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I cut my hair stopped talking to my friends stopped watching that show stopped going out I acted how you liked And I was silent about the things you didn’t I grew apart from someone I knew for 13 years I stopped eating Stopped sleeping I obsessed with my self of how “it’s so funny” that I waited for your call even when I hung up I got quite I didn’t talk for months I was silent that birthday. Turning into a stranger who lived in my skin Always listening I spent all my silence reading a dozen books about psychology “There must be something wrong with me” From that point on I couldn’t hang onto people any longer I could talk to people but it seemed never “friends” Bearly ‘friendly’ I couldn’t eat once again I couldn’t feel pain It felt like I couldn’t do anything I shattered my self Just to feel ‘anything.’.
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Feb 25
Feb 25, 2026 at 11:26 PM UTC
Glass Doesnt Shatter Itself
screaming while i soak my body the bubbles sparsely covering my vulnerability is so visible did you mean to **** me? hanging in the shadows like a ghost haunting the places we’d go attempting to get a glimpse of you when our eyes meet i unfold what does this spell mean? spellbound me to your impressive gloat my sweet nothings are lodged in my throat did you find me appealing? untie my ropes and ignite my hope did you miss this feeling? writing i love you notes in your coat
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Feb 13
Feb 13, 2026 at 10:10 AM UTC
Ignite my Hope
Oh Govinda, My saviour, My guide, Of what avail to us are a kingdom, happiness or even life itself. When all those for whom we may desire them, Are now arrayed on this battlefield ? O Madhusudana, When teachers, fathers, sons, grandfathers, maternal uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law, and other relatives are ready to give up their lives and properties, and are standing before me. Why should I wish to **** them, Even though they might otherwise **** me ? O Maintainer of all living entities, I am not prepared to fight with even in exchange of all three worlds, let alone earth. What pleasure will we derive from killing the sons of Dhrtarāstra ?
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Dec 30, 2025
Dec 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM UTC
1.35 Texts 32-35 from Bhagavad Gītā
My head is full of words; But they refuse the streams upon my face, They cannot pass the inner currents to the waterfalls in my neck, down the steady river in my arms, to explore the five sea-fingers around the oceans of paper. They stall, unwilling to battle the waves of rhythm, the dramatic pauses, the clichés, the stanzas demanding a neat, polished finesse. My head is just a mess; Nothing holds shape: no right, no wrong, no defined line for care, no clean space for apathy. Days blend as I pour sweet into sour, The casual joke a thin comfort against the deep gloom. My head is full of **** Tonnes and tonnes of it, a mounting, shapeless strain. I can’t begin to chart its depths or describe the sudden, sharp frustration it brings. I have no sense of rhyme, no anchor fixed on time, no guiding hand of form. My meaning turns from raw sadness to sudden, frantic glee in less than six words. All order, all feeling, utterly gone. My head is an empty pit; I write more about the struggle of writing poetry than poetry itself.
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Mar 22, 2014
Mar 22, 2014 at 7:02 PM UTC
The Blockade
"All roads lead to Rome" “No outcome will change” Not if I don’t try, I won’t cry, I won’t quite, I won’t fail I’ll rewrite my outcome, I’ll reconstruct the road, I’ll write my own outcome “You can try but you will fail” I won’t fail, I won’t hesitate, I will never stop, quite, falter, I’ll repeat it over and over, I’ll learn, fail, and improve "But all roads lead to Rome" Not if I try to change it, Not if I start from Rome “You’ll still end in Rome” No, I won’t.
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Nov 3, 2025
Nov 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM UTC
Rome(All roads lead to Rome)
Mama, the weather outside speaks hunger. The air whispers in chipped syllables, cradling my bloated stomach, muffling the laughter emerging from K street. Pine trees, brittled by their barren limbs, hum to me their creaking lullabies. I've seen the sun, cheeks fat with food, spit golden scraps I was never entitled to. Perhaps the air can carry me through the winter. Perhaps then I can finally dream of feasts.
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Aug 19, 2025
Aug 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM UTC
Mama, the weather outside speaks hunger
Ponder this… We were never born of sin.
