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A Resting Stop ♥️✨
by ComradeRuhi
Last post
 3 days ago
...See more It's almost the end of September already! 2024 is nearing its end which sounds so crazy. For our wonderful poets and for our avid poetry readers, let this be a resting stop for your hectic lives. This post is dedicated to sprinkling some positivity. If you are struggling, need someone to talk to, or simply would just like to respond for fun, please do and share down below. We can share inspirational poems, write ones for each other, or simply just lift our heads up with the encouragement and kindness so prevalent in this community already.  I will respond to every comment on this thread with a reply that will uplift your spirits and bring more warmth based on what you share! Those simply stopping by, feel free to respond as well to comments that have been posted and spread some warmth! ♥️ ------------------------- Taglist <3  @burningRain127 @HarmonyBlossom @HatsEatYou @HealingTalk @juliak1968 @LoveMyMoonflowers @Rareshadow666 @ShySmiler @tommy @Torean @YourCaringConfidant @mytwistedsoul @nessapressure05 @sadcat13 @MunchkinBerry @limegreenKiwi7397 @incredibleRainbows2036 @Est3lle @BelovedMe @unassumingEyes @iloveyouxx @enthusiasticBeach8170 @WondersWhispers @Redpanda2419 @peachPear727 @Fallenstar24 
Poetry Automated Taglist!
by tommy
Last post
 September 21st
...See more Welcome to the Poetry Taglist This thread is an auto-updating list. The list is regularly updated by forum leaders and can be found below. Having issues? Reply below and someone will help you! Why should I join the taglist? ✔ Never miss out on sub-community check-ins, discussions or events ✔ Get tagged and notified by community leaders whenever a new relevant thread has been posted ✔ Become a more active member of the community. What do I need to do? ✅ To add yourself to this taglist, press the Post to Thread button below and write the exact words Please add me. ❌ To remove yourself from this taglist, press the Post to Thread button below and write the exact words Please remove me. ------------------------- Current taglist as of 21 Sept  (updated by @ComradeRuhi) @burningRain127 @HarmonyBlossom @HatsEatYou @HealingTalk @juliak1968 @LoveMyMoonflowers @Rareshadow666 @ShySmiler @tommy @Torean @YourCaringConfidant @mytwistedsoul @nessapressure05 @sadcat13 @MunchkinBerry @limegreenKiwi7397 @incredibleRainbows2036 @Est3lle @BelovedMe @unassumingEyes @iloveyouxx @enthusiasticBeach8170 @WondersWhispers @Redpanda2419 @peachPear727 @Fallenstar24
Community Announcement! Welcoming warm arms for help and feedback.
by ComradeRuhi
Last post
 July 21st
...See more ~ Community Announcement ~  Hello everyone! Your Community Mentor Ruhi here. This announcement is just a warm and formal reminder that as your CM I am here for you all. Anyone on this community is free to comment under this thread or message me personally at any time about concerns, feedback, new ideas and more.  If you have a brand new idea you thought of for the community to bring us together. If you feel uncomfortable about a certain situation occurring within the community.  If you have criticisms or feedback regarding how things are set up, or how you wish to see things better. ANYTHING AT ALL! I am here for you! Shoot me a message or mention me under a post of your own if you would like. I am all yours! Excited to receive your messages and mentions. With love ❤️ Your Comrade,  Ruhi  ------------------------- Taglist Mentions:  @burningRain127 @HarmonyBlossom @HatsEatYou @HealingTalk @juliak1968 @LoveMyMoonflowers @Rareshadow666 @ShySmiler @tommy @Torean @YourCaringConfidant @mytwistedsoul @nessapressure05 @sadcat13 @MunchkinBerry @limegreenKiwi7397 @incredibleRainbows2036 @Est3lle @BelovedMe @unassumingEyes @iloveyouxx @enthusiasticBeach8170 @WondersWhispers @Redpanda2419 @peachPear727
Your Self Hangs Over Me (old poem by me)
by TheSunIsUpTheSkyIsBlue
Last post
 Monday
