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#imsorry
‘’my same my reflection my similar tied together in the womb even though i came many years after holding hands as we cross the road to steal candy from the gas station giggling at night and trying to stay quiet as we tickle eachother with our tiny feet our shoulders our eyelashes our voices once so similar once my reflection and once the same you’re older now and we have grown apart but the ties that lie underground connect us and keep us family even if we’re continents away.’’
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May 26
May 26, 2026 at 2:14 PM UTC
sister & brother
‘’i’m lying on my bed with my phone settled next to me; halfway covered by my blanket i hear the ping that just won’t stop i see the messages full of excitement but i can’t bring myself to feel what you feel to be as excited as you are to be alike ‘’what r u up to 2day??’’ ‘’wanna hangout??’’ ‘’we should get froyo :)’’ ‘’i miss u!!!!’’ i sigh i pause i shut my eyes and i turn away because we are not longer akin no longer bonded no longer similar no longer same.’’
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May 26
May 26, 2026 at 1:16 PM UTC
alike & same
“i bite you and my teeth sink deep i silently hope that my violence keeps you away but you don’t stop to pick my canines out of your flesh you just pet my head and tell me that you’re not mad so i bite again because maybe then you’ll see that i don’t bite to protect myself i do it to protect you.”
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May 26
May 26, 2026 at 12:59 PM UTC
canine
“you tap my keys and create a beautiful melody as your foot presses gently over mine; it makes me blush you fix my strings when i am a little out of tune; you’re never annoyed to help me out you gloss my wooden casing with a smooth finish to display all of my beauty but you grow bored of me after a while and i am left to dust in an old storage closet with my strings thinning and my gloss peeling i barely remember the last song i sang to you because i never expected you to simply just leave.”
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May 8
May 8, 2026 at 11:37 AM UTC
my pianist
‘’you sit in the shower and bathe in the glory you’ve always had and will never lose you lay on my bed in the middle of the night and lock eyes with me until i give in you stand behind me on the bus with your hands intertwined with mine shadowing my movements, collecting every emotion i’ve ever spent on you, tasting my skin when you know i’ve finally given up you’ve always been there like a spider that’s already been crushed but just won’t die i hear you whisper in my ear words that make my heart sink ‘’you keep coming back and you always will. pathetic.’’
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May 6
May 6, 2026 at 10:34 AM UTC
his shadow
‘’a man following you through an empty alley way deep into the night; the only light is from the flash of his phone a whisper about how bad you are at *** spreading through everyone’s ears even though you’re still a ****** a hand up your skirt on the bus from the stranger behind you; you just wanna go to your classes a **** a ***** a **** yet the moment you strike the second you bite the instant you growl the exact moment you show them the wolf inside you is the moment you’re banished from society for being too cruel.’’
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May 6
May 6, 2026 at 10:25 AM UTC
down by the water
“my hands my eyes my ears every motion that i use to pleasure my body are motions that i always deeply regret the hands that circle my bud until i am writhing in an unfathomable amount of pain the eyes that are glued to the screen full of people paid too little in positions i can’t even imagine myself being in and the ears that listen for every creek in the floorboard as i bury myself in the layers of self hatred disguised as an ****** i’m fed fantasies that would disappoint every single human in my devastatingly horrific life i’d sleep in your bed but my mind would only ever replay the videos i’ve watched over and over and over so i'm sorry but it would **** me to imagine it all over again."
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May 3
May 3, 2026 at 12:01 AM UTC
***********
‘’these thoughts constantly infect my ****** mind like a plague that infiltrates the body and forces it to ***** its innards or possibly a virus that leaves your face mangled with rashes and blisters the thoughts are violent, cruel, and unforgiving in the eyes of our lord and savior i do not wish to picture innocent souls in such ravaged positions nor do i wish to imagine what their insides smell like i want to curl up on my bed and hide beneath the covers until i am no longer a monster are these things that i truly believe? are they meant to expose my true nature? i’m disgusting.’’
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Apr 24
Apr 24, 2026 at 11:22 AM UTC
unwanted
And when things get good, I push it away, And when I finally understand, I forget, And when I find myself, I'm suddenly so lost. Why am I so lost?
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Apr 23
Apr 23, 2026 at 2:53 PM UTC
Why?
‘’a suffocating tightness wraps around my body as i stand inside a sea of people i **** in a deep breath and keep it there to surpress the fatness that i was born with you call my name you give me a smile you love me so deeply yet the attention i’m given will never exceed the amount of guilt i feel staring down at the scale 165.4 165.5 166.3 the number goes up as the skin on my arms thins from the scars i cut into myself because i think i deserve it i stare at myself in the mirror; cringing at every roll on my stomach, every pimple on my nose, the gross stretch marks that adorn my hips . . . i’m so sick of this body i’m tired i’m so unsatisfied.’’
