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308 · Jul 2021
disease & war
disease and war go hand in hand
covid wasn't a war but it felt like one
disease and war go hand in hand
305 · Aug 2021
apocalypse
the bombs went off
all chaos broke loose
just before the world exploded
she thought to herself
this is just how i thought it would be
what a dramatic way to die
what a perfect time to leave
what a perfect time to leave
304 · Oct 2020
Monster of the Night
I only come out at night
When the monsters roam
You ask me why I live so dangerously
Why I risk my life, my safety
My dear,
Did you never realise?
The scariest monster is me
Nighttime roaming...
303 · Aug 2021
HAZARD
Is it still a hazard if noone cares about the hazard?

Is it still the truth if noone believes it's the truth?

Is growth still growth if the very thing that made it grow, makes it die?

Is it still justice if the justice leads to crime?

Is it still an answer if it makes me question why?
???
299 · Jul 2021
Army of Secrets
Tiny secrets grow in size
The longer you hide them
They multiply
The more that you lie
What once was tiny
Is now a gigantic army
An army of secrets
Preparing to fight
an army of secrets
preparing to fight
299 · Oct 2020
Australian Beauty
she was an Australian beauty
with a European name
her accent was her birth right
but her olive complexion gave her away

he was her Australian saviour
he gave her a brand new name
her accent pronounces it clearly
but her complexion still gives her away

European blood
surges through her Australian veins
her accent was her birth right
her olive complexion gave her away
European blood surges through these Australian veins
299 · Jul 2021
Ingenuity
You went to the trouble of buying me a leash
Except my neck was already occupied by a rope
So you tried to use the rope as a leash
Marvelling at your ingenuity
Only to find you were dragging along my dead body
I suppose that dead is better than nothing
marvelling at your ingenuity
297 · Jan 2021
Bitter Betrayal
Betrayal comes in many colours
Betrayal comes in many forms
No betrayal quite matches yours

The knife you stabbed into my back
Twists and slices my flesh
A painfully bitter reminder that I won't trust you again
the bitterness of betrayal
297 · Jan 2022
am i too honest?
am i too honest?
the thought consumes me, constantly.

am i too honest?
i am not honest,
enough.
i am not honest enough
297 · Aug 2021
how to appear sane
how to appear sane:
smile
be outgoing
surround yourself with others
talk about your health regime
even if said regime doesn't exist
never speak out of turn
never make a scene
all negative thinking must remain inward
there are other people to not be drained
never, ever, ever ask for help
don't admit you are struggling
don't say that life is hell
have a full time job
if you don't have one - make one up
if you have dared to miss some sleep
cover that **** with make up

how to appear sane:
be forever friendly to others
even if your friendliness is fake
everyone else will always know best
when you are mistreated by them
wear it.
learn to hide it.
learn to drink it.
learn to eat it.
learn to slice it.
learn to burn it.
learn to deny it.

how to appear human:
cry when your body needs to cry
sleep when your body needs to sleep
talk when you need to talk
create your own regimes
they don't have to make sense to anyone else
if your life is hell
then it is hell
how to appear sane
get rid of the myths that come with sane
get rid of the myths that come with sane
296 · Jan 2021
Frozen Heart
My heart is full so I cannot love you anymore
Your heart is frozen so you've never loved at all
your heart is frozen
295 · Dec 2020
My Mistakes
My mistakes left deep marks on your heart
Each mistake has left a scar
Maybe this time I went too far
Maybe we were cursed from the start

My mistakes seem to follow a broken pattern
I feel neglected so infidelity happened
It left a dent in our beautiful passion
I pushed away my most beloved companion

My mistakes have left me bruised and broken
I know I've hurt you with my selfish actions
I'll do anything for a reconnection
Let me show you that you are still my ocean
you are still my ocean
you always will be
295 · Dec 2021
WRINKLES
mistakes you never
learn from
lessons,
a concept worth messing with
conversing with a *****
got the better of me
started thinking,
growth is the same
as leprosy
could a lesson in empathy
come for free?
could i be forever
mistaken?
mistaking a lesson with irony
iron out the wrinkles
then get back to me
then get back to me
295 · Oct 2020
Missing Piece
You were gone
So the puzzle was incomplete
But you never knew that
You were the missing piece
You completed me
294 · Sep 2021
Not My Plight
They shoved your face into the concrete
You didn't want to change your personality
Some people cheered
Others cried
Myself, i chose no side
Forever undecided
Too caught up in my pride
Thankful that the plight
Was yours,
Not mine
Please dont hate me
For my cowardice
you didn't want to change your personality
293 · Oct 2020
Power (The Upper Hand)
He ripped off my clothes
It's the way life goes
Those who have the power
Will naturally wield it

