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The anger I hold inside is a block of cement. I wish it were just a gentle, sweet, and ever-evolving recipe. I'd like to empty myself, but how could I? I hate anger, but without it, who would I be? Learning to live means this too.
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Feb 3
Feb 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM UTC
Anger
A gift to make my day Grace me with your presence Then take it all away Well, if that's all you can do Then you can keep it Because I've dealt with so much worse Than just your ******* silent treatment
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Aug 28, 2025
Aug 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM UTC
Ode to my Special Manipulator
In this world they are Thoughtful Attentive Awful Ineffective They drink Knowing it’s poison Smile as they sink Can’t unpoison How could they float or swim In this darkness Only one light so dim Oh goodness Try to embody It’s a hole A body With zero soul
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Jun 7, 2025
Jun 7, 2025 at 2:48 AM UTC
drink & smile as you sink
Often the little kid in me asked, How can people like this exist? Two faced , hurtful and manipulative! Grew up developed a hard coat, To endure this dance with the devil . The two pronged diabolical ways, To see through this thick haze , Brazen - till the void grew bigger, My heart once again set ablaze, Twisted skills need no praise. Do I play fairly with them ? Do I twist my own ways ? Should I really endure this pain ? Will they not do this again? Repeating misdeeds is their bane! Should I even care or distance ? Let them stay in their own pretense , Let their stares pass through, The ghost of my wrath pass them, Should I bind my lose ends in a hem? What a waste of my time and energy, They are but beasts from down below. Creatures of these kind do persist, My boredom is not their grand heist. This exasperation should not exist ! I bow down to the force within, Shed this coat of human existence, Outwitted by reaction to the mundane, I secure my stance to be sane. Let not these thoughts bother once again!
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Mar 23, 2025
Mar 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM UTC
Outwitted By The Mundane!
If ratios strike fear— into every one in two, half the world will be— in abject misery.
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Mar 1, 2025
Mar 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM UTC
Another poem about maths
"How can she be so awful Then walk around almost proud?" I say to myself but out loud While the only thing around Is this lingering black cloud So did I even make a sound? ©2024
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Dec 15, 2024
Dec 15, 2024 at 8:39 PM UTC
~•§•~ Awfully Proud ~•§•~
Awful is The particular sound my tears make when they hit the ground You'd think maybe they'd be entertaining, coming from a clown But misery echos a history and the volume can not be found Any smile is a complex frown I've simply practiced upside down ©2024
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Nov 17, 2024
Nov 17, 2024 at 8:32 AM UTC
~•§•~ Practiced ~•§•~
every notification on my phone telling me something is going wrong another corrupted plan succeeding another million people gone... every news story in the morning telling me I'm going to die another failed hope another savior plan gone awry... every word out of your mouth telling me I'm a worthless piece of **** it was so long ago but the forest fire is still lit... every word of yours i remember keeps repeating in my head telling me i'm useless and that i'd be better off dead...
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Nov 14, 2024
Nov 14, 2024 at 10:57 AM UTC
untitled II
There lives this one guy in Kuopio who is just a little bit dope, yo his jokes are appalling and yet he's enthralling he's goofy, yet somehow I cope, though <3
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Sep 2, 2022
Sep 2, 2022 at 12:05 AM UTC
For Dr. R
It's here... The time has come, yet my feelings unmatched to how i thought i would handle it. this pain that dwells, a haunting like no other. Permanently ingrained, stitched to my soul ... the raw thought, rolling your name off the tongue in the past tense. They're not just tears. My eyes, they leak. Uncontrollably. Hitched with the breath that plays repreat. You push on... But how? the new day starts, the old pain persists. I don't want to miss you. Let me keep loving you, still. I know you no longer suffer, but right now it's transfered. I struggle to breathe Struggle to sleep Struggle to let your memories creep in. I don't want to miss you, But I'll never stop loving you, still.
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Nov 10, 2021
Nov 10, 2021 at 2:08 AM UTC
Death of a Loved one.
