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When I was younger I saw something
running on an alley right behind me,
it wasn't a person, it wasn't an animal,
a thing is the only way I can describe it.
I was with a cousin and both of us ran
most importantly, both of us saw
and to this day we can't forget.
It was all black and had bright red eyes
the shape was like a person's but way bigger.
What would've happened if we hadn't escaped?
Where would we be if one of us stayed?
The thing disappeared the very moment we reached the end of the alley, completely.
Sanidhya Rai Apr 2021
One cannot fathom the true demise, unless they walk the path with swollen eyes.

No one wants to be sad, but what could be done if the world cast them aside.

One has to give in to his mind, for the thoughts that leak continue to terrorise.
Strying Feb 2021
truly
grateful
and
completely
terrified
Thank you guys so much for showing so much love for my last poem and I was just thinking about how so many extremely talented people had bad addictions or lost their minds.
On another note, my palm has a bump on it from writing so much and it scares me, and each time I write I worry that it'll be the last time even though it's not as serious at all (I think).
Thanks again ya'll <3
She’s afraid of
reopening old wounds.

Scared of feeling
the burns
beneath her skin.

She’d rather feel
consciously numb
than ever have to
confess her self-reflections,
because she’s afraid rejection
will leave her lifelessly
alone.
Awoken abruptly
It burns my brain like acid
I dissolve, absolute fear
I would rather die than feel this
Indescribable terror
Non-escapable
This poem relates to my experience of growing up with a brother who has sleep terrors. The fear of waking up to someone screaming cannot be expressed in words. Absolute terror is awful and I hope none of you ever experience it.
UV Dec 2020
I always put away the pen instead of painting you in
How can I win describing?
Nothing I could write would ever hold a candle to how you make me feel.
My words fail me unlike your love.
You weren’t a shallow promise
Not a lovers dream
You’re real
Behind the mask it’s just you
In loving you I’m made kinder
To the world, myself and the rest.
Cause I see you in your infinite facets
I’ve known for long it takes imperfections
To make a true masterpiece.
To steal a quote from those who came before me
‘Beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror’
And baby I’ve been terrified since the day we kissed.

-UV
Quote mentioned is by Rainer Maria Rilke.
Aethorn Dec 2020
𝐀bove all the sounds that kids will hear at night, there's this muffled moans and cries of the wounded ones. Instead of trash, you'll see blood and bullet case everywhere. Carnage is what it seems.

𝐁ullet fires echoes on their ear while strolling on a crimson river where landmine is planted. Is this what hell looks like? This is treason, this is murderous. Parents killed on the spot, now they're called refugee. Some lose limbs while other are sexually abused. Suffering from terror and fear– is this what they deserve? Who will wipe their tears? Their legacy is death and guns.

𝐖hat happened to humanity? Soldiers **** and know no pity when they march upon a city.
Ken Pepiton Nov 2020
Knowing only you, and you by no real name,
a guess,
I guess you are the --
or a, one of, the
messages messengers are given to be used as guides,
past
last chances, in to ever's after, where the do no more
stage is set, post ******,
here is where we shall be when the mystery is revealed,
revelation being ever a bugaboo word, for me, re
means do-it-again, try, re-
ally, allied with truth and pointedness as concepts,
nada mas…

mix me, I am insoluble, sift me, I pass through
until the finest resolutions leave me as
subliminal and al-
ready we feel the change. Life going on. Truth.
Growing older at the same pace as the universe.
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