...See more I am forever living in the shadow of who I could be I'd like to be a bed of rocks sunken under a stream Where less is expected of me But I know this low flow  of words trickling, how it seems  To you it’s just the same Bake me into senseless, show me not to see You want me to become a sack of nothing  So you can seem more free Manipulated into motionless, scalloped on my every grain By your lack of reinforcement I know how to behave  For your thoughts unwanted Use me as your scribble page I’ll store all new findings until I can throw them away  The way you talk is ignorant  The way you breathe releases fleas I’m itchy just being near you; your self hangs over me 
me the object
by blueLemon6419
Last post
 September 27th
...See more It's 5am and I'm working through something, this is more a rant than anything else. Apologies in advance. Unpleasant, free verse thing maybe a poem. Written this morning but I don't think I will edit it. Unfinished forever. a vent maybe. TW abuse. potentially triggering, avoid if that's best for you. Powerless they hold me Closer than we should be Warped affection piercing holes into my soul draining me of myself and replacing it with shame and all I can do is watch from the space outside my brain watching my body be destroyed powerless to stop it angry with no voice enraged with no choice limbs and head useless body just a thing to entertain
things i wrote its prolly no good lol.
by Selfloveisimportant
Last post
 September 22nd
...See more Hey, I dont post on here often but I wanted to share a couple things I wrote:  Tw...Suicide mentioned  The girl who flew  * I walked down the long street    * Listening for the sound of sirens  * Wishing and hoping my family will be okay  * As I made my way to the house I felt a warm breeze on my face.  * I decided to turn around it's not like I’m needed there any way  * They were all smiling and hugging they looked like a normal family  * I didnt wanna mess that up for them and enter their lives again  * I fly away in the wind wishing I could go back.  * I fly away wondering if I am missed  * I fly away wishing I could hug my sister again  * I fly away wishing I was wanted by my family  * I fly away wishing I could fly away forever  * I fly away just as bad as I was before I decided to fly  * I fly away wondering if it was worth flying  * I fly away hoping that my family will be okay.  * I walk down the street  * I walk past the street I flew at.  * I walked past the light post I got jumped at.  * I walked all the way till I was there.  * I was at my grave where I became one with my body.  Normal :  * Normal one word I never understood  * Normal the one-phrase that was not true  * Normal is it possible that normal is a  thing * Normal is different from my view of the world  * Normal is a word that will make everyone question life * Normal job  * Normal nose  * Normal face * Normal eyes  * Nobody has normal  * Normal is a word we made up to make everyone work towards it.  * Normal is you  * Normal is your nose  * Normal is your body  * Normal is your personality  * Normal is your eyes  * Normal is the way you act  * Normal is the way you walk  * Normal is the way you talk  * Normal is the way you live your life 
i swam
by ivoryDog4942
Last post
 August 29th
...See more i swim in a pool of thoughts each night by the time guilt reaches me i’ve already lost the fight i drown to the thoughts and the problems i've made like happiness cannot be bought, i cannot be saved, but only a day: i’ll dream of soaring  above the water so green under the sunset, hair blowing in the breeze for weeks i’ll try to stay upstream but my head lies in my dreams: the darkness fills the negative space around my head and her pretty face it frames me wrong but somehow i know and i find my strength maybe dreams don’t lie maybe these past few days were just being alive and just being awake but then i go back to Mass hoping for strength but more than i am glad i feel afraid yes there is God yes it’s a safe place but after each song  i lose a little grace i lose a little faith  less in the Lord, more in the space: each different planets, with different names, almost all stay a solar system away so i get scared  i get sad i stare and then that brings tears the fountain of shame pours into my thoughts this becomes a great, grand pool of sobs i once swam   once floated  once drowned  now the cycle   once spins around
I don’t know what to call this… TWs included
by SweetBeeHoney
Last post
 August 14th