When he finally had me naked
He found I wore a chastity belt
Alas, he had no key
I was smart enough to swallow it

So he never got inside me
The way that he had planned
Those who have the power
Don't always have the upper hand
that time that I had the upper hand...
293 · Jul 2021
obstacle
when you are see an obstacle
you find a way around it
you build a bridge
you find a tool
you create a new path
when she was unwell
they called her an obstacle
they called her a drain
no bridge was built
no tool was found
no new path was made
when the obstacle is a human
when the obstacle has feelings
when the obstacle is a fragile girl in pain
the world makes no allowances
the world throws her away
when the obstacle is a human
291 · Dec 2020
Truth of a Looming Prophecy
Looming over me menacingly
Vividly vicious
The truth
In it's painful honesty
Plain to see
Evidently
The truth of a looming prophecy
the truth was so menacing
290 · Jan 2022
scribbled name
i am a scribbled name
on a restaurant napkin
i am the one,
at the funeral laughing

i am a face in a crowded train
i am the memory you cannot erase

i am a pierced ******
with messy hair
and mix matched clothes

i am a scribbled name
on a restaurant napkin
i am a joke
but nobody's laughing
nobody's laughing
290 · Dec 2020
Two Men
She remembers a man
Sordid and strong
Self righteous
Vicious
Contentious
Wickedly wrong

She remembers a man
Strong yet insecure
Vulnerably pure
Self deprecating
Thought provoking
Full of so much fear

She remembers two men
One angel
One demon
Caught in the insanity
Of two men that were the same
two men that were the same
288 · Dec 2020
Sound of Starting Over
The sound of starting over is all that I can hear

I needed to lose you in order to see clear

I know I was the one to leave and now I want to come back

Sometimes you need to lose it all to value what you have

The sound of starting over is like a brand new song

We wrote the lyrics perfectly but got the chords all wrong

The sound of starting over is the soundtrack of our love

I needed to lose you to know that you're my better half
starting over with you
287 · Nov 2020
Crucifixion
Crucify me
You know that you want to

Hang me up
Next to all of my mistakes

While you hammer in those nails
I wonder

Will they crucify you with me?
our crucifixion
286 · Oct 2020
Unexpected Change
I swallowed your deceit
I spat it straight out
Some things are too ugly to be digested

I looked at the regurgitation
Stunned at the magnificence
Of what lay before me

A scarlet rose flourished in the sun
Nothing like how it had begun

What had been deceit
Was now beautiful truth
My vessel of integrity
Turned your lies into purity

I left it there, on display
Solid proof that things can change
the garden of truth grows the most beautiful flowers
286 · Nov 2020
Two Lovers
Her *******, voluptuous and heavy
His breathing, shallow and fast
Their bodies entangled in a mess of lost limbs
Two lovers keeping themselves warm through the winter

His arms, tattooed and tough
Her neck, ringed with bruises from a former abuser
A night of frenzied madness somehow construed as passion
An escape from a life of mundane expectations

Her voice, soft and melodious
His touch, gentle yet commanding
Their short term union causing long term confusion
Two lovers present in the magic of the moment
two lovers escaping
282 · May 2021
peace cry
if you take off your armour
if you lay your weapons down
if you show me your vulnerability
i will retreat
i will do the same
i will retreat
282 · May 2021
trip to heaven
i took a trip to heaven once
just to see the view
i got ****** into the tragic lie of decency
now im on a church team
trying to claw my way out of this hell
i got ****** into the tragic lie of decency
280 · Apr 2021
Disappointment
I am tired of being your disgusting disappointment

I am never going to meet your expectations

I am removing myself from your claustrophobic shelf

I am choosing to escape to be another runaway

I will not dissapoint you again
i am sick of being your disgusting disappointment
279 · Jun 2021
the cancel button
we are now cancelling people
easier than appointments
we write each other off
at the first hint of disappointment

i remember disagreement
being met with discussion
now when we hear uncomfortable comments
we reach for the cancel button

call me old fashioned
but i refuse to cross you out
even if you tell me
something we'll argue about

i would rather argue with you
than not hear your voice at all
let's cancel this ******* culture
before we cancel our souls
i refuse to cross you out
277 · Oct 2020
Death into Life
I get scared of death

So I decided to write it down

So maybe I could move on

Bold and brave and strong



I can't comprehend death

It's too hard to understand

The unknown is like the dark

A primal fear to man



So here I mention death

Put it in front of the mirror

Hold it up to the light

So we can see it a little clearer



Maybe death is just like life

Perhaps just another version

Maybe it's a circle instead of a line

Maybe it doesn't even matter



I get scared of death

So I decided to write it down

And now I'm moving on

Bold and brave and strong
the relationship between life and death
274 · Jul 2021
EQUAL OPPISOTES
I am a lifetime
You are a moment
Somehow we both equal the same

