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Nvmb
Published
Today 1:12am
Today 1:12am
Husk
You left me in the shallows,
half-drowned, lungs full of silt.
I am the remnants of something holy,
a cathedral stripped to bone.
Your voice was once a lifeline,
a tether between earth and sky—
now it lingers like distant thunder,
too far to bring the rain.
I call out, but only silence answers.
The ocean does not return what it takes.
And yet, I stand at the edge,
waiting for the tide to recognize my name.
half-drowned, lungs full of silt.
I am the remnants of something holy,
a cathedral stripped to bone.
Your voice was once a lifeline,
a tether between earth and sky—
now it lingers like distant thunder,
too far to bring the rain.
I call out, but only silence answers.
The ocean does not return what it takes.
And yet, I stand at the edge,
waiting for the tide to recognize my name.
#despair
#emptiness
#FeelingLost
#identity
#memories
26 reads
1 Comment
Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Published
Today 00:12am
Today 00:12am
Faded flames
Faded flames haunt my memories
A summer rain that brings reprieve
From the scorching earth heat
Yet their stay never lingers
Only the cool comfort
Of that beautiful time and place
When soundtrack sounds surround
Whisking and wishing us
To new and untouched lands
And the secret of knowing
In that moment
Nothing else mattered, but us
A summer rain that brings reprieve
From the scorching earth heat
Yet their stay never lingers
Only the cool comfort
Of that beautiful time and place
When soundtrack sounds surround
Whisking and wishing us
To new and untouched lands
And the secret of knowing
In that moment
Nothing else mattered, but us
#bittersweet
#heartbroken
#memories
#nostalgia
#regret
16 reads
1 Comment
adagio
Published
Yesterday 11:42pm
Yesterday 11:42pm
Ain't no Genesis in this song - with Indie
You love me like a game of chess
it's all strategy and flirting
only you don't care who wins
as long as you nail the queen
and you already nailed the queen
bittersweet and very keen
without a shadow to define
a place in Genesis
beneath the tree of life
Birth me whole in Eden
take your ribs
and mistake them other hard things
that need just as much attention
you called me a queen
stripped the leaves from my skin
then blamed me for the way
the apple brought you to your knees
In nakedness I am man ...
it's all strategy and flirting
only you don't care who wins
as long as you nail the queen
and you already nailed the queen
bittersweet and very keen
without a shadow to define
a place in Genesis
beneath the tree of life
Birth me whole in Eden
take your ribs
and mistake them other hard things
that need just as much attention
you called me a queen
stripped the leaves from my skin
then blamed me for the way
the apple brought you to your knees
In nakedness I am man ...
#collaboration
#erotic
44 reads
2 Comments
Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Published
Yesterday 11:35pm
Yesterday 11:35pm
Ain't no Genesis in this song (with Adagio)
You love me like a game of chess
it's all strategy and flirting
only you don't care who wins
as long as you nail the queen
and you already nailed the queen
bittersweet and very keen
without a shadow to define
a place in Genesis
beneath the tree of life
Birth me whole in Eden
take your ribs
and mistake them other hard things
that need just as much attention
you called me a queen
stripped the leaves from my skin
then blamed me for the way
the apple brought you to your knees
In nakedness I am man ...
it's all strategy and flirting
only you don't care who wins
as long as you nail the queen
and you already nailed the queen
bittersweet and very keen
without a shadow to define
a place in Genesis
beneath the tree of life
Birth me whole in Eden
take your ribs
and mistake them other hard things
that need just as much attention
you called me a queen
stripped the leaves from my skin
then blamed me for the way
the apple brought you to your knees
In nakedness I am man ...
#dark
#erotic
#ForbiddenLove
#UnrequitedLove
#collaboration
36 reads
3 Comments
Northern_Soul
Published
Yesterday 11:29pm
Yesterday 11:29pm
If you’re a word, I’m a word
It’s illogical, but why do I still
feel such suspicion when people
tell me they love me
as if I can’t believe they’d place
someone else over the wreckage
of themselves
your bones entered, washing black salt
from wounded questions, stitching
new answers on old cotton tongues
and I realise now, love
was never enough to make me
want to stay, but it licked
cold bile from my lips
enough for me to say, boy
you’re my glass, and I long
to drink until it stops hurting
...
feel such suspicion when people
tell me they love me
as if I can’t believe they’d place
someone else over the wreckage
of themselves
your bones entered, washing black salt
from wounded questions, stitching
new answers on old cotton tongues
and I realise now, love
was never enough to make me
want to stay, but it licked
cold bile from my lips
enough for me to say, boy
you’re my glass, and I long
to drink until it stops hurting
...
#confessional
41 reads
2 Comments
Pinkdreams
Published
Yesterday 11:17pm
Yesterday 11:17pm
The Net
Majestically spanning San Francisco and Sausalito
stands one of the world's most famous landmarks
and one of the world's most utilized final stops
Who are these infrequent flyers?
These sad and lonely diers?
Students
Teachers (believe me, I get it)
the jilted, the lonely, the ill
so many reasons
always one less
than reasons to live
Recently, a safety net was added
285 feet in the sky
Taxpayers are arguing about it
It's a concept they just don't get
calling it a waste of their money
to save just...
stands one of the world's most famous landmarks
and one of the world's most utilized final stops
Who are these infrequent flyers?
These sad and lonely diers?
Students
Teachers (believe me, I get it)
the jilted, the lonely, the ill
so many reasons
always one less
than reasons to live
Recently, a safety net was added
285 feet in the sky
Taxpayers are arguing about it
It's a concept they just don't get
calling it a waste of their money
to save just...
