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7h · 26
sp/lit
my eyes are always heavy
and i know im not better
my hands remain unsteady
i know i shouldn't worry
and i know youre fine since i left
my crying only makes things blurry
i guess i hope you miss me
and i hope you know peace and love
while i work through the misery
7h · 11
doubtfully
Somehow it feels
I've been misplaced
Shouldn't be here now
Wishing I had been there then
Somehow it feels
I've been replaced
Can't be there now
Praying I'll be there then
Half of me
Wants to change
Half of me
Wants a dose
Half of me
Needs to be better
Half of me
Needs to feel worse
All of me
Knows what I am
But I only feel like
Half of me
When I die,
I don't want anybody,
to speak at my funeral.
I don't want anybody to tell lies,
just for the sake,
of my posthumous appearance.
5d · 35
burnt
***** me out
as if i am no more
than a coal
that you're afraid will
restart the fire
you loved the flames
but now that
it is all subsiding
better to stomp
me into the ground
drown me in
water i can't breathe in
5d · 39
Harvested
Do you feel love
When you're alone
Or is it just me
Cause you know
That I can't leave
You still thrive
In my heart to this day
But in yours
I'm just another
Body and soul
Left to decay
I say that I have made peace with my past,
But have I really?
Or have I pushed it to the depths of my mind,
In an attempt to never acknowledge it?
Aug 24 · 33
Two-Bit Man
OnLithium Aug 24
Confronting the words
      That dictate my headspace
The same ones that make me
      Feel as if I do not belong here
           To look at a bottle of pills
               Hoping they would just fall
                    Right down my throat
                       So I could say I didn't do it
The same ones that make me
          Feel as if I am not enough
                  And never will be
                       So I entertain ideations
                             And wonder, why not?
Aug 23 · 38
empty vessel
OnLithium Aug 23
as much as you
stabbed me in the back
as much as i
slit both of my wrists
as much as you
squeezed my heart
as much as i
claimed to be alright
suppose you should know
you can't **** something
that has already died
Aug 23 · 46
wash, rinse, repeat?
OnLithium Aug 23
reduced to nothing
unsure of everything
cornered by your words
imprisoned by my naivete

my chains appear to be made
of peonies and tulips
my walls appear to be more
like murals of better times

i lack the decisivness
to make the decision
i plead pitifully to find the might
to step into that decision easily
Aug 20 · 30
nails and boards
OnLithium Aug 20
the floor keeps creaking
letting the sadness escape
and i love to keep seeking
for the boards to fix it

the windows got left open
letting the world crash through
and i love to keep hopin'
that the boards will hold