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Apr 23
Apr 23, 2026 at 10:32 AM UTC
unsatisfied
I wish you could see me the way you used to, back when your eyes softened just by looking at me, when your hands found mine without hesitation, when I was everything you ever wanted. You used to hold me like I mattered, like losing me wasn’t even a possibility. Now I look at you and I don’t recognise who you’ve become. Cold in ways I never knew you could be, distant in ways I can’t seem to reach, like the person I loved has been replaced by someone who doesn’t love me at all. And maybe the truth is I don’t recognise myself either, not without you. Maybe that’s why I stay, why I keep holding on even when it hurts, because I don’t know who I am if I let you go. I feel alone, even when you’re right here, like I’m grieving something that hasn’t fully gone yet. I don’t know what’s worse, you leaving or you staying like this. Why can’t you see me? See how much I want you, how much I’m trying to keep this alive with nothing left to hold onto. I want us back, the laughter, the warmth, the way love felt easy instead of something I have to beg for. I want you to fall in love with me again, to choose me the way you used to. But wanting it doesn’t make it real. And still, some part of me whispers the same quiet plea I can’t seem to let go of— please, come back to me.
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Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 10:11 PM UTC
Still here / still alone
I can’t help but feel like I’ve let you down, like somewhere along the way I became someone you no longer recognise, someone you can’t place in the future you’re building. And I keep wondering when that shift happened, when I stopped being enough and started being optional. You choose them over me, even when you don’t say it out loud. I see it in the pauses, in the way your replies fade, in the silence where your messages used to live. It’s quiet now, too quiet, like something that mattered has already ended and I’m the only one still holding onto it. I wonder if they get the version of you I remember, the one who stayed up late, who made time without asking, who spoke like I mattered. I wonder if they hear your laughter the way I used to, if they get the softness you don’t show me anymore. Days pass, slow and heavy, and I don’t know why my stomach sinks the way it does, like my body already knows what my mind won’t admit, that I’m losing you in pieces I can’t hold together. I keep asking myself, are you going to leave, or am I meant to go first? Would it hurt you more if I disappeared quietly, or stayed long enough to watch you let me go? Would leaving make you miss me, or just make it easier to forget I was ever here? Because I want to be yours, more than anything I can explain, in the way that feels whole, certain, real. But I can’t exist as a second choice, as something you return to when it’s convenient. I can’t be half loved, half seen, half held. And maybe that’s the hardest part, realising I would give you everything, while you’re already learning how to live without me.
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Apr 19
Apr 19, 2026 at 10:04 PM UTC
Losing you in pieces
I can’t help but feel like I’ve let you down, like somewhere along the way I became someone you no longer recognise, someone you can’t place in the future you’re building. And I keep wondering when that shift happened, when I stopped being enough and started being optional. You choose them over me, even when you don’t say it out loud. I see it in the pauses, in the way your replies fade, in the silence where your messages used to live. It’s quiet now, too quiet, like something that mattered has already ended and I’m the only one still holding onto it. I wonder if they get the version of you I remember, the one who stayed up late, who made time without asking, who spoke like I mattered. I wonder if they hear your laughter the way I used to, if they get the softness you don’t show me anymore. Days pass, slow and heavy, and I don’t know why my stomach sinks the way it does, like my body already knows what my mind won’t admit, that I’m losing you in pieces I can’t hold together. I keep asking myself, are you going to leave, or am I meant to go first? Would it hurt you more if I disappeared quietly, or stayed long enough to watch you let me go? Would leaving make you miss me, or just make it easier to forget I was ever here? Because I want to be yours, more than anything I can explain, in the way that feels whole, certain, real. But I can’t exist as a second choice, as something you return to when it’s convenient. I can’t be half loved, half seen, half held. And maybe that’s the hardest part, realising I would give you everything, while you’re already learning how to live without me.
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She told me what she wanted And I thought I know what she actually wants... She told me what she needed And I thought I know what she truly needs... She told me what she thought And I thought I know what she's really thinking... She told me I took her for granted And I thought I know her, that's not taking her for granted...
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Mar 27
Mar 27, 2026 at 4:10 PM UTC
Granted
* I read something someone posted and I realized I've written you over a hundred poems But I've never apologized to you So, if you ever read this I would like you to know How sorry I am For the mean words I spoke to you I'd like you to know that I'm sorry for my immature behavior towards you Most importantly, I'd like you to know I am sorry for failing to respect your boundaries Your friendship and love were worth far more to me Than was represented by my behavior and lack of respect I've spent the last thirty years regretting my mistakes As I will the next thirty years, I have little doubt I am so sorry that I was not the person I could have been I'm sorry that I was not the person you needed me to be While my past behavior has not been a perfect testament I would hope that you know that I will always love you *
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Dec 15, 2025
Dec 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM UTC
I'm Sorry
‘’for two butterflies to love, they must dance for one another until the night chimes and their hearts are full it is a sacred, beautiful, and intricately vulnerable ritual; some may say that it is the nature of butterflies to dance, to flutter and to fly free this dance is chosen this dance is decided this dance is given and never simply taken but for me? my dance was not chosen it was demanded of me my wings were ripped apart whilst the dance forced upon me was terrifying and ugly i eventually fell into the depths of the forest as i was ravaged upon by a butterfly too inconsiderate to realize the damage he had done i do not wish to dance anymore because all i remember is the waltz i never wanted to take.’’
