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penelope
penelope

She's Not Mine

My dad says she's beautiful and runs his thumb gently over her forehead. I look down at a pale face, a pair of blue eyes, a nose.. I can't see what he sees. I see nothing of myself in her.

0 0 295 words
mort
mort

They Killed Me

As I stand here. Alone and confused. My minds being battered. It's being abused. These thoughts I am having. Are totally bad. They're poisoning my head. They're driving me mad. Three little voices.

16 3 111 words
sjw
sjw

Despair.

Raw it comes leaving a few to stand tall. Darkness and glory become one, thinking of none least of all the bright sun. You let anger and rage take over, mind rolling like a huge ugly bolder.

32 7 71 words
braidingmywordslikedaisychains
braidingmywordslikedaisychains

Pandora's Bottle

Seal it. Stick a pin in, Freeze the tears for a rainy day. Post-it notes and worn fridge magnets, Hold your memories, boxed up fragments, Of reality's fights and foreplay.

36 6 188 words
nakedisnotenough
nakedisnotenough

Shot

A shot is a shot, it doesn't matter from who's gun it came. I can't breathe when I think about it, I can't breathe. A leaded weight ties itself to my lungs and I just can't breathe.

18 3 127 words
jezzer
jezzer

I Don't Want To Fall In Love

Here she come. The woman of my dreams. Of my nightmares. She looks at me. With my heart in her hand. Her painted nails of blood red. Cutting in to my beating soul. A smile of the devil him self.

4 0 117 words
jezzer
jezzer

Blue Eyes

How can u love me. I'm a monster. I just hurt. play games. Make life bad for every 1. I'm good at all the sinful things. I make you forget the good things you have in your life.

4 0 115 words
jojo72
jojo72

A Talk With Myself

You are worthless Admit it girl. I am worthless (I wish I had purpose) Only I can understand you. Say it girl. Only you can understand me. (I want to be understood) You are nothing without me.

30 25 106 words
beckyboo130
beckyboo130

Start Again

Walls are closing in. Time is running out. My mind is like a puzzle. To impossible to work out. Feelings now mean nothing. Emotions can't be shown. No matter what someone says.

36 2 77 words
littleone
littleone

Asylum.

Walls surround me, Too much white. Padded cage, Much too bright. Doctors rush in, Give me a shot. Whether it helps, I know not. Crash at the sides, Easily deflected. No one helps, I feel neglected.

34 5 66 words
eddie12309
eddie12309

The Visitor

My demon came to visit today I didn't think she'd be here long but looks like shes going to stay She un packed her bag with the usual items, sorrow, regret, helplessness, guilt But she brought...

52 13 201 words
Emily_InspiresAll
Emily_InspiresAll

Alone And Afraid.

I see you Walking, But to no one Talking, You're all by yourself in the street. Just lonely And tormented, Mad and Demented, Why do you torture yourself and not eat.

24 2 104 words
misslittleDHP
misslittleDHP

The Broken Mirror

#household challenge 7 years ago it began I became one of the damned I had a car crash I survived the smash Left haunted by fears I cried many tears 6 years ago I lost my dog, Bo She was a faithful...

80 32 156 words
brownowl2012
brownowl2012

The Beast Within

Prod me, poke me, Torment me if you dare. But push things too far And you move within my lair. For though I may be patient, And take things on the chin, It would seem I have a dark side...

50 20 160 words
maisiebeth
maisiebeth

Clearing The Monsters

You sit upon a broken chair, Don't you move, you wouldn't dare. They tell you exactly what to do, Never know what they'll say to you.

42 5 212 words
Clairabethy
Clairabethy

The Mask

#household She walks around wearing a mask, unfortunately the mask is glass, she thinks that those around can't see, her anger or her misery.

32 7 79 words
smellyfingers
smellyfingers

Rueful Games?

I fell to my knees. Bowed my head. Offered up my wrists. Closed my eyes to the red. I'm not even finished or done yet. But too many mornings are in regret. Familiar faces around me last night.

36 14 198 words
katielou
katielou

The Fight.

All she wants to do Is curl up in a ball, Hide away from the world, Where no one knows to call. She cannot wait to Hide, from Cold's bitter bite, but it seems so damn weak, To just give up her fight.

26 6 135 words
vieromero
vieromero

Strangled

The blade was inches away from my source of life If it went right in what would've happened- The thought still tears at my mind But self resentment reaffirms all of my earlier crimes And the effects...

4 4 113 words
DrCarrow
DrCarrow

The Music Of Lies - #2

The rain spatters the window of classroom, making a gloomy day gloomier still.

14 14 1202 words
IndiaSparrow
IndiaSparrow

Eternal Struggles

My soul is now a battleground A thousand armies bugles sound I wonder just who will succeed Will the light or darkness bleed.

40 10 237 words
Stablish
Stablish

Silent Rage

A Silent rage In a Violent cage Feelings seeping For an age A Silent rage In a defiant stage Feelings creeping Fills the page A silent rage Has been engaged Feel it seeping .

54 9 68 words
paddynav
paddynav

Moments

All I feel is restricted, bound, uncertain why. Preying to which ever deity may help me from this antagonising circumstance.

8 0 128 words
blingey123
blingey123

The Broken Promise. (P3)

"That's nice." I stared at the tiny scratch I'd made on my left wrist. "Again," the voice of my depressed side urged. "Again." Scratch. "Again." Scratch. "Paul," I typed. "I'm not cutting.

6 0 193 words
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