I hate how I love this feeling Warmth that crawls through each vein All control lost in it's presence Dependency driving insane I ride wave like a surfboard Wherever it may go No matter how low it carries me Don't have the will to let go Time spins circles around Feels like I am frozen in place Not only am I not in first Not even running the race But wings of comfort lift In the air while I am high I inevitably come crashing down That comfort is only a lie Hardly notice pain when I land The drugs have made me numb It is only when I run out of them That I am forced to face what I've become I watch dreams slip out of hands They fly somewhere out of range In their place are thorny regrets Does not seem like a fair exchange Nothing good blooms here anymore Body became a barren wasteland Only the occasional tumbleweed Rolls across desert of sand My soul scorched and blackened Like earth where lightning struck All the universe offers me A pocketful of bad luck The world a beautiful place I know To me it no longer looks that way Envy the people who still see it as such From my perspective surroundings are grey Maybe if I hold on a little longer Blue skies will one day return It's hard to hope when you've witnessed Everything you love and care for burn And it is even harder living Amidst ashes of your greatest desire When you cannot escape the awful fact You're the one who started the fire
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Aug 24, 2021
Aug 24, 2021 at 2:39 AM UTC
Arsonist
That feeling Like you want to smash your head against hard ceiling Like you want to cut your arm off to justify the hurt The longing for a box surrounded by dirt The want for tears when you are not an easy crier The desire to set yourself on fire The dominance of hate, the absence of love The constant reminders you are not good enough That hurt after you've been wronged While you are cursing yourself for not being strong To talk and scream towards your foe Feeling like you are the lowest of the low Is a feeling I can't wait to never experience again Can't wait to laugh "Oh, how silly I have been!" Somewhere further down the line I can't wait to feel just fine...
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Apr 1, 2021
Apr 1, 2021 at 5:08 PM UTC
That feeling
It can be beautifully awful or awfully beautiful with so many hurtful memories and untold stories but mostly are depressing and unwanted marks of the past
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Jul 3, 2020
Jul 3, 2020 at 12:28 PM UTC
Scars
I saw a 10 year old, Walking down the street, With a handful of bowl And in another a younger kin. Chanting "what was our sin?" I saw a handsome lover, Beside a lonesome tree Strangled by the memories Of his lover who loved somebody else Trying to stop how does it feel. Writing up the blues to heal. I saw an old aged person Who barely can walk He was happy, had a family Not so long ago Sitting with his basket upon the sidewalk With nowhere to go I hope you think about them If not me when you say Life is unfair. I saw a mother of two, Sunken beneath a pannier. Dreary eyes and a crooked leg, Says the burden of life's heavier. I saw a husband, a son, A father of one. Miles away from home, Aiming to be suffice, Guarding the border, A few laughin' at the sacrifice. I saw a man in a white coat, People say he's akin to god. Broken in tears saying 'There are battles that can't be won For these hands saved so many Now loosing a loved one.' I hope you think about them If not me when you say Life is unfair. I saw the dreamers Quitting before they die. Heard them saying that they gave a million try. I saw people dying in lone That were once on the Billboards At times there's no one to hold I saw blind men crossing roads. I saw the animals crying for the lost homes, People fencing their little domes. I saw the birds crying for the lost trees, The poor cries and no one sees. And yet you say Life is unfair.
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Apr 11, 2020
Apr 11, 2020 at 6:17 PM UTC
Life is unfair
i made this week difficult. i was struggling with myself and i made it hard for you too. i turned nothing into problems and blamed those problems for my fuck-ups. i hurt you and i knew i was hurting you and i did it anyway. i said things and made you sound like the bad guy but i was a ***** and im sorry.
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Feb 11, 2020
Feb 11, 2020 at 1:38 PM UTC
step one of eternity
I used to think I was flawless, truth is I am less than perfect. I can't believe how awful I am, but I mean, what do you expect? I am less than perfect, that much is true, but I can't help but wonder What does perfection physically look like? Each of these ideas I plunder. I don't know. I'm not sure about anything anymore. Haven't a clue. Everywhere I look, it's just multiple copies of the darkest shade of blue. Everyone stares at me, their soulless eyes, a dead, glazed look. So I try to keep my head down, hiding behind my many notebooks. Perfect. Why even have a word for something that doesn't exist? It's a useless word, something I try to avoid but it always persists. Sometimes I think about if I were perfect. What would I look like? Act? Then I try to push the many thoughts away, they're way too abstract. What does it mean to be perfect? It means to not have ANY flaws. That's all I'll ever hear, "Be more perfect, you'll gain some applause!" I hate that I have live with this idea of perfection, it's a "utopia", so dumb. So I have to change myself to be the person that people want me to become.
