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#manipulated
I don't know either. Maybe I am drifting Maybe I did something wrong Maybe I'm losing my mind, my sanity, my worth, my sense. Or maybe I opened my eyes And saw the thorns on your roses through bleeding eyes.
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Jun 13, 2025
Jun 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM UTC
Bleeding eyes
Misguided steps, manipulated, broken, Fragments of a life, tokens, Memories, dark, awoken, Provoking ramblings, choking, Left for dead, moping, Listless, out of time.
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Jan 8, 2025
Jan 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM UTC
The End
How could you! You showed your true self I'm not angry about that I'm angry about how you handled everything How could you! I thought you cared You LIED! You Manipulated Me! You Blamed Me! HOW COULD YOU!
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Jul 7, 2024
Jul 7, 2024 at 2:47 PM UTC
Anger
from the day I was born I wasn't meant to belong to myself a cursed being without any power of control my fate was written in a lazy handwriting on a wrinkled piece of paper very early in life I learned so that I had strings tied to my limbs and I'd never be able to walk alone any glance of freedom where I dared to dream was followed by a unwanted label I've always been someone's sister someone's youngest child someone's crush someone's heartbreak but never in the purest the freest form me
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May 12, 2021
May 12, 2021 at 10:20 PM UTC
sentenced since birth
There she goes, with a young heart in a ****** world. She’s so young and she could be so gullible. Love sounds like a dream but feels like trickery to her heart. To have power over her young heart, that would be the dream for the ****** in the ****** world. She’s so young, it would be so easy to lie to her. She’s so young, it would be so easy to take advantage of her. She’s so young, it would be so easy to manipulate her. She feels every time she is lied to, taken advantage of, and manipulated, and she knows what’s happened to her. She doesn’t want to say anything about it, because she knows only the ****** would do such a thing. The ****** weren’t always the ****** and she could be one of them any day, and she knows. At some point, however, she feels the need to say something as a preventative measure. She has a young heart and so many of the ****** want to **** it. The ****** world doesn’t feel safe to her. She wants all the ****** in the ****** world to stay away from her until they are no longer the ****** However, she is scared that everyone in the ****** world, including her, is the ****** She is scared that there will be no one left in her refuge once all the ****** are gone. She has to risk her fear because she believes her heart is young and she wants to keep it that way.
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Jun 22, 2020
Jun 22, 2020 at 3:47 AM UTC
Young Heart
Waiting for a sign of freedom Waiting for someone to see me Nothing I do is good enough all I do is full of love What if I said you were too much It’s a lie, But I’m a heartless being I want to see what would happen I wish that I could care And I kinda do, I swear And If I were to stay There would be no other way If I could say, What I really thought You’d know for sure, that I am a bad person And I wish it was so easy As for you to say you love me But my internal organs say you hate me I know you say, “It isn’t true” But what do you think I am? Sane? Well, you were wrong I’ve been with me my whole life I’d trust myself, on a rare occasion at least Because I’m a special case One that’s about to break And I know you can’t take Any more of this, And that’s my fault, I’m sure but what makes you So sure? That I would save me if I could I’m a domino effect So how about let’s go a set A knife right onto my open arms Ready to erase me and Ready to embrace you I don’t know what I’m seeing All I can tell you is that I’m a heartless being
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Mar 3, 2020
Mar 3, 2020 at 4:10 PM UTC
I'm a heartless being
All your fears come true, you were just there in lieu. A body to warm his bed, a soundboard to ease his head. You always were a placeholder, again forced to grow colder. Soon there will be nothing there, no words or love to show you care
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Mar 30, 2019
Mar 30, 2019 at 9:27 AM UTC
Nothing left
no matter how many times your thorns rip through my flesh i will still look into your eyes and only see the beautiful rose petals
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Dec 21, 2018
Dec 21, 2018 at 2:09 PM UTC
masked
I didn’t realize you used it against me. When day 4 was erased and turned into another day 1, I still thought it was all my fault, that I didn’t give you enough. Now though, I see you are a monster. I refuse to blame myself for being naïve. I’m no stranger to abuse, but your method will haunt me for years. While wielding the sword of my own horrors, you whispered the vows that would save your reputation and keep my loyalty even when I’m empty and broken. You soothed the old wound and turned my wildfire into a flickering candle. But my wax turned cold on impact when you tried to slice my flesh when I was most vulnerable. I let you draw blood, numbed by your manipulation. But now you are gone, and your anesthesia wore off. I see you now. You are not my friend. You are not my enemy. You are just a terrible young man who’s name I will eventually forget. Because you are nothing to me anymore.
