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Denys W Apr 2021
To all those people
Sitting alone
And asking themself
What exactly went wrong

To all those minds
Crippling thoughts
Lost without meaning
Or afraid to get lost

I say to you all
You are not alone
We are just humans
Living postpone

Get yourself up
Keep yourself brave
Stop hunting ghosts
Let memories fade
2020.08.29
Winnalynn Wood Mar 2021
Your love is a double-edged sword
It leaves me dwindling, dawdling, seeking more

Never enough is given much thought
Thinking it’s normal, to believe this lot

A good day or a bad day
It never stays the same
Moods shift and always change

Your affection is a moving target
Most days it feels likely half-hearted    

Nothing I see in you is stable
Watching your fist hover on the table

After the very last dramatic slam,
I’ve finally left and found who I am

Away from your toxic words I stranded
From flailing miles down, now I’ve landed
Clay Face Mar 2021
Meat

You make me want to get high and end something.

Your childhood shouldn’t be mine.
You apathetic ****.

I know you don’t care.
That’s why it hurts.
You’re father was gone,
Maybe that would be better.
You’re here, but not for me.
You’re just a huge tease.

Without words you flay.
Furl me in a calm.
Just to show what worth you have of me.
I’d rather be whipped.
At least then you’d use me.

Your always at my leash.
If I try to pull you to me.
You’re never at the end.

Endless release of my constant fill.
Never seems to bring benevolence.
Slamming fists, yelling to a burn,
Biting until blood, hurting until bruised.

You’re a tick I can’t rip out.
Burrowed and *****.
I can rip my skin open.
Dig in.
You’d never be found.
I’d amputate your from me.
With a saw, knife, or bullet.
You **** me dry, and never pass a nod.

I can’t scream into another.
Or cry with someone.
They’re nothing to me.
Cause they’re nothing to you.
I have no one.
Monkey see, monkey do.

There’s always something absent.
Turgid and deeply rooted.
It hollows my chest when I feel it.
I’ll never taste it.
Or have the chance to waste it.

Finding someone to abridge.
Is frustratingly crippling.
I sting just thinking about it.
You knee capped me.
I’ll never love.
I’ll never be loved.

You made me meat.
You made everyone meat.
Jess Carroll Mar 2021
The morning is cold
My steps reverberate on the frozen ground
My breath billows as I gasp
As I run my body starts to warm
I keep going even though my body tells me to stop
But eventually it's too much
I slow down, spent after running so fast
The snow starts falling harder than before
My mind wanders as I glance at the trees
My throat is raw and I can barely breathe
As I come to a stop, my body gets colder
I stand still even though my body tells me to move
But eventually I start again
The trees are bare in the dead of winter
My steps are softer and not as frantic
My breathing finally at a calmer rate
As I look around I notice the sky
I look up even though I should be paying attention to where I'm going
But I'm amazed by what I see
The sky is broken by thin twigs
My eyes can't look at any single one
My steps falter and I come to a stop again
As I close my mouth from hanging open
I think about everything I've seen in my life
But I can't stop myself
I sit cross-legged on the frozen ground
I gaze at the star covered sky in awe
The endless black sky seems to have ends
The branches break the beauty into pieces
They sway and change with each new season
I find myself sitting in a patch of flowers
I realize I'm not cold any more
I glance around and take in the forest
My safe place
My sanctuary
It isn't cold and alone like I was
It's beautiful and blooming
I stand up and shake my head
And start running again
A lion king goes to the crowd alone.
He needs a friend to live together.
But they don't want to be his friend because they are afraid of his hair and his knowledge.
Indonesia, 22th March 2021
Arif Aditya Abyan Nugroho
Hi, night!
What are you doing there?
Should you bring me the moon?
I need the moon to accompany beside me.
I cannot sleep.
I am not already for the dark.
I am not afraid of.
I just need a friend here.
Hi, night!
Do you want to know something secret?
The sun always loves you.
The sun is still waiting for you.
The dawn always remembers what I must do.
Hi, night!
I love you for the moon
you never give me.
I wish I could forgive you
because you will leave me
in the sunlight,
in the morning,
in the reality.
Indonesia, 21st March 2021
Arif Aditya Abyan Nugroho
Payton Hayes Feb 2021
You always talked about falling in love, but what if I am afraid to fall?

What if I am afraid of heights?
I'm not sure that this is a poem but rather a pretty thought. It was written in 2016.
Man Feb 2021
do you fear fear

a nail biter? a bedwetter?
or are there other compulsions
you cling to

step out, from the stale shade of the dark
that consumed you
no longer does it
feel the warmth that the sun casts down
sometimes, it's all one can do to beat the blues

this road of life is rocky
and it sees us all stumble
you chart your course

stick to it

as a blade meeting grindstone
water's introduction to limestone
Fi Feb 2021
i like to think i /feel/ my emotions
but every time i sit to write i feel my heartbeat
quicken and rise to my throat
like a helium-filled boulder
breaths shorten

what am i afraid to reveal to myself?
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