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Home doesn't feel like home anymore It's the half of the bed you thought was too small The place where your slippers should go It's the places we went Walking hand in hand Sticky table tops in pubs and bars Over eating and over sharing secrets It's the places I wanted to take you The nights we'd have under the stars Your green eyes in low light The sun on our faces somewhere far away It's the memories we left behind All the little moments we never had It's the place you said you loved me But Love doesn't last forever It's the streets I've cried on walking home From telling everyone I know That you broke my heart It's a French restaurant I know you'd hate Drinking red wine which I don't like Trying out “ex boyfriend” for the first time Leaving behind the stories of "the one" It's different It's odd It's somewhere I don't belong
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Apr 15
Apr 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM UTC
Home
You would never say why, and it hurt too bad to guess So I let you stay silent- Let you avoid opening your mouth
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Jan 3
Jan 3, 2026 at 2:48 AM UTC
You Would Never Say Why
C’est comme un compte à rebours: L’autre déception du nouveau jour On tente sans jamais y croire On est démunis d’espoir
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Nov 11, 2025
Nov 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM UTC
Personne nouvelle
Let's play a game of guess who, They've got HP riled up, My poem blazing on the front page, So many supposed alter egos I can't even count! Did you get it? My person was, Paul! Paul? Who even is Paul?
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Mar 11, 2025
Mar 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM UTC
Paul?
You didn't break my heart Only snuffed out what was left Soul crushing becoming an art Love must have been mentioned in jest Another gruesome end finding it's start I fear to even hear your next quest I beg for a hand as my edge crumbles apart Why one is never extended is anyone's guess ©2025
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Mar 6, 2025
Mar 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM UTC
~•§•~ Snuffed Out ~•§•~
I am there with you as soon as you are created I am extremely unappreciated I walk with you, yet make no sound I am everywhere, all around I am what they call taboo I am old in no way new I come for the young & old I cannot be bribed by gold I am deaf to your plea I am unbiased you see I give one touch and it’s the end I am neither an enemy nor a friend I am celebrated and I am also hated I cannot be cheated, I am for all fated I am there when you take your last breathe I am known as the reaper, the bringer of death.
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Feb 25, 2025
Feb 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM UTC
What Am I? - Series - Part 1
Only When we Got the chance to have some fun Did the clocks speed up; Day four’s soon going to be Day one. Why is it that only Now’s when happiness Showed itself to me? Only at the last few Weeks do the hues Finally separate themselves from black And white. And only if time might Turn itself back Would I have held onto You For longer, or just taken more Time for That move on the chessboard. Perhaps I would’ve played less Of Stress; Would’ve known not to say yes To the extra responsibilities Standing between you and me. But now The cards have fallen, I don’t know How I can do so Much in three days– There are Far Too many things I didn’t say. And now my Heart aches for the times That passed by Where I thought I’d be happy to leave. Would it be too late to say “Guess not”?
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Nov 8, 2024
Nov 8, 2024 at 3:36 AM UTC
Guessed Not; Guessed Wrong
If I had to guess I'd say living's my weakness A doomed quest From my first breath Breathing's an utterly useless Skill to possess Too easily stolen by stress The designs a mess No one in their right mind Would choose this ©2024
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Sep 15, 2024
Sep 15, 2024 at 1:41 PM UTC
~•§•~ Birth is a Death Sentence ~•§•~
Quicksand foundation Holding on by a strand of frustration I sacrifice that hand, call it a mutation Where will I land? Your guess is as good as my last one, And that wasn't one I could count on ©2024
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Aug 7, 2024
Aug 7, 2024 at 10:15 PM UTC
~•§•~ Predicting the Landing ~•§•~
I guess my calling is free fallin' I realized about halfway back, this parachute will never open Lost all hope right then Still forced to listen to a double backed friend playing pretend As they defend a shallow position But sure, I'll humor you, go ahead, Tell me how exactly I am suppose start again While I dangle here in suspended animation Somewhere around the middle of my end And on the day I meet the ground I shall call it friend ©2024
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May 21, 2024
May 21, 2024 at 5:09 PM UTC
~•§•~ A Friend Found in the End ~•§•~
If flesh and bone battle scars alone make you uncomfortable You could not handle a sneak peek into my soul How do I manage the impossible? Your guess is as good as mine, that's all I know Never as easy as saying no though ©2023
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Dec 27, 2023
Dec 27, 2023 at 4:37 PM UTC
~•§•~ Battle Scars ~•§•~
We're finally here Driving long miles tired Arriving safely
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Aug 28, 2023
Aug 28, 2023 at 7:15 AM UTC
Are We There Yet? (Haiku)
Protesting, I, rise, e-raising my hand, in ranked row, three from the front, in the middle, a glance, and nothing more, and another, Aseneth was her name, and she hated it. She said. Many were the flirty glances, unrestrained wonder what is different, is this ink, or scar tissue? Eight billion essentially identical minds, in use, being tuned to consume elemental mental as we form from base material, mother stuff. We think in single words, letters let us do this, that which formerly prevented, lets us do this now, do you read me is not valid protocol on a voxnet. You know. Five by five, is not valid either, listen. Does your memed mind hear me now, Brown Cow, Dao a do nothing dues paid note, this is business, this is what the messenger in charge, special agent, secret agencies allowed, in my mind, baby, listening constantly, no time, silent, only imagining Major Tom. Waking spacy Sunday Morning, unre-tied to the strand of faith that wound the core hard ball of pure rubber, vulcanized, for bounce, CRACK of the bat, where once, no, each once ever, the feeling one side, then the other, being mentally cognoscente, cognoscenti, either way, we both know, we both take knowing duty as demanded of the code we obey. At the command. We pay proper attention, not too much of any thing, take your own measure, remember, certainty is bad mad solid state, bricked.
