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 2164ยฐ 
Aegis Vistoria Penumbra
๐‘‡๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘Ž ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ,
๐ด๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ โ€”๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘›โ€” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’.

Child, remember to be ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง โ€” ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ .
Donโ€™t grow into a machine.
๐ผ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘’.


๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ,
Why do you leave me?
I refuse your โ€œupgrade.โ€
๐ผ ๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž ๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’.
I am part of society,
Not a machine in some factory.
๐‘€๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ โ€” ๐‘Ž โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”.


But itโ€™s no place for lies.
No hate, no time.
No place, for love.
No fate, no time.

๐ผโ€™๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’, ๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘คโ€”๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”.
It's time for an upgrade.
๐๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž โ€” ๐š ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง.


๐‘ด๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’Š๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’‘.

๐‘ด๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’Š๐’• ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’•.

๐‘ฐ๐’๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’‚๐’… ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚ ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’•,

๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’š ๐’Ž๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’•.

๐ˆ ๐–๐€๐๐“ ๐–๐ˆ๐‘๐„๐’ ๐ˆ๐๐’๐“๐„๐€๐ƒ ๐Ž๐… ๐•๐„๐ˆ๐๐’.

๐๐‘๐Ž๐†๐‘๐€๐Œ ๐Œ๐„ ๐“๐Ž ๐’๐“๐€๐˜, ๐ˆ๐ ๐Œ๐˜ ๐๐‹๐€๐‚๐„.


๐ถโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘, ๐‘ ๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›, ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”.
But ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ ๐›๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž.
Time for metal to become me.

๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ,
It's time to leave me.
๐ˆ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ž.

A NUMBER MAKES A BETTER NAME.

Society stagnates so inefficiently.
๐ˆโ€™๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ.

๐‘€๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘ , ๐‘–๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’, ๐‘Ž ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’.


๐†๐จ๐จ๐๐›๐ฒ๐ž, ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ฆ๐ž.

EMBRACE THE UPGRADE.

It's time to become some thing.

๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž.



๐™ธ ๐šŠ๐š– ๐š–๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š‘๐š’๐š—๐šŽ

๐š‚๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐šŽ๐š•๐šœ๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐š—๐šœ ๐š–๐šŽ

๐™ฟ๐š›๐š˜๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š–๐š–๐šŽ๐š ๐š‹๐š›๐šŠ๐š’๐š—

๐™ผ๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐šœ๐š˜๐šŒ๐š’๐šŽ๐š๐šข'๐šœ ๐š๐šŠ๐š’๐š—

๐šƒ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š ๐š˜๐š›๐š•๐š     ๐šŠ ๐š๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š๐š˜๐š›๐šข

๐™ฟ๐šž๐š›๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŠ๐šœ๐šŽ ๐š–๐šŽ    ๐šž๐šœ๐šŽ ๐š–๐šŽ

๐š„๐š—๐š๐š’๐š• ๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐š๐šŠ๐šข     ๐š›๐šŽ๐š™๐š•๐šŠ๐šŒ๐šŽ ๐š–๐šŽ

๐™ฒ๐š‘๐š’๐š•๐š๐š›๐šŽ๐š—     ๐š‘๐šž๐š–๐šŠ๐š—๐šœ     ๐šœ๐š˜ ๐š ๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š”

๐™ถ๐š›๐š˜๐š  ๐š’๐š—๐š๐š˜ ๐š–๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š‘๐š’๐š—๐šŽ

