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#mellow
My face fell apart. Your eyes don’t look the same in the dark. Tear me apart. Fix the wires you crossed. Expressing lies to my beating heart. Sew me up. Hope I’m who you wanted at the start. I can’t go back. It’s already done. This is who I am. Did you have fun? Gardens felt alive. Flowers dancing in our eyes, chasing the rays that faked the fun In our growing days. Let it be. Let me fade. Let me consume these melancholy days.
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Feb 27
Feb 27, 2026 at 1:34 AM UTC
Melancholy Days
the reason i still feel a little hollow i still dont really know i can tell life is better people say im happier they talk like i was sick and finally found the cure i dont wear my hat anymore not the one i always wore not the one you wanted to see me in i like to wear my hair down now other people compliment me on it i dont worry about looking stupid as much starting to feel safer in my own skin and clothes tomorrow im going to wear my favorite button down that you called 'a **** *** shirt' when i heard you say that i didnt really want to wear it anymore she still comes up sometimes when i get bored but i think thats normal im still a child coping with losing things
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Aug 2, 2025
Aug 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM UTC
Missing Your Listening
barked and barked and barked beneath the light-bulb moon a careless whisper in the twilight winds that opened the doors in the house walked beside the corner of my bed questioning me, talking to me, persuading me, like a market vendor who tells me to buy its products when I got no answer to tell only cut phrases or words stacked. I am afraid to tell that the future is not on my hands nor to everyone only existence and existence
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Apr 25, 2025
Apr 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM UTC
insomnia is the dog howling at night in the neighborhood
Spring evenings The mallards by the lakeshore Mellow as the moon is golden yellow Reynaldo Casison
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Mar 10, 2025
Mar 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM UTC
Mallards by lakeshore
I have come through the wildfires and abject poverty. The sardine days filled with ghoulish women and cowardly men. Now, I have four walls, and a table to write at. I've decorated my castle: pictures and tapestries, a raven figurine sitting on a stump by the aloe vera. I have a bookshelf from the curb; all my favorites are on it. I turned my brother onto, A Confederacy of Dunces I hear him laugh from his 4 walls. He escaped the parasitical nights and the neon souled undead. It's a great life if you don't succumb to the crowd and the slugs that just slide on through. Now, it's the simple things that bring me pleasure: house plants, coffee brewing, and the sound of my neighbor watering his grass. I think I will get a goldfish. All perfect and orange. And on the fringe, I hear that feral cat, howling in the night, without his 4 walls.
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Oct 17, 2023
Oct 17, 2023 at 3:52 PM UTC
4 Walls
The pleasant chatter of the birds, the mellifluous cries of the herds.
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Apr 21, 2022
Apr 21, 2022 at 12:05 AM UTC
The Sound of Morning
I have nothing to write I am Empty inside. Unsure if I have been robbed by medication or maturation or perhaps emotional numbness has caused this. I do not see the seasons change or the flowers bloom and die. I see dead leaves, polluted skies. oppressed peoples, blind eyes. My empathy has been sapped from me by many years of life. I am reminded constantly that I’m powerless to aid them in their strife women, men and children suffering through life but someone is helping them, probably, and that’s nice. then life goes on again and tomorrow I am told suffering exists, numbness is bliss. please return to your clockwork life Yours’s sincerely Head manager Mrs...
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Nov 14, 2021
Nov 14, 2021 at 6:16 PM UTC
If only now I still felt a poet
Will you come meet me At the horizon? Past the willow trees, Through the meadows, Where their bodies Rot and decompose. The crows come to feast On unspoken promises And love that has ceased. Now look ahead Across the frozen lake, Where few dare to tread, Lest their disguise Shatter and sink Before sunken eyes Beyond the wasteland Of woes and lovers You'll come to stand. Where beats cry in the night Woeful of those before Now passing as mere wights. Gazing at the cosmos, I lie still Having kept my soul close. Will you come meet me At the horizon Past the willow trees?
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May 15, 2021
May 15, 2021 at 8:26 AM UTC
Meet Me At The Horizon
_𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚃𝚘 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝙰𝚜 𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎; 𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚔𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝙴𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘-𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝙼𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝙰𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚖𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚆𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚜; 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕, . . . 𝙰 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎 __𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎__ . . . 𝚂𝚝𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢._
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Oct 8, 2021
Oct 8, 2021 at 1:52 AM UTC
NO STRINGS ATTACHED
I swallow your words And begin to mellow out. Turbulence in my bloodstream, Yet static numbness all throughout. An accent laced with malice, By a tongue that knew no sympathy. You graced me with the fortunes Of love's complex simplicities. Love baffles. Love hurts. Trivial hearts.
