Submissions by DaryaWaters (Darya Waters)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Aspiring professional creative. Working on an anthology and posting here to grow - any and all criticism or advice is welcome. Thank you for reading my work!
SELF POEM
Published
27th Mar 2021 10:16pm
27th Mar 2021 10:16pm
WHOSE NAME IS WRITTEN IN THE SAND
Today, I wrote my name in the sand
In big, block letters
I proclaimed my identity
My presence
Affirming my value and my rights
My right to be happy
To be safe
To be calm
So why do I wish
That sometimes the ocean’s waves
Will pick me up
Smooth me out
And wash me away
Just like the rising tide will do to my name
Tonight?
In big, block letters
I proclaimed my identity
My presence
Affirming my value and my rights
My right to be happy
To be safe
To be calm
So why do I wish
That sometimes the ocean’s waves
Will pick me up
Smooth me out
And wash me away
Just like the rising tide will do to my name
Tonight?
#identity
#sea
#confessional
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfWorth
322 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
25th Mar 2021 3:01pm
25th Mar 2021 3:01pm
INSECURE
who am I? so far
from home, the place I yearned to
leave. a wandering soul
from home, the place I yearned to
leave. a wandering soul
#SelfReflection
#fear
#haiku
422 reads
0 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
25th Mar 2021 1:04pm
25th Mar 2021 1:04pm
FEAR
Fear is the unraveler
Undoer of all things
The impediment to happiness
And perverter of the senses
Fear is a binding
Felt in your chest in a night
As dark and slick as ink
Enveloping you in yourself
Fear cripples
And dismays
It is a parasite that burrows
Deep within your psyche
But when you chase it
And finally grasp the wretched thing
It cowers and shifts
And takes on a new form
And so the struggle renews itself
Isn’t that beautiful?
Undoer of all things
The impediment to happiness
And perverter of the senses
Fear is a binding
Felt in your chest in a night
As dark and slick as ink
Enveloping you in yourself
Fear cripples
And dismays
It is a parasite that burrows
Deep within your psyche
But when you chase it
And finally grasp the wretched thing
It cowers and shifts
And takes on a new form
And so the struggle renews itself
Isn’t that beautiful?
#fear
433 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
24th Mar 2021 8:27pm
24th Mar 2021 8:27pm
Dulcinea
My love is fierce
A blade that I wield
From the end of my strong arm
Valiant and true
I fight
And pierce
And stab my way to victory
To your heart
But in my raptures and my fantasies
I,
Enraged and impassioned,
Move too quickly
And I learn that love
Is always fragile,
No matter how strong it appears to be
A blade that I wield
From the end of my strong arm
Valiant and true
I fight
And pierce
And stab my way to victory
To your heart
But in my raptures and my fantasies
I,
Enraged and impassioned,
Move too quickly
And I learn that love
Is always fragile,
No matter how strong it appears to be
#love
#identity
450 reads
0 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
24th Mar 2021 7:54pm
24th Mar 2021 7:54pm
so many
Hands, laced together
Forming an island among
Tumultuous seas
Hold me close, dear, and I will
Whisper rings around your soul
Forming an island among
Tumultuous seas
Hold me close, dear, and I will
Whisper rings around your soul
#love
#romantic
#WritingPoetry
#FallingInLove
#tanka
543 reads
8 Comments
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