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AT THE LIBRARY WITH HER A faint ache curling in my stomach echoes the old anxiety of our final project. A child bursts with noise. His mother hushes him gently. Noisy children stress you out. I find myself wondering. If children will ever be part of our story. AT THE LIBRARY WITH HIM On the final day of submissions, I hurry to the library, not driven by ambition, but by the quiet desire to be where you are. While you sit there, focused, lost in our final project, my eyes wander to the elderly couple reading quietly in the corner. The woman reads poems softly, while the man watches her with a kind of love that needs no words. And I wonder, could that one day be us? years from now, still side by side, still looking at each other like poetry.
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2d ago
Jun 2, 2026 at 3:29 AM UTC
At the library (my version/your version)
At summer's end you are a miracle sleeping on my shoulder we are dying and dancing in the soft light of autumn an ocean of sea and salt I lick the salt from your chest we have dissolved our heavy limbs climbing like grapevines we can be anything the roar of the sea the calm dream of death I am flooded and complete at the same time
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2d ago
Jun 1, 2026 at 11:31 PM UTC
Summer's End
I had a dream one day to become a YouTuber and be called cool I had a dream later on to become someone everyone loved at school I had a dream to be popular and have the perfect body and loved by all. then I grew up and realized...if I want to be loved I have to be myself. so now.... I have a dream to be a vet and a phycologist, don't forget to mention a lawyer I have a dream to have a child one day- no delay and be happy everyday- to find my true love and get married by 26 that's my dream and I hope.... just hope one day I'm not to late.
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3d ago
Jun 1, 2026 at 12:20 PM UTC
I have A Dream.
Daylight dims with the poet taking her walk in the misty gardens, as if it was a place for fairies with it’s noir grapes and and vine leaves, she wore a crimson dress as her lover came before her under the gleam of white moonlight, his wide, citrine eyes tender with the autumn sun, he smiled as his fangs glinted by the clear rivers, before the time of his leave came with the morning rise, passionately they beheld each other in their untainted, forbidden love
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3d ago
Jun 1, 2026 at 11:56 AM UTC
Forbidden Love
A TOUR AROUND THE LAKE WITH HER We take a walk around the lake its cold. As always you look great. Glints of the sunbeam reflect in your gaze we look at each other and I can see the bottom of your heart for a few moments. Should we kiss?... I ask myself " I want to kiss you," you said. But we didn't. A TOUR AROUND THE LAKE WITH HIM With the fresh breeze from the frozen lake, the park is covered in snow like a floating cloud, and you walking beside me made me feel as if I had stepped into a fairytale. It felt as if time had stopped, and the world had quietly faded away, as though everything else had been forgotten, leaving only us in that gentle silence. As if this moment had been meant just for us, giving us the chance to slowly open our hearts to each other. I looked at you, you looked at me. Maybe it was only my imagination, but in your eyes I saw an ocean of endless love.
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May 27
May 27, 2026 at 11:12 AM UTC
A tour around the lake (my version/your version)
BEFORE SAYING GOODBYE TO HIM In the cold December winter, after watching a movie together, it was finally time to say goodbye. Standing outside on the open platform, in the chilling wind and storm, we stood there together holding hands, as if this moment belonged only to us. We both knew gloves waited in our pockets, but neither of us reached for them, choosing the comfort of skin over fur and borrowed warmth. We stood there, close enough to hear each other’s heartbeat pounding hard in the silence, wishing the train would never appear. But in the end, beneath the silent sky, we still had to loosen our tightly held hands when the train arrived. BEFORE SAYING GOODBYE TO HER Somewhere near the heart of your reply, A movie that approaches its end reminds me that there is no better place in the city than the location that somehow places you close to me. And for a moment, I forgot that we are more than friends, but you are not mine to say aloud. A parallel world lives quietly inside us while we share a cold winter in December, drawing silent boundaries for my behaviour. We wait for something that I don’t really remember until it suddenly appears on the open platform and takes you far away from me to the next station as if you had never been here before, waiting for nothing to happen.
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May 22
May 22, 2026 at 9:36 AM UTC
Before Saying Goodbye (your version/my version)
Your words are never enough. Your touch, never enough. Your eyes, so full of love, hold me longer than they should, and still, it’s not enough. I don’t know why when I’m close to you, I’m afraid I might lose myself… So I keep searching for a reason to run… Yet when you’re gone, my heart and my eyes begin searching for you again, and I can’t stop thinking about you.
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Apr 23
Apr 23, 2026 at 12:11 PM UTC
Never enough
HER: I don’t love you exactly as you are; somehow, I fall for you more every day. HIM: There is something magnetic about you. Not many people will understand the intricate layers of your beauty ...even you have yet to see it.
