Poems by explain.everything, by newest first

• conquer the storms

  His voice cracked like chinaware hitting concrete. A unique whisper jumped over his lips in the time it took to inhale a gasp.
  

  by explain.everything 17 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 20 10:53 PM
• i know there's a promise land, and this isn't it.

  Cold stones sink into my stomach
  Butterflies break through my chest

  by explain.everything 18 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 5 3:07 AM. In nature, love, dark, wierd, angst, life
• so what if i fail eleventh grade english.

  Your tone yearned to engender inspiration, but my mind was lost in your heartbeat.
  

  by explain.everything 6 lines, 6 comments, on Sep 5 2:58 AM. In weird, prose, angst, love, hate, idk
• Of These Things, She May Never Let Go [not a poem]

  1. I am a girl of many vices and insecurities;;
  

  by explain.everything 107 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 19 6:44 PM. In noguest, dark, secrets, personal
• Diastrophism

  Perhaps the petals will fall off this rose sometime before the sun explodes
  I'll pray like a pagan to anyone willing to tear you apart, bu

  by explain.everything 14 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 12 2:59 AM
• Gemma's Anthem

  Wind dances through cattails and dusklight. Should these hopeful thoughts cease to wander through the minds of lost girls, maybe once she could hear silence. But while she waits, waves fall on relunctant shores.
  

  by explain.everything 4 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 8 3:56 AM. In prose, thoughts, weird, sad, angst
• Dear Army Drills;

  Dear Army Drills;
  

  by explain.everything 15 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 2 2:03 AM. In angst, love, letter, sad, personal, loss, thoughts, feelings, prose, life, pain
• Army Drills and Tiger Lily Heart

  If flowers fall apart the same way I do, I could only pray they be more graceful than I was.

  by explain.everything 5 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 31 1:06 AM. In pain, angst, love, life, sad, confused, thoughts
• Monoamourous

  Sparks ignited, fireworks shattered, and flames engulfed my lungs when your storm clouds met my drought. We stood upon a dirty welcome mat

  by explain.everything 6 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 24 12:35 AM. In angst, love, prose, thoughts, feelings, life
• Kelsi's Family.

  First name: Kayla
  AP Name: e x p l a i n . e v e r y t h i n g

  by explain.everything 8 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 12 12:55 PM. In AP family contest
• *One-line Poem Ideas*

  "Webster didn't come up with enough words to explain how you make me feel, but maybe all the flower petals in Heaven's garden could make up

  by explain.everything 6 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 10 6:07 PM. In thoughts, ideas, dark, love
• Drink the Sea

  I dived into the ocean and felt an alkali sting when it collided with my blood. A constant saline drip into my pores might cleanse my viens

  by explain.everything 12 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 5 6:42 PM. In dark, prose, angst, sad, life
• You Promised Me Indiana, Or So I Thought

  You whispered dreams of cunning red trees and anti-depressants in my ears. Those aspiring words and ambitions melted my spinal cord

  by explain.everything 9 lines, 9 comments, on Jul 5 2:43 PM. In angst, dark, love, confused, life, hope, dreams, teen, pain, prose, thoughts
• Go On, Take Another

  I guess my heart
  is kind of like

  by explain.everything 17 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 23 2:45 AM. In angst, pain, sad, love, lame
• Flower Petals and Spider Webs

  Patch up the tears and holes in my ragdoll body
  And while you're at it, sew my lips together

  by explain.everything 19 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 18 12:11 AM. In angst, weird, love, pain, dark
• Forgive Me

  Your pupils shatter like diamonds when my tongue splits open your sternum.

  by explain.everything 16 lines, 22 comments, on Jun 14 1:32 AM. In angst, life, wierd, prose, sad, emotion, dark
• Life Was But Prosaic

  Face like the glass of ice water posing as vodka to my sober tongue; sweating
  The roaches crawling across the desk experience crushing....

  by explain.everything 11 lines, 33 comments, on Jun 9 1:25 AM. In dark, weird, imagery, life
• I Warned You

  I tried to warn you
  That the cold would soon come

  by explain.everything 11 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 8 3:06 PM. In dark, sad
• Stupid, Selfish Heart

  I dont think I belong in Hell either
  But they are keeping me until the papers clear

  by explain.everything 43 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 8 12:59 PM. In angst, love, pain
• Until The End

  It's not ENOUGH.
  

  by explain.everything 29 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 7 4:58 PM. In dirty pretty, pain, dark
• Killing the Butterflies

  It felt like being kissed in the pouring rain during summer, so I smiled.

  by explain.everything 8 lines, 25 comments, on Jun 7 4:19 PM. In angst, prose, sad, love, dark
• Compromise

  I wanted to taste your blood,
  But I guess your lips will do

  by explain.everything 2 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 4 3:05 PM. In dark
• Beauty in Breakdown

  The cuts in my skin bleed ladybugs
  The heart in my chest beats butterflies

  by explain.everything 5 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 4 2:39 PM. In pain, sad, angst
• Angel's Slumber

  She rests, head bowed
  Wrapped in gentle wings

  by explain.everything 33 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 4 2:35 PM. In wierd, sad, imagery, dark
• Blue Angel Bruises

  I have fallen in love;
  

  by explain.everything 20 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 4 2:13 PM. In angst, dark, love, pain, sad
• Stained

  i. Stained-glass windows remind her of who she wants to be. To be born clean and clear. But with every breath and every year, to be stained

  by explain.everything 19 lines, 12 comments, on Jun 1 8:33 PM. In love, life, relationships, colour, colours, color, colors, story, prose
• Shiny Things

  You broke my heart,
  Broke my heart

  by explain.everything 21 lines, 2 comments, on May 30 2:36 AM. In angst, apin
• I Love When You Cry

  I love to hear you cry
  The sound of your breathe

  by explain.everything 18 lines, 1 comment, on May 29 2:30 PM. In pain, hurt, sad, tears, cry
• Not A Poem...

  by explain.everything 27 lines, 5 comments, on May 12 4:20 PM. In AP family thing
• Only Hurt

  Why did you go, leaving me here
  Now by myself to cry every tear

  by explain.everything 25 lines, 2 comments, on May 5 9:49 PM. In death, grief, life, sad, suicide, pain
• Heartstrings

  Your hands hold the strings
  That control every beat

  by explain.everything 18 lines, 6 comments, on May 3 10:49 PM. In angst, love, pain, sad
• Abatis

  Amaranthine abyss in immanence
  Abrades the abandoned, desolate soul

  by explain.everything 17 lines, 13 comments, on May 1 1:38 AM. In pain, life, meaning, vocabulary, angst
• Reserve

  by explain.everything 0 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 29 12:10 AM
• Quotes

  Jokes can be noble. Laughs are exactly as honorable as tears. Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion, to the f

  by explain.everything 19 lines, on Apr 28 11:45 PM. In quotes
• Addiction's Chain

  Addiction unlike most
  Anxiety and depression

  by explain.everything 29 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 27 11:58 PM. In angst, addiction, personal, depression, anxiety, sad, thoughts, life, pain

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