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Lou Morgan Feb 2017
And if I disappeared today,
one thing I know they'd never say,
is "she was always so happy."

Because truth be told,
I never really was.
Bongani Moyo Nov 2016
I saw her again...
The one that could have shown me what love is.
The one who could have put some direction on my lost ship.

But as you know,
Every time I pick up this pen, it's to bleed ink.
When dark thoughts is all I ever think.

To cut the story short,
The ending appears to be tragic.
Don't quite know when I'll experience it but you're never really ready for it.
It's the type of loneliness that weighs on your chest
Clinching your lungs
Draining your heart
Stuffing your brain
Freeing wasps in your stomach

Where you love your family but you'd be fine without them
You like your friends but chose to reject any contact
You long for complete isolation
And avoid any chance of human interactions

Where you feel so, so alone, you create imaginary friends like a child
Just to preserve your sanity
Trust me, when you lose them
You lose yourself

Its when you feel so afraid and confused and sad and in pain
Because if it's just you
You know you will fail
Fear of the hopeless
Confusion of the actions
Sadness of the loss
Pain of the emptiness, being the castaway no one really wants
Never really wanted

The crying is the worst part
Everything that makes you cry is in your head
Silent and exaggerated
For your lungs fail to function correctly
The tears keep falling and your nose keeps running
Mind races and you curl up in a ball
In your closet
With no light
Blind
Because sometimes its hard to open your eyes to life
It hurts to see all it's evil and so little good

Its the closest thing to that place between being awake and falling asleep
Or maybe between this world and eternity

Loneliness makes you want to be more alone
Its tricky like that
All you need is one person
I have around ten
But you can't see them
And I still feel the deepest kind of lonely
Just one person could save you
Someone to comfort me
To share the load
To laugh with
To love me
To care

But that is *******
Nobody could want to be that for me
Because I'm a broken, unfixable, pathetic, and hopeless person
And they know, as well as I do,
There is no future for such a young, destroyed person

It's the type of loneliness where you see no future
No hope
And no reasons
To keep on going
autumn Jul 2016
I knew it
Before you uttered
A single word.

And I knew it
Before the words
Even formulated
in your head.

And sometimes
Its even worse
Because I knew it
Before you did.

But I ******* knew it.
Nik Jul 2016
As I sat and pondered on how to write my next poem,
I witnessed an insect trying to fit into a space it was too big for.
I watched as the insect twisted and turned with determination to try and make the impossible possible, and it made me wonder:
How many opportunities have I missed because I mistook cannots for would nots?
I wallowed in the fear of what could happen, my pessimistic tendencies taking over,
(because I have loved and lost and I wish I had never loved at all)
so maybe the situation I am in is my fault.
Maybe it is genuinely not you, but it's me because you are the small space and unlike the insect I did not twist and turn
even though you are worth it.

I will auto correct myself, if you promise to do the same.
I don't want to miss an opportunity for greatness because we're both too scared.
It has all come back
Because I did something that I knew was wrong
That I knew would hurt me, destroy me
I knew it would because I have been all too familiar with its consequences

Hope
Supposedly its a 'good thing'
When hope lives in your body you are seen as being strong and capable

But the pessimistic people of this world are labeled differently
They are the 'party poopers' the glum, the depressed, the angry
Understanding this you could come to the conclusion that I have gathered

Hopelessness is good because you can never be let down
Everything can get better than it was from the beginning
And you don't sustain that hard, sucker-punch to the gut
When everything turns to ****
Because you already expected it to

And this is when I realize why I hated hope so much
Why I never held it fast
Because it never exceeds expectation and rarely meets it
So hope, it just let's you down
It can destroy a person

I'd call these people stupid but, of course, I'd be wrong
I call myself stupid when I make such mistakes
It is a mistake
It is a sin
Grimmest Apr 2016
Fear is all consuming.
Fear is seeing the dark through the light.
Fear is a *** about to boil over.
Fear is paralyzing with no escape.
Fear is never ending.

Fear knows my weaknesses.
Fear knows I am its prisoner.
Fear knows how to prey on the weak.
Fear knows that I am trapped in its grasp.
Fear knows no bounds.

Fear will steal your light.
Fear will tighten its grasp until breath is no more.
Fear will laugh at my terror.
Fear will win the game.
Fear will be my demise.

Fear is a nightmare of the woken.
Corona Harris Mar 2016
"I GOT OLE CASH SPASIN ON THEY ***"
It's so beautiful when a group of teens
"ALL MY BAD ******* , FREAK HOES"
Can come together in harmony
"AHHH **** IT UP"
And sing and dance in one united voice
"BEND IT OVER BEND IT OVER"
Our ancestors would be proud.
"FIRST LET ME HOP OUT THE MFKIN PORCHE"
Friends ain't never held on to each other tighter
"DID A LOT OF **** JUST TO LIVE THIS HERE LIFESTYLE"
Even our most promiscuous sisters
"JUMP ON THE ****"
Have lowered their standards enough
"TWO RED BONES KISSING IN THE BACK SEAT"
To accommodate our less fortunate brothers
"ION WANT THAT *** ,I WANT THAT *****"
Brothers not capable of owning a belt nor shirt
"GUCCI EVERYTHING"
Even in the scorching heat of this room
"I'M PULL UP EAT ON THAT ***** AND DIP"
They keep each other warm in the comfort of their buttocks and crotches
"BABY HOW YOU DOOOO IT"
I'll ignore the shoving and foot stepping
"SQUUUUUUUAAAAAADDDD"
Because the movement happening here is way more important
"JUMP-MAN JUMP-MAN THEM BOYS UP TO SOMETHING"
To the priceless growth of our community
"I'LL BUY THAT *****"
Brothers and sisters lets toast
"******* AND THE ***** THAT CAME WITH YOU"
To good fortune
"WHO SAID I AIN'T GETTIN' MONEY?SHIIIT!"
Love
"***** YOU AINT **** ****!"
And knowledge
"FIRST YOU GET THAT MONEY THEN YOU GET THAT POWAR"
Lord
"PASS ME THE HOOKAH"
Just let us all get home safely.
"I PULL UP SKUURRRT SKUURRRT SKUUURRRT"
And forever remember this peace party
"I'LL COME LOOKING FOR YOU WITH HUNTERS AND RIFLES AND ****"*
Aww **** let me go get my lil cousin.
SA Morales Mar 2016
The dark is where I choose to reside
I feel more alive when the sun died
Its like the downpour of rain
I smile as I watch the droplets from the window pane
But as much as I love seeing the moon
I know my time will be ending soon
Mysterious Mind Dec 2015
If I floated away into the stars tonight
Would you notice or even care?
Would you whisper my name with sorrow's soft fare?
Or would you walk away?
And continue your colorful life
Without this shade of gray?


For tomorrow's delight
Can only exist
In the absence of despair.
This isn't fair. Do you even have feelings for me? Or were those three words just some cruel joke? I've always been the odd one out: fat, ugly, worthless. Don't you dare play with my heart for a quick laugh. I only have so much hope left for this world. My world.
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