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Why are these sudden emotions revolving inside me now, when my whole life was the same — nothing special happened before, nothing’s happening now, and nothing seems likely to change ahead? Yet somehow, my heart feels heavier tonight.
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Apr 6
Apr 6, 2026 at 9:05 AM UTC
A Heavy Heart Without a Reason
Look at me do I really look like I want to die? Yes, you do. You keep tearing yourself apart like a hound, hurting, hunting for feelings that aren’t yours. Your eyes, bloodshot. Your skin, torn. Your mind wandering, searching for space to breathe. I look into your pools of red, praying I can heal you, fix you, mend this limping body of yours. But I know my limits. I know I can’t go to the moon and back for you, no matter how much I want to. So instead, I choose to stay. I choose to hold you. And wonder with you rather than leave you alone in the dark.
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Jan 20
Jan 20, 2026 at 5:51 PM UTC
The Moon and Back?
The pain doesn't come in waves it's a weight, crushing my lungs until I can't breathe. Tears don't feel, they burn– a fire stuck inside my throat, silent and relentless You never had to say goodbye, because the space you left is a wound that never closes I'm gasping for air in the ruins of us, where every breath feels like losing you all over again.
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Dec 9, 2025
Dec 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM UTC
Silent Suffocation
"Some things can only be carried as a responsibility throughout the life and can never be out of love."
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Jun 12, 2025
Jun 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM UTC
Burdened by Duty, Not Love
my heart feels heavy again i don’t know if i can carry it alone again i don’t think i want to carry it alone again i’ll just carry it alone again.
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May 9, 2021
May 9, 2021 at 5:55 PM UTC
heavy heart
You still hold on though you know it will end very soon.
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Jun 26, 2018
Jun 26, 2018 at 10:51 PM UTC
Expected Goodbye
Your eyes. The way they sparkled when they would lay on me.... That's all I have. That's all I remember. Cause if I think farther, Remember more than that about you, I'll break down and lose the girl I've been trying to make ever since you left. So that's all I remember, Your eyes.
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Jun 21, 2019
Jun 21, 2019 at 12:19 AM UTC
Your eyes
The crown weighs heavy Atop the kings head All his seers laid out in front of him. Every one of them dead They couldn't speak of what they saw Not a single one dared As they slit their own throats So the King's life was spared His heart weighs heavy As he puts his wife to rest With his stillborn daughter Laying peacefully on her breast All he has left of them Is the tattoo on his chest Above five loving words "The dearest and the best"
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Feb 11, 2019
Feb 11, 2019 at 4:18 PM UTC
The Sad King
Tonight I have a heavy Heart They shoved me in the dirt Tears rolling down slowly Why can’t I just be Tonight I have a heavy Heart Cannot control the hurt Feelings are crushing me Why can’t I just be Tonight I have a heavy Heart I wonder, will it stop Ô my, heavy Heart
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May 4, 2018
May 4, 2018 at 4:54 PM UTC
Heavy Heart
i know all your letters by heart and maybe that's why it feels so heavy
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Jan 31, 2018
Jan 31, 2018 at 3:07 PM UTC
yours forever
Ambiguity, dubious intent Let those all flee from me All I need and want Is certainty and clarity As I must take action With empty solidarity And heavy heart filled With mercury and lead Which can be fixed By the Alchemist of mystery But nonetheless to the end I will be forever known to be Alone in my own sweet misery
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Aug 27, 2017
Aug 27, 2017 at 11:01 AM UTC
Hesitation
I watch as I trace my finger against the wall taking in the noise it makes as the nail comes in contact with the wallpaper there must be more to life than this having the little things impact me the way they do not knowing what to do with this heavy heart of mine not knowing how to continue on my body feels so weighed down and my head is battling the fog i’m looking for the light to save me from the darkness but something tells me it’s not coming
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May 26, 2017
