You were a page I didn’t turn, A fire I passed with no concern. But then a glance, a breath, a spark — And suddenly, you lit the dark. I wasn’t lost, I wasn’t blind, But still, you redrew all I’d mind. A story started, unassigned — And somehow, you were in every line.

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INTP

Gemini

Just look through my memo and found that I have write this

ISTJ

Capricorn

Be my pain

how many times i'd need to learn to go through hope until it burns how many times i'd need to fear that this connection disappears i hold the silence like a thread afraid of what we never said every almost cuts so deep promises we couldn’t keep how many times i’d have to feel until i find... read more

INTJ

Virgo

poem from my new book

The light slipped free from the curves, like an epic goddess. Nefertari, O powerful lady, O Egyptian one, by the Temple of Abu Simbel. Your eyes are kneaded with sacred water. Born of a blue Nile, where you belong, you ignite a cosmic war. Written by me

16h

INFJ

Leo

I wrote this at work a week or so ago

I'm not a depressed individual, I just like to think i can understand different backgrounds of the world.

1mo

INFJ

Virgo

Rest in power. ❤️ Yolande “Nikki” Cornelia Giovanni Jr. June 7, 1943 – December 9, 2024

“When I Die” by Nikki Giovanni when i die i hope no one who ever hurt me cries and if they cry i hope their eyes fall out and a million maggots that had made up their brains crawl from the empty holes and devour the flesh that covered the evil that passed itself off as a person that i probably... read more

ENFJ

Scorpio

Freedom To The Brithgivers

Freedom to the birthgivers—I cry aloud, the quiet architects of every world. You praise their wisdom, curiosity, resolve, then silence the very freedom they unfurled. Every joy stolen, every cry erased, voices hushed, wrapped clean in lawful white. We praise our freedoms, speak of justice... read more

19h

ISTP

Capricorn

🐺

Each day we die just a little Then you hear that long train whistle Will today be the day That you ride that train one way Bringing you to that place Where you recieve your grace Its ok to fear that ride Life is just slow suicide So you can stay safe inside From the world you can hide It... read more

1mo

ISTP

Capricorn

🐺

Some times The most amazing things come from the simplest designs To revolutionize You might just need to take a step to the side Thats where innovation and perspective collide Then you just might control the tide And bring the whole world inside Your mind So dont just keep looking up to... read more

11h

INFP

Aquarius

Space and dread and the dark

A poem by William Ernest Henry, that I've been thinking about a lot recently. Space and dread and the dark - Over a livid stretch of sky Cloud-monsters crawling, like a funeral train Of huge, primeval presences Stooping beneath the weight Of some enormous, rudimentary grief; While in the... read more

1mo

ENFJ

Gemini

The ones on the other side

The ones on the other side Who are they? No matter the weather They take it in strides Even with smiles And while you cry They cry harder Just for you The ones on the other side Who take you with them To gentler tides When it gets sad You can pray That the ones on the other side Are always... read more

ISTP

Capricorn

🐺

Freedom is the absence of fear Its not about the time or year Its about being fearless in this world of greed and hate Do you have what it takes to test fate Could you not only survive Any where on this planet could you thrive If your fearlessness only comes with comfort and technology Then... read more

ENFP

Gemini

A Brain Train Running Out of Tracks

My mind roars on But there is no work For which to focus on My brain is a train with no brakes Yet there is no track for it to run I need work Something for my brain work on Won’t someone supply it An act of justice Or a show of kindness A part to play A monster to fight A relic to retrieve An... read more

ENFP

Gemini

"Love and Beaches"

Come along with me Along to the beach Where the water laps Against the sandy shore And crash and roar As the waves Hit the reef Come let us run And act like children For a little while Let us tan While it is still Not too hot Let us walk Up and down Upon the sand As it squishes Beneath our feet Let... read more

ENFP

Gemini

“Books Are Not Just Books”

A book is not simply a book It’s a portal A portal to worlds That are impossible elsewhere Portals to worlds Where dragons still roam the sky Dinosaurs still stalk Through the land Where knights still fight For their honor And the love Of their damsels Where pirates set sail And cowboys still... read more

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INTJ

Virgo

I miss you

INFJ

Gemini

Writers

Recently published my book. When pain spills out in form of ink 🫟

INFP

Aries

For him

If one day my name no longer finds shelter, even in the smallest corner of your mind, then this is me learning how to leave. Quietly. Without resentment. I will fold my longing into a cold, courteous silence, letting it thin into mist until it no longer presses against your footsteps. I did not... read more

ENFJ

Gemini

My only today

From first dates To court dates You had me at hello The stars shone bright Yellow From good morning texts To midnight regrets Your smile is a treasure Your tunge is so clever Yet your eyes, They do sever We talked the talked We walked the walk Through forests Grocery store aisles And we... read more

INFJ

Leo

The More Loving One.

"Were all stars to disappear or die, I should learn to look at an empty sky, And feel its total dark sublime, Though this might take me a little time." - W. H. Auden

ISTJ

Gemini

Fatima

❤️❤️❤️ Hello this side Fatima

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INTJ

Aquarius

Poetry

Thee beholds melancholy , thy melancholy beholds thee , thine depravity.....

