Category: Poetry

• The World Still Turns

  What happens to the world when we turn our heads?Does it go dark and gray when we go to bed?Is the world still there when I close my eyes?Do our problems disappear until sunrise? The world still turns when I’m feeling slackThe world still burns when I turn my backPeople still exist when I try…

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  February 18, 2024

  Poetry

  bombing in Gaza, current events, Fight for Gaza, free Gaza, Palestine, Poetry, true story

• Breather

  Sometimes life is too muchIt takes and takes and takesNo matter how hard you workIt just never seems enough Sometimes life gets too deepDragging you to untame watersPushing and punishing youWhen all you want is sleep Sometimes you can put it offJust take a moment to breatheAllow yourself time to recollectYou don’t always have to…

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  March 1, 2023

  Poetry

  anxiety, breathe, daily life, free verse, mental illness, poem, Poetry, serious, social issues, society, stress

• Foundation

  I was once a pillar standing tall But my pieces broke and started to fall I crumbled down to the ground And laid in pieces never found Then I noticed another pillar standing tall And when I saw their pieces start to fall I pulled together what I could for them And then I built…

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  February 23, 2023

  Poetry

  depression, family, foundation, friends, poem, Poetry, sad, serious, social issues, society

• Watch the World Die

  PLEASE DO NOT TAKE ANY OF THIS SERIOUSLY! I WROTE THIS A LONG TIME AGO ABOUT MYSELF! Go ahead and die Nobody cares about the pain you hide Deep down inside Cry your eyes out Let your tears flood the world But no one will see it Nobody cares They don’t dare step out of…

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  February 22, 2023

  Poetry

  anxiety, burn, death, depression, die, pain, poem, Poetry, sad, serious, social issues, society, stress, trigger warning, verse

• Please Understand

  Sometimes I wish they understood But deep down I know they never could They are stuck in their own ways They won’t notice what I say I can scream my lungs to bloody shreds I could take a knife to my arms and legs They won’t notice They’ll never notice They won’t see me around…

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  February 20, 2023

  Poetry

  alone, anxiety, college life, daily life, depression, family, poem, Poetry, sad, serious, social issues, society, stress, struggles, trigger warning

• Shimmering Pond

  I was going through some old writing to find inspiration and I came across this piece. I wrote it in college and I can’t remember anything about it! I don’t even know what the assignment was or if I had a plan to push the story further. It’s a beautiful opening and it seems as…

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  February 19, 2023

  Poetry

  coffee, descriptive, fish, human, poetic, scene, scenic, shimmer, shine, short story, visual, warmth, water, wind, windy

• Long Days

  Believe it or notI’m trying my bestI do all I canBut it’s not like the rest It’s early morningI’m barely awakeThere’s a lot on my mindI have so much at stake They rely on meI’m paying the billsI work two jobsI don’t get to chill I’m hungry and tiredI can’t ease my mindI’m anxious, thoughts…

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  February 18, 2023

  Poetry

  ADHD, adulting, anxiety, daily life, human, mental illness, poem, Poetry, serious, stress, work

• Give me a Reason

  Going through the motionsIdentity’s a messVexatiously discussing thingsEveryone says I should addressMaking lots of plansEnding it all soonAlter my realityRocking through monsoonsEach day keeps dragging onAlways filled with fearScars across my armsOnly noticed when I disappearNow I’m all aloneTrying not to dieOffering small comfortsOnly when I lieLeave me here to bleedI don’t really careVacancy inside…

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  February 17, 2023

  Poetry

  alone, death, deep, depression, human, mental illness, poem, Poetry, sad, self harm, serious, stress, suicide, trigger warning

• Missing Pieces

  I was lostI was brokenMy heart in little piecesMy entire world was shattered I was my own enemyI burned with hatredThinking I was the reasonThe reason I failed Distant hopes and dreamsPassion’s dwindling flameThe world was against meI couldn’t control my fate Love seemed impossibleLike every move was wrongDestined to be lonelyBefore you caught my…

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  February 14, 2023

  Poetry

  family, friends, gay, home, lesbian, lgbtq, love, love poem, poem, Poetry, romance, true story

• The Dance of Death

  Crisp autumn leaves clung to their limbsThe wind tore the fragile foliage from their homeHopelessly flying away it falls to the groundThere it lays until it is crushed by whatever creatures may roam Crunching under her feet,the dying leaves dancedTwitching and leaping before crumbling apartOnce bringing life to giants, now blanketing the groundShe fell to…

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  February 7, 2023

  Poetry

  autumn, death, depression, fall, leaves, mom, mother, Poetry, sad, suicide, trigger warning, wind