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May 19
May 19, 2026 at 8:13 AM UTC
Daily Dilemma (my version/your version)
Find that sweet spot, between awareness and inaction Out to find me? search by the sea breathe the brine seasoned air bathe in the great soundless sound watch the empire of the repeating sea which comes and goes for unknown reasons not for a day or for a season but forever Out to find me? search by the sea you’ll find me under cloud nine gazing seaward for long slippery moments I romanticize my inability to focus but the sea is a great thief of hours its pitches keeping time to some gravitational clock. There - see him? the tall sun-burned man he is my playfellow - how, is sealed between us - but his tristful visage quickens my heart - he has exceeded all promise great loves have died great seas have dried the threatening is most sea-like astringent, overwhelming promising griefs unspeakable without him I am unrooted and utterly unfixable Out to find me? search by the sea that wide and universal theatre is the potent scene we play in - he is with me - we two are joined with the stubbornness of fortune - we were wrought by nature - and you cannot fight a natural sea . . Songs for this: please please please let me get what i want by She & Him Hearts working overtime by Born At Midnite Pacific Ave by Pearl & The Oysters
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May 17
May 17, 2026 at 10:39 PM UTC
find me
AT THE CAFÉ WITH HIM You and me at the café, sitting next to each other, close, but not close enough for me, at least. You talked, talked a lot, but not enough to pull my mind away from your eyes. I kept looking, trying to read beneath them something that looked like desire. While our coffee remained cold and untouched… AT THE CAFÉ WITH HER You and some secret part of me at the café. You have become with a slow, steady force a crucial variable in my equation. Love, though, remains the only constant. Attraction, you call it. Wrong If I intend to forget you Wrong If I intend to steal a kiss from you So there are no winners in this conflict of interests. That is what my mind is occupied with while I admire your small eyes smiling at me at the café.
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May 15
May 15, 2026 at 6:37 AM UTC
At the cafe (my version/your version)
Vines wrapped around my neck Thorns poking You cut your hands up prying the vines from my throat My throat bleeding from the thorns You bandaged it with bandages of pure love Thorns of my own creation were digging into my neck and making it bleed Yet you cut your hands prying the vines from my neck So for that I thank you Thank you for prying the vines from my neck even though it cut your hands up and you bled too
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May 13
May 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC
Thorns (TW: Mention of Blood and Cuts)
IN THE ELEVATOR WITH HIM You and I in the elevator after a bitter fight, not wanting to talk or be together anymore. A short ride from the 3rd to the ground floor, felt like there were thousands more stairs to go, even after we reached the ground floor. IN THE ELEVATOR WITH HER We find ourselves once more caught in disagreement We step into the elevator drifting downward from the third floor your anger suits you, Even when it burns in my direction I ache to pull you close to feel the rhythm of your heart echoing against my own and whispers my apology But silence lingers between us. Maybe I am drawn to the way you look when your eyes spark with anger against me, From this moment forward, I vow never to let sadness cloud your eyes again From now on, I will choose my words with care Measuring every word speaking gently and as we glide toward the ground floor treat you as the princess you have always been to me
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May 12
May 12, 2026 at 10:45 AM UTC
At the elevator (my version/your version)
It’s a lovers Moon Watching through the trees As we walk hand in hand In the cool night breeze As we sit beneath the old Oak tree And gaze into each others eyes In the distance getting closer Is the sound of an Owls cries A kiss is followed by a warm embrace As passions begin to rise Then we notice up in the branches The glowing, staring Owls eyes As he turns his head to watch us closely As we make love under the moon He has a disapproving look As he hoots his haunting tune We lay together in harmony Our thoughts for no one else but we two Carefully watched by our new found friend Watched by the Moon in the darkened hue As passing clouds drift overhead Moonbeams are breaking through The eerie trees look threatening As passionate events still continue Casting a shadow over us as we make love But it’s such a wonderful fulfilling time Then we just lay together for the rest of the night Enjoying the Moon, the Owl, the moment so sublime
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May 11
May 11, 2026 at 11:26 AM UTC
Lovers Moon
Chest pumping, heart beating Eyes staring, feeling nothing I knew i'm gonna lose you, But I don't feel a **** thing
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May 9
May 9, 2026 at 1:08 PM UTC
Losing
Lakeside, the water is calm Over my head, it becomes dangerous as a bomb Vindictive, the ocean of my fears Ever drowning in the swell of my tears Make me yours, now and forever Enter into my heart, my palace of never Ask me why, so cold and so crisp Laughing, I'll answer that it's all a tryst Walk out, I'm not going to look back Ashes littering the streets like lovers I never had You say you are mine and I say I am yours Smiles that lie, for we're both fake behind doors
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May 8
May 8, 2026 at 6:54 PM UTC
Fake
Their love began like contraband passed between cells. A glance. Then another. The city dragged its chains behind it. Wet rope streets. Workhouse windows glowing faintly through November smoke. He carried loneliness like a term with no remission. She spoke little, kept her hands folded as though someone had taught them fear. Around them, doors shut. Bolts entered iron. Names disappeared into ledgers. Still— their shoulders touched once in the narrow weather of evening, and something unlocked itself without permission. Not happiness. Not yet. Only the strange relief of hearing another pair of footsteps matching your own through the corridor.
