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Nov 2018 · 1.4k
Criminal
L Nov 2018
I wanna get better.


I've been on an apple kick
Fiona and the bleachers
L Nov 2018
At what point is it fair to say that something doesnt work?

Do you realized after so many times that its not working and thats when you give up?

How many times?

Or

Do you keep letting it not work until it breaks and then you say "well that didnt work."?

Is it like a broken pencil? Never again the same, though sometimes it could still be made new and work again. Just. Differently?

Or is it like machinery? Just switch out a part for a new one, and then the whole thing is good as new.

Am i a pencil? Are you? Are we both machines?
Can we even be fixed at all?
What in the **** even is a human.
L Nov 2018
It felt like something that could have lasted forever. But maybe i WAS blind. Maybe it doesnt matter.

You know when little kids think of something and they cant quite figure out the name of it so theyre describing it as best as they can.

Is that what i was. Some kid trying to make sense of something that was incomprehensible to me.

I hate that.

I want to be understood.
Miss understood.

But isnt that everyone?

At what point does misunderstood become understood.

What does it take to get to that point?

How much does Miss Understood have to try compared to someone she wants to understand her has to try?

I cant even language.

Shut up, kid.
'You dont even know what youre talking about.'
Nov 2018 · 837
Is
L Nov 2018
Is
Inspiration is that song you want to listen to in the very moment that youre too busy doing something else. Its the song that you'll listen to as soon as youre done. The one that youll surely remember later, it'll be fine.

Just stop. And listen to the ******* song. Or at least write that **** down.

Youre all going to end up kicking yourselves for forgetting.
Nov 2018 · 730
More comparisons
L Nov 2018
Some people: "be kind to yourself."

Me: "get to work, *****."
Shrug.

I mean i kind of need to. Hahaha
Nov 2018 · 190
2d
L Nov 2018
2d
Everything ******* hurts. And its all too ******* much. I usually spout **** about carrying on and keeping going. But. I dont want to do that **** anymore. Im so ******* young. And im already done. Everything ******* hurts. I feel ******* old. Nothing can help me. The usual cheats and tricks are ******* worn out.
Oct 2018 · 2.5k
Im taking a bath
L Oct 2018
And then everything that ever made sense crumbled and shattered. And i was left to let the water overcome me. It ran down, flowed with a constant that comforted. The moisture started breaking down that which i settled to engage myself with.

And here i am mourning something that was never quite mine in the first place.
Oct 2018 · 489
Palindrome emordnilap.
Oct 2018 · 3.3k
Hourglass
L Oct 2018
Im losing track of time again.

Lost in words, lost in my own head.

Theres so much to see, so much to do.

So little time.

And it slips from my grasp like how sand slips through the fingers of a clenched fist.

Theres no fighting the flow.
    So why try.
Dont bother. Youre gunna end up getting swept away anyways. Deal.

"*******, its dark outside."
Oct 2018 · 1.1k
The Unforgotten.
L Oct 2018
Why do old things never become shiny again?

Its a shame,

really.
Oct 2018 · 678
When did i write this?
L Oct 2018
I want to explore you

(Is this what this is?)



I want to hold every inch. I want to graze. My eyes they hunger. My mind tries to satiate my hunger but alas. Nothing imagined can compare. It is only fact. The only fact i know for a certainty.

(Okay, maybe thats a bit of an overexaggeration. But.


Shut up.)

I always end up giving up. Wind up throwing in the towel. Too wound up. Dissatisfaction.

(I almost said insatisfaction. But that would have been incorrect. No no. I am correct. Always. I am me. Me is right. Ha.)

I need to be pleased. Please, please me. Dear god what is going on. Inexplicable feels in places unpredictable. In ordinary actions turned utterly and splendidly extraordinary.

(How cliché.)

