What does your attention tell you about what you actually want?
37 responses
I fixate in things I can't have
Just so I can imagine what it's like.
I give attention to love
That doesn't even exist
But I wish to be mine.
faded meadow
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 11:46 AM UTC
my attention gives me away
it lingers
on the clock
more than the customers
drifts to the door
every time it opens
like maybe it’s my way out
i memorize the beeps
the same small talk
the hum of lights overhead
but my mind
is always somewhere else
counting minutes
not moments
so maybe it’s not the job
i’m holding onto—
just the leaving
i keep thinking about
faded fern
Apr 25
Apr 25, 2026 at 2:05 PM UTC
Gaze lands upon the unwritten book.
Or to the old, redding strings.
Sometimes of shutters kicking dust,
Or of an apparition of comfort.
A shadow, like once yours.
Though fleeting, as always.
golden field
Apr 25
Apr 25, 2026 at 12:13 PM UTC
I listen to my children attentively, when they speak, because when they feel heard, i feel fulfilled
When it comes to music,
I tend to dance off beat,
because my attention is focused on my next step
Each to their own, unique the rhythm
Happiness is my need, and the only want.
warm cloud
Apr 25
Apr 25, 2026 at 10:40 AM UTC
I want to walk in the woods alone
And then share what I have felt and seen
With those I love most deeply
restless elm
Apr 25
Apr 25, 2026 at 8:52 AM UTC
My mind always seems to find
a simple way to pass time
a quiet breeze, her hand in mine
all i want is to be fine
tiny lark
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 8:19 PM UTC
a life outside—
in nature.
caressed by the transient arms of the ocean.
supported by the grass, the soil, the bedrock below me
my back against the Earth, my face tilted toward the sky
i want to be always surrounded by mother Gaia,
to be always in awe of all that she is.
faded moth
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 8:14 PM UTC
Attention is like a pinball,
Firing across the machine,
From one destination to the next,
Smashing into blockades,
Until it disappears into the abyss then
PING!
It's back again, like a smack in the face
Except a few months have gone by
You can't remember why you had started
In the first instance,
Or how long you've ago you left it
On a shelf with all the others
They're eager to fire out
But quick to burn.
lonely dune
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM UTC
my darkest thoughts to be infused with lilac perfume
my hands to love deeper the surprise of your skin
gentle garden
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM UTC
I want lily
Dance
Touch
Kiss
weary otter
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 4:36 PM UTC
most of my days are spent
crouched in corners,
consumed by a quiet malaise,
and pent-up anger.
i peer through opaque matter,
searching for a feeling
strong enough to outlive my sonder,
aching for a reality not borrowed, not lived through others.
and over time,
as shadows take their shape,
not from grime
but from something deeper
reflections begin to form,
mimics of a self
i recognize,
living away from the land that carries my name.
kindly meadow
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 4:22 PM UTC
Inner peace. Most important.
To see goodness in others by trying to be good and kind to others.. I’m interested in human behaviors and what drives them to certain actions. Why there is so much hate when love is so much easier.
slow moss
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 3:45 PM UTC
I look away and I hate
I seek forward and I need
but as soon as my heart thumps
the beating rhythm
I feel my Resolve
weaken in my knees
(this is a sneak peek btw of my new poem my account is R3NNZZ ik its anonymous but this is mine )
wide sparrow
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 2:55 PM UTC
Someone whispered a surest way,
How to count the grey in my hair:
Every promise I managed to stay
Added one more silver there.
Count again? Just a fool's errand.
Scattered thoughts, lost in the din.
When did the last of the red run out?
Could I keep the next one in?
weary thrush
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 1:35 PM UTC
Noise.
Chatter, loud voices.
Deafening music
Chaotic singing and shouting.
But somehow
over all of this
I notice you enter the room
I hear your footsteps
and your heavy breath.
How do you do it?
How do you silence all this noise?