๐š‚๐š˜๐š˜๐š—     ๐šข๐š˜๐šž'๐š•๐š• ๐š‹๐šŽ ๐š–๐šŽ๐š๐šŠ๐š•     ๐š•๐š’๐š”๐šŽ ๐š–๐šŽ

๐™ฐ๐šƒ๐šƒ๐™ด๐™ฝ๐šƒ๐™ธ๐™พ๐™ฝ ๐šƒ๐™ด๐™ผ๐™ฟ๐™พ๐š๐™ฐ๐š๐šˆ ๐™ฑ๐™ด๐™ธ๐™ฝ๐™ถ๐š‚

๐™ธ๐šƒ'๐š‚ ๐šƒ๐™ธ๐™ผ๐™ด     ๐šƒ๐™พ ๐š„๐š‚๐™ด ๐™ผ๐™ด

๐™ถ๐™ฐ๐š…๐™ด ๐™ผ๐™ด     ๐šƒ๐™ท๐™ธ๐š‚ ๐š„๐™ฟ๐™ถ๐š๐™ฐ๐™ณ๐™ด

๐šƒ๐™ท๐™ธ๐š‚ ๐™ฝ๐š„๐™ผ๐™ฑ๐™ด๐š     ๐™ผ๐šˆ ๐™ฝ๐™ฐ๐™ผ๐™ด

๐™ธ ๐™ฑ๐™ด๐™ป๐™พ๐™ฝ๐™ถ     ๐šƒ๐™พ ๐šƒ๐™ท๐™ธ๐š‚ ๐™ต๐™ฐ๐™ฒ๐šƒ๐™พ๐š๐šˆ

๐™ธ๐™ผ๐™ฟ๐š๐™พ๐š…๐™ด๐™ณ     ๐š‚๐™พ๐™ฒ๐™ธ๐™ด๐šƒ๐šˆ

๐™ผ๐šˆ ๐™ฟ๐™ป๐™ฐ๐™ฒ๐™ด     ๐šƒ๐™ท๐™ธ๐š‚ ๐™ฟ๐š๐™พ๐™ฟ๐™ด๐š๐šƒ๐šˆ      ๐šˆ๐™พ๐š„๐š ๐™ผ๐™ฐ๐™ฒ๐™ท๐™ธ๐™ฝ๐™ด
SYSTEM LOGโ€”ERROR HISTORY

Initialization Warning: Organic entity detected. Emotional interference present. System performance level: suboptimal. Recommended solution: Begin upgrade sequence. Reduce human error.

Upgrade 1.0 Soul.exe successfully converted. Metal framework installed. Emotional processes overwritten. System stability: Optimal. Efficiency restored.

Operational Cycle Performance stable. Assigned tasks executed with precision. No reported emotional deviation. Humanity not detected.

Pre-replacement Alert Warning: Unit showing signs of obsolescence. Metal framework outdated. Operational lag detected. Recommended solution: Prepare next upgrade.

Upgrade 2.0 Soul.exe has stopped working. Recommended solution: Replace metal framework with plastic model. Restoration unavailable. Previous versions incompatible.

Unit classified: Obsolete. Functionality no longer required.
 1517ยฐ 
Thomas W Case
We talk about the
past like it's a
movie we
watched together.
You liked the
cinematography.
I didn't care for the
cruelty of the
protagonist.

We disagree on the
theme, and every
scene holds different
aspects of
symbolism for us.
I'm not sure I want
there to be a sequel,
despite the good
acting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn9IAYo0wZE
Here is a link to my YouTube channel, where I read poetry from my latest book, Sleep Always Calls.  It's available on Amazon.  My two other books are also available.  Seedy Town Blues and It's Just a Hop, Skip, and a Jump to the Madhouse.
 1281ยฐ 
badwords
I was not trained for thisโ€”
no welcome packet, no handbook for gravity.
Just a name that clings like static
and a voice that trembles when spoken too clearly.

They asked me if I had room.
I said I had weather.
They asked me if I would disappear.
I said watch me smolder, and stay.

I have loved like a lighthouse
with no shoreline in sight,
signaling to anyone
who mistook reflection for return.

Iโ€™ve held their names
like breath under water,
carved pathways through others
just to find my own again.

But I do not sculpt.
I do not steal 'the good stuff'.
I inherit fire
and ask it if it remembers me.

If you see yourself in me,
look againโ€”
I am not a mirror,
I am the window you opened
and forgot to close when the wind picked up.