 We were born in God’s image.
 And God is not broken. He is perfect.
 He is love.
 He is good.
 He is whole. So we were born whole. Sin is real…
But it is not our origin.
 It is not our identity.
 It’s a distortion, a distraction—
A veil over the truth. And the truth is…
You were never broken.
 You were always loved.
You are still whole. Remember who you are.
 Remember that inner voice calling you back.
 Heal this generation.
 Rewire our children to know:
 We are not born of sin.
 We are born of wholeness. And if we remember…
Our children’s children can know generational peace.
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Apr 15, 2025
Apr 15, 2025 at 6:58 AM UTC
Returning back to you
I recognise her hurled hurt - pain - frustration - weariness - can't wait to get out of this in each unspoken sigh each practiced cry each queued curt response that lay swallowed and composed in the pit of a fully evacuated stomach
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Mar 31, 2025
Mar 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM UTC
Stomach
Been havin’ sports car dreams Ridin’ in a Volvo, blowin’ steam Livin’ the crème de la crème Till I wake up to the nightmare Tired of wakin’ up poor, I swear Gotta sleep, dream of somewhere Somewhere… somewhere… Man, somewhere else is where I wanna be Reachin’ for green like my fool Gatsby Every comedown, letdown, settledown leaves me empty A fog of smoke from the green I burn, who do I be? And who was it that I be? Had to have been somebody Been slowly dyin’, workin’ nine to five How long can I last? Maybe nine or five Don’t know if I got the pay needed to live Gotta get this bread if I wanna live Takin’ a stride, lost in the forest, lookin’ for somewhere to apply Then again, might just burn the forest, float on a smoky sky I’m livin’ this life, strugglin’ against the current, currently Workin’ this job, strugglin’ weekly, concurrently for currency Grindin’ my life away, gonna end up passin’ away silently Wanna burn fast and hard, a pyre burnin’ brilliantly But I’m just slow-burnin’ embers, no fuel for the fire Gotta get some more, need someone to send me a wire These burnin’ embers are goin’ out, the light’s gettin’ dimmer Drownin’ in darkness—never been a good swimmer No food in the pantry, man, I’m gettin’ ****** thinner Keep competin’ for the prize, but never been a winner Can’t win the rigged matches unless I become a sinner Gotta be criminal just to get myself some dinner Still believe I can make it—call me the deluded dreamer Gotta try and make it, live my fantasy Or die locked in a penitentiary For the crime of chasin’ my rhapsody Probably just end up another casualty
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Mar 23, 2025
Mar 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM UTC
Burning Dream
Been havin’ sports car dreams Ridin’ in a Volvo, blowin’ steam Livin’ the crème de la crème Till I wake up to the nightmare Tired of wakin’ up poor, I swear Gotta sleep, dream of somewhere Somewhere… somewhere… Man, somewhere else is where I wanna be Reachin’ for green like my fool Gatsby Every comedown, letdown, settledown leaves me empty A fog of smoke from the green I burn, who do I be? And who was it that I be? Had to have been somebody Been slowly dyin’, workin’ nine to five How long can I last? Maybe nine or five Don’t know if I got the pay needed to live Gotta get this bread if I wanna live Takin’ a stride, lost in the forest, lookin’ for somewhere to apply Then again, might just burn the forest, float on a smoky sky I’m livin’ this life, strugglin’ against the current, currently Workin’ this job, strugglin’ weekly, concurrently for currency Grindin’ my life away, gonna end up passin’ away silently Wanna burn fast and hard, a pyre burnin’ brilliantly But I’m just slow-burnin’ embers, no fuel for the fire Gotta get some more, need someone to send me a wire These burnin’ embers are goin’ out, the light’s gettin’ dimmer Drownin’ in darkness—never been a good swimmer No food in the pantry, man, I’m gettin’ ****** thinner Keep competin’ for the prize, but never been a winner Can’t win the rigged matches unless I become a sinner Gotta be criminal just to get myself some dinner Still believe I can make it—call me the deluded dreamer Gotta try and make it, live my fantasy Or die locked in a penitentiary For the crime of chasin’ my rhapsody Probably just end up another casualty
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I’ll rewrite myself My mind, My soul. Anything for those Of which I must atone. Erasing my music, My art, My poems. All to satisfy The ones who don’t care.
