Submissions by QuietlyOutspoken
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I write to feel less alone. I scream into the void hoping someone else will hear me and understand.
SELF POEM
Published
13th Sep 2023 10:21pm
13th Sep 2023 10:21pm
Empty
Why
Even
Try
When
You
Can
Die
Even
Try
When
You
Can
Die
#depression
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3 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
6th Aug 2023 8:01pm
6th Aug 2023 8:01pm
Killer Instincts
It’s ok if you stain my hands yellow
I’ll catch everything you throw
And the bloodstains will fade away
You’ll never have to be alone
I never want to see the day
When your eyes won’t close
I hate saying I love you
To everyone but you
If I finally did it
I’d kill you too
If I close me eyes
Your heart will stop beating
I don’t know how to stop
Making sure we’re both still breathing
I can’t even sleep
There’s dead people in my dreams
I’m tired of being awake
Let’s steal his gun and leave...
I’ll catch everything you throw
And the bloodstains will fade away
You’ll never have to be alone
I never want to see the day
When your eyes won’t close
I hate saying I love you
To everyone but you
If I finally did it
I’d kill you too
If I close me eyes
Your heart will stop beating
I don’t know how to stop
Making sure we’re both still breathing
I can’t even sleep
There’s dead people in my dreams
I’m tired of being awake
Let’s steal his gun and leave...
#love
#suicide
182 reads
3 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
24th Jun 2023 7:26pm
24th Jun 2023 7:26pm
Faith and Other Afflictions
They came over when I was sick
When mom had to go to work
I sat in his lap
As we colored inside the lines
She helped me cook
The plastic chicken and corn
Always an obedient wife
She believed in everything
Even he told us to pray
The sickness away
We twisted and turned down the roads
Brought her sprite and peanut butter
So he could keep eating her soul
I sat in the living room
Under the card table
Watching cartoons
As machines fed her air
I noticed we had the same picture
“The...
When mom had to go to work
I sat in his lap
As we colored inside the lines
She helped me cook
The plastic chicken and corn
Always an obedient wife
She believed in everything
Even he told us to pray
The sickness away
We twisted and turned down the roads
Brought her sprite and peanut butter
So he could keep eating her soul
I sat in the living room
Under the card table
Watching cartoons
As machines fed her air
I noticed we had the same picture
“The...
#religion
#memories
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1 Comment
SONG LYRICS
Published
11th Jun 2023 00:06am
11th Jun 2023 00:06am
Blood Moon Reflections
I moved back into my old head
But someone reversed the floor plan
Things are the same as they’ve always been
Backwards but right where I left them
I want to stay here but I can’t
I don’t remember why it used to make sense
I sleep enough and exercise
Sometimes I even socialize
So why do I still want to die
Burned out from my feelings
I’m dead and sleeping in the dark
Nothing has a meaning
So flip the switch and reset my heart
I need a new lightbulb in my head
How many people will it take to make me...
But someone reversed the floor plan
Things are the same as they’ve always been
Backwards but right where I left them
I want to stay here but I can’t
I don’t remember why it used to make sense
I sleep enough and exercise
Sometimes I even socialize
So why do I still want to die
Burned out from my feelings
I’m dead and sleeping in the dark
Nothing has a meaning
So flip the switch and reset my heart
I need a new lightbulb in my head
How many people will it take to make me...
#depression
#dark
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2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
10th Jun 2023 4:02pm
10th Jun 2023 4:02pm
Reckless Accomplices
They were hiding out in the back row
And everyone thought they were lost
They let me forget my name
As we pealed the paint off the walls
They said he was jealous of me
Maybe they weren’t wrong
He’d ask me how I’d been
Then laugh and say we don’t have any friends
Throw some ashes in a water bottle
We don’t care what happens tomorrow
Because they all know life’s not fair
Here it feels like we belong somewhere
So kick back your chair
And I’ll kick you in the shins
Summer never has to end
You...
And everyone thought they were lost
They let me forget my name
As we pealed the paint off the walls
They said he was jealous of me
Maybe they weren’t wrong
He’d ask me how I’d been
Then laugh and say we don’t have any friends
Throw some ashes in a water bottle
We don’t care what happens tomorrow
Because they all know life’s not fair
Here it feels like we belong somewhere
So kick back your chair
And I’ll kick you in the shins
Summer never has to end
You...
#friendship
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SONG LYRICS
Published
11th May 2023 2:13am
11th May 2023 2:13am
paresthesia
Ignoring my feelings until they go away
My hands feel hollow
I haven’t talked in three days
Can’t sleep without headphones
Don’t want to feel anything
They keep asking what’s wrong with me
I don’t know how to say
I want to feel the blood run out of my veins
I need to meet someone new
I keep walking around the woods
Hoping to run into you
Take me out of the old days
So I remember how I’m supposed to think
Someone needs to fix my brain
My mom’s getting tired
Of being worried everyday
Come...
My hands feel hollow
I haven’t talked in three days
Can’t sleep without headphones
Don’t want to feel anything
They keep asking what’s wrong with me
I don’t know how to say
I want to feel the blood run out of my veins
I need to meet someone new
I keep walking around the woods
Hoping to run into you
Take me out of the old days
So I remember how I’m supposed to think
Someone needs to fix my brain
My mom’s getting tired
Of being worried everyday
Come...
#loneliness
#emptiness
188 reads
3 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
23rd Apr 2023 3:31pm
23rd Apr 2023 3:31pm
Tainted Strawberry Mist
The sirens are shrieking from the water hose
Keep the umbrella over your head
So the confetti doesn’t sink into your bones
Smash the hammer in your ears
Before they take over your soul
And you start eating rose petals
Twist the apple stem again
Trust me you don’t want this
Attracted to everything you don’t know
You wear desperation like cheap cologne
It feels innocent until they start
To poke holes in your butterfly scars
They seduce you with strawberry pop-tarts
Then tear out your heart
They...
