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Roo Aug 2015
The trenches dug into the skin of my arms and my legs are mere reminders of the war that has been and is going.
The endless struggle that only gets harder as my resources and aid dwindles.
Such aid covers all help from once enthusiastic friends, eager to be the hero to redeem the guilt they feel when they talk behind my back.
Fragility is what they describe when they explain to outsiders their reasons for not telling me to my face.
"One push is all she needs before she jumps by herself"
"Of course police officer, I knew nothing about how badly she was coping, we're all devastated" they would tell the media.

The burning the cuts leave on my skin is a mere reminder of the fervour that once lit the veins that circled my body.
The throbbing is what my heart felt at the thought of you.
I have to replace what I miss, surely? And I will not deny the privilege of someone else who wants my love.
Though a part of that is missing.
Maybe it left with the blood that trickled from my wounds.
Vianny Sujo Aug 2015
Trigger warning made me smile,
all the bones in my body craved to show,
all the blood in my veins wished to run free.
And then I found myself awake in the middle of the night
wishing for the impossible.

Trigger warning romanticized the struggling,
my blood was red like love,
my hunger made me perfect,
throwing up was liberating,
punching myself were like hugging,
bruises shaped hearts up and down my arms.

Trigger warning reserved a hospital room just for me,
left me unconscious for three days.
Trigger warning taught me how to swallow pills,
how not to eat a thing,
how to keep smiling while bleeding,
where to lay down the blade,
when to lie to my therapist.

Trigger warning makes me cry,
trigger warning leaves me shivering on the bathroom floor,
trigger warning makes my stomach sick,
trigger warning breaks my bones,
trigger warning makes my wrists bleed.

Many people say that love is handing someone else a gun
and point it to your head hopping that they won't pull the trigger.
I didn't gave away my gun,
and now I know I should have,
it would be less dangerous,
because now I spend the nights pointing to my head
hopping that someday I'd have the guts to pull the trigger.

Trigger warning broke my mom's heart,
trigger warning left my body empty and bruised,
trigger warning cut my wings and tied my feet.
Trigger warning made me want to die.
Mel Little Aug 2015
Walk all over people and one day someone will fight back

                           Teeth bared

And all you'll have is scars on your heels.
Kindness Kills Aug 2015
They warned me about crossing streets.
I was taught to look both ways.
To make sure there was no oncoming traffic so I would not get hit by a car because they did not want to see me hurt.
But they never warned me about boys with sweet words and soft hands. They never warned me that words as delicate as feathers that tickle me in the moment can feel like knives later. They never warned me that the oils seeping through the pores on his hands would burn like acid when I think of him at 2 in the morning.
They taught us to look both ways before crossing the street incase a car came out of nowhere, they never taught us to look both ways when it came to boys.
You came out of nowhere and I didn't think to look both ways.
I didn't even think "could this go good or bad?" I just stepped forward and oh boy you left your mark on me.
It was a hit and run.
You came from a blind spot, I never saw you coming, you never even checked to see if I was okay you just sped off.
Some nights I can still hear your voice calling my name, and sometimes I swear I can feel your bumper against my skin.
mvssbecvming Aug 2015
WRITERS NEED HELP WHEN// they try to write songs about happy things cuz' Lord knows, we're not cut out for that

WRITERS NEED HELP WHEN// coffee or tea no longer suffices and they instead pick up a lover to help sort out their poetic devices.

WRITERS NEED HELP WHEN// pain stops being a reminder of life and instead takes over as prime muse and limelight entertainment.

WRITERS NEED HELP WHEN//  they cry and the only thing you can discern from the wreckage are the simple words, "I need to write more."
just yr neighborhood public service announcement
Francie Lynch Aug 2015
Be careful where you sit your ***,
Keep your kids off the grass,
Take a stroll but wear a mask,
Wash your food,
Avoid butter,
While you're at it,
Wash your water.
Slather toxins on our skin
That seep into our soul.
Death is all around us,
Don't say you've not been told.
I thought that it was
just a dream,
What happened between 
her and me.

When we met I was
extremely glad,
But I could tell inside
that she was sad.

She had told me she might
have to leave, 
And that when she was gone
I'm not to grieve.

I had told her that she 
would be fine,
Things would get better 
if she gave it time.

I woke up and felt 
something was wrong,
So I rang her doorbell but
it took too long

I rushed inside and
saw the scars,
They were on her legs and she had
gashed her arms.