May 26, 2017 at 9:25 PM UTC
after
Silence is the worst suicide
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Aug 24, 2016
Aug 24, 2016 at 1:58 PM UTC
Emotional Death [5w]
Surrounded by green The trees whisper their secrets My heart is light and my mind is free I stray from the gravel path And find myself at a pond The birds are chirping and the sun is shining I think I forgot my sunscreen It didn't matter though In that moment I was alive And one with the world around me I breathe in the crisp air It smells of leaves and the sea As I watch the fish swimming In the water beneath me As the sun sets and I turn to leave I hear some footsteps Catching up to me And in my slow pace I turn to see a young boy His hair is matted And he looks alone Lost in the world as tears fill his eyes I kneel down to speak to him Ask him where his family is He starts to cry as he speaks Very few words but just enough for me He claims no one loves him That whenever he meets a new family They get rid of him Call him a burden My heart hurts for this child He can't be but 5 And yet here he is The place of my peace Seems to be his nightmare I couldn't let myself leave Knowing this little soul Had no place to call home I offer to give him a ride and a meal While I call to speak to the authorities His eyes brighten and tears threaten me The sparkle of happiness is unexplainable And my heart feels for him So I lift him onto my shoulders And we go home No one knows anything about the child His name appears nowhere and the police think I'm crazy They come to check on him But they can't see How can you not see? My mind is racing as I try to comprehend their words They say I need some sleep And maybe I'll feel better in the morning I make a bed for him with blankets And pillows from the couch It's not much but it seems he's slept on worse So he smiles and drifts off to sleep I wonder what he dreams about I wake up to a heavy heart Tears choke my lungs And I don't understand Nothing has changed It's just a new day I head downstairs and the boy is gone The pillows and blankets are tucked away Exactly how they were the other day Maybe I am going crazy Days turn into weeks And my heart still weighs on my chest My muscles ache and now I can no longer rest I haven't left the house aside from work and school I can't convince myself to do anything But the weight on my shoulders And my clouded mind Beg for some relief So I drive to the place that was my sanctuary Until I met him The grass has yellowed And the trees have silenced The sun burns into my skin again But this time it hurts I search for the pond but cannot find it I walk for hours and still there's nothing But a rustling in the brush peaks my curiosity And as I break through the dying leaves My foot sinks into a slurp of mud A swamp lay before me The water green and murky I swear it can't be the same Not the beautiful pond I witnessed the other day I scan the water for the fish Maybe that'd prove its different But the same golden scales reflect back into my eyes But there's something else Something wrong My reflection I lean in closer to get a better view A gasp escaping my lips in disbelief Bags surround my eyes, which no longer sparkle in the light, my hair flys in every direction I see no life I barely recognize it as myself But that didn't disturb me so intensely No, in those waters The person that stared back at me Was not alone They supported something on their shoulders As I look closer in disbelief His eyes stare brightly back at me But it appears we've switched Because he has my glowing green eyes And I have his They're dark. Empty. His arms wrap snugly around my throat And his knees dig into my ribs He looks genuinely happy And I swear I hear a whimsical laugh Echoing off the water And I realize all too late That he was never really concrete Only a concoction of my mind A projection of part of me A part so lost and alone Playing the victim and Begging for some attention. And I opened my arms to him so easily It's been years and he still haunts me He weighs on my shoulders Keeps me awake at night Because if I sleep he's no longer the priority While he drains my energy I cannot imagine my life without him He represents the deepest part of me My damaged soul and empty heart I chose to take on this responsibility And my entire world has changed The shadows haunt me on the brightest days And the beauty i once saw Takes a new form as the dead inside of me. Yet he listens when no one else can He understand my fears and pain As burdensome as it is to support him I know, with him, I am never alone. His name is Depression And now he'll never leave.
