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 Jul 27 CantSeeMe
RJ
Some mornings,
I wake up and look at my reflection
and wonder who’s wearing my face,
the one with my eyes but not my soul.

I move through the hours
like a man who’s lost his shadow,
my own voice sounding like
someone else’s story.
The words come out
but they feel hollow,
empty shells
of things I never meant to say.

This skin feels wrong,
too tight,
too foreign.
I want to step out of it,
but there’s nothing underneath—
just old memories
and promises I never made.

I once knew who I was,
a version of me that walked with fire,
light in every step
and a quiet confidence in my chest.
But now I search for him
in the spaces between breaths,
in the silent moments
where I almost remember
the man I was before
I became someone else.

I’m tired of chasing a reflection
that isn’t mine.
I’m tired of feeling like a ghost
in my own skin.
But maybe,
just maybe,
I’ll find my way back
through the cracks in this armor,
back to the man I lost
without even knowing it.

And when I do,
I’ll stand taller.
I’ll be the man
I was always meant to be.
 Jul 27 CantSeeMe
RJ
My dreams are not soft things
They do not whisper or drift
They crash into me
Like memory
Like loss I never earned but still carry

I see faces I’ve never touched
Eyes that look through me like they’ve known me for lifetimes
Hands that reach
Just as I begin to fall

I wake with stories still unfolding
Mouth half-formed around names that vanish
Chest aching with love
for people I’ve never met outside my sleep

Sometimes I lie still
Eyes open
But not here
Not ready to belong to this body
this room
this gravity

Reality waits
with its empty inboxes and worn-out clocks
It doesn’t ask if I’m okay
It just goes on
as if I didn’t just leave a world that almost felt like home

But I keep waking
Even when it hurts
Even when the dream begs me to stay
Because somewhere in the quiet ache of morning
There’s a sliver of light
A whisper that maybe
what I dream
is a map
not a mistake

And maybe one day
I’ll follow it back
not to sleep
but to something real
that finally feels
like dreaming with my eyes open
 Jul 27 CantSeeMe
RJ
When all else fails, when lights grow dim
And hope retreats past broken rim
When silence folds the world in two
And nothing shines the way it used to

Breathe. Just breathe. Let seconds pass
Let pain fall soft like blades of grass
For in the hush of wreck and rain
The soul still hums beneath the strain

When all else fails, when hearts go cold
And dreams collapse or lose their hold
When hands once held now fall away
And even prayers forget to stay

Stand. Just stand. Though knees may shake
Though every fiber longs to break
Some truths outlive the storm’s command
You still are here. You still can stand

When all else fails and night is near
Let courage rise inside the fear
A spark survives in darkest shade
A light that loss cannot unmake

So fail, then rise. Let go, then feel
The wound may weep but still, you heal
For when all else has turned to dust
Still, you remain. And still, you must
 Jul 27 CantSeeMe
RJ
The days are spent in quiet chase,
A steady march, a changing pace,
I wander through the shifting streams,
The echoes of my fractured dreams.

I used to know exactly where,
The road would lead me, how I'd fare.
But now the map is worn and torn,
Still, I walk though I've been worn.

There’s strength in letting go, I’ve learned,
In fading lights, in bridges burned.
Yet in the dark, I still might see
A glimmer of who I used to be.

So here I stand, with both my hands,
I’ll write my future from the sands.
The past is never far away,
It guides the steps I take today.

I’m not who I was, but I still strive,
The heart that once felt dead is alive.
And though it’s me who shapes the way,
I am reborn in each new day.
 Jul 27 CantSeeMe
Mimi
I try my best to hide what I find unattractive because I want people to love me I’ve realized I need to learn to love myself before I love others I don’t need to change for anyone but myself I want boys to notice I’m attractive but no one talks to me and I talk to no one the more I sit in my classes wondering if that boy I know and love likes me back I sit there with my head low and zoning out unless I see them my brain works when i know they see me too my heart wants to confess but knows the reality of it most times every boy will reject you it’s happened to me twice that’s why I try and try again to make myself look pretty I wash my face do my makeup put perfume on but no one seems to notice me but my crave for love makes it hard not to hide what I find unattractive
I had this poem for a while thought it was a good first post
 Jul 27 CantSeeMe
Mimi
I thought my hair could go up I though I didn't need to live in the world I forced myself into but nonetheless it happened again my hair stays down and covers myself to never be seen again. I wish I was a better friend, daughter, sister, person I wish that no one else feels how I do like a disappointment but goodbye cause if quitting kills me I'm the first one in line to hell.
Idk I was in the feels last night and wrote this
 Jul 27 CantSeeMe
Mimi
saw you
 Jul 27 CantSeeMe
Mimi
I saw you in my dreams when we were in love
Turns out those dream were nightmares
That I can't get rid of
We go our own way and say our fairs

For tonight will be the last night I can dream of us in happiness
I miss them
 Jul 27 CantSeeMe
Mimi
Her
 Jul 27 CantSeeMe
Mimi
Her
I trusted her
She said she loved me
I never wanted to believe it
Cause she doesn't she lied
I ran and cried
I tried to get mad and any
But I always ended up sad so
Just **** me
I just hate that I miss her
 Jul 27 CantSeeMe
Mimi
Dreams
 Jul 27 CantSeeMe
Mimi
I still dream of you even though you have left
We are still in love in them it just seems right
You've broken my heart and you took it during your theft
I leave you too knowing I can't fight it

I don't dream about you anymore
It makes me to angry
I feel the hatred for someone like you
I leave you too knowing I can fight fight it
I stand it even if it's hard
 Jul 27 CantSeeMe
Mimi
Strength
 Jul 27 CantSeeMe
Mimi
Strength is the power you have any put into something. Strength isn't muscle or smarts it's confidence and knowing your worth and limits.
Everyone has strength but may not be seen by everyone but it's in you. Remember you have strength, you're strong and stay yourself but you are amazing.
stay yourself you're perfect the way you are
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