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Madison Wright May 2019
Hey you remember when you told me it was gonna be ok?
I believe you now.
-Her
shamamama Apr 2019
How long did I believe
The sunrise is forever
He told me
And I saw the golden hues of hope
Sculpted into forever
And a day--
Until one day what was inbetween
All the sunrises emerged
And I tasted the bitter,
the butter, the batter of all the other.
I feel like poetry helps me to learn how to process all the uncomfortableness of life unfolding, and lets me peal away layer after layer, to uncover what is ready to be understood.
c Apr 2019
I do not believe
In the idea of love
You are too far gone
Joseph Miller Apr 2019
On a sea of chaos
love floats
if you believe
then you know
love is seeing
goodness grow
Georgette Apr 2019
Which one do you FALL under?
LIKE me for me or
ALTER me if you will
MEMORIES is what makes us
EXISTENCE is what keeps us
SEEING is believing
Bee Apr 2019
Blood pumping through my veins,
Standing on tracks and dodging trains.
****** life back at home,
Feeling helpless in a big, black dome.

Tear stricken faces, black and blue bruises,
Hopeless dreams of big houses and cruises.
Seen badly by everybody,
Feeling so much like a nobody.

If only given one night,
One night without fright,
I would run and go,
Run and go to a place no one would ever know.

Far from the vicinity,
Even farther from my dark reality.
Where all my fears would vanish,
Where all bad dreams shall perish.
starstrike Apr 2019
Are you okay, you ask
and I say that I am
though I haven’t been “okay” for years

I can’t decide what’s worse:
how okay I am not,
or that you looked into my eyes
and believed I was telling the truth

I can’t cry for help
as I fall into the abyss
so I cannot expect you to save me
but here I am anyway
hoping you might catch me

You don’t
and I find rock bottom,
let the darkness encase me
I cannot blame you, this is on me

If I had leapt a little further
perhaps I could have caught myself
but it is too late now
Through your eyes,
I see what lies in your heart
Through your silence,
I hear your voice
Through your voice,
I hear your silence
I do not know if all these through  are true
But I know what to believe,
and that is only what is from you.

—JIBRIL ABDULMALIK ©2019
Poetress2 Apr 2019
Love me like you use to do,
when we first met, and I was new;
Cherish me, with all your might,
as when at first, I spent the night.
~
Respect me for the woman I am,
in the days, when you first held my hand;
Protect me as when we first met,
and we didn't know each other yet.
~
Take pride in everything I do,
even if you don't approve;
Be on my side, through thick or thin,
please believe in me again.
~
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