Submissions by emij1s
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Staccato, forte-level flow with "subtle" sarcasm.
Three am
My brain works best at three am
When everything’s silent
You’re not around
And I’ve got nothing at all to be anxious about
Other than the fact that you’ll be near me soon
Making me hate myself again.
When everything’s silent
You’re not around
And I’ve got nothing at all to be anxious about
Other than the fact that you’ll be near me soon
Making me hate myself again.
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Her
stolen kisses on a couch
never more than a brush
teeth nip
breath catches
and you are never more beautiful
than when you fall asleep with my lips on your neck
never more than a brush
teeth nip
breath catches
and you are never more beautiful
than when you fall asleep with my lips on your neck
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Girl
Girl.
A word used to define.
To undermine.
To lessen.
To weaken.
A word synonymous with small.
Weak.
Childish.
Young.
Uninformed.
A word used to dismiss.
"She’s just a girl."
"She doesn’t get it."
"She’s too young."
"She’ll grow out of it."
Girl is a word used to bring us down.
To silence us.
To startle us.
To agitate us.
To make us feel unimportant.
It is used as a tool by those threatened by us.
Those who know we are more.
Those who would have you believe that I am...
A word used to define.
To undermine.
To lessen.
To weaken.
A word synonymous with small.
Weak.
Childish.
Young.
Uninformed.
A word used to dismiss.
"She’s just a girl."
"She doesn’t get it."
"She’s too young."
"She’ll grow out of it."
Girl is a word used to bring us down.
To silence us.
To startle us.
To agitate us.
To make us feel unimportant.
It is used as a tool by those threatened by us.
Those who know we are more.
Those who would have you believe that I am...
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Stress
Stress is the anxiety thrumming through you.
It's the shaking fingers and sweaty palms.
The self-worth slowly dwindling away to tears.
It's the shaking fingers and sweaty palms.
The self-worth slowly dwindling away to tears.
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Going to Battle
My makeup is my warpaint.
My precise eyeliner is a razor sharp sword to slice through you.
My reddened lips are colored with your blood.
I do not wear this to please you.
I wear this to end you.
My precise eyeliner is a razor sharp sword to slice through you.
My reddened lips are colored with your blood.
I do not wear this to please you.
I wear this to end you.
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Play Pretend
How do people not see
All the fake smiles?
How do they not hear
The fake laughter?
Why don't they realize how many of us
Play pretend every day of our lives?
It can't be possible that people can't see
The girl who always wears long sleeves
To hide the old scars and fresh cuts
Or the boy who shows up with a black eye
And mumbles something about baseball
When he hates sports
Or the little girl with hand shaped bruises
And a dark and sad wisdom
In eyes that are too young to have to know that pain
Every one...
All the fake smiles?
How do they not hear
The fake laughter?
Why don't they realize how many of us
Play pretend every day of our lives?
It can't be possible that people can't see
The girl who always wears long sleeves
To hide the old scars and fresh cuts
Or the boy who shows up with a black eye
And mumbles something about baseball
When he hates sports
Or the little girl with hand shaped bruises
And a dark and sad wisdom
In eyes that are too young to have to know that pain
Every one...
87 reads
2 Comments
Secret
I've got a secret for you
Yeah, you, the person reading this right now
It gets better
I know you think I'm lying
But I promise, I'm not.
What you're going through
What you're feeling
What people are saying about you
What people are doing to you
It. Gets. Better.
But it's not going to get better on it's own
Stand up for yourself
Ask for help
Fight back
Do whatever you have to do
If you have to tell someone you love them, tell them
If you have to tell...
Yeah, you, the person reading this right now
It gets better
I know you think I'm lying
But I promise, I'm not.
What you're going through
What you're feeling
What people are saying about you
What people are doing to you
It. Gets. Better.
But it's not going to get better on it's own
Stand up for yourself
Ask for help
Fight back
Do whatever you have to do
If you have to tell someone you love them, tell them
If you have to tell...
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Call Me, Tell Me
Call me confused
Call me misused
Call me bemused
Call me abused
Tell me I'm crazy
Tell me I'm stupid
Tell me I'm worthless
Tell me I'm losing
But if you do, then you have to listen
Listen to my words
My actions
My mannerisms
Listen to my confusion
My misuse
My bemusement
My abuse
Pay attention
To my craziness
My slight stupidity
But make sure you listen
For my worthlessness
And my losses
And tell...
Call me misused
Call me bemused
Call me abused
Tell me I'm crazy
Tell me I'm stupid
Tell me I'm worthless
Tell me I'm losing
But if you do, then you have to listen
Listen to my words
My actions
My mannerisms
Listen to my confusion
My misuse
My bemusement
My abuse
Pay attention
To my craziness
My slight stupidity
But make sure you listen
For my worthlessness
And my losses
And tell...
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Sick
I'm done
I'm done with you
I'm done with your insults
With your fights
With your rudeness.
I'm done with your judgements
With your meanness
With your sexism and racism
I'm done with you society
And you can kiss my
Fat
Accepting
Loving
Religiously-tolerant
Ass.
I'm done with you
I'm done with your insults
With your fights
With your rudeness.
I'm done with your judgements
With your meanness
With your sexism and racism
I'm done with you society
And you can kiss my
Fat
Accepting
Loving
Religiously-tolerant
Ass.
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Untitled
Fall in love with a writer
Fall in love with someone who stays up ungodly late next to you at night
Keys click-clacking away on a laptop
Or pencil or pen scratching away on paper
Or ink sliding across his or her skin
Fall in love with someone who stains your skin with ink
Hand from the wrist up to the tip of her little finger smeared with color
Ink colored fingertips rubbing against yours as you hold hands
Leaving you a little reminder of your lover until it washes away
Fall in love with a person who will remember the little things
Your...
Fall in love with someone who stays up ungodly late next to you at night
Keys click-clacking away on a laptop
Or pencil or pen scratching away on paper
Or ink sliding across his or her skin
Fall in love with someone who stains your skin with ink
Hand from the wrist up to the tip of her little finger smeared with color
Ink colored fingertips rubbing against yours as you hold hands
Leaving you a little reminder of your lover until it washes away
Fall in love with a person who will remember the little things
Your...
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1 Comment
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