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I am my mother’s favorite daughter The answer to all her wishes and dreams A companion she couldn’t find in my father Or at least that’s how it seems I am the one she has spoiled rotten The one who is always painted by greed But the burden that comes with all I have gotten Is that I’m never just allowed to be me
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Aug 18, 2025
Aug 18, 2025 at 4:08 AM UTC
my mother's favorite daughter.
Sometimes the s in she gets caught in my throat And the girl I’m about to see turns into a he That one simple letter that I never wrote Like its existence just embarrasses me I’m just not quite there! I can’t admit it out loud Because what if it makes them think I’m odd? I’m too scared to let myself stand out in the crowd To let others see how permanently I’m flawed So, I choose my fears above my love for her And pretend I’m something I never were
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Aug 17, 2025
Aug 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM UTC
{s}he.
In the darkness of midnight, the moon turns away its face I settle down behind my desk and write down my fate I’ll form my sorrow in the shapes of lyrics and lines Ones that won’t make sense in the bright morning light The pen that bleeds ink made from my hatred and guilt Words like stones that bring down the walls I have built I’m the midnight poet, my safety the silence before dawn So, at first light, all these thoughts will be gone.
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Aug 17, 2025
Aug 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM UTC
midnight poet.