I Ceased to Be Seen

A grieving man kneels on a bridge surrounded by scattered chess pieces, while ghostly figures speak behind him and a glowing silhouette waits in the distance

Have you ever grieved someone so deeply the world stopped seeing you too?

I watch my options die under sadness
and I’m unsure that I have enough time.
I ache to travel to you through the veil
while the woke West works to weaken my mind.

The ache of knowing you’re the only one;
you left me here to exist with the herd.
None notice the pain gushing from my pores;
they just parrot the expected false words.

Without you, this pariah is lonely;
to others, my words are false and obscene.
The coldness of knowing that no one cares,
when your eyes closed, I ceased to be seen.

—H, a shadow still waiting to be named

Whispers from the Wound: More Grief Poems to Mourn…

Grieving man kneels at a grave as doves fly upward and fiery trumpets blaze in a dark sky

Thunderous Trumpets Blew

Hell burned in your gaze while Heaven’s trumpets shook the sky; I kissed your soul as doves lifted grief into starlight.

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A forked forest path under twilight, where two glowing heart-shaped forms of light drift apart among autumn leaves

Your Gentle Whisper Promised We’d Not Part

A tender and sorrowful lyric poem about the loss of a best friend. Through whispered promises and fading light, this elegy captures the beauty of a bond that death could not break.

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Gothic oil painting of three sorrowful men in a desolate moonlit landscape, symbolizing heartbreak and despair.

Tearful Eyes and the Lover Who Replaced Me

Tearful eyes searched the horizon for a mistake that never existed. Love was replaced, dreams scattered, and a heart ensnared by silence and cold retreat.

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Whispers of Emotion: More Lyric Poems to Feel…

A solemn man wearing a rainbow badge stands in the ruins of a gothic cathedral, as ravens circle beneath a moonlit sky

Denied the Queer

A lyrical battle cry from centuries of gay oppression. Through violence, exile and shame, this poem stands tall — a tribute to those who were denied and those who still rise in colour and truth.

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A pale young man applies lipstick as a dominant figure grips his shoulder from behind in a dim gothic room.

Lipstick Boy: The Masquerade of Desire

He whispered with confidence but craved rosebud lips. A lyric poem of masks, lust and the lipstick boy who turned domination into desire.

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A forked forest path under twilight, where two glowing heart-shaped forms of light drift apart among autumn leaves

Your Gentle Whisper Promised We’d Not Part

A tender and sorrowful lyric poem about the loss of a best friend. Through whispered promises and fading light, this elegy captures the beauty of a bond that death could not break.

Read the Full Whisper →