forum POEMS post 'em here my friends!

Started February 07, 2019 by @ember-chan-will-never-forget-you

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Untitled (More shitty rambling, y'all :)))) )

Whispers danced between my lips
wishing to be louder. Louder for
the ones with no voice. For those
lost who have felt the same.

Tears burned behind my eyes
wishing to fall. To fall
and remove some of the
weight on me. Drop by drop.

The echoes of memories left
behind and words long faded
had come back as knives on my
arms. Their edges all serrated.

They began to engrave names on skin,
ones meant to be forgotten. I had to
wear long sleeves again. Just to
keep me from calling them.

I had so much to say to them, but I
could never build courage. I always
kept quiet. Thinking about what would've
happened, if I had only let it out.

So now I sit in a cage of echoes
in my mind. In a world of things
broken. I sit on a throne of broken
hearts and fantasies in my head.

I sit and think of how I could have changed the world
With all of these things left unsaid.

Am I safe?
Not even a little.
Are you going to hurt me?
You'll know if I am.
Are you evil?
Nothing is evil, only backwards.
Can I hurt you?
In every possible way.
Where are we?
Where ever you think we are.
Can I leave?
Never.

A sweet voice sings to me.
I feel as though I know it, but I swear I don't.
It's buried too deep in some memory.

My mind splits in pieces
Drowning me in the things I don't want to remember
Settling broken memories into all the creases.

All the things I did, I don't remember
I swear, guys, I'm not guilty
I don't remember much past last December.

When did I learn how to braid my hair?
When did I ever get this shirt?
I can't remember anything without you there.

You've always been the answer, you're the key.
I know you don't remember me kindly,
But your voice is singing to me.

(idk i just got inspired all of a sudden)

Some say
The war never ended
Some say
There was never a war
But still
There is one thing
And it is undeniable
Lie or truth,
The scars created
The memories made
The lives taken
And the injuries left,
They are the remnants,
Proof that a war did happen
A war,
Waged between the People

People are strange.
We take flowers from their ground
Because they’re pretty.
And so they die.
We’ll even put them by gravestones,
To die with the other dead.
It’s like we can’t help it
Killing everything faster
Because we know we are dying, too.
And instead of living life in the moment
Like everything else does,
We zoom way out until
Nothing has a purpose anymore.
We’re stuck in a circle, a sphere,
Of life and killing and death,
But they’re wrong, those people.
There is something worse than dying,
It’s watching everything else die around you
And eternity moves and changes around you
Because it will change and it won’t stop.
The only thing worse than dying
Is staying alive forever.

(This is really bad and I apologize to everyone in advance.)

You caught my eye in the hall,
the blue a dull gray like the wall.
I could do nothing but watch,
while you burned out like a match.
The bruising was getting more noticeable,
you would smile and say that it was nothing at all.
Your kind heart always trying to help,
I could never imagine how it felt.
Standing up for others and never yourself,
you never backed down no matter the punishment delt.
I could scream for it to stop,
but it was always for not.
There was nothing for me to do,
aside from wait for them to be through.
Their laughs, as they left, would echo,
while I would slip to your side like a shadow.
I didn't know why you decided me,
when you could have ignored me and been free.
Free of their unrelenting strikes,
which carried with them malice and might.
You cared for the me, and I couldn't understand why,
Always getting hurt and telling me not to cry.
Reassuring me that you would be fine,
and that one day they would know the line.
One day I'd had enough,
and I stepped into the rough.
The punch across my cheek was a shock,
but I refused to fall onto the hard rock.
In that moment I found out why,
why you cared for the girl with one eye.
Because it is easy to hurt,
it is hard to heal the heart.
You never did things easy,
because you liked me.
You saw beauty,
where others saw a chance for cruelty.
We may never know when this will end,
but I have to thank you for being more than a friend.
Though you have gone,
I know it is not for long.
So until we meet again,
Farewell.

