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I am afraid.

I am so small,
the world so vast.

I am no one.

~ butterflies in my stomach
I had already understood
that it was about choosing
what made me feel good
but
what if what made me feel good
wasn’t what God wanted for me?
For so long
I chained myself to this doubt
this anxiety
I came to the conclusion
that I was no saint
that the ticket to hell
was free
while the ticket to heaven
cost me far too much
So maybe
I should try my luck
live whatever life could give me at its best
Because only in the end
would I know
if God would have mercy on me
Placeless
Perhaps impossible
But without place
Is how I feel
My feelings
A place
Inside a place
I am a place
My place
Where
Pause and
Placed hands
Pace and
Trace
An outline of
Home
Soph Jul 31
I thought I found My Thing
The one I'm the best at.
That girl walks in,
just at day one.
She's talented,
pretty, perfect,
better.

All my years of hard work
crushed.
Within seconds.
I'm not good enough.
Ever.
Am I?

Every time I think I found My Thing,
it gets taken away from me.

I know I'm selfish but
why
only for one time,
Can't I
be the best?
Nara Jul 28
You say that we don’t chase but we attract
Attract whatever is there but I’m not that kind
I want to be loved by someone I love
I don’t wanna attract something that is not mine.
Reimers Jul 27
The sky is dark and gray,
with little hints of fading rays.
My jeans are soaked from the stubborn rain
as I move through traffic’s lane.

Loneliness hums in quiet loops,
My mind rewinds old nested truths.
Perhaps this weather fits me well,
I mutter low, with no one to tell.

I too reach out for something true.
To hold, to keep, to carry through.
To feel, to fly, to simply be,
Like wind-swept grass that runs with me.

And maybe hope’s still in my chest.
A part of me that never left.
Raven Star Jul 18
Would you have loved me
If i was a worm?
Crushed and torn
Like i mattered nothing at all.

Would you have searched for me
n the soil ?
Would you have made your hands *****
For a while?

But the truth is that
It doesn't matter if I'm a person or worm
I would always have been
Torn and torn and torn.
Published an untitled poem a couple weeks ago, this is the full version. Partially written by a friend actually.
Viktoriia Jul 16
it's a collection of intrusive thoughts,
you've been taking care of it for so long,
developing an attachment to it,
putting other attachment issues on hold.

it's the most worthless precious thing you have,
the rest of them might not see it, but you do.
the rest of them overlook your worth, too,
so casual you're not even sure it's still there.

such a funny story until it's not,
an impossible theory no one can prove wrong,
it's a collection of intrusive thoughts
that you've been in possession of for so long.
but hope too has a powerful current,
strong enough to move me towards things
I believed I was too weak for.

hope resects the doubt from my body,
and makes the lack of air in my lungs bearable,
until I reach the shore.

and hope, reminds me that there is more.
more to see,
more to experience,
more wonder than dread.

so I’ll do my best to surrender the doubt,
and adopt the hope instead.
The conclusion to a poem I posted a few days ago... stay hopeful :)
Zywa Jul 5
You don't take a stand,

because it's complicated --


you say with a sigh.
Collection "Local tardiness"
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