#reversepoem
i am invisible
i cannot say that
someone would notice if i disappeared
its true that
every effort is wasted
i refuse to believe that
people care about me
i should stop believing in life
never, i would never say
i am loved. i am seen. i am known.
(now read bottom up)
Feb 4
Feb 4, 2026 at 11:38 PM UTC
i need to be the best
so why do people always say
know you are valuable and don't compare yourself to others
it's a no-brainer that you should
put people down to bring yourself up
it's horrible to think you can
just look on the bright side, and enjoy yourself
(now read bottom up<3)
Mar 1, 2025
Mar 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM UTC
Strangers once more,
With hearts untethered, we part ways.
No more laughter echoes between us,
There’s only silence where words used to dance.
We were everything to each other,
Now we are nothing.
What we loved, what we shared,
Seems distant, like a forgotten dream.
I don’t miss the way your smile felt like home,
I don’t feel the absence of your touch.
I refuse to remember,
How you knew me,
How you understood my fears and secrets.
It's a blessing we’re strangers now.
I won’t pretend
It was worth knowing you,
It’s clear now,
We were always meant to be strangers.
Now read from bottom to top.
Nov 14, 2024
Nov 14, 2024 at 8:42 PM UTC
'I Love You'
So I've said
those Three Little Words
you don't want to hear or say
I've known
from the start
that you've always been
this way
sometimes I think about
-by myself-
How our existence is even possible?
I wonder
if you've thought that, too
but
all you can whimper
is
'I don't love you'.
Aug 30, 2023
Aug 30, 2023 at 2:49 PM UTC
Bright
Blinding
Creasing
Killing
Searing
Song on a too quick gone breath
Where did it go
It used to play so loud
You've muted it
And now
I don't remember the words
Just the melody
Searing
Killing
Creasing
Blinding
Bright
In my head
May 12, 2022
May 12, 2022 at 10:18 PM UTC
Drawn to the edge of the water
in concert with the moon
tides ebbing, flowing,
tasting, smelling,
feeling, hearing,
waves of the sea
crashing, salty, wet,
transporting me—
Inner peace
Inner peace
transporting me—
crashing, salty, wet,
waves of the sea
feeling, hearing,
tasting, smelling,
tides ebbing, flowing
in concert with the moon
Drawn to the edge of the water
Mark Toney © 2021
May 21, 2021
May 21, 2021 at 10:47 AM UTC
And I don't believe
That I can be better
But I know that it's true
People won't love me for who I am
People won't stay
People will only hurt me
I tell myself lies
Someone will bear with all my pain
There is hope at the end of the day
I am enough
But the truth is
I am all alone
I will never be okay
As long as I live
Mar 14, 2021
Mar 14, 2021 at 9:36 PM UTC
as a child
i never knew
the real world
all i know is
just barbie and fun
that it wasn't
all cruel and stoic
wherever i look it's
love in the air
and the illusion of
a fake family
was far-fetched
the perfect life
that i'm living happily
i took for granted
Oct 11, 2020
Oct 11, 2020 at 8:12 AM UTC
I can see you
inside the closet
as I watch you from
under the covers
your eyes peak out
through the darkness
hiding
and I can tell you know I'm
scared
I know you're
there
I can see you
(now read up)
Sep 17, 2020
Sep 17, 2020 at 1:49 AM UTC
Things will always be the way they are now
So I refuse to believe that
I can change the world
All by myself
I want to make a difference
But then I realise
"It's too hard"
"I won't even try"
Some people say
If we're together, we're stronger
I know in my heart that
This is wrong
And you must agree that
"Failure is worse than death"
I've heard it said again and again
Never trying at all
Is better than
Trying and failing to save the world
Now read from the bottom to the top.