And what I saw when I looked
in her eyes,
Was that she knew that she
was gonna die.

And what I felt when I knew
she was gone,
Is that she was right
And I was wrong.
Derek Leavitt Aug 2015
I wish you the greatest love you could ever possibly experience.
I wish for you and your lover to be together for years and years to come.
I wish for you to grow an unbreakable god-like trust with your Lover.
I wish your lover to tell you the most perfect and wonderful things.
I wish your body, heart and soul to be 'wooed' by your lover day and night.
I wish for you to witness the most indescribably joys with your lover.
I wish for you to experience a passion you have never understood until your lover hath shown it to you.
I wish for you to be shown something so great and beautiful and rare to make you truly believe nothing could ever go wrong with your lover.
I wish everlasting happiness with just and ONLY your partner alone.

All so that one day... your Lover may look  upon your eyes... and say these words without a single flinch or blink in their eyes... "it's over. I don't feel the same way anymore" as though it was all a game and that it's time to come back to reality. "I'm sorry" as if the words might put a bandaid on the open chest wound they made upon slowly ripping out your only reason to feel alive... To feel used... weak... as though your not enough to love.. and you never were.. bleeding and coughing and choking on the floor... begging for some form of mercy... only to have your agonizing screams echo into nothingness.. realizing... your alone.. you always were.. and you always will be... not because you are doomed.. but because you do not wish to every feel such a pain like this ever again.. that is if you are able to survive.. "You'll be fine others will say" selfish and cruel and unaware of the burning inferno in your chest and throat... and all you want is to be held.. and rocked and cradled like a child.. vulnerable.. terrified.. I do not usually wish this upon anyone, even my enemy's but those who think... 'it will be fine'... what do you know of pain? true, emotional, mental and physical pain of a true heartbreak... there is no pain in the universe like it... 'Death' seeming like an easy, quick medication only to end you pain and infect others...
I need help... I wish I had some..
Gwen Pimentel Jul 2015
n.*  hy•po•thal•a•mus -ˈthal-ə-məs\
: the part of the brain that controls fight or flight responses

September 23rd
The first time our eyes met
Travelling across the room
Not knowing that those were the same eyes
That could **** me with a smile

December 28th
I found out that you wrote
And ****, that was hot
Your words that got me hooked
Were the same ones that cut my strings

February 14th
We were nothing close to lovers
Not even bestfriends
But I somehow felt less lonely
Talking to you everyday

April 8th
The beginning of heat
And I think I barely noticed
Because the thought of you
Makes blood rush to my cheek

June 19th
The start of school
And the start of the drift
Or maybe it was just stress?
I hung on to our conversations

July 31st
You talked about this new girl
And how she was pretty
And funny
And everything I wasn’t

August 17th
We haven’t talked in 2 weeks
Not like you noticed much
All you cared about was her
I'm starting to miss you
Alot

September 27th
I was in Biology
I studied the hypothalamus
And how it controlled
The fight or flight response of our body

September 27th
I was studying the hypothalamus
And learned that the body has a natural instinct
To detect danger or warning
Thus activating the hypothalamus

September 27th
I was studying the hypothalamus
And **** who gave you the right to walk in my mind
I was studying the hypothalamus for God’s sake how does this even relate to you?
I saw you in everything
A notebook – Cos you write
Coffee – because you loved it
The Fault In Our Stars – because you hated it
Pictures of New York – because it was your dream
My playlist – because you made it
My jacket – because it smells like you
My little sister – because she looks for you
My mother – because she still makes your favorite dinner whenever you visit
The flowers on our porch – because you planted them
Hot Pockets – because you despised them
But **** never did I expect to see you in a hypothalamus

September 27th
People don’t come with warning signs attached to their necks
And even if our body has a natural instinct to detect danger
People like you, know just the right things to say or do to trick my body into thinking you're good for me
You know my passcode, how to get through my walls
So all this time I’ve been wondering
Where was my hypothalamus, if I even had one
Why didn’t it warn me
To flee your arms before I got entangled in your words,
Before I sunk in the quicksand of your charm
Why wasn’t I warned, to fight or flight, before I got hurt this bad?
Why wasn’t I warned of the danger that was you.
Caitlin Jul 2015
I need to get away.
My skin feels more and more like a cage.
Covered in battle scars from fighting my mind.
I don't ******* belong here anymore
I keep feeling the need to move,
out of the state, across the globe.
Then I realize I'm yearning to be away,
from my own mind.
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