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Lily Aug 18
Walk in
head high
eyes wide
the first bridge

enter the realm
the second
the heart
and within
stay clear

there is a third
enter the veins
and see the small things sprout
across the final one
a drop of change
and a piece of you stays
that is the trade

go back
no slack
go do it again
but they are not the same
with fear in the heart
go do it again
we shed our selves again and again and again in this life
I once hung clothes
from a line, canned
strawberries, and wished
for paved streets.

Now, I long for gravel
dusted sheets blowing in the wind
beside strawberry fields
concrete can’t reach.
I think about leaving sometimes, 'leaving what?' Petah asked thoughtfully. 'Leaving here..going somewhere were nobody knows my name- all so I can make up a new identity for the world! I want to change, I really do, and I have but Petah has not. 'why can't you change?' I beg and plead for petah to do what I wish, but in the end he tells me something that changed my perception of him.." why would I change, when your own father couldn't for you?" Strange girl yer are, strange oh yes— big dumb brown eyes, and chocolate soaked hair, plump lips that held a quiver since the silver of time..A slim yet sickly figure-that ain't do yer well. Change is impactful oh yes, but for change to happen to you, it starts at the expense of someone else.
I don’t know if this qualifies as “poetry” I write, but I have nowhere to share it but here.
Naebaegreen Aug 16
I was always
the type of girl
who never gave a ****.

Would fall in love so fast
but yeah,
I would always give it up.

And you?
You were the type
to see that love in my eyes.

Came in disguised
as someone
who was supposed to be mine.

I really loved that about you.
But you switched up like the weather.

You went from hot to cold,
from “I love you”
to “whatever.”

And it didn’t take long
for that cycle to spin.

Tears on my behalf,
while you sat there with a grin.

I think you knew what you were doing.
This ain’t your first time.

First time you saw
a girl with true love in her eyes.

But one thing about me?
I get bored very easy.

Bored of the back-and-forth,
the stomach turns,
the feeling-queasy kind of love
that never sits easy.

You knew what you were doing.
Let’s be honest.

It wasn’t even my fight,
was it?

You just saw another girl
with true love in her eyes

Another girl
for your love to disguise.

When you do it, it’s cool.
Okay.
But when she does, it’s “whack”?

Now it’s every other day,
you arguing,
putting **** on your dad.

The love bombs.
The switching up.
The back-and-forth.
The feeling queasy.

You made it feel
like you could push
all your problems
on me.

Like the minute I showed love,
your life was supposed to get easy.

But I’m not doing that.
Not anymore.

You dumped
every insecurity on me—
and watched me drown
in wounds that weren’t even mine.

You pushed all your insecurities out to me
and now,
I’m finally stepping back

And that’s when
you finally started acting right.

But that didn’t last,
now did it?

I’d be lying if I said
I left the first time
or the second
or even the third.

Because you?
You always had the right words
the ones that pulled me back
into being her.

That girl.
The one with true love in her eyes.
Those eyes
you once tried so hard
to hide from your disguise.

But this time…
was the last time
she let you dim that love
in her eyes.
there's a whole story behind the way people look at you
i stared out my window today
and the world outside looked the same
the same old trees, the same small birds
the same dusky sky strewn with clouds

like a painting frozen in time
seemingly constant and lasting
a safe and familiar ground

yet i cannot shake this feeling
that something has changed in some way

and the sun will not be as warm
and the stars won’t appear as bright
and the moon won’t be the same sight

the stochasticity of this world
brings souls together and then apart
an impermanence that bestows grief
yet offers meaning to our lives

wherever this divergence takes us
just know that this meeting was special
the universe conspired for this, so

when chance allows us to meet again
tell me your stories and i’ll share mine

and we will laugh like we used to laugh
and we will sing like we used to sing
and we will talk like we used to talk

moments like this come rarely to a wallflower
you can be sure they will treasure this forever
You will never know who you will meet in this life. Good friends rarely come and often go. This is a piece for those friendships that, while temporary, leave lasting impressions on your soul. Inspired by the parting of my good friend from Singapore whom I met in Germany during the winter season of 2024, this piece is an acknowledgement of the transience of human connections, and the meaning and value derived from it.
chelsea cj Aug 15
In the golden realm of autumn's embrace,
Where nature's palette paints with fiery grace,
Falling leaves dance upon the whispering breeze,
A wistful serenade among the trees.

With each gentle descent, a beauty untold,
Their vibrant hues, a story unfold,
From fiery reds to hues of amber and gold,
A masterpiece in nature's hands we behold.

They flutter and twirl, a delicate ballet,
A symphony of colors in their grand display,
As they bid farewell to their branches high,
With grace and elegance, they softly fly.

In their descent, like dreams released,
They carry whispers of secrets, deceased,
As they land upon the earth's waiting floor,
They invite us to ponder, cherish and adore.

Each fallen leaf holds tales of what has been,
Of summers kissed by sunshine and serene,
Of whispered promises and forgotten dreams,
Of love found and love lost in endless streams.

Yet, amidst their beauty, there lies a touch of sorrow,
For their grandeur shall fade, come the cold morrow,
But as the leaves drift from their lofty heights,
They teach us acceptance; they teach us delights.

For in their graceful fall, we find solace anew,
A reminder of life's cycles, constantly askew,
And as we witness their dance in the autumn air,
We are reminded that change is both bitter and fair.

So, let us marvel at the falling leaves so grand,
Hold their fleeting beauty in the palm of our hand,
For in their descent, they carry the essence of time,
And in their whispering rustle, a poet's sublime.
Shane Aug 14
The candy shared in days of youth
Has melted in our mouths,
And left a taste so bittersweet
It lingers on the tongue.

But with each year that sweetness fades,
And bitterness we chew,
Then swallow down like sugared stones
We wish to taste anew.
Shambhavi Aug 13
Sea creatures live beneath deep oceans,
sheltered by beautiful coral reefs,
sometimes hidden in the darkness,
where the sun cannot reach.
Poor sea creatures, longing to be with the birds,
rise toward the sparkling surface,
only to learn the air was never theirs to breathe.
I just wanted to say just be yourself no need to change yourself by looking others.
The uniqueness in us makes us different from others and eventually it becomes our identities if we try changing it we might lost ourselves
Akari Aug 13
But now that I’m here,
freedom feels fragile,
and the dreams are quieter
than the fear that found me.
just turned eighteen and that's how it feels
girlinflames Aug 13
Don’t be afraid
To become too big
For your old life.
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