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I present as autistic, although I have never been diagnosed as such. I cannot turn down the opportunity to make puns. I do not “get” emotions. Life is “going through the motions”. Perfumes either make me choke, or mask the sounds of the outside. I can count on my hand the number of time I have lied. I feel everything with extreme passion outwardly. I feel very little inwardly. It is hard to explain things without using literary devices. I don’t trust people who like me. Most of my life I have been afraid. My favourite colour is orange. I have faith in few, and it is always the brave.

  July 2023     18 hours ago

Submitted Poems 72 total

Rain

Tears, like ink,
fall downwards -
an inevitable sink.

And, with each drop,
we are made aware
of the heights
from which they were borne -
the reminder of change,
the tick and the tock.

A teeming,
like rainfall,
of hot salt
to the...

by H. Lock

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A promise.

I promise you.

I PROMISE.


I shall see you again.

Not in “another life”.

Not in a non-sensical way.

We shall meet and embrace,
and hug slightly too hard -
so that when we depart
there is still that feeling of closeness,
...

by H. Lock

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Arachne

I don’t know
who the octo-creature or Nicolas are -
but you can’t stay young forever.

You can’t.

I know.
I tried.
Death knocked.
I cried.


I used to played in carpet...

by H. Lock

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Goodbye..?

Since I’ve gone,
you have
done nothing.

Nothing through
the letterbox.

Why?

Have you stopped watching films,
or was it just
(in recent time)
a false contact point
for us to connect?

For us to re-begin..?

KNOCK KNOCK.

You...

by H. Lock

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Rhyme rhyme.

Eat cardboard.

No, really.

I used to do it when I was severely mentally ill and depressed as fuck.

Fills you up, passes easily, and doesn’t make you fat.

Welcome to “ANOREXIA WHILST CHEWING”.

Nearly killed me, but I looked hot.
...

by H. Lock

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added 3 days ago
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Latest Comments: 5 total

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Teardrops and rainfall and ink lots and grief

18 hours ago

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Keep going.

You have something.

19 hours ago

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Have re-read this for the first time since writing it.

Very mawkish.

Poorly written.

I think the sentiment has some good that shines through.

1 day ago

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I shall rest,
with your permission.

I shall write,
with no contrition.

A moment’s pause,
a chance to think…
that tick’ling touch -
a call to drink.

So I shall rest
at the edge of tracks,

a chance to truly
hit the max.
 

9 days ago

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Don’t change a THING.

Beautiful.

16 days ago

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