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77 · Feb 21
..how do I help?
Soulless Feb 21
I just hope you know,
You can rely on me by now.
I love your smiles, your tears,
Your hopes, and your fears.

You don’t need to pretend,
For me, you don’t have to hide.
Everything you try to bury,
I still see deep inside.

Bags under your eyes—
And they’re wet again.
I can’t help but cry myself,
When I see you in this pain.

I wish I could help,
But I don’t know how.
Oh God, how do I help?
What can I do now?

- Luke and Iolite
...for River
77 · Apr 2
cat and mouse
Soulless Apr 2
You think I am a fish
Meant for you to catch

You have the bait
Dangling before my face

You expect me to come
To let you claim me

You believe I am
Meant for your sharp claws

A game of cat and mouse
You think you are in charge

But the roles have been reversed
I am the predator now

So run while you can
Before I do what you'd asked

And I go to take your hand
You used to say to...

Catch you if I can...
Soulless Feb 6
Close my eyes

Take a hard look inside

Time to face my memories

I'm so scared of what I'll see

Shielding my eyes from images of sunbeams

Removing fake perceptions like lowly weeds

I need to see my past to get a future

One where you and me are together

So I'll let myself fall deep

Choking as old feelings take root inside me

But I'm not nearly done yet

For you I'll stare into the sun

I would lasso the moon

Just to see a smile from you
76 · Nov 2024
I wonder
Soulless Nov 2024
I wonder how life would be

If I still remembered who I was

I wonder if I would be happier

If I hadn't lost myself to

Other's expectations

I wonder what I would see

If my mind was able to dream

I wonder what would happen

If I was reborn as a bird

Would I be 100% free?
76 · Feb 22
A Dreamer's Journey
Soulless Feb 22
In a land where shadows dance with light,
And moonbeams paint the edge of night,
A traveler, soft as a whisper’s sound,
Walks the quiet paths where dreams are found.

His slippers, stitched from clouds so white,
Carry him through the velvet night.
A coat of stars, a cloak of sky,
He moves unseen, as time drifts by.

The trees, with leaves of silvered glow,
Sway to the winds that softly blow.
They hum a song, a secret tune,
That echoes under the sleepy moon.

Through meadows brushed in misty gray,
Where fireflies weave in soft ballet,
He treads the earth with gentle grace,
As magic stirs in every place.

The mountains rise, their peaks in dreams,
Bathed in the glow of moonlit beams.
The rivers hum with stories old,
Of adventures whispered, never told.

In fields of lavender, soft and wide,
He follows the moon with steady stride.
The flowers close their petals tight,
Preparing to rest within the night.

The owl’s soft hoot, the bat’s quick flight,
Guide him through the quiet light.
Above, the stars begin to weave,
A tapestry of dreams to believe.

Through valleys deep, where shadows creep,
He finds his way, though paths are steep.
Each step he takes, the night grows bright,
With every star that kisses the night.

And when the first light of dawn appears,
He feels the pull of distant years—
A soft tug from the waking world,
A place where dreams are gently swirled.

He finds his bed, so warm and deep,
Where soft winds sing him into sleep.
His eyes, like pools of endless sky,
Begin to close, as night says goodbye.

For in the quiet, soft and slow,
The dreams begin to softly flow.
Like rivers running, pure and true,
They take him to places known by few.

And in his heart, a story grows,
Of every dream that night bestows.
For in the world, so calm, so wide,
Every dreamer finds peace inside.

In the cradle of the darkened sky,
Where stars are born, and shadows fly,
The traveler rests, his journey done,
Until the next dream’s rising sun.
76 · Feb 24
Did I Make You Proud?
Soulless Feb 24
Every little thing I do is unnecessary
I stick to the details and read the fine
Print. Publish. Send it away.
My words fly through the sky to you and yours
For better or worse I need professional
Help but how? Who? What kind?
Not a doctor, not a nurse, not a therapist
They'll just try to make me believe
Some **** that isn't even true
Brainwashing me til my mind is through
Convince me there never was a me and you
Are you turning over in your grave now, old man?
Can you hear what I'm saying, old man?
Do you feel guilty now? Now that you're gone?
Buried under the ground? Leaving me alone...
No one but those foul customers around
I grew up like this... You raised me like this
Made me like this... You're the one I miss
But everyone says you were in the wrong
It wasn't okay but how? I don't understand...
So confused on this topic even now...
Holy cow... You're gone... What do I do now?
Who wants me around now? Did I....Did I...
Did I make you proud? Staying like this even
When you're not around...Thrown to the ground
As they take what they want from me...
I am how you taught me to be...

