tough
Strength isn't born, it's built—layer by layer, from the rubble of painful experiences.
apathetic
People who mean well but don't understand that pain is unique to each of us.
the price of creation
Artists turn their pain into beauty, no matter the personal cost.
stalk
My first brush with obsessive feelings.
dark romance
Depression and the toxic relationship we share.
mud-raised
My wonderfully chaotic childhood, when fear was still a stranger.
a sonnet for my beloved
My unshakable belief that love should be singular and all-consuming.
extra-terrestrial
Disillusionment and dissociation—drifting through a reality where nothing is solid and everything exists in a state of possibility.
stitched, you-and-i
My love for solitude makes me feel less alone, as I find the company I need in the quiet.
gently
A body rocked by trauma is like glass—one wrong move, and it shatters.
bunk beds
A form of child abuse I still can't name, even now.
miguel enrique
My complicated relationship with art—creating brings me joy, but the stillness it demands might one day be my killer.
you're perfectly healthy
A reflection on anxiety disorder and the medical community's tendency to dismiss it.
graveyard
A eulogy on my inherited traumas.
sirius
The kind of love that warms the heart and burns the body is my ideal romance.
alaric
A love poem for a special person.
BINABASA MO ANG
Exiled (18+)
PoetryExiled is a journey into the shadows of the mind, where desire and despair collide in raw verses. These poems pulse with darkness, drawing inspiration from the depths of depression, exploring the seductive allure of pain, and the irresistible pull o...