Nighty Night

While I drown inside the thoughts in my mind
I see a light dazzling and bright
To reach out my hand, to feel its warmth
I was met with your smile up forth

And the light that shines, reflects on itself
The petals with dewdrops collide
They then form a scene, so nice for the eyes
I stared, with peace, and smiled

Though anxiety’s haunting,
Though depression’s deep inside,
I’ll just close my eyes and pretend I’m alright

I welcome you
To my nocturnal paradise
Where my thoughts could roam free
Where some come to life

When the sun may rise
And dawns a new day
You’ll soon be awake
To find that your heart’s replaced

The scarlet of the sun may be framed in your mind
As it melts with the calm of twilight
And the melodies of the stars that shine
These will fill up your mind, at night

Loneliness in the rain,
Suicidal thoughts give such pain,
I’ll just close my eyes and pretend I’m okay

And welcome back
To my nocturnal paradise
Where dark thoughts would fly
Where my love comes alive

And though, it’s dark
I can see crystal clear
Through the shadows inside
Through the haunting thoughts in my mind
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.
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Goodbye for now
My nocturnal paradise
I’ve relied on you for too long
Now I’ll pretend that you’re gone

I’ll have, to leave,
You here all alone
For the world calls for me
For the morning arrived it seems…

But you’ll continue to live inside
Until the end of this life of mine.

keyboard smash I love it! Though I do have a question.

I've relied you for too long

Is that supposed to be worded like that? Or was that a mistake? For I feel as though it should be "I've relied [on/upon] you for too long". Maybe I'm just crazy and tired. Idk

keyboard smash I love it! Though I do have a question.

I've relied you for too long

Is that supposed to be worded like that? Or was that a mistake? For I feel as though it should be "I've relied [on/upon] you for too long". Maybe I'm just crazy and tired. Idk

Yes… that was a mistake XD Thank you for pointing that out

You're welcome. :D

Untitled(At this point idek why I both putting that it's untitled. Most of my poems never have a title)

A tree once so beautiful,
uprooted and taken for granted.
It's always been there for you
yet you leave it to the side damaged.
Its branches were always there
to hold your hand when no one
else would. It gave its fruit
when no other tree could.
You always had your hands
tangled in its leaves. Now
you don't even give a kiss
goodbye as you leave.
Instead, you just watch it
fall. How amusing it looks
when it's dead, right?
You laugh so loud that
you can't even hear its cries.
You don't hear it say 'I love you'.
You don't hear it say 'goodbye'.
It died with the secrets you gave.
It never told a single soul.
You didn't even seem to cave
when its fruit began to mold.
You walked all over it.
Its trunk a bridge to your joy.
All your friends scolded you,
they said you shouldn't treat
it that way. But you just scoffed
and dismissed them. Saying
"Whatever, it's dead anyway."

(Tadaa! Useless jabber that's most likely not even good! :D )

I love that one actually! Your style is very something, I’ll give you that for sure.

Thanks, I don't think this is my best work (though they're all somewhere around this bad), I'm pretty much just losing my mind lately lol

Okay so maybe a bit of a word challenge thing, but I wrote down all my favorite "ing"s to use (smiling, slamming, fading, etc.) and my favorite "ly"s (lovely, lately, freely, etc.) and other words I really like to use in my poetry (backwards, gentle, bold, etc.) and I don't know what I'm going to do with it??
Maybe I'll make a poem where I don't use any of them or all of them or something? But now I know the words I think of first.

Okay so maybe a bit of a word challenge thing, but I wrote down all my favorite "ing"s to use (smiling, slamming, fading, etc.) and my favorite "ly"s (lovely, lately, freely, etc.) and other words I really like to use in my poetry (backwards, gentle, bold, etc.) and I don't know what I'm going to do with it??
Maybe I'll make a poem where I don't use any of them or all of them or something? But now I know the words I think of first.

Ooo. Sounds like a fun challenge!

