Submissions by Casa_Nova
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
SELF POEM
Published
2nd Mar 2024 2:15am
2nd Mar 2024 2:15am
What Is Your Name?
No, I think you misunderstood. I mean the name on your birth certificate.
The name your parents handpicked themselves
When they sat down with that giant book of names imagining what their future child would be like.
So I ask you again, what is your name?
Oh.
It's so similar though.
What's the point in changing your name if you're going to pick one identical?
At that point just stick with your real name
Instead of making up one
I mean I don't like my name but I never tried changing it
Because my mother gave me that name
My...
The name your parents handpicked themselves
When they sat down with that giant book of names imagining what their future child would be like.
So I ask you again, what is your name?
Oh.
It's so similar though.
What's the point in changing your name if you're going to pick one identical?
At that point just stick with your real name
Instead of making up one
I mean I don't like my name but I never tried changing it
Because my mother gave me that name
My...
#identity
#LGBT
#transgender #GenderDysphoria
#transgender #GenderDysphoria
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Jul 2022 9:25pm
15th Jul 2022 9:25pm
Immortality
The idea of being immortal
is that of a fantasy.
A thing people have longed for since the beginning.
You would get to live out your wildest dreams.
Without the fear of death.
And see what becomes of the world and its people.
But really what is good about being immortal?
Of living eternally.
You watch your loved ones fall
while you stand thriving.
You age with the earth itself.
Without aging at all.
is that of a fantasy.
A thing people have longed for since the beginning.
You would get to live out your wildest dreams.
Without the fear of death.
And see what becomes of the world and its people.
But really what is good about being immortal?
Of living eternally.
You watch your loved ones fall
while you stand thriving.
You age with the earth itself.
Without aging at all.
#loneliness
#emptiness
#bittersweet
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LOVE POEM
Published
21st Jun 2022 8:03am
21st Jun 2022 8:03am
The Right Person At The Wrong Time
Maybe if I'd met you later
it would've worked.
Maybe if we hadn't met so young
we'd still be.
Maybe you were the right person,
but at the wrong time.
I mean.
We were friends for so long.
But I had to fall.
Maybe,
just maybe
if we'd met later I would still have you.
But the harsh reality is,
the right person at the wrong time doesn't exist.
Because meeting someone at the wrong time
Would never stop the right person
it would've worked.
Maybe if we hadn't met so young
we'd still be.
Maybe you were the right person,
but at the wrong time.
I mean.
We were friends for so long.
But I had to fall.
Maybe,
just maybe
if we'd met later I would still have you.
But the harsh reality is,
the right person at the wrong time doesn't exist.
Because meeting someone at the wrong time
Would never stop the right person
#love
#heartbroken
#FirstLove #bittersweet
#FirstLove #bittersweet
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LOVE POEM
Published
21st Jun 2022 7:59am
21st Jun 2022 7:59am
Turning Back Broken Clocks
I like to think you could have been
happy with me
I like to think I could
have held you in my arms
and kiss your cheek
and you wouldn't run
That I could have had you
if I would've asked
for you to stay
five more days
five more hours
five more minutes
But I can't change the past
I can't turn back the clock
Are you happy?
If so, I'm happy for you
happy with me
I like to think I could
have held you in my arms
and kiss your cheek
and you wouldn't run
That I could have had you
if I would've asked
for you to stay
five more days
five more hours
five more minutes
But I can't change the past
I can't turn back the clock
Are you happy?
If so, I'm happy for you
#regret
#heartbroken
#bittersweet
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Mar 2022 2:12am
23rd Mar 2022 2:12am
The Words Of A Dead Man
There are some poems never meant to be read, hidden away in the countless pages of a notebook thrown into the bottom of a book bag or pushed into the nooks of a closet. There are universes a poet snuffs out before they ever have the chance to expand, before they twist themselves into the air and make known what has only ever shown itself in the safety of random words in a forgotten journal.
And then there are the poems that never stay put. The ones that rip themselves from the page and scream here I am! Let me sing! They are the poems a writer hopes will never live past...
And then there are the poems that never stay put. The ones that rip themselves from the page and scream here I am! Let me sing! They are the poems a writer hopes will never live past...
#despair
#suffering
#vulnerability
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SELF POEM
Published
11th Mar 2022 3:12am
11th Mar 2022 3:12am
Icarus And I Are Opposites
Caution has commaded every decision I have made
since the moment I turned 10.
The world smiled down at me with the same teeth
that would gnaw on me later.
Chew me up,
spit me out,
and dare me to try again.
And as a result I became a fearful witness.
Everything is a risk.
Every good thing has a motive.
Keep your eyes forward.
Keep your feet planted.
Keep preparing for something worse.
And I think of Icarus
who was gnawed on and spit out in the same way I was.
He burned and he plummeted sure,
but for a...
since the moment I turned 10.
The world smiled down at me with the same teeth
that would gnaw on me later.
Chew me up,
spit me out,
and dare me to try again.
And as a result I became a fearful witness.
Everything is a risk.
