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Writing Prompt

POEM STARTER

Inspired by Robin Marlowe

Write a poem that contains a volta before the final line.

A volta is a twist, normally at the end of a sonnet. Rather than a plot twist, this is normally a change of ideas, an inversion of the main theme, or a change of heart about an opinion.

Red Blood

I’m bleeding

I’m bleeding so much

When I say I’m bleeding you automatically think I’m bleeding red blood from an open wound on my bare skin


But no

No

I’m not bleeding red blood from an open wound on my bare skin


I’m bleeding pain from inside of my soul

I’m bleeding from the heals wounds on my bare skin

I’m bleeding from the open wounds inside of me

I’m bleeding from all the scars everyone l...

I Want

I want to be beautiful,

Like the whimsy roses near your street.

I want to be beautiful,

Like the shimmery shells on the beach.

I want to be beautiful,

Like the fullness of the glowing moon.

I want to be beautiful,

But maybe beauty isn’t all that…

What I really want is to be loved

Like the Sun loves the roses,

Like the snails loves the shells,

Like the stars love their moon.

I want you to love...

You, You, You

Hate.

I hate you, I hate you, I hate you.

I want to rip your fucking throat out,

I want to tear my nails into your skin.

I. Hate. You.


I hate that you make me hate you.

Why can’t you just be normal?

Why can’t you just be a decent fucking human?

What happened to your morals,

What happened to being a ā€œgood personā€?

Why do you throw things away like they’re nothing,

Why can’t you just be _good enoug...

A Year of Love
Never Thought

Chapter 31

i never thought

to love

you


and i never

thought

to lie


but of course

a change

of plans


has put your

hand

in mine


i love you like

the moon

and sun


yet i will

still

lie


about my love

for you

my dear


for your hand

will not

be in mine...

My Love

Oh my Love,

How you have changed,

You are as graceful as a dove,

But oh how I feel so estranged.


It was hard to love you,

But that is not your fault, dear,

You were like a wonderful view,

No matter how queer.


I wish I could have loved you forever,

We could have been so much,

But you were too clever,

I could not bear your touch.


And I saw with sorrow and I was thrilled,

When I had you killed....

Peace

Slowly crying

Silently crying

Pulling my hair

Cause I deserve it


I hate my mirror

Cause it shows me

How ugly I really am


Love at first sight is BS

people just wanna

hurt me

hurt you

so watch out


I imagine I am ok

but I pop that

bubble of dreams

real quick


Mad roars of anger

seem to spit from every direction

Nearly enveloping me

so escape becomes impossible


To think

everyone is a monster

i...

Five Minute Hustle

a dash to the gate

few minutes ā€˜til late

dodge and weave

a travelers siege

such an endless blur

bags crossing the floor

sneakers pair suits

new army recruits

a neck-hanging child

cart, suitcases piled

jackets with shorts

busy food courts

order-is-ready calls

folks staring at walls

both big and small screens

transportation machines

announcements on air

man wheels a chair

the boy has a cast

crowd pu...

Hate

Sometimes it’s hard to love myself

when i’m crying in the bathroom after the same boy called me a homie hopper and said im passed around the friend group

he doesn’t know shit about me

so i don’t know why he would say it

sometimes i wonder if he has so many feelings

that he forgets i do too

i never did anything to hurt him

he must just not like me

i hate myself because of that


i hate myself be...

I hate you.. I think.

I wish I never had to see your green eyes again,


or hear that melodic laugh.


I hate your soft skin, your tender touch;


The way you don't hate me back.



I hate how you cup my face


And silence me with a look.


I hate how you know my favorite songs


and my favorite book.



When you come so close to me,


I can't help but wonder,


Maybe I don't hate you as much as I thought.


After all, green is m...

I Love You?????

Baby

I’m so so sorry

I will never forget you

Ever again


I run into your arms

And kiss your face

I love you

I whisper


I love you more

You say

As you kiss my face

In a rose blush


And as I lean in

For another kiss

I feel a knife

Run through my body


And you watch

With a grin on your face

As I sink down

Into the floor...