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Atropos

Photos On The Mantle

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Solemnly, he sits in his leather chair as time moves slow and thin, staring at the ma

Mars

To gain my wings...

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My hands shook as I read the words on the leaf. I read the sentence over and over a

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Charcoal and Caramel

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Mom's hair used to be strawberry blonde. The sort of blonde you would only see on Ame

ThinkingOfThoughts

clay to mold

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I was the clay You sat to mold And in your embrace, I was all you wanted And more And

Callum Burdett

A New Start

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I watch as the coffin lowers into the ground. It’s raining and crowded. Someone i

Bertie

A Bit Cross

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He dried the same mug three times. The rough surfaced tea towel rasped over the porc

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Cleaning

Kayla

1 min read

If you scrub hard enough, will the blood stains fade away

Or will it leave a line of red, like a scar to remind you of your pain

Will the soapy bubbles relieve you of your mess

Or will there be reminders every time you dress

Is a new scent really enough

When the old one is still there

Tucked beneath the folds

It’s still in your care

Is cleaning enough

Scrubbing away the pain

Or is it just a way...

Poetry

“She’s Not Me”

Naomi Akintola

2 min read

When I look into the mirror I don’t see me I see a person who looks like me but not quite me she has bags under her eyes like she hasn’t slept for a while, she had hair like me but it’s weird and a different texture all messed up and just straight up wrong she has the same body as me but more skinner she looks so bad like she has been steppped on or rooled around in the trash I keep telling my sel...

Poetry

Thriller

Perfection

Cole..

1 min read

I don’t know why but I have this insertion where everything has to be perfect.

School whiteboards, CLEAN.

Messy room, CLEAN.

But every time I try to clean my room/ house.

It’s still dirty.

I’ve lost all my energy.

I’ve lost so much importance.

I’m not anybody anymore.

I’m a nobody....

Poetry

Love

GladerGirlA5

2 min read

Arguing with my girlfriend. Leaving her apartment in the middle of the night. Running down the stairs and straight out onto the road. Blinding headlights. Brakes sounding. Too late. A car crashing into my body. Pain. Someone screaming. Losing consciousness. That's all I remember from last night.

I open my eyes, the light so aggressively bright that I squeeze them shut again. I try a second time, ...

All To See

Den.

1 min read

“Finally, it became clear, it all made sense, it was there, all for me to see.”

All this time travelled, all this time passed, all these people befriended and now stood upon the great stone-she felt and yet did not know what to feel.

“How, how can one go through such life thinking, feeling-believing all that was simply vanishes in a blink of an eye. So simple, as a droplet of water ...

Drama

Tough

Bertie

1 min read

They say,

_Diamonds are beautiful, but they are also strong_

like my mum’s voice through the crack of dawn

when the rent’s too late but, hey, the coffee’s on.

Like the kid on the block with a broken shoe,

but a mind like a blade and dreams held true.

Beauty’s in that gloss, and it’s in the grind

pressure makes hard crystals, not the easy kind.

Cut sharp, cut again,

we’re shaped by the struggle,

...

Dates

Tessa🦋

1 min read

Did you hear

They went where

Oh I don’t care

Truth or dare?

I said I’m not worried

They’re in such a hurry

Run and scurry

Eyes are blurry

Oh don’t cry

Don’t ash why

Don’t be shy

It’s just another guy...

Drama

Romance

The Sky

Josephine

1 min read

The sky full of stars seemed dead and cold; a place once so magical,

Now hurt to behold.

To behold the dark night,

Stary skies,

And all of that magic now,

Gone.

The magic was what held this place together,

The bubbling magic,

The charming towers,

I could just stare at it all for hours.

Now that all of that is no more,

I wonder what was it was all for?

All alone in the dark,

We have all lost our ...

Poetry

Fantasy

Treasure

Horizon

1 min read

Memories repeat carving my very being as they beat away a smile and leave you in denial .

Life’s problems stand upon my back that seem to stack but that doesn’t mean my life is black !

I was made flawed under the night a sharp cut of a life with thoughts getting to the point of my worth .

Don’t quit your time is valuable I know you’re aching so tired of fighting that your hope is breaking .

...

Poetry

they don’t know i write about them

kitalyn <3

1 min read

I despise you,

Yet love you all the same.

I feel the thorns pierce my skin,

Yet I allow your flower to grow.

You’re the cloud I cannot grasp,

The damn anchor that’s sunk too low.

If I admitted I loved you,

Would your voice echo the phrase?

What if you told me you hated me,

Would my heart be spared the ache?

I wish I never learnt your name,

Or that you ever entered my life.

But my dear, ...

Poetry

Romance