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#writingthroughpain
I hate myself for doing this again to you— hurting you. But it’s better than waiting for you to break my heart; I’ve seen this story before— same plot, different actor. It’s always the same; you’re no different from them. I’d rather take love from fictional characters— the kind that never leaves, never demands too much from me, always there— like ink, forever loyal to the paper.
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Nov 2, 2025
Nov 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM UTC
Love from fictional characters
After everything didn’t you learn anything? You were supposed to be healing by now, reflecting on the mistakes, on the love you gave that was never solid— only wind. It was not true, even if you are certain it was. It wasn’t, love. It was emptiness, a hunger for affection. If you had stopped, just for a moment, to think about it, you would have known too. You shouldn’t be writing about us, about our love, our undone plans. You should be writing about your traumas.
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Sep 21, 2025
Sep 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM UTC
It Was Not Love
i covered myself in words like seeds i prayed to gods i don’t believe in your goodbye was not a coffin it was soil and i am learning to bloom
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Sep 25, 2025
Sep 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM UTC
soil
i tried to use words as bandages i prayed to gods i don’t believe in your goodbye was not freedom it was a coffin
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Oct 10, 2025
Oct 10, 2025 at 6:08 AM UTC
coffin
her smile stops at her eyes but i still believe in first dates
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Sep 29, 2025
Sep 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM UTC
we can always begin again
You’re kind of funny, you know. I wanted to stay in our home, but you said I was the one moving out— because I chose separation. You yelled at me when we tried to fix things, shouting that I should pack my things and walk away. Now you’re the one moving, asking if I want to live there. Of course not. I’m on another frequency now. And yet you want me to solve the problems with the painting— me, the one you invited to leave. Where’s your speech now? You wanted the house. So— keep the house.
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Sep 29, 2025
Sep 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM UTC
Keep the House
Your poetry still blossoms in my heart each morning, just like I told you before. I also said my heart would decide by October. We’re almost there. But your last message struck something in me, made me rethink if you were truly worthy to enter this sacred space I’ve built around myself. I feel older now, wiser, more beautiful, radiant. I’ve grown so much these past months that the tarot reading from the start of the year finally makes sense. And you— you are still immature.
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Oct 6, 2025
Oct 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM UTC
This Sacred Space
Today is a portal day— a day to close cycles, to remember, to say enough. And who messages me? You. Like confirmation from the universe. I saw the photos online— you with her, traveling, smiling. But always behind sunglasses, so no one notices how bored you are. My sister says she’s just a filler, a stand-in. There’s no glow in your eyes. All that’s left is to laugh at the scene, because deep down, it feels almost comical. So I wish you happiness— though my heart is stormy, angry, torn. If I wish you harm, I create bad karma. So— many felicities.
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Sep 29, 2025
Sep 29, 2025 at 7:33 AM UTC
Many Felicities
Now that I have clarity, lucidity— I see it was impossible for us to continue together. It’s a fact, undeniable. Your world is too small for me. I am expansive, vast, I fill rooms and lives. In your world, the same stories repeat, the same people with the same problems. And there is nothing wrong with living that life. But my soul asks for something else.
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Sep 30, 2025
Sep 30, 2025 at 7:29 AM UTC
Too Small a World for Me
I wonder if you think I’m dying for you, worrying for you, suffering for you. In your fantasies, how do I appear? Red eyes, tear-stained cheeks? I must look terribly bland in your daydream. But the truth is— I’m fine. Thanks.
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Oct 22, 2025
Oct 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM UTC
I’m Fine, Thanks
What is it to be a poet? Oh, I wish that I knew, how do I paint the sky in words? Without calling it blue? As a poet can see, what is blind to many eyes. How they see through the fog, of a world full of lies. Oh, to be a poet, is a blessing in disguise. How do I write my heart ? When it's plotting my demise. A poet's life, is a life filled with pain, bearing a burden they can't explain, so they sit alone and write a verse, and wonder, if poetry is a curse. Oh I wish to be a poet, allow my heart to feel it's pain, to use curse of poetry, to mend my heart again.
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Aug 29, 2025
Aug 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM UTC
What it is to be a poet?
Yes, you made it through— alive. Good. I’m glad. But I promised my best friend I’d take a couple days before answering you. I set boundaries. Actually, you set them first. And now I won’t cross them. Even if you made a scene, claiming you might die. How foolish. Stay quiet. Recover. One day, I’ll answer you.
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Oct 22, 2025
Oct 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM UTC
One Day I’ll Answer You
You called me crazy, tired of my love. But when I was gone, my madness was the first thing you missed.
