u/AdGullible2977

I stood in front of the mirror

Pulling my cheeks to their sides,

Making my lips curve up in a smile.

I pulled them until they pained,

Until my saliva hit the sink,

Until my tear dried as black stain.

Why was I smiling?

I never understood,

Yet, it felt like I had to keep smiling

As if that would wipe my anxiety.

I saw my friend Monica, in the last class,

She smiled,her cheeks wide and plump,

And her eyes crinkled at corners.

And here I was, struggling to do the same

I couldn't smile like her,

Even though I practised every night,

In front of this very mirror.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/wR69yCf48V

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/ilseAU1umq

I water the dandelions

Yet, they sweep away,

Each strand of them-

A weeping dreamer.

They sweep away along with the wind,

The wind - gentle yet sheer.

Their fluttering strands deceive our jewel,

As they hide their pain and wither.

Who are we to blame-

The wind or the flowers?

For either way,

They are meant to suffer.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/a5QYYaJuRV

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/T4FmsJpK0I

I leaped into the strange cylinder,

It was a stark contrast to my home

Where it would be filled with violas.

I realised I finally met my kind

And indulged in the new breeze

I laughed at their pun

And sang along their hymn,

Until it was my turn.

I looked below from my place,

My friends I lolled around with

Not more than a minute ago,

Now melted away,

With no fragments of their soul.

A tear escaped my cheek

Wait, was it a tear?

I touched my cheek to wipe the thing

Only to find a burn on it.

It was my blood and not a tear.

A small smile creeped my lips

As I realised, it was now time

for my own demise.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/rm1t4uVEI6

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/PjMF9TZ2tk

Written frm the perspective of an ice cube >⁠.⁠<