Submissions by Indie (Miss Indie)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
human, quirky, dark.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd May 2025 1:29am
2nd May 2025 1:29am
tell me it's complicated without telling me it's complicated
I don't want any more kids
but
I wish my womb would stop
bleeding itself out every month
so I can stop hoping
it's still capable of holding life
...
My boyfriend
hates my depression
made the offhand comment
that he'd like me to get better
so I can go back
to keeping the house clean
...
One of my oldest friends
thinks it's funny she's dating
the male version of me
and never fails to remind us
every time we all hang out
like it...
but
I wish my womb would stop
bleeding itself out every month
so I can stop hoping
it's still capable of holding life
...
My boyfriend
hates my depression
made the offhand comment
that he'd like me to get better
so I can go back
to keeping the house clean
...
One of my oldest friends
thinks it's funny she's dating
the male version of me
and never fails to remind us
every time we all hang out
like it...
#relationships
#StreamOfConsciousness
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
1st May 2025 5:02am
1st May 2025 5:02am
can I sue the library for back pain?
I swear these library chairs
are designed to make people
want to spend the least amount of time
sitting around on laptops
and utilising the free wi-fi
I've been here 4 hours and my back aches
I swapped out my shitty desk chair
for a comfy chair
which only looks comfortable
but is akin to lounging on
a fancily upholstered rock
It's a toss up to whether
it's better to be at home
on my broken bed and noisy neighbours
or to be here wriggling around
on a colourful rock with no obvious distractions ...
are designed to make people
want to spend the least amount of time
sitting around on laptops
and utilising the free wi-fi
I've been here 4 hours and my back aches
I swapped out my shitty desk chair
for a comfy chair
which only looks comfortable
but is akin to lounging on
a fancily upholstered rock
It's a toss up to whether
it's better to be at home
on my broken bed and noisy neighbours
or to be here wriggling around
on a colourful rock with no obvious distractions ...
#suffering
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2 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
29th Apr 2025 8:16am
29th Apr 2025 8:16am
smoking with your ghost
I don't have a date and time
to pin your memory to
so I'll make one up
a different day every year
I'll have a joint for you
pretend the tears
are just smoke in my eyes
and not the rebreaking
of vital organs
that beat an erratic goodbye
whenever I think of you
I'm all out of safe places
and as much as these
visions of you hurt
I cling to the memory
of your transient safety
For just a moment
we were suspended
out of space
out of time
two wayward souls ...
to pin your memory to
so I'll make one up
a different day every year
I'll have a joint for you
pretend the tears
are just smoke in my eyes
and not the rebreaking
of vital organs
that beat an erratic goodbye
whenever I think of you
I'm all out of safe places
and as much as these
visions of you hurt
I cling to the memory
of your transient safety
For just a moment
we were suspended
out of space
out of time
two wayward souls ...
#drugs
#friendship
#grief #marijuana
#grief #marijuana
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
26th Apr 2025 4:35am
26th Apr 2025 4:35am
how to steal a necklace
One
The first thing to remember
is that here
everyone is out for themselves
altruism doesn't exist
nothing is for free
Everytime I stay to drink
smoke free weed
I know I'll end up
in someone's bed
Getting off is never a guarantee
and I don't generally care
as long as I can get high
space out
spin out
laugh into the abyss
as my reflection shoots me
confused glances in a filmy mirror
Here I'm not really me
here I'm not really anyone
here I'm a version of...
The first thing to remember
is that here
everyone is out for themselves
altruism doesn't exist
nothing is for free
Everytime I stay to drink
smoke free weed
I know I'll end up
in someone's bed
Getting off is never a guarantee
and I don't generally care
as long as I can get high
space out
spin out
laugh into the abyss
as my reflection shoots me
confused glances in a filmy mirror
Here I'm not really me
here I'm not really anyone
here I'm a version of...
#memories
#narrative
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2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
26th Apr 2025 1:03am
26th Apr 2025 1:03am
limbo makes its own symphony
Coins drop
birds squawk
rain falls
a poisoned cockroach
limps across the cold tiled floor
before finding death underneath
a hard sole
Crumbs collect in kitchen corners
dirty dishes pile precariously
in a constant state of waiting
food goes uneaten
the fridge starts to smell
There's three bags of rubbish
waiting to go outside
and unrecycled cardboard
strewn across the floor
accidental death rugs
pressed down with foot shaped indents
Dust collects everywhere
and...
birds squawk
rain falls
a poisoned cockroach
limps across the cold tiled floor
before finding death underneath
a hard sole
Crumbs collect in kitchen corners
dirty dishes pile precariously
in a constant state of waiting
food goes uneaten
the fridge starts to smell
There's three bags of rubbish
waiting to go outside
and unrecycled cardboard
strewn across the floor
accidental death rugs
pressed down with foot shaped indents
Dust collects everywhere
and...
#LifeCycle
#LifeStruggles
#MentalHealth
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SELF POEM
Published
25th Apr 2025 8:31am
25th Apr 2025 8:31am
crystalline tears (with Crimsin)
Some days I feel like a drowning woman
but everyone thinks I'm waving hello
while I choke on the way
this darkness pulls me under
Sadness dwells with nothing to remedy
no company do I keep
alone in my melancholy
Having a personality and soul
my sorrow weeps inside me
with a sweet lullaby
I cry myself to sleep
The tenderness within is hurting
comfort comes, but it is fleeting
my blue is overwhelming
So I breathe in the black abyss
hug myself back from the edge
but I alone...
but everyone thinks I'm waving hello
while I choke on the way
this darkness pulls me under
Sadness dwells with nothing to remedy
no company do I keep
alone in my melancholy
Having a personality and soul
my sorrow weeps inside me
with a sweet lullaby
I cry myself to sleep
The tenderness within is hurting
comfort comes, but it is fleeting
my blue is overwhelming
So I breathe in the black abyss
hug myself back from the edge
but I alone...
