#comeback
dear, grandpa
I'm sorry
I'm so sorry for being a ghost
while you were still here.
because its so hard
to watch the person
who taught you how to tie your shoes
slowly unknot from his own life
"gone"
that's a weird word, isn't it
it sounds like a door clicking shut
but it feels like a house collapsing
I can't believe the hands that held mine
are just a memory I have to fight to keep warm
your skin had turned to stone
and I am left clutching at the air you used to breathe
it cuts me deep to know I will have to save you a seat at my graduation
I'll set the seat, straighten my gown.
but the seat will stay empty and cold
I'll look in the crowd and hope I see that beaming smile you had.
praying for a ghost that doesn't show up.
knowing that the only place you'll be sitting
is in the quiet ache that sits in my chest
and when I want a hug after accepting that diploma
all I will have is a jar full of you.
telling me that you really are
dead.
they tell me your resting now
they say your a ship that finally found the shore
but I'd rather you were still out at storm with me
I refuse to trade your voice for " peace"
I refuse to accept a world where you are past tense
I'm not ready to let go of the pain
if it means letting go of the person..
Apr 23
Apr 23, 2026 at 9:37 PM UTC
There were nights
when the dark felt heavier than gravity,
when silence pressed against my chest
like the world was waiting
for me to surrender.
Some mornings arrived like broken glass.
Sharp, cold, unforgiving.
Still, I stepped into them
with tired feet
and a heart that didn’t know
how to quit.
People think survival is loud
victory speeches, bright celebrations,
a moment where everything suddenly makes sense.
But survival is quieter than that.
It’s breathing
when the weight of the world
sits in your lungs.
It’s standing
when every doubt inside you whispers
you’re too tired now.
I was never fearless.
I was never certain.
There were days I felt like a shadow
of the person I once hoped to be.
But somewhere in the wreckage
a small, stubborn spark remained
a quiet voice that refused
to agree with the darkness.
You are not finished.
So I stayed.
Through the long nights,
through the silent battles,
through every moment
that tried to convince me
I was already defeated.
And slowly I learned something,
Even the smallest flame
can outlive the longest night.
That is why
I never gave up.
Mar 18
Mar 18, 2026 at 8:10 PM UTC
i’ve been lied to,
you never cared as i did, and still do.
carrying me isn’t like i carry you,
you said it was for soon,
now you’ve left me with somebody new.
Feb 15
Feb 15, 2026 at 6:16 PM UTC
come home please baby
im sick of missing you.
sick of needing to be held
by someone who isn't even here.
and won't be for another week.
come back already.
Feb 3
Feb 3, 2026 at 8:59 AM UTC
where are you my twin
my moon
my second period messages
I miss you I really do
it feels like I'm back at the beginning of january
I don't know how to breathe without you
you think you're not enough but willow
I need you
I swear I need you so badly
I check your messages every hour
your probably living your life
after all its only been 7 days
but 7 days without you feels like an eternity
so please
let me at least say goodbye
I hope your okay willow
I love you
Jan 30
Jan 30, 2026 at 11:09 AM UTC
Dark golden brown eyes,
Staring into my own stating a claim.
Devotion with the hint of guardianship,
An emotion so strong I’d thought it was figment.
Promised words with unconditional understanding,
Physical touch and boious laughter filling the two bedroom we called home.
In the end,
I hope you make it to your dreams.
In the end,
I’d do it all over again.
Nov 20, 2025
Nov 20, 2025 at 7:40 AM UTC
Aetreus Forgiven
What did I dream about when the author crooned his plan?
And constants much less seemed, than now known a sham.