Every good thing has a motive.
Keep your eyes forward.
Keep your feet planted.
Keep preparing for something worse.
And I think of Icarus
who was gnawed on and spit out in the same way I was.
He burned and he plummeted sure,
but for a...
#sadness
#jealousy
#mythology #despair
#mythology #despair
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SELF POEM
Published
11th Mar 2022 3:07am
11th Mar 2022 3:07am
The Greatest Fear Of The Mind
My greatest fear? Easy.
My greatest fear is that one day
maybe ten years from now,
maybe tomorrow,
I will stop being needed.
I'm terrified that eventually any desire attached to me
will just dry up, just dissipate,
and those I love will outgrow all I can offer.
They'll stop calling me in the late hours of the night,
or they'll stop sobbing into my sweaters,
they'll stop reaching for my hand when they get scared,
and I'll have too unlearn everything I know
about my own importance.
Because I grew up dumping...
My greatest fear is that one day
maybe ten years from now,
maybe tomorrow,
I will stop being needed.
I'm terrified that eventually any desire attached to me
will just dry up, just dissipate,
and those I love will outgrow all I can offer.
They'll stop calling me in the late hours of the night,
or they'll stop sobbing into my sweaters,
they'll stop reaching for my hand when they get scared,
and I'll have too unlearn everything I know
about my own importance.
Because I grew up dumping...
#sadness
#loneliness
#rejection #bittersweet
#rejection #bittersweet
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FICTIONAL PROSE
Published
23rd Feb 2022 2:30am
23rd Feb 2022 2:30am
Him...
It was him. After all this time. After months of enduring pain. He just shows up. For what? Why? Should I blame him? Blame him for the pain that I have. It was always just the two of us. Us against the world. But then he just casts me aside like I’m nothing, just a waste of space. So why, why is he here? I want to scream and yell at him for everything he’s done. But in truth he hasn’t done anything wrong. It was my fault. Everything that had happened had been my fault. It was all me. I’m the reason he had to do what he did. If I hadn’t done that maybe I wouldn’t be here. I want to go back....
#loneliness
#heartbroken
#despair
#denial
#emptiness
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SELF POEM
Published
14th Feb 2022 11:11pm
14th Feb 2022 11:11pm
Thoughts Of One Who Can't Love
It is not difficult to accept the fact that I will be alone
Rather it is unbearable to be shown the undeniable fact
That everyone else will not be
They’ll laugh all shaked up, together in twos
Laughing, talking, singing the blues
And maybe sometimes think of me
And think “that poor thing, shouldn’t we
inquire how they’re doing”
I’m fine going to the museum on my own
Just don’t
Look at everybody else who isn’t
Look instead at the paintings of lonesome, proud people
There at the top of a mountain with no one around for ...
Rather it is unbearable to be shown the undeniable fact
That everyone else will not be
They’ll laugh all shaked up, together in twos
Laughing, talking, singing the blues
And maybe sometimes think of me
And think “that poor thing, shouldn’t we
inquire how they’re doing”
I’m fine going to the museum on my own
Just don’t
Look at everybody else who isn’t
Look instead at the paintings of lonesome, proud people
There at the top of a mountain with no one around for ...
#LGBT
#myself
#SelfReflection
#FeelingLost
#emptiness
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LOVE POEM
Published
14th Feb 2022 10:59pm
14th Feb 2022 10:59pm
Love And It's Complexities
Love, well it’s a complicated thing
One never truly knows if their feelings are true
And you can never know without risking
The things you hold dear to you
Perhaps, if love were to never exist, the world
Wouldn’t be as so complex
However, underneath all the madness that it holds
Lies a true beauty, meant to unfold
One never truly knows if their feelings are true
And you can never know without risking
The things you hold dear to you
Perhaps, if love were to never exist, the world
Wouldn’t be as so complex
However, underneath all the madness that it holds
Lies a true beauty, meant to unfold
#love
#romantic
#beauty #ValentinesDay
#beauty #ValentinesDay
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SELF POEM
Published
24th Jan 2022 4:36pm
24th Jan 2022 4:36pm
The Body That Once Trapped Me
And in that moment
Even if for a mere moment
They felt free
As they stared at the body
That had imprisoned them in it's skin
At last they were finally free.
Even if for a mere moment
They felt free
As they stared at the body
That had imprisoned them in it's skin
At last they were finally free.
#escape
#FeelingTrapped
#emotions
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DARK POEM
Published
24th Jan 2022 3:49am
24th Jan 2022 3:49am
Friends Forever :)
She smiled and looked at the girl holding her hand out, “Friends forever, right?” The other girl laughed and grabbed her hand, “Of course! Friends forever and ever!” After that day, the two girls were always together. You could never find one without the other. That was until one found someone new. She had to walk to school herself today. She didn’t know why. Everyday since she could remember they always walked to school together. But for some reason today was different. She walked towards the school and saw something she never thought she would. Her best friend, the girl she’d do anything...
#jealousy
#dark
#heartbroken
#revenge
#obsession
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