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Sep 30, 2024
Sep 30, 2024 at 11:30 AM UTC
Second Edition
As I climb from base misery to the mountain tops of self-mastery I'm reminded that to remove my mask precedes these odes to flow I found myself on the fields of defeat where the corridors of power never seem to meet You see, I had lost myself again in that merciless unwind which is not a new place for me and has been working me over time But I don't mind the mountain tops it's where I long to go I don't mind the mountain tops it's where my stories flow When I told myself again that it's time to let it go gotta just allow for it for that short pause, for the plateau Cause I don't mind the mountain tops it's where I come and go I don't mind the mountain tops it's where my stories grow So I told myself again it's time to mend and sew gotta try and re-learn those things I forgot to know I don't mind the tops but it's the valleys where I rest no, I don't mind the tops but it's the valleys I like best And we don't mind the mountain tops cause from there we flow and flow and flow
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Mar 16, 2024
Mar 16, 2024 at 8:36 PM UTC
When Tomorrow Never Comes
Oops, I edit As I go, I take a step Then erase it. It’s counterproductive, Don’t I know, But I see the flaw Then I chase it. It won’t go away ‘Til the mirror is shattered, Whether or not It actually matters. So I’ll cut and I’ll add I’ll rewrite, double back Only hoping that you’ll Love what’s left In the end.
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Mar 12, 2024
Mar 12, 2024 at 11:26 AM UTC
edit as you go
I’d tear myself apart Just to figure out what’s inside Am I Out of my mind? Can I Take it back Cover my cracks And be anew? Can I Rewrite my song And just belong To who I wish to be? If I changed all my choices Back from when I used to be young Who would I become? I’m not sure I want to be who I am, right now. If I fall, should I stay down? Fall, then fill it with gold I say, fall, then fill it with gold I say, fall, then fill it with gold Not cracks, just beautiful. Yes, I Can take it back Forgive my cracks And be anew. Oh, I’ll Rewrite my song And just belong To who I wish to be. To who I will soon be.
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Oct 1, 2023
Oct 1, 2023 at 4:10 PM UTC
Gold
I can't really rhyme very well, or write. so... apologies. [verse 1] finally asking for some help and swallowing my pride friends won’t listen to me and I’m stabbed in my backside scared of my own shadow and watching my every move giving it my all despite knowing you’ll disapprove there it is again, that funny feeling. that funny feeling. there it is again, that funny feeling. that funny feeling. [verse 2] writing my own hero that I thought I’d always need. giving him the deepest, darkest flaws inside of me. broken hearts and promises, makeshift therapy. run into burning buildings always voluntarily working from dawn to dusk, told secrets I cannot keep, work always follows me home so I cry myself to sleep. writing to escape this ****** reality while I sit in silence and question my sexuality there it is again, that funny feeling. that funny feeling. there it is again, that funny feeling. that funny feeling. [verse 3] sleepless nights, stick & pokes unblocking my ex bloodshot eyes, fake smiles, fill the void with meaningless *** always stopped when I said no, but never heard a yes. stepped outside to call his wife; left me a crying mess. total disassociation lie, say that I’m fine. googling ptsd but denying what I find. exploited daddy issues, making myself small. the silent contemplation of ending it all. there it is again, that funny feeling. that funny feeling. there it is again, that funny feeling. that funny feeling. hey, what can you say? we were overdue. but it’ll be over soon. just wait. ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da-da
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Jan 1, 2022
Jan 1, 2022 at 11:52 PM UTC
that funny feeling (rewrite)
