Writing Prompt
POEM STARTER
Write a poem exploring feeling alone while surrounded by people.
Consider space and pace when writing this poem.
Writings
Moon Phases
I go through these phases where I feel completely distant from everyone around me
I feel drained with any interaction
I feel
Small
I donāt know what to make of this
How to stop this from happening
It just feels like a part of me now
Like this is just meant to happen
But
Why?
The moon has its own phases too
It becomes full and everyone stops in their
tracks to ...
Skin
Iām sitting in this car
burning eyes tracking
The skinny girls
with their shiny legs
and shinier smiles
I stare
with eyebrows messier
than the blood pooling
beneath the skin of my knees
purple, yellow, green
hanging onto their conversations
by the skin of my teeth
They let me in
a door cracked open
Just far enough that my form
misshapen and awkward
can get through
They let me talk;
Trotting ...
Are We Friends ?
All hope is lost but at what cost .
They all laughed and said I was daft.
But itās not a joke I canāt cope .
My life not fair !
But no one aware or maybe they just donāt care . They just sit there and stare .
They show up with a smile but behind my back spread there lies . my humiliation there prize as I try to disguise my cries .
Each day you made it your mission to make me feel down . Th...
Who Is Distancing From Who
Words hit my head like theyāre muffled by pillows.
I see the same world that you do,
But Iām not here.
Iām
Never
Here.
My friends are making casual conversation.
I probably just seem spacy.
It doesnāt matter,
Iāll be good,
Iāll smile and nod.
Sometimes nobody sees me.
sometimes
nobody
sees
me.
Am I an echo?
Do I bounce back your words like a cavernous wall?
What would it take for me to ...
Alone
I reach out,
Pull my hand back.
Iām meant to die like this.
My heart hurts.
I feel empty.
You reach out,
Trying to help me out
Of this.
I canāt take it.
I wonāt burden you.
I feel guilty.
Someā¦ no, many people have it worse.
So many people need more help than me.
That breaks my heart.
So I bury it.
Bury it underneath
My smile
No one can help
You ask if Iām better
That pushes me deeper
Can...
Dancing Alone
I dance alone
In a darkened Corner of the dance floor.
I dance alone
Although, mortals dance about in a energetic soar
I dance alone
Dancer of timeļæ¼ and space
I dance alone
Dancing my own pace
I dance alone
Lost in thought
To cease the yesterday of fraught
I dance to forget the āMagic manā
Who shattered my soul
I dance alone
Pondering āWhom the bells tollā
I dance alone
For healing and to d...
As Nietzsche Once Said
āMy solitude does not depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude, without, in exchange, offering me true company.ā
ā° āāāāĀ”! ā¢ !Ā”āāāā āÆ
Mindless chatter, a ceaseless stream,
Hollow words of empty dreams.
False grins, false mirth, yet they question why
I abstain from their discordant, shallow tie.
I dig for substance in their smiles
To make...
Alone...
No one knows the hurt.
No one knows the pain.
No one knows how it feelsā¦
Theyāll tell you they do.
They say they know everything.
Theyāll tell you it only gets easier.
But when youāre at the bottom of the ocean,
when the whole world shakes and shivers and darkness closes inā¦
No one will ever understand.
Strangers, friends, familyā¦
Itās truly all the same.
Hurt, darkness, pain.
Itās truly all i...