"Another Broken Hairbrush"

Some time ago, I met a girl
with such neat hair. So pretty
and eyes too. Beauty in all its strands.
She greeted me coldly. Her face
stone. we began talking slowly,
the ice between us thawing.
We got to know each other more.
She smiled.

Friends we remained. Talking when
we could. Sad when we couldn't.
Separated for months on end,
but still friends when we met again.
We hugged each other with glee.
We talked about what happened
when the other was gone. We joked.
She smiled.

We talked again, yet something changed.
Her hair was not-so-pretty. It was a frizzy
mess atop her head. Almost as if she'd
just awoken from the bed. I asked about
her hair that day. She told me things were
a-ok. That she just couldn't brush her
hair that day. She said, "my hairbrush broke yesterday."
She smiled.

We met again the next day. Her hair to its
former glory. Her strands shone brightly
as her words to me did. She giggled
as I talked. Making jokes as we usually
did. Her eyes sparkled with happiness
as it once did. The bounce in her step
returned. She sang songs and danced along.
She smiled.

Though one day she sat me down.
She said she wished to tell me a story.
One of a hag and a servant girl.
One where the bad guys always win.
She told of the ways the servant girl
jumped. She told of the ways the rats
screamed for her. But she didn't cry.
She smiled.

She walked up to me, hair like hay.
Her eyes held a sparkle new that day.
Tears fell from her eyes and her lip
began to shake. Her "facade" was gone
but it had never worked on me anyway.
She leaped into my arms saying:
"Another broken hairbrush yesterday".
I held her tight and told her it was all okay.

We smiled.

Masked Weakness

A gallery of time, a collage of broken ties
A prediction of the future, that is yet to come alive
A mask I often wear, to hide the fact I’m scared
Is a smile so bright and cheerful, with tears flowing from nowhere

And the skies… it seems to cry along with me
As I look, upon the destined clouds
That I see, a scenery I miss
Nostalgia hits me hard inside…
Play with a heart that’s on fire

Oh, how much I miss the days when life was easier
When the days were much longer
When all I cried for were a couple of toys
And when life to me was such a pleasure

Now it seems those days have gone and flew away
From my grasp, from my reach, it seems to go
And to my heart, I’m sorry that…
We’re all alone

How I miss my winter coat, that I wore when Christmas rose
How I miss the seas I sailed through, on the seasonal summer’s boat
How I miss the fallen days, when the leaves were beautiful
How I miss my childish spring breaks, taken granted like a fool

Now I see, that time is waving through just like the wind
Lasting not a moment long it seems
And to think that memories I see
That I cannot reach out to them
It brings tears to the eyes

And though I may act so strong, so fun, and so naive
It is only the mask I wear
Just to hide myself from crying out
And show the world how weak my mind is

Laughing off the pain as I do any day
Closing my eyes to try and slip away
Perhaps some sleep will help me with my decay
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.
.
And yes, the stars I wish to would know how hard I try
To meet the expectations put inside this broken mind
And yes, I’ve tried to hide the fact that I’m weak and all
But in the end, the mask will tear and fall
.
.
.
For so long I thought that I was fighting all alone
No one there to help me through
But in the end I’m glad I’ve followed my heart
Up to now, the day that I have met you

You helped me escape from my reality
Helped me give life to the characters I keep
And to this day I’d like to thank all of you

With all my heart, I sincerely thank you…

You're the reason I don't believe in happily ever after
You're the cloud in my clear sky
You're the reason I can't stand the smell of roses
And why I can't ever use hand sanitizer…

You're the one I think of
When I put on my dance shoes.
You're the only person
I wanted to dance with.

Your smile makes my heart ache,
Your eyes still conquer me.
Please spare my heart
And let me go free.

Every drawing has snippets of you.
Every line makes you sigh
Because you think I'm so good,
But you're nothing like me.