I can't really rhyme very well, or write. so... apologies. [verse 1] finally asking for some help and swallowing my pride friends won’t listen to me and I’m stabbed in my backside scared of my own shadow and watching my every move giving it my all despite knowing you’ll disapprove there it is again, that funny feeling. that funny feeling. there it is again, that funny feeling. that funny feeling. [verse 2] writing my own hero that I thought I’d always need. giving him the deepest, darkest flaws inside of me. broken hearts and promises, makeshift therapy. run into burning buildings always voluntarily working from dawn to dusk, told secrets I cannot keep, work always follows me home so I cry myself to sleep. writing to escape this ****** reality while I sit in silence and question my sexuality there it is again, that funny feeling. that funny feeling. there it is again, that funny feeling. that funny feeling. [verse 3] sleepless nights, stick & pokes unblocking my ex bloodshot eyes, fake smiles, fill the void with meaningless *** always stopped when I said no, but never heard a yes. stepped outside to call his wife; left me a crying mess. total disassociation lie, say that I’m fine. googling ptsd but denying what I find. exploited daddy issues, making myself small. the silent contemplation of ending it all. there it is again, that funny feeling. that funny feeling. there it is again, that funny feeling. that funny feeling. hey, what can you say? we were overdue. but it’ll be over soon. just wait. ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da-da
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There she sat in front of me with her red lipstick on and a smile that showed off her pearly white teeth that always seemed to light up a room but something was off Was it the sweetness I felt, disappearing when I looked at her? Only the tingling on my tongue after eating too many sour candies was left as I saw her smile slowly curve down each day I saw her She had a lot of sour moments now that I look back. I miss the fresh peppermint laughs we shared what's left now is a silhouette a wrapper of what we could have been and now as I sit here looking through her I begin to crack from the way she makes me feel She doesn't know She'll never know about the red stripes she left on me can a shattered candy cane be put back together? it might seem impossible some parts may be lost but with some time I'll be back on my feet again and she'll move on to someone sweeter maybe a gumdrop this time Without losing her I would never have found my marshmallows friends who I know I can always fall back on their soft embrace They will be there supporting me till my expiration date
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Feb 19, 2021
Feb 19, 2021 at 12:24 PM UTC
Candy Cane Crush
Hold Me! The day you met, Is the day I'll never forget. Those sparkling deep eyes, Has a pain that it hides. The smile that catches the attention, Has the story that you never mention. The heart that beats rapidly, Has hidden some secrets safely. The vibe that you gave me, Pauses the world around me. Hold me so close coz I want to know, All the hidden pain, the secret, the story now. I want to heal your pain, I want to change your story. Will you let me rewrite your story? If yes, then please hold me. -Sanjana Tripathi @wordz_dreamer
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Dec 10, 2020
Dec 10, 2020 at 11:22 PM UTC
Hold me
If we vote you out we'll celebrate and throw the biggest party Trump Baby please just go And if we vote you out we'll buy many tickets from the biggest lottery Trump Baby please just go, we don't want you to stay A vote like ours is a vote to ease the mind We'll never let them slip away! You've gone too far and now are in a bind How can you last another day? When November comes we'll  have no regrets Of votes we'll cast that day A vote like ours is a vote to be enshrined Joyously casting them that day! You've gone too far and leave no peace of mind How did it all end up this way? When November comes we'll  have no regrets Of votes we'll cast that day And if we vote you out we'll buy all the tickets from the biggest lottery Trump Baby please just go, we don't want you to stay Oh Trump, we just got to have you leaving, yeah Trump baby please just go, just go, just go
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Oct 18, 2020
Oct 18, 2020 at 8:24 PM UTC
If we vote you out [If you leave me now, performed by Chicago]
STARS They remind me of the song I love to sing of the movie I love to watch of a car ride of an unexpected night when you showed up. Now, I truly wish we could rewrite the stars.