#healing
#SelfReflection
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
24th Apr 2025 10:18pm
24th Apr 2025 10:18pm
we loop again
My armour is useless
In this place I have
no defenses
Everything I do
is open for sharp words
Everything you do
looks like reruns
of my childhood
I try and make myself small
but you always find me
I shapeshift
become a giant
but you can't tolerate me large
On the shifting scale of rightness
I am always wrong
And now
even in sleep
I can't escape
I dream of pursuit
I dream of being trapped in a loop
I feel every hard word
my...
In this place I have
no defenses
Everything I do
is open for sharp words
Everything you do
looks like reruns
of my childhood
I try and make myself small
but you always find me
I shapeshift
become a giant
but you can't tolerate me large
On the shifting scale of rightness
I am always wrong
And now
even in sleep
I can't escape
I dream of pursuit
I dream of being trapped in a loop
I feel every hard word
my...
#DomesticViolence
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4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
24th Apr 2025 3:17am
24th Apr 2025 3:17am
by the ocean with you
Delicate breezes
ruffle blonde sea-salted hair
cool wind on warm skin
You smile like the ocean
infinity exhales
Memories live here
made of sweet sunlit bubbles
and pure smiles
Let me take some photographs
pin down all these small moments
I want this to last
beyond sunset's warm goodbye
today's history
Eyes closed, I breathe everything
I cannot capture today
ruffle blonde sea-salted hair
cool wind on warm skin
You smile like the ocean
infinity exhales
Memories live here
made of sweet sunlit bubbles
and pure smiles
Let me take some photographs
pin down all these small moments
I want this to last
beyond sunset's warm goodbye
today's history
Eyes closed, I breathe everything
I cannot capture today
#childhood
#family
#love
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LOVE POEM
Published
24th Apr 2025 2:59am
24th Apr 2025 2:59am
hello
Open door hello
golden light shines around you
welcome feet step in
You smile like morning sunshine
I smile in mirrored delight
I bottle your kiss
soft and sweet and seductive
to hold in my palm
I kiss you like oxygen
revel in your ragged breath
We shed confinements
breathe out all inhibitions
make this day our own
Let hands paint divine lightning
into the pores of our skin
golden light shines around you
welcome feet step in
You smile like morning sunshine
I smile in mirrored delight
I bottle your kiss
soft and sweet and seductive
to hold in my palm
I kiss you like oxygen
revel in your ragged breath
We shed confinements
breathe out all inhibitions
make this day our own
Let hands paint divine lightning
into the pores of our skin
#love
#lover
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Apr 2025 11:05am
23rd Apr 2025 11:05am
frozen
I'm frozen in time
immovable
forever the same in your eyes
Time passes
poison ivy grows
where love once bloomed
Do you remember me
as anything more than
a rebellious child searching for freedom?
Will I ever be anything more
than a mistake of fate
that you wish died at birth?
I've spent my whole life
defying the odds
stacked against me
But I'm only useful if I'm useful
and I've never been useful
by the standards you've set
I try and hold on to better...
immovable
forever the same in your eyes
Time passes
poison ivy grows
where love once bloomed
Do you remember me
as anything more than
a rebellious child searching for freedom?
Will I ever be anything more
than a mistake of fate
that you wish died at birth?
I've spent my whole life
defying the odds
stacked against me
But I'm only useful if I'm useful
and I've never been useful
by the standards you've set
I try and hold on to better...
#betrayal
#family
#relationships
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LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Apr 2025 9:01am
23rd Apr 2025 9:01am
ghost in my bones
I've loved you too long
let you live rent free
under my skin
while pretending
the fantasy of you
sates my soul
And every time
you leave me
I tell myself
it'll be the last time
but it never is
it never is
Goddess knows I'm weak
chasing every high
and every low
you've ever had to offer
And I think
I think
I would be better off
if I could grieve
everything we were
and everything we weren't
In my most desperate moments
I wish I could let...
let you live rent free
under my skin
while pretending
the fantasy of you
sates my soul
And every time
you leave me
I tell myself
it'll be the last time
but it never is
it never is
Goddess knows I'm weak
chasing every high
and every low
you've ever had to offer
And I think
I think
I would be better off
if I could grieve
everything we were
and everything we weren't
In my most desperate moments
I wish I could let...
#UnrequitedLove
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2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
22nd Apr 2025 00:38am
22nd Apr 2025 00:38am
I'll take it like that
I was lying in bed
daydreaming of
parallel worlds
He turned to me
and said
no offence
but I think
you have a gypsy soul
I smiled and said
why would I be offended?
...
I woke up to
a crazy hair day
and I let my curls
do whatever wild thing they wanted
I feel as feral
as my hair today
and I like it
...
I was walking to the bus stop
when she stopped me
to say
she loves my sunglasses
I said they made me think ...
daydreaming of
parallel worlds
He turned to me
and said
no offence
but I think
you have a gypsy soul
I smiled and said
why would I be offended?
...
I woke up to
a crazy hair day
and I let my curls
do whatever wild thing they wanted
I feel as feral
as my hair today
and I like it
...
I was walking to the bus stop
when she stopped me
to say
she loves my sunglasses
I said they made me think ...
#identity
#myself
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