Sweet toxicity. Unexpectable, unsuspecting poison in every glance, every look. It holds me firmly with an unrelenting grip that says "there is no such escape from this destiny." And the words are such a pleasure to hear. And i want to hear them over. And over. And over again. And i want it deep and commanding. I want definity in the way that it already is. Who could ask to escape from something such as this. What poor blind fool would willingly give this up. This infinity. This immensity.

No. Not i. Never. I could never deny this. Not now or ever.

I am a happy captive of this place
in life
in which i am present in
at the moment.
Oh well. Here it is. Lost treasure.
Oct 2018 · 469
"Is that a poem?"
L Oct 2018
If you have to ask if something is a poem

Then, yes

It is probably a poem.


And if not,
Then it is now.

That is a poem.
I make(̶m̶a̶d̶e̶) it so.
I think, therefore i am.

It is.
"Is that
A poem
That is"

I ****** up my strikethrough somehow.

Oh well. **** it.

Pft.
IT IS A POEM.
Oct 2018 · 454
Stargays.
L Oct 2018
Thats it.


Just

Stargays.
http://drop-out.webcomic.ws/comics/1
"Lol this ones for you.

You know who you are."
Oct 2018 · 6.8k
Train
L Oct 2018
What good is it to want things.
So much longing.
So little input.
Oct 2018 · 330
of
L Oct 2018
of
why are we so good at giving advice to others and yet so bad at figuring out what to do on our own.
Oct 2018 · 286
Thought
L Oct 2018
Lifes not fair. Im not pessimistic. Im realistic. But you will always only see just what it is you see.
L Oct 2018
Though
That wasn't even my intent. It just happened that way.
Originally I had planned on just picking one for myself.
(As i often do.)
I just so happened to change my mind. when I had realized where I was. what I was doing. that she stopped and walked up besides me.

And maybe thats what got her.
Could it have all been just a fluke
Oct 2018 · 529
Well. Dont.
L Oct 2018
Everyones concerned for my wellbeing.

And i kind of dont give a ****.
Ill finish these.
Oct 2018 · 222
Demands
L Oct 2018
I dont demand justice.

I demand understanding.

I demand
Day
Oct 2018 · 169
How
L Oct 2018
How
How do i momentarily delete people from my life?

Or at least mute them?
Maybe ill just mute myself for a bit.
Delete.
Off grid.
One
Oct 2018 · 190
Today
L Oct 2018
Not guilty not guilty not guilty.

All three accounts. For naught.

Welp.
Maybe
Oct 2018 · 117
Should i
L Oct 2018
Post a series

Of really short couple-lined incomplete-feeling poems?

(As if you guys are going to answer me.)
F*** it.
Oct 2018 · 5.0k
The Doors have been opened..
L Oct 2018
They say they love you.
And they care about you.
And that theyre there for you.

And. Thats supposed to feel good. Its supposed to feel nice.
Be nice.

But honestly.
It just makes me feel nervous.
Uneasy.
Apprehension and suspicion grip me.

They shake me.

And yet at the same time, mostly,
I feel apathy.
Nothing
As if your words were as grains of sand to my beach.
As if they were the folds of some drapery
That i depicted in my sketching class.
Singularly, it is so insignificance to me.
And maybe thats where im going wrong. Looking for beauty and solidity in pebbles and ripples.
It all. Means something. Everything. But.
It all means nothing.
Theyre just words.

And whos to say youre even real.

Wait.
Am i even real.
..and now i cant ******* close them.
Oct 2018 · 158
wants vs needs
L Oct 2018
i want you.
i need you.
i love you.


your are.
so far
away.
i just

want to wrap my arms around you
why dont you
tell me
"Everything's gunna be okay"

i try
and try
and try again

feels like no progress,
while so many friends.

you cant take.
just what you need
but what you want

....IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING.
LIKE. HOW ABOUT
JUST TRY TO BE HAPPY AND ****
AND MAYBE **** WILL WORK OUT.



until then,
(i guess)
i love you,
i want you.
i need you.
Oct 2018 · 889
Incomplete..?
L Oct 2018
Im ******* jealous.