...See more I don’t usually share my poems outside a few people I know so here goes nothing I guess. Please, if you have nothing nice to say, keep it to yourself.  TWs - self harm, eating disorders, abuse. I think that’s it.  People say they care People say you can trust them  People say they won’t leave  Is that really true? Ask me that a year ago The answer is definitely nope Ask me that 6 months ago Maybe the answer was yep Ask me now  The answer is probably nope So what’s changed you may ask Things have never been easy Never been simple  Growing up, home wasn’t ideal Shouting, swearing, physically hurting Threats and just the emotional toll of it all That was my life for years  Then it stopped, relief  But in reality, more of a pause A year later, everything came back  I still am in this situation That’s enough to deal with, right? Nope apparently not  People come along  “Friends”, who knows really  Start sharing things  Start trusting them  Start to look forward to talking  All comes crashing back down  Leaving one way or another  Left alone again Numb, scared, stuck  Turning to the one thing I know  Masking the pain I’m in One way or another  Restricting food intake or self harming Neither great but needing a way out A means of control Not knowing another way Feeling guilty  On top of the original feelings as well And so the cycle repeats  Over and over  Finding this site was meant to be helpful Someone to talk to at least A way out of this cycle How wrong could I be Listeners here are rarely helpful and supportive Any that are always end up leaving too Or just giving up on you Things are meant to be fixed apparently Progress is meant to be made  But what progress can be made When you are still stuck how you are  I don’t even know why I’m sharing this I guess from a little hope I still have But maybe I shouldn’t be on this site  Good listeners are hard to come by for long And I can’t keep trusting new people 
Titled: Carnivorous
by myleemoonchild13
Last post
 August 6th
...See more A wide lens transitions as i watch myself sit bare in the corner like a rabid animal, covered in blood as i inhale every piece of flesh and bone.  I look back as the door moans.  He’s there watching me. In my most vulnerable and unloveable. He looks at me in disgust. I sit there in the corner bare. Heart sinking to the core of the earth. I sit there in the corner bare. As he looks at me in disgust.  I attempt to cover myself and wipe the evidence off my mouth and body. But it’s too late. I sit there in the corner bare.as he looks at me in disgust.  an invisible entity appears over me. Silence.  Another blank stare. He leaves.  I walk in front of the mirror. The whites of my eyes quickly leaking. My vision is now blurry I stare at myself. In the same disgust, he stared me with.
The Truth
by goodPomegranate1975
Last post
 August 3rd
...See more She wears a mask concealing the truths of her life.  A smile that brightens the room hides a million tears.  Her skin hold memories.  Each scar a different story it tells.  Her eyes are a mirror to what's inside.  Look carefully deep within and you'll find a hidden mystery.  One not so happy but one rather sad.
hello!
by adorablebones
Last post
 August 2nd
...See more hi all! i don’t really write poetry anymore, but today i went through some of my work from last year and i figured i’d share it with someone other than myself, i hope you like it! ps: i used to write as a coping mechanism, so it’s v ent poetry. although it’s subjective, it could still be t riggering to some, so please proceed with caution! feedback is appreciated! thanks 💗 — 21/10/2023 numbers h ang from their exposed stomachs and noticeable solitude spirals down their bodies i, the saviour absorb all their pain like no one could i, the advisor  say all the things that were not mine to be said but theirs to be heard i, the healer fill their stomachs with love and take all the numbers to myself i, the b oney sponge go to sleep with all their fears encoded in my brain i, the mindless bl eeder hope all their worries d rip down my w rist i, the idiot allow them to pull the t rigger because i’ll do whatever it takes for their stomachs to be full of all the food that was removed from mine numbers h ang from my covered stomach and hidden solitude spirals down my body.
