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Nov 2016 · 964
heartless.
Zaynub Nov 2016
they say that home is where the heart is
so i guess my home is gone
i tend to call that homeless
but maybe my heart's just gone
11/30/16
Jan 2015 · 965
hydraulic fracturing
Zaynub Jan 2015
in school
we learned about hydraulic fracturing
when they would send pressurized chemicals into the earth
until the earth began to “frack”

well that’s what i felt like
when your words rained down upon me so hard
my brain began to crack
Oct 2014 · 1.1k
happy halloween
Zaynub Oct 2014
what should i be for halloween?

myself: all i need is to lift up my sleeve and show the scars and my costume shall be complete
in time for the season
Zaynub Oct 2014
“How come you always stay in your room so much?” a little girl once asked me.
“Because I have anxiety, darling”
“Where is your anxiety?”
I pointed to my head. She nodded.
But that wasn’t entirely true.

I should’ve pointed
to my hands,
full of earthquakes and after shakes;
my arm,
blade rakes and skin breaks;
my smile,
nothing short of fake;
my whole body,
just one big ache.
Oct 2014 · 1.2k
mixed communication
Zaynub Oct 2014
the things that come out of my mouth
the things that go through my head
and the things that come from the ink of this pen
may not always or perhaps ever be the same
Oct 2014 · 4.0k
homeless
Zaynub Oct 2014
my mom told me i look homeless

i told her i was
lost sad depressed suicidal lonely homeless alone parent mom angry frustration crying silence unhappy
Zaynub Aug 2014
clouds were notorious for pretending to be something they were not

you were a cloud
Aug 2014 · 805
work ethic
Zaynub Aug 2014
i washed a lot of dishes at work today
my hands are raw and red
and my fingers have a lot of small cuts

but i’m happy
because better to have
red raw hands
than red raw eyes
and better my fingers cut
than my wrists slit
long but rewarding day of work
Aug 2014 · 874
lab report of the summer
Zaynub Aug 2014
problem:* for the longest time, i was in the mindset where *i did not want to die, i just simply did not want to exist.

experiment: this summer, i did just that. i severed ties with most of my friends, cut off communication, and burned down a lot of bridges.

outcome: i lost a lot of friendships but i found parts of myself.

summary: i had two months of inexistence and it sparked with me a desire to live again, a fire within me that had been missing for quite some time now. it taught me how to be okay by myself, but it also taught me that it’s okay to allow good friends to help you better yourself.

error analysis: it’s not okay if you purposely burn bridges down and end friendships on bad notes. they’ll haunt you later. so leave friendships on a good note. if they’re a real friend, you won’t be leaving them; you’ll simply be putting a pause on the friendship. it’s okay to take time for yourself, and it’s also okay if friends want some time for themselves. you should not ever apologize for wanting time for yourself, nor should others.

solution: if you wish to inexist, then isolate yourself for a while. make yourself comfortable being alone. once you are able to be content in isolation, you will naturally want to exist more, both inside and outside of isolation. *allow yourself to let people into your world again.
Aug 2014 · 3.7k
waste
Zaynub Aug 2014
you were bacteria and your love was my toxin
this popped into my head while i was training for my food handler's card.
Aug 2014 · 1.0k
globus sensation
Zaynub Aug 2014
you had a lump in your throat every time you spoke,
it should’ve disappeared but your voice became a croak

you cleared your throat a lot,
for every word that got caught

you stopped talking about your passions;
i think your heart had run out of its rations

you helped others out many times before,
but suddenly your reassurance was no more

your silences grew longer;
i should’ve known you were a goner

you left all these warnings,
yet here i was, in mourning.
Aug 2014 · 685
7/31 - tell me a love story
Zaynub Aug 2014
he took the blade on my skin and turned it into the pen on my paper
Jul 2014 · 652
7/27 (10w)
Jul 2014 · 1.5k
write
Zaynub Jul 2014
write by plucking words from your brain
write to read them again despite the pain
write so that your heartache may drain
write for purpose or perhaps in vain
write in a room, a bus, or even a train
write beyond your imagination’s plane
write. just keep writing.
Jul 2014 · 1.3k
companionable nothingness
Zaynub Jul 2014
i loved doing nothing,
but with a companion.
i craved nothingness. i loved to hang out with people i could do nothing with. just sit in comfortable silence and enjoy each other’s presence.
Jul 2014 · 17.5k
darkness
Zaynub Jul 2014
why were you only honest
at 3 am?

because
it was easier
for you to blend
the darkness of your soul
with the dark of the night.
Jul 2014 · 403
cover
Zaynub Jul 2014
my favorite song ever
was “i love you”
sung by you
and only you.

how dare you let her
cover it?
Jul 2014 · 9.5k
insomnia
Zaynub Jul 2014
i started sleeping when i met you
*tell me a love story*
Jul 2014 · 1.3k
in_love
Zaynub Jul 2014
in love.
inlove.

