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The Machine Dec 18
The world is becoming a miserable place
We still blame a person of foreign race
We can't go back as our hearts are black
and our prejudices are frozen and stuck.

I need to know the truth of why I'm here
The meaning of my suffering and all my fears
Why did God allow innocence to disappear
Bound me in ropes until the end of my years.

I used to believe in Christ but I denied him
I thought back to the days of my bleeding limbs
Why should I pretend to feel his holiness
When all my dark days haven't ended in bliss

Once my legacy comes, I will die
Not like you ******* cared of I
To you, I am empty and meaningless
Some-one to use until you clean up my mess

When I was a child, I dreamed of success
Dying to be an adult to suffer less
But it ended in tears, not second gear
and now I'm back to my original fear

I want to lash out at the family man
The truth is I didn't had a plan
I wanted a boy and a little girl
A wife who I could give my pearls

I just wanted to be the whole of a dream
But now I have rage, I want to scream
I'm just the dirt, beneath filthy feet
My black heart, painfully barely beats

The truth of the matter is all has scattered
Every part of me has been flattened
I just want to jump from the highest floor
Fly to my death and swim to the shore

The shore of a new I
that wasn't supposed to die.
The Machine Dec 18
What is it I had hoped for,
clean water from a bore?
A creak from the door,
picking up of breeze,
a haunting last image,
of her before my demise.
The warmth of cradling,
soft traces of fingers,
a rope to finally sever.
Ghostly blue lips tremble...
The Machine Dec 17
Like the softening of snow in the spring,
the gentle snapping of brittle string,
delicate are the notes the violin sings,
ancient are the ice-capped mountains,
grace-ful as the Eagle's grey feathers,
drizzling like the winter's weather.

Like a touch that echoes corridors
of an abandoned hospital ward,
rumbling belly of the lost explorer,
blood stained jacket of an officer,
sweet seeping of a ****** river
flashy lightning before the thunder.
Zoe taylor Dec 17
Disassociating in the ebony mirage,
I called your name, knee deep in that tender visage,

You didn't answer, so I sung to the fireflies at my windowsill,
I kept crooning, but I knew they never really cared for my fill,

Serenading until my throat was limp and hoarse,
I left it bruised indigo with mellifluous force,

By both the luminescent bugs and the Empyrean sky,
My ballad was left, bound and dry.
An allegory for loneliness, and being unable to make new connections. The fireflies in this instance being potential friends or lovers but fireflies die young, they don't last very long, neither do connections made in disparity.
Eliza Dec 16
I’m hugging my knees waiting for someone

I still have time because I’m a young one

Do I? As everyone had not only one love

Naive, am I? They call me from above
I was created from air and tears.
I was born from humility,
which is foreign
to this land, to unknown skies.

I do not want to be a dream
that disperses in darkness;
I do not want to remind of existence,
which misses the lie.

With each subsequent vision
I come closer to a universe
that, hastily invented, does not associate
with tenderness,
does not connect with silence.

Please think, before the last tear,
the definitive flame of a smile,
falls asleep in you.
My body, divided into chapters,
becomes an apocalypse,
for which it is worth visiting paradise,
admitting sadness.

I do not want the future
to belong entirely to me.
I do not want the reflections of shadows
to hurt my heart.

I watch your illusions furtively -
I am leaving this place, looking for
another penance.
I will no longer dance as the ballad desires,
as the dream indicates.

I will not become the foundation
for senses.
In my head,
it seems, I'm in there everyday.

It used to be you in there,
but now you've gone away.

I thought when you left,
only my heart would break.

But it keeps beating,
It's more than I can take.

Pounding in my head,
as I mull all, all I should have said.

Yes, I'm in my head, 

Questions,
So many, I can't sleep.

Bang, Bang ,Bang
incessant pounding,
heart beat.

I can't sleep.

I'm in my head,
stuck in my head.

I can't sleep.

Questions,
Pounding,
heart beat,
you're gone,
can't sleep.

I'm In my head,
where you should be.

But it's just me,
just me,

Why am I alone?
All alone.

In my head.
Abel Dec 15
Wir fallen
Gemeinsam durch schwarze Wolkenwelten.
Bis es keinen Grund mehr gibt und wir beide
Weder oben noch unten kennen.
Wenn wir durch die Wolken fliegen,
Könnte es das Ende sein.

Es gibt keinen Halt mehr.
Für keinen von uns.

Translation:
We fall
Together through black clouds
Until there is no more ground and both of us
Know neither up nor down.
When we fly through the clouds,
It could be the end.

There is no more stopping.
For neither of us
Some hearts they beat alone,
no rhythm to join in.

Lost to wander with no home,
adrift upon the wind.

Riding the wave of life,
a lone surfer on the tide.

A leather clad biker,
on a long and dusty ride.

Blazing toward the sunset,
towards tomorrow,
towards the end.

My heart beats all alone,
no other rhythm to join in.
This poem is also on my you tube channel
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TheJhondelion Dec 10
How would I know I’m not a heavy-weight,
A burden those I love could start to hate?
Each word I speak feels like a sharpened stone,
Thrown into hearts that ache, yet not my own.

How can I be sure their light stays intact,
Unstained by shadows that my soul attracts?
What if my truths are daggers they can’t bear,
And I leave scars in places unaware?

How would I know their kindness doesn’t fade,
Eroded by the cost of love they’ve paid?
What if my pain becomes the thing they fear,
A haunting voice that whispers when I’m near?

How can I trust they’d hold their steady ground,
When I pull them to where I can’t be found?
What if my sorrow seeps into their core,
And they’re not who they were, not anymore?

What if I speak, and silence fills the air,
A proof their patience vanished unaware?
Do they resent the weight my words impose,
Or wish I’d keep my sadness undisclosed?

How would I know they won’t begin to flee,
Escaping from the heaviness of me?
What if their love gives out beneath the strain,
And all I’ve left are echoes of my pain?

I’m torn between the need to reach and hide,
Unsure if they can stand what’s locked inside.
Am I a poison slowly spreading through,
Or just a soul too lost to find the truth?

That’s why I think it’s better left this way,
Alone with all the words I’ll never say.
To die with silence wrapped around my chest,
And free them from the weight of my unrest.
This poem is hauntingly beautiful and raw, perfectly capturing the torment of being trapped within oneself. The relentless questioning and fear of being a burden resonate deeply, making it an evocative piece that speaks to the silent battles many endure. Your vulnerability shines powerfully here, and it’s truly moving. 🌌
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