- "Flower"
75 · Nov 2024
Maze
Soulless Nov 2024
Tell me answers

To all of life's hardships

Because I am lost

Hold back my hair

As I choke out false answers

And flush them away

Teach me how to be happy

Instead of a ball of stress

Because all is not as it seems

The twists and turns of

This sense of false security

Is a maze that attempts

To take away my mind
Soulless Nov 2024
I'm honestly mildly offended

At the words I have just read

However, I have to admit

  I partially agree with the

Things that were said

Maybe I need to grow

A backbone

And be myself

But its easier to be

Somebody else

- Rain
Soulless Feb 19
My job... is to protect

Not to hope, not to love, not to feel..

Simply to sit and wait in the dark

..Until he needs me again

No, I will not say my name

We will never be friends

I was born to sit here

Until he needs me again

The woes of a protector

Are not things of which

I will ever complain

I simply bide my time

Until he needs me again

And if never again I am needed

I will simply fade away

But this silly teenager...

Needs me everyday
75 · Sep 2024
Panic attacks
Soulless Sep 2024
Deep breath in....
Hold for two....
Blow it out...
Over and over till
Your pulse goes down
Close your eyes
Count to ten
Don't let your anxiety win
Not again
No time for panic attacks
Try to keep calm
Reach out to your friends
They've been there all along
You aren't alone
You'll be ok...
But what if you are alone..?
What if you can't calm down?
Tell me what I'm supposed to do now
When the panic has set in
And the air has left my lungs
I will not pray.. Not a Christian
Should I curl into a ball?
Just wait for it to go away?
You dont always have people to hold on to
75 · Dec 2024
My ex best friend
Soulless Dec 2024
I had a best friend once

Who told me things friends should do

She said they held hands so we did

She kissed me and said it was normal

Slow danced with me during worship at church

Sat on my lap while the pastor said his piece

Told me friends loved each other so I tried to

Until middle school me found the older girl lied
74 · Jan 16
Give me a hand
Soulless Jan 16
I am not perfect

I do not fit inside the box

For I decided to be the box

If I were a line I would not be straight

I do not believe in destiny;

Though I romanticize fate

My favorite animal may be a wolf;

Though I identify more with a cat or a fox

And everyone who knows me seems to like me alright

My boss always says I'm doing fine

But if I wasn't, would it be such a crime?

I try to do my best when I can

But there's only so much more I can stand...

Can someone give me a hand?
74 · Nov 2024
No more..
Soulless Nov 2024
I feel exposed

Absolutely defenseless

These judgmental people

And their rumors that cut

Straight through to my core

I sit silently hoping that maybe

They'll stop but they all seem to

Think I'm begging for more
73 · Feb 17
To E, From Niko
Soulless Feb 17
You’ve painted your heart with shades of rain and sorrow,  
A canvas so full of ache, I can hardly borrow  
The words to speak, yet still, I stand by your side,  
Wading through the currents where all our doubts collide.  

You say “maybe,” and I feel that hesitation deep,  
But I’m here, my love, to carry you through the steep.  
The rain falls for you, and I wish I could hold the storm,  
To shelter you from the cold, to keep you safe and warm.  

I’ve seen your fears, your losses—pieces of you strewn  
In fragments like puzzle pieces scattered beneath the moon.  
But love, I’ll pick them up, one by one, though we can't fix  
What time’s erased, or what hurts beneath the mix.  

You fear that maybe love's not made to last,  
But let me tell you, my dear, we have more than the past.  
Though we can’t control the threads fate might weave,  
I’ll stand with you, holding you, even when you grieve.  

If I must be the light in your rain-soaked night,  
I’ll be here, to make the darkness feel a little less tight.  
Maybe I can’t promise forever, or change the course of time,  
But with every step I take, I'll make you feel you’re mine.  