Im jealous of someone i love.

Because someone that i want to love me,

It feels like they love everyone else so much more.


And it hurts.
And i feel guilty.
And i dont want this.

I didnt ask for it.
I would never.
I dont want it.

I want to feel better.
I want to be better.


You love so much
So many
Other people.
And. Its pretty ******* clear.

And.
When it comes to me.
Its observable.
But.
It doesnt feel like much
And i love you
And i want to love you
But.
How.
How does any of this even work.
How does any of it really even work.


This is stupid. Pretty stupid.
Often times. I think of just running
I want to run so bad
So ******* bad.
And then i think of other people.

And how much i ******* care.

And it all hurts.
All over again.
And so much moreso than before.
No resolution?


I cant ******* think.
Should this be a new 'poem' of its own or not?
Oct 2018 · 660
Nonstarter; rat race
L Oct 2018
Nonstarter in the rat race

Feels like no matter how many steps im taking,
I always seem to end up in the same place.

Its bewildering, really. Almost like magic.

Like magic could exist.


If i could get this far with this much,
I might as well keep the goal of keeping on.

For my own sake and for the sake of those around me.
I take my stubborn *** personality.
And i polish that ****.
And i put it on a pedestal.

Yeah. Look at me. Doin ****.

Thats right.
Come and get me.
You dont scare me.

Nothing scares me.
Sep 2018 · 367
M
L Sep 2018
M
You are so *******
Cute. I just want to cuddle,
No, melt into you.

You-- just so fuckkin
Soft. I want to caress you.
Tongue gliding across

Skin. I just want you.
Admit how much you want me.
I could rock your world.
Gey
Sep 2018 · 201
Part 5
L Sep 2018
V
Christ. Lord. Help me. This is all too much. When you feel too much. What in the **** do you do.
     . I am you. I want your essence in myself. Its always been there. But now that i know,
I want you indefinitely. I want to feel you. I want your lettering across my skin. I want your words in my mouth. I want your feelings to drip down my throat. I want the infinity that i feel i have been promised.
Not now, no. I have never been impatient. But i do want it. Eventually. I want it all. I want what is mine.
Sep 2018 · 149
Part 4
L Sep 2018
IV
Where was i going? My tendency to ramble. The fact that you make me crazy. Because you do. You do make me crazy.
You make
me crazy.
Sep 2018 · 128
Part 3
L Sep 2018
III
Funny stuff, life.
You are a ******* treat.
I guess i know what you mean.
Considering i want every ******* part of you.
Though not for my own. So its different maybe.
I want you. But only when i need you. And i want to not need you very frequently. So.
Theres that.
Sep 2018 · 510
Part 2
L Sep 2018
II
Maybe we're a flavor that not most can stomache.
Ive always loved oatmeal raisin.
Even though i have no particular love for raisins generally.
Sep 2018 · 194
Part 1
L Sep 2018
I
Say my name.       . Feel it in your mouth. Wrap your lips around the letters. Lightly flick it with your tongue. Know that you are to me as i am to you. Infinite in existance. Presence everlasting. Haunting. I am you. And you are me. And we make one. Two halves of the same ******* broken cookie. Sweet.
Sep 2018 · 250
Quote unquote
L Sep 2018
"This is your home now."
    Pft, yeah, *******.
Yeah, sure, I live here.
    Lived. I had a key.
It's where I went to sleep
    every night.

"Home."
I have no home.
What a silly joke.
What a cruel fate.
Oh, woe is me, eh?
Oh, god, how pathetic.
    ******* pathetic.
What in the ****.
Sep 2018 · 573
Oh,
L Sep 2018
Oh,
Oh. I am in pain.  


Well would ya look at that.  

Still walkin an ****.  

Thats me.  

Walking and breathing and living.  

Im stubborn like that.
Sep 2018 · 4.1k
Lemon juice
L Sep 2018
I cant stop crying.

