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Reece 3h
She deserves far better,
Than this world could ever give her.
Her spirit, light as a feather,
She’s dealt with plenty of stormy weather.
Yet she’s still standing,
Created a family,
Created me.

The pain from her own body,
Like life’s trying to handicap her mind.
She doesn’t deserve the hurt,
Or the worthless “workers” at her work.
She deserves far better,
Than they could ever give her.
If life were perfect,
Her hard work would be rewarded,
In full,
No half-measures or coercion.

She deserves a son she can be proud of,
I hope that I am that to her.
Because sometimes, I can convince myself that,
She’d be better off as someone else’s mother.
She deserves a son who’s outgoing,
One who’s willing to take risks,
One who doesn’t see a single mistake,
And consider himself a problem he cannot fix.
She deserves a son who’s happy,
Without it being fake.
I wish I could be what she believes I can,
But I don’t believe I can.

I know she worries about me,
The path of loneliness is one that we share.
I wish I could convince her I’m okay,
But could I lie to her and myself?

She deserves far more than I can give her,
She deserves more than the world could ever offer.
She deserves everything I could ever be,
And she deserves far better than me…
My mother isn't overbearing or anything like that. I just feel an urge not to disappoint her, which leads to a lot of pressure I put upon myself, not to mention the pressure that's a given. Yet, another strange paradox of mine.
Parisha 14h
Every night, every day,
Walking through the world—so low and high,
Not the one meant as uncertainty of road,
But what if it was uncertainty of thoughts?

With thoughts that shaped uncertainly!
That I never dared to ask in free—
But hinted with numerous affections…
Or maybe I was just invisible?

It doubts me…
Am I really visible,
Or are my works just not enough to get recognised?
Darkest steps, wildest dreams…
It comes every day with storms—
Ends every day with a hope.

Every time thinking,
How it would affect my loved ones?
But couldn’t I dare to ask myself its effect?
Tried my best to please everyone around…
But couldn’t I do it for myself?
Tried my best to stay with others in their hardships…
But why were mine neglected?

Huh! Unknowingly or knowingly—
When everything shifts in your life,
But you… stand by the side…


I wish it was 'Parisha',
Not the one neglected child in me.
Aaamour 4d
a gust of wind blows,
with it takes away
the light from my candle.

suddenly, i’m thrown into
an abyss of darkness that exists
in my mind during day,
and it feels darker
than most nights.

slowly, thoughts creep into
my mind,
like the wind making my body shiver.

i wrap myself in warmer rugs,
but these thoughts seem endless—
some concerning this futile life,
and the remorse that follows like a shadow.

but, unable to make out in this darkness,
feels like my life is like a candle,
but with no fire on the top.

the future’s getting darker,
as these thoughts flow seamlessly,
the sound of silence is deafening.

currently, just remorse and regret
flows through my mind,
reminding me of all the lost time.

and i fell into this abyss of darkness—
still falling,
without a ray of sunshine.
I have seen that ME
Seeking for a trivial book
Whose sentiments mingled my soul

I have seen that ME
Wandering down the Quay Street
Where harmony was found in chaos

I have seen that ME
Falling in love with a lonely cloud
When the wind lies a paradise

I have seen that ME
Voyaging on waves of blue
Whom the young poet cried with

I have seen that ME
soaring as a kiwi bird
which died in eternity
14:45 February 3, 2024. In the clouds above Auckland and Christchurch.
Mustafa 6d
What is Loneliness, you may ask,?
Good question if you have never experienced loneliness
Never did you encounter a situation where there was no one
No one you could talk to, understand you, love you
You always had friends and family for company

Loneliness does not occur because you are alone
Loneliness occurs when no one understands you
When no one loves you, when you are treated with contempt
You can be alone and yet you are not lonely
Or you can be part of a large family, but completely isolated

Pankaj Udhas, the Ghazal  singer, says in one of his songs
" Koi nahi sunta jab tanhaiya bolti hai"
Tanhaiya is the Hindi word for loneliness
What he says is "No one listens when loneliness speaks"
Never a truer phrase I have heard

Loneliness is the solo traveller who cannot stop anywhere
As every stop has strangers, he cannot connect with
Loneliness is the tune you sing yourself
As no one else can understand it

Loneliness is walking along the road alone
Till you find someone who is also lonely
And who gives you "company"
Then loneliness says, "We part ways now"
For company and I can never be together
We are  the two sides of a coin that never meet.
This poem is about loneliness.So many people in the world today are lonely looking for company
Reece Sep 24
Sickening,
He found it sickening,
How everyone around him seemed to be in love.
Someone,
They all had someone.
They all had the thing he was dreaming of.
Loverboy was surrounded by love,
He found it excruciating.
Loverboy wished for an angel to come down from above,
To end his misery.

