lanie

𝚒 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎. 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚢. 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚘𝚘 ⌫

Writings

Followers

Following

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Writings

Followers

Following

No Identity

lanie

1 min read

_A poem based on my prompt that got third place last week (mirror mirror)…_

I am a mirror on a wall

trying so hard not to fall

I can be whatever

it is you want to see

a pretty face,

an ugly frown,

a bubbled tear falling down.

Myself i will never know

for it’s only you i can show.

I am a mirror on a wall

I’ve been forced to see it all.

I watch you pick

apart your body

but lucky are you

to have l...

Poetry

immortal

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1 min read

A curse.

A curse that started with a promise

a promise of immortality.

Immortality, but at a cost

A high cost

I was young

young and naive

so naive i didn’t think twice

and now thinking twice is five times too few

i have eternal life

but with life comes death

and since i cannot die

it is i

i who decides

decides who is to die

every day i must choose

must choose a soul

a soul to snuff out

every da...

Poetry

Thanksgiving Prayer

lanie

1 min read

When fear brings uncertainty

of who i’m meant to be,

of where i’m meant to go,

or of what tomorrow will bring

help me be thankful of my _certainty in you_...

Early Bird - A Haiku

lanie

1 min read

Mornings I don’t like

although if you were a worm

early bird i’d be...

Poetry

Candle Burning

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1 min read

My mother said never to sleep with a candle burning.

But how tempting it is

For the smell is sweet

And the flame is warm

the light is quite nice —

_it makes the shadows dance_

The candle is kind when you’re awake,

she said, but don’t close your eyes.

The smell becomes heavy

and the flame will swallow

Light turns to blaze

_And the shadows will prowl_

i’m not scared of getting burned

for the li...

Poetry

Bottled Tears

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1 min read

I held the fragments of me that you had broken and begged you to put them back together.

_“first bottled your tears for me” _you demanded.

_“anything for you” _I replied

and began bottling tears shed over you

_“silly little one. you have given me the most vulnerable part of you. you broke me first so now I will break you more”_

I watched as you drank my tears and shattered the little bottle t...

Poetry

When I was 5

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1 min read

When I was 5 my mom told me to promise I would never die.

I giggled and gave her my word.

She went back to tickling me.

All was right in the world.

Now I’m older and know the meaning of the those words.

But nothing is right in the world anymore.

And the only thing keeping me here is that promise I made when i was 5....

Poetry

Favorite

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1 min read

My favorite things

are the things i never really liked

until you came along.

The things I never noticed

until i learned they were

your favorite things.

Now I notice them

and they’re my favorite things

because they make me think of you

_my very favorite thing. _...

Poetry

Writer’s Block

lanie

1 min read

I sat down by candlelight with soft music in my ear thinking,

"What should I write?"

Wondering how to convey my silly thoughts and deep feelings

Into elegant words that dance through one's mind.

How can I feel so deeply yet lack the words to write?

Where may i find a translator to translate my inner workings in a language not only understandable

but beautiful.

I yearn to create.

To portray.

To not...

Poetry

A Forced Metamorphosis

lanie

1 min read

I was so excited for my metamorphosis

so excited to finally fly.

But then you forced me into my chrysalis

stole from me the chance to even try.

My wings you grabbed and painted

before they could ever dry.

My heart is now torn and tainted

so curled up in the corner I hide and cry....

Poetry