Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member
Lucien Sep 22
“I’m still fine, aren’t I?”

I question reality every night
I pull out my hair in stress
I dig my nails into my arms
I don’t stop until I bleed

Is this really
Fine?
Jasper Sep 22
The end is not the answer:
Spit in the wind.
Do you think to overtake
A hurricane
With a martyr drop
Of rain?

Answer me.

The end is not the answer:
When you say that
Deafeningly, I'll
Enjoy the quiet
Softness of
Thunder.

Answer me.

The end is not the answer:
Drink tea and await
A knock on your door
At 1'n the afternoon:
[knock knock]
Will you come with me?

The end is not the answer:
But when that rejection
Breaks my heart, and it
Casts the future to shadow -
My question's false premise
Was that it was open-ended.

The end is not the answer?
What part of the poem is this?

Answer me.
Three Days Grace gave me the idea for this poem
kevin Sep 22
During, prior and passed the handling of homeless surplus, and perhaps it requires the specifics of stating, only homeless surplus, there was no evaporation nor limitation to the law ordering the handling of the homeless installation of surplus housing money, earmarked only for the ability to acquire buildings for the homeless who are landlords in California worth 100's of millions of dollars in every city of California.

No penny may be touched by another in language or otherwise.  There will be no lawful adjust of the penny in homeless surplus.
Savva Emanon Sep 22
We build our dreams on scaffolds high,
In shadowed spires that scrape the sky,
A better dawn, a gilded flame,
Forever just beyond a name.

We trade the breath that warms the now
For plans that Time will disallow.
We barter joy for schemes unmet,
Our tea goes cold, our eyes forget.

A better morrow, whispers Fate,
So hush your heart, be patient, wait.
Yet when it comes in morning’s gold,
We chase another tale we're told.

We stitch our days with the thread of when,
Then we unpick and start again.
The orchard blossoms in our chest,
But we march on, not taking rest.

We chase horizons made of glass,
Reflections in the future's mass,
Too blind to sip the wine we poured,
Too deaf to hear the hush, "You’re more."

Let us then, for once, be bold,
Unpack our laughter, break the mould.
Taste the fig, and feel the rain,
Kiss the sun, release the strain.

Not every dawn must rise with fire,
Not every hour must build the spire.
Sometimes the miracle is this:
A held hand, a breath, a bite, a kiss.

So let us lift our cups today,
And drink the dusk, and dance the clay,
For what is future, but delay,
When now is aching to simply stay.
b for short Sep 22
Don’t worry, I turned off my heart.
I disconnected its valves and
tapped my foot to its last beat.
I repainted the walls of its chambers
a nice neutral color that would
really brighten up the space.
No trace of love.
No trail of grief.
You wouldn’t even be able to tell
that it belonged to someone else.
I spackled the holes left behind,
plastered its cracks, sanded its nicks.
Refinished the worn floors where
too many games have been played.
With any luck, interested buyers
won’t look too closely.
“This one’s got some good bones,”
they’ll say, and marvel at its potential.
I marvel at its potential.
For now though, I’ll turn it off.
I’ll turn it off, if only for me.
© Bitsy Sanders, September 2025
Nitin Pandey Sep 22
Golden light dims, warmth drifts away,
Yet the souls linger, refusing decay.

Leaves may redden, branches fall bare,
Frost may slip quietly into the air,
But still, the souls survive the turn,
A flame in the ash, a voice that will burn.

Seasons may change, as they always must,
And bodies may fade back into dust,
But souls, once born, will never die—
They rise, eternal, as the souls fly.
We breathe with the wind that stirs the grass,
Tracing shadows as moments quietly pass.

Sunlight drifts, soft and slow,
But, I think,
The souls never learn what it means to grow.
In my thought they must have to learn it,
They must have to die, to respect those fleet.

Why they survive? why they fly?
Is it true? The silken way they lie!
If Leaves may redden, if branches fall bare,
Should they not cry? to tribute what’s fair!
If Frost may slip quietly into the air,
So, why do they not sleep— is it fair?

I think souls just bow where all must die,
Only through this way do they learn to rise and fly.
We all know the answer, clear and plain,
Souls always bow, to break the chain.
The soul has its own part, yet it hides—
Only eternal love lives, while all else dies.
#thought
This is a meditation on life, death, and the eternal power of the soul. It traces the cycles of nature—leaves redden, branches fall, frost slips quietly—and compares them to the journey of the soul. While bodies fade, the soul, when guided by eternal love, holds a unique power: it can rise, break the chain of mere existence, and transcend mortality.

The questioning lines reflect my wonder: why do some things endure, while others are fleeting? The resolution celebrates that true immortality is not in the soul itself, but in the love it carries—the force that survives even when all else dies.

In essence, I hope this honors the resilience of life, the necessity of death, and the transcendent power of eternal love, leaving me to reflect on my own place in the cycle of existence.
Ami Mathur Sep 22
I watched your smart pretences.
A good move....you upheeved in me
Some cute nuances.

For those elegant times.
That still stand tall
in my mind.
They feel like a recent news
of an ancient time

When pharaohs were the prime—
High regards to the rulers of lover's shrine.

Do you remember?
that library of arts and history.
Which had a book—
Titled, "We decide our own destiny".
Was it a one on mystery?

A mystery - that made me
think, like a patient old guy
Taking a sigh,
I asked the silence—
Will we ever cross paths
Anytime soon?

Or should I again,
wait for that fateful red moon.

I hope it made you smile..
That sun pretends to be a moon
My apologies,
just want to say afternoon.

This pretentious, charismatic
thought of mine.
Will care; not for once
But lifelong - a shortest
span of clocked time—

Share with me your trouble—
Like those witches,
maybe I too,
can make that cauldron bubble.

Away would be
those displeasures
If you ever read
my nine words rhyme
Believe me—
There would always be the sunshine.
Smart
Good
Elegant
Tall
Recent
High
Watched
Happy
Patient

My mum asked to write a poem using these words, so here is my experimental poem.
Next page