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Spring Cleaning

Bailey

1 min read

Spring cleaning.

Cleaning my house,

Cleaning my mind.

Cleaning all reminders of you.

I’m packing up your clothes.

Dusting off your shelves.

Picking up your jewelry and the things I knew so well.

I’m looking at the boxes.

Putting the stuff back on the shelves.

Trying on the jewelry because I just can’t let you go.

Looking through the clothes.

Playing dress up like a little girl.

Maybe if I make thi...

Poetry

Alone

Feywild

1 min read

In a world so large

And filled with others

All I see is my shadow

Alone in my line

Sad forever

Need to be medicated

Tried to get help

But help never comes

Even when I ask

So here I am

Alone

Rotting

In the corner

Of this great big world...

Poetry

Cleansing

Anthony Terry

1 min read

This time of year when things are new

The flowers blossom

and the spring unfolds

We clean out our houses

We clean up our homes

And restore the life in our eyes

That was lost to the coldness of winter

It’s the season for cleansing

It’s the season for life...

Poetry

Crossed

indigo

1 min read

Did I cross a line when I cupped your face?

Relishing in the smooth skin, mapping out the moles like landmarks

I’ll revisit

Over and over again

My lips travel to your neck, down to your broad shoulders

Did I cross a line when I drowned in your eyes?

Confessing with my heart-shaped pupils that I’d let you become my downfall

Ruin me

Did I cross a line when I left small pieces of my soul with you?

...

Poetry

Can’t Get Cleansed

𝔪𝔢𝔡𝔴𝔦𝔫

1 min read

there’s

grime under

my fingernails

and my skin

is too

tight on my bones

and blood

thumps through

my veins

and it feels

so gross to

be alive

but the shower

isn’t cleansing

the feeling away

can’t get

away from

the clinging

feeling of

panic

and it doesn’t

help the dirt when

you say to get a grip

so maybe leave

me and the

mud to sit

and work it

out without

yelling

and then maybe

i’ll st...

Poetry

Cleansing Tide

Liljayjay23

1 min read

Let the waters rise and flow,

Wash away what aches to go.

Every burden, every weight,

Drifting out to meet its fate.

Breathe in light, exhale the past,

Let this moment hold you fast.

Fresh and new, the dawn is near,

Step ahead with soul made clear....

Poetry

Action

Shadows of Humanity

Coconutblob

1 min read

The summer sun glints through the windows

the smell of yellow fills my lungs

we sit under the shadowed patterns on green

inbetween the blue and the white.

We stare at the light yellow

you lied about.

Can you hear me?

I’ve been here before

the smell of children fills my lungs

The light yellow is blinding.

So pale in this light

it’s white.

An infitity room of words.

You r...

Poetry

Frosting On The Cake

Alec Swenson

1 min read

Window fogging up like genie freed from the lamp.

Waking up with sand of sleep in his eyes that cramp.

Like a ship weary clinging on to life in storm,

Walt tossed and turned in night until dawn’s sun did warm.

Rehashing hurtful words that tormented his sleep.

Visions of exploding tongue as front door closed deep.

“What were you thinking!!.” Followed by a frosty stare.

Invisible walls trapped him...

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Drama

Lonely Together

Destiny

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At our age being seniors, their aren’t to many friends around.Most of them dead or senile.Some passed from natural causes. Some suffered. At my age, I thank God, for just waking up. You see, I live in a nursing home. My children have no time for me. I am basically all alone.Until Imet this man at the home.We hit it off. He even has his own teeth.After one month ,we were married.At our age, you can...

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Romance

a confession

ThinkingOfThoughts

1 min read

I’ve always struggled

Saying what I feel

Because I always question everything

Wonder if what I feel is truly real

But with you, my dear

It even more scary

Becaue all it takes are words to seal

Our fate, just three

And those three, 8 letters

Always seems crammed in my mouth

Too heavy to express

Man, you deserve better.

My love, my love

When did my change of occur?

Tell my my love,

When did we beco...

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Drama