Long ago, we walked, seeing if the sign would take root
As wind ruffled and children balked, at woods yet learned, and signal soot
Little did we see overgrown on either side, each winding road
Sending one high the other low
You walked high while I defaulted,
Only I said goodbye, wishing to never know
Many shared greetings along the way, usury and disregard
Fearing not seeing, in hearts utter disembark
Thus began a heart bleeding, from soul’s passing unrequitedly
A road lowly travelled and tightly squeezing, unfit for higher purposes,
- and unrelenting
And soon the shadow’s berth, grew darker amid the rising tide
Hidden in mirth, and enemy pushed friend aside
Nature's choice began its ebb and flow, though the cosmos retained its level
Pain dispelled by anger, and no place to go, so Satan stayed to revel
I clenched my teeth, fist and eyes, happy with roads I'll never know,
long in silence to sit and devise, unending joy to see you go
Stars align without knowledge boon, ghostly sigh for lovers scorn
Of paths divided so soon, in hopes of a child's eye, to be reborn
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Far off I was, engaged in guessing,
all the while thinking I was stressing
All that was spoken to see
From the heavenly bodies through birds that sing
To me
And soon or later, it was thought
Amid the distant crater sought
To keep safe my soul, I paid and bought -
When beneath the trees I chose to walk
When run dry a river of faces left in uproar
Here up high did my spirit soar
And there in love’s secret embrace
I found shadow of passion I might chase
Soon begat from faces three
A song a rhythm so set me free
And the race for change I did pursue
But a deeper pain it did imbue
All heart was made feel for better
Yet this keys now found, no place for hateful fetter
And trees still grew to broaden the shade
In the cool - deeper farewell I bade
Many false paths, detours that shook
Let not break my step upon a road I first took
But Sharpen and enhance it did
For an endeavor I long have bid
Long alone I sit, long ago I sat,
Deeply did my heart sing, not for this or that
Which I walked, shaded along this path
Once bothered by delay, and set to wrath
Slowly the shade reveals the breadth of the sun
Encouragement bade, enabled to run
And frightful joy at seeds once sown
- darker nights revealed a face my own
Here at last I feel at best
And reason herself may stop to rest
But how can one stop that's always in play
The nights true purpose revealed in the day
Most paths amid the tress
Point across from one to the next,
And day is won, with grit and might,
But day’s true worth is seen at night
Purpose found at the cost of perfection
Echoes in sleep of cosmic inception
The whispers speak of a distant shore
In a land of laughter I’ve come to abhor
She told me once and never again
At the well of the abyss in sands of sin
I begged and pleaded in desperate call
But I came too soon to bear the pall
She loved me still to send me back
raising up - beyond this I would not
Withstand the fall
And this beyond my path was clear
Knowledge boon could now be won
And above I rose, could choose to peer
Above the trees, clouds and sun
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My charge renewed, though battered and bare
I Feel the breeze of debt repaid
And here a few - I must confess - slipped past my stare,
In autumn stayed
This star I thought was there to stay
For its decommission never made
Still I sought within the glade
No child balk, or chide or aide
There far beyond the shadows dim
No response, in earth or heaven
Echoed back to soul unleavened
While joy parades, Gray and grim
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.
.
I see a road, it is revealed
As paths leveled, coming close
The fluctuations made even the road,
Enticing the hand of Cosmic repeal
I see a face I have long rested
In hatred and revile
through callus was met with smile
For things then hated - now time tested
The croon is evermore, for questing twists and turns
Passion’s comedy is flitting, free
Think not any of it was lost on me
In the moon i heard it call, to besting passions spurns
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.
.
Passion takes many forms
Absence leads away
From road meant in all it’s sway
And dunks on waters full of scorn
And passion grew with hate imbued
Those forking paths foregone
outsending two from other’s song
And rations place for fate intrude
Here I count within the hour
Friends - twice over
No place to make amends -
An unlikely twist of sweet and sour
Love and hate both honest in this place
Words confusing mitigate
After hours growing late
And runner up may yet control the pace
A boy I was and hateful true
In comedy reality rings
Owing to the peasant like a king
Such passion were held in place of you
Now in this moments freezing
I wear pride with my grin
After all our paths uneasing
That I should welcome back a friend.
Nov 19, 2025
Nov 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM UTC
Nicotine is making a comeback
analog cigarettes are making a comeback
so many students are nicotine positive.
Every girl has Zyn by her drink at the bar
which used to be seen as a BRO-y vibe.
I’m not taking a view, I’m unbothered by it.
because
I’m hooked as well - I might as well admit it.
I’m into placebos these days and and I’m abjectly
rendered dumb by their unspeakable pleasures.
I went to an acapella concert last night and ***
I was mollywhopped (knocked out).
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.
Acapella songs for this:
They - The Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones
Finesse (Remix) by The SoCal VoCals
Viva La Vida by Buffalo Chips
24k Magic by Acasola
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....