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Feb 26
Feb 26, 2026 at 10:04 AM UTC
a blood-staining waltz
“music and melodies it rings in my ears and deafens the thoughts that eat at my brain these sweet euphonies play to slow my heart and melt away the frost clinging to it it’s kinda the whole reason i’m still here; it’s why my heart is still beating; why it’s no longer burdened with the cold so please, once i’m buried under the snow; once my name is no longer uttered; and once my voice can no longer sing play a song maybe it’d let God know where to find me.”
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Feb 23
Feb 23, 2026 at 9:43 AM UTC
a voice that can sing
“i tear at my skin with a blade; trying to find the flowers that bloom beneath i grab at my tendons and rip them aside, fully determined to find the pollen hidden inside i dig and dig at this body; covering my once beautiful skin with ***** scratches until i am nothing but embers ready to be discarded into the wind i destroyed myself for flowers that ceased to exist am i truly that gullible?”
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Feb 23
Feb 23, 2026 at 9:34 AM UTC
flowers
“i search up his name, atleast from what i remember his name being, for the 5th time this afternoon instagram tiktok facebook even ******* safari i feel a knot form in my stomach as i type in his name again and again and again and again i miss the tongue he kissed me with and the hands that he roamed my body with i hate myself for it, i truly do i hate that i miss the same person who made me scrub my skin so hard in the shower just to get his ******* handprints off me i’m sorry, especially to my boyfriend he doesn’t need to hear me cry.”
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Feb 22
Feb 22, 2026 at 3:18 AM UTC
him
We used to grow together Now it feels like we’re drifting apart Not loudly Not suddenly Just slowly In ways that hurt more I still love you That hasn’t changed But something in me is breaking And I don’t know how to fix it I find myself questioning you Questioning us Questioning where I stand And I don’t want to feel like this I don’t want to wonder If I’ve done something wrong Or if I’m no longer enough I don’t want to feel replaced Even if I don’t know by who I just know Something is different And it scares me That I’m starting to feel Like letting go Might hurt less Than holding on
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Feb 15
Feb 15, 2026 at 6:53 PM UTC
You got comfortable losing me
right now, i feel a desperate urge to simply let go. to rot. to fade. to be anywhere but here. i am decaying under the weight of it. as i write this my jaw is locked tight grinding against the bones in my mouth and my heart hammers against my ribs while tears fall down on the raw skin of my face. i am drowning in the “before” and i dont know how to breathe in the “now.”
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Jan 31
Jan 31, 2026 at 9:42 AM UTC
Suffocating in Regret
I'm sorry I'm annoying I'm sorry I care to much I'm sorry Im constantly overthinking I'm sorry I worry I'm sorry I cant do anything right I'm sorry I'm so ****** up I'm sorry I'm to needy I'm sorry I'm never enough I'm sorry I have these thoughts I dont say out loud I'm sorry I cant stop I'm sorry I'm an idiot I'm sorry about everything. I truly am.
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Jan 3
Jan 3, 2026 at 8:47 PM UTC
I'm sorry. I really am
You see I'm a helper I live for a "miss, I need help" or an "Ana can you call right now?" and that is exactly why I saved you my dear from having to save me everyday I said goodbye not to make you sad but to free you from the woman that saves in order to be saved.
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Dec 3, 2025
Dec 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM UTC
You'll thank me later
I only wish for the gusto to tell her The remorse I feel for the perverse love which I cast upon her not a lover's quarrel nor sun rays beaming on us during kitchen chores rather a beast hunting in the dark knowing she sleeps soundly and safely as a lamb in a pen I created
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Sep 23, 2025
Sep 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM UTC
I'm so sorry
I haven’t even loved anyone since you I used others to try and feel better Maybe if I try I will love them And I never truly did, I think (I don’t even know anymore) I’m cruel and heartless, truly using others to try and pull away from you so just try and forget it. you know you can’t. You were even aesthetically pleasing when paired with me first in many things, you and yours were my people i can’t believe i still write about you think about you care about you Love you are you like a brother? or are you like a lover? either way, you were the closest to me Even today I’m still trying to pick the bits of you out of the most of me where does your influence end and my life begin? I can’t let myself date someone else until i feel a love for them, a real kind of love (like the one i feel for you) I’m still waiting to feel using others to try and fill in the gaps doesn’t work, but for some reason i still want to do it
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Aug 8, 2025
Aug 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM UTC
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