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.
SONG LYRICS
Published
23rd Apr 2024 11:03pm
23rd Apr 2024 11:03pm
Tuesdays
My pulse is a ticking clock
Like the one that used to be on your wall
Before it stopped
In my head it never ends
We’re still at that stop sign
We used to sit at to kill the time
A decade gone in a minute
I never get over anything
I want to fall back in it
Give me back the backroads
I want to feel like I’m going home
Take me to the stage again
So I can feel it in my bones
Please just let me go
I’m tired of your ghost
I’ve kept your books
Did you know this would happen
Did you...
Like the one that used to be on your wall
Before it stopped
In my head it never ends
We’re still at that stop sign
We used to sit at to kill the time
A decade gone in a minute
I never get over anything
I want to fall back in it
Give me back the backroads
I want to feel like I’m going home
Take me to the stage again
So I can feel it in my bones
Please just let me go
I’m tired of your ghost
I’ve kept your books
Did you know this would happen
Did you...
#death
#depression
#family
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SELF POEM
Published
22nd Apr 2024 10:38pm
22nd Apr 2024 10:38pm
It Never Leaves This House
You said “everybody’s killing me”
So I don’t know how to tell you
I don’t want to be alive
It would make you more stressed
You might die
You already haven’t moved all day
The rocking chair will be your last resting place
A heart attack in the living room
I’m sorry I’ll be the one who kills you
Or maybe when you found out
It would be too much
And you’d just leave
Never come back
Like you always said you would
Forget it
I’m sorry
I’ll never want anything else
I’ll never ask for...
So I don’t know how to tell you
I don’t want to be alive
It would make you more stressed
You might die
You already haven’t moved all day
The rocking chair will be your last resting place
A heart attack in the living room
I’m sorry I’ll be the one who kills you
Or maybe when you found out
It would be too much
And you’d just leave
Never come back
Like you always said you would
Forget it
I’m sorry
I’ll never want anything else
I’ll never ask for...
#depression
#family
#mother
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SONG LYRICS
Published
14th Dec 2023 9:32pm
14th Dec 2023 9:32pm
Kate
Water in an empty grave
The pure blood of an unholy saint
She never needed to be saved
A part of the sky you’ll never find
She’s an angel stuck in a cemetery
Daring herself to die
Their screams move the ground beneath her feet
The clouds in her heart only bring her misery
Black wings and a white dress
She’s an outcast without regrets
Too innocent to know how to pray
She got kicked out of hell
Because she had too much grace
So she stays in the world
Because she doesn’t have any faith
A...
The pure blood of an unholy saint
She never needed to be saved
A part of the sky you’ll never find
She’s an angel stuck in a cemetery
Daring herself to die
Their screams move the ground beneath her feet
The clouds in her heart only bring her misery
Black wings and a white dress
She’s an outcast without regrets
Too innocent to know how to pray
She got kicked out of hell
Because she had too much grace
So she stays in the world
Because she doesn’t have any faith
A...
#dark
#angels
120 reads
1 Comment
SONG LYRICS
Published
2nd Oct 2023 10:02pm
2nd Oct 2023 10:02pm
The Life of an Ice Princess
The memories feel like a fake excuse
I can’t cry without thinking about you
You talk in circles around my head
And the black walls start closing in
Suffocation is more of a friend
Than you’ve ever been
I’m not who I used to be
I leave angels screaming on their knees
I wear the shadows as a crown
I make everyone cry
When I open my mouth
I laugh as glass rains on the ground
I’ll never say sorry
Because I love how it sounds
They bleed the truth
They thought I forgot about
I can only...
I can’t cry without thinking about you
You talk in circles around my head
And the black walls start closing in
Suffocation is more of a friend
Than you’ve ever been
I’m not who I used to be
I leave angels screaming on their knees
I wear the shadows as a crown
I make everyone cry
When I open my mouth
I laugh as glass rains on the ground
I’ll never say sorry
Because I love how it sounds
They bleed the truth
They thought I forgot about
I can only...
#lies
#betrayal
#manipulation
180 reads
3 Comments
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
147 reads
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
308 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
122 reads
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
193 reads
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
99 reads
0 Comments
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
243 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
170 reads
0 Comments
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
246 reads
2 Comments
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