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Jan 29, 2020
Jan 29, 2020 at 9:30 AM UTC
Less Than Perfect
I'm told I'm talented, beautiful, amazing, smart. Told I'm a goddess, way ahead of others, easy to talk to. But all that doesn't matter, because I'm also told I'm a *****
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Jan 28, 2020
Jan 28, 2020 at 2:06 AM UTC
But
I never truly understood before Meaning of the word "bittersweet" Until this moment our fingers Cautiously extend to meet The rush of longing fills body Mix of nostalgia and despair Electric passion flowing through me Almost more than I can bear The teardrops wet my expressionless face I am thankful the sky is dark You tentatively fiddle with the radio Unaware I'm falling apart I am trying so hard to be grateful Each second I spend with you The whole time our skin is touching Wondering if you're grateful too My eyes glisten and betray dismay You finally notice something is wrong Crack a joke to make me laugh a little The happiness only lasts so long One look at you My hopes soar In sinking waves of blue drown Scolding stupid emotions for flying I know our love will come crashing down Yet despite desperate restraints Expectations climb against will So fond of you it makes me sick Too infatuated I feel ill The air coats clothes with loneliness Lungs with empty residue Stardust permeates sore limbs Brightening everything we do So curl up halfway on your lap Savoring temporary bliss The agonizing thoughts lurking in my brain Are not so easy to dismiss The ecstasy blooming in my center Is why I remain here Why does all the good between us Have to be tainted by pain or fear? The sizzling sensations are sweet Presence infects my core with glitter It's the inevitable hurt when you break me in two Rendering me jaded and bitter Now I realize how wonderful Yet awful that word can be Learned it is impossible Spelling bittersweet without "we"
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Jan 26, 2020
Jan 26, 2020 at 8:17 AM UTC
BittersWEet
I never truly understood before Meaning of the word "bittersweet" Until this moment our fingers Cautiously extend to meet The rush of longing fills body Mix of nostalgia and despair Electric passion flowing through me Almost more than I can bear The teardrops wet my expressionless face I am thankful the sky is dark You tentatively fiddle with the radio Unaware I'm falling apart I am trying so hard to be grateful Each second I spend with you The whole time our skin is touching Wondering if you're grateful too My eyes glisten and betray dismay You finally notice something is wrong Crack a joke to make me laugh a little The happiness only lasts so long One look at you My hopes soar In sinking waves of blue drown Scolding stupid emotions for flying I know our love will come crashing down Yet despite desperate restraints Expectations climb against will So fond of you it makes me sick Too infatuated I feel ill The air coats clothes with loneliness Lungs with empty residue Stardust permeates sore limbs Brightening everything we do So curl up halfway on your lap Savoring temporary bliss The agonizing thoughts lurking in my brain Are not so easy to dismiss The ecstasy blooming in my center Is why I remain here Why does all the good between us Have to be tainted by pain or fear? The sizzling sensations are sweet Presence infects my core with glitter It's the inevitable hurt when you break me in two Rendering me jaded and bitter Now I realize how wonderful Yet awful that word can be Learned it is impossible Spelling bittersweet without "we"
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If we were Book characters We would not end up together But they would be Rooting for you and me The whole time Some love stories are just better when they make you cry It was in the illusion of an undying love The hidden songs and messages you'd write How you said you'd felt that way for months But didn't tell me till that night And said you'll never, ever forget me For your whole life I know that wasn't a lie Though you never said why And we acted like there was a choice to be made But you and I both know you gave me no reasons to stay You asked me what comes next but you never offered anything And that's how I knew Though you think you say what you mean It really wasn't there for you and me And we ended things It was painful, romantic, and awful The kind you root for in a novel
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Jan 6, 2020
Jan 6, 2020 at 12:42 PM UTC
Illusion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmIwcu9AoxQ&list=PLbM5LMVZad0Yj8Gu09Wy3Hr4iW3GhRYr-
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Dec 17, 2019
Dec 17, 2019 at 12:33 AM UTC
Birth and Death
You made me realize How awful I was. You helped me realize That I could get better. It was all you.
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Dec 3, 2019
Dec 3, 2019 at 12:15 AM UTC
You
I've been bitten by the frost and it burns just like the cost of the awful way you crawled away because you could not stay I try so hard to run along the fray on the outside keeping the demons all at bay Without you, love seems the color grey.
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Nov 24, 2019
Nov 24, 2019 at 8:56 PM UTC
the color grey
Can I please just go home? I don't want to exist anymore. Everything Just seems horrible. I don't want to be here. I don't want to do this. I don't want to exist.
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Sep 26, 2019
Sep 26, 2019 at 2:54 PM UTC
Thursday Afternoon