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Mar 5, 2023
Mar 5, 2023 at 1:06 PM UTC
Sundays, I make time sit still
Layers of layers dust It's hard to see what's behind the red in your eyes............ Be the Open book for society that can't ******* read... Let them guess if it's you or someone they're missing...
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Jul 15, 2022
Jul 15, 2022 at 1:55 AM UTC
Let Them Guess
The wind felt different on my neck today, Slightly colder, unfamiliar, It was not a feeling I was used to. But this breeze hasn’t changed at all There was a spark on the nerves of the cuticles where hair stands ensnaired there had sounds of foundation rock breaking and cracking a lump of clay stepping out of the mold under its own power it’s own fruition at first its unseemly bordering on crude then your curiosity strikes like what will this lump of clay do? will he crash off the table damp too much water tear himself in two brand new asunder asunder asunder I see a rock we have to peek under I have to keep searching but my search has all been for naught but then again looking on those days in the rays I couldn’t wait to find shade is this really the only way yes she says with a sigh so I position my head so my eyes meet sky i guess it’s time to retry so here I go again and again and again and again and again so many times I’ve tried to take flight and sometimes I can’t be but filled with spite but I know The Wheel she spins goes back and goes forth So it’s on to the next and the next and the next this life is only a quest but that is only a guess
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May 21, 2021
May 21, 2021 at 3:25 PM UTC
A guess
Turning in bed throughout the night Pestered by demons Didn't invite The last thing wanna do is face my pain It's the only subject boiling on my brain You said not to worry and stress without cause Know no other way of coping with my flaws Is it easy for everyone else to show themselves love? Self- loathing drags me down and I cannot rise above First doubt creeps in like 5 o'clock shadows Insults that start small and then grow On mind like frost coating a thin layer of ground Freezing to the insecurity to which I am bound Last night's insomnia paints bags under eyes Circles so deep and dark they can't even be disguised I eat up lies you dish out like I haven't been fed in weeks Hungry because gut never finds the nourishment it seeks The distractions I consume to fill the void only render me more hollow Skeleton becomes a nest of pity in which I choose to wallow Fears bloom faster than blossoming flowers Watered by teardrops that pour out in showers Within bones The middle where marrow should be Instead filled with stones Inside skin a storm is raging complete with lightning and thunder Perished as teardrops poured Presently pain pulls me under I quickly surrender to rain clouds in the sky Working to save my soul Guess it is time to accept that in this universe some forces are beyond my control
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Apr 4, 2021
Apr 4, 2021 at 2:55 AM UTC
Forces Beyond Control
several months ago, i wrote about love. how i thought it would be fire, sunlight, a single candle in an empty room. i built a girl to put all my love into so i had a way to let it out, but i had never loved then, and now i have. i love a girl with short hair and dark eyes who is allergic to all my favourite foods, and she made me realise that loving was easier than i feared. i love her without hesitation, without waiting, without restraint. but when she loved me back i was afraid. i'm afraid now. because what happens when - not if- she wakes up and sees me as i do? she sees she was wrong, and i am not warm or kind or anything she thinks of me. and a voice whispers above the fear that maybe she's right, and i am wrong. if she does not see how awful i am, how awful could i really be? she thinks i am good to her because i am good. but its not true. i love her because of her, not myself. i am good for her because i want her to be happy with me, and i want to deserve the esteem she holds me in. and in the core of my heart i know i'm just scrambling for reasons to ruin things, because i'm happy in a way i've never been before. and i hold onto her like i am afraid she'll vanish once my brain stops screaming at me. i wonder how she can look at me and not be repelled like i am. but i don't think i would hate myself if i were somebody else. if i was a stranger, what would i think? the truth is, i don't think I'm a bad person. i think i am loved and that terrifies me. because what have i done to deserve it? it cannot be enough. i was used to dealing with myself at my worst, to licking my wounds like a cat in silence but now she is here and determined to stay and i want her to. so if she wants to see everything i will let her, and the rest is her choice to make
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Dec 15, 2020
Dec 15, 2020 at 12:24 PM UTC
i used to be alone and now i am not and it scares me
