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What makes you cry during intimacy? What breaks throught the crack That you've hid enaugh? What makes you listen to that voice in there? What's that tremble that starts the avalanche And destroys everything inside there? What are you more afraid of? That they will see or they will feel? Those tears are gonna fall against your will. Right against their skin, will you let them in? They're gonna see, they're gonna feel. The person infront of them against their will. All bare and shaken, Where has your voice been taken? Why do you flinch and gasp? Who hurt you so bad? Why shouldn't you be here? Why shouldn't you feel this? What was it? What made you cry? What pushed you through the crack? Did that hurt enaugh? Enaugh to shake you-now will you give up? Or will you face them now, lifting your chin up? Why are you crying so bad? Why are you grasping for breath? Doesn't it make you cry enaught? Are you not feeling enaugh? That weight is bruising And your bones are breaking. You're shaking, You're tearing, Their hands are reaching- Flinch. Their hands are shaking. You're both shaking, Your insides bleeding. 2026.02-3
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Mar 7
Mar 7, 2026 at 7:55 PM UTC
What makes you cry?
You learn to walk And you grow up And the ground is exactly where you expect it to be. But I’ve been dizzy for 4 weeks now And the ground is not there. My world spins Even as I write. I sit and my heart is sore. I want to rip out my stitches But nothing ever broke; So I pretend I’m not dizzy And that the ground is still there And that maybe it’s just the waves. My hands are always shaking From the lightning in my bones, And my hands shake -and my world spins -and it’s all just maybe the waves -and I’ve been dizzy for 4 weeks now And the ground is not there.
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Jan 30
Jan 30, 2026 at 4:49 PM UTC
And The Ground Is Not There
Where is my voice? Why am I anxious? The people they stare Why can’t I speak? I’m right here, I’m human Why do you stare? When I freeze When I shake with tears, When I go invisible Why are you always there? Just…watching Always there, in mind, In presence, that voice I hear, I get anxious, nervous, A shaky mess of limbs and hair Accompanied by those tears.
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Nov 4, 2025
Nov 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM UTC
Voice
a new poet, here,   quite breathless, in this new rarefied universe-of-uni-que-verses, five, count’em, five poems fell from *within me but to (out-with) you,* even without you as if they existed prior, since the beginning of time, and just needing releasing, like birds from a jailor’s cage, and well for me, feeling freedom for the very first time, it’s a major minor miracle, two whole followers, and I run to the sea shores to advise the world of no-one-can hear-me of this new development, and the silence rewards me with a sense of awe, at this earthshaking development, because I am actually shaking & stirring with/from a crazy mixture of anxiety excitement exhaustion, crazy like someone slipped me a key to a whole other world, to where I can steal away anytime I want and shout out over an empty beach, words of creation sung in a crazy tune,     and I realize that I am actually naturally high **this is so very cool. feel free to laugh, at or with me, no cares, as long as our laughing is in our mutual language!**
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Feb 3, 2025
Feb 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM UTC
No. 6: A New poet, exhaling poetry, shaking & stirred
Ten thousand screams, seething with rage, Ten thousand cries, trembling with pain, Merging into one, a relentless wave, Years of feeling, fractured and fleeting, Rushing through the corridors of my mind. A violent melody, endless and raw, A symphony stretching across eternity, Then everything dissolved into silence, I sank to my knees, drowning in emotion, What was this feeling, unnameable, ungraspable? It was everything at once, yet nothing at all, Tremors rippled, inside and out, Echoing through the fragile shell of my world, The walls I built, brick by careful brick, Collapsed in seconds, a symphony of ruin. What was that feeling? They called it panic. I thought I was fine, thought I was okay, But was my well-being a masterful illusion, A play I directed to soothe my mind, To fabricate solace for my existence? That feeling—everywhere, yet nowhere at all— The tight, suffocating pain, piercing through, Everywhere, yet nowhere, a phantom ache, My world crumbling, and truth dawning: I was doing too much, yet not enough. It was cold, unrelenting, this truth— Nothing is enough, not even everything. I wanted to cry, not just inside, But to pour out the ache that hollowed my chest, Yet Death hovered, its blade aimed at my heart. Cold, numbing, but somehow awakening, I had to stop pretending, stop the facade, To find the strength to truly be fine, Not in illusion, but in truth’s embrace, To seek the help that heals the soul. Everywhere, yet nowhere at all— The pain, the guilt, the resentment, Aimed at everything, yet nothing at all. And in that moment, I gave myself permission, To not be okay— and that was enough. -fir.m
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Nov 28, 2024
Nov 28, 2024 at 1:44 PM UTC
Everything, yet nothing at all.
Ten thousand screams, seething with rage, Ten thousand cries, trembling with pain, Merging into one, a relentless wave, Years of feeling, fractured and fleeting, Rushing through the corridors of my mind. A violent melody, endless and raw, A symphony stretching across eternity, Then everything dissolved into silence, I sank to my knees, drowning in emotion, What was this feeling, unnameable, ungraspable? It was everything at once, yet nothing at all, Tremors rippled, inside and out, Echoing through the fragile shell of my world, The walls I built, brick by careful brick, Collapsed in seconds, a symphony of ruin. What was that feeling? They called it panic. I thought I was fine, thought I was okay, But was my well-being a masterful illusion, A play I directed to soothe my mind, To fabricate solace for my existence? That feeling—everywhere, yet nowhere at all— The tight, suffocating pain, piercing through, Everywhere, yet nowhere, a phantom ache, My world crumbling, and truth dawning: I was doing too much, yet not enough. It was cold, unrelenting, this truth— Nothing is enough, not even everything. I wanted to cry, not just inside, But to pour out the ache that hollowed my chest, Yet Death hovered, its blade aimed at my heart. Cold, numbing, but somehow awakening, I had to stop pretending, stop the facade, To find the strength to truly be fine, Not in illusion, but in truth’s embrace, To seek the help that heals the soul. Everywhere, yet nowhere at all— The pain, the guilt, the resentment, Aimed at everything, yet nothing at all. And in that moment, I gave myself permission, To not be okay— and that was enough. -fir.m
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Shaking hand holds pen "It is just cold" one more lie Afraid to face truth
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Apr 28, 2024
Apr 28, 2024 at 9:47 AM UTC
Shaking Pen (Senyrū)
Oh the guilt I felt, I don't think you understand how it t                                o                                                            r                                                                                        e me apart, left me s ha  k in g, sobbing, begging for something to help you. Because I couldn't. And I will never, never forgive myself.
