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#disbelief
If I were to tell you All the stories In my Head, Would you believe me Even If I Said That: I see mortal war Waging In your Plan, I see me staring numbly At the destruction You are Clad In? Fight me, Fight me, Tell another lie, I’ll believe you Once I die And you close Both my eyes. Fight me, Fight me, Tell me again That you are Not A foe, But a friend. Smite me, Smite me, Oh, God above. Is my imagination The same as your creation? Spite me, Spite me, Oh, my dear friend. Are you willing To take me on With your words And not your hands?
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Aug 20, 2025
Aug 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM UTC
Mortal War
she lieth clay, huff fled, withdrawn; sun sleeps unturned, no lilt, no dawn. the child stands silent, priests deceive, she lingers not, the Lord won’t breathe. they spake of light, of rule, of psalm, yet death embraced what once was warm. he looked and found the flesh laid bare; at last he grasped, God was not there.
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Jun 17, 2025
Jun 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM UTC
still
‘Does the puppet boy ask for his strings?’ The way a butterfly beats their wings; against the glass of the past just another member of the cast for the play That is life. “If all the worlds a stage, then I shall play my part” But that stage portrays such twisted wicked displays of our sin.
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Sep 30, 2024
Sep 30, 2024 at 9:59 AM UTC
Obey
Came I hither with all the gold possess'd, Came I hither with all the wisdom gain'd, Came I hither with all the truth and jest, Beauty, health, kindness, luck, thou'd'st have complain'd That I came hither with an underhand Desire of something greater thus exchang'd, Unable to conceive or understand How one who offers free is not derang'd. Came I hither with all the gold possess'd, And came I bearing rubies and pearls, too, Came I hither bearing all the rest To thine own mortal self, still erring true; Came I hither, and ask'd nothing, giving All that I have, and more, and still I err, For the Lord ask'd nothing of the living, But sacrifice is matter of a cur. Mistrusting as you do, with sense, I see, Love's made not for this world, nor I for thee.
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Feb 17, 2024
Feb 17, 2024 at 7:24 PM UTC
On giving freely
Maybe I'm the mistake. Maybe I'm the wrong one. Maybe because I fall too hard, My ground breaks. I'm not the only one. I shouldn't believe We share the same Love.
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Dec 16, 2022
Dec 16, 2022 at 11:02 PM UTC
Maybe
It felt like a trick But there was no evidence Just a feeling I guess I always expect the worst Or maybe I’m blind
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Sep 5, 2021
Sep 5, 2021 at 6:10 PM UTC
You were too good to be true
The night washing over our heaving, fleshy carcasses. Like two crayfish in a current. So you are telling me. We ****** in a whirlpool of sound. In a dilapidated guest room. There. Moaning into you with my eyes, I ravenously endowed our fevers. And you make it into pretty words. Prettier than I could ever polish my sprawling lobster legs into sounding. Who talks like that.
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Mar 8, 2021
Mar 8, 2021 at 6:51 AM UTC
Who talks like that
you would light the candle on your desk just as your mother told you and you would pray just as she told you. i wish i could have been with you.
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Mar 8, 2021
Mar 8, 2021 at 2:14 AM UTC
all god's children
Pain I can take, It's just nerves firing when all is said and done, A few tiny tiny electrical impulses Advising of damage or of hurt, If it's not my head then I can grasp it and isolate it and mitigate it And bring the problem under control, Mostly and more often than not, Even a heart attack did not Preclude a presentation duly prepared, Albeit quieter and more hesitantly delivered Than my usual confidence, But the turning of friend To unreasoning and un-listening foe, This thing cannot be grasped nor quenched, Even by a horse sized aspirin, It leaves ones heart Pierced with a jagged blade That rips and tears a hole beyond Imagining or control, Faith and care and love Hemorrhage uncontrolled Like the tears that course down my face, Or will if I permit, The pain I cannot contain But stoicism is my friend This day and stoicism Will stem the flow Eventually
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Jan 5, 2021
Jan 5, 2021 at 5:05 PM UTC
Pain
I still feel your presence although barley an essence and one day I'll forget will be the day I regret and you will simply be GONE
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Nov 12, 2020
Nov 12, 2020 at 8:08 AM UTC
Haunted
I'm sorry You have to see That I don't believe You love me
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Jul 26, 2020
Jul 26, 2020 at 12:04 AM UTC
Apologies
So you accidentally cheated, ***** a young girl to death, Preying on other's wives Stole your employer's cash Committed several atrocities, You were all smiles till you got caught, Someone got to your head, It's witchcraft So you play the victim The demons were at play Beg for forgiveness While you blame it on the devil.
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Jul 8, 2020
Jul 8, 2020 at 4:04 PM UTC
I plead the devil.
