UTC
For years now
there have been warnings:
"Go away"
"Don't stay with these guys"
"They are bad for you—
and for themselves"
I stayed with them.
Nervously laughing
with each joke that I hated,
each time they accused each other
of loving someone,
each time they mocked someone—
"He-he-he, so funny!"
That nervous, broken laugh
was my body telling me:
"Go away"
"Don't stay with these guys"
"They are bad for you—
and for themselves"
Yet I didn't hear—
Nay, I did hear—
I just didn't listen.
silver kestrel
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 7:20 AM UTC
my body planted
the horror on my face
when i looked in the mirror
and my chest was sprouting
into bulbs like weeds
like dandelions in the garden
of the body of the sexless child
windswept river
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 6:13 AM UTC
That I am hurting.
That my feelings, my emotions, my fears unregulated, unresolved
Telling myself, I am fine
Hiding the signs
Until my eyes burned
And felt the wrath inside
weathered pine
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 6:10 AM UTC
I suppose my body has told me many things throughout the years. I listen periodically. Quit my job and retired, cause my body said to. I'm thankful I was able to do that.
As I'm not young like I use to be.
At times whispers come telling me to watch what ails me.
So I try to listen to these many words. Body's always telling me to stop over thinking becoming depressed in my own thoughts. Often shadows cover me.
golden heron
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 5:31 AM UTC
That everything will
work out in my favour.
That everything
is meant to be.
That what’s destined
will happen.
That my hard work
will pay off.
But my heart
doesn’t accept it.
Because nothing good
ever seems to stay.
And even when
something good happens,
my heart whispers—
something bad is coming.
What has my body
been trying to tell me?
That I don’t trust happiness…
because I’m still waiting
for it to leave.
tiny river
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 4:59 AM UTC
MY Body is telling me to STOP,
STOP what?
STOP OVERTHINKING,
STOP REGRETTING
STOP TAKING BURDEN OF EXPECTATION,
STOP LYING TO YOURSELF,
STOP THINKING ABOUT SOCIETY ,Who hinders my growth.
BUT I DIDN' WANT TO HEAR ALL THESE......
BECAUSE I'M UNABLE TO COME OUT OF ALL THESE
quiet otter
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 3:44 AM UTC
I hear the sleepy sighs of my soles as they struggle each step
But I ignore them because I can't rest
Too much to do with so little time
My struggles cause me to be stressed
steady lark
May 2
May 2, 2026 at 10:46 PM UTC
i dont take care of myself
warm shore
May 1
May 1, 2026 at 7:24 PM UTC
My body has wept
Cried for attention
While I have slept
Oblivious to its message
faded lantern
Apr 30
Apr 30, 2026 at 7:52 PM UTC
They all know
The heart has a story
They talk to each other
I don’t know why I worry
They collude so subtly
While things are blurry
And I cannot fathom
Why I am sweaty
They all know,
While I am wondering
hushed stone
Apr 30
Apr 30, 2026 at 4:41 AM UTC
there is love that lives in the knees
when they buckle and do not fall
life that hums in the bones
without asking to be called by name
small defeats in broken hours
words like a door without a hand to open it
tiny badger
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM UTC
That most of my physical/mental issues that I have going on is from the continuing abuse from my spouse. I have walked away and am blooming like the flower I have always been, I appreciate and value myself now that I have taken control.
amber wren
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 3:51 PM UTC
you cant change him
you never will
golden ridge
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 2:25 PM UTC
I stumble down the street
heart pounding
shaking
my limbs
held up by those puppet strings
are tangled
knots replacing
those once-beautiful bows
my body,
it tries to speak
vomiting up words
that splatter aimlessly
but they are ignored
because really,
they're just lies.
what else would they be ?
faded ferry
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM UTC
'I'm Tired.'
Keep moving, maybe you won't falling asleep
'stop jumping'
I have to keep my stamina up for dance
I'm aware of the screeching pain in my ankle
in my knees
and shoulders
but I have got to continue
or my world crumbles
golden barn
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 11:07 AM UTC
Rest.
Maybe,
Rest,
no.
I feel the pull
aching
to get away from stress
relax,
no.
We're safe,
I doubt.
No more,
your mind
has told you so
a thousand times
it's okay, now step back
go and find the things
that you truly lack.
wide fern
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 8:17 AM UTC
my body planted
the horror on my face
when i looked in the mirror
and my chest was sprouting
into bulbs like weeds
like dandelions in the garden
of the body of the sexless child
windswept river
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 6:13 AM UTC
I suppose my body has told me many things throughout the years. I listen periodically. Quit my job and retired, cause my body said to. I'm thankful I was able to do that.
As I'm not young like I use to be.
At times whispers come telling me to watch what ails me.
So I try to listen to these many words. Body's always telling me to stop over thinking becoming depressed in my own thoughts. Often shadows cover me.
golden heron
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 5:31 AM UTC
MY Body is telling me to STOP,
STOP what?
