Categories:
toxic, today,
Form: Footle
Toxic Rondine
Ravage the taste of this city,
that sound of a midnight train ride.
Haunt glitz and graffiti collide,
vile smoke rolls toxic within me.
Some roots crack concrete completely,
DNA's script won't be denied.
Ravage the taste,
every morsel spells DMV.
Authentic you do not let slide,
nothing ever rattles your pride.
The underground rules discreetly,
ravage the taste.
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Categories:
toxic, city, culture, emotions, feelings,
Form: Other
My crimson devotion
He was a canvas...a beautiful sight,
An expanse of white, so pure and bright.
Not like the moon that graces the night,
Nor like the clouds that drift in flight
Unlike anything else... but like a swan
Engraved in chiffon.
My feet drew towards him,
Each step etched in the dim,
Crystal chamber of love.
My fingers traced him,
Stroking with hymn
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Categories:
toxic, conflict, dream, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Toxic Beauty
ART!
He painted my death,
With such dedication I've never seen before.
Every stroke of his brush, on that paper, marking out each curve, twist, and turn my body made
As I writhed in pain.
Premeditated murder, or a death masquerading as suicide, or perhaps just an unlucky soul.
My hands on my throat as I choked to death,
He didn't
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Categories:
toxic, art, betrayal, dark, murder,
Form: Free verse
Men like him
i get shown time and time again by broken men
red flags and warning signs
i think they will change
but in reality the only person changing is me
the sweet loving girl i once was
is being turned into someone cold and harsh
a girl who once had brown glistening eyes
and shiny brown hair
now her eyes are black and blank
her
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Categories:
toxic, abuse, anger, anxiety, boyfriend,
Form: Free verse
Sweet Venom
I trace every move you make,
I trace every note you breathe.
But you're a Mozart in disguise
How could I ever compete?
Blind with tears and rage,
I compared myself to what seemed bulletproof,
All while my doubts built up inside,
Forming an invisible bruise.
I tried to be more like you
Though I knew it was no use.
I swallowed all your words,
Like
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Categories:
toxic, addiction, allusion, angst,
Form: Lyric
Tainted and Toxic
All these thoughts trapped inside my brain.
Visions, delusions, writhing in pain;
As I scream out in vain.
I keep calling your name,
Only to be met by silence again.
Why can't you hear me?
I just wanted you near me.
How can you not see?
I'm not as bad as I seem.
It just all fell apart,
Almost at the start.
As soon as I
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Categories:
toxic, betrayal, heartbreak, heartbroken, love
Form: Free verse
the toxic words
There are two words put together I see as
Oppressive and abhorrent-as bad as the word
Xenophobia-the word toxic masculinity divides-we need to
Inspire our future not divide the
Children with words that separate
Mars and venus are two not one-
Adam and eve walked through the garden together-
Strength and courage are traits to be
Celebrated...not to be feared. The
Unity of respect
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Categories:
toxic, men,
Form: Acrostic
Whisky-Stained Silhouette
a whiskey stained silhouette outlines your figure
and the spiced smell of your breath lingers in the air
drunken lies in the late hours of the night make us both forget about how bitter, our lives taste
filling your soul with fire and regret every sip you take
swallow the flame, it sets fire to the heart
the burning
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Categories:
toxic, addiction, leaving, love, pain,
Form: Rhyme
Torn Apart World
Feel like im 1 of 1 in this torn apart world, if i turn cold thats undone
seen with my past mistakes
nothing new under the sun, someone else has sat in this place
a world where we keep a loaded gun and a mask to cover our face
from pain we easily run i guess were scared of
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Categories:
toxic, dream, imagery, life, love,
Form: Rhyme
How could you understand?
Your breath spews poison,
your words like hail
storm the night.
You're toxic and
your truth is blackness
doused with venom.
There is no room for compromise.
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
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Categories:
toxic, conflict, dark, evil,
Form: Free verse
Red Flags
Within me lays a vacancy,-
a searing pain deep in my heart.
Despite how we had left things-
I cannot stand being apart.
This cavern in my chest-
It aches for you, and only you.
Your absence tears my soul,
and leaves my insides black & blue.
So many priceless moments-
(I wouldn't) trade them for the
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Categories:
toxic, anxiety, betrayal, break up,
Form: Rhyme
A Pound of Flesh
What is it that you need from me? -
I pray that you do tell.
For everything I've offered -
hasn't gone over too well.
Patience as you grow? -
As you learn from your mistakes?
No, that cannot be it -
because you've never really changed.
Could it be understanding? -
For me
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Categories:
toxic, abuse, betrayal, break up,
Form: Rhyme
KEEP THE TOXIC AWAY
KEEP THE TOXIC AWAY
SWEEPING UP MY HEART,
PUTTING THE TOXIC AWAY.
LIVING IN ECSTASY,
KEEPING MY BODY SWAY.
SING MELONCHOLY STRAIN, REMIND ME OF ALL PAINS
MEMORIES OF PAST MAY COME AND GO,
BUT ONE NEEDS TO BE IN FLOW.
NOW CESTEN MOTIONLESS STILL,
AND MOUNTED UP THE HILL.
MUSIC IN MY HEART AND I DANCE,
KNOW THAT IT WAS NOT BY CHANCE.
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Categories:
toxic, appreciation, blessing, change, magic,
Form: Rhyme
Lake of Memories
Ghost, River, Gaze, Erase, Tender, Cold.
Memories of you,
Ripple across my thoughts.
Your smile ,
Your gaze —
Though I suppose both were cold to my touch—
I still hope you felt something.
Something to be haunted by,
So the ghost of my laughter keeps you up at night—
I know you don’t care.
So don’t pretend to be tender,
You acted like my
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Categories:
toxic, best friend, depression,
Form: Free verse
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