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The Dangers of Perfection

The Dangers of Perfection

A Poem by StormeLight


How much do we lose?In the pursuit of perfection?What does our relationshipwith the circle of lifeLook like?UtopiaUtopiaWe want UtopiaUtopiaUtopiaWe w..
Grace

Grace

A Poem by StormeLight


What if knowing isn't everything?What if you had a choice to knowFor three straight yearsWhat if knowing isn't everythingBecause you are not yet the p..
Darkness

Darkness

A Poem by StormeLight


Years agoI was at another momentWhen I was questioningWhether or not to take my lifeI worked at a call centerI called all the hotlinesNo one ever able..
Pride

Pride

A Poem by StormeLight


I was everything to meI meant so much to meI thought I was creatingMy very own destinyThen I lost controlEverything came crumbling downI had no idea t..
Redirection

Redirection

A Poem by StormeLight


So many years in tearsOver so many closed doorsSlamming in my faceFeeling completely disgracedWhy am I even here?My purpose is not even clearDrowning ..
People and Protocol

People and Protocol

A Poem by StormeLight


So many people hurting Crying and screaming on the floor Trudging through total disaster How did we end u..
Strangers

Strangers

A Poem by Ryan Hamill


Brother mine.I still remember the exact moment I realised how important you were to me. The moment I thought to myself “This guy. This human bei..
Small Voices

Small Voices

A Poem by StormeLight


Society calls us a nobodyAnd takes all our power awayTrying to take the passionFrom voices long held at bayWe think we make no differenceWith everythi..
Grief Strikes!

Grief Strikes!

A Poem by Caroline


This piece is about my relationship with my father and a specific event that wasn't traumatic because of the event but because of the way it was handl..
Broken Promises

Broken Promises

A Poem by StormeLight


You learn more about a personFrom how they treat an enemyRather than a friendHow do they treat someoneThat they don't respectThey take the moral high ..
Petty Tyrants

Petty Tyrants

A Poem by StormeLight


Massive evil and corruptionBoils all our bloodWe look aroundWe look at the groundWe look up to the skyWe feel that we are drowningIn a hopeless kind o..
Unsure

Unsure

A Poem by Amaree


Do I go away?If I did, would you beg me to stay?Make me feel wanted?Show me that desire you once had...When you first met me,All you could feel was gl..
Delight In Pain

Delight In Pain

A Poem by StormeLight


Dear Psychopathic Sadists, In how many ways can I say thisYou take delight in all that you can bleedFrom the people whose trust you gainedHere we are ..
The Vision

The Vision

A Poem by StormeLight


There I was, In the mental hospital againI lost my mind againLost inside of visions of the futureI couldn't comprehend to be trueThey called it psycho..
Time as Vapor

Time as Vapor

A Poem by An owl on the moon


From An Owl on the Moon... Chapter 11 - Time as vapor: November
25 percent

25 percent

A Poem by Gard25


25 percentthe words leave his lipsi can feel my heart shuddera little piece ripsblood drains from my facefeels like it’s pooling at my feetit dr..
the lamppost

the lamppost

A Poem by Gard25


across the streetburns a light i once knewthe way in flickers at dawnas the shy turns to bluescratches on the postsome of which mineletters we carvedt..
the leaves

the leaves

A Poem by Gard25


the leaves begin to falleach a darker shade of redthey wander by my windowrotting until deadlooking so prettyhanging from their treebut their hands le..
pure white roses

pure white roses

A Poem by Gard25


i once knew a girli've still not forgotten her nameshe looked just like a paintingher golden hair was her framefreckles dotted her cheekswith brown ey..