18d

INFJ

Aries

She Rides Alone

Sometimes it’s just good to roam alone. No noise. No pack. No need to explain your fire to those who only see smoke. Just me, the machine, and a wildness they’ll never tame.

INFJ

Capricorn

Silk

I want to be a rebel with a flower, wearing peacefulness and daisy chains like chain mail. I want to be a tidal wave of love, adorned with authenticity like war paint. I used to be a pacifist (with chaos raging within.) I remember my desire not to fight (and the trigger-happy impulses... read more

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INFP

Libra

Poetry behind an image prompt

What does the image make you feel? (edited)

ENFP

Leo

A Kushy Poem

Unfurling Unfurling unto the world both ancient and new A light in the darkness, mists in the dew A glimmer in the void, shadows long to find This light in my chest, this light that's mine A light in the mist Bathes in shadows that twist Darknesses encroach Endevouring beyond reproach To smother... read more

INFJ

Capricorn

🖤

a love affair with the self the one I have to live with until the grave brain–body–soul meeting, again and again

INFP

Aries

🖤

Elm by Sylvia Plath *not the full poem*

ENTJ

Taurus

Chambers hold what pressure taught; the spiral learns to glow anyway. (To go alongside my poem "After the Weather").

INTJ

Scorpio

Rent Free

Do you think of me? Like I think of you? The nights the days the hours tick by... Living rent free Since we've said goodbye. Since I've burned this bridge With tears made of gasoline. Only now can I breathe Even the fumes are toxic. I can breathe freely. Do you think of me while you continue to... read more

24d

ISFP

Aquarius

In English we say, "I still love you".

But Dostoevsky said, "The price of loving someone very much is never loving anyone again. Because once you've touched something that deep, everything after feels shallow. You start comparing every warmth to their fire, every gaze to their gravity. But nothing comes close to that depth again. So you... read more

ENTJ

Taurus

My fourth poem "After the Weather"

After the Weather Born early, lungs learning the world before the world agreed. Small body negotiating oxygen like a contract that might be revoked. Survival began as craft. Attention as instinct. The nervous system learned to read rooms the way animals read weather. In the forest where rooms... read more

13d

INFP

Libra

Poetry behind an image prompt

The world seems controlled by images. What do you see? What emotions or thoughts are behind the image? What emotions or thoughts poke your poetic mind? Photo deleted (edited)

INFJ

Taurus

🌕🥀

INFJ

Cancer

Red (#mypoems)

Phoenix red cradling a shadow at dusk, deep red of passion stirred up and left to dry on a summer afternoon, cool red throbbing between two watermelon seeds, flickering red tucked under an old envelope, dream-red kissing hope-red (secretly, between two blue walls), red bursting with expectations,... (edited) read more

17d

ISTJ

Scorpio

I'm trying my best🍀

"I plant hope in the soil of my struggles, waiting for it to bloom."🥀

ENTJ

Taurus

My third Poem ...Laminar Flow

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22d

INTP

Her lines

Suppressed sadness pours out through her poetry, Yet she never wants her words to make others feel heavy, When she has no one, she finds calm in expression, Unaware that her subconscious is deepening the pain within, Should she change?

29d

ENFJ

Sagittarius

So... it happened.

She was born. They didn't want her. She could feel it. She stayed. She lived. Pretended. Tried. Again. And.... Again. She tried. Then, they pretended. Like they cared. So she lived, again. For them.. She lived. Again. And, Again. Finally, she stopped. She understood. It was... (edited) read more

22d

INFP

Scorpio

Matrix

when you can see across the matrix, how can you still live the lie? when you see the selfishness woven into others' mind how do you remain kind ? When the horrors are no longer distant, how do you still taste joy? When you have looked the evil in the eye with cruelty not in stories, but in the very... read more

12d

ENTJ

The brutal battle

That doesn't shed blood It's between mind and heart It shed thoughts In favour of u And against u ... Either u win or u lose Your victory your defeat Smile with tears That's you got (Rough ones)...

INFP

Aries

111726

If everyone has access to you, the same way I do, Can’t keep inside jokes, always sharing the news, This just in, another itch to the skin, Another toy in the cypher you use to spread thin, May the attention you seek, feel within reach, Validate your esteem, while I part from the seams, Would’ve... read more

INTJ

Virgo

Poem from my new poetry book

My father was not an aristocratic man. He was dark-skinned, slender, rebellious, bowing his head to those who toil. He was not one who clings to photographs; he blended into the crowds, offering the morning greeting. The road knew him, the lone palm tree, and the sorrowful house that carried his... read more

13d

ENTJ

Taurus

My second ever attempt at writing poetry....

1/3

Art of unexpectedness

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poem from my new book

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Freedom To The Brithgivers

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Space and dread and the dark

The ones on the other side

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For him

My only today

The More Loving One.

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Chambers hold what pressure taught; the spiral learns to glow anyway. (To go alongside my poem "After the Weather").

Rent Free

In English we say, "I still love you".

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Poetry behind an image prompt

🌕🥀

Red (#mypoems)

I'm trying my best🍀

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My second ever attempt at writing poetry....