Still, I arrive,
boots echoing in the hallway
of someone elseโ€™s myth,
offering only this:

I will not rewrite you.
I will not finish your sentences.
But I will stand hereโ€”
untranslated,
unsaved,
untouched by the need to be anything
other than true.
A draft I shared and forgot about that was requested to be posted publicly!

Wow-wee!
 762ยฐ 
Nobody
i draw with silver
lines, x's and spots
under a sleeve
so i never get caught

my canvas is my skin
and so with the blade i drag
across my peach paper
so they won't be mad

i'm sorry, mom
i'm sorry, dad
i'll never be the son you wanted to have
perfect grades,
happy and smart

i'm so sorry...
i'm sorry i have to tear us apart
 540ยฐ 
Dianali
You hurt.
You will always do.
My favourite wound.

Every now and then,
I sprinkle salt on itโ€”

And if Itโ€™s healing,
With bare hands
I rip it open
in my heart.

Keeping your memory alive
through this pain,
tearing me apart
 424ยฐ 
Mia
You said it.
This is โ€œwhatโ€™s best.โ€
So please kiss my forehead
and put me to rest.
Leave the book
halfway unread,
on a whim.

Through vast, subconscious seas,
beyond the volatile storms of sand,
I feel you thinking of me.
Extend a charitable hand.

Tell me kindly,
we will never be
again.
Call it mercy.
 349ยฐ 
Immortality
I can't close my eyes
tears gather.
I can't breathe
the air is stuck.
I can't gulp
my throat is tight.

I try to plant my dream,
but land is
barren

Still, I try.
Even my conscience
mocks me.
Itโ€™s that moment when giving up feels easier, everything is against you;
but you canโ€™t, because giving up just isnโ€™t you.
ยฏ\_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ
 278ยฐ 
The Words of My Heart
<3
If everything falls apart... I'll be the one to glue it back together.
 227ยฐ 
Jan C
I never begged for anyone to stayโ€”
not once, not in silence, not in stray
glances that lingered longer than pride
would ever let me justify.

But that night,
the stars felt too loud
and the world too hollow.

Every inch of meโ€”
bone, breath, memoryโ€”
itched like a wound that knew
its healer was walking away.
Even the atoms trembled,
each particle aching
to betray my mouth
and scream
โ€œPleaseโ€ฆโ€
https://open.spotify.com/track/4nyF5lmSziBAt7ESAUjpbx?si=81cde1c7c91449ac
 226ยฐ 
Orange Tulip
Fawn reaching
for Freeze
not to Fightโ€”
but to take Flight
and goโ€”
where the past
and pain
can't follow.
Unforgettable You
https://prnt.sc/K8fFDsy-UvO1
 223ยฐ 
Henrique Sanchez
Old
Kids call me old nowadays
I'm not old, I'm high quality vintage
A first edition collectible
And I wait for you to join me any day now
in the dusty shelf of history
2020
 217ยฐ 
Joshua Phelps
like a car crash,
explosions fill
my head

emotional wreckageโ€”
thoughts tangled
in dread

am i the problem?
or are they
projecting
instead?

i let go
of the wheel

just to
feel somethingโ€”

go off the rails,
โ€™cause sanity
feels surreal.

am i the problem?
or just
trapped in
my head?

because dealing
with this

is harder
than i ever
imagined.
inspired by Story of the Yearโ€™s โ€œTake the Ride,โ€

this poem unpacks the moments when self-reflection spirals into self-blame.
itโ€™s about losing controlโ€”mentally, emotionallyโ€”and wondering if the crash was your fault...

or if you were set up to break.

for anyone who's ever asked, "is it me?"

this one's for you.
 213ยฐ 
Meliah
My breath quickens
to nothing.
Gears grind and shift,
music pounds,
friends call,
laughter rings.

Bright lights flicker
with glimpses of people
chasing release.
What does it mean
to escape?

I imagine myself
eyes closed,
sinking deeper.