#responsibility
#suicide
#support
31 reads
5 Comments
DarkPopPrincess
Published
Yesterday 11:13pm
Yesterday 11:13pm
Quiet, Human. From now on, I am the one who makes the rules
"She's psychic!"
"There's no way she could be that intelligence. She's not special, she's not-"
Alia, with her eyes of depth that glow, is now under control. With her powers, she is like Mewtwo. She has control over the body and soul. The person who defied her, who put her down is now being manipulated into submission. Is now being shown the scary images of Alia's past.
"Make it stop!" They say.
"Quiet, human. From now on, I am the one who makes the rules."
"STOP!"
Torture,...
"There's no way she could be that intelligence. She's not special, she's not-"
Alia, with her eyes of depth that glow, is now under control. With her powers, she is like Mewtwo. She has control over the body and soul. The person who defied her, who put her down is now being manipulated into submission. Is now being shown the scary images of Alia's past.
"Make it stop!" They say.
"Quiet, human. From now on, I am the one who makes the rules."
"STOP!"
Torture,...
#SelfReflection
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Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Published
Yesterday 9:17pm
Yesterday 9:17pm
Embalmed Memories (with Adagio)
in haunted obsession longing your voice
coaxing the passion embracing my soul
embalming memories of thirsting breasts
climaxing in the depth of your throat
surrendering to the gallows, dark's epitome
hung by the scote's testicles
exquisitely adorned in twilight's mascara
no greater pleasure to give thee my wings
of my earthly reward
worship me as I worship you
bring forth all inhibitions
and shatter them on the alter of us
I feel you pulsing
filling me with the afterglow of the...
coaxing the passion embracing my soul
embalming memories of thirsting breasts
climaxing in the depth of your throat
surrendering to the gallows, dark's epitome
hung by the scote's testicles
exquisitely adorned in twilight's mascara
no greater pleasure to give thee my wings
of my earthly reward
worship me as I worship you
bring forth all inhibitions
and shatter them on the alter of us
I feel you pulsing
filling me with the afterglow of the...
#love
#memories
#passion
41 reads
0 Comments
adagio
Published
Yesterday 8:16pm
Yesterday 8:16pm
Drowning the Mania
Of polystyrene dreams in tongue
Incestuous love matted in blood
obscenity's lusting caffeine
a tidal wave colonizing the soul
stripping flesh of its virginity
drowning the mania burning within
Incestuous love matted in blood
obscenity's lusting caffeine
a tidal wave colonizing the soul
stripping flesh of its virginity
drowning the mania burning within
#dark
#erotic
33 reads
0 Comments
a_methyste
hlightdroid
hlightdroid
Published
Yesterday 5:52pm
Yesterday 5:52pm
He
He comes and visits me time after time.
On those moments you get tunneled.
By those little thoughts.
I recall his beautiful shining teeth.
With that gracious whitish smile.
His face exposing goodness!
Warm aesthetic of blonde boyish features.
With this rose shade reflecting on his face!
There are a lot other things that I have not liked on the way.
He was like the worst hangover sometimes.
But yet?!
Memory is tricky!
This is all. It is getting on my head these days!
This picture of him with spread up red and orange colour. ...
On those moments you get tunneled.
By those little thoughts.
I recall his beautiful shining teeth.
With that gracious whitish smile.
His face exposing goodness!
Warm aesthetic of blonde boyish features.
With this rose shade reflecting on his face!
There are a lot other things that I have not liked on the way.
He was like the worst hangover sometimes.
But yet?!
Memory is tricky!
This is all. It is getting on my head these days!
This picture of him with spread up red and orange colour. ...
#lover
34 reads
4 Comments
Numer90
Numer0-un0
Numer0-un0
Published
Yesterday 4:04pm
Yesterday 4:04pm
Beautiful chaos
You will see him riding along the roads and streets settling some scores with his foes
Those who disjointed and fractured his cat's jaw and right paw
As a sign of affection, the same paw she used to put on his face
Were you there, what do you see?
Don't look
Don't talk
Just walk
This is how he aims at setting his scores
Don't think
Just wink
Cute girl in pink
Wearing a backpack
Accompanied by sopranos voices
Even while doing the house chores
We...
Those who disjointed and fractured his cat's jaw and right paw
As a sign of affection, the same paw she used to put on his face
Were you there, what do you see?
Don't look
Don't talk
Just walk
This is how he aims at setting his scores
Don't think
Just wink
Cute girl in pink
Wearing a backpack
Accompanied by sopranos voices
Even while doing the house chores
We...
#dark
37 reads
4 Comments
Ambjr
Published
Yesterday 3:46pm
Yesterday 3:46pm
I’m a loser baby
I liked myself better
when I hated myself more
misery had a melody
self destruction had rhythm
now I’m fumblin thru life
like a virgin at an orgy
good intentions but awkward as fuck
my hands remember Rachmaninoff
but my brain has set fire
to the keys
sendin up smoke signals
to a god that stopped listenin
somewhere between genesis
and my one man show of self sabotage
they called me gifted
before my fingers learned to tremble
virtuoso playin tag with oblivion
composin chaos from memory ...
when I hated myself more
misery had a melody
self destruction had rhythm
now I’m fumblin thru life
like a virgin at an orgy
good intentions but awkward as fuck
my hands remember Rachmaninoff
but my brain has set fire
to the keys
sendin up smoke signals
to a god that stopped listenin
somewhere between genesis
and my one man show of self sabotage
they called me gifted
before my fingers learned to tremble
virtuoso playin tag with oblivion
composin chaos from memory ...
#addiction
#depression
#disappointment #music
#disappointment #music
48 reads
5 Comments
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