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Gideon Mar 7
No bars on the windows.
No locks on the doors.
No reason to stay here.
No way I’m ever leaving.
Lostling Feb 20
I could only watch
As the people that helped me out of my egg
Took flight
As my seniors that showed me how to walk
Spread their wings
As my friends who showed me that path to the skies
Left for the clouds
Now, as I watch over the baby birds,
I know that soon, I too will have to leave.
Faces leave like birds in the winter
Except sometimes they don't return

(Another passing out parade is coming up, and I dont know if I'll cry or celebrate at mine)
Zywa Feb 13
Farewell, I just wave

my empty hands a little --


to get rid of it.
Poem "Vertrekkende" ("Departing", 2006, Antjie Krog)

Collection "After the festivities"
Zywa Feb 12
I can see you love him
hopefully it will all work out
You don't have to take us into account

We just want you to be happy
that he will not grieve you
There's no need to rush

You're young, take time
to get to know him better
The obligations will come later

We are concerned, but we do our best
not to show it
It's hard enough for you

and we'll help you with everything
You can always come to us
you know that, right?

Now go, say goodbye to dad
He is waiting for it
before you leave
Collection "It takes a lot of tries to make a début"
Mario Rallo Jan 28
It finally happened
My greatest fear come to life
Personification, manifestation of the devil I knew
Had to have his way with me eventually
I bought myself a little time, but Charon has come to collect his fare
And ferry me across to embrace my death

See, I went around the world
And the moment I did, the clock began to count down
And I always knew I would have to die twice
Once when I left this sacred town
My world ripped at the seams
Taken from my lifeless grasp with ease
Like candy from a child
I had no way to stop the inevitable advance of time
The clock never winding down for the night, pursuing me until I could no longer fight
I always knew I’d have to die twice
Once when I lost my life
And the other, once I lost the love
The warmth of a girl who brought fire into the world
European Prometheus, and she lit an inferno in my chest
And my smile became wider
And my eyes became brighter
And my legs raced to her home
And my hands reached out to hold her
And my mind raced to get to know her-
And then she was gone.
Quickly as she came, and saw, and divided and conquered
And now we are divided, torn asunder
I count sheep until my eyes surrender me to sleep
Just so I can meet her at the canal we finally kissed
Or the park we first walked
Or the one we first talked
Or the train that ripped her from my life
So I could hold on for a few more seconds long

But this is the way the world turns
Forwards, never back
She moved on and never looked back
I moved away with no way to go back
And we only had a phone, she still has me on the map
But I have to scroll to find her face
Halfway around the world
And I died a second time
When I lost the love
When the time between texts grew ever greater
When I forgot the face which was once engrained in my brain like a crater
When the warmth in my heart flickered, and waned, and the searing hot flame was snuffed out by the cold
A dreadful sheet of ice and hail
I returned to the land of snow, but without the fire in my chest, I was lost to the storm
I try to find her face dancing through the snowflakes
Try to freeze-frame her smile in my head
It’s about the only thing that I have left
But even that is somehow thawing out
As I make memories here to drown her out
But even if she is banished from my mind, she will always have a place in my ice-cold heart
Frozen in time, from the moment I left
Canada’s wintry cold sustains the chill in my breast
The same way she stoked the fire that used to roar in my chest
But I am happy to be a man of the cold, since it took hold
A frosty monument to much warmer days
A man who suffered the pain of having to die twice
I am committed to this prison of timeless ice
Waiting for the day she brings fire to me again
Waiting for the day she brings a beat to my breast
Waiting for the day she brings me back to life
9:36pm|01/25/25
I have a bad feeling that I'll never be on here again.
My parents might figure out how im on here.
or not.
maybe ill end up running away.
maybe not.
maybe ill move out at 16.
maybe not.
But somehow, i will evenutally disappear.
I hope someone remembers me..
But if no one does, thats ok too.
Im forgettable....
Eveuntally im gonna disappear from everything. Discord, HP, everything.
I miss you

I miss your face

and how i long

for your embrace




And when you smile

you shine so bright

not a day goes by

without your light




When your path becomes rough

I wish i was there

to help smooth things out

but i don’t know how, when or where




We laughed together

And we cried

we were always there for each other

until i found out that you lied




The day you left

sleepless nights

i lost myself in

all the endless fights




I love you

I hate you

because there’s nothing

there is nothing i can do







I can’t even bring myself

to look deep in your eyes

I try to look strong

but the tears bring forth my demise




When we cross paths

I try to ignore that pretty face

but instead I turn around

and try to walk at my own pace




I wish

I could see you again

to go back to the old days

when you were my friend
About an old friend I used to have, as well as a romantic twist that didn't apply to us
It's bizarre to be alive and know
that in someone's home, you're a ghost.
The question remains:
How are you remembered?
Does a smile accompany your name?
From my upcoming project, expected out later in 2025. Sharing today because i keep thinking about if photos of me still hang on the walls of the place i left so long ago.
Jeremy Betts Jan 10
Finally,
So not all of a sudden but gradually,
It's been proven systematically
Everybody WILL leave me
And no,
I'm not a fortune teller phoney
Want proof?
Well,
That's easy
Follow closely
A quick peek and you'll see
Everyone has left me
The problem is me,
Obviously,
Self doubt has it's very own key
But here's what gets me,
When I want to leave me
Suddenly
That's another something wrong with me
You don't want me
I don't want me
How do those conclusions land differently?
Identical mindsets but yours are worthy
Of walking away unapologetically
Levitating an old issue like I've lost gravity
But still wound up in the devils proximity
Clearly
I'm the only one not allowed to not want me
Love it's self is a fallacy
Someone needs to explain that duality

©2025
I'm finding it impossible to shake this mindset
Kai Jan 1
Leaving the house,
The memories,
Pain and happiness.
The child that used to live there.

Sometimes you leave too soon,
Sometimes you just have to.
For the good of the other people
Still locked inside.

You can't help but worry about them,
But you can't change anytning,
Now that you left.
But it is what you wanted, is it not?

You thought leaving the house would help you
But it only made it worse.
You have the life you wanted,
But at what cost?
As someone who moved out at 13, it's VERY confusing. Yes, i left the house where i was abused but at what cost? Now my brother is going through the same thing and i can't be there to help him.
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