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Me: I spill my guts.
DM: Nothing happens.
May 2022

If you ever find yourself contemplating sending a letter to that long-lost someone...
Mercury 20h
I know your smile is a lie, but I can't help but fall in.
Create dreams of the feelings you might hold within.
Your name is the secret I whisper alone in the dark.
And when you say mine, it's feeding drugs to a narc.
Maybe the stories in your eyes are once I've made up.
Knowing it makes me a fool, because I don't want to stop.


I know loving you is stupid, and what a fool I must be.
I spend my days listening as my heart and mind disagree.
Sometimes I wonder if you're worth losing myself for.
But I can't stop myself from only needing you more.
You always come too close, and I forget how to be.
Because near you, there is no oxygen left to breathe.


I offer myself to you, heart out and completely bare.
But you walk by it all like I'm nothing more than air.
I'll let you hold me in your palm, just treat me like you care.
I'm hopelessly yours, even if you are not aware.

I can't sleep at night because I only dream of you.
All the things I see haunt me, never becoming true.
love
sold away for a meager sum

love
that I don't keep for myself

love
that I bestow with bottomless abundance

love
that I deny myself

love
that finds me

love
that takes away
Jason R Michie Apr 2021
We were in love, successful, and happy,
We had a graphic novel series and a hit CD.

We did everything together, I stood tall beside her,
Then some insecure scientist turned on their LARGE particle collider.

Right was blue, and light was square, and time was east,
Now she's married to another man, and I got no teef!
Ever imagine what alternate realities might be like?
What if the large particle collider activation in 2009 mixed all the realities into one big jumble?
daisy colored days
into dark blue nights
I confessed to a
person I thought
I knew, elation to
shattered dreams
took off the mask
and she didn't like
what she saw.
I wrote this in 2023, when a girl I loved left my life forever to pursue her own path, alone. I hope she's doing well these days, but the scar still stings.
They say love is beautiful… But my love came with scars
Let me tell you about this boy I met.
But this—
This ain’t no love story.
This ain’t no flowers and butterflies and hug story.
Nah.
This one got fear inside.
Dark corners inside.

And I still can’t believe it.
How I let him break into my heart—
Brought fear.
Brought jealousy.
He Said he loved me…
But all he brought was sweet lies and misery.

And me?
I was crazy over love.
I believed anything.
And I don’t know why I didn’t stand up—
Because I’m strong-witted, right?
But when it came to that *****—
My armor fell.
My crown slipped.
And I handed him the throne.

I let him break me down.
Pulled my confidence to the ground.
And all my friends hated how I let him push me around.
I had a village—
But love had me deaf.
Turned their whispers into static
Just so I could worship his silence.

By the time it was over—
He wasn’t even human.
A demon in disguise.
And still, I stayed.
Delusion made me feel like
The universe spoke for him.

That ***** told me he loved me…
But he didn’t mean it.

And let me tell you why I’m mad—
‘Cause loving him was like signing a contract
Where my name was written in blood.

He broke my heart,
Threw me in the glass.
When he was done?
Picked me up—
And threw me in the trash.

And now,
Now this—
He can’t take back.

This the funny part—
But it ain’t really funny.
It’s just sad.
I still have all those scars
From being thrown through that glass—
But that’s what I needed.
To show me that love
Shouldn’t hurt.
That pain
Was what I needed to take my final step back.

I rose.
I finally chose
Peace
And not pain.
this is not a love story its a story of strength and growing
Angel 1d
The glass is already shattered.
The whole house looks like it's beaten and battered.
The darkness inside of you and me
has shown itself to be
way more than just a shadow.

His plan is as old as time—maybe even longer:
weasel his way in, then… just divide and conquer.
He plants his little seed,
then watches from afar
as we break each other's hearts.

We always knew that he was there,
though at first, we didn’t much care.
We knew his presence was strong
but thought our love would never steer us wrong.

But if he can get us to turn on each other
without lifting a finger—then why bother?
Who better to hurt you
than the one you love the most?
Who better to **** a heart than its host?

And instead of purging him out,
we invited him in—
even showed him around.

We held the key to every door,
but every time, chose the same as before.
As you and I fought for control,
he set up shop and claimed his role.

We were so busy, neither of us caught it.
By the time we did, it was too late to stop it.
Pain, anger, and regret eventually take their toll,
until we forget how it feels to be whole.

The cut runs deeper still
when we realize it was done by our own free will.

Now the only question that remains…
is what happens next
when we turn the page?
I will no longer fight fate
Confronting destiny is a losing battle
It will change the course of everything that is meant to be
No more contemplating an accidental run-in
No more “hopefully we will see each other soon”
If I never see you again, I know it’s kismet
Obstinance will not take over
I will write down everything that went wrong and repeat it until there is no more soul left in my tears

Until I make myself forget what was beautiful
Oh, but the beautiful was so beautiful
I can’t forget when our hands were gripped together, and we held on for dear life
Like they were about to be ripped from our limbs and neither of us wanted to let go
Your soul merged into mine within seconds
I felt electrical circuits binding us together and I’m sure we were emanating some type of energy force
This was our “I love you”
It’s hard to let go
But I will no longer fight fate
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