#goes
Outside my window abides a bench.
An empty bench!
Buried in dust and filth.
Little did I know,
the storms it endured,
the moments of sentiments,
the wretchedness of hearts,
the weathers of love.
Little did I know,
the flaked paint
adding prime to its charm.
I wonder...
Does it miss anyone?
__ Zainab Siddiqui
Mar 10
Mar 10, 2026 at 6:18 PM UTC
I guess this is just the way it goes,
Or perhaps, it's just the way the story's told.
Flowers covered in fool's gold,
Decaying as they grow old.
Second half of junior year,
It's hard to believe that it's here.
There's no rewinding the clock,
Even if I beg it, it won't stop.
College classes are coming to mind,
Soon I'll leave high school behind,
Time to choose my senior classes,
I feel a growing monotonous mountain of molasses.
I spoke a few words to an old friend,
I was just as awkward as I was back then,
I want to try again, I know that I can't,
Sometimes I wish I'd never known any of them.
Prom's coming up, debating to go,
Or if I should just stay at home.
I don't need a reminder that I've failed socially,
My anxiety will entrap me in captivity.
But, looking back, will I regret it if I don't?
I guess I'll never know, unless I don't go.
I guess this is just the way it goes,
Or perhaps, it's just the way the story's told.
Flowers covered in fool's gold,
Decaying as they grow old.
My second poetry book is coming soon,
For anyone interested in such a boon.
"Cathartic Collection,"
About all my horrible decisions,
And how they've hurt me and how I've healed,
The scars still haunt me, but I've repealed.
It's gonna come out on my birthday,
Which, this year, happens to be on a Friday!
March 13th, 2026,
A new chapter begins...
I guess this is just the way it goes,
Or perhaps, it's just the way the story's told.
Flowers covered in fool's gold,
Decaying as they grow old.
Jan 19
Jan 19, 2026 at 8:58 PM UTC
early to rise and observe
trip over the cat
first to witness that things
need not be so absurd
and inglorious and murdered
reassemble breath
resemble prescribed life
Jun 27, 2025
Jun 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM UTC
Go to sleep
you broken thing
you tired, tired
sack of tissue
say your prayers tonight
get up tomorrow
and be ready
to be broken all over again
Amen.
Sep 15, 2020
Sep 15, 2020 at 8:39 AM UTC
Give me nothing
But time
Everything within
This wanting to be of something
And there will be neither writing
Nor ending
For a summer storm
But combined
And in giving me a required aim
When there is sound to be found
And creation to pro
Then the writing will flow
As if out of a struck desert stone
And swell
Aug 4, 2020
Aug 4, 2020 at 7:32 PM UTC
It dawns...
She ponders...
It wanders...
Goes yonder...
Back it saunters...
Her thought process...
Sometimes is...
Beyond her
Jul 8, 2020
Jul 8, 2020 at 11:55 PM UTC
There's a shiny stranger at the door
His eyes are wide, smile white and wanting more
With no mask to hide or nowt to give
Idle conversation fits before
No you can't have my money as I'm skint
It's been a long day the saying goes
Charity starts at home but not when you work for one
There's a level I give
and am currently past it
Outside of my own remit
Feb 13, 2020
Feb 13, 2020 at 11:56 AM UTC
Everything just comes and goes
Like lightning
But I can still hear the sounds
Like thunder
Everything just comes and goes
Like a butterfly
But I can still hear the sounds
Of its wings
Everything just comes and goes
Like a headache
But I can still hear the sound
Of the hammer in my head
I'm not crazy. Yet.
Jan 17, 2020
Jan 17, 2020 at 11:57 AM UTC
Times when the spirit goes down
Times when both the hands are not enough
Times when hearing something good is the only craving
This is the only time when the only most needed person is me
For my own validation
For my own inspiration
Empathizing my own emotions
Leaning on my own shoulders
Wiping my own tears
Accepting my own fears
Sensing my own sensitivity
Soothing myself with soft words
Remembering that bad times are temporary
And in this temporary time that I have
Carried on and hung on with myself
That I stood by myself in need
That I understood myself and my needs
That I build this trust with myself
That I know now in times when the spirit goes down
I have me always to carry on with myself.
Nov 6, 2019
Nov 6, 2019 at 10:54 AM UTC
#*Many days
And the thoughts lay scattered
Never alone, lost, too shy
The words jingle jangle
Sometimes loudly chattered
Many days
Busier than busy
Dizzier than dizzy
Happier than happy
Testing capabilities
Fulfilling Responsibilities
Many days
Work never completely done
Sleep it’s a necessity
And some fun
Walking on the Sun*#
Oct 4, 2019
Oct 4, 2019 at 2:04 PM UTC
As i lift my head
Looking ahead
I see my feelings expire
No time
Its too late to inspire my desire
What you did ignited the fire
While im heading down
Cause you are no longer taking me higher
As time goes...
Sep 9, 2019
Sep 9, 2019 at 4:40 AM UTC
Claw apart my flesh
to reveal a bleeding heart
Peel me open
to show what is falling apart
Stoked flame burns
brighter than trampled coals
Turn me to ashes
to crumbling charcoal
Once drowning
now buried in storms
A star shines brighter
fractured light reformed.
-Esther L. Krenzin-
-Roguesong-
Mar 9, 2019
Mar 9, 2019 at 10:31 AM UTC
I am a simple man,
A grey in the rainbow clan.
I cry when pinched and smile when winked.
I lay on the grass staring at the stars, into the earth I sink.
I lie, I try, and I wish to live while wanting to die.
On the edge of the cliff I sway, If I jump will I fly?
Clutch my safe while it distorts to danger
I turn around and through the pain, I meander.
Feb 26, 2019
Feb 26, 2019 at 2:25 AM UTC
Farewell my dear friend is what I have to say;
though I wish from my heart that you could stay.
You have been an amazing friend thus far;
A true gem, a shinning star.
You have been there in the littlest of ways;
Just to show that you care always.
Here's a message from me to you;
Just remember my words are true.
The worlds your oyster as they say;
So you just go along and play.
My wish for you is all of lifes best treasures;
Coz my friend you are truly special beyond measure.
Always remain as you are;
A perfect masterpiece by far.
Feb 13, 2019
Feb 13, 2019 at 2:41 AM UTC
Everyone I love goes away,
What I have become,
My sweetest dead rose in the midst of a flower season,
Blending in- mixture of confusion,
Real ones ain't of first sights,
Fake ones.. Their smiles coat it all,
In this black hole without ending,
You trip and only till you drawn,
Cause everyone you love goes,
Always tripping on the dark side of life,
It's all sugar coated fake
Nov 23, 2018
Nov 23, 2018 at 7:24 AM UTC