STOP OVERTHINKING,
STOP REGRETTING
STOP TAKING BURDEN OF EXPECTATION,
STOP LYING TO YOURSELF,
STOP THINKING ABOUT SOCIETY ,Who hinders my growth.
BUT I DIDN' WANT TO HEAR ALL THESE......
BECAUSE I'M UNABLE TO COME OUT OF ALL THESE
quiet otter
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 3:44 AM UTC
to push him away as his hands wander over my body,
to tell him to leave me alone.
but he's the boy I love,
so what could possibly go wrong?
still shore
May 1
May 1, 2026 at 11:55 PM UTC
Through the tears in my eyes I say I am ok.
My body long for rest, escape through sleep,
I say am fine...
Fine? My body questions in disbelief.
Fine..I respond.
Because in reality... no one will hear me or see me,
And I ... have to be "fine".
soft cloud
May 1
May 1, 2026 at 5:32 AM UTC
The truth.
I didn't want to fall in love with you.
I wasn't built for it.
I sigh as I realize the truth
You breath in,
And I love you more.
salted orchard
Apr 30
Apr 30, 2026 at 12:19 PM UTC
Perhaps I lost my soul long ago
These words are without sound
brave lantern
Apr 30
Apr 30, 2026 at 1:13 AM UTC
That age has become a factor.
I can no longer tow the line
Time to take a break
And give yourself a rest
restless cloud
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 4:31 PM UTC
Frozen. Tense. Heightened Observation.
I'm touched. I knew, but I didn't know--
How to feel secure. Indecision incarnate
Taken and decided without approval
Denial is a useful tool in fooling both
The self and the unobservant taker
Tension is held amid all fibers
As it was before, but certainly after
slow garden
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 3:04 PM UTC
dont' do it
it'll hurt
maybe it'll go away
wide atlas
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 2:23 PM UTC
Push it away,
the rotting guilt in the
pit of your stomach
Don't let it bother you,
the sting when hot water
touches the mark
Don't think about it,
promise yourself it doesn't matter
but my stomach knows
It does not let it go
gentle otter
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 12:03 PM UTC
I’m tired
Too tired
How have I gone on?
It’s their fault
Not mine
Listen but not respond
A cycle
An ache
I am deaf to my own cries
quiet thistle
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 10:53 AM UTC
For years now
there have been warnings:
"Go away"
"Don't stay with these guys"
"They are bad for you—
and for themselves"
I stayed with them.
Nervously laughing
with each joke that I hated,
each time they accused each other
of loving someone,
each time they mocked someone—
"He-he-he, so funny!"
That nervous, broken laugh
was my body telling me:
"Go away"
"Don't stay with these guys"
"They are bad for you—
and for themselves"
Yet I didn't hear—
Nay, I did hear—
I just didn't listen.
silver kestrel
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 7:20 AM UTC
That I am hurting.
That my feelings, my emotions, my fears unregulated, unresolved
Telling myself, I am fine
Hiding the signs
Until my eyes burned
And felt the wrath inside
weathered pine
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 6:10 AM UTC
That everything will
work out in my favour.
That everything
is meant to be.
That what’s destined
will happen.
That my hard work
will pay off.
But my heart
doesn’t accept it.
Because nothing good
ever seems to stay.
And even when
something good happens,
my heart whispers—
something bad is coming.
What has my body
been trying to tell me?
That I don’t trust happiness…
because I’m still waiting
for it to leave.
tiny river
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 4:59 AM UTC
I hear the sleepy sighs of my soles as they struggle each step
But I ignore them because I can't rest
Too much to do with so little time
My struggles cause me to be stressed
steady lark
May 2
May 2, 2026 at 10:46 PM UTC
Through the tears in my eyes I say I am ok.
My body long for rest, escape through sleep,
I say am fine...
Fine? My body questions in disbelief.
Fine..I respond.
Because in reality... no one will hear me or see me,
And I ... have to be "fine".
soft cloud
May 1
May 1, 2026 at 5:32 AM UTC
They all know
The heart has a story
They talk to each other
I don’t know why I worry
They collude so subtly
While things are blurry
And I cannot fathom
Why I am sweaty
They all know,
While I am wondering
hushed stone
Apr 30
Apr 30, 2026 at 4:41 AM UTC
That age has become a factor.
I can no longer tow the line
Time to take a break
And give yourself a rest
restless cloud
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 4:31 PM UTC
you cant change him
you never will
golden ridge
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 2:25 PM UTC
Push it away,
the rotting guilt in the
pit of your stomach
Don't let it bother you,
the sting when hot water
touches the mark
Don't think about it,
promise yourself it doesn't matter
but my stomach knows
It does not let it go
gentle otter
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 12:03 PM UTC
Rest.
Maybe,
Rest,
no.