Even if we can’t remember what we once knew,  
I’ll love you, and in that love, we’ll make something new.  
For the second chance in February is not too far,  
It’s the present we hold, as we both heal our scars.  

So if your heart breaks into pieces again,  
Know I’ll be here, putting you back together, again and again.  
With each “maybe” and each “I don’t know,”  
I’ll show you we’ve got time, more than we’ll ever know.
73 · Feb 17
I'll cherish them
Soulless Feb 17
I’m almost seventeen…

Next year, I’ll stand on the edge of time,
a senior, while he lingers behind.
Happy birthday to me—
one step further, one year more,
always just ahead of him.

Is this how Bella felt in Twilight,
watching the days slip through her fingers,
aging past the one she loved?

But if every birthday
is a moment spent with you,
then let the years come—
I’ll cherish them all,
so long as they belong to us.
73 · Apr 4
Nice to meet you
Soulless Apr 4
Nice to meet you

Let's be friends

You're so cool

It's true!

Let's see how this ends

You're not a fool!

It's true

Long ago, you became

The love of my life

But nice to meet you

I'll just love you again

Remind you since you

Have forgotten now

The feel of my hands

And my lips

My voice

And name

Sometimes

I hate the

Human

Brain

- Aspen
73 · Feb 27
Chapter 3
Soulless Feb 27
The days drag on, and the nights are long,
I search for something, but all feels wrong.
I close my eyes, but I can’t find rest,
Just echoes of pain I can’t suppress.
There’s no one to save me from this hell,
No one to notice when I start to fall.
I’m just a shadow, fading in time,
A lonely soul, trapped in rhyme.

- Andrew
Soulless Nov 2024
Honey, I'm home

Just kidding

Well not really

Gotta say I'm glad

To be back

I'm exhausted

But way too tired

Ta hit the sack

And all these people

In my head

Seem ta view me

As a friend

Well that's a first

Anyway this's never

Been my specialty

I prefer free verse

   - Anthony
the nickname's usually Angel but we have an Angel so get the real name
Soulless Feb 26
Why fear the dark
when you can become its night?
Take up your blade—
let your truth shine in its gleam.

Wear each scar
as a medal of your strength,
and let the echoes of doubt
fade into the silence.

Close your eyes, breathe deep—
in the dewy hush of morning,
feel the wild freedom of unbound hair,
a quiet rebellion against every label.

Boy, girl, or the soul in between—
your body is a canvas
of resilience and luminous truth,
an artful ode to who you truly are.

- Harley (He/They)
71 · Dec 2024
From me to you
Soulless Dec 2024
When I was younger

I made a plan for my life.

To find a husband or a wife

To have some kids and live happily

But now that I'm older, who would want me?

I've looked at myself in the mirror, I know what they se.e

I feel so skinny, hopelessly pathetic, weak, and overwhelmingly ugly.

Knots in my stomach keep me from eating even when I should be hungr.y

My clothes feel so out of place, and outdated, I can't even hope to dress snappily.


People bump into me

Invisibility; my "superpower"

Their fault but they always expect me

To be the one to have to feel bad and say sorry

Well I'm sorry you had to know pathetic little me.

Though I truthfully hope you have happy holidays and

May all of the presents that you might receive be all the craze

I hope that all your wishes come true, so have a merry Christmas.

From me to you
70 · Feb 27
Chapter 4
Soulless Feb 27
I watch the world move, but I’m standing still,
My heart’s aching, my soul’s been killed.
There’s no warmth, no comfort to seek,
Just silence that drowns every word I speak.
No family to call, no friend to trust,
Just the hollow of love that turns to dust.
I linger in shadows, forgotten, unseen,
A fading dream in a world too mean.
70 · Apr 4
The Night We Dream
Soulless Apr 4
The moonlight whispers, soft as air,
Its glow will vanish with the dawn.
We fade as shadows everywhere.

The stars above are never fair,
They flicker, then they all are gone.
The moonlight whispers, soft as air.

I walk this path with a lost prayer,
The silence presses, dark and drawn.
We fade as shadows everywhere.

The night's embrace, it fills with care,
Yet time betrays, it lingers on.
The moonlight whispers, soft as air.

