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Luca Scarrott Oct 2024
At the sight of my rotten roots
people usually turn away
“you’re a lost cause”
“it’ll be a waste of time to stay”
they say.
If they listened for a minute I would tell me them:
“If you’re gentle with me
and water me with low pressure
mist me and let me breathe
those drops of care
slowly seep into me.
And if you lift me and begin to untangle me
I will love you freely
and I will grow
and my rotten roots will not be
the death of me
trust me and you will see.”
But by then they are already on their way
and my words are delivered only
to my rotten roots.
When I was younger, I overwatered a plant, out of love but not with care, and gave it plant rot.  It was an accident but with a little bit of care and research it could have been avoided. We saved the plant and it's still alive on my kitchen side. Everyone has roots that we cannot see. We should be gentle with each other to help one another heal and grow.
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.
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