Apr 10, 2020
Apr 10, 2020 at 8:16 AM UTC
Your harmful words
Pass through me as I bath in
My own compliments
Oct 3, 2019
Oct 3, 2019 at 9:32 PM UTC
I hate the person in the mirror
so you'll never hear me say that
I'm good enough
I know in my heart that
the number on the scale defines my worth
and that
being thin will make me happy
I refuse to believe that
There is hope
I'm ashamed of my body
No longer can I say that
I am worth fighting for
Happiness (Bottom to Top)
Jan 30, 2020
Jan 30, 2020 at 3:42 PM UTC
Lonely
but no longer
alone
I am
trying
and yet I'm not
happy
the sad in me is now
growing
my hope is slowly
diminishing into nothing
my new beginning
was suppose to be taking over
my sadness
lingering
no longer
happy
I am
lonely
but no longer
Alone
Sep 15, 2019
Sep 15, 2019 at 7:06 PM UTC
I hate my body
I could never say
I'm happy with what I see,
I need to lose weight to be pretty
I don't believe
Being who I truly am
I'm actually happy
why should i?
Take an inch here and there
Snip away till I'm perfect
Am i beautiful now?
Mar 30, 2019
Mar 30, 2019 at 12:29 PM UTC
Love is wicked
It is not possible that
there is hope
after the break-up
I believe that
we are just naive and intolerant.
Nov 15, 2018
Nov 15, 2018 at 3:35 AM UTC
"i want to die."
i'm the only one who survived
even if I didn't deserve it
i've lost those that matter the most
they're all gone
my family,
my love,
my friends,
none of them are coming back
it's all my fault
i know
but
my therapist keeps telling me
"i'm okay."
maybe I'll start to believe
if I hear it enough times
Oct 25, 2018
Oct 25, 2018 at 8:06 AM UTC
i'm happy now
i'd be lying to myself if i said
i'm not over you
i can breathe freely now
never believe that
the memories of our love still live in my head
i'm better off without you
you will never hear me say
i wish you were still here
i hate you
it would be stupid to assume
i still love you
Aug 10, 2018
Aug 10, 2018 at 9:14 PM UTC
My little friend is now gone
My tragic life must go on; despite that
His evil eyes and his cheeky smile still burn in my mind
He no longer exists except
For my memory of him
And I rejoiced
When I heard the news
Still I can recall how I sobbed
When he gave me his evil eye for the first time
When he hurled glass and other projectiles at me when he was hungry
When he spent hours upon hours pondering the fabric of society
I hated him
I wished
For his death
I was depressed
It was like paint peeling off a wall
It was like finding a dead leprechaun at the end of a rainbow
I was expecting some sort of remorse when he left
Funny how heartbreak works
Now read this in reverse
Because sometimes all you need
Is a little change of perspective
To truly understand someone
Jul 18, 2018
Jul 18, 2018 at 12:28 PM UTC
My circle is built for two …
I will stand in my circle …
Alone ….
and wait.
If you step inside my circle …
you must come alone.
I stand in my circle …
alone.
If someone else enters the circle with you …
I will leave it …
Because …
If you stay in that circle, with them …
it will become yours.
I will then build another circle.
It will become yours.
if you stay in that circle, with them …
Because …
I will leave it …
if someone else enters the circle with you.
Alone …
I stand inside my circle.
You must come alone.
If you step inside my circle …
and wait …
alone,
I will stand inside my circle.
My circle is built for two.
Mar 26, 2018
Mar 26, 2018 at 7:58 AM UTC
I am happy.
I would lying if I said,
I only feel sadness.
Life is worth living.
I will never feel that,
I am not wanted.
The opposite is true,
I feel full of passion.
Not anymore do,
I need help.
Please,
Spend every day loving,
Give everybody love.
I wish I could,
From me,
Help void all the sadness
From the world,
I am happy.
I would be lying if I said,
I only feel sadness.
(Now read it in reverse)
Oct 28, 2017
Oct 28, 2017 at 2:41 PM UTC
She stands hard as stone.
Now in a temporary home.
Mar 29, 2017
Mar 29, 2017 at 7:01 AM UTC