My best friend has a best friend
It's just like the last one,
And the time before then,
The flatter and laughter,
The messages that come pouring in just when I need them,
And then nothing,
Not even a reason.
©nifemi
nifemi
Nigerian
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nifemi 6w
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nifemi 8w
She hoped for any emotion at all,
Regret, lust, pity . . . love?
She pushed him to his limits,
She hurt his fragile ego,
He has to feel something,
And then she saw it,
Bits of confusing emotions,
It thrilled her,
The effect she had on him,
He roared her name with tears in his eyes,
Finally something,
It was hatred but she was grateful for it,
Strong emotions sometimes mirror their opposite sides.
©nifemi -
nifemi 8w
Silence,
Sacred and pure,
Driving men to the limits of their potential,
Potentials that mustn't be tapped completely,
Dancing at the edge of insanity,
Doubting a mind that was created to the balance,
Bridge between the subconscious and reality,
Tipping off the scale of nature,
Eve knows more than she revealed,
The holy book taught you better,
Knowledge lurks in the depths of silence,
Knowledge so great, it is forbidden.
©nifemi -
Empty,
So my reverberations rock me to my core.
©nifemi -
nifemi 12w
As they gathered to stare,
Slowly pressing bodies against one another to steal a glance or two,
I cringed,
Looking wildly for a way out while they reached to touch me,
Forming opinions that their faces didn't bother to conceal,
On days like this one, I hate how easily I read people's minds,
I wanted to scream but fear crippled me,
It was like sleep paralysis all over again,
Except this time I'm wide awake,
The day has finally come,
Oh it's as real as pain gets,
I forgot how to pray but I wished for a Messiah,
Mother universe seemed too busy to even care,
The rash creeped in like I wouldn't notice,
Burning my skin as it spreads like the sky,
I cried softly,
Only if they knew what they were doing to me,
Father forgive them but reserve a place for them in hell,
Crashing to the floor like a mountain of cards,
Finally silence.
©nifemi -
nifemi 15w
"Men are polygamous by nature"
No, you are not.
You are just an embarrassing dimwit with basic sexual control issues
Like a dog, you will salivate at the sound of a lady's heels. Go on, blame it on nature. Who raised you?
Glorified cowards
©nifemi -
nifemi 16w
I said I'll need some time to think about it,
But honestly just like yesterday and the day before, I have the same answers,
Vague but necessary,
I wish you wouldn't expect so much from me.
©nifemi -
nifemi 16w
It was just as I feared,
No fireworks and butterflies,
Just really aware of his cheap cologne and intimidating height.
©nifemi -
nifemi 17w
Broken toys give me a purpose,
I can fix you and make you whole again,
Or break you beyond repair,
Probably because I'm broken myself,
How can you tap from a source that has always been dry?
©nifemi -
nifemi 17w
I didn't get much attention as a child,
That might explain why I'm attracted to broken toys,
It's like seeing your reflection on a clear water,
I can't fix me so I try to help others.
©nifemi
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The words
The words simmer like a pot of ramen
being watched by hungry eyes.
Hungry for love, craving for attention.
Waiting to pour their souls into a bowl of joy.
So connected with the world
Yet so alone in their thoughts.
The nights keep them awake
The days spent day dreaming.
The truth can be bitter than the worst defeat
Yet all they want is to hear is the words.
They won’t find them in a greeting card.
They can’t crack it out of a fortune cookie.
For the words are meaningless
till they come out from deep within their soul.
Words that penetrate the walls of insecurity.
Words that remind them that their heart can race while being perfectly still.
Words so potent it will flood their lungs till they can’t breathe.
Words that remind them what it is to be alive!
~Kz -
maiatamarain 64w
©maiatamarain
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maiatamarain 60w
@mirakee @writersnetwork
In a silenced street
He looked up to me
From my balcony I waved him goodbye!
With no words to say
He left with his saddest smile
Maybe he deserved more
Than I could give him
More happiness than he had imagined
In his craziest or wildest dreams
Couldn't help but regretted it every night
That was the last time he ever saw me
With a thirst of love in his eyesHe...
©maiatamarain
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thelostmetaphor 58w
#slowly
@writersnetwork
writer’s block sorry :”
Thankyou so much for the Editor’s Choice☁️Slowly,
the time cured her
by the stitches of hope.
Where the darkness
was her charcoal detox
which wiped all her scars and sore.
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Slowly, those hallucinations of failures crumbled
infront of her perseverance, like a withered
thorn of a fresh bougainvillea.
©daffodilpearlzz ~Bhavya
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9raw9war9 67w
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kurtphilipbehm 67w
Touched By A Demon
Dancing with the devil,
we waltzed across the floor
Past the spot the band was playing,
through the open door
The darkness called to him by name,
he answered with a smile
And looked at me and said: “This way,
damnations forked turnstile
With one step back, I bid him true,
to leave me on my way
The voices growing louder still,
of those past gone astray
He stopped and said: “You now must jump,
this ledge all sinners pass
And pointed down to the abyss,
the inferno’s deep morass
He looked away, his head was down,
while shouting dark and vile
A chant so foul, demonic born,
my soul at once beguiled
Before he stopped, I took both hands,
and pushed him from behind
And watched him fall into the void,
among his liken kind
Then walking back toward the dance,
I heard the music play
His words to music ringing out,
my.spirit disarrayed
Once back inside I looked around,
and watched the dancers flee
And knew at once the way they ran
—that devil now was me
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bellemoon99 79w
Remember
I'll tuck myself away in a cozy memory,
a distant one in which all the pain fades away.
Your fingertips will trace maps on my skin again,
the taste of your lips will be fresh once more.
Who cares if my limbs freeze in time? Slowly rotting as I remember when you were mine.
©bellemoon99 -
My heart groans longingly
It desires a soul with zest
One with whom
I may share all my wisdom
For my mind is full
And my lips are heavy with words
©hovah_
