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#selfloathe
now i'm 16 and im supposed to be skinny. so now im on a 16 calories diet to be better. im skipping meals to get a 16 inch waist. because when you're 16, boys want you. but they don't want me, im not 16 inches.
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Jan 21
Jan 21, 2026 at 11:22 AM UTC
16 calories
Spring recalls a scene; Lo! You self-loathe for the one— Who unheard your cry.
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Mar 10, 2025
Mar 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM UTC
Biased Love (Haiku, 1)
displaying a badly painted portrait of myself to the public just so that i can be picked on, as i predicted self-sabotage isn't just a bad habit, but a disease the only cure to it is self-love, but that's something i can never seem to reach possibly the pain became too addicting or i'm afraid of change, i'm afraid to be loved after all i can never accept the fact that i am loved in the first place i'm so used to mistreatment, for it's the only form of love i know
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Sep 19, 2021
Sep 19, 2021 at 11:36 PM UTC
i set myself up
Dear society, I'm tired of your debauching standards of what it means to be beautiful into a mere commodity. Dear society, why can't you look into the windows of the soul? Are you scared to see a flawed being just like yourself? Scared to see what truly lies in the heart? Scared to see more and want more than just a body? Dear society, what you call beauty now is only joy for your eyes. There should be more to us than just *** appeal. Dear society, your expections has done more harm that good. Those who fall in line will always be accepted. And the ordinary will be rejected... You've made me feel like I'll never be good enough. That my life should be dictated to meet your standards. No matter what I do, there will always be something wrong with me. Some imperfection that I'll be forced to fix. I am more than flesh and bone. I am more than blood and tone. For years, you've made me sad, you've made me hate. And I refuse to die bound to to a dark fate.
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Jun 4, 2018
Jun 4, 2018 at 1:18 PM UTC
Dear Society
I am just a kid. a kid that you have to beat. beat meat, beat meat, beat meat, today is your turn for a treat.
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Feb 27, 2017
Feb 27, 2017 at 6:39 AM UTC
Kid That You Have To Beat
I don't think this cycle is meant to be broken I seem to be running in circles, frequently going back into old habits like it's bound to happen I detest each passing day with a passion because I should be living a life worth telling and I should be dreaming dreams that I will make into a reality But I keep cutting my words short, filling my lungs with smoke and body with scars too prominent to show I have nothing to look forward to, my days feel numbered and I'm not responding well to the help I'm offered I'm burying my voice along with the others, I'm not afraid of them anymore I will let them devour me alive, watch them tower over me until I am nothing, until I am no more n.j.
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Nov 11, 2015
Nov 11, 2015 at 6:30 AM UTC
Cycle
Drain me out I am a flightless bird soaked in deep water Hindered by the heaviness of my feathers Constantly weighing down my flock I am not my own burden But a bag of rocks thrown into the ocean A corpse to never be found When meant to catch the eyes of the innocent My body refuses to stay afloat My mind is living under And I have no choice but to hit rock bottom So hear me out Carry my withering bones and feathers When my body decides to give out I cannot keep living under water I am not meant for this environment My skin is meant to feed the clouds of freedom Tracing linear passages and unsteady travels, With my own people We are meant to soar into oblivion Of building dreams and vision But my mind keeps living under And I cannot escape what has harvested inside I have no choice but to hit rock bottom n.j.
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Oct 22, 2015
Oct 22, 2015 at 8:43 AM UTC
Flightless
coming home from a long day of school, i am welcomed by my mother's kisses yet it's the blade's that touch my cheek i feel the long glides of hello's and how are you's creep up my veins and sleeves my heart pounds like a hummingbird, except this time there's no bird but a desperate cry clawing at the door my throat catches itself as i skip lunch with an empty stomach. my tears will be all that's left to ingest and the dining room will be my bathroom floor i collapse on my knees drenched in uniform sweat, punching the tiles and marble décor why is it, that every time i strip i reach for sharp edges instead of shower curtains? why do my hands try to break the buildings of restraint? why are they strong enough to reach for the blades? and why am i considered weak if i resort to such violence? i cannot remember the last time my thighs looked bare each time i recall, i see a naked canvas stained with red and purple my individual hairs dipped in fresh cuts and my head spinning around in circles each time i try to forget the lunch i skipped and the conversations of unspoken words i never said, the skull behind my forehead trembles with regret and i’ll remember how my heart would pound like the wings of a hummingbird flying back and forth, clawing and tearing my chest open as i reach for the door my mom awaits me with kisses to welcome me home but i’ll be too eager to collapse on the bathroom floor n.j.
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Oct 12, 2015
Oct 12, 2015 at 7:27 AM UTC
the hummingbird
Another day, Another breath, Another lie; "I'm fine." Lost in space, Take away the pain, Hold me in your arms; "I'm fine." A waste of air, Close my eyes, Sink into darkness; "I'm fine." The words they say, Armor worn thin, Pierced the skin; "I'm fine." Open wounds, Heart on my sleeve, Eyes swollen shut; "I'm fine." Swallowed the pills, Cut too deep, Lungs on fire; "I'm fine."
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Jul 5, 2015
Jul 5, 2015 at 2:00 PM UTC
+*+*+*+*+
He exchanges women for the pain That remains Lodged in his brain From trying to maintain An image of a person that he never was So because This image eludes him He chooses to confuse them With promises of more than he intends to provide Doesn't let them know straight up and they don't seem to recognize That their sole purpose in his life is to cause the pain to subside And he hides His cries for freedom between their meaty thighs And tries To lick, and pump, kiss and bump, touch and ****** so much That he gains their trust While they lose their souls Because he can't free his own Their screams and moans Are the only home in which he can feel great So he makes as many of them Reach that place Where all they can speak is his name Because maybe if he hears it enough he will figure out who he is.....
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Jun 1, 2015
Jun 1, 2015 at 11:13 AM UTC
Untitled
If I lay blade to skin Will I bleed out all the toxins that make me so undesirable. If I rip open flesh Will I tear away the pieces of me that repel. Will the anger and loneliness seep from the wounds Leaving me whole again. Can't I just pretend
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Mar 21, 2015
Mar 21, 2015 at 2:28 PM UTC
Self inflicted
And we will never know what it's like to crave the essence of youth back in a vial; Because youth was never something we understood anyway Each premeditated; careful move - Each calculated. Serendipity. Fake laughter . We're too self conscious. There are too many of us. And sometimes I long for a past that isn't even mine: I miss the things I've never had. I'm wasting away my days - Waiting for my life to begin. Hoping; that each freckle-strapped face Would show me the way Give me serenity.
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Dec 4, 2014
Dec 4, 2014 at 7:56 PM UTC
the wild youth
*This view from my window Its why I moved in This view from my window Has kept me in This view from my window shows a world of hope This view from my window disables me to cope This view from my window allows me to stay inside This view from my window Allows me to hide From the ouside world Im kept safe inside But it is from my inside that I must hide Im pushindg and trying to get up and out From this view from my window Please let me out Incapacitated,  rejected, scorned , and deprived Of what this view from my window has on the other side*
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Mar 23, 2014
Mar 23, 2014 at 9:43 AM UTC
View from my window