Submissions by PencilScribbles (Scribbles)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I'm just human, like you.
Starting Point
I was basically mute for the first year of school.
I still remember the look on my teacher's face when I said the ONLY thing I ever said to her.
I said her name, "Mrs. Lyte", her face lit up because she was excited, but I got scared and went back to not talking.
I was an obedient and scared child.
I was terrified to get answers wrong because I wanted teachers to like me.
I was terrified if they were ever mad, even if not at me.
My mom and her boyfriend kept us (my brother and me) locked in our small room until I was...
I still remember the look on my teacher's face when I said the ONLY thing I ever said to her.
I said her name, "Mrs. Lyte", her face lit up because she was excited, but I got scared and went back to not talking.
I was an obedient and scared child.
I was terrified to get answers wrong because I wanted teachers to like me.
I was terrified if they were ever mad, even if not at me.
My mom and her boyfriend kept us (my brother and me) locked in our small room until I was...
#LifeStruggles
#TruthOfLife
115 reads
We Need to Talk
A classic family shadow
on a round-about trip,
As I see the future
that you're letting slip,
Remember when your cousin
was all string out?
Don't you see
you're following him now?
Another wasted talent,
a G damn fucking tragedy.
Still wonder why
I didn't want to leave?
My honesty
only cuts if it is true,
And I only say it
because I fucking love you!
If you were in my shoes,...
on a round-about trip,
As I see the future
that you're letting slip,
Remember when your cousin
was all string out?
Don't you see
you're following him now?
Another wasted talent,
a G damn fucking tragedy.
Still wonder why
I didn't want to leave?
My honesty
only cuts if it is true,
And I only say it
because I fucking love you!
If you were in my shoes,...
#depression
#family
#addiction
108 reads
4 Comments
168 reads
21 Comments
Not Today, Probably Not Tomorrow
I've been randomly crying
Since yesterday,
I have so much to do,
But it has no choice but to wait.
The waiting will cause
Even more pain,
As the tasks add up,
Instead of going away.
The more I understand,
The less I want to.
Why does the world,
Have to be so cruel.
I'm tired and lonely,
With no one to call,
Everyone is too busy,
To catch me when I fall.
Since yesterday,
I have so much to do,
But it has no choice but to wait.
The waiting will cause
Even more pain,
As the tasks add up,
Instead of going away.
The more I understand,
The less I want to.
Why does the world,
Have to be so cruel.
I'm tired and lonely,
With no one to call,
Everyone is too busy,
To catch me when I fall.
#sadness
112 reads
5 Comments
When You're Gone
I'm not someone who,
Will forget you when you're gone,
With me, you will remain.
🐾
Will forget you when you're gone,
With me, you will remain.
🐾
#love
159 reads
9 Comments
Annoying Sexy Body Opinions
"You look greatest when you feel like a damn Queen"
-Most Girls, by Hailee Steinfeld
A disturbing number of guys I've known have had their opinions on what I should/shouldn't do: how I should wear my hair, the clothes I wear, what beauty treatments/products I spend money on, and if I do/if I don't wear make-up that day, my ideal body weight, what I should change (or not change); you name it.
It went over their heads that I could give two Fxs less about what their opinion is on the matter.
What I want to do to feel...
-Most Girls, by Hailee Steinfeld
A disturbing number of guys I've known have had their opinions on what I should/shouldn't do: how I should wear my hair, the clothes I wear, what beauty treatments/products I spend money on, and if I do/if I don't wear make-up that day, my ideal body weight, what I should change (or not change); you name it.
It went over their heads that I could give two Fxs less about what their opinion is on the matter.
What I want to do to feel...
#women
#sexy
170 reads
19 Comments
There's No Place Like Hiraeth
I wish you knew how much I miss you.
The way you laugh & the things you would do.
I miss having someone down, to go with,
On spontaneous & loosely planned birding trips.
I wish you where here doing the research with me,
Life, something like we wanted it to be.