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Apr 19, 2020
Apr 19, 2020 at 12:54 AM UTC
Rewriting Stars
_Two player game - Be More Chill_ _( One player game rewrite - Your Local Grocery Store )_ ~ Apocalypse of the teens Level 9 The cafeteria Find the bad guy, push him aside. Then move on forward with your books at your side. It's a one-player game, so when they make an attack, You know you got a backpack, gotta watch your back Then you stay on track and Ah! remain on course. If they give you a smack you Gah! use your force. And if you leave some ********* behind it’s fine Cause it's an effed up world, and it's a one-player game, hey! I like to talk about cool stuff like casettes It's just that no one else but me really cares I’m just a nothing in this high school scheme, But it's no big because I don’t need a team. I like out of print games, retro skates, Got a Pac-Man tattoo. Nobody here appreciates, But soon I’ll be a student where they do. Cause guys like me are cool in college cool in college, yes I know. Guys like me are cool in college, rule in college, I wish I’d know High school is hell, but I navigate it well. Cause what I do, Is I make it a one-player game! Zombie! Watch out! Ah! Wha-!? Aww.. As loser I have fought on my own for years. Both Nintendo zombies and these popular peers! Now I’m stuck on a level and I wanna move on. Just wait two years whereupon, I’ll see that guys like me are cool in college cool in college, won't be lame. Dude I know, I get it- Guys like me, they **** in college, But I’m not in college, I’ll be fine High School is whack, but I’ve got my own back. It’s me and books, I make it a one-player game. AH- OH- ZOMBIE! BLOOD! CLAWS! Pause. I know I’m no one’s favourite person, But that doesn’t mean that I can't still dream. It’s really true, I’m no one’s favourite person I’ll always be alone on the team High school is **** and I don’t need (no)one conquer it. It's just what I do, I make it a one-player game! Find the bad guy, push him aside. Then move on forward with your books at your side. It's a one-player game, so when they make an attack, You know you got a backpack, gotta watch your back Then you stay on track and Ah! remain on course. If they give you a smack you Gah! use your force. And if you leave some ********* behind it’s fine Cause it's an effed up world, and it's a one-player game, hey! One-player game One-player game. He-ey-ey!
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Jan 25, 2020
Jan 25, 2020 at 4:39 PM UTC
Note 316:
_Two player game - Be More Chill_ _( One player game rewrite - Your Local Grocery Store )_ ~ Apocalypse of the teens Level 9 The cafeteria Find the bad guy, push him aside. Then move on forward with your books at your side. It's a one-player game, so when they make an attack, You know you got a backpack, gotta watch your back Then you stay on track and Ah! remain on course. If they give you a smack you Gah! use your force. And if you leave some ********* behind it’s fine Cause it's an effed up world, and it's a one-player game, hey! I like to talk about cool stuff like casettes It's just that no one else but me really cares I’m just a nothing in this high school scheme, But it's no big because I don’t need a team. I like out of print games, retro skates, Got a Pac-Man tattoo. Nobody here appreciates, But soon I’ll be a student where they do. Cause guys like me are cool in college cool in college, yes I know. Guys like me are cool in college, rule in college, I wish I’d know High school is hell, but I navigate it well. Cause what I do, Is I make it a one-player game! Zombie! Watch out! Ah! Wha-!? Aww.. As loser I have fought on my own for years. Both Nintendo zombies and these popular peers! Now I’m stuck on a level and I wanna move on. Just wait two years whereupon, I’ll see that guys like me are cool in college cool in college, won't be lame. Dude I know, I get it- Guys like me, they **** in college, But I’m not in college, I’ll be fine High School is whack, but I’ve got my own back. It’s me and books, I make it a one-player game. AH- OH- ZOMBIE! BLOOD! CLAWS! Pause. I know I’m no one’s favourite person, But that doesn’t mean that I can't still dream. It’s really true, I’m no one’s favourite person I’ll always be alone on the team High school is **** and I don’t need (no)one conquer it. It's just what I do, I make it a one-player game! Find the bad guy, push him aside. Then move on forward with your books at your side. It's a one-player game, so when they make an attack, You know you got a backpack, gotta watch your back Then you stay on track and Ah! remain on course. If they give you a smack you Gah! use your force. And if you leave some ********* behind it’s fine Cause it's an effed up world, and it's a one-player game, hey! One-player game One-player game. He-ey-ey!
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The secret to staying clean is stay away from ALL influences As an artist I often turned to mind-altering substances to spark creativity Knowing that inspiration is already hidden inside you somewhere is a great reason to stay above the influence To keep sober you must rewrite every page The script of your life
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Jan 18, 2020
Jan 18, 2020 at 7:24 AM UTC
S.S.S (The Secret To Staying Sober)