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A river, my river, I am the river.
A river, water that goes with the flow.
A river, a calm flow most of the time.
A river, now in a time of life that overflows.

The calm river, gone
not coming back as it was
but as a new river it went somewhere.

An island, a calm place
a stopping point.
The rivers stopping point.
An island, a place to learn
a place to evolve and come back better than ever.
But even an island can’t stop a storm from happening,
emotions from escaping.

A storm, a disoriented place where everything is dark.
A storm, a cry
just a girl.

A person, a safe place until the storm happens.
Even beauty can’t safe the sea.
The sea can never be saved.
It can only safe herself
And after some time
come back anew
as a calm river.

It’s a cyclus, happening over and over again
until the island disappears.
Until it’s fully gone.
But an island never disappears.
it might not be an island anymore
but it’s still there with me every step of the way.
This time it follows the flow,
evolves along the way until I don’t need him any more.

And then I go my own way,
to find that island.
As a calm river, getting ready for the upcoming storm.
As a girl, preparing to hate my mind.
But its nature, its human.
It will happen many times all over again.
And thats alright.
Hello Daisies Sep 11
August is anger
August is despair
August takes me there
To blood
To the flood
August is death
And gloom

It takes me from my room
Violates me
Mocks me
Then puts me away
August makes me pray
August is red
And rage
Gotta get out of this place

August is nothing
But grief
Never a relief
Sadness
Depression
Bargaining
Anger
And acceptance
Well not quite there
August is everywhere
And nowhere

I lose it
In august
I lose it
In months of eight
I'm always late
In summer
It creeps on me
Like drips of sweat
Dripping into my flesh
Burning my veins
Leaving nothing
But my remains

August remains
And it's seeping into
September
Or march
Maybe June
Or July
The 8th month s p r e a d   s
Just like all your lies
Skye Sep 9
My Feelings  
like a dam just waiting to break  

My Thoughts  
like a swirl just waiting to spiral  

I either feel too much  
or think too much  

Others’ feelings  
like a river flowing  

Others’ thoughts  
like a soft blow  

It’s balanced
they don’t feel too much or too little  
they don’t think too much or too little  
just… enough  

I feel too much  
I think too much  
I’m too much  

Or is the world too little?  

“You’re too sensitive”  

Maybe I just feel deeply  
Is that a curse?  
A gift?  
Both?  

Like a double edged sword  
making me weak and strong  

Emotions and thoughts
two things that make us human  
two things that need to be balanced,  
yin and yang  

That balance harder to find  
than a needle buried deep in a straw bale  

Who is in control?  
Who is right?  
Me? My thoughts? My feelings?  
Everything and nothing?  

Maybe I’m the dam and the river  
Maybe I’m the swirl and the soft blow  
And maybe nobody has found the needle
Life—what a cruel prankster you are.

My childhood
felt like a peaceful breeze—
beneath that breeze was a brewing tempest.

You threw me from grassland
into a never-ending abyss.
I tried to crawl out of it,
but you hurled back a rock called Expectations.

My soul, once cheerful,
was torn to shreds by your rock.
After facing the worst,
I tried to crawl again.
But then you cast a mystic pebble.

I glanced at it,
thinking it small and easy to conquer.
Yet reality struck again—
that pebble was an ever-growing giant
named Doubt.

Under these weights
my peace was crushed,
my sanity stolen,
my heart shattered.

Even after all this,
I tried to regain strength,
wanting to climb again.
Yet you showed me no mercy.

You sent toward me
an abyssal storm of Negativity—
devouring my mind, breaking my spirit.

Yet you stand there, menacing,
wanting to take more from me.
Even after sending me into that nothingness,
you still want more.

O prankster, stop with your prank.
I beg you, please—
return my peace.
Bongani Moyo Sep 8
Hollow.
Hollow thoughts, the actions seemed to be the same.
Now we're the same,
Learning how to survive our days.

Definitely apart but the universal pull still stains our grief and makes it last a little longer.

You walked, to my dismay and disbelief.
Took a part of me with that im not sure I was even going to be able to give to someone else even if I wanted

Time and distance keep forcing me to rebuild myself from the ruins you left. How selfish of you to disappear into the void when I all I wanted to do was love you

But i know, as much I think about you and on the days when it feels like I need you to come back.
I know that im okay. Even at my worst, I am okay and I will be fine.

I just have to be man enough to accept it. I guess thats what moving on looks like.

And I will know soon enough.
This is something new
Thought this feeling was one I knew
Inside my heart she has staged a coup
yes, I do love you
'you' rhymes perfectly as i write through
The sky suddenly feels more blue
your picture inside my head nailed with glue
i can just make more out of the view
seeing new stars a few
this is definitely something new.....
This is something straight from my heart
Renn Sep 7
allow yourself to live to the fullest,
change your mindset,
don’t lock away your emotions.
feel everything deeply,
empathize fully.
**** your ego and love others.
Kat M Aug 30
Taken. I feel like I was taken from me
And took away from others too
Most people didn't care to see past
The vague smile of productivity
Until it wasn't there either
But others knew right from the start
And it crushed them like I am

Crushed by the weight of others
That they place on themselves
Or don't even recognize are there
Just so I can feel it too- all alone.
Deeper than they ever felt
The weight of their emotions

So why is it that people think
I don't feel anything normal
And by that assertion to mean nothing
Rather than the flooding
Weight of emotions felt more
Than any one of them could imagine

Well except for you, if only
There was trust in our mutual burden
Shared in ability but not scope
Makes for uncertainties

In a field of landmines eager
To go off on me or on you
It's all the same to them

The scars that left you wanting
But unable to accept, in whole

Let me help us heal
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