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179 · Jan 2018
Love
Zach Jan 2018
When I grow attached to someone, there's a chance I may come to love them

You'll know when you truly are in love with someone when you see just faintest smile on their lips and you feel the warmth of a sun's strongest hug binding you to them
178 · Mar 2018
Untitled
Zach Mar 2018
Maybe someday, I'll be in downtown New York, a coffee shop in the underground,

Where all the poets, artists and rejects of society can come together as one

Maybe I'll have learned that instrument I've always wanted to learn

I'll play an old song from long ago about life's sorrows and sadnesses

You might walk in and see me, long forgotten until now, a one time deal you never thought you'd find again

Maybe we'd make the connection that our pathes were once heavily intertwined as some paths do

Maybe you won't recognize me, but I'll recognize you
I didn't know what to title this, if anyone had a good idea, feel free to shoot me a email and I'll put it in and credit you. I also kind of hate how this turned out
176 · Nov 2018
Closure
Zach Nov 2018
I feel..... Relieved.

I think.


I feel as if this weight has been lifted of my shoulders.

Although, this invisible divide is still there slightly. Unsure of whether if it wants to leave my mind

I guess I'll just see where it goes, if it goes anywhere at all.

Hopefully it won't just remain there forever
176 · Jan 2018
Not Like Them
Zach Jan 2018
My parents are an interesting couple.

I don't know all there is to know about their own childhood

I don't know if they went wrong somewhere or if I was doomed from the start

It's hard to be mad at them, but I am sometimes

I wish I could just scream and shout

But I can't

I'm mad, and my head is divided on if I'm allowed to be mad

Am i justified or not

Am I really just overreacting

Am I just a brooding teenager who's "addicted" to his laptop

Should I have never made some of the friends I have

Am I wrong for doing what I do

I.. I..

I don't know anymore

This was supposed to be on how I would raise my own kids differently

I wish I would just write about that instead

But no, my parents probably raised me fine, and this is my fault for getting so worked up

I don't cry when I get upset. I just tuck it away and I get angry


I feel like being angry at your parents is just for edgy kids, well what's wrong with that. Why do children have to constantly obey and fit into the status quo

I don't want to waste my parent's money on a therapist

But maybe I need one

Maybe what's ******* with my head is why I'm failing in school, or failing at life in general

I want to quit writing but I don't want to just end suddenly without a resolution-esque ending

I doubt I'll ever have kids of my own at my current rate.


Maybe that's because my spouse and I won't be able to have them

Or just not want them

Who knows

I'm only a child who doesn't know any better but I'm also an adult who should.
175 · Sep 2018
Quiet
Zach Sep 2018
Words left unspoken

Awkward silences from brash feelings

Are you okay?

I hope you are
171 · Feb 2018
I wish I had a sister
Zach Feb 2018
I wish I had a sister

I have enough brothers, 3 in fact.

I wish I had a sister to go to because she'd know exactly how to help me through certain situations,

I wish I had a sister because she knows how girls work and I just don't have a clue

I wish I had a sister because a family of basically all boys isn't a very emotional family.

I can't cry, not even if I tried

I just sit and ponder what's beyond this painful, this darkening, this overwhelming fear of what lies ahead

I wish I had a sister
170 · Feb 2018
Holding back
Zach Feb 2018
Sometimes I wish I had no self restraint, no self control.

Just give myself over to my inner emotions

Say that thing that's been aching on my mind for too long

Tell them that enough is enough

Stand up for the friend that doesn't think they're worth it

Just get in a car and drive to my destination

Just fly away from this problem

I wish I could have confessed sooner

I wish I knew where I stood in your eyes

I wish I could just reach into your mind and get a glimpse without actually having to ask and possibly not like the answer


Sometimes you have to do things you wish you couldn't normally do

Sometimes you have to not do things you wish you could do
170 · Feb 2018
Spectator
Zach Feb 2018
What if I truly didn't have any control over what I do

What if I'm just watching a movie set in the first person about a guy who thinks he can do what he probably shouldn't even attempt

That'd be nice, moving the ***** up to different shoulders.


