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lisagrace Jul 31
The girl was only seven,
When he came into the picture
                      
                       Bribery by way of sweets

"Now I have her,"
He must have thought,
This was no mere caper

She wonders,
now,
if he meant it like that.
But at seven, sugar meant YES
This is the first in a series of retrospective poems exploring memory, identity, and survival. Each piece captures a moment in time, but they form something larger together.
Silly 5 year old me, such a great pity,
For him to think he could fill the deep hole carefully,
By pleasing forbidden bodies, intuition was screaming for him to flee,
No danger sign warned against transformation into something he never ever meant to be.

When lights of our stars collide,
Only for it to provide some lust and a bit of pride.
All of the storm and misery we set aside,
Touching others just caused more times that we lied.
All heavy chests that yearn for love suffer from this viral infection although hardspun masks try to hide.

The saviour that quiet boy longed for decades and years,
Was all along his future mirror stepping into being twenty-something after a billion tears.
The one that would give him all the love he had ever feared,
Was his own bleeding heart caged in reseda - at least now for me, it cheers.
Bekah Halle Jul 30
*****,
Is not a word
That I've heard in a while —
I used to hear it all the time
As a child;
I was spunky,
A spunkster,
Spunkalicious!
And all these terms of endearment
Made me feel warm inside.
It was only later, much later,
When I was more mature
That I discovered what the term really meant…
Which made me rethink all those childhood memories in a new light —
Curious!
ac Jul 30
“you’re so mature for your age”
i was 8
i don’t think i should be mature at 8
i shouldn’t even know what “mature” means
i should’ve been a kid but he robbed me

“YOU NEED TO ACT YOUR AGE”
i am!! i finally am!!!
i’m 14 and messed up completely
this is what it’s like now to be a teen

“act like an adult”
yet i’m treated like a child
no wonder you think im wild

your calling me crazed?
babe im freaking insane!!
i’m 16 and everytime that you call
i bang my head against the wall
i wanna KICK,
SCREAM,
and CRY!!
but that’s not how i should behave
it’s not how i was raised
because im “so mature for my age”
stillhuman Jul 30
Your shadow and mine
are one and the same

They fill up with shame

We swallow the tears
of our once young years

so we don't meet eyes
afraid of what we'd find

but my body still aches
with every pain you take
maybe that's why our souls connect this way
Indika Perera Jul 28
many a battle i have fought
many a times i have triumphed
many a times i have failed
now i need to rest a little
where can i go to find solace
who will welcome me with open arms
who will give me room to lay down my head
is there anyone out there
in my mind i return to my childhood
oh what a wonderful time it was
so carefree and so innocent
but there were also the lonely moments
there were the sad moments too
but i remember more the happy times
i cherish them all
yes i will return to my childhood
for some solace and peace
yes that is where i will go
there is always room there for me
bur alas!, i can't find it
i can't find my childhood
oh, where can it be
i need to find it
i need to find it now
can you help me?
sand drawing
gone almost as quickly
as he is
for my little brother
Emery Feine Jul 24
People have said I used to be embarrassing
Little me way different from me now, Emery
She couldn’t dance, couldn’t sing
But that little girl is still inside of me

And you said that she wasn’t smart
For walking into the trap of a *******
And when you all ignored her and her broken heart
Only she was there to stay a while

So when you insult her, you insult me
Even though she was a little embarrassing
I’ll show her the whole brilliance of the world to see
Because I love her more than anything
but the old me is still me and maybe the real me and i think shes pretty
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