The lone shadow
by SyriusSystem
Last post
 July 23rd
...See more in the corner of the room? alone? no. always there to help, happy to be there, smiling and hoping to bring light to people's lives. the "helper" is here, "no worries, i'll do my best to help" "i'm here if you need me" comforting, caring, being there for others, thats you, thats your job, thats who you are "right?" but.. what about you, who will help  you, who will comfort you, who will see that you hurt, that you need to be cared for, that.. deep down, you also want to be heard lone shadow, never the one to search for help, but always the one to help "what can i do to make you feel better" (...) another soul saved, but feeling less alive "don't worry, if you need me i'm here" (...) another wound tended to, but losing light in your eyes when, when will you finally get tired when will the fire completely run out when will the sun finally give out "i'm okay" "there are people that have it much worse" "it doesnt matter, i'm fine" when will the lies finally stop until you give in to the darkness and drown in the void "...im here for you" is that so? lone shadow, not seen, not heard, where will those fake smiles take you if not to your own doom? lone shadow, why keep up the self torture, dont you see how your soul is getting eaten away, little by little, slowly but surely lone shadow....if you're gone, what shall then happen?....
where’s my light?
by ivoryDog4942
Last post
 June 24th
...See more trampling thunder the light is away the fright differs to stray a glow enters humans a glow enters the fireflies a glow creates newness to everyone’s life i stay the same no evident change no light no smiles just fright for a while then i return to my tears its my nature i belong here in this pillow c r y i n g i wrap myself in shame guilt pins me down ”Don’t play this game!” i make my way around and live even dark clouds have light yet what surrounds my life are the dark clouds and c r i e s and screams and lies but the lies are mine ”Oh, I’m fine” the screams echo in the forest so i let go summoning the screams in my head Hey God, where’s my light? 
I wrote a song (I ate some gummies though so don't expect incredible art)
by unassumingPeach6421
Last post
 May 28th
...See more I got high by myself didn't need anybody else I hear sounds outside my room The creaking of the door I see them walking back and forth what is it all for? I have always been someone for someone, I always felt guilty for being alone, there was always something I hadn't done I wish I had known I was enough I did have friends I was loved and I was known, I was never alone Making it on my own didn't mean making it alone I apologized when I was stabbed in the back, felt bad for breathing when I ran out of breath, I cried all alone when no one was home Because I didn't want anyone to know what is it all for? I have always been someone for someone, I always felt guilty for being alone, there was always something I hadn't done I wish I had known I was enough I did have friends I was loved and I was known, I was never alone Making it on my own didn't mean making it alone I always felt I owed guys something Like my body wasn't my own I felt kindness had to be paid life was my debt I wanted to die but I couldn't stop I was someone's that's all I was what was it all for? I never text back I never say hi I feel so alone but I don't even try instead I'm here watching a show chatting online, wasting a life like it wasn't mine I have always been someone for someone, I always felt guilty for being alone, there was always something I hadn't done I wish I had known I was enough I did have friends I was loved and I was known, I was never alone Making it on my own didn't mean making it alone I know it's hard to come to the truth to find the reasons that made you you and say I understand who you were and why I am I forgive those that caused me all this pain what is it all for? To be honest I really don't know I'll hurt again but at least I'll know I'm enough I have friends when things get tough this is not the end I'm alive And it's good to be the person I always wanted to be All the lights in the apartment are off, The summer breeze is gone and the night hums, I'm all alone, It's not my fault, I should've texted my friends but it's okay, all the lights turn off and the noises fade
This is a poem about me trying not to relapse ( I don't have a title for it )
by enthusiasticBeach8170
Last post
 May 16th
...See more Why are these thoughts coming upto my head I just don’t know I want these all dead Or maybe should I go on thinking about it And figure out stuff bit by bit I’ve tried so hard to stop the from invading my mindspace But right now I’m trying to give up with the least possible grace They have been knocking at my door over 1 week I have tried to ignore them being absolutely chic Oh god do I not want to be their slave again I thought I was their master but guess they bought back the pain Why ? Just Why ?? I don’t want to ask for help and become a burden for them as I cry No.But I’ve already reached out for help Now you can’t back out and yelp I thought I started doing my gut’s bidding these days But turns out my head got the better of my and brought me to this place Off with my head I wanna say But I promised people and said okay It’s just really overwhelming Guess it’s all about the right timing I don’t have that much patience Cuz I’m sick of waiting and waiting till I don’t have a single pence

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