I wish you could help train undergrads that are new,
The way you helped when I was learning, too.
I wish you would write, or text, or call.
I wish I had my best friend through this all.
The way you laugh & the things you would do.
I miss having someone down, to go with,
On spontaneous & loosely planned birding trips.
I wish you where here doing the research with me,
Life, something like we wanted it to be.
I wish you could help train undergrads that are new,
The way you helped when I was learning, too.
I wish you would write, or text, or call.
I wish I had my best friend through this all.
#IMissYou
155 reads
8 Comments
Foolish Crush
I've had my fair share
of self-destructive behavior,
Chasing a feeling that
My heart has been missing.
I don't know how to
Wield my self control,
And how to not fall
For everyone I get to know.
"Is he thinking of me?";
I am tortured with this thought.
"Is he the one?";
I always find they're not.
I don't know if I will taste
That kind of love again,
Where bargaining chips have no value
Because we've put all that we are in.
...
of self-destructive behavior,
Chasing a feeling that
My heart has been missing.
I don't know how to
Wield my self control,
And how to not fall
For everyone I get to know.
"Is he thinking of me?";
I am tortured with this thought.
"Is he the one?";
I always find they're not.
I don't know if I will taste
That kind of love again,
Where bargaining chips have no value
Because we've put all that we are in.
...
#SelfReflection
#crush
196 reads
13 Comments
Divergent Paths
When paths diverge,
Sometimes
they converge back
to the same road.
And then,
Sometimes,
Most times
They never do.
The division,
Is constant
Reticular paths
Of goodbyes & hellos.
Love,
Romantic & platonic
Takes more courage
After a heart knows divergence.
Sometimes
they converge back
to the same road.
And then,
Sometimes,
Most times
They never do.
The division,
Is constant
Reticular paths
Of goodbyes & hellos.
Love,
Romantic & platonic
Takes more courage
After a heart knows divergence.
#love
#friendship
171 reads
6 Comments
Failure
What do you do?
When your heart is in two?
And if you weren't there,
No one would care?
When you want to scream,
At this nightmare dream?
And the life you've led,
Feels more like being dead?
When the bridges are burned,
And distrust is earned?
And there's no one around
To save you now?
When your heart is in two?
And if you weren't there,
No one would care?
When you want to scream,
At this nightmare dream?
And the life you've led,
Feels more like being dead?
When the bridges are burned,
And distrust is earned?
And there's no one around
To save you now?
#sadness
164 reads
15 Comments
Silhouette Ash
I lit the four corners first,
but the paper never seemed to catch flame.
It kept burning,
but there were no red embers.
The edges just rolled back slowly,
turned black then gray,
and seemed to melt away.
Slowly, far too slowly.
I wanted it to hurry along,
the weight of those words
had been with me too long.
Even...
but the paper never seemed to catch flame.
It kept burning,
but there were no red embers.
The edges just rolled back slowly,
turned black then gray,
and seemed to melt away.
Slowly, far too slowly.
I wanted it to hurry along,
the weight of those words
had been with me too long.
Even...
#regret
#gratitude
#MovingOn
137 reads
6 Comments
As Wise as a Crow
What if I never met him?
Would I ponder birds like I do?
Would I see the magic hidden
In the trees and skies of blue?
What if our paths had never crossed
And I never knew his name?
Would I have succeeded,
In my studies, all the same?
What if I didn't seek his opinion
On so many hard days?
Would I have let logic, with understanding,
guide my haphazard ways?
What if I didn't tell him
How much he means to me?
Would...
Would I ponder birds like I do?
Would I see the magic hidden
In the trees and skies of blue?
What if our paths had never crossed
And I never knew his name?
Would I have succeeded,
In my studies, all the same?
What if I didn't seek his opinion
On so many hard days?
Would I have let logic, with understanding,
guide my haphazard ways?
What if I didn't tell him
How much he means to me?
Would...
#kindness
#heartbroken
#LifeCycle
#wisdom
#fear
186 reads
3 Comments
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