#stuck poems on Hello Poetry

amber Mar 2019

you are sinking,
into septic shallows.
seemingly spacious and safe,
you stay: slowly slipping.

sadly, static sounds in your ear.

you seep into ****,
believing it to be:
serenity.

#stuck #in #*** #vat #of #manipulation #sad

Amanda Kay Burke Mar 2019

M(h)O(ld)Ve On

I am stuck in a place somewhere between
Long long ago and so long
The question I can't seem to answer
Should I hold on or just move on?

I dunno. It just don't flow. Oh no. I feel so.. low.

#bored #short #weird #hold #move #on #stuck #question #answer

Mariam Shittu Mar 2019

Stuck On You

I’m stuck on you
I think of you all the time
I can’t get you out of my mind

I want to call
I want to talk to you
but I wouldn’t

I shouldn’t
you should
but you haven’t

so I pick up my phone
and dial your number
cos I’m stuck on you

www.mariamshittu.com

#stuck #lovestruck

Nicole Mar 2019

Auditory Triggers

Loud noises set me off
It's like they ricochet across the room
Echoing off of every single surface
And end by stabbing all the nerves in my body
I try to keep calm through them
But my emotions skip the step
Where my body warns me I'm upset
And suddenly I'm yelling at my cat
Or grabbing him by the scruff
All because he repeatedly paws at his food dish
And I can't handle the sound of the ceramic
As it clangs against the hardwood floor
And just as suddenly as I yelled
An intense hatred toward myself arises
Choking out all of my energy
I collapse back on my bed and wish I were dead
Until the noise starts again
And I'm back to seeing red

#ptsd #trauma #depressed #pain #shame #trigger #stuck

Madison Greene Mar 2019

words I won't forget

I discovered you slowly
and I don't know that I ever believed opposites really attract
but you are my peaceful and I am your wild
I discovered your language and you tucked my hair behind my ear
assurance falls from your tongue like honey and it's got my hand stuck to yours for good-
"I love you
I love everything about you
even the things you hate, I love
and what you love I love even more"

no one's ever loved me like you

#love #discovery #slow #opposite #attract #peace #language #honey #tongue #stuck

sushii Mar 2019

Hope?

I love your idea of success
How you want to sing
But you can never get on that stage
You will never be your best
Because your best
Is the same as all the rest

#sadness #sorrow #agony #trapped #stuck #hopeless

Nicole Mar 2019

Let Me In

The walls are up, I can feel them
My hands skim the cool wire fence that
Separates me from my inner workings
The edge of my consciousness
I want to get inside
A false sense of bravery is all it is
Because when the gate opens and I walk in
The feelings throw me to the ground
With a force I can't understand
Holding me down by the throat
Bits of past horrors flash across my vision
Thick adrenaline floods my muscles
But I can't breathe
I can't use the energy to fight or flee
I'm trapped
I can hear voices whispering darkness
Insults and judgement whipping my flesh
I can't move
I can't even blink
And suddenly I can
But my body is once more
Curled up against
That cold cold barrier
And I want inside again

Written right before a good emotional breakthrough.

#ptsd #trauma #depression #pain #brain #thoughts #emotions #lost #trapped #stuck

Robert Mar 2019

Waves

If someday I got stuck,
Some rivers to be crossed,
I'll always keep on swimming,
To waves I shan't be lost.

It's been a while since I wrote one, keeping this one short and simple.
Keep on swimming.

#waves #stuck #troubled #lost #river #saved #life #death #persistence #grit

Ruheen Mar 2019

Labyrinth

There's no escape
From the prison that I made

It's in my own head
Just like that monster under the bed

I've got a maze for a mind
My mind is a maze

I don't know what you'll find
But you'll never find it again

It's so easy to get lost in the dark
When you don't have a light

I can't find my way out
I can barely put up a fight

I can't think with my head
I can't feel with my heart

I locked myself in
Yet I'm miles afar

How I feel about my head. It's a maze that I am trapped in. People can come and go, but I can never leave.
Which is quite unfortunate.

#labyrinth #maze #stuck #getout #lostinthedark #perdiditintenebris