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Millee Feb 16
this side of my skin
hides what lies within
a perfect shell
hiding my inner hell

this side of me
hides what you can see
what i hide
what's trapped deep inside

outside as perfection
inside a deadly infection
it spreads through my soul
its darkness swallowing me whole

this side of my skin
protects what i hide within
keeps my thoughts hidden
because what they say is surely forbidden
duck Feb 14
I confessed
knowing it'll leave you unrested
this ***** secret won't be addressed
and I'll- I'll be depressed
since I'll be detested
and you'll stare at me like I'm possessed
as my heart becomes distressed
So scraps are what I have to show
Find myself amidst the undertow
A pathetic pile of perfumed dreams  
Like pretending life is greater than it seems
This multiverse molded with illusions and tricks
To knock you down just for kicks
Nothing glamorous about depression
A void that leaves the deepest impression
Feeling like rocks loaded onto my back
As if gravity is out of whack
Attempting to rise off the floor
Each movement leaves muscles sore
Past mistakes written in blood
Try but fail washing away with a flood
So sick and tired staying the same
Doubt and fear the scapegoats to blame
Reasons irrelevant nevertheless
Little extra effort might lead to success
I am aware everything is bound to fall apart
One by one shards will chip off my heart
I attempt reassembling it with some glue
To give it away like deja vu
These choices I cannot explain
Behavior proof I must be insane
Wasting more minutes than I have to spare
Fish out of water and I'm gasping for air
Can't you see I'm drowning?
A sea of my regrets
Ghosts dancing on horizon staring at their silhouettes
I think about years I continue to let slip through my hands
I'm so exhausted chasing answers to a puzzle I don't understand
Scared to admit this the extent of what I'll become
Wonder if I'll ever escape the place that I am from
I yearn to love now like I loved back then
Believe in magic and forever again
But hopeful naivete faded along with the sparkle in my eye
Like while I've been in limbo best opportunities passed me by
In a cerebral cage confidence confined by bars
Self-acceptance shackled by a multitude of scars
I am sorrier than lips will ever audibly speak
Unsure if my dungeon will let me discover the exit I desperately seek
This nightmare of creation darkens at an alarming rate
Need to wake up from this coma I'm in before it is too late
You live your life in a dream that you can't escape
Cause you live your life in a coma you're never awake...
Acey Feb 3
Home, my home is not with family nor is my home with friends
My home is the wilderness where all my days are spent
The cool air blows making leaves turn and branches bend, a tree calls out to me
Large full of dull leaves high and mighty among the other saplings.

During the night i am reluctant to leave this tree for it gives me the comfort that i need
Something no other human can seem to give, this tree sturdy and lean not even the wind could break this tree nor storm or rain for it is my home at the end of the day.

When i come from school the tree is there waiting till i’m ready to play
There when i’m sick or sad this tree never fails to soak up my tears through the hard bark
I feel safe in it’s embrace
this tree i call home is on it’s last days the leaves falling bark withering and strong it is no more for winter has come and home gone
My heart breaks as i realize
The tree will no longer be there to wait for me at dawn.
I guess this poem is about finding comfort in places where people or your parents can't provide
a positive in the face of all this negative
maxx Jan 30
here’s what they never tell you:
to be loved,
you are supposed to be perfect.
smile wide.
never stutter.
keep your darkness tucked
behind your teeth.

but what if you show your cracks?
what if your scars scream louder
than your laugh?
what if your mind is a rainstorm
that never stops pouring?

will they run,
call you crazy,
lock the door,
swallow the key?

or —

and here’s the terrifying part —
will someone stay,
hands steady,
and say:
"i see you,
storm and all,
and i choose
to love you still?"

and if they do
how do you stay?
knowing that you are
worse than they can ever know.
based off of the song bad luck by noah kahan
Eternal Muse Jan 30
From the abyss where no light dares creep,
There lives a part of me, buried deep.
It rises in pain, when my heart’s torn apart,
A shadowy comfort for my fractured heart.

It whispers low, "I’ll keep you safe,
Far from a world that’s cruel and chafes."
It calls me closer, to fully reside,
In the solace found on the darker side.

I do not fear the shadows’ reign,
For their embrace dulls my lingering pain.
The demons, the ghosts, they stand as my guard,
Protecting the pieces of a soul left scarred.

When tears carved rivers in the dead of night,
They wove me tales of a shattered fight—

While others may claim their angels divine,
It’s my inner demons who’ve made me mine.
Once they haunted, now they console,
Bringing solace to my restless soul.

The darkness unveiled a brighter path,
A peace that came from its stormy wrath.
Grateful, I bow to the abyss within,
For in its depths, I’ve found where I begin.

                                    -Eternal Muse
maxx Jan 29
"you’re my second favorite,"
they said,
and i smiled,
like it didn’t carve
a jagged truth
into my chest.

i am the runner-up,
the consolation prize,
the one you call
when no one else picks up.

there is no space
in this world
for someone like me—
almost enough,
but never.
quite.

they say it doesn’t matter,
but why does it feel
like i’m disappearing?
always second place
Sun that smiles in summer,
waking you up.
Birds chirping their favorite song,
That you'll never forget.
The sound that you can never forget of the dogs barking widely,
on a dark summer night.
Ocean waves and the sound they make as they hit the shore.
Your feet in the bare hot sand,
Walking fast as you can.

Let them be at least a Reason To Stay
JR Jan 21
I remember feeling deep sadness.
One that clings to every limb, holding you down while you fight, fighting for one more chance, it was everything and nothing all at once, color didn’t exist, choirs didn’t sing, children didn’t laugh, it was everything and nothing all at once, dictators grabbed their power, an honest man told a lie, I tried to stop it but it was never the right time
I remember I was in my bed.
My phone was the window, the lights stayed off, there was no reason to live a life I couldn’t control, it was everything and nothing all at once, youth looked desperate, a disease without the cure, I asked a simple question “what am I supposed to be fighting for?”
It was everything and nothing
all
at
once
Bhavesh Shah Jan 19
When night bring back the memories

You can't even sleep

You go to the terrace to feel the wind breeze

You light a cigarette to burn the memories down

In failed attempt you stomp on the ashes on ground

For all you know the nights still haunts

But you love the burning heart that you want

~Bhavesh Shah
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