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#slipping
I'm slipping Slowly I slip a little more My grip is getting weaker I am hanging on by a thread I try to muster up enough strength to grip the rope again I feel the pain again I scream to the top of my lungs and yell I'm tired of fighting this fight I am over this I'm literally hanging on by a thread With a lot of sweat and tears I feel like I am on a never ending rollercoaster I cry It's like I am trying to climb a mountain but I can't climb all the way to the top It's a never ending roller coaster something seems to always happen to me I cry I wonder why? They say that the grass is greener on the other side I can no longer hold on to this thread as tears mixed with sweat stream down my face Ok It's time I let go of this rope my fingers are numb and cramped and slowly I swim to the other
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Mar 27
Mar 27, 2026 at 8:20 AM UTC
Hanging On By A Thread
thoughts slipping down my face like strawberry sorbet in the summer heat thoughts sticky on my hands lemon and lime sour and sweet all the paper in the world wouldn't be able to stop it from slipping off my tongue just more words i will learn to regret later maybe if i learned to keep my mouth shut thoughts again, torturing me i barely have enough time to write them down before they go slipping away again like summer like peach sorbet i can taste them now the flavors i can feel it the wooden boardwalk beneath my feet the sand in my hair i can see it the ocean but when i look out my window all i see are trees wet from the monsoon that hit us all so suddenly thoughts don't need punctuation or capital letters they just need empty paper and a dull pencil sorbet doesn't need punctuation doesn't even need summer though, it is better when the sun is beating down and the asphalt is hot enough to burn our bare feet thoughts killing me slowly because overthinking is better than overeating and i'm so scared that they will all leave me especially her she scares me because there isn't a thing i can do if she decides i am no longer worth her time thoughts sweet sour sticky slipping just like sorbet what can you do when the world feels like it's slipping through your fingers melting like sorbet under the hot summer sun
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Dec 1, 2025
Dec 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM UTC
sorbet
My blood is rebel red, So if I bleed, They can't keep me down. I stay strong, Running till I see the sun. Back against a cliff, This isn't the time to slip.
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Jul 9, 2025
Jul 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM UTC
Rebel Red
Melting, dissonance, encroaching, Vaporous, unknowing, Slipping through time, now approaching, A melody of words, flowing. In the haze of twilight's breath, Moments blend, dissolve, and fade, Unseen whispers, silent death, In the shadows, light is made. Vapor trails of thoughts unspoken, Echoes of a distant chime, Fragments of a dream, unbroken, Dancing on the edge of time. Understanding without knowing, In the | stillness, truth is found, A symphony of life, bestowing, Harmony in chaos bound.
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Jan 15, 2025
Jan 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM UTC
Melting Dissonance
The restrictions upon my self worth, never the right, write, wording, metaphor of what I wish to show you, u, me. That even though I don't cry or scream, I'm swaying every sentence I write, right to the point that there was never a chair to hold words. Instead, I bleed my word, pain with every stanza that collected beneath holding me up. Until I wrote so much that there wasn't just air beneath me but solid meaning wanting to hold me higher than that which may make me fall...
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Apr 9, 2021
Apr 9, 2021 at 4:36 PM UTC
Suicide Metapohrs
i can see you slipping, slowly but surely, you don't ask for help, don't see how it can be made better, i try to help, but really what can i do other than love and pray for you. my dear, it hurts to watch you slowly drown, rushing through life, undergoing the pressure. im scared for what will happen to you, im scared we will drift apart, never to be drawn close again, im scared you'll go too far. every conversation feels timed, like every word has to be perfectly chosen. i don't want to burden you if i need something or if something is on my mind. i want to help you the best i can, but its exhausting for me too to see you keep struggling and none of my efforts or prayers seeming to amount to anything. i know i ought to keep up the hope, God will provide for you and teach you something in the process, its just hard to watch the one i love the most slipping away and feeling overwhelmed and exhausted.
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Mar 23, 2021
Mar 23, 2021 at 9:14 PM UTC
slipping
Hold tight. White knuckles. Buttered hands, oiled pole. Stand strong. Tall, proud. Shaky podium, slippy shoes. Stay sane. Fake smile. Maniacs room, door ajar.
