Submissions by modern_mug (Say.Lex)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I write intermittently
SELF POEM
Published
30th May 2024 00:37am
30th May 2024 00:37am
Patchwork Sweater
I am pieces of people I’ve known
For very long after they have flown
I see them in the tattoos on my skin
And in the places I have been
In last weeks new haircut I did myself
When I go to the beach and collect shells
In hobbies I might not have discovered
And even in the way I keep my cupboard
I see them in the way I dress
I hold onto them, I will confess
I’m a sewn-together patchwork sweater
And this is my catch-all love letter
For very long after they have flown
I see them in the tattoos on my skin
And in the places I have been
In last weeks new haircut I did myself
When I go to the beach and collect shells
In hobbies I might not have discovered
And even in the way I keep my cupboard
I see them in the way I dress
I hold onto them, I will confess
I’m a sewn-together patchwork sweater
And this is my catch-all love letter
#confessional
#gratitude
#love #SelfReflection
#love #SelfReflection
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SELF POEM
Published
26th Sep 2018 6:37pm
26th Sep 2018 6:37pm
Nameless
Connect, laugh, have fun
But still it interjects; leaves
Crippled; everyone confused
Fine; yet never are
Creeps in when least
Expected; want to understand
But it can't be said
No one can know
Sink into the nameless
But still it interjects; leaves
Crippled; everyone confused
Fine; yet never are
Creeps in when least
Expected; want to understand
But it can't be said
No one can know
Sink into the nameless
#anxiety
#depression
#PTSD
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LOVE POEM
Published
9th Mar 2018 11:09pm
9th Mar 2018 11:09pm
Empty
He was there because he was bored
I was there because I was lonely
I filled his time
As he filled my heart
Now its fallen apart
I was there because I was lonely
I filled his time
As he filled my heart
Now its fallen apart
#love
#heartbroken
#breakup
#loneliness
#betrayal
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LOVE POEM
Published
31st Jan 2018 00:07am
31st Jan 2018 00:07am
Cat
Treat me like a cat:
Relish in my presence,
But don't try to confine me,
Do not control me,
Because if you let me free
And treat me with respect,
As I do for you,
I'll always come back
To be with you.
Relish in my presence,
But don't try to confine me,
Do not control me,
Because if you let me free
And treat me with respect,
As I do for you,
I'll always come back
To be with you.
#PopCulture
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SELF POEM
Published
30th Oct 2017 3:30pm
30th Oct 2017 3:30pm
Note to Self
Feel ashamed.
All you ever do is complain
When you have so much
And others have so little
How do you have
The capacity to cry
When barely anything
Has ever happened to you
So you got an F in that class?
You did some bad things
And you regret It?
You should be happy
You have a family
That hasn't abandoned you
A loving partner
And great friends
And still all you do
Is act like a baby
Get over yourself
And step it up.
All you ever do is complain
When you have so much
And others have so little
How do you have
The capacity to cry
When barely anything
Has ever happened to you
So you got an F in that class?
You did some bad things
And you regret It?
You should be happy
You have a family
That hasn't abandoned you
A loving partner
And great friends
And still all you do
Is act like a baby
Get over yourself
And step it up.
#PopCulture
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LOVE POEM
Published
25th Oct 2017 7:46pm
25th Oct 2017 7:46pm
Glass
Smooth glass
Perfect
Besides some
Minor scratches
Reflecting
everything
Around it
Clearly
Smashed glass
Mere particles
Resembles
Nothing
Ruined by
My hand
Scoop up
The tiny
Fragments
And keep
Them in
My pocket
Precious
Dust of
Something
Special
Changed
Forever
Perfect
Besides some
Minor scratches
Reflecting
everything
Around it
Clearly
Smashed glass
Mere particles
Resembles
Nothing
Ruined by
My hand
Scoop up
The tiny
Fragments
And keep
Them in
My pocket
Precious
Dust of
Something
Special
Changed
Forever
#LifeAsAWriter
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SELF POEM
Published
24th Oct 2017 2:10am
24th Oct 2017 2:10am
Void
The whole of the emptiness
That is the universe
Seems to sit inside of me
It's weightlessness
Could obliterate me
Pulling in on my chest
With the force of a black hole
Until it hurts to breathe
I wonder if I am too weak
That is the universe
Seems to sit inside of me
It's weightlessness
Could obliterate me
Pulling in on my chest
With the force of a black hole
Until it hurts to breathe
I wonder if I am too weak
#sadness
#depression
#dark #LifeStruggles
#dark #LifeStruggles
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
24th Oct 2017 1:26am
24th Oct 2017 1:26am
Mundane
Barren; glass walls and
Colorless things. When did it
Become so boring?
Colorless things. When did it
Become so boring?
#haiku
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LOVE POEM
Published
12th Oct 2017 3:35am
12th Oct 2017 3:35am
Stolen
I know you aren't happy;
I know that it's because of me.
I stole your smile from you;
I kept it for myself.
I want to give it back to you;
I want to make you smile.
While these sentiments
Are great and such,
I really have to actually
Run that mile.
I can't return that smile
With all my prose,
But I suppose it's
An okay place to start,
So first just let me say
I'm so sorry.
I know that it's because of me.
I stole your smile from you;
I kept it for myself.
I want to give it back to you;
I want to make you smile.
While these sentiments
Are great and such,
I really have to actually
Run that mile.
I can't return that smile
With all my prose,
But I suppose it's
An okay place to start,
So first just let me say
I'm so sorry.
#love
#ImSorry
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SELF POEM
Published
20th Sep 2017 1:19am
20th Sep 2017 1:19am
Brave Face
Put on a brave face,"
They always say.
So I wear a "brave face"
Each and every day.
But even little things
Easily break me.
I just choose not
To let anyone see.
They always say.
So I wear a "brave face"
Each and every day.
But even little things
Easily break me.
I just choose not
To let anyone see.
#LifeAsAWriter
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LOVE POEM
Published
9th Sep 2017 4:27am
9th Sep 2017 4:27am
Too Much Time
I know its getting hard
but the honeymoon stage just ended
Two years is too much to throw away
You know it isn't working now
But in the end it will all be worth it
Three years is too much to throw away
You are at your wit's end
But you still remember those few moments where you were ecstatic
Four years is too much to throw away
You can not take it anymore
And this time there are no "but"s to compensate
You've thrown five years away
For what?
but the honeymoon stage just ended
Two years is too much to throw away
You know it isn't working now
But in the end it will all be worth it
Three years is too much to throw away
You are at your wit's end
But you still remember those few moments where you were ecstatic
Four years is too much to throw away
You can not take it anymore
And this time there are no "but"s to compensate
You've thrown five years away
For what?
#dark
#relationships
#breakup
#conflict
#disappointment
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