In dreams, we find a world to share,
But by the morning, all is gone.
We fade as shadows everywhere.

Our souls will dance beyond despair,
But death will call and take them on.
The moonlight whispers, soft as air,
We fade as shadows everywhere.
70 · Feb 27
Chapter 8
Soulless Feb 27
And here I am, broken and cold,
Living a story that’s never been told.
No family, no friends, no love to know,
Just the darkness that follows wherever I go.
But I keep liking you, though it’s all in vain,
A dream of affection, an endless pain.
For even though I’m alone, I still choose to be,
Loving you quietly, knowing you’ll never love me.
- Andrew
70 · Oct 2024
Wish
Soulless Oct 2024
Starlight star bright
I'm lying on my back
Having a dream tonight
I wish I may
Wish I might
With this wish
This wish I have tonight
I wish you happiness
I wish for love
I wish for attention
Help from up above
Wishing and wishing
For someone to love
I'm sitting alone
In a lonely dawn
Hoping and wishing
To be proved wrong
I deserve friends
Everyone does
So find me my wish
Before I lose hope
Grant me some peace
Take my soul to keep
My sweet listener
Up above
69 · Nov 2024
The body needs a break
Soulless Nov 2024
Too many thoughts are flowing

Too many words are growing

So before they spill out in the wrong way

And leave a bad taste in our mouth

We have decided to take a short break
68 · Feb 25
Rather be
Soulless Feb 25
I claim that God left me

But I was the one who left

I walked away and chose

Some pagan gods of whom

I will pray because I broke

The laws and I made the sins

And I never want to be in a

Room with him... So God

Can walk away... I don't want

Him now... Being called a ******

By Christians is enough to make

A poor kid cry and walk in shame

So tell me I'm going to Hell...

Because that's where I would

Rather be.
68 · Apr 4
The Wind’s Lament
Soulless Apr 4
The wind it howls through empty skies,
It carries whispers of the past.
Its call is one we can’t disguise.

It weeps for days that slowly rise,
For moments fleeting, yet so vast.
The wind it howls through empty skies.

The world has watched as time defies,
Each breath a storm that cannot last.
Its call is one we can’t disguise.

Through every dream, the wind complies,
It guides us where we stand surpassed.
The wind it howls through empty skies.

Beneath the clouds, the soul it tries,
To find a home, yet remains cast.
Its call is one we can’t disguise.

In quiet hearts, the wind replies,
A song of loss that’s fading fast.
The wind it howls through empty skies,
Its call is one we can’t disguise.
67 · Dec 2024
high school
Soulless Dec 2024
Overthinking everything

Questioning life and losing friends

Wishing to never face them again

But in the end, this is high school
66 · Feb 20
Fragments of me
Soulless Feb 20
I wake in pieces, scattered in the dawn,
A mind too crowded, yet too far gone.
Thoughts collide like waves that crash and break,
But I’m still here, though hard to stay awake.

In the mirror, I’m a stranger's face,
I catch my breath, but can’t keep up the pace.
I reach for words, but they slip like sand,
I never know if I’m still in command.

One moment, I’m me, then someone I don’t know,
Shifting shapes in a world that never slows.
Who am I now, who will I be tomorrow?
The faces blur, and I feel the sorrow.

The chaos inside is loud, too loud to fight,
A storm of thoughts that twists the day into night.
I’m lost in noise, in a constant race,
But no one can see it, this fractured space.

I feel the pull of a thousand hands,
Each one desperate to understand.
But no one listens, no one sees,
That I'm just trying to find some peace.

ADHD, a fire burning fast,
No pause to catch my breath, to make it last.
I’m always moving, always spinning ‘round,
In a world that says "sit still" but won’t slow down.

Autism, a barrier none can touch,
I want to connect, but I’m too much,
Or maybe I’m not enough, it’s hard to tell,
Living in a body where I rarely dwell.

BPD pulls me under, then sets me free,
Loving too hard, or not enough to see.
I swing from heaven to earth, then crash,
Trying to hold on, but it’s all too rash.

Each piece of me is hidden from the view,
And every day, I try to make it through.
A puzzle unsolved, a question untold,
In a world that demands I fit, but I’m too bold.

