Submissions by AprylNovember (A.R.M.)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I needed therapy. I am poor. I write poetry.
SELF POEM
Published
30th Apr 2024 12:56pm
30th Apr 2024 12:56pm
The S word
I fear no man,
No beast, no night,
Nor heartache, death or pain.
The one fear I avoid, I fight.
Is simply that of shame.
ARM
No beast, no night,
Nor heartache, death or pain.
The one fear I avoid, I fight.
Is simply that of shame.
ARM
#anxiety
#shame
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STORY POEM
Published
29th Apr 2024 5:29am
29th Apr 2024 5:29am
Jennifer's love
I saw him today.
Your true love in life.
Lost on his way.
Missing his wife.
His language of pain.
Silently screams.
His eyes are more grey.
Coping with grief.
He brought to me.
A pain I've denied.
This pain I need.
To let it pass by.
Still, my heart breaks.
As part of him dies.
Alone and displaces.
Without you beside.
But hope, I saw too.
When grief gave way.
A moment or two.
Laughing, dismay.
I saw him today.
The one you love best.
I smile and I wave....
Your true love in life.
Lost on his way.
Missing his wife.
His language of pain.
Silently screams.
His eyes are more grey.
Coping with grief.
He brought to me.
A pain I've denied.
This pain I need.
To let it pass by.
Still, my heart breaks.
As part of him dies.
Alone and displaces.
Without you beside.
But hope, I saw too.
When grief gave way.
A moment or two.
Laughing, dismay.
I saw him today.
The one you love best.
I smile and I wave....
#gratitude
#respect
#wife
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
26th Apr 2024 12:11pm
26th Apr 2024 12:11pm
I love my truck
Playing in the mud.
Lifted 6 adds to the fun.
F150 love.
Lifted 6 adds to the fun.
F150 love.
#happiness
#love
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
26th Apr 2024 11:40am
26th Apr 2024 11:40am
Folks
The intelligence
I have learned
Through adversity.
Is miniscule.
To the
Resilience
I own.
As a child
of
Exceptional Parents.
A.R.M.
I have learned
Through adversity.
Is miniscule.
To the
Resilience
I own.
As a child
of
Exceptional Parents.
A.R.M.
#daughter
#parent
#responsibility
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Apr 2024 4:25pm
25th Apr 2024 4:25pm
Can't wait to get started
Couldn't Wait to get started
14 seemed the years
Embarked meant I parted
A life of few tears
Freedom was my shining crown
A glint at times could blind
Any thought to turn around
Never crossed my mind
Like the wind on my own
Many grand adventures came
Looking back on what I know
Recalls mostly of rage
Growth brought beauty to my life
Birth gave purpose twice
Time grew both fear and pride
Two decades of delight
Middle age at thirty four
Proved...
14 seemed the years
Embarked meant I parted
A life of few tears
Freedom was my shining crown
A glint at times could blind
Any thought to turn around
Never crossed my mind
Like the wind on my own
Many grand adventures came
Looking back on what I know
Recalls mostly of rage
Growth brought beauty to my life
Birth gave purpose twice
Time grew both fear and pride
Two decades of delight
Middle age at thirty four
Proved...
#determination
#LifeChangingMoment
#PersonalGrowth #success
#PersonalGrowth #success
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Apr 2024 8:14am
23rd Apr 2024 8:14am
Hard
Oh, hard, when will you see.
Familiar is, your company.
Arduous , you, finding need.
Knowing, it's just time wasted.
And again, it says to me.
Need is, wants, creation.
A.R.M.
Familiar is, your company.
Arduous , you, finding need.
Knowing, it's just time wasted.
And again, it says to me.
Need is, wants, creation.
A.R.M.
#acceptance
#determination
#MovingOn
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
23rd Apr 2024 7:48am
23rd Apr 2024 7:48am
Curse
Wild wind, take my words.
Carry them, cast my curse.
This is me, your wild child.
with a need, to reconcile.
Wild wind, take my rage.
I release it, from my cage.
I beg forgiveness, for my mistake.
For my selfish, of my take.
For picking a father,
who's example, is hate.
So for my child, with your hand.
Pluck the sorrow, and all the pain.
Planted by, a vial man.
Just reach right in, take it whole.
And transplant it back, to his soul.
Let him tend, his own poison.
Let it...
Carry them, cast my curse.
This is me, your wild child.
with a need, to reconcile.
Wild wind, take my rage.
I release it, from my cage.
I beg forgiveness, for my mistake.
For my selfish, of my take.
For picking a father,
who's example, is hate.
So for my child, with your hand.
Pluck the sorrow, and all the pain.
Planted by, a vial man.
Just reach right in, take it whole.
And transplant it back, to his soul.
Let him tend, his own poison.
Let it...
#anger
#dark
#hate
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SELF POEM
Published
22nd Apr 2024 12:04pm
22nd Apr 2024 12:04pm
She is not the one
She's no more yet you see.