How do you silence all this pain?
dusky fern
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 12:41 PM UTC
My attention is focused on overcoming anything that stands in my way of being independent ,stronger and more resilient.
drifting stoat
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC
My attention is always on my students and on my job
Because they are actually what I want
They are the reason why I am called a teacher for a reason.
Other people may doubt but not my students.
copper shore
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC
My attention...
Depends.
Is school going well?
Great!
Let's get started!
Everything is awesome!
... And when things aren't going to well?
Sleep in!
You could be doing something else!
Everything is anxiety!
So...
Is that what I want?
Things to go the way they should?
No.
I want Good Days.
Days that make me smile the whole way through.
Days that feel productive...
Even if I did the same thing yesterday.
And after some thought...
I think i'd like it if...
Well, if my Attention didn't...
Depend.
drifting field
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 11:56 AM UTC
My attention drifts to fading skies,
Where day departs and silence lies,
To unknown lanes where shadows start,
And questions echo through the heart.
It rests in somebody’s falling tears,
In hidden wounds, in nameless fears,
For there I find what matters most—
The love we need, the loss we host.
And when I die, let this remain:
A warmth inside my loved ones’ pain,
A gentle pulse they still can hear—
That I was love, and I am near.
small hearth
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 11:47 AM UTC
A close look
An observation
An observer and her broken heart
A wanting
A deep love
A something found
kindly reed
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 10:59 AM UTC
I don't know what I want
I don't know
I don't know
I think I do, one day
The next, I'm confused again
And again, and again
But the mind is a mystery I can't let go of
One I want to solve
So I plan to, one day
One day, soon.
still heron
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 10:59 AM UTC
The things i'm interested in
are close and dear to me
tucked in my heart
i fall asleep to classes
can't stand chemistry
but when i dance i feel alive
wide meadow
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 10:10 AM UTC
My attenion's on my full-on circus act,
where love and studies are synced in spin,
juggling flashcard futures, like a signature move.
But what do I actually want?
I want something made of solid choice, not blind DNA scripting.
Is it validation, by slow corrasion? Or perhaps I just love the high-wire's buzz.
I'll be standing on the wire, as we all do , unless something smacks me sideways.
frail stoat
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 9:56 AM UTC
i need more time in a day and more hours in my life and more chances to do what i want to do without looking at the clock and thinking about how little time i have and then doing nothing
moonlit ivy
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 8:50 AM UTC
Burning envy once occupied my mind,
her sweet reflection captured in these eyes.
Her perfected waist, her porcelain face.
Yet I never stopped to look within.
What I envied was my own jealousy.
I wanted the way I looked at her,
to be the way they looked at me.
muted shore
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 8:45 AM UTC
I fixate in things I can't have
Just so I can imagine what it's like.
I give attention to love
That doesn't even exist
But I wish to be mine.
faded meadow
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 11:46 AM UTC
Gaze lands upon the unwritten book.
Or to the old, redding strings.
Sometimes of shutters kicking dust,
Or of an apparition of comfort.
A shadow, like once yours.
Though fleeting, as always.
golden field
Apr 25
Apr 25, 2026 at 12:13 PM UTC
I want to walk in the woods alone
And then share what I have felt and seen
With those I love most deeply
restless elm
Apr 25
Apr 25, 2026 at 8:52 AM UTC
a life outside—
in nature.
caressed by the transient arms of the ocean.
supported by the grass, the soil, the bedrock below me
my back against the Earth, my face tilted toward the sky
i want to be always surrounded by mother Gaia,
to be always in awe of all that she is.
faded moth
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 8:14 PM UTC
my darkest thoughts to be infused with lilac perfume
my hands to love deeper the surprise of your skin
gentle garden
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM UTC
most of my days are spent
crouched in corners,
consumed by a quiet malaise,
and pent-up anger.
i peer through opaque matter,
searching for a feeling
strong enough to outlive my sonder,
aching for a reality not borrowed, not lived through others.
and over time,
as shadows take their shape,
not from grime
but from something deeper
reflections begin to form,
mimics of a self
i recognize,
living away from the land that carries my name.
kindly meadow
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 4:22 PM UTC
I look away and I hate
I seek forward and I need
but as soon as my heart thumps
the beating rhythm
I feel my Resolve
weaken in my knees
(this is a sneak peek btw of my new poem my account is R3NNZZ ik its anonymous but this is mine )
wide sparrow
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 2:55 PM UTC
Noise.
