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Maya Fields Nov 2024
respect
I refuse to say
was given
because it was already mine
from which I deserved
in the first place
in every inch of my life.
ANA Nov 2024
All these years, I wore a mask that was suited to other people's validity. I tried to ask for their acceptance to feel significant until it made me suffocated. Losing myself and emptiness felt in the depths of my heart. There's a hole that could never be filled by others. Behind this mask was my true self until I realized that I didn't need to hide anymore. I didn't need to cover myself from the world because love had found me.

The love I have for myself filled the hole inside my heart, exposing the true tenderness and goodness of the soul. My precious soul despite scars and imperfections, I know that I was beautiful. This love I have for myself surpasses all of the doubt and insecurities, uncovering the mask I have worn for so long, and embracing my uniqueness. This love nurtures my existence to be the best version. This love will keep me living.
Bree17 Nov 2024
I need to tell you something
I’ll whisper it to you
It’s about someone you know
But I can’t just tell you who

There’s someone around here
Who’s feeding your delusions
Turning you on yourself
Making false conclusions

The liar here is you
I know you wont believe me
But you don’t need to be perfect,
Self acceptance is what’s key
Wrote a poem based on the words “can you keep a secret?” as a prompt.
There comes a time when you will meet someone. This someone will be a tiny crush at first. Youll look their way to try & catch their eye, “run into” them in public knowing where all their favorite spots are.  
Then, there comes a time where your heart feels bold.  It cant contain the fire it feels for this other soul. It pushes you to say something or do whatever you can to be noticed by that one person.  
Finally, there comes a time where you take a chance and you finally get what your heart has been craving, connection. This connection sends you over the moon with no intention of bringing you back down.
Until, it does. Yet you hold on to its comfort like a baby blanket.  
You let the months drag on.
Days go by.
The spark fades. The fights increase
The gravity of reality starts to sink in.  
You loved the comfort of not being alone.  You loved being the hero and saving the lost soul that has been doomed to hell from the start.  
An angel in a cruel world just trying to love the way she was intended.  
This cruel world is no place for an angel with a heart of gold... yet, in her lies the only hope that this world will see.  
She will make mistakes.  Go down her own path for a while, but finally she will see why she was put in her world of turmoil and hurt.  
She chose to be here to love the ****** and forgotten.  
She chose to be the love in a place where all she felt was hate.  
She chose to understand what its like to feel heartbreak to better understand humanity.  
These moments of hell that she goes through only teach her the most valuable lessons of life.  
Love will always be more powerful than hate.  
Dont ever underestimate the power of kindness to those that need and repel it the most.  
Dont hate anyone for everyone is on their own journey OUT of hell.
Hope can never be hopeless
Just like you can never be homeless
Just like you can never not progress
Or just like you can never be loveless
Or heartless or mindless or worthless or soulless
For you are my home, and if you're something,

You're endless.

_M.
You're so worthy just as you are. Whoever it is that is reading this. So no need to try to prove your worth. Just live as you are. Love you.
Lizzie Bevis Nov 2024
In the depths of despair
hope will fade,
and emptiness will follow;
But, you are not alone there.

A heartbeat within
wills you to be strong,
to find yourself
and carry on.

So, take a breath,
let it in,  
Love begins,
let it go…

©️Lizzie Bevis
If I told you that I was diagnosed with mixed anxiety and depressive disorder would you believe me?

I always try to be the positive ray sunshine, to bring a little more light into the ****** world.
We all have dark days, I empathise completely.

I write some of my poems in bed and have pyjama days because I just don't want to face the world, and that's ok…I just don't stay there. ❤️‍🩹
Danilo Baeta Nov 2024
(crack)
Go ahead, babe;
hang in there.
Your heart's light hasn't faded;
it’s inside, crying for your love.

I won't lie to you;
surely you are like a rabbit.
That's what you smell like.
Deep down, it's your real name.

Although maybe you
have no idea about the reason
for your name.
So peaceful, but a bit of a funny one.

I call you "rabbit” —
Cos you're truly healing.
So, this time, I plead,
be a cure-all,
by
wipe away the tears.

**** your darlings;
they won't let you see the truth.
By all means, **** them,
as they echo within the walls
of your roomy soul.


Don't pick up a gun,
That would only be a tragedy.
Any blood shed for the sake
of despair is no good.
It's like a raw holocaust
with no divine smell.


Rather, you should use the soul's shield,
which is your only watchman;
Feel the right to be a daisy,
with an open heart for the unknown.
Deep down,
you've been crying for that.


Now my beloved bunny,
sip your medicine.
Drain off those raindrops from your eyes,
And never forsake you.

(sip-sip)
Like digging graves in the backyard
Or an emotional credit card
You can put things aside for a bit
But if you wait and wait for it
To go away, you'll end up with
A garden full of what is dead
And an inner world in debt.

_M.
Its all part of grief, all part of life
Suffering and pain and strife
And smiles and comedy and fun
The stars, the moon, the skies and sun
They're all aspects of this cool "one"
That some have come to know as God
Or Nirvana, Universe
They are all words in the verse
Of seeing life through your own lens
There wouldn't be as much suspense
Without heavier words such as
The death of love or a sad pass
Poetry comes through the contrast
Of sea and stone and monotone
Is something no one should aim for
When reading about themselves,
If you're in pain, congratulate yourselves
You dont realize how much
Life you're living with the touch
Of grief that you're letting be seen
You've never been more akin
To love than now, the lines are full
Not half like the sun at noon

So while it hurts and brings much dread
I need to admit love is dead
And it is not coming back
At least not on the same track

And I'll be honest it's not fun,
Sometimes not even the least
But they don't call it "good grief"
For nothing...

Do they? =))

_M.
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