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#darknessandlight
hey! you there in the dark come into the light i cannot see you is that you baring your teeth at me or are you grinning at my unknowingness that's it don't be shy it's just the glare cascading off the reflection of the wading pool shining back at you at me at us together in this darkness but if we come into the light we can dance ripple the water & change the tide until it no longer knows where you begin & i end
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May 19
May 19, 2026 at 11:57 AM UTC
delta.
The darkness takes me, rises and falls again. The tunnel opens and stretches along my path. An angel, perhaps you can stop me from my miserable fate. You are the light that accompanies me and manages to bring me back to the surface.
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Feb 2
Feb 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM UTC
An angel by my side
Where do stray wishes go to? To the well of eternal darkness floating in the chasm of hopelessness? or to where the harp rings bright and loud where the world is made of wings and melodies. Where do unburnt letters go to? To the drain of filth and roaches? where every dream seems to end anyway or to the heart of those meant for mine got lost in the darkness anyway. Where do you keep this sorrow this longing, this emptiness My heart feels full while it devours itself from one person to another never to find its home ever again. So I keep my chest tight while it aches never to let another see never to let them feel this pain Will they ever understand or will I be forever lost in this maze? But my heart rises again like Lazarus only to fan those flames Where does so much hope comes from from my empty abyss and why does it hide when i need it again?
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Nov 23, 2025
Nov 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM UTC
Where Lost Things Wander
a life reflected in my tear— feels like a whole ocean held in glass, _shattering_ as it dries across my cheek, breath breaking shallow, thoughts spilling faster than my lungs can keep. and just when I reach for life, it drags back— almost like smoke on a cigarette: each inhale a promise, each exhale a quiet theft. so time bites like an apple, sweet at first taste, but rotting me slowly down to the core. wait... I found the colour of prayer in the grass, my knees pressed low until the earth became an altar. to bend is to grow, to kneel is to root— but the more I chase what isn’t mine, the more pieces of myself scatter like loose change, spent out on illusions. so I pack away the versions of me— drawers filled with colours, some bruised like dusk, some bright as flame; stitched together, I am still made of light, even if the lamp inside me flickers. and by the lovely darkness— my contradiction, my just cathedral— know my soul will ignite in an instant, even if the tunnel stretches endless. because it is darkness itself that makes light _Undeniable_.
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Oct 5, 2025
Oct 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM UTC
The Colour of Prayer
I was always afraid of loneliness— and more than that, the dark. It made everything feel heavier. I cried quietly when no one was around. I chased the light, but it never chased me back. It passed over me like I didn’t matter. So the dark stayed— not by choice, but by nowhere else to go. At first, it scared me, but then I saw what the light never showed. The dark didn’t demand my smile. It let me fall apart without questions, gave me space to breathe. Now I sit with it quietly, and the shadows finally feel like home.
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Sep 10, 2025
Sep 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM UTC
"When Light Refused Me"
The world of lies, with hollow eyes, No, it is not the place for me. You know I'm lonely—so lonely, No one beside me, lost in the sea. I long for a soulmate to carve a name In the golden sands by the restless waves. But the tides will come and wash it away— Who do I turn to? Who will stay? The sun exists, yet hides at night, Just like me—I seem alright, But deep inside, I fight my plight. This world is a shadow, near in light, Gone in the dark, out of sight. This world won't change, I know it's true— But one day, gold will come to you. Let the dogs bark, let them sneer, One day, their voices will disappear. If they won’t let you fly, walk the sky, If they block your path, keep moving by. Push ahead, no matter how, Chase your dreams, don’t stop now. Without pain, life is incomplete, Wings will sprout, though your back may bleed. This world won’t change, but still, I try. I am alone, lost in the night. I don’t know when or how I’ll fall, But I know—again—I’ll hit the floor. ****** tears from words that sting, Yet life sways like a see-saw swing. One day you're high, one day you're low, But through it all, you learn and grow.
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Mar 29, 2025
Mar 29, 2025 at 7:10 AM UTC
A Lonely Dreamer
prepare to shudder, prepare to have demons taunting you, playing disturbing games with your soul, with a calming darkness and scary happiness. Staining your hands with a metallic substance, marking the walls of the invisible. This is what happens when you touch my soul. Creatively ugly but mouthing the word pretty. Be careful. It's like  I was touched by this ebony, fair eye angel with two sides. Soaring with bloodless and sullen wings. But there is happiness, somewhere... Sometimes presenting itself like a optical illusion, adding mystery to my image.
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Sep 1, 2017
Sep 1, 2017 at 7:12 PM UTC
When you touch my soul....