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 Sep 13 Flower
Lynn Stillman
All the wasted time.
Days and days turned into years.
With nothing to show.
 Sep 12 Flower
Arpitha
It’s so much easier
to pretend
you’re a spectator
in this game called life.
My heart fills with joy
Each time I see HP notifications coming by.
“Someone loved your poem” makes me believe,
Confidence blooming in words I weave.

I smile while reading comments in delight,
Each word feels like a guiding light.
“Someone reposted it” gives me gentle thrills,
A kindness that lingers, a warmth that instills.

And when my poem starts trending high,
I whisper thank you, with tears in my eye.
 Sep 11 Flower
Real Name 2 0
The sides of my rib cages hurt
And my chest feels too deep
I haven't cried

There's a lump in my throat but I haven't cried
My jaw hurts but I haven't cried
My teeth hurt
But I
Haven't
Cried

I have not cried but it feels like I'll never stop
I have not Cried but my voice is a sob
I have not Cried but my smile leaks
But I
Have not
Cried

Crying hurting
This meant something
I have not Cried

I wish-
My heart wishes
I dont know what I wish for
I may never cry
 Sep 11 Flower
Rose
FLOWER
 Sep 11 Flower
Rose
I am a flower,
Feminine,
Look at me, so pretty!
I'm only not a
"he"
Because
My body defies expectations
For a boy.
I can't simply be—
That's not for people like me.
Indefinitely

Must be fate
I can’t stay away from that word
Stuck in a loop of wanting
Still in the same situations

Yet I’m still growing
One day maybe I’ll have it all
Unless I can’t manifest it

Except
Let’s be real
It wouldn’t be that bad
Zebras aren’t that rad
All I can ask is for peace

I’m tired

Less and less sleep each night
Out and about more each day
Very much exhausting
Especially while being heartbroken

Yet here I am
Outgoing per usual
Until-indefinitely
Let’s see this go unnoticed
 Sep 9 Flower
Addison
all I want is a stupid little romance story
perhaps an enemies to lovers
or a she fell first but he fell harder trope
I don't care which type it is
I wish I could live in a little 2000s romantic comedy
one where the guy gets the girl at the end of the movie
but I'm not
I'm not living in a romantic comedy
and I have not yet achieved a stupid little romance story
all the guys I've loved before
have left me heartbroken
all I want is a Noah to my Allie
a Jack to my Rose
a Romeo to my Juliet
that's all I want
is all I want too much to ask
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