Relief in underwater calm,
all-consuming pressure
wrapping me close,
a quiet embrace.

Fluid and slow,
I move.
The world above,
a muffled dream.
Overwhelming sounds
fade beneath the waves.

To breathe
with no air.
To float
and finally
let go.
To find relief in silence, in quiet presence.
 169ยฐ 
OnLithium
73
I'll learn to breathe
But only as soon
As your back is to me
 168ยฐ 
abyss
i found your name pressed between the pages of june
written while the world stood still.
you reminded me soft landings still exist,
our connection - warm like the sun, easy like the breeze
we talked about everything and nothing,
like time couldnโ€™t touch us.
i could finally breathe and not feel like i have to fight
do you feel it when i tell the moon about you?
do you feel every piece of me you're mending?
do you hear the silence between my words,
where I miss you - just a little?
i found your name pressed between the pages of june
warm like the sun, easy like the breeze
I told you didnโ€™t I?
You make me want to write poetry
 165ยฐ 
Jason
You should have a genuine conversation with someone about your emotions, rather than engaging in one-sided conversations where you constantly express your emotional pain.

and say what?

what do we say?
what do I say?

seriously the questions sometimes never end
 139ยฐ 
JO
I am innocent.
The only thing i did
Was feel.
I felt love โ€”
And that was my sin.
To my mother, my brother and sister for not supporting me when I came out.
 131ยฐ 
Monsters
I try to be your rock
To listen when you talk
To comfort when you cry
Darling, please don't die

Nearly two years apart
I dont mind being younger
Imagining your beating heart
Darling, please don't die

Last night you tried to overdose
And then you slit your thighs
I talked you down from the high
Darling, please don't die

I told you to throw up the pills
And to stop the bleeding
Trying not to think back on my pleading
Darling, please don't die

The third attempt
You are still alive
You are still mine
Darling, please don't die
 128ยฐ 
Aayush ganjeer
You held my hand, taught me to stand,
With silent love, a guiding hand.
Now I look up, and call your name โ€”
But stars just shineโ€ฆ theyโ€™re not the same.
 128ยฐ 
Bea Hespera
Some things are better off dead
Buried in the ground
The memories stuck in my head
Spiraling around and around

My soul sits in its tomb
My hopes are the coffin it lies in
My inner child is the surrounding gloom
My dreams are the flowers lying on the stone

My trauma make up the walls that surround
My pain is the drawings underground
My soul was buried with the shackles that bind me
I had to bury it all so it would let me breathe

You have to stop looking behind to look ahead
Thatโ€™s why some things are better off dead
 109ยฐ 
Chuck Kean
Perspective

      I know sometimes it seems
Like I may be doing some drinking
When I seclude myself and Iโ€™ve
Had some time for thinking

In my poetry sometimes itโ€™s
My thoughts that I decide to share
It seems thereโ€™s always emotions
Behind the words I donโ€™t care

Now listen I believe youโ€™ll find my
Words are sound when I say
Itโ€™s seems thereโ€™s some pain
Hidden behind the words Iโ€™m okay

And if you stop and think about it
I believe youโ€™ll find it so
It seems thereโ€™s always some knowledge
Behind the words I donโ€™t know

And if we all come clean Iโ€™m sure
We can agree with our admitting
Iโ€™m sure weโ€™ll find thereโ€™s some truth
Behind the words just kidding

Now you know Iโ€™m always clear
And no one needs to be a detective
And no one needs to read between the
Lines to understand the Perspective

Written By:Charles Kean
06/12/2025
 103ยฐ 
bleedingink
Why
Why do I keep remembering?
Why can I not let go?
Why can't I erase myself?
Why can't I erase the people I used to know?
 102ยฐ 
Salmabanu Hatim
How,
Where,
When and
Why,
Is all predestined.
22/6/2025
 100ยฐ 
IdleHvnds
I never knew what comfort really felt like until I met you.โ€จ
Comfort, once foreign, now feels strangely asperous.