Chatter, loud voices.
Deafening music
Chaotic singing and shouting.
But somehow
over all of this
I notice you enter the room
I hear your footsteps
and your heavy breath.
How do you do it?
How do you silence all this noise?
How do you silence all this pain?
dusky fern
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 12:41 PM UTC
My attention is always on my students and on my job
Because they are actually what I want
They are the reason why I am called a teacher for a reason.
Other people may doubt but not my students.
copper shore
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC
My attention drifts to fading skies,
Where day departs and silence lies,
To unknown lanes where shadows start,
And questions echo through the heart.
It rests in somebody’s falling tears,
In hidden wounds, in nameless fears,
For there I find what matters most—
The love we need, the loss we host.
And when I die, let this remain:
A warmth inside my loved ones’ pain,
A gentle pulse they still can hear—
That I was love, and I am near.
small hearth
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 11:47 AM UTC
I don't know what I want
I don't know
I don't know
I think I do, one day
The next, I'm confused again
And again, and again
But the mind is a mystery I can't let go of
One I want to solve
So I plan to, one day
One day, soon.
still heron
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 10:59 AM UTC
My attenion's on my full-on circus act,
where love and studies are synced in spin,
juggling flashcard futures, like a signature move.
But what do I actually want?
I want something made of solid choice, not blind DNA scripting.
Is it validation, by slow corrasion? Or perhaps I just love the high-wire's buzz.
I'll be standing on the wire, as we all do , unless something smacks me sideways.
frail stoat
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 9:56 AM UTC
Burning envy once occupied my mind,
her sweet reflection captured in these eyes.
Her perfected waist, her porcelain face.
Yet I never stopped to look within.
What I envied was my own jealousy.
I wanted the way I looked at her,
to be the way they looked at me.
muted shore
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 8:45 AM UTC
my attention gives me away
it lingers
on the clock
more than the customers
drifts to the door
every time it opens
like maybe it’s my way out
i memorize the beeps
the same small talk
the hum of lights overhead
but my mind
is always somewhere else
counting minutes
not moments
so maybe it’s not the job
i’m holding onto—
just the leaving
i keep thinking about
faded fern
Apr 25
Apr 25, 2026 at 2:05 PM UTC
I listen to my children attentively, when they speak, because when they feel heard, i feel fulfilled
When it comes to music,
I tend to dance off beat,
because my attention is focused on my next step
Each to their own, unique the rhythm
Happiness is my need, and the only want.
warm cloud
Apr 25
Apr 25, 2026 at 10:40 AM UTC
My mind always seems to find
a simple way to pass time
a quiet breeze, her hand in mine
all i want is to be fine
tiny lark
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 8:19 PM UTC
Attention is like a pinball,
Firing across the machine,
From one destination to the next,
Smashing into blockades,
Until it disappears into the abyss then
PING!
It's back again, like a smack in the face
Except a few months have gone by
You can't remember why you had started
In the first instance,
Or how long you've ago you left it
On a shelf with all the others
They're eager to fire out
But quick to burn.
lonely dune
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM UTC
I want lily
Dance
Touch
Kiss
weary otter
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 4:36 PM UTC
Inner peace. Most important.
To see goodness in others by trying to be good and kind to others.. I’m interested in human behaviors and what drives them to certain actions. Why there is so much hate when love is so much easier.
slow moss
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 3:45 PM UTC
Someone whispered a surest way,
How to count the grey in my hair:
Every promise I managed to stay
Added one more silver there.
