Submissions by Koulouri
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I write mostly deep and melancholy poetry with lots of description. Every piece of my poems is meticulously thought over, so chances are its not a coincidence. If you notice something lmk! Would love to hear what you find <3
SELF POEM
Published
25th Nov 2023 00:48am
25th Nov 2023 00:48am
Can I go back please?
I didn't used to fear so much.
Frankly, I'm not sure where any of it came from.
When did I stop caring about myself?
When did my life stop being my own?
When did my eyes fall to the ground,
And my words get stuck?
When did I start hiding my body?
When did my voice get so quiet?
When did tears become all my cheeks know?
Where did my pride go?
To where did my courage flee?
Can I have it back, please?
If I sit here and beg, pleading for forgiveness,
could I live for myself...
Frankly, I'm not sure where any of it came from.
When did I stop caring about myself?
When did my life stop being my own?
When did my eyes fall to the ground,
And my words get stuck?
When did I start hiding my body?
When did my voice get so quiet?
When did tears become all my cheeks know?
Where did my pride go?
To where did my courage flee?
Can I have it back, please?
If I sit here and beg, pleading for forgiveness,
could I live for myself...
#sadness
#anxiety
#LifeStruggles #emptiness
#LifeStruggles #emptiness
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LOVE POEM
Published
20th Nov 2023 00:41am
20th Nov 2023 00:41am
Pain is an old friend you invite for tea
Doing the right thing is known to hurt.
It's demonstrated in shows, movies, even books.
Nothing quite replicates it.
This pain is not something that can be read or seen.
The many nights awake, shaking with tears.
Mornings with heavy eyes and a shaken frame.
It may have been right.
But it still hurts.
It hurts and hurts and nothing can change that.
It's just there.
You can make deals with your pain, you can even beg it for forgiveness.
It will laugh, and hold you tighter.
The past...
It's demonstrated in shows, movies, even books.
Nothing quite replicates it.
This pain is not something that can be read or seen.
The many nights awake, shaking with tears.
Mornings with heavy eyes and a shaken frame.
It may have been right.
But it still hurts.
It hurts and hurts and nothing can change that.
It's just there.
You can make deals with your pain, you can even beg it for forgiveness.
It will laugh, and hold you tighter.
The past...
#love
#heartbroken
#breakup
#suffering
#hurt
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Nov 2023 3:30pm
13th Nov 2023 3:30pm
The Wolf's Lament
Do you think the wolf cried when it caught you?
Do you think it sobbed for hours after it consumed your heart, feasted on your soul?
You ran so fast,
You must have been exhausted.
You were so small,
Delicate and childlike.
Your grace was unknown,
Your mind not yet mature.
Your legs barely had enough strength to carry you,
And you had ran as much as you could.
When you dropped to the ground,
Feeling the bed you were soon to lie in,
Were you scared?
When those teeth wrapped carefully around your throat, ...
Do you think it sobbed for hours after it consumed your heart, feasted on your soul?
You ran so fast,
You must have been exhausted.
You were so small,
Delicate and childlike.
Your grace was unknown,
Your mind not yet mature.
Your legs barely had enough strength to carry you,
And you had ran as much as you could.
When you dropped to the ground,
Feeling the bed you were soon to lie in,
Were you scared?
When those teeth wrapped carefully around your throat, ...
#sadness
#teens
#childhood
#death
#hurt
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SELF POEM
Published
5th Nov 2023 3:03am
5th Nov 2023 3:03am
Sit, Stay, Beg.
You do not need to pity me.
I do enough myself.
I look back on my life,
And I see a small child,
Just trying to survive,
And being hated for it.
A child who was repeatedly beat into submission,
Who's demeanor reflects that of an abused dog.
I do not know who I am.
I do not know what to be.
I never learned how.
I am still small.
There is a constant scream in my mind.
One I haven't heard in a long time, yet it echoes timelessly.
I find some comfort in it's consistency.
I often express...
I do enough myself.
I look back on my life,
And I see a small child,
Just trying to survive,
And being hated for it.
A child who was repeatedly beat into submission,
Who's demeanor reflects that of an abused dog.
I do not know who I am.
I do not know what to be.
I never learned how.
I am still small.
There is a constant scream in my mind.
One I haven't heard in a long time, yet it echoes timelessly.
I find some comfort in it's consistency.
I often express...
#anxiety
#abuse
#LifeStruggles
#emotional
#hurt
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LOVE POEM
Published
31st Oct 2023 11:06pm
31st Oct 2023 11:06pm
Indefinite Yearning
It's a silly thing, watching someone else's love.
Craving it for yourself, but never granting the idea any value.
“Keep your hopes high, but attainable.”
It hurts to know your worth.
To know that all you are capable of,
is being a bystander.
Craving it for yourself, but never granting the idea any value.
“Keep your hopes high, but attainable.”
It hurts to know your worth.