I wish that I could meet the me inside your head I don't think I'd like the things that she says I wish I could erase the stencil of me you traced Free your mind to see a different shape I would deconstruct the shadow that has taken my place And help you see the real me that has somehow been replaced Paint a new and clearer picture, however long it takes I want to stay until you see her, however high the stakes
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May 22, 2020
May 22, 2020 at 9:45 PM UTC
False Representation
Tell me not to speak But I never seem to listen, I make the same mistakes and the same mistakes, I guess hoping I am forgiven. I should have been quiet, I should have obeyed what I always remember, That I should keep it to myself and pretend everything’s hidden. Imagine myself losing my mind, I think half the feelings are real, But not to breaking point: (Even if I want to) I’m not screaming at the walls, I’m not crying all day, I’m not trying to get through to them whilst acting insane. Multiple times I’ve told myself, To pretend I never think of this, Maybe they’ll forget, think you’ve slipped out of it. I was never someone who didn’t express, But now it’s always failing; Few things I need and am not getting.
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May 22, 2020
May 22, 2020 at 8:29 PM UTC
What I Know, It Doesn’t Matter
_I succumbed To the habitual sound of obstructed truths; Deceiving and deceived therein, Abolished of conscience; My penitence seeded with disavowal, Your disbelief my credo._
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May 16, 2020
May 16, 2020 at 8:13 PM UTC
Liar
I ask myself so many times, "Why are you here and what do you stand for?" To have someone so good and amazing in my life just seems so wrong but how strong, how strong You must be to stay here and stay as you are There's no reason for me to admit the obvious who am I to deserve such a miracle in the form of you In the real world, it's never supposed to work out like this, am I dreaming it this? I mean you told me you love me! How real could this be? Im suffocating in my disbelief... I'm suffocating in what you've called nothing special, when I've seen nothing short of perfect... I've been sick with this fever of confliction Wanting to say the three words, the same three words you've whispered in your sleep, and in my dreams, but what holds me back is my fear The fear that you won't react the same way I do When I hear them, not that you'd reject them but soon that you'll realize I could never amount to the man you believe I could be, no never do I believe that could be me... I remember every moment we shared every time you showed me you cared I tried my best to be the best I could for you I'd drop all of my life to prove what I mean I'll somehow overcome my gears I never want you to go, I never want you to leave I want you to stay with me I want to hold your face in my hands and admit even though I'm nothing I'll fight to be everything Just so you can hear me say I love you You'll tell me you love me and we'll both believe
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Feb 23, 2020
Feb 23, 2020 at 7:26 PM UTC
Disbelief in self
Every day’s a torture I just can’t escape, Just knowing I will never get closure, And even if I were to It would never be okay, Because I’ve this trauma they’ve forced me into, This box they’ve shut me into: Psychosomatic, anxious - don’t believe her, No one can help me, no one wants to. I know even if this all disappears I’ll still feel like this, because it’s still happened, They still have let me down, Telling me it’s caused by nonexistent trauma, While they’re the ones who abuse their power, Tearing me down one by one, Making me scared of anyone who could ever help me, Because I know that they won’t and they’ll think I’m silly. Now I just want to get rid of me, I can’t stand it Anymore, It’s like every Step I take, I’m asking for more agony, From people destined to Never take me Seriously. Even I want to Throw myself away. It’s not okay.
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Aug 7, 2019
Aug 7, 2019 at 5:52 PM UTC
Medical Trauma
The middle of a pool of salt- A Eucharist is said to float. God's dignity created flesh, A sacrifice the Pope could bless If he could only find the shoes To wade inside the choking blue To pluck the body from the waves; A child the doves were slow to raise.
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Apr 28, 2019
Apr 28, 2019 at 3:48 PM UTC
Beach of drowning three year olds
She prays, she stays perched on her knees, but she can’t admit she never receives replies. All these days, it’s no phase but she never sees, essentially she’s only talking to vacant skies. She pleads with her beads, her trusted rosary but every word falls on deaf ears. Every night, routine tight, does she include me or does she only prioritize her deepest fears? I’ve only prayed once in my life for something so meaningless most people would forget. I should’ve saved my “one” for times of true strife, but I’m a lucky gambler, I had never lost a bet. Are you there God? It’s me, Emily, not the one in the past or the future self, I could ask for a million things but they wouldn’t hold much meaning but I’ll neglect begging for my fleeting health. Up, down, left and right, I personally prefer the Contra Code. It aids one better in a fight regardless of the settings or the mode. They say Sunday’s a time for worship and rest but I’ve been working all night and my left brain won’t stop flowing. I guess there’s a lot of things sitting on my chest, and a certain type of comfort in uncertainty and not knowing. I dig six feet deep to find the dedication, and I put my hands together; connecting my fingers. I can’t help it, I can’t find it, it seems my hesitation has a will of it’s own, and it always lingers.
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Apr 28, 2019
Apr 28, 2019 at 2:52 PM UTC
Vacant Skies
I never knew That something that brings you happiness Is the one that brings you sadness The smile that turned into frown Never knowing How to cope up For once, I thought I found the one Then one day It was all gone And expectations shattered By my own belief And so I knew If I knew it will end like this I wouldn't have started at all
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Apr 19, 2019
Apr 19, 2019 at 7:53 AM UTC
Disbelief