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Eetu Manninen Oct 2024
I feel lonely
I feel like I am nothing

I am sad

I have friends
But they don't give me the comfort I need

I am trembling

I dream about something or someone
I just don't know what or who

I am lost

I wonder what's wrong with me
I wonder is the world a better place without me

I am screaming

I start to wander deeper and deeper into the darkness of loneliness
Rick Barooah Oct 2024
Grey trousers with holes but few compared to his light-skin-toned shirt. One leg on the other, with a dead stare at a stack of wood shining on the fiery skylight.

it looks
he took the rights
never thinking
the same turns
make a spiral

The poverty-stricken skin and the hard-labour muscles aren’t frightening; that head's imagination or its deep void can’t be less terrifying.

the pale eyes
were toneless
—one might take
them for blind—
but underneath flesh
and inside the hollow heart
sits a little blue guy
whose chirps
aren’t recognised

The man sits in coldness. Waiting for nothing. Wishing for nothing. Numb of thinking. Sick of creating meaning.

still ******* air
and as alive as any other
I posted this on my Substack on 17/04/2024
Eetu Manninen Oct 2024
Love is like storm
It can fade away slowly or grow to be life altering event

Love is like hope In the darkness
It can be light
It can be safety

But for me love is only a dream
Matthew Harper Oct 2024
Loneliness, said to be both curse and gift,
But In my eyes there lies no blessing, deep down in this rift,

this place is so quiet, it's a place to think,
It truly seems easy to just overthink,

with too much thoughts your head gets filled,
now every thought will bring you guilt,

As for the blessings that people do see,
It's a place for growth, an infinite sea,

A place where you'll know the person you are,
For many like me, this place is too far,

For me being lonely, might be the worst curse,
When loneliness grows things only get worse,

I thought I had friends, thought I really did,
But once I turned to them, most of them just quit,

Perhaps there's someone in this white space,
I truly did hope this would the case,

I looked for that someone,
that I could call friend,
My search is a done one,
Could not in the end,

I gave up my search, now in here I lie,
Laying down here, now closing my eye,

Now you know the truth, how loneliness feels,
Please don't be like me, find something that heals,

Can't bear that dark feeling of being alone,
You need to find someone you can call your own,

Guess this is it, My time is now gone,
I see you found someone, so just carry on
Loneliness is a double edged sword, sometimes it costs what I can't afford.
Luca Scarrott Oct 2024
What makes you wake up in the morning?
Tell me so I can try it
sentence me to a life of living
please, in desperation I plead,
I’ll give you the lead so you can solve
the study of staying alive

be my witness
see me wake up in the morning
continuously

my sentence ends when
I’ve tried each of these reasons
there’s enough to last a lifetime
these reasons become a lifeline

the case of staying alive:
the next best love story ever told
me and the reasons
me and the seasons
me and the unread novel on the shelf
of the public library on the street
that I have yet to live on with
friends I have yet to meet
and a garden I am yet to plant bulbs in
that grow life with
and if
these reasons are ongoing and growing
what’s not to say that these reasons
are ever going to leave me
witness me complete my sentence
of living alive —
here are some of my reasons to wake up in the morning:
- you get to see the seasons change and each one is never the same, some winters have snow and sometimes you must wait another year for snow to come around. Isn't it exciting when you get to build a snowman?
- writing. I keep a journal like my life depends on it and getting to write every single day is a blessing.
- art, poetry, literature, films! To quote Dead Poets Society: 'these are what we stay alive for'
- dinner is my favorite meal, I wake up every morning just so I can enjoy the blissfulness of a warm evening meal (lasagna is my fav).
Jason Adriel Oct 2024
lately i have been feeling dread
it's like a hammer crushing my head
perhaps, i''m better off dead
my, my, when was the last time i felt glad?

perhaps i am ill, physically or mentally
or maybe i simply want to be freed
from the pressures of being 24
from the weariness of the future, unsure

maybe it's the drinking that's killing me
maybe it's the loneliness
the abject failure to comprehend
her beauty in that sundress

all those years ago,
or the advice my dad gave me
before i graduated college

life seems so absurd now
my friends feel so distant
and love makes me feel sorrow

time, hell of a thing.
some feelings in this are true for me
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