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M Apr 2020
A generation navigating illusionment:
I am one. Excavation; i sift. Shaking
a plastic basket.

Round - and channel mouths spout
a wire crosshatch. I
Tap
   Against
         My palm.

Fine flour lands on the counter and
In my head I listen to the same songs
because I already know the words.

I look for a truth outside my mind
because on weekdays I tell myself
I’m not worth knowing.

How do you stop hating yourself
When you hate yourself because
You hate yourself?

When I slide my hand across the counter,
White flour mist puffs and I listen:

Mac Miller’s alive. He said he’s
surviving on *****, almonds, and granola bars.

Grasped in some five fingers
A thin red handle.
Not so serious poem trying to illustrate what being in your 20’s in 2020 is like.
Feedback/criticism always appreciated <3
Anna Dang Mar 2020
Check in, Is it time
to Check out, or maybe love
its time to pull up?
Check in with yourself. Remember you can persist from falling into that rut.
timothy johnson Feb 2020
smoking in my room
so i know what to do
write the next line
about how i wanna die
i think that message got through
so i keep acting a fool
tell me, do you think i'm cool
i know i act like a tool
but you act so cruel
you turned my heart into goo
i want so many tattoos
so when you see me
you know that i'm bad news
im a drug
so run away
before i catch you
cause i'm addicting
you won't wanna leave me
but soon your gonna hate me
i'm a druggie
with no money
hiding from my mother
cause im a shame like no other
timothy johnson Feb 2020
I feel so broken
busting at the seams with emotions
my heart feels eroded
my mind is overloaded
these feelings are overflowing
and time keeps passing by
don't know when im gonna die
don't mind if it's tonight
cause i lived my life
just the way i that wanted
pocket full of drugs
when i stumble through the halls
imma make it all mine
tell me, will that make me shine?
timothy johnson Feb 2020
shawty told me we were going way to fast
i told her we weren't prolly meant to last
but she only my past now
i don't even care now
cause i know we don't work out
how could we possibly
cause this next girl seems to be in love with me
not like the rest
cause this new girl the best
but then she start to **** the same
or soon she start hate my name
then she tell me i'm insane
don't look at me, i'm not to blame
im not sayin i don't got no shame
cause i feel that **** every day
wake up and it's on my mind
smoke a little **** and i'll be fine
i wish i could make music honestly
timothy johnson Feb 2020
Cry
there's no one by my side
I can't help but wonder why
so I start to cry
and wish I could fly away
but if I die today
would you take the time
and start to cry
would you wonder why
I wanted to die
timothy johnson Feb 2020
I feel all alone
no one to call my own
I felt love once
could feel it in my soul
made me feel so whole
but my selfish desires took their toll
so now I walk alone
timothy johnson Dec 2019
I look for love
but it's never enough
so i hurt my girl
and get with a guy
im sorry im bi
why would you tease me
if your just gonna leave me
timothy johnson Dec 2019
Drugs, will they fill me
or will they **** me
they can make me feel alright
but I can also die tonight
but is life worth living
with all this pain and suffering
i don't know
give me one more hit and i might know
timothy johnson Dec 2019
runaway from the pain
cut my wrist in the rain
silver birds fly away
i know death is a shame
especially when they have fame
who am i? just a name
we are one in the same
both heartache and pain
you make me feel some kinda way
but i cut my veins
to send endorphins to my brain
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