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Jul 29, 2020
Jul 29, 2020 at 12:47 AM UTC
Loosing battle
Time is an unusual concept Perspective I have yet to understand Current washing us clean of everything Seconds slipping through fingers like grains of sand
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Dec 26, 2019
Dec 26, 2019 at 5:13 AM UTC
Slipping Seconds
I am sorry for ways I've treated you bad It was myself Not you Making me mad Over my rage have no control You suffer unfairly for the darkness in my soul I do not mean to take out my insecurity On anyone else It can be too much for me Sometimes I am bothered to the point where I snap In black and blues paint on my thighs a detailed map So everyone sees how I got to where I am Somewhere between point A and point B stopped giving a **** On my flesh insanity artistically explained Story written myself not in shades of ink But pain Come closer so maybe you read and undestand My efforts did not work out as planned I do not have what it takes to improve Instead of striving I hardly move Trying to make your problems less difficult than they are Another layer to the puzzle already too hard I do my best Hold my tongue instead of cuss and yell No words could convey why  being with you is hell I do not get my irrational emotions either I try to calm myself You won't let me take a breather Because you are convinced I will do my health harm Do it for me accidentally with restraining arms I vainly attempt to maintain my composure You start flinching and it's all over If you say I am crazy Crazy is what you'll get How you speak about me makes me upset When I work my *** off Be perfect and chill Make me out to be a psychopath still Your idea of me clearly set in stone You only are with me because you fear being alone I am writing my thoughts as if it will matter You won't read between lines scattered It is easier for you to act as if it's all in my head I have no reason to ache and should be satisfied instead You may be right about mental state and such I only flip out because I care way too much You cannot create more passion than you actually feel Quit deceiving both of us and for once be REAL Your love for me the only thing of which I have no doubt It is all the other ******** I am unsure about If I am your best friend won't you confide? Closeness we used to share must have died Or maybe made that part up as well So confused at this point can no longer tell To avoid your displeasure try to be tough It literally kills me knowing I'll never be enough Do not ask me why I'm sniffling from now on There exists no right answer because each is wrong I am the reason behind everlasting pain It really doesn't make sense to complain I just wish knew why you manipulate and lie Say you just want my happiness then do things that make me cry Be honest I don't supply what you need Don't expect commitment if you can't return the deed I am losing my mind You're slipping away If you know what is good for you you won't bother to stay
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Dec 24, 2019
Dec 24, 2019 at 5:11 AM UTC
Every Last Piece (Part Two)
I am sorry for ways I've treated you bad It was myself Not you Making me mad Over my rage have no control You suffer unfairly for the darkness in my soul I do not mean to take out my insecurity On anyone else It can be too much for me Sometimes I am bothered to the point where I snap In black and blues paint on my thighs a detailed map So everyone sees how I got to where I am Somewhere between point A and point B stopped giving a **** On my flesh insanity artistically explained Story written myself not in shades of ink But pain Come closer so maybe you read and undestand My efforts did not work out as planned I do not have what it takes to improve Instead of striving I hardly move Trying to make your problems less difficult than they are Another layer to the puzzle already too hard I do my best Hold my tongue instead of cuss and yell No words could convey why  being with you is hell I do not get my irrational emotions either I try to calm myself You won't let me take a breather Because you are convinced I will do my health harm Do it for me accidentally with restraining arms I vainly attempt to maintain my composure You start flinching and it's all over If you say I am crazy Crazy is what you'll get How you speak about me makes me upset When I work my *** off Be perfect and chill Make me out to be a psychopath still Your idea of me clearly set in stone You only are with me because you fear being alone I am writing my thoughts as if it will matter You won't read between lines scattered It is easier for you to act as if it's all in my head I have no reason to ache and should be satisfied instead You may be right about mental state and such I only flip out because I care way too much You cannot create more passion than you actually feel Quit deceiving both of us and for once be REAL Your love for me the only thing of which I have no doubt It is all the other ******** I am unsure about If I am your best friend won't you confide? Closeness we used to share must have died Or maybe made that part up as well So confused at this point can no longer tell To avoid your displeasure try to be tough It literally kills me knowing I'll never be enough Do not ask me why I'm sniffling from now on There exists no right answer because each is wrong I am the reason behind everlasting pain It really doesn't make sense to complain I just wish knew why you manipulate and lie Say you just want my happiness then do things that make me cry Be honest I don't supply what you need Don't expect commitment if you can't return the deed I am losing my mind You're slipping away If you know what is good for you you won't bother to stay
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My favorite kind of song Is not the lazy love ballads It's the crashing ones The catastrophic ones The ones with the voices Crooning gently To whispered guitar Before the solo hits And you drive off the bridge And crash your car
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Oct 5, 2019
Oct 5, 2019 at 3:05 PM UTC
Right Before You Crash
She was drown in the shadows of a past she dare not escape. Bound by an invisable chain, anchored, and weighting her down. In a painful comfort of dysfunction, this chain rubbed raw places in her mind. Like an addict in her ways, kindness and happiness slipped through her open grasp, so she could wade into the familiar waters once again wrapped in her sadness.
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Nov 21, 2017
Nov 21, 2017 at 3:56 PM UTC
drown
I lose a little bit more of you Each swiftly passing day Is there something I can do To stop you from slipping away? Without you here I am torn in two You keep the darkness at bay What will I do without the only one who Makes me feel genuinely okay? I know for certain our love is true By how we kiss and the words we say But lately I have been down and blue Wishing to return to yesterday I wonder if you feel it too The distance between us in the way Every minute ticking by I watch us fall through Waiting for you to tell me you can't stay
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May 13, 2019
May 13, 2019 at 1:53 AM UTC
Slipping Away
I'm losing control I'm letting it all go It's slipping through My fingers now Everything I believe There's just too much to hold My burdens feel so heavy I'm just not strong enough I'm too weak to hold on any longer You told me I could do it all So I did, but you were wrong Now my faith is scattered And I don't know how To pick up all these pieces I haven't let go I don't want to But I can't hold on alone Everything is already slipping Spinning out of control And I need CONTROL
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Mar 19, 2019
Mar 19, 2019 at 5:02 PM UTC
Slipping
father says to conquer my fears, but how can i when losing you is always at the fault line? when the earthquake strikes, the tectonic plates shuffle, slipping and grinding. oh father, how can i conquer my fears, when it's always on the line? i can't help the thought of losing you, how can i ever conquer that?
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Mar 19, 2019
Mar 19, 2019 at 1:13 PM UTC
conquer your fears
They say she has it bad, Taking down the boundaries She never really had, Yes, it’s all a bit lethargic, following what was said, Trailing eyes and messages and the overwhelming dread. Let it down slowly, It’s a phrase she has heard, And maybe they’d realize her turn for the worse, Lethargy, it’s an eight letter word, But it rules the innards and the outer, It’s just something she’s learned.
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Feb 28, 2019
Feb 28, 2019 at 12:16 AM UTC
Lethargy