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Jan 28, 2021
Jan 28, 2021 at 6:11 AM UTC
I swallow your words
I told the stars about you, how your fingers trace my skin how your breath blew my eyelids how your smile enchants my soul how your presence erased mine I still told the stars about you, how your lies swept me off my feet how your love tore me apart how your embrace clench my lungs how you shatter me then, I've stopped talking to the stars
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Jan 3, 2021
Jan 3, 2021 at 6:58 AM UTC
l'étoile
though our wind no longer swayed in the same direction though our sun doesn't rise at the same time and though our ocean doesn't bear the same wave my dear, I've always prayed from the inmost part of my soul that your path will always be filled with joy and happiness and that everything around you will also radiate warmth so that the dark lacuna and the brisk part of this world won't make you feel left alone so that neither solitude nor my absenteeism will cast you away to the brink of inconsistency and self-loathing until then . . .
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Dec 15, 2020
Dec 15, 2020 at 10:11 AM UTC
jusque là
I can't say that I don't care That I fell into disrepair but it seems that I am there and it really really is nowhere nowhere that  I want to be holds no views I want to see I need to find a remedy I am sick and I am tired of this life in which I am mired I don't have to be admired just want to have a voice for choice is all I have ever desired choose the way you want to live choose how much of you.. ... you want to give don't try to always relive those parts  parts of you.... ... that you decided to give.... away at last to the past I can't say that I don't care that I once fell into..... disrepair!
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Sep 3, 2020
Sep 3, 2020 at 9:00 PM UTC
Repairing
I WANT TO LIVE! I want to die I WANT TO DIE I WANT TO LIVE honestly though; I just want to be okay
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Aug 17, 2020
Aug 17, 2020 at 7:05 PM UTC
i want to;
30 denier, nothing else long legs wet lips implanted on the glass mellow heart, sultry breath, condensed mirror radiant friction, out of sync from two outcast ladies damp hair humid walls so right. i will follow him by Peggy March rustling in & out of frequency on the radio indecipherable feeling warm in here she told me,loving her is like shaking hands with the devil happiness is a butterfly and its summer so we're fine. feel penitent contrite but we both do so its fine we'll go to penitentiary its not love no but we understand each other.
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Jul 6, 2020
Jul 6, 2020 at 5:50 AM UTC
Tights.
With wearied ways the air looks grey It's colour stains surrounding planes Heavy clouds weigh eyelids down Condensed to rest as momentum slows Mellow tones and energy spent Low on conversation goals All but empty sentiments No plans today, worn out to play Sleep instead behinds your gaze Dreaming to regenerate
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Jul 5, 2020
Jul 5, 2020 at 6:29 AM UTC
Jaded
Aghast was the feeling within, the moment I heard saying, "The grudge in me never ceases, If I look at you, it upsurges." What was that? Hatred or Jealousy? Together we grew, Together we played, Together we enjoyed, But she was loved more. What was that? The age or Comparison? Appreciated for her appearance, Admired for the best smile, Pampered for the sweet talks, Gradually grew the inner bitterness unaware, Igniting in her, the spark of arrogance uncompared. As I was placed ever in contradiction. What was that? Seed of praise or despise? The child in us possessed the love, while in the name of maturity the gap stretched, The silence took deep breaths Between each conversation We, the alike thinkers Now parted with difference. The daughters of two sisters, Misunderstanding cultivated the distress. What was that? Distance or Belief? The question still perplexed Whose fault was that? The childhood innocence ripped with arrogance? Or The comparison that planted the vengeance? But ultimately, it is the misconception established with pride. Now after these many years, the love in me for her never faded but grew more when we by chance interacted. What was that? The pure love or move on? Having the belief that our thoughts were alike, My heart ceased not to pour my inner feelings, As my childhood pal, my sister, my twin. But still the ignorance in me continued to control, My maturity to understand the completely changed person. It took sometime to get in my senses that her eyes looked hither and thither with lies unrelated, and conversations proposed, not to share but to grasp whenever connected virtually. What was that? A changed self or Gossip Monger? The vengeance inside gradually turned to revengeful remorse. And the love had turned to blame, With pierce striken words she poked Of accusations and falsehoods, But none seemed to disturb me. What was that? Mellow in me or Her immaturity? With composed tone, I did stand for me, confidently, a new me, neither raised my voice, nor reacted losing my poise, but assured that in her life, "Never could you forget to remember me and never, remember to forget me." What was that? A blessing from a mellowed soul. ————————————————
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Jun 24, 2020
Jun 24, 2020 at 10:53 PM UTC
What was that?
