Skylar Lighten : Writing

Craving of being

Craving of being

A Poem by Skylar Lighten


I awoke in the middle of the night,craving the feeling of beingnot just alive,but something sharper, deeper,a pulse that hums through the marrow.The w..
Illusion Boulevard, Mirage City

Illusion Boulevard, Mirage City

A Poem by Skylar Lighten


A message from the wanderer to the Dreamer in Chains
Beauty with a Brain

Beauty with a Brain

A Poem by Skylar Lighten


They tell me to smile, to tone it down,“Don’t be too loud,” they say, like it’s a crime to be proud.“Dress this way, act..
When the World finds Me

When the World finds Me

A Poem by Skylar Lighten


Exploring the transformative journey of travel, where each new landscape offers a fresh understanding of self.
Threads of Hope

Threads of Hope

A Poem by Skylar Lighten


A tangled dance between confusion and belief, exploring the resilience that emerges from life’s messiness.
Things I can't Lose

Things I can't Lose

A Poem by Skylar Lighten


A raw and bitter, this unravels the ache of an almost-love, haunted by missed moments and unspoken words, in the absence left behind by someone who wa..
What is sustainable love?

What is sustainable love?

A Poem by Skylar Lighten


If something sustainable is described as : avoidance of the depletion of resources in order to maintain a balance, What's sustainable love?
Falling on the edge

Falling on the edge

A Poem by Skylar Lighten


Like a cliff, hanging by a threadhanging on the edgeone wrong step, we'll fall aparttil gravity crushes my skullyou cling to hope, but love's become a..
A place that isn't you

A place that isn't you

A Poem by Skylar Lighten


This poem explores the struggle of redefining "home" after the loss of someone deeply missed. It captures the tension between anger and longing, as th..
Yearning for escape

Yearning for escape

A Poem by Skylar Lighten


So tell me you wanna runawayTo a place nobody knows meI’m sick in hereI need some new people in hereI know this place too muchTo appreciate it l..