will there ever be someone who listens to the listener, who hears the quiet ache behind my calm tone, who reads the tired truth beneath my soft "I'm o...Read more

I used to think every unanswered prayer was a wound. Then I saw people destroyed by the very things they once begged for. I saw wishes become burden...Read more

Our judges were absolutely gobsmacked after reading all your entries for the prompt. But since, there can be only one winner among so many amazing ...Read more

I’m not afraid of people. I’m afraid of what my heart does the moment someone feels safe. I attach like it’s instinct, like my soul remembers them fr...Read more

I can wait forever, if forever is the price— for the quiet of your footsteps or the warmth behind your eyes. Time can circle ‘round me, slow its rive...Read more

Tomorrow is a habit Not a promise We say it like it signed something But it never did You could leave today Mid task Mid prayer Mid thought that you ...Read more

They say, “Try and try until you succeed.” But what if, every failure makes you weaker, every attempt steals a little more of your passion, your drea...Read more

Could I be Your wish At 11:11 Could I be Your breath When you blow on a fallen eyelash Could I be Your thought When you put a coin in the well Co...Read more

"What is life? Is it a lesson or an exam? Where pain teaches wisdom, and loss is the plan I'm left with questions, and tears that won't dry After th...Read more

The smile on my face is only a mask It's not real It stays on my face so that people don't worry So that they can be happy They shouldn't have to worr...Read more

Please use your quiet voice I hate the yelling Please don't scream at me It scares me Reminds me of a time long ago The long ago times still affect m...Read more

I wrote you Letters in the sand But you weren't there so they were taken by the waves and blended back in with the Strand I saw you in my dreams B...Read more

Have you ever felt like you're different? So different that it almost seems wrong You always have to put on a mask Perform and be accepted Or B...Read more

Shhhhh, don't wake me up, I'm dreaming of my love, He's beside me, Like he used to be, Like he should be, With his arms around me, Forehead against mi...Read more

They judge me by the tag, not the story I drag. Call me Gen Z like that explains every scar in my bag. Call me anxious like the feeling has no reason ...Read more

If I wrote the way I thought, I would write so much more. I'd write about discussions and conclusions About depression and confusion I'd write aggr...Read more

You have no idea, do you? How much it hurts to plaster a smile on my face Every hour, day and night. You have no idea, do you? How pain laughing c...Read more

and when my pen doesn't know how I feel when finally the moon can't read through my silence how can i know that i'm even real? how will i know anythin...Read more

Sometimes it feels like You’re not just a person… but a quiet shadow living inside me, distant in the world, Yet present in every corner of my heart. ...Read more

I don’t know you. and yet, you exist somewhere within me. whenever I fall apart it feels like you’re holding me from afar without words, without meet...Read more