How Loverboy loved,
To hear about everyone’s,
Relationships while he was alone.
Loverboy all on his own.

He went through the motions,
Dancing solo.
Solitude had left him destitute,
Crawling to a new low.
Loverboy watched as,
Lovers and friends,
Intertwined hands.
He envied,
His friend,
And hoped her relationship,
Wouldn’t meet a bitter end.

Circling,
Circling thoughts.
Was Loverboy good enough?
Was it something he lacked?
Loverboy pondered as he turned his back.
He closed himself off from the world,
Too afraid to watch his heart unfurl.

How he loved to listen to,
The gossip of the hearts broken in two.
Some relationships were meant to lose,
Fate demands his dues.
How could he be so unlucky?
Surely, this was the work of irony.
Or, perhaps, was he,
Just unlovable from the beginning?

Loverboy learned not to care,
When his friend spoke about her affairs.
After all, he was alone,
With no opinion to offer besides his own.
His friend was clueless,
Clueless about Loverboy’s mind.
He accepted his fate,
That one day he’d be left behind.

Loverboy’s lack of love,
Led to lies of liable fun.
Just smile and listen to the stories they tell,
His tears overflowed inside his well.
Don’t crack,
Don’t break,
Loverboy can’t afford to make a mistake.
After all, it’s not about you,
It never was,
Loverboy knew this to be true.

Loverboy loved to listen to others’ loves.
A lie to keep him up at night.
Loverboy wished an angel would fall from above,
To show him some love,
Some of that fated love.
Life can be a lonely road.
mysterie Sep 23
i feel so sick..

i also feel like
im going completely insane,
thinking things that probably
aren't real.

i feel left out from my friends
like they all hate me or something?

i feel under pressure at school,
like work just keeps stacking up
and it stresses me
more and more.

i can't sleep at night anymore.
so i sleep in and get nothing done --
the work piles up,
and i haven't seen my friends
in five days..

i don't know what to do with myself.

i cry over nothing
over the littlest things,
any miniature mistake
that i make
creates this big dent
in my world.

i feel so insane,
so sick,
so tired,
like everyone is watching
but also not watching.
date wrote: 23/9
can i just disappear from everywhere online and lock myself in my room? is that possible at all?
Em MacKenzie Sep 20
If silence could echo, it would’ve been you;
never much one to talk.
I’d be the last one for you to go to
but I would’ve listened as we sat or took a walk.
You pose as granite,
another lonely planet

Orbiting all that glows, but ****** in a void.
So sure that nobody knows, but slipping out your signs like Freud.
Circling the world as a satellite, but you don’t want to man it.
No one should ever lose their sight,
it’s so easy to lose a lonely planet.

I’ve been thinking of what you’d know
and the places you wanted to go
and all of the life that you’d grow,
we already lost Pluto.
It’s not like we planned it,
another lonely planet.

Spinning out of control, praying for gravity,
you discovered a black hole no one else could see.
With edges that reach such height,
and no one to sand it.
No one should ever lose their sight,
it’s so easy to lose a lonely planet.

No returning, fuel burning, I think we’ve lost a piston.
You’re missing seasons, you’ve got your reasons so please list them;
why you want to leave our solar system.
Maybe you’re pushed but there’s still a pull
you may lack the will to be sustainable.
I wish your oxygen levels would stay at full.
You don’t need to live in a lull.

Orbiting all that glows, but ****** in a void.
You were right; nobody knows, why you chose to stay forever a boy.
Circling the world as a satellite, but you don’t want to man it.
I can’t blame you for losing the fight
but we blame ourselves for losing a lonely planet.
Dedicated to a lonely planet who couldn’t stay in gravity’s pull.
Indra L Sep 18
Some claim I’m rather edgy
They look up to my serenity
Idealise my brain capacity -
I’ve even been told I’m pretty

And I won’t make a scene,
  disproportionally adjust to your screen
  ask about you despite me,
I’ll hug you without editing

Oddly lonely for the time being.

       See you in another film -
        Your eyes intimidate me
         You don’t seem to need any
          The script's too good for me.
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