Heartstrings & Ink

Heartstrings and Ink

Written by deadupsidedown🌻

Here,
between heartbeat and heartbreak,
I carve my truth in trembling lines —
a sanctuary of scars and syllables,
where silence learns to speak.

Ink drips like midnight rain,
spilling memories I never meant to keep.
Each word — a pulse I failed to bury,
each stanza — a ghost I taught to breathe.

This is not poetry;
it’s anatomy —
the autopsy of emotion,
where veins spill verses,
and hearts confess in cursive.

I write of love like it’s a haunting,
a melody stitched with ache and wonder,
where pain hums in minor keys,
and beauty breaks just to be remembered.

So if you’ve ever loved like fire
and died like ash,
if your chest still hums
with names you no longer say —
you belong here.

Welcome to Heartstrings and Ink,
where ink is blood,
and every drop dares to feel again.
Where we don’t write to forget —
we write to survive.

©️2025 Heartstrings & Ink

Loving you was a losing game.

Written by Lowkey Innocentia.

Loving you was a game I never knew I played,
A gamble with my heart, a risk I couldn't sway.
I bet on the promise of forever, on the whispered vows,
On the tender touch that set my soul aglow.

But forever came and went, like autumn's fleeting breeze,
Leaving me with shattered dreams, and a heart that freezes.
Every moment we shared, every kiss, every gentle caress,
Was just a clever disguise for the pain that awaited me, a mess.

Oh, loving you was a losing game, a battle I couldn't win,
A war waged on my heart, with no refuge to hide within.
I fought with every breath, with every beat of my heart,
But your love was a mirage, a desert that tore me apart.

Yet, I'll rise from the ashes, scarred but stronger still,
Wiser for the heartache, and the love that didn't fulfill.
I'll learn to love again, to trust and to believe,
But for now, I'll mourn the loss of what could never be.

For loving you was a game I couldn't win,
A gamble with my heart, a risk that didn't pay within.
But I'll hold on to the memories, to the love we once shared,
And cherish the moments, though they left me scarred.

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