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Dec 7, 2018
Dec 7, 2018 at 9:51 PM UTC
Day 1 of hating you
i gave into your words, allowed myself to believe in you, became vulnerable in your arms, naked under your touch. i wanted to give myself to you, thinking you were worthy of it, that we were in love, and this was another level of connection. you liked spending time with me, which made it harder for you to move, i thought it was sweet, until i realized it was said right after *** and timing is everything. you refused to leave my side when i cried, even when i asked you to, making me think you were amazing, until you asked to have *** and timing is everything. you were listening to me open up about my feelings for you, intensified with love, until you said you were too ***** to talk, and timing is everything. i ignored all those times, wanting so desperately to believe you were genuine, that what we felt was real, and it was not an unrequited love. until you left, after promising to keep in touch, and I never heard from you again, so I caved, finally understanding, you were using me for ***
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Nov 30, 2018
Nov 30, 2018 at 5:26 PM UTC
manipulated
I really want to believe you. I want to believe in the fact that you are done exploiting me. I want us to not have an expiration date. And even though you comfort me like warm milk on a cold night, I think it will eventually spoil. It’s hard not to feel used. Friends don’t treat friends like this. I can see why people think I’m being manipulated. I probably am being manipulated. But I’ll savor it until you decide you’ve had enough.
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Nov 21, 2018
Nov 21, 2018 at 10:57 AM UTC
Day 1 of you still wanting me
Why lie to me? Instead of crying to me, and saying that you was not right to me? Don't think you can just buy me, I ain't no chicken you can't just fry me. I can't be manipulated except by God. you see, You were not my everything, you were just a part of me Now I let you go because you weren't rhyming with my beat. You were on another different flow, You weren't on my team. Well, you thought you was "the GOAT" But you were just another boy that lost that girl that gave you so much love. But, you gonna know what you lost when your friend are crying on the low. They couldn't get me when I was once your own Now that I left you, they out here creeping on the low. Saying that they love me and I'm there only hope. You should also use this opportunity to figure out who's the real bro... or the one that will go behind your back to get your ex that they once called a ***
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Oct 31, 2018
Oct 31, 2018 at 9:13 PM UTC
You can't manipulate me
It's funny what people are willing to ignore when you have notoriety, wealth and power under your belt.
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Sep 8, 2018
Sep 8, 2018 at 12:52 PM UTC
Blind
# It felt like I was the reason things started going wrong in your life The leash of guilt tightening firmly around my neck Was it love?                      or                            Was it Pity? It sounds stupid, But once I was tied up in this invisible cage I found it hard to escape from you Like an idiot, I forgave you numerous times For you knew how to twist things around And every time i did something I could feel as though this guilt was loosening Even if it was just a bit, I thought this is a fair price to pay As he needs me                         As much                                           As I need him But we both know that together we are Toxic                                #
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Apr 9, 2018
Apr 9, 2018 at 3:21 AM UTC
Toxic
~ ❤️ ~ A unique soul who shone amidst bleeding roses and crying lilies. ~ ❤️ ~ One who blurred the line between realism and divinity. ~ ❤️ ~ One who had a golden nimbus, two wistful blue pools, and carnal lips. ~ ❤️ ~ A woman intact with her inner child. ~ ❤️ ~ A mirror who shone even with all the cracks shown. ~ ❤️ ~ An iconic image, underestimated and manipulated. ~ ❤️ ~ An angel who fought off all your demons and in your death, never fell from grace. ~ ❤️ ~ A dreamer who held and achieved her dreams. A dream in lace, a poison in place. ~ ❤️ ~ Greatly loved to this day. For every little girl is a walking star.
