Between the Lines discussion

This is where you will post any poems you would like to enter for poem of the week you may only do up to 1 poem per week, for this week there will not be a poem of the week. Post your poems starting today and Sunday we will vote for next week's poem. Then starting next week, we will vote every Sunday.
(I'm sorry if that makes no sense at all, it makes sense in my head)

thank you tay :) i'm excited

can we start posting now or do you want us to wait til tomorrow?

oop i just realized that
post now actually and i will edit my comment

Tay- Sparrow-James-Styles-Wells-Archer-EdenSheperd wrote: "oop i just realized that
post now actually and i will edit my comment"

okay :))

i'm over here scrolling through every page of my nook trying to find my favorite poems lol

same i might do the first poem i posted on gr

what was the first poem i posted on gr?
now i wanna find it

damn you have to go through 170 pages
i can help you find it

ik there's so many pagessss
thank you :)

i found it
i wrote it for english class though so idk if it really counts

how the hell did you find it??

it took FOREVER
i also found the first one i posted for myself
like that i didn't write for school

actually im changing it to one poem

which one should i keep

“Or so she Thought"
I would never hurt you, I'm your father
You would never hurt me , I'm your daughter
Or so she thought
I would never hit you, I'm your father
You would never hit me , I'm your daughter
Or so she thought
I would never judge you, I'm your father
You would never judge me, I'm your daughter
Or so she thought
I will love you no matter what, I'm your father
You will love me no matter what, I'm your daughter
Or so she thought

It was that moment when she stopped thoughting and began to think
I hurt you to make you a better person
You hurt me so you could make yourself seem as a better person
She began to think
I hit you as my way of showing tough love
You hit me to make you feel better about yourself
She began to think
I judged you to give you thick skin
You judged me to bring me down
She began to think

Wow! it was that easy
Or so she thought
Your back at square one

I will change
You will not change
She said
I love you
You don't love me
She said

I hate you
She said
I do not love you
She said
If only she could say that without being brought down to the ground

This is my life she thought
It will never change
That she knew

Well win for this week... by deafault

Mary
"i watch as you go"

i want you to come,
in through the window,
my soul as bright as the sun.
but i watch as you go,
my soul as dark as the night.
my only wish is to hold you tight,
for you to take me,
to make me scream out in beautiful agony.
yet still,
i watch as you go,
my soul harder than coal.
longing for you to turn around,
kiss me until we're both way too loud,
love me until we're struggling for breath,
love me so hard that i fall to my death.
but will we ever be more than this?
will my lips ever meet your kiss

Sav

why do i scream for you to leave
when every touch, it's a rush, my smile untouched
spreading across my gentle lips, every time

i know i mean nothing to you, so maybe my mind is protecting my heart
but i hate the fact that without you, i'll be forced to restart

i trusted you, gave you my subtle firsts
nothing big, just hugs and hand-holdings
in the back of my mind, i still hear the scolding
trust once, die twice
maybe someday you'll learn, love is a vice

that late night football game
i snuck out just to see you play
watched you get smacked down, cringing
you hopped up and were fine; i let out a sigh

i hugged you in front of everyone, not minding the sweat
the smile that met your eyes
who knew it was all a disguise?

i was warned, sure, that i deserved better
i met a different you, someone different, not the one you truthed

a
manipulative,
lying,
objectifying
piece of trash

who wanted what he couldn't have
who wanted to be able to say he pulled me
-the girl who didn't let herself be pulled by anyone
i think of that perfect smile sometimes
was it all photocopied, copy and pasted onto your face?

i guess i'll never know, these feelings they ebb and flow
i still smile at your touch, how much i try to hide it
as much as i talk sh*t
as much as i pull away
as much as i yell
i revel in the sound of your voice, soothing like rain on a desolate window

