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Shadows Jun 26
Your chair stays untouched
I still set a second plate
Grief eats next to me.
Lostling Jun 26
When I sleep,
I no longer dream.
If I do dream,
It fades with the rising sun.
Unless it's one
Where you lay in my arms
Sleeping, because I was too late.

Who could forget such a dream?
I had another nightmare last night. I wish they'd stop.
The year I turned 40, I understood-
No love is greater than the love of God and your parents.

The year I turned 40, I learned-
A friendship of 20 years can vanish in a moment.

The year I turned 40, I realized-
A career isn't everything; it can be lost in the blink of an eye.

The year I turned 40, I saw-
The ones you trust most can be the ones who break your heart.

The year I turned 40, I knew-
Family is life's truest anchor, the only constant in a changing world.

The year I turned 40, I reflected-
On the time and money wasted on people who were never meant to stay.

The year I turned 40, I embraced-
The comfort is pajamas over the illusion of a party dress.

Yet in that year, I also discovered-
That some people remain, no matter where life takes you.
They do not care for status, wealth or circumstance-
They care for YOU, and they are the ones to treasure.

The year I turned 40...
Turning 40 wasn't just about reaching a milestone - it was reckoning. The lessons came fast and sharp: friendships aren't always forever, careers can vanish, and trust is fragile. But amid the heartbreak and realizations, I found clarity - family is everything, true friendships withstand time, and life is best lived in comfort. The poem is a reflection on love, loss, and the quiet beauty of understanding who truly matters.
Viktoriia Jun 24
you don't mind it if it hurts,
as long the medicine takes over
at the right time.
you don't want to die,
but you often wonder
what it would be like to try.
living in reverse,
with every step forward
you just make it worse,
de-escalating and digressing
at an equal pace.
one more for the list of errors,
pin it on the board,
watch yourself lose another race.
you don't mind the shame,
but you loathe the side of you
that it brings out.
you don't want to drown,
but you often wonder
what it would feel like to be gone.
Jeremy Betts Jun 24
It's an external fuse that's lit
And ignites the internal hate and abuse
I put up a respectable fight
But at the end of the night
I always wonder, "what's the use?"
Now I have to come up with an excuse
For being me,
For being what you see
But I've run out of preprogrammed lines
Who I really am is already set in everyone's minds
I stand in fresh sand
The oceans tides has taken with it all of the lines
Rendering me lost
Is what I've paid anywhere near the actual cost?
When is it okay to say
Maybe this life is a loss...

©2025
you are
a burden
i carry
in every breath —
a firestorm
destroying all
ahead.

you are
a monster
waiting for me
to sleep —
an anchor
knotted at my neck,
pulling me
to the deep.

you are
an echo
of my voice
caught in a fight —
the lurking dark
that smothers
all the light.

you are
a void
consuming
the best self i had,
leaving nothing
but the throbbing
in my chest.

and yet,
you are
the question
i can’t answer:
why do i still hold you dear?
that remains a mystery —
even to me.
this was meant to be the last one I wrote about you. it wasn't.
april 22, 2019.
When you loved me,
the world paused its rotation,
like even time
knew not to interrupt.
Everything else faded,
noise, doubt,
the version of me
before there was you.

You looked at me
like I was an oasis
in your endless desert.
Like your whole life
had led you here,
and now that you’d found me,
you could finally rest.

You didn’t love me gently.
You loved me like revelation.
Like touching me
meant risking everything,
but you’d already decided
I was worth the scars.

You saw in me
something untouched,
unguarded, and fragile.
A truth not curated,
not shaped by the world.
But the part of me
still soft,
still pure.

And instead of rushing toward it
to claim or change it,
you stood there,
stunned.
Like you didn’t know
whether to protect it
or fall to your knees in hunger.

You held me like I was made
of breath and glass,
something holy and fleeting.
You wanted to wrap your whole being around mine,
not just with desire,
but with devotion.

And still,
there was craving.
There was hunger.

The kind that doesn’t want to consume
to destroy,
but to understand.
To merge.
To belong.
To be lost in another.

And I…
I had never felt more real
than when I was against you.
Never more known
than in the way
you almost trembled
just to be near me.

That kind of love
needs forever
just to make sense of.
It arrives wild,
sets fire to everything you were,
and leaves you standing
in the ruins of unanswered questions.

And now,
no one says my name
with the weight
your voice gave it.
No one looks at me
like I’m both salvation
and temptation.

And maybe that’s a mercy.
Because what if…
I don’t miss you.
I miss being
unforgettable.
Just more musings from someone processing the loss of great and unfinished love. The kind that never gets an ending.
star Jun 22
when grief sits beside you 6.21.25 (7:21 pm / 19:21)
when grief sits beside you
she doesn’t speak.
she brushes your hair,
whispers meaningless things in your ear.

she pours you tea
in a cracked porcelain cup.
lets you choke.
you grow fond of her.
you call her by her name.

[playing: impossible by clairo]
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