the roof is starting to fall
letting the pressure creep in
and i love to stare at it all
realizing the boards aren't enough
OnLithium Aug 19
Baby please don't lie
To yourself or anybody
You could never rely
On me and I let you down
Just to leave you looking up
At the infinite and the stars
When the tears start cascading
And the love is evaporating
As your heart pumps and bleeds
You'll forget your wants
And probably your needs
You'd do best to forget me
Leave no room for bitterness
And I won't regret our memory
This story was a setting sun
I knew it wouldn't last and
I'm just sorry I wasn't the one
Aug 19 · 27
Misery's Company
OnLithium Aug 19
Been so **** miserable
For so **** long
Saying I don't need anyone
And I don't need help
For the record
I don't choose Misery
I am Her favorite company
Aug 18 · 40
why bother
OnLithium Aug 18
all i ask for
is to not be
a horrific reminder
of all my flaws
is just a bit
of the closure
that i lack
is to just
be what i have
been dying for
Aug 18 · 33
estrangement
OnLithium Aug 18
please know that
i would die
if there was
a universe
that had a place
for me
so why am i
pretending i belong
in this reality
where i am not
even enough
for me
Aug 17 · 97
Incurable Romanticist
OnLithium Aug 17
It's the way
You walk by me
Or the way
You talk to me
Or the way
You look at me
And the thing killing me
Is I worry you don't
Actually see me
Aug 17 · 51
Fluke or Fate
OnLithium Aug 17
Tie the noose
Only to be hung upside down
Call the time
Only for the clock to rewind
Close the curtains
Only to hear calls for an encore
Reach for the gun
Only to have no ammunition
Aug 15 · 32
Flight
OnLithium Aug 15
Starting over
Is a lot like
Getting on plane
To go somewhere new
You have to rid of
Everything heavy
The baggage that
Has brought you down
You have to remember the person
In the old photo
Of your passport
You need to learn to accept
That what you know is gone
And you can drag yourself
Into visiting the past
Only to find that
Nobody else will be there waiting
Aug 13 · 54
Smoke Signal
OnLithium Aug 13
my anger
no longer fuels the fire
that set my life ablaze
no longer controls
the effort i give life
no longer am i a house
drowning in flames
i am akin to a stick of incense
with my smoke descending
ever so gently
just to prove that i still burn
just not to the same degrees
Aug 13 · 116
Tendrils
OnLithium Aug 13
Intertwined
Like two plants
That shouldn't
But as long
As the gardener
Doesn't care
I'll hold you
Till we both
Turn to rot
Aug 12 · 54
down n twist
OnLithium Aug 12
i know
the meds
keep me
steady
but then
when things
become very
choppy
one med
turns to two
two to three
and i start to
lose all of me
Aug 10 · 61
passage
OnLithium Aug 10
if life is warfare
then i am merely
a carrier pigeon
trying to not get
blown out of the sky
Aug 10 · 767
bidirectional
OnLithium Aug 10
Crucified
by my own hands
Polarized
by my own choices
Settled
by self medication
Debated
by self evaluation
Aug 10 · 42
Predestination
OnLithium Aug 10
Fate beckons you onwards
Not caring what you have
Nor who you are
What you leave behind
Nor what you become
In due time
You will be a whisper
Amongst those forgotten
Begging the next person onwards
Aug 10 · 71
the nod
OnLithium Aug 10
felt like i lived
and died
for your love
and acceptance
always suffocating
gasping for your words
racked up so many wounds
when you were holding me
since then i wish i could say
that things have changed
oh how they haven't
still waiting for the day
i hear you even softly mutter
that i'm enough
Aug 8 · 51
-44⁰
OnLithium Aug 8
broken roses
and busted dreams
nothing ends well
or so it seems
the emptiness will consume
and clarity will
find you soon
Aug 7 · 105
puke
OnLithium Aug 7
I tried to
show me
Why I
loathe me
I sit in
the dark
Cause I can't
stand me
Doesn't matter if
I say
I'm sorry
to myself
There's no
forgiving me
I know that
the thing
That disgusts me
is me
Aug 7 · 190
two face canvas
OnLithium Aug 7
lose everything
still pay a price
do anything for love
still consumed by hate
take all roads to freedom
still imprisoned in myself
Aug 5 · 33
not gone yet
OnLithium Aug 5
i used to
complain and whine
about how poorly
life was going
how the world
had been so unkind
it is now clear to me
i cannot be the victim
while trying to be the victor
Aug 5 · 45
El mascarado
OnLithium Aug 5
Peeling the mask away
Chipping at this facade
Jumping from the tight rope act
Finding the person I thought was lost
Pleading for the time to be right
Aug 4 · 73
valley
OnLithium Aug 4
softly
Slooooowly
SLIPping
I feel as if
I've been here
Far too long
I feel as if
You just don't
Want to see

