Sincerely, Anonymous 1/26/21
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broken
i’ve never felt this low before,
my sweaty palms and quaking soul.
you shaped my heart to be so sore,
and forced me into your control.
your fragile hands on my mind,
searching for your arms and chest.
all i really had was time,
and now i’m breathing empty breaths.
broken is all i can be now.
oh how you would be so proud,
proud of how you stole my heart,
and tore me down t’ill you wanted me no more.
i swear i thought you loved me too,
but all you were was a simplistic fraud.
i promise i thought i knew,
knew you couldn't be flawed.
now i’m broken on the floor,
left here begging forevermore.
i wish i could just close the door,
but instead i’m broken, infinitely ignored.
- sincerely, anonymous
Pressure
When she was young,
They said to follow her dreams,
But those words off their tongues,
Were not what they seemed.
As she grew older,
Society tore her apart,
They beat her and ridiculed her,
For simply following her heart.
The pressures of society,
Gave her permanent anxiety,
She says she’d rather die,
than feel this way inside.
She’s all alone now,
With her brain so flooded she could drown,
In the names of those who said they cared,
But didn’t stick around.
The smile she once had was so bright,
She doesn’t show it anymore,
Because the constant criticism,
Ate her down to the core.
They said her teeth are messed up,
And her eyes are closed,
She needs more makeup,
Because of too many freckles on her nose.
She struggles to please everyone,
If she’s not too fat she’s too thin,
There is no in between,
She cannot win.
She lost herself,
Finding the girl they want her to be,
Her mind has been captured,
She’s no longer free.
All the things she once dreamed of,
She doesn’t want to do,
She thinks she is broken,
And society... it’s all because of you.
- Sincerely, Anonymous
drowning
as i sit here while time wastes away,
i listen to music in complete and utter dismay.
a large heavy weight drops in my chest,
and all i can dream of is an endless rest.
my breathing quickens
as fast as a slipping slide slickens.
and i feel my empty soul reaching
reaching for all that feels missing.
i’m drowning.
i’m drowning in a sea filled with nameless faces,
as my heart beats out of my chest, like a
restless horse paces.
i look up to the clear blue sky,
but all i see are clouds, as a plane passes by.
i wonder what it’s like to fly
fly away as i swallow my pride.
this drowning never ends
and i still pretend
pretend to notice my darkened eyes,
but they’ll never understand the strength of my
disguise
i’m drowning,
and i know it will never stop.
forever i’ll feel surrounded
surrounded by the unending, burdened pain
of ruthless shouting prolonging it’s stay inside
my brain.
- sincerely, anonymous
I guess
I guess I got what I came for.
I was never meant to be okay.
And these hard truths that I swallow
Only hollow me out.
“I guess I got what I came for.”
You said on your way out.
And that all these hard pills that you swallow
Only hollow you out.
I must confess that I love you
And I know you love me too.
I guess I’m just scared of losing
What I knew was once true.
And this old bed that I sleep in
It was never really my own.
And I said, “I guess I got what I came for.”
As I lose all control.
Every melody
sings every star that holds onto me.
Everyone I see
Has their chin held high and they’re so proud of me.
But every turn I take
Has wrong way signs. All I know are mistakes.
I guess we got what we came for.
- Sincerely, Anonymous
you
you made me feel a way
a way i've never felt before.
you saved me from my own decay,
then burned my body to the core.
you saved my life
when i wasn't living
you stabbed me with your hopeless knife,
and left me feeling unforgiving.
you left me scared to fall again
i'm broken now and can't be found
you made my heart, my soul cave in
and now I'm scattered on the ground.
you make me feel like i must pretend
pretend to fall in love again.
- sincerely, anonymous
Waves
People come and go, like waves crashing up against a rugged pier. Each wave is guaranteed to leave, with a new one following close behind. When people leave our lives, we are left battered. We are left broken. It takes a crew of skilled workers to repair the broken pier. After months of working hard to restore the pier's beauty, a new wave calmly rushes onto shore, only to leave, forevermore.
- Sincerely, Anonymous
Full Circle
You two grow closer, bit by bit.
You start thinking, "he'll make a great fit".
One day you confess your feelings, and he does the same.
Right now you don't know it, but it's all just a game.
He acts all nice, except for a mere flaw.
Oh, you can't believe it, the one you never saw.
You two talk all the time,
You two are at your prime.
There's a red flag,
But you really like to brag.
"He really is perfect"
Oh, we'll see about that.
You two are fond of each other, that much I know.
But little do you know, it's almost time for the final show.
One day it comes, unexpected,
You had no idea how much you'd be affected.
It came and went all too fast,
But now it's all in the past.
You wonder where you went wrong,
Maybe he just didn't belong.
But now there's someone new,
But he might not stay true.
You two grow closer, bit by bit.
You start thinking, "he'll make a great fit"....
- Sincerely, Anonymous
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