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Luvanna Nov 2021
it was your sweet lips
sugary words drip
your eyes, your gaze, make me twitch
a knot in my stomach
when you flirt
when you touch my sensitives
all the small gestures
and your act of service
suddenly I'm your Queen Bee
I'm in a sugar rush
addicted, obsessed, hooked on
and I just ignore all the nutrition facts
a Apr 2021
I wasn’t supposed to fall in love with poetry, but I did.

Poetry speaks through my fingers
as clearly as my body moves when I dance.
An art I never understood,
its words took me hours to decipher—
but then, they captured my soul.

I fell.
Hard.
Now, poetry is my addiction.

The books I never owned,
the Maya Angelou verses that once felt like riddles,
slowly unraveled,
slipping into place,
becoming all I crave.

To let go,
to let loose,
to surrender—
poetry took me there.

It opened my legs,
****** me up so hard
I squirted for poetry.
It held me in its arms,
whispered, it’s okay.

Poetry shared its tears with me,
let me cry into its lap,
fingers stroking my hair,
soft, like a mother’s touch—
nurturing, healing.

Poetry is the long-legged woman
picking herbs from her garden
to soothe the sick.

Poetry is confusing.
Sometimes invisible,
sometimes piercingly clear.

It’s like the guy who ghosted you—
but always comes back.

I used to fear poetry,
felt too small,
too insecure,
unworthy.

But poetry never turned me away.
It took my trembling hands and said,
It’s okay to try.

Thank you, poetry.
It’s nice to fall in love.
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Ant Nov 2021
the greatest heist was pulled
when you stole my heart.

when you said my name
i lost all my senses,
which is when
you took my heart
and scribbled your name.

thankfully,
you gave back my heart,
but now all i think of is you
and to be honest
im not one bit mad.

when i close my eyes,
i see your inviting smile.

when i close my eyes,
i feel your warm embrace.

when i close my eyes,
i hear your joyous laugh.

when i close my eyes,
i smell your flowery scent.

when i close my eyes,
i taste your loving lips.
JKirin Nov 2021
They've always been here — the signs—
in your every smile, your sighs,
in the long, gentle touches,
on your cheeks rosed with blushes.

What a fool I've been, didn't see,
didn't save you from ruin, from me.
I have failed you. I'm at fault —
you're in anguish; you hurt.

Stay away! I'm unworthy
of your kindness and mercy.
There is something I'm scared of —
I'm too hollow to bear love.

They've always been here — the signs—
in the way the whole world shines.
about believing to not be able to love nor accept it, and not realizing that you already do love
Gerald Oct 2021
Maybe that's the point of it all.

Maybe we have to fall,
and we have to
break, until we cannot
break anymore.
Amanda Kay Burke Oct 2021
The seasons shift
Fade away
Gets a bit colder each bitter day
Moment after moment slips from my hand
Stuck here struggling to understand
You moved on but I'm paralyzed
Guess by now I should have realized
Start walking forward
Turn around
To past it seems I am hopelessly bound
Loving you making me lose my mind
Still I am unable to leave memories behind
You lost yourself somewhere along the way
Why am I still addicted to who you are today?
Is it because I have forfeited so much for you?
Because you're familiar?
Have no clue
When will soul finally know serenity?
Life plunges me deeper into insanity
Why is the universe unfair?
World so cold
I had it all
Now nothing to hold
Begins wearing heart's patience thin
I start to bleed and am left with no skin
Falling backwards into pit of insecurity
Every minute without you feels like eternity
I wish I would have savored the minutes I spent with you more
The art of longing
was painted
on the wall of sadness,
and yeah
you are the ink of my falling tears.
Indonesia, 9th October 2021
Arif Aditya Abyan Nugroho
Andrew Rueter Sep 2021
I stood outside smoking a cigarette
thinking of all the politicians I resent
I got light headed and hit the cement
and found pain possible to prevent.

My dead weight fell on my arm
jamming my paralyzed fingers
doing my innate shoulder harm
the pain in my elbow still lingers.

You said I should stop smoking
I said I should stop steaming
but it's my only way of coping
with the things that I'm dreaming
drawn from these things that I'm gleaming
from the top of a tower that's leaning
I see a tiresome war beneath me
and fall on my arm obliquely.
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