And now
I start
To

Fall
Aug 4 · 50
thirsty
OnLithium Aug 4
you only realize
how bad you needed something
when it finally shows up
like when you've been thirsty
drinking from toxic puddles
managing with just that
until real water arrives
and then you understand
you never had what you needed
now that you do
although it seems foreign
you cannot get enough of it
Aug 2 · 125
(my) parallel
OnLithium Aug 2
in this lifetime
i am yours
in another lifetime
someone else's
i am aware
of the others
if only faintly
and i hate to speak
for the others
but this one with you
by far the best
Aug 1 · 63
Jaundiced
OnLithium Aug 1
I curse my apathy
It will be the death of me
Want to hide in the darkest cave
Where no one will dare to save
Clearly lacking in all possible departments
My heart just one of many empty compartments
Jul 31 · 4.0k
quiet tea party
OnLithium Jul 31
most aim to be calm
not let the world
affect every aspect of life
its not a bad plan
i just prefer to be
a little more like tea
steeping in silence
Jul 30 · 49
Distraction
OnLithium Jul 30
You make it difficult
To write about loss
And tragedy
And heartbreak
And all the other things
I start writing something
You just smiling
Just looking in my direction
Is enough to wash it away
You ask what I'm writing
I answer honestly
And say nothing
Because what I was going to
Isn't as beautiful and joyous
As you
Jul 29 · 56
1212
OnLithium Jul 29
The feeling is fleeting
And what's collapsing the ceiling
The moments I've lost
And the friends that I've tossed
Love that won't last
And memories of the past
The waves keep on breaking
And the world keeps on taking
I'd play a pitiful little song
And the notes would be dead wrong
Jul 29 · 67
shrug
OnLithium Jul 29
At that point in life
I don't have a will
But I do have suicide notes
For each person I love
Close enough.
Jul 29 · 55
Dang
OnLithium Jul 29
You say things
I don't understand
Tell me I'm free to go
But still under your hand
You do things
I question and you lie
Tell me I'm free to go
Only way I'll be free is if I die
Jul 28 · 59
figures
OnLithium Jul 28
Lay my cards on the table
Only to see yours are better
Stretch my bloodied hands out
Only to see yours are clean
Hide in the cemetery
Only to see you
Jul 28 · 115
「」
OnLithium Jul 28
To suffer after pain
Is to simply experience
Pain in suffering
I constantly bring myself
To think about everything.

What hurts me
has hurt me
will hurt me
Jul 28 · 46
Proclivity
OnLithium Jul 28
Hold me
With the gentleness
You would give
A flickering candle

Touch me
As tenderly as you can
As if you are operating
On an open wound

Kiss me
As hurriedly as you wish
As if we aren't going to get
One more singular moment
Jul 26 · 99
to and fro
OnLithium Jul 26
My day
Before I get time
With you
Is anticipation
And the night
After you are gone
Is recollection
Jul 26 · 76
Simple Epistle
OnLithium Jul 26
To Whom It May Concern,

The person writing you now
Is a person never seen
And never heard before
They have put so much work
And so much time
Into being better just in case
You ever bump into them
They have focused on the traits
The habits and impurities
That those before you hated
They have built themselves
In the image they were provided
With tools found lying about
They aren't finished by any means
But they hope you accept them
And won't destroy their work.

Best Regards,
The Person
Jul 26 · 37
down ya go
OnLithium Jul 26
when it comes
there's that
feeling
and now everything
begins to
slip
when it passes
there's no
feeling
and now everything
continues to
slip
Jul 25 · 111
y.m.e
OnLithium Jul 25
Wanting to drown in your love
And float in your dreams
Wanting to die in your arms
And live in your thoughts
Wanting to get lost in your eyes
And be found in your heart
Wanting to be helpless to your touch
And thrive in your grasp
Jul 25 · 63
Ф (F)
OnLithium Jul 25
I has't been
F'rgotten in Flowers
Drossy in Pardon
And Fearful of Fate
I has't nay events
I consid'r F'rtuitous
Many I consid'r Fruitless
And few to none Fulfilling
Jul 23 · 39
Final Hurrah
OnLithium Jul 23
Where will you be
When the party ends
Metaphorically I ask
Will you be covered
In golden glitter
Or passed out in the front yard
Like a drunken ***
Will you be safe at home
Cause your friends cared
Or jumping over fences
Cause they gave up on you
Will you be the one upstairs
With someone you shouldn't
Or praying to something for help
When you thought you wouldn't
The party always ends
Jul 23 · 38
Self Observation
OnLithium Jul 23
I looked at myself
And truly took myself apart
I found that I love
To get into mischief
I like making mistakes
One really shouldn't
I love to have **** ups
So I don't feel like
Such a big one.
Jul 21 · 46
lovesick
OnLithium Jul 21
I understand why people
Call it lovesick
It can be meant in the way of
You're toxic to my system
And make me ill
Or it can be meant in the way of
When you stare at me
I sweat
And when you are gone
I fret
When you touch me
I shiver
And when you are gone
I wither
Personally?
I love being lovesick.
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