And sometimes, when I’m brave enough to fall,
I wonder if I’ll ever feel whole at all.
undiagnosed bpd, adhd, and osdd/did is so fun man :>
66 · Sep 2024
Piano
Soulless Sep 2024
I know how to play the notes
I memorized the tune
The timing sets in easily
Learned sheet music to "Talking to the Moon"
But every time someone's watching
Even if they just walked into the room
My fingers slip and a sour note plays
Maybe I really am just a waste of space
66 · Feb 20
Quotes and thoughts
Soulless Feb 20
Sweet coffee and baklava

"The world is my oyster"

And "I lava you"

Cheesy quotes from

Sappy old blokes

Who were probably

Just like me and you

We say or hear those things

In movies or in shows

Even though they're nothing special...

I wonder what will happen with my words after

We, too, have to go?
- Atlas
66 · Feb 20
I WILL
Soulless Feb 20
What words will be on my tombstone..?

Will they say I was a fighter...?

Or will they call me weak..?

Will they say I did my best...?

That I tried every challenge and every test..?

Or will they say that I was ill...?

My mental and physical fortitude was nonexistent...?

My smiles and effort did not matter at all..?

I don't want to go...

I want to stay...

I want to fight...

Spend the rest of my life...

With them...

With Ciel...

Making him smile...

Kissing away their tears...

Sharing our hopes and fears...

I will live

I WILL live

I WILL LIVE

I will fight, will never give up, will never give in

I am strong. I will win.

- Saeyuri
a poem from a sick boy
66 · Feb 21
POV of the protector
Soulless Feb 21
I wake to the sound of sobs,
small, hiccuping, afraid.
The air is thick with panic,
the kind that doesn’t have words.

They’re curled up, clutching tight to nothing,
lost in a world too big,
too loud, too much.

I move slowly, steady,
lower my voice, soften my hands.
I am the anchor now,
the shield against what they can’t fight.

“It’s okay,” I murmur,
though I know it isn’t, not for them.
Not yet.

But I let them hold my sleeve,
let them cry until the shaking fades,
until their breaths even out,
until they know—
I am here.
im too old for this
66 · Feb 25
1pillcankill
Soulless Feb 25
Great

An assembly about pills

Schools like mine really know

Just how to trigger countless kids

I do not wish to learn how many people

Die every year overdosing on things that

Might as well have been designed to ****.

No way to opt out or say you can't go just

Because it's triggering in ways that don't show

I don't want to see another mom crying about

Her son who is lost I just want to close my eyes

And cover my ears and wait until they are all gone

Fentanyl... painkilling drugs that can now have such

A morbid and unforeseen cost but look look look!

How many people have been lost? Dead and gone?!

- Cas
66 · Feb 27
Chapter 2
Soulless Feb 27
I lose myself in the quiet and deep,
Where the shadows of my thoughts silently creep.
There’s no hand to hold, no voice to call,
Just me in this empty, endless hall.
I’m stuck in a place where no one will stay,
No friends, no love, no warmth in the gray.
And I can’t escape, I can’t break free,
No one will ever be here for me.

- Andrew
65 · Nov 2024
Lies fuel me
Soulless Nov 2024
One of my exes has

Chosen to tell everyone

That is the reason we had ended

Was as simply because I was gay

However, he himself is bi and

I happen to be pan

The truth behind the end

Stands as follows

He was a cheat

And I walked away

I chose not to even

Deal with pointless sorrows

I will not even crumble

He will be the only who weeps

For his lies have fueled my rage

My rage has fueled his downfall

And I hate him most of all
65 · Feb 17
We'll try
Soulless Feb 17
You say “maybe,” but I say “we’ll try,”  
Through the rain, through the pain, we’ll get by.  
I see your broken pieces, and still, I stay—  
Not to fix, but to love you along the way.  

