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Poetic T May 2018
Breathless pauses coincide
        to waiting in fruitless
        endeavours.
        An inability to
        move forward,
                              traffic jam.
Hollow Steve May 2018
Just pour it out and let it surmise,
like some being with purpose to define.
It's not like it'll change much,
but the expression varies
the personal touch.

It came, it lofts, it synchronizes,
it regrets.
It'll soon be over.
Lights are coming.

They caress, they tighten,
they fool.
The whole is not complete.
It takes itself down,
and insignificance follows.

It's not like it'll let it wallow.
It's just a story after all,
told in different ways.
Over and over again.

There's not much left to say,
but whatever's to be said next.
The perplexities of life's agenda,
always moving forward.

No course.

Just distance.

Forever.

Moving...

Onward
Alaina Moore May 2018
Blank screen staring...
Make it interesting.
Google it.
Remember it.
That rush;
The excitement;
The release.
That brief moment of peace.
I always did love the feeling,
But most of all
I love to watch.
The drops form like poetry,
They slip down to the pen.
Slinging words so fast
I can't think about it.
The razor refills sitting in the bathroom.
My heart pounding, I shouldn't think about it.
I can't,
I shouldn't!
Close my eyes and try to feel it,
a malicious fantasy.
Heart pounding still.
I can't,
I shouldn't!
But it's right there.
It's so easy.
It's so hard.
Old Addiction arise
like droplets congeal.
Google it.
Remember it.
Imagine it.
Breathing heavy.
It's so hard.
It's so easy.
It's right there.
When I was younger I didn't have the most self-positive coping mechanisms, and often reverted to self-harm. Later in life when things grow heavy, I find myself grasping for these old coping mechanisms for lack of a better idea. Though I have yet to break my sobriety (of sorts) on this vice, the thoughts haunt me. There have been countless times in the past where I have come so close to breaking, and falling back into the arms of this addiction. But thus far, I have remained strong enough to resist the blade.
japheth May 2018
had
i’ve practically
written
every emotion
i’ve experienced with you.

i’ve practically
smiled
at every conversation
i’ve had with you.

i’ve practically
lost myself
in every fleeting moment
i’ve had with you.

i’ve practically
spent more than enough tears
for every heartbreak
i’ve had with you.

fortunately,

for me,

i’ve finally had it with you.
all things, regardless of how good it may be, come to an end. it’s just a matter of how bittersweet the ending was, but i know you’ll get over it.

pushing myself to use more tenses when it comes to writing because even the smallest change from present to past or even future tense of verb can create a different story
Tony Lee Ross Jr May 2018
If you're forward thinking, why is your life stuck in reverse?
japheth Apr 2018
no matter how bad
our ending was,

from the
bottom
of my heart,

i’m glad
you gave me

the courage

to move forward.
Dori Apr 2018
She’s not my type
But  then again
She also isn’t you

So maybe I’m wrong
Again
Amanda Kay Burke Apr 2018
Every time I am left alone with my thoughts
I suddenly break into agonizing sobs
Pain drips from my sinking eyes
Pouring out in little wet blobs

Too empty to even grab a clean tissue
I wipe my sore nose on my sleeve
Until it is wet with tears and snot
This hurts way more than you would believe

I am lying in pieces on the floor
In a puddle of doubt and denial
Fragments of the intimacy we shared
Scattered all across the bathroom tile

Your choices echo against bare rooms
In my patient mind, mocking my
Stupidity for giving you everything I had
When you didn't even bother to try

I wish there was a way to shut my brain down
Then I could vacate this nightmare for awhile
I used to escape into the sound of your voice
Your phone number I can no longer dial

Now I run into brick walls instead of running away
Each road I choose leads back to you
Your memory will not let me move forward
I know it is what I need to do.
Moving on, moving forward, and letting go are all essential for growth!!!
The stories,
The worries laid to bear,
Fade and pass,
Fade and pass.

At last I find my strength,
What am I meant to be?
We will see.

When I breathe I will move the Earth,
When I speak I will burn the fires that held me back,
I will turn cracks to canyons,
The Rockies will tremble at my march,
The cliffs of Dover will turn to sand.

So,
Here I am.

Try to stop me.

~ Robert van Lingen
Time is the villain
It takes us all away,
and never lets us stay
still.

Pushed to move forward
With no reason why,
or asking if we wanted to try
again.
Sorry it’s short.
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