This wild one.
Wave rogue in a sea.
Beguiled fun.
Of course you are afraid.
Your instinct is not wrong.
If you choose to stay. One day,
You know, she will be gone.
Abandoned finds you reason.
This is why you're drawn.
She is but the season.
Change is her song.
She will never take it back.
The piece of her love.
When you fall off track.
She will carry on.
With her smile all the while.
Nowhere, she belongs.
Long ago ...
This wild one.
Wave rogue in a sea.
Beguiled fun.
Of course you are afraid.
Your instinct is not wrong.
If you choose to stay. One day,
You know, she will be gone.
Abandoned finds you reason.
This is why you're drawn.
She is but the season.
Change is her song.
She will never take it back.
The piece of her love.
When you fall off track.
She will carry on.
With her smile all the while.
Nowhere, she belongs.
Long ago ...
#courage
#happiness
#honesty
#romantic
#vanity
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LOVE POEM
Published
16th Mar 2024 2:48am
16th Mar 2024 2:48am
You forgot me again.
You forgot my name today.
Just like, you did before.
Now, you have nothing to say.
Not a glance, as you shut the door.
You don't remember, it seems.
The promises told over and over and over.
Repeated, until, I believed.
Convincing me, to come closer.
Your efforts payed off, willingly.
I forgot, that my love,
Makes you, forget me.
If ever, I forget again.
And send you a message, at 3am.
Push delete, go back to sleep.
You'll never deserve me, you never did.
Just like, you did before.
Now, you have nothing to say.
Not a glance, as you shut the door.
You don't remember, it seems.
The promises told over and over and over.
Repeated, until, I believed.
Convincing me, to come closer.
Your efforts payed off, willingly.
I forgot, that my love,
Makes you, forget me.
If ever, I forget again.
And send you a message, at 3am.
Push delete, go back to sleep.
You'll never deserve me, you never did.
#betrayal
#MovingOn
#disappointment #deception
#disappointment #deception
265 reads
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SELF POEM
Published
16th Mar 2024 1:05am
16th Mar 2024 1:05am
You are not a victim.
You are not a victim.
It's been too many years for that.
It's not your cause or symptom.
It has nothing to do with you, in fact.
Some husbands are just mean.
A cocktail of violent cruelty.
But you are what's obscene.
Swallowing disrespect effusively.
You are not a martyr.
Your choice is disgrace.
You are the selfish partner.
Survival, only works that way.
You won't be a hero for leaving.
From where you should never have been.
It would only prove, you love him.
To protect him, even from him.
...
It's been too many years for that.
It's not your cause or symptom.
It has nothing to do with you, in fact.
Some husbands are just mean.
A cocktail of violent cruelty.
But you are what's obscene.
Swallowing disrespect effusively.
You are not a martyr.
Your choice is disgrace.
You are the selfish partner.
Survival, only works that way.
You won't be a hero for leaving.
From where you should never have been.
It would only prove, you love him.
To protect him, even from him.
...
#anxiety
#motivational
#MovingOn
#escape
#weakness
233 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Dec 2023 9:15am
7th Dec 2023 9:15am
Effort
I've been lower than I'd ever admit.
Though, in my darkest hour
I knew I'd never quit.
I've carried weight so heavy.
I couldn't put it down
Though even when it bent my frame,
I carried it around.
I fail more often than I win. yet feel triumphant no matter the end.
For some reason across the board effort turns into my reward.
A.R.M.
Though, in my darkest hour
I knew I'd never quit.
I've carried weight so heavy.
I couldn't put it down
Though even when it bent my frame,
I carried it around.
I fail more often than I win. yet feel triumphant no matter the end.
For some reason across the board effort turns into my reward.
A.R.M.
#happiness
#kindness
#motivational
#inspirational
#gratitude
256 reads
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
3rd Dec 2023 1:22pm
3rd Dec 2023 1:22pm
Bellyfull
Bellyfull
My heart lives in my belly now.
From under my ribs, it moved somehow.
Hurt so bad, believed it broke.
Eyes so sad, tears that choke.
But,...it now appears to be.
Safely tucked in the middle of me.
Severed the vein, wrapped in gold.
Begging to end, the have and to hold.
Barely beating, .....alive despite.
Scars emerge, left from his knife.
Deadly marriage, built a callous.
Protects the beat, from hands of malice.
Ashamed I didn't understand. ...
My heart lives in my belly now.
From under my ribs, it moved somehow.
Hurt so bad, believed it broke.
Eyes so sad, tears that choke.
But,...it now appears to be.
Safely tucked in the middle of me.
Severed the vein, wrapped in gold.
Begging to end, the have and to hold.
Barely beating, .....alive despite.
Scars emerge, left from his knife.
Deadly marriage, built a callous.
Protects the beat, from hands of malice.
Ashamed I didn't understand. ...
#secrets
#abuse
#ignorance #hurt
#ignorance #hurt
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