Submissions by KittyFromHell
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I write mostly about my day to day emotions, experiences, and thoughts. Every fucked up thought I have usually ends up here.
SELF POEM
Published
12th Oct 2023 9:06am
12th Oct 2023 9:06am
Growing Pains
Bitter goodbyes wrap up the past
In boxes lovingly labeled as growing pains.
No longer will I hold the comfort of others
In higher regard to my life and my children,
For they deserve a warrior for a mother
And not a coward.
I've stood too long in the fire
Thinking I deserved the way it turned me to ash.
Grace holds me tenderly,
As my heart lifts up my voice.
Stronger.
Just a little stronger.
In boxes lovingly labeled as growing pains.
No longer will I hold the comfort of others
In higher regard to my life and my children,
For they deserve a warrior for a mother
And not a coward.
I've stood too long in the fire
Thinking I deserved the way it turned me to ash.
Grace holds me tenderly,
As my heart lifts up my voice.
Stronger.
Just a little stronger.
#SelfDiscovery
#PersonalGrowth
156 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
12th Oct 2023 8:58am
12th Oct 2023 8:58am
Resolve
Lately, I've been lost for words,
As I finally let my grief and my pain swallow me whole.
Sitting in the woeful sobriety of a new seed growing,
I shed layers of myself over and over.
Some nights, I am reduced to an ugly mess,
Choking on desperate words that seem to linger
Held in the darkness by not so empty air
Where God fills the cracks of my loneliness
With release, clarity, and love.
I never thought the most shaky breath
Would come before statements like
"I am who I am, and I am me."
The resolve that forms...
As I finally let my grief and my pain swallow me whole.
Sitting in the woeful sobriety of a new seed growing,
I shed layers of myself over and over.
Some nights, I am reduced to an ugly mess,
Choking on desperate words that seem to linger
Held in the darkness by not so empty air
Where God fills the cracks of my loneliness
With release, clarity, and love.
I never thought the most shaky breath
Would come before statements like
"I am who I am, and I am me."
The resolve that forms...
#grief
#death
#rebirth
#TimeHeals
#healing
236 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
19th Sep 2023 3:18pm
19th Sep 2023 3:18pm
Take Care, Goodbye
I wish you knew how much I miss you,
But if you did it'd be like you had the last laugh.
You were my best friend turned into lover,
And I thought you were my other half.
Its crazy there was a time I'd have died for you,
And now we don't even speak.
You're still in my dreams even years later;
Goddamn, how'd you make me so weak?
You dragged me down, I made you hurt,
But I still thought you hung the moon.
I'm stuck here in mourning like you've gone to the grave,
A young ball of passion and fire gone too soon.
...
But if you did it'd be like you had the last laugh.
You were my best friend turned into lover,
And I thought you were my other half.
Its crazy there was a time I'd have died for you,
And now we don't even speak.
You're still in my dreams even years later;
Goddamn, how'd you make me so weak?
You dragged me down, I made you hurt,
But I still thought you hung the moon.
I'm stuck here in mourning like you've gone to the grave,
A young ball of passion and fire gone too soon.
...
#sadness
#love
#depression
#loneliness
#breakup
278 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
4th Aug 2023 4:14pm
4th Aug 2023 4:14pm
Forgiveness
I will never quite forgive you
For changing the way you did.
How your loveable asshole antics
Turned to the streets for love
Found in the hands of men
Who only sought to take advantage
Of your childhood wounds.
I will never quite forgive those men
Though I see them every other day,
And I pray for them because I know
That they were once wounded children, too.
I pray that they find healing
And that God uses them for good
Though their demons flow through their veins
And wrap themselves around
Every bone and...
For changing the way you did.
How your loveable asshole antics
Turned to the streets for love
Found in the hands of men
Who only sought to take advantage
Of your childhood wounds.
I will never quite forgive those men
Though I see them every other day,
And I pray for them because I know
That they were once wounded children, too.
I pray that they find healing
And that God uses them for good
Though their demons flow through their veins
And wrap themselves around
Every bone and...
#forgiveness
#childhood
185 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
25th Jun 2023 7:41am
25th Jun 2023 7:41am
Jaded
I'm beginning to believe I get worse with age
As anger and bitterness bubble up inside me
Spilling to those around me
Without a thought.
Terrible things fly out my mouth
And seep into my heart
Settling there to rot.
If you love me now
You are strong indeed.
As anger and bitterness bubble up inside me
Spilling to those around me
Without a thought.
Terrible things fly out my mouth
And seep into my heart
Settling there to rot.
If you love me now
You are strong indeed.
