men don't cry [Poetry]

By insmniac

142K 17.6K 2.3K

[H.R. #6 - 7. 3. 18] "we wear our emotions like intricately decorated chains strung around our throats and th... More

Contents
Prologue
i. crybaby (1)
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
ii. bottled tears (20)
21
22
23
24
25
26
Interlude
27
28*
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39*
40*
41*
iii. spill (42)
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
Interlude 2
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
iv. clean it up (69)
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
Interlude 3
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
Interlude 4
100
101
102
103
104
Interlude 5
105
106
107
108
Interlude 6
109
110
111
112
113
Interlude 7
114
115
Epilogue
Author's Note
Extra - 2
Extra - 3
Extra - 4
Extra - 5
Update
Update #2

29*

1.1K 147 11
By insmniac

i was alive

i was in control

the blood forcing its way out

of the chasms

i'd carved out on my arms

were an unfriendly reminder

that i was alive

i knew that you had not killed me

not yet

i was alive

I

was
in
control.

Continue Reading

You'll Also Like

20.2K 440 18
"don't let anyone know"
1.8K 560 9
what drew your attention to this book? was it the delicate red rose on the cover? ... or was it its thorns? yes, the rose is daintily alluring, but y...
1.8K 151 29
A Poem book following dark themed word prompts. See my profile for different themed poems! Also, the word prompts are dark themed, but the poems them...
5.9K 108 108
Here are poems based on song titles of famous artists that I wrote. Each chapter will be the artist's name and each poem will have a handful of the t...