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#dependence
Dear you, I wonder who you are, But somewhere in this planet of eight billion, nearly nine, You exist. And I'll live, waiting For the time I'll see you and You'll see me, like no one has So far Like phases of the moon, We'll connect And I'll give you my heart And you'll give me yours. Willingly. Not forced or out of pity. My heart longs hard each day I dream of you at night Never truly seeing your face Just the intentions and motions And that is all I need I won't look at the mirror At your " shattered" reflection Because I'll have my own to stare at I'll tell you the three words I can't say to myself " I" for the me you saw, " I" for the you I want " love " for the love with which you loved me " love" for the love I hope to show you And " you", " you" for the you you might choose over and over again " you" for the you I'll choose and keep. All to myself. When will our roads cross? I don't know but I'll see you tonight Through intentions and motions Tonight in my dreams
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5d ago
May 29, 2026 at 6:21 PM UTC
A Letter/ Poem To Future You
Next to the big window, close to the radiator, The greenest of thumbs, watered and pruned, You kept me. Cheerful leaves thrived on me thirstier, greener, each passing week. Sun-kissed blushed petals Bloomed within, around spring All my flowers in your vase Sitting by your bedside place You’ve lost your sweet touch But you could be a florist Thirstier, weaker, Each passing week the soil now bleaker overgrown thorns Next to your big window Life slips away
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May 6
May 6, 2026 at 3:48 AM UTC
Indoor Rose
“Why’d you do it?” Is what they all keep asking me. I tell them “I don’t know”, But in reality: I drank for many reasons; Because it made me understand love. I married Mary-Jane To take my stress away. I swallowed diphenhydramine, Pill after pill, So I could have friends there even if they weren’t real. Three or more Dramamine to shut down my mind, Wrong-wired, But it only succeeded in making me all the more tired. Ten dollars for happiness was a deal to me; Who knew it was out in the world for free? I went from riches to rags in wealth and character And lost myself to all my self-terror. Lines of white like snow on the ground To let others know I wanted to be found. A small pill full of a deadly drug, Gone, all because I needed a hug. Six-to-eight or three-to-four, I was an inch away from knocking on Death’s door; The pillows in my head made me blind to the horror. Molly without music to make music in my mind, An escape from all my thoughts confined To a space in my head where they didn’t fit And now they’re everywhere, So I’m taking a hit. Bars to fall asleep not at but with, Stronger than the pink tablets I was familiar with; So strong they made me forget About the only night I didn’t want to regret. And yet every morning I awoke with an ache, In my bones and my eyes because I made a mistake; “It won’t happen again,” I said time after time, But then it grew closer to a dozen a dime. So why’d I do it? I’d say it’s clear. I had all my reasons, But mostly it was fear.
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Nov 5, 2025
Nov 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM UTC
Untitled
“Why’d you do it?” Is what they all keep asking me. I tell them “I don’t know”, But in reality: I drank for many reasons; Because it made me understand love. I married Mary-Jane To take my stress away. I swallowed diphenhydramine, Pill after pill, So I could have friends there even if they weren’t real. Three or more Dramamine to shut down my mind, Wrong-wired, But it only succeeded in making me all the more tired. Ten dollars for happiness was a deal to me; Who knew it was out in the world for free? I went from riches to rags in wealth and character And lost myself to all my self-terror. Lines of white like snow on the ground To let others know I wanted to be found. A small pill full of a deadly drug, Gone, all because I needed a hug. Six-to-eight or three-to-four, I was an inch away from knocking on Death’s door; The pillows in my head made me blind to the horror. Molly without music to make music in my mind, An escape from all my thoughts confined To a space in my head where they didn’t fit And now they’re everywhere, So I’m taking a hit. Bars to fall asleep not at but with, Stronger than the pink tablets I was familiar with; So strong they made me forget About the only night I didn’t want to regret. And yet every morning I awoke with an ache, In my bones and my eyes because I made a mistake; “It won’t happen again,” I said time after time, But then it grew closer to a dozen a dime. So why’d I do it? I’d say it’s clear. I had all my reasons, But mostly it was fear.
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a raft, lost. laid bare, discarded flare. avoid light, though I might be found, rather be bound in your starry night.