#anger
#regret
#disappointment #bittersweet
#disappointment #bittersweet
214 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
12th May 2023 5:29am
12th May 2023 5:29am
Fear of the Future
Terror wraps itself around me
In the darkness of my room,
Where I snuggle myself in blankets
And try to hide from the world.
Depression snuggles up beside me
With a low purr as it nuzzles my cheek.
The confident young woman checks out,
And in her place is a scared little girl.
In the darkness of my room,
Where I snuggle myself in blankets
And try to hide from the world.
Depression snuggles up beside me
With a low purr as it nuzzles my cheek.
The confident young woman checks out,
And in her place is a scared little girl.
#anxiety
#depression
#LifeStruggles
#LifeCycle
#fear
266 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
12th May 2023 5:13am
12th May 2023 5:13am
Let Love Wrap You Up
There's something to be said about the oldest sibling.
I see the sadness behind those dilated eyes,
And words left unspoken in those contorted lips.
There's a soul on fire in those empty eyed mugshots
And the gossiping whispers that follow you.
You're the scapegoat of the family;
Even your baby brother blames you for his troubles.
Little does he know you took that darkness and ate it,
Just so he could be the child you never got to be.
Your baby sister has grown to be so confident,
With her college degree and her...
I see the sadness behind those dilated eyes,
And words left unspoken in those contorted lips.
There's a soul on fire in those empty eyed mugshots
And the gossiping whispers that follow you.
You're the scapegoat of the family;
Even your baby brother blames you for his troubles.
Little does he know you took that darkness and ate it,
Just so he could be the child you never got to be.
Your baby sister has grown to be so confident,
With her college degree and her...
#love
#children
#family
#addiction
#healing
197 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
31st Mar 2023 00:03am
31st Mar 2023 00:03am
Blurred Lines
I'd say I'm sorry I never gave you my best,
But I was still a child when I was put to the test.
Those storms came and I folded while we both screamed
Unable to hear each other as the nightmare took over our dream.
I look back now on the things I said and did.
I hardly recognize that girl you were with.
How did she get there and how did I get here?
I can't make the connection, can't see through my fears.
The past haunts me even on my brightest days
Those storm clouds in your eyes have me permanently dazed.
Though I look...
But I was still a child when I was put to the test.
Those storms came and I folded while we both screamed
Unable to hear each other as the nightmare took over our dream.
I look back now on the things I said and did.
I hardly recognize that girl you were with.
How did she get there and how did I get here?
I can't make the connection, can't see through my fears.
The past haunts me even on my brightest days
Those storm clouds in your eyes have me permanently dazed.
Though I look...
#love
#heartbroken
#memories
#SelfReflection
#MovingOn
345 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
11th Mar 2023 7:19am
11th Mar 2023 7:19am
Crazy
Yesterday,
I felt empty,
Like an ever widening chasm
That will never be filled.
Today,
My heart is full to the brim
Though shattered.
I feel as if I may burst
Into a thousand pieces
And be scattered in the wind.
I felt empty,
Like an ever widening chasm
That will never be filled.
Today,
My heart is full to the brim
Though shattered.
I feel as if I may burst
Into a thousand pieces
And be scattered in the wind.
#hope
#dark
#SelfHarm
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfWorth
298 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
9th Mar 2023 5:41am
9th Mar 2023 5:41am
Monotony
This little town closes in
Like a cage door shut behind me.
Like a cage door shut behind me.
#anxiety
#depression
#emptiness
#apathy
#boredom
213 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
9th Mar 2023 5:33am
9th Mar 2023 5:33am
Haunting
The silence comes to taunt me
Like clockwork at the end of the day.
I've been talking to God more,
But lately I don't know what to say.
I've slipped into a strange comfort,
A serenity deep in my bones,
But these thoughts still whirl around
To torment me when I'm alone.
I've come so far, but lack so much,
I still feel like it's not enough.
Karma lies in wait for me and she whispers
"If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough."
Like clockwork at the end of the day.
I've been talking to God more,
But lately I don't know what to say.
I've slipped into a strange comfort,
A serenity deep in my bones,
But these thoughts still whirl around
To torment me when I'm alone.
I've come so far, but lack so much,
I still feel like it's not enough.
Karma lies in wait for me and she whispers
"If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough."
#anxiety
#regret
#forgiveness
#night
#SelfReflection
283 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
5th Mar 2023 8:03pm
5th Mar 2023 8:03pm
Yearning
Sunshine on my face,
Dying coals in my heart.
I have found myself longing
In a way I have never felt.
Dying coals in my heart.
I have found myself longing
In a way I have never felt.
#loneliness
#sun
#SelfReflection
#emptiness
#IMissYou
317 reads
2 Comments
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