It is dark in here
and I really fear
I’ve run out of things to say.
Sameness taunts me,
shameness haunts me,
I have lost the will to pray.
I am off the track,
my pen is slack,
I have nothing to relay.
Nobody has,
nobody does,
it’s all been said before.
Steal an idea,
make it appear
it stepped out of your front door.
They’ll think that it’s yours
and as sky-ward it soars
they’ll even come for more.
But don’t talk of doom,
of despair and gloom
and how your soul slowly dies.
They don’t wish to know
your personal inferno,
instead, just feed them lies.
Lies they’ll understand;
stories of dreamland,
alibis and lullabies.
Give them at any cost
the hope that you’ve lost
and the love you no longer feel.
Make believe it is spring,
praise everything,
let them think your verse is real.
Your sorrow don’t share,
beware, oh, beware,
nothing to reveal.
I know you think you’re to blame
but you didn’t ask for this name
in years to come, the monster is muted
you’re afraid of late nights, raised voices and fights but one day that all stops and it’s all left behind
They’ll tell you can’t, won’t give you a chance and in the end you prove them all wrong
but take caution with change and tighten those reigns because where you end up, that’s not where you belong
Yes, you exceed every expectation
but it’s at the cost of your own elation
much of your struggle is birthed from your creation
you become a bullet train that gets lost at the station
Every word they say, I know it crushes your day but you’ll figure it out in your own complex way
growing older you’ll learn, the ailments we earn come at us straight out of the blue
you’ll find yourself seething from all the halo cleaning with everything you go through
Above all, I must say
there are brighter days but darker ones are still to come
you have what it takes to reach those high stakes and still now, it has only begun
Carefree summer days of leisure.
Ah, what fun to be a kid.
Parents always on what-if mode.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Told you a hundred times.
Please... tie your shoelaces for heaven's sake!
You'll fall all over yourself !
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 3rd place 2026
You can't be too cautious.
Who knows what lurks in the dark.
Always beware of suspicious shadows.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Lovely girlish figure be damned.
I’m having that cheesecake no matter what.
Just try to stop me.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 3rd place 2026
Tiny little crumbs you offer.
Mostly too little too late.
Surprisingly sufficient keeping you in the game.
Don’t push your luck though.
I can tell the well’s running low.
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Be open to new ideas
Opportunities come in many shapes and sizes
Flexibility’s got many fine attributes
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 2nd place 2025, Honorabe Mention 2025
Trust is only for God, not for people, because some will let you down.
Trust can be given, then later they use it to do harm, they play with your feelings and cause you damage, making you have a scar that will never go away.
Trust is only for God, because we can pray any time or day.
Trust has been given to some, and they have abused people breaking trust, leaving a person to suffer for life.
Trust should be taught in school, from a young age, making everyone aware that some really are not trust worthy at all.
So be aware, and take care, hoping my words, will protect you in the future.
Lifting prayers to God, today and always.
Taking a chance on love
Trusting the universe will know what’s best
Throwing caution to the wind
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 1st place 2025
Lord knows mornings are tough
I don't always wake up blissfully cheerful
Caution... only approach after coffee
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
An ant on a hallucinogen
thought he had the strength of fifty men,
so, the little arthropod mighty-might
challenged me to a fair fight.
Let that be a warning, crazy kids, to you,
lest you wind up on the bottom of a shoe.
I guard my words obsessively
what is said can never be unsaid
~ heard not ever be unheard
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 2nd place 2025
be alert and set boundaries
spend time with people who respect you
~ self confidence corrodes too easily
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Just around life’s next corner
we have no clue what awaits us
~ know to expect the unexpected
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 2nd place 2025
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