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Oct 21, 2025
Oct 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM UTC
Lost
bathing in your own blood skin peeling off your own hands my love takes them my love heals them my love presses the wounds my love my love is the one who holds the knife help me die, sake of my LOVE!!! CARVE THIS CIRCLE CARVE THIS CIRCLE IN MY WRIST CALL YOUR SPIRIT TO MINE FLOW IN MY VEINS TO BE YOURS, YOURS TRULY! … carvings in skin last forever carrying your affection in my arms my thighs my wrists
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May 15, 2025
May 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM UTC
sake of my love, of our love, make me bleed
Lost. Every child is born lost, Every child is born alone. We enter this world crying, Small hands reaching for warmth, A warmth we cannot create alone. Stumbling, falling, Too weak to stand on our own, Helpless, dependent. Molded by voices not our own, Taught what to say, how to be, Following paths laid before us, Doing as we are told. But as we grow, we begin to change. We learn to rise without trembling, To speak with voices that are now our own, To walk where our hearts desire, No longer imitating, No longer afraid. Courageous, independent, Becoming our own saviors, Because we no longer need another to be— Found.
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Feb 28, 2025
Feb 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM UTC
Lost and Found
my whole life all i ever did was fight to defend them, i thought to protect them but the tears only fell on my cheeks on my face on my heart mentally, physically, im not okay my whole life all i ever did was fight
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Feb 23, 2025
Feb 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM UTC
bomb
ASPHYXIATE ME EVERYTHING EVERYTHING TO MAKE YOU STAY STAY WITH ME ASPHYXIATE ME
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Feb 16, 2025
Feb 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM UTC
strong will
In the dance of body and mind, intertwined, Distort the body, the mind’s path unwinds. Disrupt the mind, the body’s rhythm breaks, A cycle of chaos, each part it takes. Western medicine, with its potent pills, Prescribes for the body, yet the mind it fills. Natural processes, disrupted and torn, A dependence on pharmaceuticals is born. The body’s whispers, now muffled and weak, The mind’s clarity, a distant peak. In this cycle, we seek to find, A balance of body, a harmony of mind. Holistic paths, a gentle embrace, To heal the body, the mind’s grace.
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Jan 14, 2025
Jan 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM UTC
A Vicious cycle
Tu és um milhão de coisas; Desejos, pesadelos, alucinações que nem bálsamos aplacam Olho ao meu redor, e lá estás, Porém, em meu ser, não te sinto. A voz do povo, como um roubo de opiniões, revela a lógica E o absurdo, Pois o verbo é o que é, E também o que não pode ser. Antigas poesias, Clamando às estrelas e à lua, Mais um divertimento fugaz. Sentimentos que não encontram sentido em tua mente turvada, Como uma epiléptica a observar um estroboscópio sem fim. Tu fizeste flores brotarem em meus pulmões E em meu peito; Embora formosas sejam, Não consigo respirar. Arrancaria tais flores e te as entregaria, Um ramo de “eu te amo” que jamais foram ditos. Teu nome, como gelo, cala meu coração. Espero, aguardo, pela próxima mensagem, Risadas que me impelirem ao retorno, Ansiedade que confunde o pensamento, Sofrendo por males que não ocorreram… ou ainda ocorrerão? Na minha sepultura, portas se fecham, Meu corpo se desfaz, As flores se tornam parte de mim, Pouco chegam a mim as vozes que falam De uma fantasia. Resta, enfim, a solidão.
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Jan 14, 2025
Jan 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM UTC
Átomos Que Nunca Se Tocaram
you speak, and more cracks appear through my face my lungs my heart you speak. ‘you wanted me to face my truth?’ ‘so why don’t you face YOURS?’ my body broke. i am truly broken without them
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Dec 28, 2024
Dec 28, 2024 at 9:03 AM UTC
why won’t you believe that i care
No matter how many times I say our problems can mend Fate will never let me call you a friend I told you that loving him would only make you cry But you didn't listen and kept wanting to try You put salt in the wound when I bled for you You gave nothing back when I cared for you But when I think about you, why do I still care? When will I find love that's finally fair? All I wanted was for you to have a life of fun But like Icarus, I must've flown too close to the sun Then why did you say you love me? If I am blind, when could you see so clearly? I had to comfort you every single day And in return you make me feel this way? And I knew I was rereading the same chapter of a book I was in a trance by that one quick look I thought you could be the one true friend But I know how it was going to end I love you so much more than you think Even though in the depths of your waters, I'll only sink I love you, but I hate you so Now even I don't know if I should go You'd make my heart beat a little faster But I don't know if it's love anymore So if I tried to say "I love you," You wouldn't say "you love me more."
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Sep 25, 2024
Sep 25, 2024 at 9:46 PM UTC
Fate
She stepped into a garden with roses galore She was looking for one, but just needed more And then she found two, dazzling in sight Whom puffed up their petals with all their might Rose One was nostalgic and hated Rose Two Happy moments were memorable, but only few Rose Two was two-faced, but made her glad All she wanted was to not be sad She took both because she couldn’t decide She thought she was happy, but at home she cried She was confused, she had the rose Was it not the right one she had chose? Overwhelmed with sadness and pain She knew one rose could only reign She looked at her hands, deciding which rose would win When she saw the thorn that had torn her bloodied skin.