~i laugh at your dastardly fashio taste, loving the bright pink clashing with gray~

and that smile
the one from the game

i eloquently lose speech, seeing your lips part in a scintillating, twinkling glare
it taunts me, ever reminding of the love lost

of the sheer evidence that, however lacerated my heart, still feels-
you're still archaically going through your habitual movements

once upon a time, a nexus was formed
now the ties holding you to me, they're disintegrating, uncoiling the bonds,
keeling over in pain, medicating the affliction you caused
the panacea no longer remarks, ameliorating the pain

i stand forsaken,
no one to hold,
hoping someday i gain the ability to feel the same
ardor
and
tenderness
that you once held for me

Mish
"Darkness"

Darkness,
It's that feeling you get when everything seems hopeless
When you feel like your world is falling apart
It eats at you from the inside
ripping apart any sign of hope.

Darkness,
It's when all that's left is broken
Darkness defeating the light,
leaving your demons to eat at you in spite
Your dreams and hopes crushed before ever taking flight.

Darkness,
It's when your all alone
Yelling in the dark for a hand to hold
But it never shows
And your left in the mess that's become your new home.

Darkness,
It's when the world is all gray,
and there seems to be no other way to get rid of the pain
Then to go to a deep sleep,
and watch the world fade away...

Tay'Landria
"Consent"
Five years old, not legal to consent
Her little body thought it was ok
For such older male to come to her and prey
Touch her there, touch her here
It's sick but they touched her everywhere
To tell her mom, but would she believe?
that these people would do these things
Father found out, that's when her life went south
Three years later. finally escaped
He couldn't let his child live that way

Angil R.
"Doubts"

I see you every day saying how you need me
How I'm your reason to live
How I am your everything
How I make you feel good
How you depend on me

And I'm scared, of my doubts, and of you
I want to make you happy
I want to make your life worth living
I want to be your love
But I don't want to be your life support

Tell me, dear, what will happen to you when I'm gone?
What will happen to you when I can't hear you?
What will happen to you when I'm in my own world?
What will happen to you when you can't see me anymore?
What then?

Should you off yourself, killing your light?
Should you cry in bed for days, wondering what it was you did wrong?
Should you stare at the ceiling, missing me?
Should you stress over what was your mistake?

No, you should not
I want you to be happy
I want you to love yourself
I want you to love me
I want to love you

But you just made me realize my greatest fear
Complete control over someone's life

Ok people I entered my personal favorites for this weeks challenge
You guys vote

Swara next week you do your favorites.

I personally loved Sav's and consent

I love sav’s :))
(can I enter one of mine for next week?)

I really love Consent

But all the poems are amazing

mary corrigan-finch-wells-kesler-brekker wrote: "I love sav’s :))
(can I enter one of mine for next week?)"

Yep!)

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"Qualities" -Angil
"Wasted"- Mary
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message 1: by shesabookworm(Crimson red paint on my lips)Feb 10, 2022 11:07AM
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Mary

hehehe
this is about my mom….anyways

“wasted”

wasted time,
wasted space.
wasted energy,
and my longing gaze.
wasted days,
needing you to stay.
wasted pressure,
tearing me apart,
ripping at my heart.

been trying for so long,
to be enough for you.
but everything I do,
it’s always wrong.
such a burden,
never enough,
never deserving of your love.

I’ll always be,
wasted time,
keeping you up so late.
wasted space,
open up the door,
I’ll just get out of your hair,
not like you’d care.
wasted energy,
I tire you out.
my longing gaze,
my deep frown,
waiting and waiting,
yet I will still always be,
wasted

hehehe
this is about my mom….anyways

“wasted”

wasted time,
wasted space.
wasted energy,
and my longing gaze.
wasted days,
needing you to stay.
wasted pressure,
tearing me apart,
ripping at my heart.

been trying for so long,
to be enough for you.
but everything I do,
it’s always wrong.
such a burden,
never enough,
never deserving of your love.

I’ll always be,
wasted time,
keeping you up so late.
wasted space,
open up the door,
I’ll just get out of your hair,
not like you’d care.
wasted energy,
I tire you out.
my longing gaze,
my deep frown,
waiting and waiting,
yet I will still always be,
wasted - Mary