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David J 58m
This is the first night
That I understand it now
My bed… it feels cold.
What a terrible feeling….
The Devil
Doesn’t tear you down
He builds you up
Until

You believe you can
Do it alone
Then he smiles
As you fall

And you always fall
Rain 3d
I remember,
Going back to class,
After taking the knife to my skin.
By knife, I mean the stolen box cutter,
From engineering class.
Meant to be used for cardboard.

I remember,
Sitting through class.
Letting that ridiculous long skirt,
Absorb my ****** pain.
Fearing, it would seep through.
And someone would see.
Although it never did.
And no one saw.

I remember,
Hiding in the bathroom.
For three periods in a row.
Clawing at my thighs,
Because the only tool I had,
Was a pen.
So, I wrote cruel things.
Promises, words to end things.
And when I emerged, glazed.
No. One. Noticed.

I remember,
How much I wanted them to see me.
To look me in the eye,
And see my suffering.
But, no one did.
No. One.
My painful memories
Resend those valentine messages
Whisper you adore me
Visit my crib once more
Make me feel 'special' again
Drain this tears you left me with
Restore our love affair

Resend the valentine
Rumble that sweet lie 'you will never leave me'
And make a vacation to a 'country club'
Where I will regive a rose
And give you a necklace
No ! Resend I still​ miss you
I wrote this on 14 February 2025 just to reflect on lost love
BloodOfSaints Jun 22
I reach for you
out of habit,
and touch only the dust
where love used to live.

But the quiet we left behind
stays.
And stays.
And stays.
Feyre Jun 21
an emerald dress, flapping in the wind,
flailing on the petulant breeze.

the cliff face, rocky and jarring,
jutting out where sky meets sea.

the peak of a wave, crashing into stone,
relenting and dissolving its fury.

a girl, rosy-cheeked and fresh-faced,
her chin jutting as the cliff,
her eyes sparkling as the ocean,
and her mouth set as stone.

an echo, a call into the night,
a note of anguish and despair,
of tragedy and torment.

one hand, raised into the night,
reaching for the stars.

the waves crash,
the wind beats,
the moon sings,
and the stars burn.

and the girl,
in the emerald dress,
her voice echoes,
and her feet lift,

and it’s free falling.

the dress in the wind,
a bird flying through the night,
fabric floating on the air,
a creature -
airborne.

a moment of flight
with no ******,
just a bird
coasting on the breeze,
then a fish,
flailing in the depths.
i don't know how else to describe this feeling.
eliana Jun 21
I was once sad and lonely,
Having nobody to comfort me,
So I wore a mask that always smiled,
To hide my feelings behind a lie.

Before long, I had many friends;
With my mask, I was one of them.
But deep inside I still felt empty,
Like I was missing a part of me.

Nobody could hear my cries at night,
For I designed my mask to hide the lies.
Nobody could see the pain I was feeling,
For I designed my mask to be laughing.

Behind all the smiles were the tears,
And behind all the comfort were the fears.
Everything you think you see
Wasn't everything there was to me.

Day by day
I was slowly dying.
I couldn't go on,
There was something missing..

Until now I'm still searching
For the thing that'll stop my crying,
For someone who'll erase my fears,
For the person who'll wipe my tears.

But till then, I'll keep on smiling,
Hiding behind this mask I'm wearing.
Hoping one day I can smile,
Till then, I'll be here...waiting.
Mélissa Jun 20
Strange a thing to feel
Alone in crowded places
Forlorn amongst friends
Jeremy Betts Jun 19
I feel more lonely when she's around
Than I do by myself
I can't make it make sense
And I can't can it and put it on a shelf

It splits me in half and destroys both pieces
I can't answer why I stay
It's neither love nore is it fear
This is life in the gray

©2025
Stranger Jun 17
Looking around the park, there are people —
couples, friends, family.
Some are holding hands in the sunlight,
some are laughing as if the world has no wounds,
and some just talk
softly, like the moment will last forever.

I watch as their faces light up,
and I wish —
I wish it was me.
Me holding someone’s hand.
Me having a ride-or-die.
Me having a partner for life.

Looking up into the sky, I ask,
“When is it my turn to be loved?
To not be a burden,
for it not to be one-sided.”

I look back down. I see no one by me.
No fingers lace with mine.
No one is laughing beside me.
No one is with me.
And no one notices.

I am used to being alone,
though I don’t like it,
but I tell people I do,
so they don’t pity me,
so people don’t worry.

I sit down on the bench, unseen,
and alone.
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