But only mine would be willing to carry that burden
169 · Jan 2018
Honesty
Zach Jan 2018
I wish my feelings weren't just toys in your child's playset

I'm honestly dedicated to this goal, but your goals may not match mine

I'm worried this feeling might be allowed to grow,

Will I make to your next show?
168 · Feb 2018
Accepting the Hard Truths
Zach Feb 2018
You tell yourself,

"Hey, maybe it might work out"

Yeah, maybe. But maybe not

You always should be ready for failure

Maybe you fail yourself

Maybe you fail the ones you care about

You need to accept that sometimes things aren't alright, and that you can't do a thing to fix it

You're just chasing the ghosts of dead dreams

You can still choose to feel the same as you had, but don't let that ruin things you've worked so hard for
167 · Jan 2018
Darkness
Zach Jan 2018
I normally get a decent amount of sleep, but lately that isn't the case.

I could say it is because my brother is loud when he plays his videogames late into the night, but I know how to tune him out

I could say it is because I'm hungry from not eating enough, but I ate enough at dinner.

The biggest problem keeping me awake, is also the quietest.

My thoughts may be silent to others, are booming to me, my doubts and my fears materialise before my eye.

Why haven't you gotten this?

When will you do this thing that drags at you?

The darkness is warmth, it is peace and quiet and I can rest away my troubles, but my mind's voice refuses to let me slip away into the night to rest
163 · Oct 2018
Death
Zach Oct 2018
I am not completely afraid of death, nor am I unafraid of it.

I don't intend to go peacefully if I may

I want to go out of this world as I came into it

Kicking.

Screaming.

We don't have control over how we go, but if I did

I want to go knowing my loved ones are safe.

I want to go protecting those that I hold dear and close to my heart.
162 · Mar 2018
Alone
Zach Mar 2018
Some people are just naturally alone, they don't choose to be, it's just how they've always been and how they always will be

I chose to be alone, but not on purpose.


I chose to be alone by pushing people away and not even knowing I was doing it

I guess now I'll be the type of person who's just naturally alone since I can't manage naturally to not be alone.
162 · Aug 2018
Really now..
Zach Aug 2018
You think I don't

But I do

I'm just not

The same as you
Zach Aug 2018
Why are they all here now, when it was just going to be the two of us?







Forever
154 · Nov 2018
Time
Zach Nov 2018
Does time really have the healing power so many say it does?

Does it make scars fade away?

Does it make the most heinous of crimes forgiveable?

Will it help me forgive and forget?

I just want to move on from this

I've had enough tears for a while now.
153 · Aug 2018
LNHBATW
Zach Aug 2018
Late

Night

Head

Banging

Against

The

Wall
An overly excessive acronym for an otherwise meaningful phrase
151 · Jan 2018
I wish I had a clone
Zach Jan 2018
If I had a clone, he'd get how I'm feeling all the time, and I wouldn't struggle to put my feelings and thoughts into words

I like to think that someone like that is rarely found in life, and you need to cherish them when you do

If I had a clone, I'd be able to get a constant sense of reassurance,

"Stop stressing, you're doing fine"

Sometimes you have to be your own best friend, and that's okay
149 · Oct 2018
Torn
Zach Oct 2018
I once said I was like an open book with a few pages torn out,

I still have those pages

I'm just hesitant about putting them back

I'm worried they'll be ripped out again

Leaving nothing but shreds.



but... I hope you'll read my book and encourage me to keep adding page after page
143 · Jan 2018
Minefield
Zach Jan 2018
My mind is like a minefield

Certain things are like explosions, setting me off

Others are calm and peaceful, laughable and joyous


Watch where you step
Inspired by my new bio.
140 · Oct 2018
Ping
Zach Oct 2018
The ping of the notification

the pop up of the phone ring

Every sound

Every sight

A distraction

The strength taken just to focus

Distracted by this, that, you...
139 · Jan 2018
Don't
Zach Jan 2018
I don't want to hear that I will.

I want to see me doing it

I don't want to hear that I'll get through this

I just want it to be over

I don't want to be in the dark

I may as well go into the light
Zach Mar 2018
Always putting yourself first should be a priority of life, but sometimes you don't do that

Sometimes you stay up the whole night to make sure you have all your homework done

Sometimes it's because you want to make sure someone is going to still be there in the morning

Sometimes you get angry that you're not where you want to be at,

Sometimes you get angry that others aren't where they need to be at
Written March 20th, 2018
135 · Jan 2018
Forever Unfinished
Zach Jan 2018
The words I spend the most time writing, never actually appear before the eyes of anyone besides my own

I have to write them, but they won't be said

They reveal the side of me I hate

The side that is scared

The side that is selfish

The side that wishes it could be free.

