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Chaos in my mind

                 Spirals on repeat

They left me behind

                  Blisters on my feet

I’m lost and I’m blind

                   Empty and Complete  

I try to chase my thoughts

                    But they end up chasing me
Maria Etre Nov 2020
(Potent)ial
is        ^                  
     when it is abused.
Josie Lenz Oct 2020
I can’t leave

the fatigue
that i keep
in my brain
hidden
from the pain
that i breathe
that i bleed
as I plead
to be free


I am chained

to this bed
all the dread
that i feel
that i fear
is the sound
that i hear
as i scream
in my dreams
in my head
I am dead
Josie Lenz Oct 2020
I don’t feel like going out Today

I woke up late
Laid in Bed
Tossed and Turned
And fell asleep

I don’t feel like going out Today

I read a Poem
Listened to a Song
Tossed and Turned
And fell asleep

I don’t feel like going out Today

I watched a Movie
Ordered Food
Tossed and Turned
And fell asleep

I don’t feel like going out Today

You wrote me Texts
You even Called
I read them all
And fell asleep

Please
Don't make me go out Today
AE Oct 2020
“How do you feel?” I ask again. I, knowing the answer, poke my head into the lion's den. I feel the ghost of your frustrations floating about in the confined space. It haunts the room as our shadows strangle each other.

“What is the opposite of homesick?“ You ask.

“Homesick, ” I answer.
A 53 word short story
kier Oct 2020
"my body is tired with torn hands
I want to be perfect, more and more
but nothing changes, it only ever hurts"

"when will you be happy?"

"never... I live miserably,
wanting to work myself to exhaustion
waiting for death's release of this worthless vessel
that hates me deeply
perishing underneath dirt and pebble
no one will want me, need me
I will be forgotten and my ideals of perfection soon to be rotten"
Dhimss Sep 2020
My body shudders
as my hands shake.
I'm crying I'm crying.
I'm crying again.

My senses are flooding
as my eyes sting.
I'm crying, I'm crying.
I'm crying again.

My heart is screaming
limbs stay frozen.
I'm crying, I'm crying.
I'm crying again.

Set me on fire,
burn me down.
Do me a favour,
I want out.

I'm crying I'm crying.

I'm tired of crying again.
It really do be like that now.
Raven Sep 2020
I am sinking
Sinking in soft cushions
Pillows to hug
Blankets to cover
Everything warm
Softest embrace
Without a face
I find no calm
Without a lover
Only a hot mug
Giving up on wishes
I've got to start drinking
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