Keep the umbrella over your head
So the confetti doesn’t sink into your bones
Smash the hammer in your ears
Before they take over your soul
And you start eating rose petals
Twist the apple stem again
Trust me you don’t want this
Attracted to everything you don’t know
You wear desperation like cheap cologne
It feels innocent until they start
To poke holes in your butterfly scars
They seduce you with strawberry pop-tarts
Then tear out your heart
They...
#lies
#manipulation
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SELF POEM
Published
16th Apr 2023 4:11am
16th Apr 2023 4:11am
Nostalgia’s A Liar
Two days home alone and I want to die
So I watch cartoons
And remember what it was like
When I was five
When there was nothing to be scared of
Dreaming of who I would be when I grew up
Starstruck by the stage lights
Doing ballet in the hallway
And singing all the time
Take me back to those chocolate milk nights
When I was excited by the possibilities of life
Everything’s still the same
I’m being dramatic
I like to romanticize what happened
But I spent my days
Hiding from the future
In a...
So I watch cartoons
And remember what it was like
When I was five
When there was nothing to be scared of
Dreaming of who I would be when I grew up
Starstruck by the stage lights
Doing ballet in the hallway
And singing all the time
Take me back to those chocolate milk nights
When I was excited by the possibilities of life
Everything’s still the same
I’m being dramatic
I like to romanticize what happened
But I spent my days
Hiding from the future
In a...
#childhood
#LifeStruggles
#nostalgia
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SONG LYRICS
Published
10th Apr 2023 7:38pm
10th Apr 2023 7:38pm
Side Effects May Vary
You injected fire into my veins
So I could feel something
Hijacked the chemicals in my brain
So I could be normal and sane
Everyone likes the new me
But I don’t feel anything
I tried to bury my thoughts
And now I’m laying in a grave
This isn’t what I signed up for
Their approval isn’t satisfying anymore
The yellow walls are murdering me
I needed a break from reality
Not a brand new identity
You said this would finally make me happy
Satisfaction guaranteed
But I only got more suicidal tendencies ...
So I could feel something
Hijacked the chemicals in my brain
So I could be normal and sane
Everyone likes the new me
But I don’t feel anything
I tried to bury my thoughts
And now I’m laying in a grave
This isn’t what I signed up for
Their approval isn’t satisfying anymore
The yellow walls are murdering me
I needed a break from reality
Not a brand new identity
You said this would finally make me happy
Satisfaction guaranteed
But I only got more suicidal tendencies ...
#depression
#drugs
164 reads
1 Comment
SONG LYRICS
Published
4th Apr 2023 3:03am
4th Apr 2023 3:03am
White Lavender Sunsets
The water steals the colors from the sky
As your eyes turn black and white
You’re fading away in my hands
I know we won’t survive past the twilight
The leaves dance around us for the last time
It was our fate to die in the afterglow
The violin knows we never had a chance
As it confesses the violence of a bittersweet romance
You’re as innocent as the stars
You can’t understand why I’m so dark
I don’t want to say goodbye
But I’m an optimistic nihilist most of the time
And I’ve spent too much of my life ...
As your eyes turn black and white
You’re fading away in my hands
I know we won’t survive past the twilight
The leaves dance around us for the last time
It was our fate to die in the afterglow
The violin knows we never had a chance
As it confesses the violence of a bittersweet romance
You’re as innocent as the stars
You can’t understand why I’m so dark
I don’t want to say goodbye
But I’m an optimistic nihilist most of the time
And I’ve spent too much of my life ...
#romantic
#death
167 reads
4 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
22nd Mar 2023 2:24am
22nd Mar 2023 2:24am
Cracking Composure
My legs will never be toothpicks
And I’ll never be paper thin
They laugh at my stretched skin
And I flinch when I look in the mirror
The marks on my face
Tell me how I’m going to die
I freak out when I see people outside
Don’t look at me I might cry
There’s always something new
For me to hate
I chase self love
By running in place
I want to be happy
Without having to try
Be excited
Without being terrified
My heart started racing
When they walked by
I’m hungover
From the...
And I’ll never be paper thin
They laugh at my stretched skin
And I flinch when I look in the mirror
The marks on my face
Tell me how I’m going to die
I freak out when I see people outside
Don’t look at me I might cry
There’s always something new
For me to hate
I chase self love
By running in place
I want to be happy
Without having to try
Be excited
Without being terrified
My heart started racing
When they walked by
I’m hungover
From the...
#anxiety
#SelfWorth
168 reads
3 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
10th Mar 2023 1:56am
10th Mar 2023 1:56am
Inferiority Complex
It’s spring again
And you’re out every night
With your new friends
You’re all coated in same skin
I don’t know how I thought
I could ever fit in
Let’s go back to when
The snow kept us inside
I’ve always been told
They’re not better than me
But that’s not how it seems
I want to know what they’re talking about
They make me feel like I’m missing out
I spend everyday alone in my house
While they’re running all over town
But they all say they want my life
I’m not allowed to want to...
And you’re out every night
With your new friends
You’re all coated in same skin
I don’t know how I thought
I could ever fit in
Let’s go back to when
The snow kept us inside
I’ve always been told
They’re not better than me
But that’s not how it seems
I want to know what they’re talking about
They make me feel like I’m missing out
I spend everyday alone in my house
While they’re running all over town
But they all say they want my life
I’m not allowed to want to...
#betrayal
#despair
#hurt
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