I will bring these chains on my back as long as I go
135 · Oct 2018
Another crack in my life
Zach Oct 2018
Another smash of my glass house

Another set back

Another realization

Another worry

Over 2 small things

Small to them

Do I even have the right to be upset

Do I have the right to feel the way I do

I want you to have happiness so I sacrificed my own

And now I'm at this all time low

I'm just hurt, confused, and tired.
I'm scared
135 · Jan 2018
Sceaming Sounds
Zach Jan 2018
The sounds echo, louder and louder every passing second

I hear screams of regret

Screams of pain

Screams of fear

Screams of rage

Why do I have to be so confused, It seems I just can't be calm, I need to let these mental drums beat loudly for all to hear, if only I could just say it
134 · Oct 2018
Patience for You
Zach Oct 2018
I only have patience for you

There's nothing I wouldn't do

Don't let things get askew

My heart belongs with you
131 · Jan 2018
Waiting for that One
Zach Jan 2018
I like to believe there's someone out there in this gigantic world of people for everyone, you may not find them right away, it may be many decades before you even meet them for the first time


I think I met mine at 16.

Strong, beautiful, yet selfish and needy

I love everything about her.

She's precious to me and I want to protect her and keep her safe from all the evils life has to throw at us

I heard a song recently the reverberated so deeply within me that I listened to it on repeat for what felt like hours just thinking of her


Which, if I'm being honest, happens all day, every day

Some people don't know if they'll ever truly find their other half

Trust me, it'll happen.... and you'll know exactly when it does


Find someone who's another reason you love life, someone who makes you happy by just being themselves, not putting on a facade just to impress you.

Find someone who doesn't even have to be in the same state as you for you to be so occupied with her in your thoughts

I think I found her
131 · Jan 2018
Time Travel
Zach Jan 2018
If I could go back, I'd change a lot of things


I'd make sure I passed all my classes

I'd make sure I don't get distracted by all of the little things

I'd get better at my routines

I'd prevent the mistake that ruined many aspects

I'd take a stab in drab, the darkness is my guide through this blinding light of life, I can't see ahead, I try yet I can't even get.


Instead of going back, Why not go forward, forgetting everything
125 · Jan 2018
Currency
Zach Jan 2018
If love was a currency, I'd be in the top one percent

If loneliness was a currency, I'd be an ever changing stock market broker, constantly fluctuating between being at the bottom and the top


If my feelings were a currency, only one person would be rich because they seem to have control over them all
125 · Jan 2018
Guessing
Zach Jan 2018
You always leave me guessing what your true intentions are.

Sometimes I love it


Other times, not so much


I'm not able to even think straight at this rate I'll just act like I'm 8 and full of hate can't escape this thunderous roar of feelings, quite concealing whether I'll get to the road that leads to you
121 · Oct 2018
Happy Anxiety
Zach Oct 2018
I'm nervous but also like

I'm woah **** I'm excited

But I'm calm and collected

Although I'm also like

Losing my ****, is this really happening?

I can't wait

I figuratively can't wait

I literally have to wait

I'm a bit worried, I'll admit

Today wasn't all that compared to other days but any day with you is a good one
116 · Jan 2018
One Thing
Zach Jan 2018
Some days...


Some days I just don't feel happy


Maybe it starts when I wake up, and my stomach is giving me pain for reasons I can't explain

Maybe it's the kid in my chemistry class insulting me for not understanding the material

Maybe it's that I'm not doing well in some of my classes

Maybe it's because sometimes I still feel alone even when I'm probably surrounded by my friends and family


But I can't let them see this side of me

I'll be okay. My future... it will turn out fine right?
115 · Jan 2018
What is this feeling
Zach Jan 2018
I knew I liked you, I had for some time,

But this beating in my heart, this throbbing in my head, it's just so much more then that

Long ago I had a chance and blew it, that haunts me on a daily, hourly basis, sometimes not my mind won't allow even a minute go by without reminding me of my ***** up.

What if I could rectify my mistake,

Every day I wake up to wish you a good morning because I'm worried that maybe one day you won't respond

All I want is to love and to hold you, I'm a better me then I was, I'm not the same old person I used to be, I've changed for the better and I've come to just see you in such a way that it takes me hours to type a few sentences describing them

Sometimes it makes me want to scream in agony because of the restrictions life has put on me from being able to do as I wish, but these restrictions won't last forever

I just hope I can convince you that I'll be fine. It's just hard for me to get a clear answer when I'm asking what's beyond an impenetrable fog. I don't know what lies in my future, but I'll be ****** if I allow a future without you.