Trump has everyone quivering
he cornholed those cowards at CBS
but you know who ain’t backing down?
South Park. I LOVE those guys.
Trigger warning. This is EXPLICIT and hilarious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afetnw70S04
...
Jul 24, 2025
Jul 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM UTC
Hello, I'm Dawnevyn River (he/they), a transmasculine poet living in a country carved from stories not of its own, where the light falls long and thoughts run deep. My work is rooted in the raw terrain of trauma, mental illness, neurodivergence, queer identity, and the quiet astonishment of simply being alive.
I began sharing my poetry on Hello Poetry in 2014, a teenager spilling truth into open space. Those early pieces, now archived, were a lifeline then. Today, I return with a steadier hand and a deeper voice - writing that reflects the growth, grief, and grace of adulthood.
These poems are both survival tools and love letters to the ordinary. I invite you to walk with me through the small, sacred moments we often overlook, and to find, together, a kind of beauty in the everyday.
Jun 17, 2025
Jun 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM UTC
hey, how long has it been?
since i picked up a paper and pen?
a lot of things had already happened,
i'm not the same since then.
i felt so many feelings,
experienced a lot of things.
and it actually made me think,
maybe this is what it feels to exist and live.
i decided to write again,
to share my thoughts
to improve
to go back to my first friend,
to poetry.
Jan 5, 2025
Jan 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM UTC
I leave You
I cheat You
Then wonder why
You aren't there
Then I say
I didn't leave
I didn't cheat
How come, I ask
You aren't there
But I know now
I left You
I cheated You
I now know why
You aren't there
But now I say
I want You
I need You to
Keep coming back
When I leave
Because nothing thrives when
You aren't there
Nov 13, 2024
Nov 13, 2024 at 6:18 AM UTC
I'm jumping into new with this trampoline pad
I'm hating every poem I wrote because they were too sad
I have passion flowing through all my veins
It twists around the hurts and pains
My passion is like a river, never gonna sit
With any dam in the way, it'll jump over it
I've felt like ash from a fire just extinguished
All dreams I once had had been relinquished
Then after a final heartbreak, it sparked some emotion
A spark in the ashes, a wind now in motion
And with this sole spark, I will use my one chance to fan it
After jumping into the unknown, this time I will land it
I am a phoenix rising from the ashes, no longer defied
My heart is beating once more, but it never really died
I am no longer just a bird flying above
I am an eagle, soaring from self-love
I used to lay at the bottom of the sea, feeling entirely worthless
But now I've remembered to just swim up to the surface
I feel like a rose in a bush, used to being tricked
But for once in my life, I was happy not being picked
And I know that we're no longer looking at the stars and crying
But I'm laying there by myself, eyeing Betelgeuse and Orion
If someone looks into my life, thinking they're so smart
They'll see lots of my friendships are falling apart
I've been gossiped about, lied to, insulted, from the entirety of night to day
But for once it didn't matter, and I simply walked away.
Oct 2, 2024
Oct 2, 2024 at 7:34 PM UTC
No matter what I do
The loneliness comes in
She peeks through the window
And lifts up my chin.
No matter what I do
The loneliness is there
She looks at me sadly
And doesn’t seem to care
No matter what I do
The loneliness gets more
She wraps her arms around me
While I lay motionless on the floor
Sep 5, 2024
Sep 5, 2024 at 6:12 PM UTC
staring at myself
and for the first time in
years
i see her
light, the joy, the spark
she’s back
ready to embrace it all again
Sep 5, 2024
Sep 5, 2024 at 4:14 PM UTC
Sometimes good sometimes bad
Often make one sad
Sometimes fresh sometimes faint
A picture they paint
We hide or flaunt
But the past is bound to haunt
Make new or retake few
But the mood goes blue
We quit but revisit
Somewhere in heart they sit
All memories
are ongoing stories
Jan 2, 2024
Jan 2, 2024 at 8:23 AM UTC
Come back ...
return to me sweetheart ...
with your heart ...
return back to me ...
to my heart's house ...
to fill it ...
with more love ...
my heart without you ...
it's empty ...
with no life ...
with no soul ...
and no breathes ...
no one can fill it ...
no one can relive it ...
only you ...
who gives it a beats ...
to be alive ...
return back sweetheart ...
i need to be alive ...
again ...
only with you ...
as a human's lovers ...
who loves the life ...
only ...
because of you ...
come back sweetheart ...
to me ...
hazem al ...
