Milo's Poem Collections !
In the midst of recovering from my declining mental health, I was slowly regaining my motivation to write again although I struggled to write longer, coheisive stories with plots. Because of this, I realised I wasn't restricted to only narrative writing and so I decided to pick up on poem writing. I needed a more healthy way to explain and work through my emotions, and I find writing to be a very effective way.

Milo's Collection of Romance Poems Romance | Poems | Metaphors | Flowers
I was never really one to be interested in romance like a lot of my friends are... until I started dating my partner. Now I'm a FREAK; I swear dating them unleashed something inside of me (puberty and hormones probably) and so I decided to write more romance because I cannot keep saying I miss my partner every 20 minutes. I still don't really understand romance all too well, it might just be because I have a different view of romance and social stuff in general than other people. Something that I mentioned earlier on the site was that I struggle to get my words across in everyday conversations and I get a bit frustrated because when I'm with my partner the only thing I can say to them is things like I love you, then I get mad because I feel like I need different ways to express my feelings. And so, what more romantic way than through a poem? What makes it ironic is that me and my partner are not very romantic like we constantly make fun of each other and we make up the cheesiest pick-up lines known to man but I love when we do that. Being with my partner has been one of the best things that has happened to me so obviously I need to write about how they make me feel. One dilemma I have is I have never, ever written anything romantic in my life before making this website page and my 'love letters' usually end up being "hi my wife I love you my wife your literally so cool no joke" so...

I'm still constantly traversing my feelings and how weird love is, so I thought poems would be perfect for that. I see why when I was younger my brother thought that songs had to exclusively be love songs. But seriously, love is a really weird feeling to have for someone (or maybe I'm the weird one) because tell me why I used to never be able to sleep during the day but as soon as my partner goes to put on a WWII movie I am out like a light. There was also another time where my partner smelled especially good (people keep telling me I'm weird for associating things with smells mostly, like I'm just using a different sense other than sight it doesn't seem that weird) and then they told me they hadn't showered in 2 days. Genuinely there must be some weird psychology studies to do with love. Then there was another bombshell shortly after... sexual attraction... I'm still trying to figure out my romantic feelings why can't I get a break... Anyway I'm going to write things to explain my feelings because I have no idea how else to do it and people seem to like reading romance. Yay! See Work Vent | Poems | Metaphors | TW Milo's Collection of Vent Poems
I really hate venting or expressing my emotions through things like crying, I don't really know why but I don't mind as much doing it though artistic expression. Whenever I talk to people about my problems or anxiety I feel like the edgelords online who call themselves 'emo' when all they want is attention—plus being emo and being mentally ill are completely separate things. Although going through a rough patch in my mental health has motivated me to find more outlets that work for me to express my emotions positively because I've tried many forms of writing my emotions or expressing them but none of them have really stuck. I also struggle with disassociation a lot so especially in moments where I overthink I just feel numb and I have an increasingly hard time pinpointing any emotions. I'm hoping that writing will become something that I will continue using as an outlet to find words for my feelings and that other people might relate or feel less alone reading my writing.

A lot of the writing in this section is going to be very personal to me, explaining my feelings and experiences with sensitive topics and I pour a lot of my heart and soul into these writings specifically. Just journaling became a chore to me so I'm using creative writing as an alternative way to write my thoughts because I feel a lot better after I talk to someone or just let my thoughts out. Something about that makes it feel like a weight has been lifted and I don't have to think about it anymore. This gets especially annoying when I'm trying to sleep and I'm thinking of what I'm going to do tomorrow, all my assignments for the next 2 weeks, overthinking social interactions and pretending I'm sleeping next to my partner all at once. I'm going to try and use writing as a way of getting things off my mind so hopefully I won't think about it as much. See Work