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May 8
May 8, 2026 at 8:15 AM UTC
Contraband
A muse is someone who inspires another to create art For me it is one who inspires my poetry that I would like to think is art Art is subjective now isn’t it? You could call a person a work of art That is a mere poetic expression though Your eyes have become my favorite piece of art to look at Your voice has become the anthem of my soul The way you say baby has become my favorite ballad It has become the ballad my soul yearns for The anthem my heart beats for Art is a subjective thing Yet I think you are art I found a muse He is simply breathtaking He is simply sublime His voice is melodious My love for him is amaranthine His soul is seraphic His heart is sincere The way he says baby is dulcet I found a muse and I’m never letting him go
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May 4
May 4, 2026 at 11:53 AM UTC
Muse
Awakened steps at dawn Returning to self, Sunrises amused, Crystal morning dew dancing For sight, A return from dreams, Unremember the sleep across Living waters, Reconstruction of connection: The walk to begin in forgetful Grace adrift in recollection, Steps rising from pulsing memory Conceivable perception engraving, Eager to recollect rhythms anticipated From hopeful beginnings, Root of the world sculpting The resonance of self. A calm body in space freely Creating future momentum, Drifting through motions, Leaving the dark setting fire To the the day, A repetition of burn; Clarity of flames framing Embers of time. Entanglement, Binary stars facing eachother, Light intertwined born in connection, Silence speaks loudest When meeting lumens greet First light, Clarity written on a world From first fruits of many a dusk, Connecting the night. Connecting the day. The first fruits of morning Connection woven And here it is all born.
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May 3
May 3, 2026 at 6:10 PM UTC
Creation of Connectivity
Done, I do the dew, with did Smile, and appreciate the door I play the real, for a better curiosity hid In the senses you offered; a dread to fare, an actor Silly old milestone, on a jealous road? Sorry about the craving, the saving for heed Time is my most intimate hour, until a tongue to hold Witness the swallow of pride, I make for austerity's lead Promise me a flower, and the wealth of an eye Takes the truth to a salt, where misogyny is mine for a need In the shared lips, to welcome another friend, to the table of the divine Learn and ascertain, the better of me, in the land of where we seem To be the kinder of many eyes Role's in the hindrance of a youth, that kept their vow Forces in the more, if not the good nature we deem, is a shine Of a clash, and the need of home to look beyond how... Here is the fate of a kiss... Hanging from the proverbial legend of yet to be named Wars in the very and stare of a creed, when a house has a wish Can a strength step forward, to liberate mercy from hope's fame? Since, if not a grace to compare you to aging Them of ought, in the paces we meant, an eclectic rainbow Come with me to the voice I hear, is a desire imagining Our few, in the here and now, to let a new savior into the house?
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Apr 30
Apr 30, 2026 at 7:09 PM UTC
Do Saviors Of Angel's, Blow The Rainbow's Whistle?
Eating me, slowly, All the way up to my stomach. You are so kind. Perhaps I misunderstood. The second time, to be this stupid. I wish you could see, beyond a girl you are helping; on a ride along. Maybe I am just there. Not special at all. Just a naive little girl, turned woman, still waiting, for an admission of sorts. Not quite in love, yet. That builds, as if pieces, in due time. Know you are the exception, making me willing, to reach it. Though I am sure, for you, there is no need. Extremely aware. I am just another, of your many admirers. Why am I such a fool? Stepping, willingly, into the trap, again. Creating these expectations, directly into my synapses. As if constellations building you, slowly. Is it strange that I wanted to be right this one time? This quiet urge to be chosen. Hard to admit. Oh! You are all that so wise, at times. And I am just a girl, with shaky hands , trying to breathe beside you. To get near you, be comfortable in your touch. Not feel so peculiar, when you open all my doors. Wish I had more to offer, besides a smile, and my trust for eternity. Your past girlfriends, your past crushes, they seem magical. Empowered. Rich. In every sense of the word. And sometimes, often. I wish I wasn't myself. Feeling this hard, for someone who is simply kind.
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Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 1:14 PM UTC
kindness
nine o'four, the moment our hearts tore. addressing the elephant in the room, while you stood outside the door. drowning eyes, we spoke no more, yet all I felt was the anger you pour. our stories we shared are now someday's lore. yet I swore, friends we shall become once more; the tomorrows of some day, a promise I made at nine o'four.