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Sep 24, 2024
Sep 24, 2024 at 6:18 PM UTC
A Thorn
A bird sat on a ledge, calling for air, “Please, give me merely a share!” A breeze came and lifted the bird off the ground The breeze ruffling the bird’s feathers was the only sound Every day, the bird decided to sit and wait The bird was drawn to the wind, perhaps even fate The wind always listened when the world did not The bird had found something it had always sought Then one day, dark clouds came and rain poured down And the wind lunged forwards, without even a frown At last, the bird saw the wind’s true power The bird wanted to hide, but the wind didn’t let it cower The wind ruffled the bird’s feathers as it had done in the past The bird took off, flying ever so fast Then the storm passed; the rain was gone The bird looked at the sun from the ledge it was on “Wind, let me once again soar!” But the wind replied no more.
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Sep 23, 2024
Sep 23, 2024 at 10:38 PM UTC
Wind
The windows are closed, The lights are off, My mind and I are all I´ve got. My friends are there, nowhere to be found, and I am here all alone. I wish I could, reach out and feel the love for you I always craved. But all I have, and all I know, is the way the bottles stir up my soul. I missed you once, I missed you twice, Then I drank, Forgot at once. I knew there was more, and I opened the door, you entered with pride, but I was alive.
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Mar 28, 2024
Mar 28, 2024 at 4:20 PM UTC
Thursday night (1)
venom meets venoms neon blood moon pray to the raven for bonhommes like you cold hands meet in crowded rooms firework sparks lighting up truth graceful unable to be so far removed cuddle up into my thoughts of you the essence, my dependence it is all about you
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Jan 26, 2024
Jan 26, 2024 at 9:54 AM UTC
About U
You are the Ocean and I am the wave moving in tandem as if I'm Your slave. I rise and fall according to Your will though once in a while I'm kept very still. I have no real life without Your sanction which now seems to be like a distraction. There are so many others just like me and I wonder somehow if they agree. In this manner You just do as You please and deploy us all with surprising ease! Our goal seems to be on reaching the shore then return back to You again for more! The presence of the moon has much to say with what goes on Your surface every day. Its influence is more than we'd suspect and has to be treated with some respect. Beyond are other worlds and stars in space along with the sun which dictates the pace. They're orbs of living wonder in that sky and cast their shadows if we care to pry. How unenlightened seems this life of ours when we consider how we pass the hours. For our days are numbered lest we forget but through One's realization some are set. There isn't much else now that can be said before a time comes and we're all but dead. We can only hope that we've done no harm on the Ocean's surface that's full of charm. ___________________
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Nov 14, 2023
Nov 14, 2023 at 9:33 PM UTC
The Ocean and the Wave
your heart will not fail in space it will be an object of its own mass and gravity no longer will there be a throttle in its vessels and asynchronicity in its rhythms— the beats, oh, the beats your heart, when it is in space, will only wait for an entity to be jettisoned from a shuttle my oxygen is running low i love you to your heart and never back
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Jan 17, 2022
Jan 17, 2022 at 12:01 AM UTC
celestial heart
Like dust in the wind I'm the tiny particles Following in your footsteps Like small talked words I lay forgotten Upon your restless lips Still there but not quite there I seek out Some important form Like dust in the wind I'm scattered Spread too thin across your floor
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Jun 5, 2021
Jun 5, 2021 at 11:30 AM UTC
Follower
I hear it Again and again I do not “function“ Like the rest Every day Is a battle Will I hurt? Will I move? Nonetheless, I have to function Even when I can‘t I eat pills For breakfast Like greed personified I swallow them - I do not chew. I eat pills like candy but how can I help it? My body is aching My muscles are trembling Is this addiction Or is this dependence How am I different From someone who cant Live without drugs Because it causes them pain When I eat my candies To dull my agony I eat pills like candy I must be a sweet tooth Yet I don‘t enjoy it But others believe that I have to
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Apr 11, 2021
Apr 11, 2021 at 5:05 AM UTC
Candy
How much sadness To need someone Just to **** some presence To eat some beauty To fear loneliness Is a lustful decadence Slowly dying In evidence
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Aug 12, 2020
Aug 12, 2020 at 8:41 PM UTC
Evidence
