Submissions by Nixprty
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I write the words my tongue can’t speak, and for those who can still see clearly through the foggy windows.
LOVE POEM
Published
6th Dec 2024 10:05am
6th Dec 2024 10:05am
Recalling the Nights
In the dimly lit streets
Kicking our way through puddles
When even the crickets didn’t dare to interrupt us
When the moon itself sat and stared
The unusually cold air sliced by our laughing
The most beautiful smile on your face
In that memory
I wanted to kiss you so bad it took my breath away
Kicking our way through puddles
When even the crickets didn’t dare to interrupt us
When the moon itself sat and stared
The unusually cold air sliced by our laughing
The most beautiful smile on your face
In that memory
I wanted to kiss you so bad it took my breath away
#love
#romantic
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LOVE POEM
Published
5th Dec 2024 9:18am
5th Dec 2024 9:18am
Anomaly
I ache for a body to hold against my chest
For hair I can run my hands through
For a mouth to smile against
I ache for a face I can cradle in my hands
For lips I can press against mine
For a head to lean on my shoulder
I ache for someone to support
To love and admire
To trust and feel the realness of their touch
I can be sturdy enough for both of us
I can hurt the world that hurts you
I ache for you
Gah
For hair I can run my hands through
For a mouth to smile against
I ache for a face I can cradle in my hands
For lips I can press against mine
For a head to lean on my shoulder
I ache for someone to support
To love and admire
To trust and feel the realness of their touch
I can be sturdy enough for both of us
I can hurt the world that hurts you
I ache for you
Gah
#admiration
#loneliness
#love
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LOVE POEM
Published
5th Dec 2024 9:12am
5th Dec 2024 9:12am
Nice to Meet You
Let me feel you
Feel the softness there
Shallowly wading in the heavy night
Feel the tension that holds you together
Breathing you in
Let me know you by every freckle
By every flush and glance
All it takes
If it can
Is to reach out to me first
When I know you by the soft brush of fingers on wrists
I’ll never let go
Let me know you by every word and laugh
I feel like I don’t know you at all
Feel the softness there
Shallowly wading in the heavy night
Feel the tension that holds you together
Breathing you in
Let me know you by every freckle
By every flush and glance
All it takes
If it can
Is to reach out to me first
When I know you by the soft brush of fingers on wrists
I’ll never let go
Let me know you by every word and laugh
I feel like I don’t know you at all
#bittersweet
#love
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Dec 2024 2:57pm
2nd Dec 2024 2:57pm
Derealization
Physical and psychological damage to the corneas
There goes another morning
Fuzzy lines running down the sides of my torso
Psychosomatic symptoms
Breathing
Bleeding
Feeling
So real
Really?
There goes another morning
Fuzzy lines running down the sides of my torso
Psychosomatic symptoms
Breathing
Bleeding
Feeling
So real
Really?
#MentalHealth
#morality
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DARK POEM
Published
20th Nov 2024 10:01pm
20th Nov 2024 10:01pm
Being (Of Flesh)
Flesh is the enemy that keeps me tied to the rotting earth
Flesh is the captor that sings me sweet promises of joy and freedom
I try to do away with flesh
But it clings to my skin and bones desperately
The foul stench of life is overbearing and bright
Red hot breath croaks its way out of lungs
Leaving a trail of blood everywhere I go as my flesh scrapes on the street
No matter how long I walk I may never reach bone
A person
Made of flesh and love
I am not
I am a human among people ...
Flesh is the captor that sings me sweet promises of joy and freedom
I try to do away with flesh
But it clings to my skin and bones desperately
The foul stench of life is overbearing and bright
Red hot breath croaks its way out of lungs
Leaving a trail of blood everywhere I go as my flesh scrapes on the street
No matter how long I walk I may never reach bone
A person
Made of flesh and love
I am not
I am a human among people ...
#apathy
#emptiness
#shame
81 reads
1 Comment
DARK POEM
Published
19th Nov 2024 1:06am
19th Nov 2024 1:06am
Green
It's the tides that breathe,
It's the trees.
Its the windows unwashed,
It's the way you said it.
You grip the side of the table,
You kick your legs wildly.
You look for an answer,
You don't hit anything.
It's the teeth still loose,
It's sleep still running,
It's the smell of my youth.
You tack a photo to the wall,
You smile the same way,
I look 2 inches taller.
It's the dreams still real,
It's the Halloween costumes,
It's the plastic spoons.
It's the way you said it,
You said it.
Said it like a name...
It's the trees.
Its the windows unwashed,
It's the way you said it.
You grip the side of the table,
You kick your legs wildly.
You look for an answer,
You don't hit anything.
It's the teeth still loose,
It's sleep still running,
It's the smell of my youth.
You tack a photo to the wall,
You smile the same way,
I look 2 inches taller.
It's the dreams still real,
It's the Halloween costumes,
It's the plastic spoons.
It's the way you said it,
You said it.
Said it like a name...
#bittersweet
#childhood
#sadness
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LOVE POEM
Published
16th Nov 2024 5:29pm
16th Nov 2024 5:29pm
Giver
You asked
For the
Stars
I promised
You
Every last
One we could
Count
But I
Don’t
Think the
Sky has
Anymore to
Give
In fact
It may
Never
Recover
What I
Took
From it
To give
To
You
I tore
Chunks
From my
Flesh
In the
Hopes
You’d hold
One
To your
Heart
You
Never
Liked the
Stars
Did you?
