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Oskar Erikson Mar 2018
it's somewhat sad
when the distant skyline
can offer so little
healing.
and i have walked
along the sands
of Southbank. looking
for a reason
To stop or start feeling.
Oskar Erikson Mar 2018
you still cast shadows


even after you left me



alone.
Cam Feb 2018
Thought there would be
One more chance
For you and me
But now
I realize
There was nothing
There
To begin with
Oskar Erikson Jan 2018
it's okay to not
feel the same way.

that does not mean

you have to feel the same way
to be okay.
Will Hamilton Jan 2018
I wish
I wish
What a weird thing to say
I wish
I wish
We say it every day
We say it as we start the day
We say it when we go and pray
We say it when we talk with friends
We'll say it when we reach the end
I wish that I was taller
I wish that I was smarter
I wish that I was richer
I wish I had a partner
If we wish for all these things
Why don't we try and get them
If we wish to write to change the world
Only we can take up the pen
In order to make things happen
We must sail our ship, be your own captain
You are the captain of your fate
You are the one who shouldn't wait
Wait
Wait for the wind to pass
Wait for the seasons to come and go
Wait for the fates to change
Wait for people to just, know
It's easy to just wish for something
But it's harder to go and get what they seek
How hard it is to do
Yet how easy it is to speak
What if instead of wishing, we went out to chase
Chase what we want
Maybe it's just me, but if we all did that
Wouldn't the world just be a much better place
Michael Pham Jan 2018
whenever i go online shopping,
no matter if it's
high end, low end, or in between,
i would always sort the items
from low to high.
not only because it's a safe way to shop
and that it makes me look like
i take budgeting seriously,
but that's the only thing i can afford.

talk about me,
a high middle class kid that tries
DESPERATELY
to not spend so much on
the things he wants
rather than the things he needs
while still unemployed
and in college
as well as getting many allowances from his parents.
you are COMPLETELY allowed to say
that i am spoiled,
i understand and am aware of that.

as i scroll down and observe
the price tags slowly rising up,
$10, $15, $29.99, $49.99, $79.99,
until it hits $3,000,
i not only thought,
"how do you think that
it was a good idea to make that
simple, plain jacket
in such a high price?"
but i also had to admit that
i really did wanted that jacket
since i thought it looked cute.

the problem with that is:
most of the stuff i wish i have
in my wardrobe,
they would all usually be so expensive,
especially since most of the stuff
i want to have is from
high end streetwear brands.

i would see almost every celebrity
wear my future wardrobe,
all looking so confident,
trendy,
iconic,
stylish.

oh, how i wish to be like them, sometimes.
how i wish to be rich.
how i wish to not worry about saving money.
how i wish to just show off iconic outfits
from amazing high end brands.
how i wish to have what i always wanted.

i know i should be content
with what i have.
i mean there always will be
other solutions to wear something
inspired by designer clothes
i've dreamed to have.

but ****, would i look good in that
$3,000 jacket.
a poem about online shopping and how i like expensive things.
The day you told me to leave
Was the day you ended up staying
My normal escape from all my pain
Was now seized by your image
I could close my eyes at any moment
And see yours staring right back at me
Your deep brown eyes still fill me with wonder
And even in my mind you still melt my heart
I am tortured by this illusion
You never left my thoughts
You festered in my mind
Unlike my unfortunate reality
You stuck around, still visiting my dreams
I am torn to call them nightmares or horrors
Because beauty like this doesn’t exist in those
But dreams don’t bring pain like this either
And not having you there is a horror all it’s own
When I wake up alone in my bed
I turn to my side and discover a void
An empty space where you still belong
Only in my dreams do I still feel you there
Only in my dreams can I see you’re still there

-AJT
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