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Apr 26
Apr 26, 2026 at 1:10 PM UTC
what happened at nine o'four
So I was correct, drawing a line. There you go, leaving me here. How I wish I wrote you a letter, a poem similar as so many already written, sent by mistake or on purpose so you know. It turns out we really are normal people. A message from you, if I reveal it, so exhilarating we are more close than they know. You go, and I stay. Would never ask you otherwise. Life requires change. Naturally, knowing, understanding, I still feel my eyes water. You were the first to steal my heart. Would ever chose to keep it? You showed me care, love, how capable I am to give, to receive. I should let you be. Still, a selfish me wants you near.
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Apr 22
Apr 22, 2026 at 6:42 PM UTC
selfish me
There were boys tripping over themselves to have me. Do they not see? I already belong. One tried to kiss me, laughed up close to his face. Down, one more shot, tripping, falling over you, into the chair. Tasted only peppermint ***** not your warmth, not his. You were somewhere else as well. Was it your bed? Or did you kiss a girl, presented she was there? Nevermind, I might throw up glitter, and my guts. I just want true kindness, mutual adoration, someone gentle, just as you are. Or maybe I wish it to be you. My friends say I've grown insane to pour love, not asking for it back. Merely happy if you are happy, if that means being your friend. You shall then never confirm if you have suspicions. But I could not kiss him. I was only thinking of you. This guy said I was a star from a music clip, perfect as can be, all that to get me to touch him. You never said that. Contrary, you call me bright, capable of taking on the world with stride, still cute as button, the tenderness of rooting for another's growth. There is no other for me. So I will keep pouring out, to pour love, not to fill a cup if yours spills, but to pour on the ocean of the love you receive. Some early mornings, missing you dearly, overthinking completely that you hate me somehow. Perhaps you discovered my innocence is nothing but fault. My looks, my intelligence are just not up to par. Maybe, just maybe, I laughed too hard, weirded you out. Still, I urge you to keep receiving while I am willing to give, or forevermore remember my smile while the light hits just right, right across the sea, beneath a cherry tree.
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Apr 22
Apr 22, 2026 at 6:22 PM UTC
peppermint *****
There were boys tripping over themselves to have me. Do they not see? I already belong. One tried to kiss me, laughed up close to his face. Down, one more shot, tripping, falling over you, into the chair. Tasted only peppermint ***** not your warmth, not his. You were somewhere else as well. Was it your bed? Or did you kiss a girl, presented she was there? Nevermind, I might throw up glitter, and my guts. I just want true kindness, mutual adoration, someone gentle, just as you are. Or maybe I wish it to be you. My friends say I've grown insane to pour love, not asking for it back. Merely happy if you are happy, if that means being your friend. You shall then never confirm if you have suspicions. But I could not kiss him. I was only thinking of you. This guy said I was a star from a music clip, perfect as can be, all that to get me to touch him. You never said that. Contrary, you call me bright, capable of taking on the world with stride, still cute as button, the tenderness of rooting for another's growth. There is no other for me. So I will keep pouring out, to pour love, not to fill a cup if yours spills, but to pour on the ocean of the love you receive. Some early mornings, missing you dearly, overthinking completely that you hate me somehow. Perhaps you discovered my innocence is nothing but fault. My looks, my intelligence are just not up to par. Maybe, just maybe, I laughed too hard, weirded you out. Still, I urge you to keep receiving while I am willing to give, or forevermore remember my smile while the light hits just right, right across the sea, beneath a cherry tree.
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Your voice scratches my brain like the clickety clack of a typewriter Your voice plays in my head like the most beautiful melody If we could get sounds etched with ink I would get the way you say baby etched unto my skin I wonder what your hand would feel like interlocked with mine
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Apr 21
Apr 21, 2026 at 11:38 AM UTC
Etched
The small black wristband Affixed to my wrist. It used to bother me so Every time I noticed my forearm. But not because I chose this little fate. But for the reason that all those around Stare down at it too. I suppose they find it strange To chose one such ending. So much so, It's become what's defined me. And I stay somewhat stranded In my lonely little world Of impending doom And misunderstanding. Lately, however, I've tried to socialize, But I'd like to make it clear I said "tried". I met a boy But he was different by being the same. Matching friendship bracelets, He likes to say. I guess it means we both die our own way. To chose is something not many Concur to. This boy I quite favor, And I think he does too. At times we lay together In the echo of machines. He tells me my hair is soft As he combs through it mindlessly. I'm sorry I can't return the compliment. The small black wristbands Affixed to our wrists. It used to bother me so But now I mind less.
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Apr 20
Apr 20, 2026 at 10:34 PM UTC
DO NOT RESUSCITATE