Aghast was the feeling within, the moment I heard saying, "The grudge in me never ceases, If I look at you, it upsurges." What was that? Hatred or Jealousy? Together we grew, Together we played, Together we enjoyed, But she was loved more. What was that? The age or Comparison? Appreciated for her appearance, Admired for the best smile, Pampered for the sweet talks, Gradually grew the inner bitterness unaware, Igniting in her, the spark of arrogance uncompared. As I was placed ever in contradiction. What was that? Seed of praise or despise? The child in us possessed the love, while in the name of maturity the gap stretched, The silence took deep breaths Between each conversation We, the alike thinkers Now parted with difference. The daughters of two sisters, Misunderstanding cultivated the distress. What was that? Distance or Belief? The question still perplexed Whose fault was that? The childhood innocence ripped with arrogance? Or The comparison that planted the vengeance? But ultimately, it is the misconception established with pride. Now after these many years, the love in me for her never faded but grew more when we by chance interacted. What was that? The pure love or move on? Having the belief that our thoughts were alike, My heart ceased not to pour my inner feelings, As my childhood pal, my sister, my twin. But still the ignorance in me continued to control, My maturity to understand the completely changed person. It took sometime to get in my senses that her eyes looked hither and thither with lies unrelated, and conversations proposed, not to share but to grasp whenever connected virtually. What was that? A changed self or Gossip Monger? The vengeance inside gradually turned to revengeful remorse. And the love had turned to blame, With pierce striken words she poked Of accusations and falsehoods, But none seemed to disturb me. What was that? Mellow in me or Her immaturity? With composed tone, I did stand for me, confidently, a new me, neither raised my voice, nor reacted losing my poise, but assured that in her life, "Never could you forget to remember me and never, remember to forget me." What was that? A blessing from a mellowed soul. ————————————————
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A mellow flower Waving in the wind Dried yellow A long while ago Yet holding on To the plant stem Unwilling to let go Of its past.
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Jun 12, 2020
Jun 12, 2020 at 10:17 AM UTC
Dandelions.
We are thrown to the Earth -- what for? Without even the least mark to bear, Waves that toss and **** and side the shore. In the breaking ocean -- what glory is there? Still I cannot think by chance it's kept, For we share time and its passing, fleet, For our eyes, find the other's step, Our voices, their echoes meet. Rathering shed our memory, more our name, Of the climbing dawn, our love beneath it, Than serve cruel reason and falsely claim, We hadn't been born to see it.
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May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020 at 5:32 PM UTC
what for
It's raining leaves on a windy autumn day My heart feels mellow But my essence stays Blue skies and sunshine Are hidden far away Beyond this canopy My stress falls astray These thoughts are hungry I just want one good day But here the river flows It feels dream-like here Maybe the forest knows
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Apr 23, 2020
Apr 23, 2020 at 10:38 AM UTC
Raining Leaves
Aphrodite, oh sweet Aphrodite. Cast your gaze on me, cast a spell on me. Give your warm embrace, kiss me under the soft moonlight. Oh sweet Aphrodite, Oh sweet Aphrodite. Oh, I wish I could see you everyday. Even if the clouds choke out the sunlight. Even when the rain anchors me to the earth. Just stay with me, even just only for tonight. I'm so infatuated, I would do anything for you. Just to see if you're okay. Even for a second, for a glimpse of your face. I just wish I could see you everyday. Things are stressful, sometimes I feel like I could drown. And sink into the sand, to disappear. But when I gaze into your teals, the strain collapses. Sinks away like the ground beneath my feet. Sweet Aphrodite, I just wish you were here. Forever more, just to love you my dear.
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Oct 21, 2019
Oct 21, 2019 at 7:29 PM UTC
Oh Sweet Aphrodite
It doesn't matter that I wake after sunrise, Because knowing that you're nearby when I open my eyes; You, with your sun-kissed skin, with warmth radiating from the top of your head to your chin; You, who greets me "good morning" without fail, while looking at me like we're in a fairy tale; You, who wakes me with a gentle peck, as gentle as the sun on my skin, filtered through blinds, a fleck; It doesn't matter that I wake after sunrise, Because you remind me of it and of pink skies.
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Sep 4, 2019
Sep 4, 2019 at 11:36 PM UTC
Sunrise (2019)
the depth of night dark mellow thoughts i see heaven
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Jul 17, 2019
Jul 17, 2019 at 12:53 AM UTC
haiku 19/7/16c
what is life then? If not ***** scarlet nights and cigarettes Can it be music so loud that it vibrates within me? pumping through my veins, Harmonizing with my pulse isn’t life just one big song? I hope mine isn’t mellow and quiet I’d like to see it end with a Big Bang Like the build up in a rock song that leaves me heaving And yet I’m stuck in the beginning Repeating every day over and over Like my life is a broken record And the song doesn’t play past the opening sound And so I find myself in a hospital gown wondering why my song isn’t great how it’s not getting better at any rate while I ponder my worth under a fluorescent glow tied up to a bed watching my favorite show grasping at straws with hopes of ‘you never know!!’ life passing me by at lightning speed while I’m going slow Dragging my sadness that never seems to leave and all existential crisis in tow
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May 16, 2019
May 16, 2019 at 12:59 AM UTC
Sobriety
I will not be this young forever my bones are bound to weaken and tatter yet here I am trying to mold myself into something you’d rather instead of just being me I remember my own incessant laughter while I was eating myself up about turning grey what will become of me then I wonder will the tongues of people become a predator & I their prey? I look at myself in the mirror & think about the times yet to come where I lose and sink with the weight of my existence drowned in pink with a childish dream of a future where I sing tears do not turn back time regret will only sting like lime on memories I try my best to suppress of the times I killed my self little by little, just to impress
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May 3, 2019
May 3, 2019 at 6:33 AM UTC
Pains Of Growing Up