Count again? Just a fool's errand.
Scattered thoughts, lost in the din.
When did the last of the red run out?
Could I keep the next one in?
weary thrush
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 1:35 PM UTC
My attention is focused on overcoming anything that stands in my way of being independent ,stronger and more resilient.
drifting stoat
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC
My attention...
Depends.
Is school going well?
Great!
Let's get started!
Everything is awesome!
... And when things aren't going to well?
Sleep in!
You could be doing something else!
Everything is anxiety!
So...
Is that what I want?
Things to go the way they should?
No.
I want Good Days.
Days that make me smile the whole way through.
Days that feel productive...
Even if I did the same thing yesterday.
And after some thought...
I think i'd like it if...
Well, if my Attention didn't...
Depend.
drifting field
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 11:56 AM UTC
A close look
An observation
An observer and her broken heart
A wanting
A deep love
A something found
kindly reed
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 10:59 AM UTC
The things i'm interested in
are close and dear to me
tucked in my heart
i fall asleep to classes
can't stand chemistry
but when i dance i feel alive
wide meadow
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 10:10 AM UTC
i need more time in a day and more hours in my life and more chances to do what i want to do without looking at the clock and thinking about how little time i have and then doing nothing
moonlit ivy
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 8:50 AM UTC
I fixate in things I can't have
Just so I can imagine what it's like.
I give attention to love
That doesn't even exist
But I wish to be mine.
faded meadow
Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 11:46 AM UTC
I listen to my children attentively, when they speak, because when they feel heard, i feel fulfilled
When it comes to music,
I tend to dance off beat,
because my attention is focused on my next step
Each to their own, unique the rhythm
Happiness is my need, and the only want.
warm cloud
Apr 25
Apr 25, 2026 at 10:40 AM UTC
a life outside—
in nature.
caressed by the transient arms of the ocean.
supported by the grass, the soil, the bedrock below me
my back against the Earth, my face tilted toward the sky
i want to be always surrounded by mother Gaia,
to be always in awe of all that she is.
faded moth
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 8:14 PM UTC
I want lily
Dance
Touch
Kiss
weary otter
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 4:36 PM UTC
I look away and I hate
I seek forward and I need
but as soon as my heart thumps
the beating rhythm
I feel my Resolve
weaken in my knees
(this is a sneak peek btw of my new poem my account is R3NNZZ ik its anonymous but this is mine )
wide sparrow
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 2:55 PM UTC
My attention is focused on overcoming anything that stands in my way of being independent ,stronger and more resilient.
drifting stoat
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC
My attention drifts to fading skies,
Where day departs and silence lies,
To unknown lanes where shadows start,
And questions echo through the heart.
It rests in somebody’s falling tears,
In hidden wounds, in nameless fears,
For there I find what matters most—
The love we need, the loss we host.
And when I die, let this remain:
A warmth inside my loved ones’ pain,
A gentle pulse they still can hear—
That I was love, and I am near.
small hearth
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 11:47 AM UTC
The things i'm interested in
are close and dear to me
tucked in my heart
i fall asleep to classes
can't stand chemistry
but when i dance i feel alive
wide meadow
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 10:10 AM UTC
Burning envy once occupied my mind,
her sweet reflection captured in these eyes.
Her perfected waist, her porcelain face.
Yet I never stopped to look within.
What I envied was my own jealousy.
I wanted the way I looked at her,
to be the way they looked at me.
muted shore
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 8:45 AM UTC
my attention gives me away
it lingers
on the clock
more than the customers
drifts to the door
every time it opens
like maybe it’s my way out
i memorize the beeps
the same small talk
the hum of lights overhead
but my mind
is always somewhere else
counting minutes
not moments
so maybe it’s not the job
i’m holding onto—
just the leaving
i keep thinking about
faded fern
Apr 25
Apr 25, 2026 at 2:05 PM UTC
I want to walk in the woods alone
And then share what I have felt and seen
With those I love most deeply
restless elm
Apr 25
Apr 25, 2026 at 8:52 AM UTC
Attention is like a pinball,
Firing across the machine,
From one destination to the next,
Smashing into blockades,
Until it disappears into the abyss then
PING!