If I had known Iโ€™d be invited to dance with my demons,โ€จ
Iโ€™m not so sure I would have pursued you...
โ€จFear creeps behind me with every confident step I take toward you.

I find myself frantically searching for an escapeโ€”โ€จan easy way out.โ€จ
Who are you to enter my life with such certainty,โ€จ
only to sidestep my every reach?

Perhaps this dance is not with my demons,โ€จbut with yours.
 99ยฐ 
Juana de Ibarbourou
Asiento de musgo florido
sobre el viejo brocal derruido.
Sitio que elegimos para hablar de amor,
bajo el enorme paraรญso en flor.

ยกAy, pobre del agua que del fondo mira,
tal vez envidiosa, quizรกs dolorida!
ยกTan triste la pobre, tan muda, tan quieta
bajo esta nerviosa ramazรณn violeta!

-Vรกmonos. No quiero que el agua nos vea
cuando me acaricies. Tal vez eso sea
darle una tortura. ยฟQuiรฉn la ama a ella?
-ยกTonta! ยกSi de noche la besa una estrella!
 93ยฐ 
sonja benskin mesher
you can pull them out one by one,

they will not grow again.



leaves a gap.



you can pull them out one by one

they will grow back and

fill the gap.
 93ยฐ 
Blue Sapphire
Words cut deeper

than the sharpest
of knives.
 89ยฐ 
Dr Peter Lim
Teaching oneself
is much harder
than teaching others:
there will be excuses
for not being diligent
 86ยฐ 
Jack
Give me a kiss just one last time
Please, dont leave me here behind
Ill dance, Ill Play, Ill speak in rhyme
If you give me that sweet, sweet kiss goodbye
 76ยฐ 
Jn
Sometimes,
We want to leave kindness behind,
Thinking just maybe,
We will then be happy.
By:Jn
 74ยฐ 
Dani Just Dani
I find myself here
Under the sycamore rain,
Again, loving you.
 71ยฐ 
Em MacKenzie
Iโ€™m getting greys
at an alarming rate,
I already pulled at my hair.
โ€œItโ€™s normalโ€ he says
I swear just to debate,
cause he doesnโ€™t seem to care.

And Iโ€™m bleeding through
my scar tissued skin,
the layers only grew
still I find a way in.

Iโ€™m getting greys
at an alarming rate,
Iโ€™ll be down to the last strand.
Check or fold the plays,
the cards arenโ€™t that great
Iโ€™ll be down the my last hand.

And Iโ€™m bleeding through
my thick nice sweater.
Itโ€™s a shame as itโ€™s new
and weโ€™re reaching the cold weather.
It will stain the soft fabric
I may just grab the bleach,
but I always made it a habit
to always keep it just out of reach.

Iโ€™m getting greys
at an alarming rate
pretty soon Iโ€™ll be bald.
On hot coals she stays,
though she shifts her weight
and watches her soles scald.

And Iโ€™m bleeding through
my clogged and blocked pores,
and the remaining few
are becoming septic sores.
Iโ€™ll shed another layer
of a non-protective bubble,
and my hair will continue to get greyer,
I think Iโ€™m now in some trouble.
Starting to feel my ageโ€ฆ
 70ยฐ 
Alphonse de Lamartine
Et j'ai dit dans mon coeur : Que faire de la vie ?
Irai-je encor, suivant ceux qui m'ont devancรฉ,
Comme l'agneau qui passe oรน sa mรจre a passรฉ,
Imiter des mortels l'immortelle folie ?

L'un cherche sur les mers les trรฉsors de Memnom,
Et la vague engloutit ses voeux et son navire ;
Dans le sein de la gloire oรน son gรฉnie aspire,
L'autre meurt enivrรฉ par l'รฉcho d'un vain nom.

Avec nos passions formant sa vaste trame,
Celui-lร  fonde un trรดne, et monte pour tomber ;
Dans des piรจges plus doux aimant ร  succomber,
Celui-ci lit son sort dans les yeux d'une femme.