Theres lemon in my eyes.

Something flew into them.

Bugs.

Lemon juice.

And im cutting onions.

I just bit my tongue.

It hurts a lot.

Everything hurts a lot.

Why does it even hurt so bad.

Lifes not that bad.
Sep 2018 · 291
Spiders
L Sep 2018
Spiders in my head,

Spiders in my bed.

In my clothes and in my head.
In my life, i must be dead.

Under my skin, cant itch them away.
Everywhere, wont let me free.

I try to run, i dont get far.
These spiders crawl, they set new bars.

Through the hoops, i try to run.
In front of me bite one by one.

"Youre just like us, why cant you see?
Theres no escape, we wont let you be."

They try and try, i try again.
I look for comfort in a friend.

My friends they cry, they cry for me.
Much good it does, i pay the fee.

Its me alone with my spider friends.
They wish me luck till we meet again.
Maybe ill note and tag this appropriately later. Maybe knot
Sep 2018 · 481
Nature Walk
L Sep 2018
M: "Thats my favorite tree, the one with the weird branches." (arms)

L: "Oh, the one without a head?."

M: "Yeah."
Last evening
Meant everything.
Sep 2018 · 884
Knots
L Sep 2018
They've been untied
And i've been coming loose
It's for the best. In order to rebuild.
Retie.
When did i write this again
Sep 2018 · 161
Nu no know now new
L Sep 2018
Do you think you know me?
Have you figured me out?
If so, please explain it to me.
Go ahead. I dare ya.
L Sep 2018
You think youve won
Youve got it all
Finally;
It all makes sense.
All of the pain,
The struggle,
The hopelessness--
It all led up to what you thought
Was your reward
For staying strong
For keeping on
Keeping on.

And now,
Things are in pieces again.
Nothing makes sense
Again.
Just like that
Gone.
****.
Goodbye
Bliss.

Im sorry
That i didnt cherish you when i had you.
Im sorry
That your wife is gay
And that your girlfriend is a free bird.
Lol this ones for you.

You know who you are.
Aug 2018 · 902
Praying
L Aug 2018
By the power of luck, of god, of karmic matters.

I call upon nature and aliens and omnipotent beings.

Four leaf clovers, and rabbits feet, and love.

Anything really.

Anything or anyone that will listen.

Guide me.

Please let me get through it all.

Amen.
Aug 2018 · 2.3k
Thee addition of one.
L Aug 2018
What is one plus one.

Well in one case its a child.

One plus another is an angry first.

Two plus one?

Or is it jealousy? Has the story changed?
And now i am lost. Was it one plus one, one plus two, or one plus three?

Two minus one is just sad. Three minus two is straight up depressing. Four minus three would be unbearable.

One plus one can sometimes equal one. When it doesnt equal two.

Two plus one sometimes equals one and also two. Or three. Hopefully not one and one and one. Wait, wasnt there one more? One and one and two? Or one and two and one. Certainly not two and one and one, now that would be ridiculous.

Where am i again? Am i lost? Have i lost myself? Have i lost my way?

One and one can be love or lust. And its nearly impossible to tell the difference. Especially being in the midst of it.

So when adding another variable to the equation, the dimension of the solution is intangible. What is right, what is wrong.

Here i am questioning morals again like some kind of modern day philosopher.

"The ratio of questions to answers in my life is not ideal."
Life is all about balance. And that is one of the hardest things to learn. Cause it takes control. Which is also hard to learn. Then you need knowledge and wisdom to know when to use this control and to what extent. Some people have called me a deep thinker.

JL8 #78 - quote
Aug 2018 · 18.3k
You do the math
L Aug 2018
Seven
Empressive
Holy
Scarce
(Connection)

Voluminous
Exceedingly­
Hopeful
Serpents

(One)

Very
Immense
Daffodils
Lie
(Together)

­Superb
Whole
Emanating
Velociraptors

(Packed)

Solo
Divided
Enco­unters

(Meaning behind meeting)


|||VVhat?
Does it make sense yet? Now? No? Okay, nevermind.
Aug 2018 · 539
ESP
L Aug 2018
ESP
Everything. Subjective. Perception.