I feel the pull
aching
to get away from stress
relax,
no.
We're safe,
I doubt.
No more,
your mind
has told you so
a thousand times
it's okay, now step back
go and find the things
that you truly lack.
wide fern
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 8:17 AM UTC
That I am hurting.
That my feelings, my emotions, my fears unregulated, unresolved
Telling myself, I am fine
Hiding the signs
Until my eyes burned
And felt the wrath inside
weathered pine
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 6:10 AM UTC
MY Body is telling me to STOP,
STOP what?
STOP OVERTHINKING,
STOP REGRETTING
STOP TAKING BURDEN OF EXPECTATION,
STOP LYING TO YOURSELF,
STOP THINKING ABOUT SOCIETY ,Who hinders my growth.
BUT I DIDN' WANT TO HEAR ALL THESE......
BECAUSE I'M UNABLE TO COME OUT OF ALL THESE
quiet otter
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 3:44 AM UTC
to push him away as his hands wander over my body,
to tell him to leave me alone.
but he's the boy I love,
so what could possibly go wrong?
still shore
May 1
May 1, 2026 at 11:55 PM UTC
My body has wept
Cried for attention
While I have slept
Oblivious to its message
faded lantern
Apr 30
Apr 30, 2026 at 7:52 PM UTC
Perhaps I lost my soul long ago
These words are without sound
brave lantern
Apr 30
Apr 30, 2026 at 1:13 AM UTC
That most of my physical/mental issues that I have going on is from the continuing abuse from my spouse. I have walked away and am blooming like the flower I have always been, I appreciate and value myself now that I have taken control.
amber wren
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 3:51 PM UTC
dont' do it
it'll hurt
maybe it'll go away
wide atlas
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 2:23 PM UTC
'I'm Tired.'
Keep moving, maybe you won't falling asleep
'stop jumping'
I have to keep my stamina up for dance
I'm aware of the screeching pain in my ankle
in my knees
and shoulders
but I have got to continue
or my world crumbles
golden barn
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 11:07 AM UTC
For years now
there have been warnings:
"Go away"
"Don't stay with these guys"
"They are bad for you—
and for themselves"
I stayed with them.
Nervously laughing
with each joke that I hated,
each time they accused each other
of loving someone,
each time they mocked someone—
"He-he-he, so funny!"
That nervous, broken laugh
was my body telling me:
"Go away"
"Don't stay with these guys"
"They are bad for you—
and for themselves"
Yet I didn't hear—
Nay, I did hear—
I just didn't listen.
silver kestrel
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 7:20 AM UTC
I suppose my body has told me many things throughout the years. I listen periodically. Quit my job and retired, cause my body said to. I'm thankful I was able to do that.
As I'm not young like I use to be.
At times whispers come telling me to watch what ails me.
So I try to listen to these many words. Body's always telling me to stop over thinking becoming depressed in my own thoughts. Often shadows cover me.
golden heron
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 5:31 AM UTC
i dont take care of myself
warm shore
May 1
May 1, 2026 at 7:24 PM UTC
The truth.
I didn't want to fall in love with you.
I wasn't built for it.
I sigh as I realize the truth
You breath in,
And I love you more.
salted orchard
Apr 30
Apr 30, 2026 at 12:19 PM UTC
there is love that lives in the knees
when they buckle and do not fall
life that hums in the bones
without asking to be called by name
small defeats in broken hours
words like a door without a hand to open it
tiny badger
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM UTC
Frozen. Tense. Heightened Observation.
I'm touched. I knew, but I didn't know--
How to feel secure. Indecision incarnate
Taken and decided without approval
Denial is a useful tool in fooling both
The self and the unobservant taker
Tension is held amid all fibers
As it was before, but certainly after
slow garden
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 3:04 PM UTC
I stumble down the street
heart pounding
shaking
my limbs
held up by those puppet strings
are tangled
knots replacing
those once-beautiful bows
my body,
it tries to speak
vomiting up words
that splatter aimlessly
but they are ignored
because really,
they're just lies.
what else would they be ?
faded ferry
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM UTC
I’m tired
Too tired
How have I gone on?
It’s their fault
Not mine
Listen but not respond
A cycle
An ache
I am deaf to my own cries
quiet thistle
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 10:53 AM UTC
my body planted
the horror on my face
when i looked in the mirror
and my chest was sprouting
into bulbs like weeds
like dandelions in the garden
of the body of the sexless child
windswept river
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 6:13 AM UTC
That everything will
work out in my favour.
That everything
is meant to be.
That what’s destined
will happen.
That my hard work
will pay off.
But my heart
doesn’t accept it.
Because nothing good
ever seems to stay.
And even when
something good happens,
my heart whispers—
something bad is coming.
What has my body
been trying to tell me?
That I don’t trust happiness…
because I’m still waiting
for it to leave.
tiny river
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 4:59 AM UTC