I cautiously opened my canvas tent because I had awoken to the disturbance of rustling animals outside. I had heard something that sounded like dead leaves being walked on, which was normal, but I also heard a strange scratching noise. I thought that maybe it had been a woodpecker or some squirrels....
Intensity ignites a flame in my heart
Burning for days on end.
Powered by endless encounters of love
And gaining energy on pain.
Growing larger in size from salty tears
And sprouting from the cracks of a broken heart.
There is no stopping an intensified flame
For all it is, is love.
One cann...
Drowning amongst my misery
Waiting alone so eagerly.
Silence stills me deep in the night
Wishing rejoice over sweet delight.
Anticipating a lovely thrill
Hope grows a strong-hearted will.
Awareness keeps me awake in bed
Sorrow weeps inside of my head.
Making my body fail to maintain
Reveali...
The Big Picture:
I don’t have boys calling and asking for me every night, and if they did, I don’t have anywhere exciting to be to tell them I’m not home. My Fridays and Saturdays aren’t any more thrilling than Mondays and Tuesdays. No one leaves flowers at my door or notes in my locker, a...
I know
I miss you
Cry for you
Love you
I know
I hate you
I know
You couldn’t care less
Blow me off
Ignore me passing by
I know
I need you
Need to move on
I know
I can’t
I know
What you did
Why you did it
I know
What if feels like
The pain
The agony
I know
I shouldn’t l...
I trudge into the overcrowded hallways
Filled with innocent mingling
And flirtatious laughter but
Then there’s me
Who’s disastrously unhappy and
Blatantly heartbroken
As I know I have to
Linger in the presence
Of someone I secretly
Cry over at night
So I walk the
Walk of shame
Becaus...
RIP Daniel S.
An innocent boy misfortuned in the street
The blink of an eye ‘til life and death meet
Helpless and alone in the midst of night
A desperate teen who strives for his life
How could they let him slip away
Days before his eighteenth birthday
Leaving this world so painfully slow
...
Sometimes it seems as though I don’t care
As much as I probably should
But what you do not know
Is that I would show it if I could
Not a day goes by
That I don’t recall
All of our memories
The good times and all
I know that I’m not perfect
But I can’t say I don’t try
Just to know...
Dear Picture of Us,
My greatest condolences towards ripping you in half and crying over you as I watched you burn, but you were blatantly deceiving to my heart. Standing perfectly in the picture frame on my vanity, you revealed a boy that I knew so well alongside an innocent girl who complete...
Do you like me?
You asked me such a simple question
And I was for sure
That I knew the answer
Duh, of course I do
But maybe I don’t
Why don’t I know?
Is it because you broke my heart?
Yes.
One too many times
To be exact
If you asked me
To tell you my
Honest answer
I’m not positiv...
For once
In my life
I found something
That I was
Honestly good at
And I was given the
Motivation to work at it.
So I did…
However somewhere
Along the road—
My road
Of blood, sweat, and tears
I guess I did something wrong
Because even though
I work harder than you
You seemingly d...
I don’t understand this game you call love,
The game you think I am unworthy of,
Explain to me how the game really goes,
And soon enough I can play with the pros,
You’re the game board and I’m just another little piece,
Along with all the other girls you have yet to release,
I have not f...
His view:
Terrified, he knelt down on one knee,
Never thinking that this is how it would be,
Watching the blood spread across the floor,
Hearing whispers of goodbye for forever more,
A trace of a tear sliding down his face,
Staining his shirt in the same moistened place,
His hands and legs co...
Such an intriguing face to glorify,
A perfect shadow from your silhouette,
It is said that the soul is seen through the eye,
To my dismay, you haven’t proved wrong yet,
Disregard the rules, you have your own beat,
Your heart beats humble, reaching me within,
You bring out my best, but our ...
Snow so real; fall from the sky,
Cherish every flake, don’t let one go by,
White as the clouds on a pretty summer day,
Only this time its winter, but not here to stay,
Warm yourself at the fire’s edge,
Take yourself where desires have led,
Remember every child has a heart of their own,
Pr...
I pour my heart out onto this page,
And you punish my mistakes with anger and rage.
In your rein, my being can do no wrong,
To be honest, only my mask is strong.
I cry my eyes out behind closed doors,
I want to see the love I know your heart stores.
But you beat on me like I’m your rag dol...
I’m done hoping we could work it out,
My heart is too broken to ever be fixed now,
And I’m done thinking that you’ll come around,
Because every time I do, I just get let down,
So I’m done laughing at every word you say,
Although it’ll be hard, I’m gonna go my own way,
I’m done wi...
Sometimes I forget whose name I uphold,
Because the hurt and the pain truly gets old,
Never in my life have a felt so alone,
As I sit in agony waiting by the phone,
But by this time I feel nothing at all,
The day I found out you were never gonna call,
I tear up everything that comes in my way,...
I do not wish to be a priority,
I just hope to be more than minority,
Somehow with the more words that I say,
The easier it is for you to push me away,
Your smile puts a smile on the whole world’s face,
I ran a thousand miles but I still lost the race,
Your voice is the one and only music to...
Hopefully one day the world will see what I see,
I wish you’d discover the creator in me,
I, myself, know that success is my fate,
Every day I dream that it won’t appear too late,
You think a failure is what I portray,
But I am much more than that, if I must say,
On these grounds I must fi...
A wrath of you is no bed of roses,
Like sea with differentiating style,
Standing at the bay after it closes,
One minute too late; revealing a smile,
Your rebellious ways are a work of art,
Impressive yet sly way beyond compare,
Snatching importance like you snatched my heart,
Your misdemeanor...
I'm almost severed along my waist,
The blood in my mouth is all that I taste,
I can't find my things in this mess out here,
I search and search as I choke on my fear,
I'm squished under here and I'm almost dead,
I'm covered in rubble from my toes to my head,
Long and b...
Love wanted
I get so close
To having something even
Slightly worthwhile
And just when I begin to grasp it
It slips out of my reach
And taunts me
Just past my arms extension
“Haha, loner”
It torments my mind
Why is there not one person
Who will let their love
Linger within my ...
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