You always
Seemed
To prefer
The
Moon
...
For the
Stars
I promised
You
Every last
One we could
Count
But I
Don’t
Think the
Sky has
Anymore to
Give
In fact
It may
Never
Recover
What I
Took
From it
To give
To
You
I tore
Chunks
From my
Flesh
In the
Hopes
You’d hold
One
To your
Heart
You
Never
Liked the
Stars
Did you?
You always
Seemed
To prefer
The
Moon
...
#bittersweet
#emptiness
#heartbroken
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1 Comment
DARK POEM
Published
16th Nov 2024 3:18am
16th Nov 2024 3:18am
Self Hatred (An Overflow)
Why am I so stupid? What the fuck is wrong with me? Nothing works. I ache so badly, an everywhere ache that’s cold at the center and boiling at the surface. I hate my body, I hate my face, I hate my personality, I hate my soul. I wish someone would just kill me so I wouldn’t be left to sit in the mess I made. I can’t do anything of worth, I can’t express my feelings well. I’m mean and selfish and loud and quiet and fucked. I hate how I hope too much, I hate how I can’t feel angry at anyone but myself. I hate that I can’t cut it out of myself, amputation of the emotions. I hate my eyes, for...
#emptiness
#frustration
#hate
#SelfWorth
#suffering
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DARK POEM
Published
16th Nov 2024 3:03am
16th Nov 2024 3:03am
Retire (The Morning After Forever)
The morning will be waiting by the door when I get home.
The ground will be waiting for my arrival,
The bathroom sink calls,
Blood flows smoothly down the drain.
Past my eyes is a reservoir full of water,
It leaks out of my mouth and ears.
I hate the way the water tastes,
I hate the way I can feel my tongue on my own lips.
When I slice the surface of my vessel,
My soul spills out onto the floor,
It flows smoothly down the drain.
The morning will be waiting by the door when I get home.
I wade through the world like a husk,...
The ground will be waiting for my arrival,
The bathroom sink calls,
Blood flows smoothly down the drain.
Past my eyes is a reservoir full of water,
It leaks out of my mouth and ears.
I hate the way the water tastes,
I hate the way I can feel my tongue on my own lips.
When I slice the surface of my vessel,
My soul spills out onto the floor,
It flows smoothly down the drain.
The morning will be waiting by the door when I get home.
I wade through the world like a husk,...
#dark
#despair
#SelfHarm
#shame
#suicide
110 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
15th Nov 2024 3:01pm
15th Nov 2024 3:01pm
Icarus
History is unkind to my kind
Mankind so horrid we can only call them man
I’m a star burned too bright
The ripples of my nova will burn for miles
But I am made not of purple or gold
I am a hurt made of dust and rock
A fool for the history books
I am the too hot and too small and too much
Gone and going on forever
I may never fall beneath the waves
I have not wings to melt
But I still see the world too high
I can’t catch up
I was chasing the sky
I couldn’t seem to grab hold
Icarus
By name
Mankind so horrid we can only call them man
I’m a star burned too bright
The ripples of my nova will burn for miles
But I am made not of purple or gold
I am a hurt made of dust and rock
A fool for the history books
I am the too hot and too small and too much
Gone and going on forever
I may never fall beneath the waves
I have not wings to melt
But I still see the world too high
I can’t catch up
I was chasing the sky
I couldn’t seem to grab hold
Icarus
By name
#emptiness
#hate
#shame
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LOVE POEM
Published
14th Nov 2024 3:48pm
14th Nov 2024 3:48pm
The Roses Never Stood a Chance
Is it the clouds fault you are stuck to the ground,
Because you seem like you’d be better fit in the sky than with the people rushing from place to place.
The water spills to the ground in a rush to your feet,
The wind brushes your skin,
The birds crow loudly overhead.
Is it cruel to say,
I cannot find anything else as beautiful as you.
The lightened patches of moss twist,
The sun beats the branches still.
The fish wade in shallow depths,
The people rush to...
Because you seem like you’d be better fit in the sky than with the people rushing from place to place.
The water spills to the ground in a rush to your feet,
The wind brushes your skin,
The birds crow loudly overhead.
Is it cruel to say,
I cannot find anything else as beautiful as you.
The lightened patches of moss twist,
The sun beats the branches still.
The fish wade in shallow depths,
The people rush to...
#admiration
#love
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SELF POEM
Published
14th Nov 2024 3:29pm
14th Nov 2024 3:29pm
Buried Above Ground
Can you make a person disappear?
Forgotten,
Such a similar word,
But so very different.
Gone from the eyes,
Still buzzing in the blood.
Can you bury someone deep enough,
You’ll never fear they will one day crawl back out?
If I find myself beneath the layers of earth,
Deeper than hell itself entailed,
Will I ever one day find myself once again in a pale sunrise?
My deep is blacker than shadows,
It tastes like chalky dirt and age.
Yet I am sure,
As...
Forgotten,
Such a similar word,
But so very different.
Gone from the eyes,
Still buzzing in the blood.
Can you bury someone deep enough,
You’ll never fear they will one day crawl back out?
If I find myself beneath the layers of earth,
Deeper than hell itself entailed,
Will I ever one day find myself once again in a pale sunrise?
My deep is blacker than shadows,
It tastes like chalky dirt and age.
Yet I am sure,
As...
#bittersweet
#hate
#identity
#SelfWorth
#suffering
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