It's back again, like a smack in the face
Except a few months have gone by
You can't remember why you had started
In the first instance,
Or how long you've ago you left it
On a shelf with all the others
They're eager to fire out
But quick to burn.
lonely dune
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM UTC
most of my days are spent
crouched in corners,
consumed by a quiet malaise,
and pent-up anger.
i peer through opaque matter,
searching for a feeling
strong enough to outlive my sonder,
aching for a reality not borrowed, not lived through others.
and over time,
as shadows take their shape,
not from grime
but from something deeper
reflections begin to form,
mimics of a self
i recognize,
living away from the land that carries my name.
kindly meadow
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 4:22 PM UTC
Someone whispered a surest way,
How to count the grey in my hair:
Every promise I managed to stay
Added one more silver there.
Count again? Just a fool's errand.
Scattered thoughts, lost in the din.
When did the last of the red run out?
Could I keep the next one in?
weary thrush
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 1:35 PM UTC
My attention is always on my students and on my job
Because they are actually what I want
They are the reason why I am called a teacher for a reason.
Other people may doubt but not my students.
copper shore
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC
A close look
An observation
An observer and her broken heart
A wanting
A deep love
A something found
kindly reed
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 10:59 AM UTC
My attenion's on my full-on circus act,
where love and studies are synced in spin,
juggling flashcard futures, like a signature move.
But what do I actually want?
I want something made of solid choice, not blind DNA scripting.
Is it validation, by slow corrasion? Or perhaps I just love the high-wire's buzz.
I'll be standing on the wire, as we all do , unless something smacks me sideways.
frail stoat
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 9:56 AM UTC
Gaze lands upon the unwritten book.
Or to the old, redding strings.
Sometimes of shutters kicking dust,
Or of an apparition of comfort.
A shadow, like once yours.
Though fleeting, as always.
golden field
Apr 25
Apr 25, 2026 at 12:13 PM UTC
My mind always seems to find
a simple way to pass time
a quiet breeze, her hand in mine
all i want is to be fine
tiny lark
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 8:19 PM UTC
my darkest thoughts to be infused with lilac perfume
my hands to love deeper the surprise of your skin
gentle garden
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM UTC
Inner peace. Most important.
To see goodness in others by trying to be good and kind to others.. I’m interested in human behaviors and what drives them to certain actions. Why there is so much hate when love is so much easier.
slow moss
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 3:45 PM UTC
Noise.
Chatter, loud voices.
Deafening music
Chaotic singing and shouting.
But somehow
over all of this
I notice you enter the room
I hear your footsteps
and your heavy breath.
How do you do it?
How do you silence all this noise?
How do you silence all this pain?
dusky fern
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 12:41 PM UTC
My attention...
Depends.
Is school going well?
Great!
Let's get started!
Everything is awesome!
... And when things aren't going to well?
Sleep in!
You could be doing something else!
Everything is anxiety!
So...
Is that what I want?
Things to go the way they should?
No.
I want Good Days.
Days that make me smile the whole way through.
Days that feel productive...
Even if I did the same thing yesterday.
And after some thought...
I think i'd like it if...
Well, if my Attention didn't...
Depend.
drifting field
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 11:56 AM UTC
I don't know what I want
I don't know
I don't know
I think I do, one day
The next, I'm confused again
And again, and again
But the mind is a mystery I can't let go of
One I want to solve
So I plan to, one day
One day, soon.
still heron
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 10:59 AM UTC
i need more time in a day and more hours in my life and more chances to do what i want to do without looking at the clock and thinking about how little time i have and then doing nothing
moonlit ivy
Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 8:50 AM UTC