maybe we called it being in love
because "in" was a prefix for not
and the space between the words
was the void you created when you left
or maybe the space was always there
Jul 2014 · 587
6/26
Zaynub Jul 2014
people always say

inhale the good
exhale the bad

out with the old
in with the new

but all we end up with
is a poisoned atmosphere
Jun 2014 · 660
6/13/14
Zaynub Jun 2014
just remember,
a different part of her
snaps everyday

and some brokens
can't be fixed
Jun 2014 · 514
unbroken (10w)
Zaynub Jun 2014
there is a point where
some brokens
can't be fixed
Jun 2014 · 1.5k
poetry and prose
Zaynub Jun 2014
poetry
is the ability
to strike someone once
and have the sound resonate
inside them forever

prose
is describing the sound
with more resonances
Jun 2014 · 3.4k
comfortable silences.
Zaynub Jun 2014
comfortable silences
are like a third space
found in the phone calls
of Hazel Grace
and Augustus Waters

they hold their own infinity
with the power of words
unspoken
because nothing needs to be said
in a place of mutual silence
Zaynub Jun 2014
How outrageous it was
that the world refused to stop
Even for a moment
To give a person
one more reason
For their world to turn
have you ever talked someone out of suicide and afterwards found it strange went about their daily lives like they weren't struggling?
Jun 2014 · 619
6/8/14
Zaynub Jun 2014
I CAN'T DRAW STRAIGHT LINES
I CAN'T MAKE A CIRCLE
GIVE ME A RULER
OR A COMPASS
I'LL HAND YOU BACK A PAPER
OF CROOKED LINES AND OVALS

THE SAME WAY
I COULD BE GIVEN
ALL THE TOOLS OF HAPPINESS
BUT STILL DROWN MYSELF
IN DEPRESSION
-zzn
Jun 2014 · 467
6/8/14
Zaynub Jun 2014
i never understood
what strength was

my best told me i was strong
and that i could get through it all

but i didn't understand
what true strength was
until it became routine
to spend my night
hugging the bathroom tub
waking up the next morning
alive and still smiling

i didn't understand
what true strength was
until i realized
my best friend did the same thing
for years on end
and yet she still found it
to wake up
and pick me up out of it

i never understood
what it meant to be strong
until i realized
i am strong
Zaynub May 2014
i hate how we can’t ******* hang out without people looking at their **** phones
{except i check mine too}
i hate how technology has the audacity to imitate physical presence by this ******* FaceTiming
{except i wish i had an iPhone}
i hate how relationships take place on the ******* phone
{except if i had a relation, i would do the same}
i hate how we type how we feel instead of just saying it
{except i find it easier to see it in text than to say it in speech}
i hate how we spend time on the computer instead of taking a ******* walk
{except i spend all day on the computer}

i hate this new ******* technologically advanced generation
{except i'm a part of it}
It has become appallingly clear that our technology has surpassed our humanity
Apr 2014 · 471
4/26/13
Zaynub Apr 2014
every day i would go to class
i'd walk to my desk,
hands swinging along,
earphones in ear, blasting music
i'd take my seat
next to my friends
say hello, with a warm hug
smile at them
find the humor in each situation and laugh

it stopped.

i walked to my desk
no music,
total silence, a picture of sadness
i took my seat
only glancing at my friends
for the briefest hello
they asked whats wrong
i said nothing
they cracked some jokes
i didn't laugh

i walked to my desk
huddled up inside myself
i took my seat
didn't spare a glance for them
i poured myself into my irrelevant classwork
they said hi
i politely returned the greeting
i quietly did my work
finished it, packed up my bag
said good bye and left

i walked to my desk
their eyes trailed after me
questing my behavior
i said nothing
and i was gone.
a short poem about how depression works
Apr 2014 · 358
4/24/14
Zaynub Apr 2014
sometimes i read poetry
and i think
********,
we’re all going to die
Apr 2014 · 327
4/20/14 (10w)
Zaynub Apr 2014
sadness brings out the best in poets-happiness, the worst.
the interesting part, however, is that the happiest poet may bring out the sadness in others whereas the saddest poet may bring out the happiness in others.
Apr 2014 · 5.3k
legos again
Zaynub Apr 2014
I am a tower of Legos

as much as you can break me
you can always put me back together again

but sometimes,
it's hard to tell
if I'm broken
and I'm building myself back up
again
Or
if I've built myself so high up
that I'm just waiting to collapse
again
go on, go and try and build the highest lego tower possible. go ahead and do it right now. that success and that failure is a metaphor for life's ups and downs.
Apr 2014 · 533
i loved sadness too much
Zaynub Apr 2014
the simple truth
of my youth:

i loved sadness
adored its madness

i abhorred its distance
abused its existence

until it developed resistance
and trapped me
with its persistence

i admired it
simply because
it never left me.
Apr 2014 · 602
I haven’t been in love
Zaynub Apr 2014
I haven’t been in love**

I can’t tell you
what it feels like
to have been through
the brightest hue
of your loving pike

But what I can tell you
is how I fell in love
with sadness;
like a dove
reveling in the loss
of her wings-
pure madness.

I can tell you how
it left me broken
with a single vow
softly spoken;
a plea for death
to bring me
my final breath
i flirt with depression too much and the truth is i should be labeled as known to fall in love with it.
Apr 2014 · 794
tick tock
Zaynub Apr 2014
5 pm
I want comfort

6 pm
I found misery instead.

7 pm
I want to slit my throat,

8 pm
I think I've lost my head.

9 pm
I seek destruction,

10 pm
Please put me on my deathbed.

11 pm
I only breathe,

12 pm
You might as well consider me dead.
one day I timed myself and watched how bad I felt as night came and the hours went by.
Apr 2014 · 865
12 hours
Zaynub Apr 2014
it was 9 pm
I opted to go to sleep.
you asked, “why?”

honey,
what good is it
to be awake
at time where
I’d like nothing more
than to die?

it was 9 am.
I stayed in bed.
you asked “why?”

darling,
why hurry
to be somewhere
you’re not wanted?

it was the weekend.
I remained in bed.
you asked “why?”

sweetie,
i’ve had enough.
i just need some rest.

i never woke up after that.

you stopped asking why.

— The End —