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Suicide Note. Content Warning.
Trigger Warning: suicide, suicide ideation, and notes. Please do not continue if you are sensitive to these topics. I won't be describing anything graphic, but it is a heavy topic that is not for everyone whatever stage of your life and/or healing you are in. Take care of yourself first!
By Amanda Starks2 years ago in Poets
Reflection Planet
Do you know that clouds roll in When you need rest? Rain falls, To release stress. Winds will race to restore your faith
By Kayleigh Fraser ✨2 years ago in Poets
My Struggle
I’m living as a Christian and I walk a different path I’m trying hard to circumvent a history full of wrath I struggle with my anger and I wrestle with my sins
By Earl W. Pearl2 years ago in Poets
I'm Trying To Shake Off Being Lonely
Time is a killer It always is This is it Her hands firmly grip my wrists I can feel her She loved me like nobody else ever did
By Frankie Martinelli2 years ago in Poets
Returning is a love language
An abstract, free-verse poem. Before reading this, I highly recommend reading this first - FADE IN: INT. BEDROOM - DUSK
By Mesh Toraskar2 years ago in Poets
100 Poems
I've written 100 poems, And I've yet to describe You🎨 However- The emotions you've left me with linger… Inside of me lives a big enough dream
By HandsomelouiiThePoet (Lonzo ward)2 years ago in Poets
Dance Deliverance
My groove is non-negotiable. Every loci of my life tied to established rhythms a righteousness inhaled on a daily
By The Dani Writer2 years ago in Poets
You Left Me Broken
The day you left me, I was Crushed Shattered You left me completely broken. I was completely fractured
By Mother Combs2 years ago in Poets
ANXIETY
I have this thing in me people call it A N X I E T Y sometimes my heart forgets its functions stops, slows and races for some reasons
By Missclicked2 years ago in Poets
A poem for Maui
Written in response to a call from Cindy here, for poems to help Maui: I know your shores, Hawaii. I have seen your dramatic green:
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Poets
This is why I drink. Content Warning.
Tonight, I told myself the reasons why I drink again, And drink again, And drink again, And drink again, I explained to her that I drink again to make up for lost time.
By Jamie Ramsay2 years ago in Poets
Paper Planes
Planes of paper. Empty, not barren. Patiently waiting For cultivation. Creased, etched, inscribed, Torn in frustration.
By John Dodge2 years ago in Poets