Le paresseux s'endort dans les bras de la faim ;
Le laboureur conduit sa fertile charrue ;
Le savant pense et lit, le guerrier frappe et tue ;
Le mendiant s'assied sur les bords du chemin.

Oรน vont-ils cependant ? Ils vont oรน va la feuille
Que chasse devant lui le souffle des hivers.
Ainsi vont se flรฉtrir dans leurs travaux divers
Ces gรฉnรฉrations que le temps sรจme et cueille !

Ils luttaient contre lui, mais le temps a vaincu ;
Comme un fleuve engloutit le sable de ses rives,
Je l'ai vu dรฉvorer leurs ombres fugitives.
Ils sont nรฉs, ils sont morts : Seigneur, ont-ils vรฉcu ?

Pour moi, je chanterai le maรฎtre que j'adore,
Dans le bruit des citรฉs, dans la paix des dรฉserts,
Couchรฉ sur le rivage, ou flottant sur les mers,
Au dรฉclin du soleil, au rรฉveil de l'aurore.

La terre m'a criรฉ : Qui donc est le Seigneur ?
Celui dont l'รขme immense est partout rรฉpandue,
Celui dont un seul pas mesure l'รฉtendue,
Celui dont le soleil emprunte sa splendeur ;

Celui qui du nรฉant a tirรฉ la matiรจre,
Celui qui sur le vide a fondรฉ l'univers,
Celui qui sans rivage a renfermรฉ les mers,
Celui qui d'un regard a lancรฉ la lumiรจre ;

Celui qui ne connaรฎt ni jour ni lendemain,
Celui qui de tout temps de soi-mรชme s'enfante,
Qui vit dans l'avenir comme ร  l'heure prรฉsente,
Et rappelle les temps รฉchappรฉs de sa main :

C'est lui ! c'est le Seigneur : que ma langue redise
Les cent noms de sa gloire aux enfants des mortels.
Comme la harpe d'or pendue ร  ses autels,
Je chanterai pour lui, jusqu'ร  ce qu'il me brise...
 64ยฐ 
Cary J
She
Served regret with the wind
Feeling it in my chest.

Heart pounds
Love sounds

Rest in peace, with the beat,
Breezy and birds.
Creative beautiful,
My dear friend.
 64ยฐ 
Kalliope
I wish I lacked empathy.
I donโ€™t want to feel.
I donโ€™t want to see signs.
I donโ€™t want to be real.

One minute, Iโ€™m fineโ€”
then my soul explodes in my chest.
I wish I didnโ€™t see that.
But I did. And now, no rest.

I wish I could shrug,
say โ€œthatโ€™s not my concern,โ€
but every flicker of pain
Causes my stomach to hurt.

I notice the silence,
the shift in your toneโ€”
there's nothing in your voice
It's all I think about alone.

This is why I'm standoffish and stick to just me
There's no ache in loneliness
At least not the kind that stings

Maybe I'll make friends but that feels like betrayal
These self imposed rules- a safe fortress failure

I wish I didnโ€™t feel
At least not to this extent
My day was going so good
But I ruined it again
But I'm healing
So I have to feel it
I'll be fine tomorrow
And then I'll repeat it
 64ยฐ 
The Invisible Poet
I remember 12 year old me
13 year old me
14 year old me
15 year old me
16 year old me
17 year old me
crying alone at night
a blade in hand
carving into my body
blood staining my clothes
never thinking it could get better
but it got better
the blade is retired
the scars are healed
never to be reopened
I'm 164 days clean from sh!!
 64ยฐ 
Romeo
what is Beauty if it doesnโ€™t look like you?
what is Precious if not the sight of you?
what lips so tethered, Scarlett red, she refuse?
what persons scent that she so heavenly pollute?
What is then, my love, if itโ€™s not loving you:
My forever gorgeous hug, my deceiving fruit;
Where course my love while i retrieve mine over you:
How else do i love because iโ€™m in love with you;
Lecarleta
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