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Jul 19, 2016
Jul 19, 2016 at 9:55 AM UTC
Because I Try to Save the World
Surrounded by green The trees whisper their secrets My heart is light and my mind is free I stray from the gravel path And find myself at a pond The birds are chirping and the sun is shining I think I forgot my sunscreen It didn't matter though In that moment I was alive And one with the world around me I breathe in the crisp air It smells of leaves and the sea As I watch the fish swimming In the water beneath me As the sun sets and I turn to leave I hear some footsteps Catching up to me And in my slow pace I turn to see a young boy His hair is matted And he looks alone Lost in the world as tears fill his eyes I kneel down to speak to him Ask him where his family is He starts to cry as he speaks Very few words but just enough for me He claims no one loves him That whenever he meets a new family They get rid of him Call him a burden My heart hurts for this child He can't be but 5 And yet here he is The place of my peace Seems to be his nightmare I couldn't let myself leave Knowing this little soul Had no place to call home I offer to give him a ride and a meal While I call to speak to the authorities His eyes brighten and tears threaten me The sparkle of happiness is unexplainable And my heart feels for him So I lift him onto my shoulders And we go home No one knows anything about the child His name appears nowhere and the police think I'm crazy They come to check on him But they can't see How can you not see? My mind is racing as I try to comprehend their words They say I need some sleep And maybe I'll feel better in the morning I make a bed for him with blankets And pillows from the couch It's not much but it seems he's slept on worse So he smiles and drifts off to sleep I wonder what he dreams about I wake up to a heavy heart Tears choke my lungs And I don't understand Nothing has changed It's just a new day I head downstairs and the boy is gone The pillows and blankets are tucked away Exactly how they were the other day Maybe I am going crazy Days turn into weeks And my heart still weighs on my chest My muscles ache and now I can no longer rest I haven't left the house aside from work and school I can't convince myself to do anything But the weight on my shoulders And my clouded mind Beg for some relief So I drive to the place that was my sanctuary Until I met him The grass has yellowed And the trees have silenced The sun burns into my skin again But this time it hurts I search for the pond but cannot find it I walk for hours and still there's nothing But a rustling in the brush peaks my curiosity And as I break through the dying leaves My foot sinks into a slurp of mud A swamp lay before me The water green and murky I swear it can't be the same Not the beautiful pond I witnessed the other day I scan the water for the fish Maybe that'd prove its different But the same golden scales reflect back into my eyes But there's something else Something wrong My reflection I lean in closer to get a better view A gasp escaping my lips in disbelief Bags surround my eyes, which no longer sparkle in the light, my hair flys in every direction I see no life I barely recognize it as myself But that didn't disturb me so intensely No, in those waters The person that stared back at me Was not alone They supported something on their shoulders As I look closer in disbelief His eyes stare brightly back at me But it appears we've switched Because he has my glowing green eyes And I have his They're dark. Empty. His arms wrap snugly around my throat And his knees dig into my ribs He looks genuinely happy And I swear I hear a whimsical laugh Echoing off the water And I realize all too late That he was never really concrete Only a concoction of my mind A projection of part of me A part so lost and alone Playing the victim and Begging for some attention. And I opened my arms to him so easily It's been years and he still haunts me He weighs on my shoulders Keeps me awake at night Because if I sleep he's no longer the priority While he drains my energy I cannot imagine my life without him He represents the deepest part of me My damaged soul and empty heart I chose to take on this responsibility And my entire world has changed The shadows haunt me on the brightest days And the beauty i once saw Takes a new form as the dead inside of me. Yet he listens when no one else can He understand my fears and pain As burdensome as it is to support him I know, with him, I am never alone. His name is Depression And now he'll never leave.
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Oft repeated feelings Carrying the burden Of yesteryear Sits heavy on the heart Moments, once true and fancy Gave immense pleasure Turn against you Leaving you aside Dreams become nightmares Halls of fame Bring you much ignominy Sudden reversal of fortune Can become your nemesis Carrying the memories Deep within the confines Of the once happy heart Rusted and tired It still beats with anticipation Of a reconciliation
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Jan 17, 2015
Jan 17, 2015 at 8:22 AM UTC
Some Feelings
Arrange my mind's galaxies and planets. Sedate angry asteroids and burning comets. Align for me my heart's constellations. Clear the clouded nebulae in my intentions. Turn the moon gently to look upon me, So I may find the sea of tranquillity...                               Tonight.
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Oct 10, 2014
Oct 10, 2014 at 12:20 PM UTC
Tranquillity