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Jan 3, 2022
Jan 3, 2022 at 7:46 PM UTC
ignorance is bliss
Why am I always so depressed? Why can't it stop? Tears well up in my eyes Words stuck in my throat. I try to get help but I can't move Feet stuck to the floor And hands Jittering quickly Make this stop Make this stop Make this stop
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Mar 17, 2021
Mar 17, 2021 at 12:00 PM UTC
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I had a dream, that you crashed and burned I ran to you, my body shaking, 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟. It was not a dream. How can I fit the whole of you in my arms again Your body so alive and breathing, real in a way I don't know what to do with I am not strong enough to stop your fire I wish I could, for a while step back, no fear. Breathe you in and hold you close and say "You are loved because these hands touch you, these arms hold you, this skin knows you and this heart longs for you." They are all mine, and yours too, the crash, the burns, all fire. I'll make it stop if you allow me to.
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Dec 5, 2020
Dec 5, 2020 at 11:26 AM UTC
When your breath stopped in a car accident
What used to matter Now its all useless. All those those things I thought were true Seems like I didn't even had a clue. Even though I was used to the pain Cause it was the only thing made me feel alive! Now it seems to not matter It was all useless! Waking up everyday with the same burden Caught in the web I, myself had woven What it really seems Is that nothing really matters! My head starts spinning My body's shaking Thinking about what could've done! My feet starts walking My hands are reaching Desire for my world to burn! And still I am here Just waiting for you... Drowning in the pool of agony With disbelief in Separation!!!
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Apr 26, 2020
Apr 26, 2020 at 4:58 AM UTC
My Sober Days
By playing hatred for attention the ones who need it are ignored. Drip Drip Drip Shaking, fidgeting tape around cotton ***** red seeping through my shirt sleeve They're going to see what I did What I've become What I always was inside. It's no one's fault but my own . . . But they don't give a ****
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Mar 9, 2020
Mar 9, 2020 at 8:23 AM UTC
Nobody
My body's shaking, my bones are breaking.
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Feb 27, 2020
Feb 27, 2020 at 11:36 PM UTC
Brittle
you're on my mind and my hands they're s h a k i n g and even though you hurt me i still can't help but o b s e s s over you i'm burning it's like fire s p r e a d i n g over what's left of my heart
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Sep 24, 2019
Sep 24, 2019 at 2:25 PM UTC
burning
My heart pounds. My lungs stutter, chest tightens, hands shake. Words echo harsh and loud like two drums off-beat. I don't want to listen but they don't want to stop.
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Apr 24, 2019
Apr 24, 2019 at 7:24 PM UTC
Anxious
Within the stillness of that night, when nothing seemed to be quite right; They came to me with veins of ice, and at that time, I was only nine. ~ What they wanted, I knew too well, the shame, the pain, the guilt, the Hell; My pulse went up, my heart, it fell, they made me promise not to tell. ~ What could they possibly want with me, I didn't understand, I couldn't see; The horror drove me to my knees, and I quietly cried out my small plea. ~ My call, it fell upon deaf ears, as it had done, all of these years; This wasn't the first time they brought fear, nor the first time that I cried my tears. ~ "Won't you please just go away," this I wished, this I prayed; But to no avail, they continued to play, I felt that I was on display. ~ Just like the other nights before, my body ached, and I was sore; I didn't feel alive no more, as I picked myself up off the floor. ~ When they were finished, they let me be, alone again, just the walls and me; I was shaking from my head to my feet, they left me impure, and incomplete.
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Apr 18, 2019
Apr 18, 2019 at 10:02 PM UTC
~INCOMPLETE~
You looked at me I saw your stare The cold uninviting stressing stare. The one that kept me up at night, shaking from fright. You said you weren't sorry for what you said last night. And that you meant it all. Oh my. What spite. A shimmer in my eyes. That's all it took to change my life forever. No longer was I your slave. I didn't follow you around with my mouth open drooling. No more. I wouldn't... I couldn't... That's what we all say, until we do. And that's when the scary begins all over again. When you fall in to the same trap, Over and over again. Once the cycle has begun, there is no leaving from one's stum. For your stum is your home. And your home is your cycle.
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Mar 12, 2019
Mar 12, 2019 at 9:45 PM UTC
The Cycle Of Home
i'm sorry that me nervously tapping on the table annoys you sara, but like, it's not as if i can just not have anxiety or anything.
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Mar 6, 2019
Mar 6, 2019 at 7:45 PM UTC
*anxious tapping*
I hold my love for you like the frail egg of a blue jay, and I beg my shaking fingers to hang on. There is a thumping beat within threatening to break free from thin shell. I gently cup this in my palm and I dream of the day it can beat alongside your thundering heart, a thought to soothe my worries and feed a steady slow pulse.
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Nov 18, 2018
Nov 18, 2018 at 3:17 PM UTC
Beating