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Noonie 7h
Act 1- The Urge
I want to scream.
But—
Instead I write,
The things I cannot say.

Act 2- The Tension
Silence.
My words are
Tearing
At these pages,
Trying to get out.
Freed.

Act 3- The Ache
Desperation—
Between every line
And pause.
Waiting,
Wanting,
To be seen,
To be heard,
Felt.
I wish I was water

Then I could run faster than any thought
And any feeling
In any language

And I could carry any weight
No matter the strength missing
In me

And I could always move forward
As long as there is a shape for me to take
I would take it

If I'm not water
I am a shape
And I could be stuck in one place forever



                                                                .mélissa
Piyush 6d
Wait,
A long wait,
She's there,
Right there
Sitting next to you,
Yet you can't speak.
Why?
Don't know
Why not?
I don't know
But you're her friend,
So why can't you speak?
I don't know.
Not yet.
Not now.
I'm waiting,
Still waiting
For her to speak
To laugh at me
To walk with me.
Why can't I...
Talk.
I don't..
Know.
I want to..
Sit with her
Stay with her
Nothing..
More.
She's there,
Yeah there.
I don't mean to tile a question
But that's where I'm at
I don't know any further than that

©2025
Jeremy Betts May 27
Is she jealous or angry?
That's the whole daamn thing
She's jealous for sure
The rest is her projecting

Find me laughing
Because it's so fuucking predictable
The "everyday" is everyday
But does that make the ending avoidable?

That's surely a possibility
But I'm not allowed to say I want to end it
Though the heart strings search out the fingers
Are those thoughts event independent?

I hate to admit it
But relationships are just a buffer
Maybe only a classic bowling lane bumper
Because you'll hate to know that know I am no longer finding that I'm stuck here
...

®2025
nicole May 14
5-13-25

perfect angel until she does something wrong
shining star until it burns for too long

everyone loves her
yet no one sees her

a suffocated feather
locked in a cage
linked by chains
with so much rage
Bloodshot eyes and blood red tears
Falling down one by one
Showing no mercy
Because I am trapped here
As Nothing is real and
Everything is fake
Totally misplaced in
This worthless world.

Look here how broken I am
Can't sit still or stand
Heart pounding painfully
No more tears coming out anymore.
Everything is black white
Either song or love
Eagerly waiting for spark
To bring light in my eyes.
silvervi Apr 27
D eny
U nderstate
N egate
G eneralize
E scape
O verthink
N umb
These behaviors lead to feeling like being stuck in a dungeon. Let's become aware of these sneaky self-preserving patterns.

Denial: rejection of the truth of a statement / psychological defense mechanism.

Understate: describe or represent (something) as being smaller or less good or important than it really is.

Negate: to make it ineffective or invalid, or to deny its truth or existence. It can also mean to cancel out the effect of something.

Generalize: Generalizations can lead to inaccurate and harmful stereotypes if they are based on limited or biased information." Or generalized statements about oneself like: I failed at this once - so I will always fail at this.

Escapism: the repeated use of an activity or behavior to distract the mind from reality or unpleasant emotions. Anyone who wants to avoid pain or discomfort may seek escapism.

Overthink: think about (something) too much or for too long.

Numb: Emotional numbness can be defined as a coping mechanism where an individual shuts down their emotional responses in reaction to overwhelming or negative experiences.
Trinkets Apr 18
Used to walk through life
Nose stuck in a book,
only saw the world
in periphery of pages.

An artist of escape,
a dreamer in your youth.
Fleeing reality through stories
in all ages.

Looking up, growing up, into
something of your own.
Writing new worlds,
stuck exploring, dreams grown.
Like you did, now see
beauty in periphery.

An escape artist turned explorer.
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