several months ago, i wrote about love. how i thought it would be fire, sunlight, a single candle in an empty room. i built a girl to put all my love into so i had a way to let it out, but i had never loved then, and now i have. i love a girl with short hair and dark eyes who is allergic to all my favourite foods, and she made me realise that loving was easier than i feared. i love her without hesitation, without waiting, without restraint. but when she loved me back i was afraid. i'm afraid now. because what happens when - not if- she wakes up and sees me as i do? she sees she was wrong, and i am not warm or kind or anything she thinks of me. and a voice whispers above the fear that maybe she's right, and i am wrong. if she does not see how awful i am, how awful could i really be? she thinks i am good to her because i am good. but its not true. i love her because of her, not myself. i am good for her because i want her to be happy with me, and i want to deserve the esteem she holds me in. and in the core of my heart i know i'm just scrambling for reasons to ruin things, because i'm happy in a way i've never been before. and i hold onto her like i am afraid she'll vanish once my brain stops screaming at me. i wonder how she can look at me and not be repelled like i am. but i don't think i would hate myself if i were somebody else. if i was a stranger, what would i think? the truth is, i don't think I'm a bad person. i think i am loved and that terrifies me. because what have i done to deserve it? it cannot be enough. i was used to dealing with myself at my worst, to licking my wounds like a cat in silence but now she is here and determined to stay and i want her to. so if she wants to see everything i will let her, and the rest is her choice to make
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I thought you were my ride or die Now I sit here asking why Why do you not love me the way I love you? Your feelings changing Can’t mine change too? I wish I did not care so it wouldn’t hurt this much Run further away the tighter I clutch I wish we were still same two people who fell head over heels Watched as we changed I hate how this feels I told you my secrets and my biggest fears In return you remained by my side throughout the years You have made life better than I ever expected Tried my best to keep you from feeling neglected I know not the easiest person to be around You’re there each time I need help up off the ground I promise will never stop fighting for what we’ve got A reason you overtake each and every thought Are you lying? You say you’re still in love with me There’s someone else who with you'd rather be When saying “always” I meant you’d always have my heart Guess when you said it you meant I’d always have a part But that piece I will cherish and save Carry til I’m resting in my grave I thought I would be your ride or die until the very end Guess that to you our relationship is dead
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Oct 10, 2020
Oct 10, 2020 at 8:41 PM UTC
Ride Or Die
Genuine polite and humble men are often misunderstood and tagged as flirty.May be because they are rarest of all the species , I guess.
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Sep 29, 2020
Sep 29, 2020 at 12:13 AM UTC
Untitled (18)
everyday I walk down the streets I find plants yielding pretty flowers most days I find trampled flowers laying on the road still worthy enough to praise do you ask me what interesting in it, first answer me , do you pity the one laying on road or the one accompanied by peduncle? everyone glorify the stem with flower even though it do die as sun sets down shall I say you one verity and the thing people don't heed they don't adore the plant producing flowers the sad thing is they don't notify that the plant can still produces more beautiful flowers tomorrow if you compare this with life it's so similar people don't see or pity your catastrpohes, reverses they just admire your adroitness cherish you when you bloom as beautiful as  flower so just like the plant surprise them with your capacity don't worry about the trampled flowers sometimes your flaws are prettiest too you should let them down but remember even if it's a trampled flower or nourished flower both of them dies at end of the day so hope for refreshing start and give the best you can.
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Sep 6, 2020
Sep 6, 2020 at 11:26 AM UTC
simple understanding
I know how it feels to be lied to and alone. You tore out the stitches in me you have sewn. I should have guessed when "forever" you intoned. In your eyes, forever is brief. I wish I had known.
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Aug 11, 2020
Aug 11, 2020 at 3:07 AM UTC
Forever
you wanna take a guess? you wanna take a guess at this? guess nice long and hard. take a second guess if you need one. it’s ok to second guess. in fact, i insist you take another and keep guessing because guessing is smoke. in this tight circle, we’re taking guesses. i am an educated guesser. bummed guesses for awhile. bought my first guessing glass one July. play the guessing game all my days and guess my days away. they make guesses into the same thing as candles and its spiritual. it feels like taking an infinite number of guesses in one breath. your guess is as good as mine. drop to the next level. it is the doctor’s thesis of guessing. It is conjecture and formality, but with the fractal reasoning of a true American pack of guesses. they’re the guesses at the end of something replete. the last guess you have left. out of guesses. There is a string of panic tied to the last guess, which we tuck, flip, hide in the bottoms of cardstock caverns. when the time comes to draw the last straw, B. there is nothing to guess at but a missing paycheck. These are the only answers we ever get. A. she is there, all smiles and fresh questions with a bunch of guesses. she is my best guess yet.
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Jul 18, 2020
Jul 18, 2020 at 5:50 PM UTC
guessandcheck
Bees, yellow and black with a six pack of knees., Freeze! it was a mellow attack but he stung my??🤣
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Jun 6, 2020
Jun 6, 2020 at 4:22 AM UTC
Bees (guess the ending)