I hearken back to olden days
A deeper soul of classical thought and music
My spleen ebbs within my heart
But it is a darker place, lower than my heart
It burns when music plays and when poetry meets my ear
When tears are shed, the darkness aches and begs
For a release
I live in now and the ...
Friggin' granola bars
I'm like addicted
Stupid smores
Marshmallows are nice
I can't even enjoy it
Because the friggin' thing
Is like, three bites,
And 5500 calories.
Maybe not that many
But too many.
Yay for chocolate
Boo for fat
And thighs.
Friggin' thighs.
Fr...
There once was a thing called "the Prom"
That all of the kids thought was bomb
They danced all cool
And broke every rule
Then all went home to their mom....
Football is my favorite
The modern gladiators
Men lined up to sacrifice
For the goal of victory
No one really knows why
They fight, except for
Entertainment.
The women watch
Congratulating the warriors
With offerings of salsa dip
And sour cream and onion chips.
Sour cream and onion
Is al...
I saw him first
I was sure he was unreal
Carved from marble
By an aspiring Michelangelo
His lips are pursed and perfect
A testament to beauty of solemnity
I can make him laugh
His smile bursts in brilliant color
I dream of him each night
His beauty hurts each day
His laugh rings in my ...
I wonder if this world can stop, or maybe just slow down.
I wonder if my gems are false, if my weight is from my crown.
Could it be that I am just as false as gilded gold?
Or could it be that beauty is the best lie ever told?
I try and grasp a truth, but it is always fleeting.
Every tender puls...
I break down at your door
Begging for an answer
You drop a rose upon me
The thorns cut me and scar my hands
I beg you stop
You cut me deeper
Slashing at me with the rose
The pain grows worse
The thorns, now, have slashed my hands
I can do nothing
They are stripped to shreds
Bloody pulp fa...
Golden round coins
Set into marble
I am mesmerized
Sell my soul, life, breath
For those two coins
I cannot own them
I only wish
For the coins to own me
The coins stare at others
I become insane
But the coins return
They purchase me
I would do anything
To keep those coins aimed at me
To...
Evaluate. The Hate.
It’s fate.
And I am going crazy.
Understand. The Band.
My hand.
Is starting to go crazy.
I beat out the drums.
Pa-pum, pa-pum.
Blisters on my thumbs.
Pa-pum, pa-pum.
And I am going crazy.
I’m going to beat down the wall
I am going to take it all
There is no time...
So tired
Drooping
Eyelids
Heavy with fatigue
And makeup
Too much makeup
No focus
Desk serves as pillow
Should be alert
The world needs more lerts
Be a lert
No, even bad puns
Will not wake me
Drifting
Quiet in classroom
Rare bliss
Sleep?
No, anxiety
Teacher watching
Still tired...
Prayers
Mind still?
No
Movement
Choking
Guilt swirling
Clogging
Haggard breathing
Burning around
My ears
Red of blood seeping in
No more penance
Cold of death
Sharp life
Dragged across
Life
Cut
Red of blood seeping out
Peace
Final Peace...
I read the things people put on TeenInk. I watch the Daily Show, CNN, the O’Reilly factor. I read the newspaper. I look online to research politics.
I love debate. I love to argue, and research, and figure out truth from opinion, and figure out how to make opinion into truth. So when I see people...
Is murder justifiable?
I think it is
If the girl
Will not stop
Sniffing
Talking
Coughing
I'm becoming dulled to it now
Merely because
It's happened so much
I'm going to stab her
In the eye
With my pencil
Once, I will
Understand
But, if I was
Counting,
I'm sure I&...
The car is clean
Repainted red
Last summer.
Jimmy helped me.
The windshield's chipped
A spot in my hood
Dented in.
Used to be my
Favorite car.
Now it is
Too red.
It is too red
To enjoy.
I'll clean it
Again but it
Won't do any good.
The water has
Taken on the
Car'...
I am angry
To know me
Is to see
Pure desperation
Wrinkles about
My eyes
I'm aged
My lips sunk away
Can I persist
And continue?
The light
Does not wake me
Like it used to
I lay in filth
I am detrimental
To my family
A cost
But I bring nothing
I am nothing
I shrivel and bloat
...
A heart in love
Will rise to Stars--
Look down to the Floor--
A sweet sting--scars--
Of Memories and Love
Join with Some One
As with Your Self
Until the Love is done--
When Love is done,
The Heart will fall
Plummet to Earth--
As you regret all--...
She wears a veil
And sits
As Ladies all should do
With pointed toes
A dress that glows
She marvels all who see
But the veil, it hides
A face
One we all have seen
In a barnyard sty
But you'll make her cry
If you utter the word, "Pig"
She wears a veil
To hide
As Ladies all...
The mule wrote
In the twilight
Across a tapestry
The mule wrote
In the daylight
Forgetting about me.
His pen strode across the paper
He looked worried, hurried, flurried
His pen rode across the paper
Then he stopped
And sighed
And thought
How he's lied
But then he went on writing
...
To dance through
The night
With you, love of mine
Til the morning light
Raise up
Your eyes
Stare at
The skies
While the night
Is young
With you, love of mine
Til the morning come...
I came upon a simple man
A-hidden in the rock—
I approached the graying man—
Said, “Oh sir, can you talk”—
“I can talk,” said he,
“And run, jump, and play”—
I asked him if he might want
To do such things today
“No,” said he, “For I am
Trapped inside this rock...
I look up into the sky
So much and so many before have done so
But it seems, to me, that it is there for me alone
The blue expands, on and on,
Something else that has been said before
But it is true. This sky goes on forever.
I walk inside, life moves on.
I see them laugh, jostle, crowd;
I s...
The world was dark. Not pitch black; one lamp remained on, and the sun was barely rising, giving the room a midnight blue shade. Everything was dulled at the edges and softened by the dark. I let my eyes close again. The sensation was delicious; my mind sank down into the carpeting. With each breath...
I believe in the affluence of faith
the glory of God
the healing of sins
the forgiving of flaws
the bearing of suffering,
greed, hunger, madness.
But I cannot preach to others.
I believe in goodness
I believe in salvation
I believe in hearts,
love, pain, renewal.
And I believe in taking e...
There's something in the air
I swear
That something's got to change.
I only have another day
To pray
That these will rearrange.
Help me, save me, love me true
So I feel good when I leave you.
Can't tell you
I'm breaking apart.
Can't be true
Can't even start.
...
Death might be better than waiting for you,
But life always seems the better option.
I do know your heart could never be true.
To take such thoughts is healthy adoption.
One look takes my breath and heartbeat away.
Your eyes are more than gold, forcing my greed.
I lust, I long, I pray for you ...
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