Birth into childhood
Childhood into madness
Both clinging on to hope for change

I see the sun rise
You see the sun set
We both see the same fire ball of life

I am the poster child for self harm
You are the logic keeping me calm
We argue when we are both right

I am a lifetime
You are a moment
Somehow we both equal the same
somehow we both equal the same
274 · Jul 2021
interruptions
i had an idea to
in the middle of
but only if
on christmas day
i tried to make a sentence
but your interruptions got in the way
your interruptions got in the way
273 · Aug 2021
the way to my insides
i wonder if you know the way to my insides
i wonder if you know the way to my soul
i wonder if you could find your way past the stop sign in my mind
speed through the traffic lights flashing
RED! RED! RED!
invade the secret hiding spots inside of my head
i wonder if you're capable of such disrespect
or would you politely ask me instead?
i wonder if you know the way to my insides
273 · Oct 2020
drunken creation
god
must have been
drunk
when he decided to create you
it's the only explanation
for
your
vile
existence
the explanation for your existence
272 · Oct 2020
Target Practice
I never knew that
Laughter
Could be a
Bad thing.

Until I was the target of the joke.
they bullied me until my heart bled
272 · Jan 2022
playing games with giants
i gave my heart to a giant
who didn't understand,
what he had in his possession
his skin was thick
his words were harsh
he figured i could take it
oh, how he was mistaken
his insults crushed my skeleton
this giant loved computer games
he thought my heart,
was a joy stick
he thought i was simply pathetic
for not knowing how to play
i gave,
my heart to the giant
i swear i am not lying
when i say,
he threw that heart on the pavement
as i broke,
i heard him laughing.
i was mistaken,
for thinking that i could play games
with a giant.
for JB.
271 · Jan 2021
mess
leave me alone with my consequences
leave me alone to clean up my mess
cleaning up my messy consequences
270 · Sep 2021
rearrangement
i read words i do not understand
i word things so they can
be rearranged
doctored
contorted
taken out of context
so when you read them
you'll be as lost as i am
when you read them you'll be as lost as i am
270 · Dec 2021
a sprinkle of
i believe in forgiveness
if a man told me to
but not in regards to truth
or proof for that matter
mark it with laughter
and a sprinkle of ignorance too
but not in regards to truth
270 · Oct 2020
biggest mistake
i slammed on the brake
a second too late
and i crashed head first
into
my
biggest
mistake
the infidelity i regret
269 · Oct 2020
crimson romance
the more you bleed
the deeper the passion
so
i
severed
your
jugular
and soaked myself in our crimson romance
this is how much i love you
268 · Dec 2020
Questioning Existence
I never existed
I was never here
This entire poem was never written

This landscape is a dream
A languid dream of your creation
One that never truly existed
I never knew your name
I never knew your face
Until the day they lowered me
Into my grave

You thought you were invisible
When they passed you in the street
Are you still invisible
If nobody can see?

I never truly knew you
Till we met on the other side
Funny how a story changes
When you are granted sight
In the end we met
We both could see
Neither of us were invisible
267 · Apr 2021
ten years old
when i was ten years old
there were only two genders
there were four channels on my tv
there was no such thing as a selfie
when I was ten years old
the internet was a new invention  
i couldn't see the point of a search engine
instant chat became an addiction
when I was ten years old
there were only two genders
i knew what mine was
i wasn't afraid for the future generations
i wasn't mourning what society has lost
i'm still searching high and low
for the innocence from ten years old
i'm still searching high and low
267 · May 2021
stolen time
we could have been friends
things could have been fine
who wants to be friends
with a thief called time?
who wants to be friends with a thief called time?
266 · Apr 2021
The Sight
I close my eyes and count to ten
When I open them again,
The sight I see is your body dead
the sight that i saw
266 · Oct 2020
what happens when we die?
what happens when we die?
i don't think i really want to know the answer

what happens when we fail to live?
i have always known that answer
dying and failing to live... are they the same?
264 · Mar 2021
Flowers
Where did you you learn what you know?

I learnt what I know from watching the flowers grow
264 · Jul 2021
nobody
no problem here,
no,
none at all
please keep walking
nothing here to see
said everyone,
to someone,
to nobody.
no problem here
262 · Oct 2020
Regret (Haiku)
I sit in regret
This terrible sin killed him
Alas, I'm dead too
I'm still sitting in regret
261 · Mar 2021
The Desire Game
I know what she wants
Its written on her face as clear as day
A moth drawn to a flame
I cannot look away
Her desire is an infectious tidal wave
Seeping into my veins
She knows what I want
There's nothing left to give away
We drop all pretences and get ready to play
let's play a little game of desire
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