I can't look at you anymore.
If I see you glance my way,
You'll end up back in my arms,
And that's no good for me.
You're no good for me

I’ll Die When My Time Comes

People die someday,
That’s life in a nutshell
Loss in my own thoughts,
That’s heaven inside a hell

Laughing off all innocence,
That’s growing up it seems
Giggling at other people,
That’s ego I believe

Nothing’s complicated at all
Life is built to stand then to fall
There’s no meaning left behind
Other than what you’ve done in this whole lifetime…

Limited, uncertain,
An endless craze,
Life is so beautiful
Such a beautiful pain

To love, to live,
To hurt, to die
Those are the majors
Of life’s perfect design

Students study hard,
That’s education for you
Graduates are unsuccessful,
That’s adulthood I assume

Dead people are remembered,
That’s a memorial tune
Those alive are forgotten,
That’s reality for you

Nothing’s complicated at all
People live to love then to fall
There’s no meaning left behind
Other than the stories you chose to write…

Heavenly, hellish
That’s life, my child
It’s almost as if
You’re living in the wild

Competition, education,
Study hard, you’ll succeed
Life is full of lies
That we chose to believe

No pain, no gain,
Inside I’m insane
‘Cause where’s all the fun
When you chose to be sane

People live,
And people die,
Don’t try to run away
You’re running out of time

There’s a meaning hidden in us all
It may be hard to find, it may take years and more
But I just want to say to you…
Since life is so short, try to live it you fool

Write the words, sing the songs,
You love while you can
Life is uncertain
Give it all to this chance

To live, to love,
To create, to have fun
Life only ends
When your time truly comes

Let the bad thoughts inside,
Fade away with the sun.

Pretend: A short poem

They say we're too old for make-believe,

Yet we're all still pretending.

One day we'll notice

Nobody's buyin' it.

so, um. this is really rough. i just needed to get it down but i kind of like it.

procrastinating to write about a boy because history can wait:
his voice is too often the only thing i want to hear
he is the last thought i have at night
and my first in the morning
regularly, i wonder how he could notice me
a random face
a quiet person in the background
i don’t know if he wonders the same, but flipped.
truth is, though, he’s all i really noticed.
all those fridays i spent here on pinterest or tumblr, i’d hope he was here
after kilee, he was one of the only people i wanted to see
(don’t ask me why, i was a crying mess in pajama pants)
he’s the reason i kept coming here because my first thought when i met him was
“wow, i want to know this person”

(I like it a lot! I can see that you did songwriting because of the way the words flow in a way that could be read or sang. Great job! Love this one.)

(Ah, thank you! -3-)

(Here’s another one. The title’s in Japanese if anyone wants to put that into Google Translate)

「愛してる」だけじゃ足りない

The stars that shine are not as bright
As all that glitters inside your eyes
You turn to me, your smile so bright
I wish you would stay, right here by my side

I know inside I’m just not strong enough
To reveal all of the feelings I have for you
Though if I can, there is one wish I want to make true
Is that I’ll be the one to make you smile, through and through

Your silhouette is always
Reflected in my eyes and
I want it to always be that way…

In the darkest days, I will take your hand and I
Will walk beside you and make sure that you’ll be fine
Etching the moment in our hearts forever young
A moment to bring up when this song will again be sung

And I’ll kiss you softly, ‘cause the phrase they say
“I love you” just won’t explain the feelings I have to this day
Under the night sky, I’ll hold you tight so you won’t be afraid
“Hey darling, I’ve loved you to this day”

Even if great distances will keep us apart
You will forever be here inside my heart

In the darkest days, I’ll hold your hand and I
Will softly whisper the feelings that I have inside
No longer holding back, the words inside my mind
“Hey, I have loved you and you alone for the longest time”

And I’ll kiss you softly, ‘cause the phrase they say
“I love you” just won’t explain how much my heart race
Under the moonlight, I’ll hold you tight within my own embrace
“Hey darling, I’ve loved to this day”

“Hey darling, we’ll forever stay this way”

((Any comments and/or suggestion? ;3;))