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Sophie Rose Oct 2024
I write,
Because I can not scream.
If I scream,
I will break all the windows,
Of buildings I created.
I write,
Because otherwise I will die,
With unsaid words and soul.
If I scream,
I will hurt people,
That I love too much to lose.
I write,
Because I have no choice,
To live other life.
Where I would be able,
To say words I am not able to say now.
Pleasant 
Words are healthy. 
To the bones and sweet to
The soul, they are very pleasant. 
As an
Honeycomb which gives sweet honey 
Pleasant words are music. 
Sounds good to the
Ear drums
Proverbs 16:24
K Kay Oct 2024
sanguine is melancholy
a nail stomping through your shoe
but there is no reaction to give the pain
synonyms in my head
the world doesn’t seem to agree with me
that misery is sanguine
a place to be alone laying on the cold floor
it feels good but getting up doesn’t sound so
sanguine is the shadow behind the mirror
whispering to me what I didn’t want to see
words that have different dictionaries
worlds that have different bedtime stories
in a world where I can’t fall asleep

the real world says sanguine is lemonade
cheerful affection upon a return
stirring butterflies up out of my mouth
a new day is born
somebody laughs
somebody lights up the room
sanguine exists that way for them

and yet sanguine I feel for me
alone as a word in my world
kokoro Oct 2024
she doesn't know how much her words hurt
she shoves them down my throat
she puts my hand around my mouth so i can't spit it out
she loops around my throat
until i choke up and my thoughts turn purple.
Coleen Mzarriz Oct 2024
I'm not as soft as a swan gliding into the poet's lake. I'm not as graceful as a ballerina waltzing in the arena. I am not as calm as the trees attending to your whimsical needs. I am built on ruins; I am something that has been running for decades, and I still think about the house keys I abandoned near the forest; they open the portal to your house. It was my favorite.

I am full of words,
Rotten poetry,
Full of work,
Empty memory.

"I don't know what to write anymore," I whispered. I was a romantic maniac. In me were growing daisies and burnt coffees, orange juices and promised salvation.

It's a funny little detail; now, it's all mishaps and mishandled poetry.

Through the shallows and the shadows, I screamed in horror, and then I felt the mockery of longing.
as I age, I spend less and less reading books that will keep me at night until dawn. I am slowly forgetting how to form words, and my love for writing is nothing but a fond memory kept inside my favorite box. now, every poem that I write is just as empty as me; it’s lacking. it’s boring and awkward. it’s a dream I keep repeating on and on. it was once my favorite escapade, a heaven; now, it’s all nothing but frugal chaos.
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