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Oct 21, 2025
Oct 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM UTC
Madness
Do you remember how happy, how joyful I seemed? Though deep inside, I was pure sadness, pure depression. Do you remember how I tried to keep the air light, to show you how much I loved you? How I hung on your neck like I might break it with the weight of my embrace, how I kissed your cheek as if I might press it straight into your skin? You hated it. Told me to get a grip, to find direction, that I was a little crazy. Yes— crazy with love for you. And when the crisis came, the first thing you wanted back was my madness.
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Oct 20, 2025
Oct 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM UTC
My Madness for You
Sometimes, you need to sing to yourself— just to remember you are still heard.
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Sep 14, 2025
Sep 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM UTC
Sing to Yourself
Yes, I can get upset over silly things. Yes, I can get angry at the smallest details. And that’s okay. I take those feelings, pour them into poetry, or fists against my pillow. And that’s okay. But if I spoke of these little things— the failures, the sadness— to everyone, not all would understand. And that’s okay. It’s about feeling, letting it out, letting it pass, and finding peace within myself.
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Sep 26, 2025
Sep 26, 2025 at 6:05 AM UTC
And That’s Okay
You are not my daughter— you are the daughter of his late brother. But everyone used to say you looked like me, that you could have easily been mine. And that was fine. I called you princess, because you are. I don’t know when you will realize this, but the place you’re growing up in is a hard one. I won’t say I miss you, but I wonder— do you ever miss me? Because in the few moments we shared, you clung to me, you painted my face, brushed my hair, and for a while— I became a princess in your kingdom. I hope the little time we had was enough to show you there is more to life. Never stop dreaming, Nic. You can go far. All it takes is believing.
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Sep 14, 2025
Sep 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM UTC
For Nic, the Little Princess
There’s a girl at school with porcelain skin, white as snow— but her wrists are covered in red lines. I had to report it to the administration. It was the right thing to do. I don’t know if she knows it was me. But now she lingers in the principal’s office, her face even paler, nauseous, locking herself in the bathroom. I fear I’ve made public what was sacredly private in her universe— and that it may get worse. My chest feels heavy imagining what she might do to herself, if they don’t care for her the right way. Because once, I was a girl just like her.
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Sep 14, 2025
Sep 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM UTC
Porcelain Skin, Red Lines
It’s only a birthday cake, and not even mine. It shouldn’t matter— just a slice. But what weighs heavy is the thoughtfulness, the not being remembered. Yesterday I covered your shift, so you could run to the cafeteria and grab a free treat. I thought of you, so you could taste the same joy I did. And this taught me— we should never be kind expecting something in return. Not that I expected a reward. I did it out of partnership, because I thought we were friends. But no— we’re just coworkers. Nothing more.
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Oct 20, 2025
Oct 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM UTC
Just a Cake
It’s not about the pain itself, but the pain as company— to carry it with me today, because once there was no love, no peace, no joy.
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Oct 3, 2025
Oct 3, 2025 at 6:13 AM UTC
Not About the Pain Itself
Dear—tell me, do you really think he loves you? Until you appeared out of nowhere, he was still trying to reconcile with me. So no, don’t believe him so easily. You are more of a filler, a patch for the void. He might post your photos on Instagram, call you family— but you’ve been with him for a month. I was there for seven years. He won’t get over me that fast. He’s replacing one love with another. But maybe you’re just a convenient body to take to the gym. So, my dear, face reality: he doesn’t love you that much.
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Oct 2, 2025
Oct 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM UTC
Dear, He Doesn’t Love You That Much
He took you to meet his family. He runs with you on Sunday mornings. He drives you around the city in a car that, though he pays the bills, still carries my name. All these things he once did with me. He is suffering, darling. I left. I carved a hole, a void in his life. And desperate, he found you. Same body type, same skin, same hair. The difference is— you are older. And they say older women don’t have patience for younger boys. I hope he doesn’t give you too much trouble.
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Oct 20, 2025
Oct 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM UTC
I Left a Void
He likes his *** calm, but he wants the woman to be wild. So wear the red lingerie— it leaves him breathless. He likes to start slow and finish fast. He never lasts long. I don’t know what your past was like, but he told me with his ex they did it five times in a row. Yes— that feeling you have now is the same I had when he said no to me. So when he’s too tired and you are burning with desire, keep a ******** as your best friend. Because he will always Take his fill— And leave you Hungry
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Oct 19, 2025
Oct 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM UTC
Left Unsatisfied
Has he already told you to stop nagging? Has he already said, “Don’t start”? Has he already begun his ritual of silence after a fight— two days without a word, without looking at you? Worse still, if you’re living under the same roof. He told me he was moving out, asked if I wanted to live in our old apartment. But he already knows I’m somewhere else, living another life. So I think he only wanted to stir up conversation, to awaken some kind of concern in me.
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Oct 19, 2025
Oct 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM UTC
He Already Started