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semikolon
Unsuccessful writer, experienced worrier and effective time waster.
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Poetry About Mental Illnesses
ADHD, anxiety, OCD, depression- anything! Tag me, please!
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semikolon in Poetry & Free Verse

Alzhatraz

Annie, I’ve seen the results.

I’m scared.

I bought you some flowers.

I love you.

I will always love you.

I've lost my job.

I love you.

I called you Rosie.

I'm sorry.

I love you.

Who are you?

I'm sorry.

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The saddest word

You said it again - "***" - the saddest word.

...that you *** got it right.

...that you are *** done with her.

...that you *** sorted it out.

...that you *** got us out of this mess.

...that we are *** there.

...that we are *** happy again.

The saddest word you said.

The saddest of all words.

When I hear it, it hurts more. It hurts more to know that we were so close. That we were almost there but never there. "Almost" - the saddest word you said.

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It was my lifE

I give my life away tonight.

Take it.

It's yours.

I won't be stressed anymore.

It's your life now. Feel it.

I won't cry anymore.

These are your tears now. Tear them.

I won't laugh anymore.

These are your little joys. Enjoy them.

They are yours.

Take them.

I give all my days away tonight.

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Waiting For A Star Too Fall

I listen to the 80s songs,

Listen to the words written

When the grass was greener...

And they tell me that Heaven Is a Place On Earth,

I guess that's why Everybody Wants To Rule The World now.

I feel Kernkraft 400 In The Air Tonight,

No matter if you're Black Or White,

Don't Turn Around,

Just jump on the Runaway Train

Or keep Running Up That Hill.

Wouldn't It Be Good to go back to 80s?

Did you hear that Another One Bites The Dust?

On this Land Of Confusion?

Am I Losing My Religion?

Am I losing my Self Control?

Who's gonna flip the tape?

I think we are still on the wrong side of the 80s...

We need More Than Words.

We need the Wind Of Change.

If I Could Turn Back Time,

I would go back to the 80s...

I know I won't be Forever Young,

But I won't Stop Believin',

Because Sweet Dreams never get old,

And I hope the grass will be greener some day and this world will look like in the 80s again.

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semikolon in Poetry & Free Verse

The strangest gift

The pain was the same.

When kids laughed at me.

When I didn't get into uni.

The pain was the same.

When she said "no".

The pain was the same.

When my dad said you died.

The pain was the same.

When my mamma cried over him.

The pain was the same.

But kids don't laugh anymore.

Some of them are dead already.

And there was another uni.

Where I met my best friends.

Then she came to my life

And I thought I wouldn't need anything else.

And I know you're gone for good

But I've already helped some people

Who went through the same hell.

And I know I'll be there to wipe all tears.

To lift up hearts.

To say everything is going to be fine.

To look with eyes that have seen too much.

To feel with heart broken too many times.

Suffering is the strangest gift

I never want to get.

Pain is the strangest gift

Taking time to understand.

How long I'll have to wait this time?

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semikolon in Poetry & Free Verse

A synonym.

All I wanted was to be

A word in your dictionary -

To have a place and meaning,

Be one of a kind.

I wanted you to get to know me,

Analyse me,

Understand me,

Use me.

I dreamt about you

Being proud to know me

And spreading me

Among your friends.

I wanted to be born

As a thought in your head.

I wished to die as a whisper

Slipped between your lips.

But you left me unspoken,

You left me unthought.

Like an unborn child,

Who never sees the light.

And I can't stop asking myself:

What was wrong about me?

Why did you prefer to use

A synonym?

Challenge
Come up with a horrible title for a bad romantic comedy movie.
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semikolon in Comedy

A romcom your eyes don’t want to see

Showspank Redemption: What Happens In Prison Stays In Prison

Challenge
Listen to Audiomachine's composition "Prologue - Birth", and then write a poem. (Link to the piece can be found in the description tab)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhInLTwfK9g
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semikolon in Poetry & Free Verse

nethertheless

i still can feel your tears drilling down my fingerprints

i'm sorry i lied that everything was going to be all right

you gave me the greatest gift

i wish i could share her with you

i promise i will do my best now

i promise i will

i - miss You

we - thank You

Challenge
Stranger than fiction. Write a piece of 15-to-50-words in any style or genre, featuring a real-life strange occurrence.
it can be anything that's happened to you or even something you've heard of happening, so long as you're sure it's happened. (or at least pretty sure.)
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Bible enthusiast

"Spare change? I've just left prison, ain't got money", he stopped me. "Nope", I flipped my pockets inside out showing just a rosary I used to carry. "I love Bible, read it a lot in prison. You know my favourite part? >> ...then he released Barabbas...<<", he laughed and moved on.

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The Devil’s Feast

Hi God, you there?

Just wanted to let you know I'm still not fine. I ate the devil and he's sitting in my stomach. Can you feel him too? He squeezes my lungs and tickles my heart. I can hear him inside.

You there? His laughter strangles my thoughts, God. He's eating my soul. Make him hungry, make him thirsty, make him weak. There's not much left anyway...

You there? You know, when I wake up he lays next to me. He tells me to stay in bed. He wants me to think about bad things. Shut him, I beg you, the fuck up!

You there? Make this day different than others. Make me feel like I had before. And when I go to sleep tonight, close my eyes, my hungry, tired eyes I've been keeping open for too long.

You there?

I'm sorry...

You there?