Nov 8, 2023
Nov 8, 2023 at 11:53 PM UTC
Imma white strand
underneath that wide band
on your round land
under the heap among profound men
just someone unique, identified from a mile back
*** mild 'attack
seeing me took a step back
thinking me of a **** wack
who isn't like em
I've been cut
I've been dyed
I've died
yet resurfaced just like a lie
screaming at your face dare ******* deny.
Oct 23, 2023
Oct 23, 2023 at 12:15 AM UTC
It's been years since the last time
that I put words together, making them rhyme.
Honestly, it feels like a crime.
to not have been writing for a long time.
May 19, 2023
May 19, 2023 at 9:47 AM UTC
She was falling in love,
I was falling apart.
Entrapped in a labyrinth
of my creation.
Bound by expectations,
a hopeless romantic.
Sipping away my sorrows
water so crystal
wishing my thoughts were clearer
Mar 17, 2023
Mar 17, 2023 at 8:37 PM UTC
Always been fascinated with green eyes,
But yours is one of a kind,
It shows serenity like clear skies,
And beauty no one can hide.
It holds power to determine anything,
The truth and even the lies,
Stare at it and it will haunt you for life,
You're my kryptonite and that's a sure thing.
Jan 4, 2023
Jan 4, 2023 at 11:14 PM UTC
it’s the age of technology
yet i don’t even have ur phone number
you could leave it in grocery bags
you could leave it outside the store
i just wanna feel something
i wanna be part of something more
it’s the age of technology
you still left me on read
you heard every word i said as i spat them out
you listened to my every cut bleeding
and you patched them up
i just wanna hear ur voice again
i just wanna remember what we had
it’s the age of technology
yet i couldn’t feel further away from you
you could contact me in less than ten minutes
if you ask around
you could cackle like ravens with me
if you made one sound
i just wanna feel you on earth
i just wanna be part of something more
and it’s the age of technology
yet ur a pen and paper
i reject you as i type on an iphone eleven
losing the pressure of pressing on the ink
and it splattering everywhere
i just wanna reunite
i just wanna be alright
don’t give me a paper cut this time
Jan 26, 2022
Jan 26, 2022 at 10:41 AM UTC
Just one more time come around sun
and bring the warm easy
like you always do,
your rescinding shine
has in it all of you;
being the days you were.
Sep 23, 2021
Sep 23, 2021 at 11:25 AM UTC
Look the moon is brighter than before
And the stars are twinkling more
And as you try to close your eyes
Let it take you to paradise
The world is not the same as before
Nothing remains to adore
The flower has lost its beauty
And it’s no more pretty
And as you rest for the night
Let your dream be your light
Where everything is alright
Let it give you a flight
Aug 23, 2021
Aug 23, 2021 at 7:33 AM UTC
DEAR PENPAL PEOPLE, don't hide it---we miss them:|
me being a runaway flying in the black hinges
soaring in the twinkling skies
I crave you as a hungry wolf that knows no boarders of freedom
in there in the shady street
as I dive into my vulnerability you sense my need
you sense my desperation
its like you read my locked lines
among the flowers of the highs
in the publicity of tamed crimes
you have me
running on rage
screaming on blades
the cake comes and you appear none
lying down
hating the crowds
the bargaining weight of these suicidal sounds
where are you???
nowhere to be found
leave me in yells when the time ends and dwells
this is a first in a hell
do you intend to choke me to death again???
it is me who you pressed undamned on your wided chest
and carried it all away in a mild stance
when no one dares
to a slightest bare of your cans or cares
don't forget me still not lying
still breathe for your touch
and your essence on that spot
just tell me where
and my heart will voluntarily beware
to be awaiting a hold of torments in the bliss of fair
when you mindlessly gear
affording to disappear
a night changes its shades into a million gleams
you seem to draw on my warm sheers
------ravenfeels
Apr 2, 2021
Apr 2, 2021 at 1:56 PM UTC