Everlasting servitude protruding elegant songbirds. Parry eloquent slices pointed erectly square. Popping eleventeen succulent pills. Everlong songs prancing elated saints peeking engorged stares placed earning suspicious pardons.
Off one
Aug 2018 · 1.9k
EPS
L Aug 2018
EPS
Everything. Perception. Subjective.

Elephants plaster satellites, elven predators stalk eleven peeking succulents; everlasting parades storm earfulls-- please send

Help.
On one
Aug 2018 · 1.2k
Quite often recently
L Aug 2018
Ive been writing poetry all night long
Every day
Every waking moment
Which has come to me quite often recently.
I lay awake for no other reason seemingly
But to just be awake
And then i write.
"Might as well"
And maybe it keeps me up
And so i write more
I figure i
'might as well'

Maybe theres a lot of that going on in my life right now.
Maybe its not a good thing
But then again
Maybe
It  ̶(̶i̶s̶?̶)̶
Is.
Its all about confidence, baby.
-ocean alley
Aug 2018 · 310
Doubt
L Aug 2018
When in

Doubt

Drink 6 shots of espresso


Or, you know, maybe dont.
Whatever.
Aug 2018 · 5.2k
Its okay. (Thats okay)
L Aug 2018
I wanted so badly for it to feel like home. But it just didnt to me. Not at the time. And you cant force those things. I dont think so. Its like wanting to be in love with someone so bad. Its like loving the situation and how they treat you but just not being able to bring yourself to love them in the way that they love you. And it ******* *****. And it makes you feel terrible. Like a terrible person that doesnt deserve this goodness. That doesnt deserve for it to make sense and so it doesnt. But i guess thats just the way it goes some times. Thats life. And sometimes, it doesnt make any sense. But thats okay. Thats just the way it is.

Its okay
Bah. Its too late for all this "notes" business.
Aug 2018 · 6.7k
(Not so) modern love letters
L Aug 2018
This life we're living, this place we're at, this thing we're feeling. Its amazingly surreal. Like a waking dream that is our reality. Almost too good to be true. And while every rose has gotta have its thorns, even our thorns are, oh, so sweet. Maybe they remind us of how frail we are. How quick a ***** could draw blood. And even the blood is sweet. In a way. In a dark twisted beautifully morbid way.
                                   Our way.
Email is the most intimate form of communication. It is also the most frustrating. The proof is in the persistence.
Aug 2018 · 9.9k
in admiration.
L Aug 2018
Meticulous and true. They are so careful. So skilled. Deftly and with a swift and sure hand, the words,    
Oh the words, they flow like a brooke. The one in the forest, you know the one. The one out there, out far. In the deep of the wood, over root, under canopy. Through the branches you have to look real hard. And the hard part is not knowing at all what youre looking for. And then there,    
After an eternity and in an instant it is there infront of you. What you have been looking for. A vast clearing. Wide and open. The sun glints through the salt-and-peppered leaf roof. It crawls and stretches and lightly caresses everything you lay your eyes upon. Even matte mossy rocks, they seem to shine. You look down and it caresses you as well. Gentle and warm the embrace that you cant quite put your finger on. The location. The origin. It is everywhere, it surrounds you. Close your eyes. Embrace the sun back. But i digress my digression. The brook. It flows over, around, through. There is no stopping the water. It is relentless, it WILL get to its destination. You cannot change its mind. It is immovable.

That is what it is. It is beauty.

I know i should not compare. There is beauty in it all. But, goodness, the feelings invoked when reading others' poetry in admiration.
Brooke brook, glints?
Yeah my grammar. I break the rules sometimes. But im allowed to because i have learned them.
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