To know that all you are capable of,
is being a bystander.
#love
#loneliness
#emotional #LookingForLove
#emotional #LookingForLove
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LOVE POEM
Published
30th Oct 2023 7:46pm
30th Oct 2023 7:46pm
I can't be alone again
Stay by my side, for without you, I am adrift.
Your presence, the air that gives my lungs lift.
My stomach churns and I remain starving,
in hopes that pain will distract me from the ache that is the emptiness you fill.
Even if you are gone for a moment, just a moment,
Time stands still.
And though I wish for its gentle halt, I yearn to spend it with you, holding you, loving you.
I promise I will not love you gently.
My love with be strong and it will be hard, unbreaking.
Just keep me by your side.
Clip me on your bag,...
Your presence, the air that gives my lungs lift.
My stomach churns and I remain starving,
in hopes that pain will distract me from the ache that is the emptiness you fill.
Even if you are gone for a moment, just a moment,
Time stands still.
And though I wish for its gentle halt, I yearn to spend it with you, holding you, loving you.
I promise I will not love you gently.
My love with be strong and it will be hard, unbreaking.
Just keep me by your side.
Clip me on your bag,...
#love
#relationships
#separation
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LOVE POEM
Published
30th Oct 2023 2:11am
30th Oct 2023 2:11am
This is Love
Love is leaving space in the dresser, because even though you have too many clothes, he likes to sleep in the bottom drawer.
#love
#cats
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LOVE POEM
Published
27th Oct 2023 4:47pm
27th Oct 2023 4:47pm
Don't Pass Me By
They say time flies when you are having fun.
Dearest, I hope they are wrong.
I hunger for your embrace, for your touch against mine.
I hope the minutes we are together morph gently into hours,
the days to expand full-time.
For every moment we are entwined, I cherish with zest.
There is an ache in your absence, a longing unrest.
May our time together unfold in slow motion,
In a dance of eternity, our hearts in devotion.
I hope to hold onto every memory we make,
because no matter what happens,
you will have...
Dearest, I hope they are wrong.
I hunger for your embrace, for your touch against mine.
I hope the minutes we are together morph gently into hours,
the days to expand full-time.
For every moment we are entwined, I cherish with zest.
There is an ache in your absence, a longing unrest.
May our time together unfold in slow motion,
In a dance of eternity, our hearts in devotion.
I hope to hold onto every memory we make,
because no matter what happens,
you will have...
#love
#hope
#romantic
#obsession
#emotions
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SELF POEM
Published
25th Oct 2023 5:38pm
25th Oct 2023 5:38pm
Fingers
Writing
Typing
Cooking
Petting
Rubbing
Stretching
Throwing
Handing
Touching
Feeling
These are the things I would’ve lost with the absence of my hands.
I am forever grateful for the blessings of having the body I have.
Regardless of its
Look
Feel
Smell
Taste
Sound
I am grateful.
I need to be.
I am so tired of hating myself.
Typing
Cooking
Petting
Rubbing
Stretching
Throwing
Handing
Touching
Feeling
These are the things I would’ve lost with the absence of my hands.
I am forever grateful for the blessings of having the body I have.
Regardless of its
Look
Feel
Smell
Taste
Sound
I am grateful.
I need to be.
I am so tired of hating myself.
#identity
#gratitude
#bittersweet
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ANGER POEM
Published
24th Oct 2023 4:01pm
24th Oct 2023 4:01pm
A letter to my Dad
I want you to know that I have spent almost every night angry since moving out. I’ve never been good at spite or resentment. Yet I sit here every single night so fucking mad. I know that no body is perfect. Parents aren’t ment to be. I have a sneaking suspicion that most of the other students here do not spend their nights silently screaming because they do not know what love feels like. I don’t think they struggle to order fucking food because the servers looked them in the eye. I don’t think they cry when they hear someone yell. I am alone, and I am mad, and I am stuck in a family that...
#anger
#father
#family
109 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Oct 2023 2:03am
22nd Oct 2023 2:03am
Healing, but still Hurting
I give you my heart, ripped and tattered.
You will glue the pieces together with your words, and it will be okay.
It will all be okay.
I will go to the next person, and use their glue.
The holes in my heart, though temporarily full, will continue to ache.
It will all be okay.
My heart will tremble, and sometimes it will fail.
You will still hold me tight.
It will all be okay.
You will glue the pieces together with your words, and it will be okay.
It will all be okay.
I will go to the next person, and use their glue.
The holes in my heart, though temporarily full, will continue to ache.
It will all be okay.
My heart will tremble, and sometimes it will fail.
You will still hold me tight.
It will all be okay.
#LifeStruggles
#lover
#FirstLove #hurt
#FirstLove #hurt
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
22nd Oct 2023 2:00am
22nd Oct 2023 2:00am
Knowledge Is Like a Fine Wine
There's an ache in knowing and being known.
#wisdom
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