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Lalit Kumar Apr 7
He traced my limits with dripping fate,
A careless god with a water-drawn gate.
I ran in circles—dry shrinking fast,
Each lap a loop, a haunted past.

The lines closed in, the world grew tight,
No sky above, no edge in sight.
Till even breath became a crime,
And drowning felt like passing time.

But something wild refused to die,
Not strength—just rage at a soaking lie.
I kicked the flood, broke rules of grace,
And carved my way through scattered space.

Now here I stand, soaked to skin,
On dry land, breathing in—
Like I was never trapped at all,
Like the flood was just a small downfall
A boy spills water on the ground.
He drags his finger through it, drawing a circle.
An ant gets trapped inside the wet boundary.
It keeps walking, confused, trying to find a way out.
The boy keeps shrinking the space, closing it more with each new water line.
The ant starts circling faster, its dry ground disappearing.
Soon there’s nowhere left to stand—just water.
It struggles, floats a bit, almost drowns.
Then suddenly, it fights back.
Pushes through the water, breaks the trap.
And somehow—it walks out.
Back on dry ground.
Like nothing happened.
Apollo Hayden Dec 2016
One to twelve, one to twelve,
clocks on the wall, one to twelve.
Circle circles, cycle cycles,
chains of time on the mind, stuck in this hell.
Back into the light, you've came here so many times;
deja vu flashes clues yet you still can't tell,
how we used to be able to reach thirteen but they've got us stuck in this cycle of one to twelve.
Stop letting them tear you down
No need to have depression when they’re moving on in this life
Strive to prove them wrong about the things they say
Don’t let anyone get in your way of making it life
Don’t destroy your beautiful body anymore
The best revenge to dish out is to show society wrong
So it’s time to break the cycle

Maybe it’s time to break the cycle of self-harm
It’s time to break the cycle of suicide
It’s time to change how they think of us

The suffering that we’ve been through has made us stronger
No longer will we let anyone them tear us down
Because I’ve seen the light at the end of the tunnel
Fight the silence, break the cycle of isolation
Speak up and be proud of who you are
No need to cry anymore
Cause no longer will we be torn apart by despair

Maybe it’s time to break the cycle of self-harm
It’s time to break the cycle of suicide
It’s time to change how they think of us

Let’s change the channel on how they look upon us
By far they have watched us fall but they’ll watch us rise
We are no longer your slaves
HEYUH!!!

Maybe it’s time to break the cycle of self-harm
It’s time to break the cycle of suicide
It’s time to change how they think of us
Noelle Marie Nov 2014
She wanted to be the girl to make something
Beautiful
Out of that snarled blackness that she had always existed in
To make a light to guide
Into a future of freedom, normal
She hoped they might open their eyes, see the light,
Follow
But there they stayed in their comfort of nothingness, a hopeless future and those after to live in the same
That was okay
That girl will still shine

— The End —