Pursuing and Letting GoI run after a shadow,
not quite mine,
but one I want to be.
Perfect in my eyes,
not so perfect in others’.
Trying to change
because of judgment
you’d never expect.
In fact, it is true
people whisper and hate.
But years will pass,
and they will learn
their own flaws
are just as clear.
We all chase shadows,
sometimes close enough,
but some dreams
aren’t meant to catch
and that’s how...
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Categories:
jealousy, appreciation, for teens, growth,
Form: Free verse
FlawsI know making you less perfect
won’t make me any better
yet I can’t help it
I fabricate your flaws in my head
as if it would make my own disappear
almost as if ruining you
made me any better
…
almost as if making you imperfect
made me as perfect as you
—maybe I should learn to love my flaws instead of obsessing...
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Categories:
jealousy, girl, high school, identity,
Form: Free verse
Short Rays of EnvyParity e y e s, potency f l i p s!
String bean was asked about his lips,
Stretched out for drink of cool water.
The desert wind, so hot, brought her -
“Long Tall Sally,” with spikes of glass;
With blue skies, standing in the grass.
He strums the strings of Summer sun.
Short rays of envy track the...
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Categories:
girl, jealousy,
Form: Lay
Comfortable VillMy heart drumming fast
My blood on the freeway
Searching for a place
I'm not sure, it exists.
Not feeling great.
Losing patience,
not brave
Everyone needs a break
looking for this place .
Where can we find it?
Sit calmly
I'll try and let the meds
settle in quickly.
Pretending I'm there
In Comfortable Vill.
Our veins are on the freeway
to freedom.
Our blood is
putting pressure on emptying .
Never wanting...
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Categories:
jealousy, age, depression, destiny, feelings,
Form: Free verse
SometimesWe fit so well together, but sometimes...
Sometimes, it's like water crashing on a rock.
Moving so steadily, yet gushing so fast.
I want to help you flow and grow, but for some reason, all I do
is cause mayhem and white rapids.
We can't see what's in front of us nor can we change it.
You see...
You...
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Categories:
anxiety, depression, jealousy, love
Form: Free verse
Igor needs a bigger lab XIIIWhy promote wrecking-ball malice
Behind the wall of a palace?
This callous man sick
Acts like a big dick
To cover up his small phallus...
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Categories:
jealousy, bullying, depression, evil, extended
Form: Limerick
Nobody Can Resist A CharmerAttractive lady with long shining hair,
nobody can resist such a charmer;
I bet you turn guys on to have fun,
and when danger comes, you run!
The one that promises the joys of Heaven
and make him walk slowly on rainless clouds
is a true deceiver who counts just to seven,
he's ready to give a handful of fake outs!
No...
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Categories:
jealousy, anger, desire, emotions, how
Form: Lyric
Red Over RedRed Over Red
Which You've Already Ruined
Deer Reader, I Am Wayyyyyy...
You Get It.
***************
Outta' My Head.
Bargain Basement.
-Gray Squirrel
05-23-2025
...
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Categories:
birth, jealousy, life,
Form: Free verse
Broken mirrorWhy do you seem so confident.
When all this will disappear.
Why does it seem so evident.
When you finally face your fear.
When hell has lost its precedence.
And heavens a wish a way.
You murdered all your yesterdays
and placed them in shallow graves
Oh, mirror mirror on the wall
am I a shadow in your heart.
Oh mirror...
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Categories:
jealousy, confidence, fantasy, horror, identity,
Form: Free verse
The Silence Faded With a soft Embrace
Categories:
confidence, jealousy, life, sad
Form: Rhyme
To My Children The Greatest Lie in Life Someone is Better Than YouDon't pay attention to what others say or do.
Focus your thoughts on the Creator of you.
We are all one of His fingerprints, not one is the same.
Everyone's still a loser, without God in the game.
Not a soul God created is better than you.
Whatever one person has, all can have the same too!
God's word says "WE'RE...
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Categories:
jealousy, 11th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Rhyme
The HeartDrummer for the Ages
the heart, never entirely
retreats --
admits only recalescent rests...
radiant pauses, between life’s
many
Tempering
beats --...
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Categories:
jealousy, desire, heart, heartbreak, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
It Still HurtsDoesn’t matter how long it’s been
It still hurts after 7 months
I couldn’t be the friend you deserved
So you severed ties
You wanted to protect your peace
Cannot blame you
Seven months later
I still grieve the friend I thought you were
I failed to be the friend I was supposed to be
But your screaming and half truths still...
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Categories:
jealousy, betrayal, feelings, friendship, how
Form: Free verse
monotonyshe shows her battle scars and all i feel is numbness,
he flaunts his maidens and i overlook the dumbness.
she cries woes of heartbreak and i cannot feel pity,
he weeps waterfalls of failure and i fake some integrity.
she hurts me the most when she berates her busy nature,
he wounds me the deepest when he complains of...
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Categories:
angst, dark, jealousy, pain,
Form: Rhyme
A Sonnet by This Arrant Bard, an OtherA sonnet by this arrant bard, an other,
whose sole half-brother, a real piece of work,
and single parent (mother like no other!),
together were no warm nor loving perk.
In her heart, mother disowned me in life.
My younger half-brother begrudged my...
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Categories:
brother, childhood, jealousy, mother,
Form: Sonnet
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