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Field Dreamer - By: Emily Brown
A girl sits in a corner, as her parents scream at each other. They do this almost every night, so she runs to her room where it’s quieter. She loves how her parents act when there’s others around, but the second they get to their house. It’s the white picket fence dream, full of lies and secrets. Where she’s reminded she’s a little girl that has to act like an adult, in a house full of children. She learned at a young age, that to stay quiet was to stay safe. So she taped her


Untitled - By: Isabelle Chernetsova
Music pounds in my ears, As I shut the screaming out, I wipe away my salty tears, My mind sits still, polluted with heavy doubt. My back slides down the wooden door, I hear a loud, sickening crash, Followed by a scream that rattles my core, My world turns to blackened ash. I call it a mental breakdown, Mom calls it bottled trauma, finally released, But it just makes things harder, And puts absolutely nothing at ease. I wait until dusk passes and everyone is fast asleep, Befor


Not Clingy, Just Unwanted - By: Adeline Leslie
I thought love meant showing up, Soft “good mornings,” and messy care, Finding you in crowded halls, Believing you wanted me there. But every step I took toward you, You pushed back twice as far— “Leave me,” became your anthem, Like I was noise, not a beating heart. If longing makes me guilty, Then yes, I wore the crime— But love doesn’t beg at doorways Where someone changed the sign. You called it “clinging,” I called it “trying.” You called it “too much,” I called it us. Bu


Where Petals Wither - By: Adeline Leslie
You’re the bright beam of sunlight that I can’t escape. So why don’t you let me live in your brightness, to have my peace — And when I’m done having my peace, you’re there to brighten my day even more. All I need is my flower, reminding me even small things bloom again — and when they do, my feelings settle. It feels like heavy rain when I let my emotions out — that’s when you take my pain away, reassure me, and make me laugh. Sometimes because you’re silly, and sometimes bec


You - By: Anuska Sarkar
some people are like stars. like the sun to a planet unexplored. tied to you inexplicably with something you can’t explain or deny. when someone looks at you as if a moment with them is a speck of moondust? that's not very fair. especially not if they're your star. especially not if a moment with them could stretch out into the eternity of a star's lifespan. a glance at them can keep the milky way swirling, swirling into a whirlpool of stars and specks of sun. the sun i see w


Heaven on Earth - By: Kupa Mambudzi
I don’t even know where to start All i can say is her smile has my heart Along this beautiful journey of life I met a girl i call my wife Our souls and mind are inseparable Our bond has become unbreakable I believe we each others guardian angel A sense of separation sounds painful When i met her i grew accustomed to more fear Accumulated from all the women i fell out of long along the years I wish to heal her trauma Make her at heart at peace from all the polytrauma I have a


Untitled - By: Saia Manchanda
You wink, I roll my eyes, But inside, I plot your demise— Or maybe just a coffee date, Because honestly, your charm’s first-rate. You speak, I sigh, pretend I don’t care, Yet your words stick like static in the air. I scoff, I scoot, I glare, I flee, But secretly, I hope you follow me. Your grin’s a crime, your laugh’s a heist, I shouldn’t want you—but I can’t think twice. I tease, I taunt, I toss you shade, Yet here I am, completely swayed. You steal the spotlight with that


The Timesmith - By: Poppy Walsh
With you, time is different— it’s fluid like silk ribbons, boundlessly rippling to the gold-stitched sea. It’s elastic, and edging on moldable. Your hands are hopeful, and strong— palms bronze and shining, fingers light. They pull and tear relentlessly, like a sculptor clawing at clay. But you are a different sort of sculptor, your hands a cradle of time: the loose, evasive artform of illusion. You chisel and clench it’s slippery movement, shaping it into something useable, s


Waiting - By: Frank Yan
Time we shared, time well-spent You know me well, everything I’ve meant But that fateful day will always come I don’t know when or how it’s done I asked the question I had to know Will you stay or will you go? I’ll miss you, I always will I’ll always wait, standing still Time will pass, it always does Birds will chirp, bees will buzz But I’ll wait, I always will Through the dark, through silent hills Through heat or cold, shine or rain Through thick and thin or joy and pain I


Untitled - By: Hae-In Moon
A boy met a girl, but it’s not going where you think it may. Instead they ride up the road and make a u-turn “where are we going where are we-” The boy makes the turn and they run so far into the night and far away fleeing like some pair of one-legged crows like some midnight dream that clipped into reality and plumed into the water and escaped down the drain. The stars shine in space– the boy says hello to his friend and his friend does not recognize the face that contorts a


The Silent Fade - By: Zoe Kent
it was once all us, until there was no trust. all the friends i’ve made, just fade me away. everything word i say, never finds its way. you say all these words, yet i never get preferred. you ask if im ok? this is just to much to weigh. i sit there and pretend, like this is the way to end. Please give a detailed explanation about the meaning and main idea of this poem. The meaning of this poem is about feeling alone, not heard and feeling left out. The main idea of this poem


Fires of the Heart - By: Valérien Taylor
Sunshine on the face, wind rustling my hair and gentle laughter shared. Nectar poured to my lips Promises we kept watch them break I said: - be safe! You ran away Left me here (loved me here) and ran to save Old Mother So now I weep, from my umbrous Throne; holding you to the sky. Draped in gold, then stained in crimson. I usher you back home. Then on frosty cliffs, my beloved skips We laugh in silence again. Did it make you happy? Oh dear, Betsy... to help those I'd scorned.


SONNET — TO LOVE - By: Lizard Z.
Strange Love! ye blind us with thy gilded light! Thy gentle rays burn crueller than the Sun; Thy hands—of trick’ry!—seize all in thy...


Hey Gramma - By: Madison
Hey Gramma Look at me now! All grown up, I shall not dare frown. Your fierce claws rip away my earliest memories. You stack bricks upon...


The Church - By: Ana Camila Cano Bates
I am an aesthetic of excess Deprived of honor Misplaced in my skin Obsessed with my organs Despising myself I often wonder if epiphany...


Like Crows Feasting On Road Kill - By: Madison Coulson
Florescent lighting grills my eyes. The smell of cleaning products swirl around my mind. My heart races as doctors and nurses hussle by....


The Sound of Love - By: Almaz Berhane
the sound of love is the recording of our music saved onto my phone you play the guitar and I sing the sound of love is the fact that you...


#2 A lovers fate - By: Katrina B.
A lover will never stop loving, only destructing into nothing.. struck by the bow of love looking for a cure, a high to chase them away...


Forever - By: Adiana Tomei
I met a friend Who I love so Through thick and thin Through hail and snow They shone up to me Like treasure for my heart So as long as...


To Love - By: llouvisse
I search for love with a hopeful heart I wonder why I'm tearing apart To seek someone through ups and downs, can I ever find someone...
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