I know that when you tease me that you care and are joking, I love that sense of humor you can invoke, I love that sometimes you aren't sure of yourself because it gives me the chance to remind you that I'll be supporting you no matter what

My own thoughts are distracted with my constant feelings as to why I fell for you, I wonder about yours.
You could say this is a continuation of my poem "Addiction"
115 · Oct 2018
Soon
Zach Oct 2018
So it's almost time

Optimistically you'll be mine

On top of that, no flip of a dime

Now, it's just our rhyme
115 · Jan 2018
The Aches of life
Zach Jan 2018
"If it's meant to be, it'll be"

The quote infers that of a lifestyle often seen in those who are carefree and joyful

I wish I had those traits

I almost wish I could force things to go a certain path

This hurts, but it'll be okay. I'm fine.

I'll just be forever desperate for the contact I desire
110 · Jan 2018
Selfish
Zach Jan 2018
I wish I could be selfish

I want this, I want that, but no go ahead. I'm fine without it so you can take it.

Sure I'll help you with this, but I want something in return

This has to be vague or it'll give it away I say.

I want more then this and that, I want you, and I feel like I need you, but I can't be selfish enough to try and get that, I just have to be subtle about it and always act like I didn't really want that.  It is okay. They can have it.
109 · Jan 2018
This night is not my night
Zach Jan 2018
I stand at the throne of my kingdom

Thousands count upon me for many things, I only count upon you

I have no heir, I have no wife, for it is the jester that has the knife

Carving a way into the light that only I could see, perhaps that simple pauper is actually me
106 · Jan 2018
My last day
Zach Jan 2018
Someday I'll be elderly and sickly

Someday I know I won't have much longer left

Only then will I be more sure of anything in my entire life

I want to look the woman I love in her beautiful eyes, smile and reminisce about our youth

I want to tell my children one last piece of advice for their own kids, because I want them to succeed where I fail

I want to pet my loving pet who stayed by me for so long

I want to call my longtime best friend and thank them for all that they've done

I don't want to die. It is a scary thought


However nothing is forever, unless we're talking about my love for all things that made me the man I am.
101 · Jan 2018
My life in 10 years
Zach Jan 2018
The future is a scary thing. It's unpredictable in every way imaginable. You can try and guess what will happen, but there are never any assurances.

I heard once that courage and fear are just how you react in the face of danger, will you allow what's facing you to overcome you? Or will you be the one standing on top when the dust settles

Every young person wants to have a successful life. They all have wants and needs, for me that's a lot of stuff


Most importantly to me is that I someday meet the girl that's special to me, someone who can support me through anything, someone that I can support through anything, my best friend and girl of my dreams, maybe I've already met her... maybe I haven't. I won't know until I finally marry her and give a sigh of relief that someone truly loves me

I also want kids eventually, I don't know how many, and I don't care if its a boy or a girl, but someone I can pass on what I've learned in life, I can see the succeed and fail and help and support them it all

I want a good job, I want to go to college and get a degree, I struggle now but maybe there's a me out there that doesn't

I want to grow old with my wife, raise a child with pride and happiness, I want to get paid doing what I love, but who knows if that'll all happen.

Maybe I'll just never be able to find that special someone..

Maybe I won't ever have kids of my own with the woman I love,


Maybe I'll just barely graduate high school, because I'm not all that smart


Well. That got depressing fast didn't it. The point is you don't need to worry my friends, life goes by at different paces for different people. Be someone who makes every second count
99 · Jan 2018
New Year, Same Me
Zach Jan 2018
It is easy to make goals, easy to want change, however getting that change can be a task most daunting

I'd tell myself I want to work out more, but I don't have that kind of time when I need to get a job

I'd tell myself I need to get a job, but I'm worried it would affect my school too greatly

I'd tell myself I want good grades, but I'm worried I'm not smart or capable enough to do that

I'd tell myself I want a girlfriend, but I know that I don't know how I'll make that happen.

Years are not a new thing, after all they're an annual thing, but I don't have a new me every year that doesn't have the memories of before, and is innocent. I'm just the same me with the same goals that I'm scared I won't achieve for yet another year
98 · Jan 2018
Stepping Stones
Zach Jan 2018
Okay, I dragged myself out this far, but what will be next for me?

Do I keep trying on this path I've followed for so long?

Do I start anew and look for the fresh and exciting of the beyond?

What will be next for those still seeking answers?

Maybe there isn't an answer to the question you have, or maybe that road you're following eventually leads to a dead end.

Regardless of how you go, many of us just end up at the same destination

So take pride in your own path, because others may not have that luxury

— The End —