No one could ever dream to have you beat in self destruction, self pity and defeat, it’s almost bittersweet. But you get by, it’s you not I, you get by with a plan to only die. Yes you get by, with any chance to cry, never noticing another’s sigh. You know with all the licks you’ve been taking, we’re both surprised that you’re still waking. Oh and with the hits you’ll keep taking, don’t be surprised that you’re still shaking. Let’s get straight to the root of the problem, slam our heads together; we’ll forget if not solve them. So what’s your story you’ve got for me today? I am no stranger to your sad tales, though you push them right off the rails, and my own attempt is exempt and always fails, I’d have better luck pitching them as sales. As you’d get by, just for a high, only to try with your plan to die. Yes you get by, it’s always you not I, claiming life’s got you in it’s eye. You know with all the kicks you’ve been taking, it’s a wonder you’re still not breaking. Oh and all the tricks you’ve been making, are you shocked we think you’re faking? Let’s get straight to the root of the problem, you act the saint and cast I as the goblin. So what’s your story, exaggerated allegory, today? Let’s cut right to the root of the issue, my hands are full but do you need a tissue? I’ll say sorry, just ignore me and what I have to say. So open up the bursting flood gate direct the flow to where I seem to wait, it’s truly my ears that suffer the most, I abandoned thought not my post, though I now am late. But you get by, and still yet defy magnify on your plans to die. You’ll always get by, call it a lie, focusing on rain ignoring you’re dry. Oh with all the trips you’ve been taking, It’s no surprise you’ve been strongly flaking. And with the drips and the lies that have been caking, you can’t comprehend anyone else aching. So let’s get straight to the root of the problem, I’ll start a list and another separate column. So what’s your story, for attention or glory today? Let’s cut right to the root of the issue, hands on your neck and checking your wrist too, it’s mandatory and obligatory, but morally grey.
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Jul 3, 2020
Jul 3, 2020 at 12:16 AM UTC
The Bane Of My Persistence
No one could ever dream to have you beat in self destruction, self pity and defeat, it’s almost bittersweet. But you get by, it’s you not I, you get by with a plan to only die. Yes you get by, with any chance to cry, never noticing another’s sigh. You know with all the licks you’ve been taking, we’re both surprised that you’re still waking. Oh and with the hits you’ll keep taking, don’t be surprised that you’re still shaking. Let’s get straight to the root of the problem, slam our heads together; we’ll forget if not solve them. So what’s your story you’ve got for me today? I am no stranger to your sad tales, though you push them right off the rails, and my own attempt is exempt and always fails, I’d have better luck pitching them as sales. As you’d get by, just for a high, only to try with your plan to die. Yes you get by, it’s always you not I, claiming life’s got you in it’s eye. You know with all the kicks you’ve been taking, it’s a wonder you’re still not breaking. Oh and all the tricks you’ve been making, are you shocked we think you’re faking? Let’s get straight to the root of the problem, you act the saint and cast I as the goblin. So what’s your story, exaggerated allegory, today? Let’s cut right to the root of the issue, my hands are full but do you need a tissue? I’ll say sorry, just ignore me and what I have to say. So open up the bursting flood gate direct the flow to where I seem to wait, it’s truly my ears that suffer the most, I abandoned thought not my post, though I now am late. But you get by, and still yet defy magnify on your plans to die. You’ll always get by, call it a lie, focusing on rain ignoring you’re dry. Oh with all the trips you’ve been taking, It’s no surprise you’ve been strongly flaking. And with the drips and the lies that have been caking, you can’t comprehend anyone else aching. So let’s get straight to the root of the problem, I’ll start a list and another separate column. So what’s your story, for attention or glory today? Let’s cut right to the root of the issue, hands on your neck and checking your wrist too, it’s mandatory and obligatory, but morally grey.
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My mother calls out, Carry me; I need you to take me home. I'm only three years old I can barely walk on my own I shoulder her hands, bigger than my face I slip and slide on the ice, afraid to fall I can handle bruises and scrapes But not if mommy falls too Gritted baby teeth, frozen tears on cheeks I rip off the fluffy pink coat, it's too hot Is she helping at all? The front door seems too far away Just a little further, I'll be home soon Then I can let go, maybe grow, and get up the courage to say (someday) I don't need you, like you needed me I've walked a steep path and now I'm stronger I will not carry you any longer
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Dec 31, 2019
Dec 31, 2019 at 6:14 PM UTC
carry
First my neckbones decayed from lack of use but I didn’t mind if my head could lay blissfully in your lap forever Then you melted away leaving my mind to rot in mud squishy like the texture of dependence Now I will grow new bones in a garden long neglected teeming with life just waiting for light once buried out of fear I might **** it Overtime I will bloom with a new sense of self aware of my prolific potential with head held high by homegrown bones I will never let die again
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Nov 22, 2019
Nov 22, 2019 at 2:34 AM UTC
Homegrown Bones