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mark soltero Apr 2021
telling me to grow up
it feels constructive
when you insert the potassium chloride into me
gay as morbid men’s amusement
spill into my bloodstream
some children cry
but sometime ago
i let out so many tears that i died
chloride can only preserve what i’ve seen
it’s all nothing
there’s no more dreams
where do i go at night
i can’t tell you the last thing that child uttered
his final breath didn’t matter
boys don’t cry after all
they **** their minds and **** what’s left
swe Apr 2021
is it the way you smile,
the way your booming laugh
infects me and encapsules me

is it the smile, the corners of your lips
taking the shape of a heart,
washing me over with inexplicable endearment

or maybe it's the way your voice
controls me like the tides,
making my body tingle as you wish,
silvercapped tongue that toys with my mind

perhaps it's your body,
the way your silhuette was designed to
make me feverish and aching for it
to endlessly yearn for your touch,
or yearn to touch

i ponder and try to outline which of these things it is that has me captivated

intoxicated by your whole being,
i'm left wondering
mark soltero Apr 2021
high octane whippets
bring me closer to sin
lied about remorse
it’s hard to break
to cement my place in hell
thrones made within myself
mindful thoughts of decadence
barren lies the boy
filled with tar and hate
selfish ingrate
no longer a problem
his death left no mark
condescending little ****
stands here his grave
mark soltero Apr 2021
once you’re by my side
high off of it
nothing can deny me of your heart
no more time to live in yesterday
Masaya ako nasa pagmulat ng aking mga mata ay mensahe mo agad ang aking makikita
Hindi namn nabago dahil simula umpisa ay binabati mo na ako ng "magandang umaga", " kumusta ang tulog mo"? "Kumain kana ba"?Hindi bat masarap sa feeling? Nasa bawat palitan ng ating mga mensahe ay kinakailangan ng paggalang animoy bumabalik sa nakaraan.
Parang Lola't lolo mo lang na nangangaral sayo tuwing ikay sasagot ng pabalang.
At kapag nawala ang "po" at "opo" sa mga pangungusap na ating binibitawan ay siguradong away na ang labanan, tampuhan, at suyuan.
Bakit hindi ka nag "oopo"? Bakit walang "po"?
Galit kaba? Ano bang ginawa ko sayo?
Mga palitan ng salita na hindi natin sigurado kung may patutunguhan paba.
Naalala ko pa nga nung gabing hindi ka nagrereply sa mga message ko. At mga ilang minuto, hindi ako nakuntento sa tagal ng reply mo. Napa-call na ako, baka bukod sa busy ka e baka may kausap ka ng iba. Para ba akong nahihibang parang sirang plakang hindi ko maintindihan, at hindi ako matatahimik hanggat diko alam ang dahilan ng ilang minutong iyong pananahan hanggang umabot ng ilang oras ay hindi parin nagnonotif...
Ang pangalan mo sa phone ko.
Hindi na ako nag-atubili hinawakan ko na ang aking telepono, tinawagan kita at naka-ilang miss call ako sayo pero tanging ring lang yung naririnig ko.
Hinayaan ko lang ang sarili ko sa panonood sa yt ng mga palabas na nakakatawa. Tulad na lang ng mga prank na walang kwenta. Yung tipong matatawa ka na lng sa kanila.
Matatawa ka na lng kasi kahit anong paglimot ang gawin mo ay maiisip mo parin kung bakit wala pa siyang reply sa mga text at calls mo. Sayang naman yung unli call and text na pinaload ko, kung hindi mo rin sasagutin mga tawag at text ko.
Hanggang sa umabot na ang umaga, heto ako't mulat parin ang mga mata.
Hindi ako dinalaw ng antok dahil mas nangingibabaw ang pag-aalala.
At ngayon ko lang narealize na alas otso palang pala kagabi e tulog kana.
Nakakasira ng bait ang bumagtas ng isang puzzle na daan, nawala ni isang bakas man lang ang iniwan.
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Leaving freely so others can see
Later read and falling in love with writing
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Vaibhavi Joshi Mar 2021
I tried to convert
My silence into a scream,
But ended up holding
A jar full of the things
Which I wanted to confess.
I tried, I gave my best..
But I failed!
I tried
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