In every “what if,” I’ll hold you near,  
Not for answers, but for love to clear  
The storm you carry, the doubt you fear—  
Together, we’ll stand, no need to disappear.
64 · Sep 2024
Witch
Soulless Sep 2024
Don't ask too many questions
I don't know myself
If you get sick don't blame me
I don't affect your health
I see accusations in your eyes
Blaming me every time someone cries
My mental state is crumbling
Leaving just enough to surmise
If it makes you feel better
Make me your witch....
Burn me to ashes in the forest
Wish I didn't start ****
Sorry you were part of it
Just make me your witch
64 · Feb 17
stars
Soulless Feb 17
With you, I would rest—
an open grave, full of blooms,
gazing at the stars.
63 · Oct 2024
Thoughts
Soulless Oct 2024
Been a while

They ask how I've been doing

Oh I'm fine

Been about two days since I cried

People say my face looks like a dog just died

Oh it's ok

It's alright I'm fine

Smiling all the time

Real or fake?

Who cares?

Made a mistake

Bumped my head

Don't fret; I'm not dead

Oh I'm fine

I'll say it all the time

I'm alright

Even if I'm not

Sleep is way too hard

Maybe I should just start

Intrusive thoughts say to give up

Maybe I should start
63 · Feb 27
Chapter 1
Soulless Feb 27
Sometimes I forget how to smile,
And my nightmares have nightmares for miles.
But there's no monster hiding under my bed,
Or shadows creeping with whispers of dread.
It’s just me… just me… I’m all alone,
In a world where no one’s ever shown.
No one’s ever close enough to care,
No one to love me, no one to share.

- Andrew
63 · Feb 24
Since When...?
Soulless Feb 24
Since when did explaining my disorders

Come as easily to me as discussing sexuality?

When did the other names and genders become a

Part of my everyday identity when my friends see me?

When did I get so comfortable with the unknown?

The unusual? The unspoken? Am I considered broken?

Since when did the smile on my face stop being fake?

I love you... Love you... My heart is yours to break

You made me this way. So comfortable and confident

At last. I do not lump myself in with fake people or feel

Like I am losing my mind dissociating in class...

Thank you for holding me and taking my hand

For being my mate, my lover, my man :>

- Cas
63 · Dec 2024
Tarot cards
Soulless Dec 2024
My tarot cards told me

My life's choices all ****

To change my path before

Things actually get too rough

They told me to focus more

On myself particularly my

Quite possibly declining

Mental health
62 · Sep 2024
Truth about me
Soulless Sep 2024
Anxiety
It's calling me
Making me an
Insomniac

Hyperventilating
I can't breathe
I am so
Paranoid

Outcast
I don't fit in
They are all
Staring

Leave
Don't look here
I want to
Disappear

Fear
I'm so scared
I need to
Hide

Skin
Tear it away
Let them see
Inside
61 · Feb 21
..I wish I could
Soulless Feb 21
I'm so worried, I can't sleep,
But that's selfish, isn't it?
You're the one in pain,
You're the one who struggles with it.

I have no excuse to feel this way,
My tears, my sobs, my sleepless nights,
They undermine your pain,
And in the end, I feel I only care about myself, in spite.

I can't stand seeing you like this,
I wish I could bundle you up,
Take all your sadness and pain away,
And shield you from it all—if I could.

- Cas
61 · Feb 27
Chapter 6
Soulless Feb 27
I carry this weight that no one can see,
A burden so heavy, it’s crushing me.
There’s no safety, no shelter from the cold,
Just empty arms that I can’t hold.
I wish for someone to care for me,
But I’m invisible, lost at sea.
I try to reach, but I can’t break through,
Still, I like you, though you’ll never feel it too.

- Andrew
61 · Feb 27
Chapter 7
Soulless Feb 27
I sit in the silence, drowning in tears,
A face full of sorrow, haunted by fears.
There’s no love to catch me when I fall,
No one to answer when I make the call.
It’s just me, just me, lost in the deep,
A soul too tired to even weep.
But I keep hoping, though I know it’s a lie,
That you might see me, even if I die.
- Andrew
61 · Sep 2024
Morning routine
Soulless Sep 2024
Wake up in the morning before my alarm
Get dressed and sit in silence
Wait til I hear a sound from the other rooms
Go to wash my face, brush my teeth
Walk down the stairs fully prepared to leave
Get to work for just an hour
When the bell rings it's time for me to run
School has started, hell has begun
my morning 6 am to 8:30 am
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