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[novelit]

You came over

it’s different now

We are “friends”

Not an item

Not a pair of two

Not from a book

I told you about me

Talked about last week

Your eating habits

Our anxieties

I wish I could talk

Really talk

About how I feel

But it’s different now

You sat on my bed

Took around a look

Nothing changed

But your place

“It’s quite late”

I should kiss your lips

and avoid your leave

But it’s different now

We are “friends”

And exes

And it is painful

Wish I could tell you

But it’s different now

We have broken up

[novelit]

I tried

 I tried.

I have no idea why,

But thinking of you makes me cry

You fill me with joy 

But now it’s like you’ve died

I don’t know how to keep on searching

I always thought that you’d be waiting

The days feel so far,

cause’ i’m too long gone...

So maybe this is goodbye.

I tried.

Please know how hard i tried.

I never meant for it to happen like it did,

I just wanted to find a way to smile again.

So now i say goodbye

Just know that i tried

I keep on remembering 

All the little things;

those morning snow days,

the oversized winter coats.

My clothes were always so colorful

And my little pony made me joyful

The sparkle in her eyes

I haven’t seen it in awhile

So maybe this is goodbye 

I tried

Please know how hard I tried 

I Never meant to make you feel the way you did 

Wish i could go back to see you smile like you always do

So now i say goodbye

Just know that I tried

Tell my friends to move on 

Let them laugh until dawn 

And i’ll be smiling 

 As i say goodbye 

I tried.

submission of song lyrics by 

calamity fable :)

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love…

Where should I place

the memory of your self?

dancing across the bench,

taking away my breath.

Your hair,

your sweet addictive smell…

Where should I place my love?

Bury it, tie it tight in a knot.

Throw it to the wind, lost,

let by someone else be caught.

Clutch it between my hands,

whisper songs, wish you’d understand.

Let it fly, sail the crimson skies far.

Maybe I should tear it apart…

Instead I keep it close,

to my broken corrupted heart.

all the moments I miss,

all hidden within.

-edgy teen <3

[novelit]

Does he appreciate your smile? 

Your beautiful mind? 

Your iridescent presence that lights up the room? 

You deserve someone who appreciates even the most minuscule things about you

As I do

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Daybreak Blues

Bad thoughts in my head, don’t deserve this I said.

Seeing red, others are mislead.

Not sure what to do to stop me from feeling so blue

even God thought I was odd.

Being black is how I grew, it stuck to me like glue;

to stop me from feeling so blue, what would I have to do?

I’m me - through and through - they don’t take that as an answer

instead, they treat me like a cancer

What is my destiny? Who’s standing next to me?

I am who I am.

Not sure what to do to stop me from feeling so blue.

- the wall

@hittingthewall127

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Nightcrawler Blues

There is not a wither, there is not a chime,

That can keep me from carrying out my petty crime,

‘Cause I’m filthy

It’s clear to see,

Baby I’m so filthy

Don’t take no pity on me,

I wear the night-cloak, eyes are waning moons,

She can’t hear nun’, not even my plodding tunes,

An’ now I’m filthy

It’s clear to see,

Me an’ her, we’s filthy,

Don’t take no pity on me,

My baby’s dead, pretty body inna ditch,

Could’ve stopped it, but I ain’t no snitch,

‘Cause I’m filthy

It hurts to see,

Suga’ I’m oh, so filthy,

Don’t blame nun’ on me,

I stroll the long dawn, soul stained by blood,

They done smoked my lova’ up, Lord send me a flood,

‘Cause I’m filthy

It’s clear to see,

I got a lil’ filthy

So they took my baby from me.

- rania

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You are

You are the aftertaste

the recoiling,

the bittersweet pain.

The lingering,

the recurring,

motif inside my brain.

The broken record,

you just play and replay

perpetually spinning.

for every singe day.

You’re the protagonist

of my world

my galaxy,

our Milky Way.

I don’t know how or why,

but every thought

leads irrevocably to you.

If only,

that were the way

that you felt, too.

I see you and

sirens just go off in my mind

To me you’re idyllic

perfectly tainted,

a charming prince.

I overthink and reassure myself

from time to time,

that perhaps just maybe

I’ll be your future “mine.”

For now I’ll let that possibility

that mild potential

of loving reciprocity,

I’ll let it outweigh the cruel fact...

you don’t love me back.

-Martha<3

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-edgy teen

I want to ask about you,

about your new crush,

about college.

I want to ask you about me,

if you miss me,

If you dream of me.

I shut up instead,

seal, my lips pressed

Walk you home

wave goodbye.

I turned the page,

you?

you closed our book.

[novelit]

-ink&coffee

Advice to a Younger Self

When I was young, I eagerly awaited adulthood 

And an intoxicating, drunken passion 

A first kiss under the blazing sun, 

By the side of an ice cream truck  

In mini shorts and a cropped blouse, 

Showing my feminine physique. 

I could not wait to wear makeup, 

To finally mimic my mother and become the lady in front of the vanity, 

With lipstick and delicate porcelain skin  

As an iridescent pearl necklace curled around my neck  

I longed for the liberties that followed adulthood, 

Like the ability to wander and go anyplace, 

in a vehicle that I could call my own   

And decorate as I please 

To the innocent eye, 

Adulthood is a splendid morsel of delight, 

Like an indulgent chocolate truffle holding a caramel filling of newness and amusement, 

Coating the roof of the mouth with a delicate and buttery sense of liberation 

An explosion of excitement  

However, what one does not realize is that the truffle hides the many troubles of growing up 

Like the depression one faces from a broken heart, 

Or the insecurities that arise from a critical self, 

Or the loneliness that comes from the constant wander.  

If I could become my younger self, the one who awaited a coming of age, 

I would tell myself to enjoy my adrenaline-filled games of tag, 

Or my endless bouts of laughter with friends, 

Or the creative games I had with dolls, 

And all other forms of childlike fun and wonder. 

 I would tell myself to cherish those carefree moments,

As that is what they are now

Faded moments in time, now vague memories in a worried mind  

And I would tell myself to engage in the present, 

As the future comes soon enough.

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Blurred

It was all so clear before

I could tell right from left,

And words would follow my lead.

Yet now a dark veil 

has been casted upon my head

And I have lost my way

My own thoughts

have become alien to me

And my life is someone else's

-María

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