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Oct 15, 2017
Oct 15, 2017 at 2:50 PM UTC
You Were...
I believe at one point, we are all flies in a web. Stuck and bound by one great spider. Who's calm and cool when it comes to control because they can bind us down and pull strings over our heads. It's the only way for them to feel powerful, and that feeds into their predatory nature. The webs they spin coat and change who we are as well as becoming what they need. A meal. Helpless. Trapped. And we become comfortable in that disrespect for us. Yes. At one point in our lives, we are flies in a web. Most people stay flies from birth to the hearse. Some people are natural born spiders; deceptive. controlling. To all those flies, people like me, who flew and escaped from countless spiders, it's long overdue that we become one.
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Oct 1, 2017
Oct 1, 2017 at 2:31 PM UTC
Spider of the Web
nothing but a rental my body, I'm left empty-handed windows shattered, broken doors violent breeze pushes forth I am abandoned my lips swollen all the way down to my throath I'm frozen not allowed  to sing another note tender galaxies stretch across my delicate skin stars bursting, they're screaming in pain creating infinite life, where shadows remain
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Sep 15, 2017
Sep 15, 2017 at 4:46 AM UTC
I am not my own
sometimes we do get tired putting others at the first place, we don’t even realize it that we are into their game. we tend to listen the noisy souls asking us to make a peace and have a better relationship with human beings. we forget about ourselves, we are drowned, losing ourselves in chaotic waves. they don’t get how hard to get up from their game. we are trying so hard to find the real world; the world they destroyed.
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Aug 10, 2017
Aug 10, 2017 at 12:01 PM UTC
Manipulated Human Beings
*The world is trapped in a thick haze, which is why no one wants to be themselves these days. They are watching; circling like vultures, while slowly washing away my colors. Bandages and "sorry" don’t fix bullet holes, decaying people have decaying goals. Do not dare to dream of something bigger, when your friend is shaking with their finger on the trigger. Childhood songs are stored within, like ink is etched into my skin. My youth they stole; they left me plain, with venom quickly crashing through my veins. We are all but pilot episodes, failing to ever make it as we go. Like lost souls we flourish through the night, searching for originality to make us shine bright. Society; your cage is officially suffocating, our lives you so ruthless is dominating. The truth I speak is so loud you can not ignore, because this is not another harmless metaphor.* I declare war.
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Jul 10, 2016
Jul 10, 2016 at 12:29 PM UTC
Escapist
The Light I’m feeling emotions I don’t want to feel, praying that God helps my journey to heal. The curtain has fallen on my happily ever after, my knight was a man who crushed my spirit. I heard his cruel, mocking laughter. Before my life changed, I had goals for myself. I once knew how to love me. I believed in myself and what I could do, and my own happiness was key. I didn’t need anyone to make me feel whole. Self-confidence and self-love were already present, they were a part of my soul. My light was so bright, I knew others felt it.They were drawn to its charm. Then He drew me in with his promise of love; he said he'd protect me from harm. Like a thief in the night he stole my light, his words left my soul bare. I gave so much that now I am empty, and, I realize he never did care. I can’t help but wonder why did he choose me? It’s just plain evil, I think. Devouring light like a modern day vampire, until beautiful souls are extinct. Randy McPeek
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Jul 1, 2016
Jul 1, 2016 at 12:07 AM UTC
The Light
"Don't beat yourself up about it," He said this as if by hearing those words I would not receive the bruises and scratches That he repeatedly gave to me. That by hearing those words, Every hurtful thing he told me was flawed Could be erased Dissolved. He told me not to beat myself up about it As he was slicing me open.
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Oct 22, 2015
Oct 22, 2015 at 5:27 PM UTC
Sticks and Stones and Reminders