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 Aug 2023 ryn
Shofi Ahmed
Today is my birthday
my family enjoys a matter of joy.
For this day my mother added
one more new boost
in the fold of time
or one more leaf falls
at the end in the autumn
or indeed on more nightingale
itโ€™s for time to unfold!

I for one a date of birth
still not in the know
makes me pondering
when my mind was born!
Birthday mind autumn leaf nightingale
don't love me forever
Don't open up that door
Pretend our happy days together never were
Let me go and make it through

There's no need for us to stress
No need for us to try and guess
Of the many paths our story could take
Let's leave the need for love to fate

I'll keep my head high, whatever may come
Forgive and forget, rather than succumb
To sadness, I don't wish to try and mend
When our love wasn't ever meant to be

So don't love me forever
Don't open up that door
Pretend our happy days together never were
Let me go and make it through
pain never hurts me like love.
 Aug 2023 ryn
Aliza Jennifer
There is God
And then,
Interpreters of God.
~Aliza Jennifer~
 Aug 2023 ryn
Joseph Sinclair
I cannot believe
in my own mortality.
Am I a vampire?


Being close to you,
no matter how far away,
Iโ€™m closer to me.


Once Iโ€™d learned to crawl
I yearned to reach to the sky
and prove I could fly
 Aug 2023 ryn
Malia
The shadows
Creep up.

I should be sleeping.
The comforter is not comforting
At all.

๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ
But the harder I try the more that my mind
๐‘น๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’”.

๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜โ€™๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅโ€ฆ
This one was pretty old! I liked it but it was still kinda meh so I added ~pizazz~

Itโ€™s really interesting to see how I have progressed as a writer since 2019
 Aug 2023 ryn
Flo
Dreams
 Aug 2023 ryn
Flo
Where to store all of my dreams?
So much desire
Yet lacking the means

Many ambitions
Yet so little time
Precarious conditions
Little chance to shine

In desire to create
Shackles bind my mind
What a truly cruel fate
The constraints of everyday life on the process of pursuing ones dreams, creativity and the urge to create.
 Aug 2023 ryn
Edmund black
2Late
 Aug 2023 ryn
Edmund black
Youโ€™re here
w
a
i
t
i
n
g

knocking,
trespassing
questioning
lusting
craving
dreaming
fantasizing
Thinking
of us

Now Iโ€™m here
accepting
needing
feeling your presence

Where are you now?
 Aug 2023 ryn
Rai
Truths
 Aug 2023 ryn
Rai
Do not slay your dragons on my doorstep then make love to them just above the gaze of heavens gates.
Do not surrender your fears and then shackle them to yourself as if your life depended upon it.
I am no fool to any man.
I laid down my heart
You cut me with your sword and my shield will protect me from your hastening attentions.
Maybe I am not broken enough to see through your gaze.
But the silence that hangs on the breeze speaks truths.
And it is only truths my ears will dwell upon.
Sweet words mean nothing if in secret you cast them to the dirt below your feet .
The darkness just merged my mind and heart together spitting violent words into a fierce furnace of powerful rage.
Love those you love.
Standing tall in your need for reflection for reflection has purpose.
Speak kindly in secret as in company it is there that you will gain the greatest rewards.
 Aug 2023 ryn
Amanda Kay Burke
I lift my head and try to fly,
A bird with broken wings,
Held down and haunted by
The song my sorrow sings.

Useless melodies inside,
Keeping me from healing,
Ruffled feathers, open eyed,
The past I am concealing.

What is a bird that cannot fly?
I want to end it once and for all,
I put my trust into the sky,
And begin the final fall.
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