Chantel Akrawi

I’m just trying to be a better writer. Enjoy my stories.

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Chantel Akrawi

I’m just trying to be a better writer. Enjoy my stories.

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Tell Me The Truth

Chantel Akrawi

1 min read

Liar, liar,

My eyes on fire,

Did you desire

To burn this empire?

You think I wouldn’t

Conspire your actions?

The clues were lain

Upon your transactions.

You wouldn’t dare

To cross me now;

I gave you trust you’ve

Tainted somehow.

Why do you feel the

Need to hide

What you did so easily

With your pride?

Is that guilt you feel,

When you don’t disagree?

It wouldn’t be shame, or

You’d stop hurting ...

Poetry

You Are Loved

Chantel Akrawi

1 min read

Knock knock,

“Who’s there?”

A list of names

Of those who care.

Your can of worms

Feel empty and dark

But people are waiting for

Your invite to your heart.

“Let us in, Let us in!”

“Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin”

So you huff and you puff

And blow the whole world out!

Anything to prove there’s

No rain in this drought.

Ears perched like a wallflower;

The world isn’t as dark as it seems.

Th...

Poetry

Fuming

Chantel Akrawi

1 min read

You may underestimate my knowledge,

My case is closed.

You merely tolerate my existence,

I’m your aging mold.

Your bubble of breath- readily available oxygen;

I combust from exposure.

You walk with eyes closed and a thick skull,

My lips sewn in closure.

You’ve unraveled my stitches, destruction is

Your type.

I will disappear, as you wish, without sparing you a

Goodbye....

Poetry

Romance

A Girl Only Hoped

Chantel Akrawi

1 min read

What are butterflies

If not anxiety?

Missing you is equivalent

To five years of sobriety.

You brushed your beard

In gentle strokes,

It was never my hair-

A girl only hoped.

We were fire and ice

Blended to our demise.

A hurricane of measure

When our fingers entwined.

You filled my glass to emptiness;

I only wanted more,

Because the contents you poured

Left me sour and sore.

I hope you’re well

I...

Poetry

Romance

Road Of Adventure

Chantel Akrawi

1 min read

Daring truths,

And crystal lies;

We’re planting roots

That reach the skies.

Quiet storms,

Nothing to fear;

What we mourn,

No one hears.

Clothing shredded

On the battlefield-

What we mended

Is now our shield.

We get battle-scars

For the sake of glory;

Scars on hearts

Make up our story.

We want results

Without the pain;

We act like adults

For the sake of gain.

We think squeaky clean

Is the drea...

Poetry

Adventure

Schrödinger’s Cat

Chantel Akrawi

1 min read

Schrödinger’s Cat,

Is it alive or dead?

My new self,

Is she blue or red?

Blue in melancholia,

Red in passion,

But the gray area

Is purple in ration.

I work in loops of

Unsatisfactory growth,

Praising myself along the

Path to my undying oath.

I work to be better,

Be different in every sense.

What will become of the girl

Who couldn’t jump the fence?

She’s still attached

By a string of silk

To cu...

Pretty Hurts

Chantel Akrawi

2 min read

Trigger warning: eating disorder

Beyoncé is usually right about everything, but, in my life, one thing stands out the most true- Pretty hurts.

No one talks about how severely competitive the ballerina world is. You have to keep your body in shape, and your look matters.

Even in my youth, I had to prioritize my skin and diet above all else. A porcelain look and nonexistent waistline was the norm...

YA fiction

Beautiful Art, Broken People

Chantel Akrawi

1 min read

Some of the most

Beautiful art

Comes from the most

Broken people

I want to make beautiful art

But not at the expense of

Being torn to shreds;

I’d prefer it as a consequence

Of something I’ve overcome instead.

Somewhere to organize my emotions-

to express and contain them;

I’ll place them in a combination safe

If not displayed as gems.

I write something exceptionally dark

And can’t believe wh...

Poetry

Honeymoon

Chantel Akrawi

1 min read

The honeymoon phase

Is bees flying over the moon

To reach the flowers,

Filled with sweet nectar for them.

This bond is what feels so right....

Poetry

Romance

Tainted Innocence

Chantel Akrawi

1 min read

Beyond the maps,

Where legends dwell

I ventured into

Where I once fell.

This a dream,

Maybe a nightmare-

A reoccurring event

I never shared.

What once was a paradise

Filled with adventure and wonder

Became a place where memories

Haunt me in covers I hide under.

Flashing lights,

And booze galore.

Dopamine rises where

Lust can explore.

Naive youth,

So little do you know

Safety isn’t present

Wher...

Poetry