Submissions by Louisamay (JaneyBean)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Sep 2023 5:22pm
1st Sep 2023 5:22pm
Retail Therapy
A little bit of shopping
Is the solution to my anxiety
A shiny new necklace
The answer to my despair
I love the thrill of the search
The hunt, the chase, the purchase
My closet is brimming with happiness
My home decorated with finds
The once in a moment discoveries
That proudly sit in my spaces
I don’t need someone to talk to
I just need my credit card
And a couple of hours of me time
And this is why
Women are the stronger sex
We have remedies to life’s problems
We can fix ourselves
We can shop!
Is the solution to my anxiety
A shiny new necklace
The answer to my despair
I love the thrill of the search
The hunt, the chase, the purchase
My closet is brimming with happiness
My home decorated with finds
The once in a moment discoveries
That proudly sit in my spaces
I don’t need someone to talk to
I just need my credit card
And a couple of hours of me time
And this is why
Women are the stronger sex
We have remedies to life’s problems
We can fix ourselves
We can shop!
#happiness
#myself
33 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
26th Jul 2023 10:33am
26th Jul 2023 10:33am
The Blue Umbrella
The blue umbrella
Such a pretty sight
Keeps the rain from my face
But my body gets soaked
The blue umbrella
So practical and smart
Weaves in and out of the city streets
Keeping me anonymous
The blue umbrella
Pushed into the sand
My solution for shady sunbathing
My little space on the beach
The blue umbrella
The little hands that hold me
Not keeping me dry
But my accessory for play
The blue umbrella
My trusted friend
Sits in the corner
Waiting for our next...
Such a pretty sight
Keeps the rain from my face
But my body gets soaked
The blue umbrella
So practical and smart
Weaves in and out of the city streets
Keeping me anonymous
The blue umbrella
Pushed into the sand
My solution for shady sunbathing
My little space on the beach
The blue umbrella
The little hands that hold me
Not keeping me dry
But my accessory for play
The blue umbrella
My trusted friend
Sits in the corner
Waiting for our next...
#childhood
#beach
#rain
72 reads
8 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
25th Jul 2023 9:37pm
25th Jul 2023 9:37pm
The Therapists Lament - being perfect people
They tell me their stories
Their troubles and their nightmares
I listen and analyze, I’m their friend for a session
I nod and my face concentrates
While they describe their struggles
I am the perfect, non judgmental professional
I sometimes guide but mostly I give space
Most humans know what they need to do
To be their best selves
But they pay good money
For my degree to collaborate
Their most private struggles
I am so grateful they cannot see
That I am a mess
Yes you read that right
My life is a shitshow ...
Their troubles and their nightmares
I listen and analyze, I’m their friend for a session
I nod and my face concentrates
While they describe their struggles
I am the perfect, non judgmental professional
I sometimes guide but mostly I give space
Most humans know what they need to do
To be their best selves
But they pay good money
For my degree to collaborate
Their most private struggles
I am so grateful they cannot see
That I am a mess
Yes you read that right
My life is a shitshow ...
#confessional
#myself
#SelfReflection #support
#SelfReflection #support
65 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
24th Jul 2023 8:53am
24th Jul 2023 8:53am
Double Standards
The sheer audacity of your complaint
Leaves me astounded and incensed
Because you flirted and dated and wooed
All the pretty party girls in the South of France
You bankrolled the girlfriend experience
To prop up your inadequacies
And you thought we didn’t see
But there is nothing more cunning
And no one more equipped
Than a woman and her friends fighting for the truth
We saw , we gave the benefit of the doubt
Because we trusted in the process
We believed in the long game
And we protected and insured my heart
But...
Leaves me astounded and incensed
Because you flirted and dated and wooed
All the pretty party girls in the South of France
You bankrolled the girlfriend experience
To prop up your inadequacies
And you thought we didn’t see
But there is nothing more cunning
And no one more equipped
Than a woman and her friends fighting for the truth
We saw , we gave the benefit of the doubt
Because we trusted in the process
We believed in the long game
And we protected and insured my heart
But...
#strength
#breakup
#fate
#TruthOfLife
#MovingOn
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Jun 2023 11:06pm
11th Jun 2023 11:06pm
An old soul
When I look back on my life
What will I have learned
I know to trust my instincts
And to have faith in my intuition
Because all of those little niggles
were my warning signs to heed to take care
And in the case of my heartbreaks
I could have avoided and dodged the misery
But I also learned
That I was meant to have those experiences
Because each and every one
Prepared me to help my children
With their own setbacks, their disappointments
I was able to comfort, guide and advise
So gradually I learned
That...
What will I have learned
I know to trust my instincts
And to have faith in my intuition
Because all of those little niggles
were my warning signs to heed to take care
And in the case of my heartbreaks
I could have avoided and dodged the misery
But I also learned
That I was meant to have those experiences
Because each and every one
Prepared me to help my children
With their own setbacks, their disappointments
I was able to comfort, guide and advise
So gradually I learned
That...
#LifeStruggles
#inspirational
#learning #SelfDiscovery
#learning #SelfDiscovery
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3 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
27th Apr 2023 7:13pm
27th Apr 2023 7:13pm
The Journey
The joyful optimism
Of a life full of possibilities
Knowing I can explore each avenue
And enter doors that hold promise
The sweet smell of hope
Lingers like a spring blossom bloom
Heady and sweet
I am on the cusp of something monumental
And the anticipation is palpable
The unknown is beckoning me
Seducing and courting me
I am excited and anxious
Waiting for my journey to begin
This is what matters
This is living
Let’s go
Of a life full of possibilities
Knowing I can explore each avenue
And enter doors that hold promise
The sweet smell of hope
Lingers like a spring blossom bloom
Heady and sweet
I am on the cusp of something monumental
And the anticipation is palpable
The unknown is beckoning me
Seducing and courting me
I am excited and anxious
Waiting for my journey to begin
This is what matters
This is living
Let’s go
#happiness
#hope
#dreams
#inspirational
#SelfDiscovery
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LOVE POEM
Published
18th Apr 2023 6:22pm
18th Apr 2023 6:22pm
I see you
I see you now
How you hid your cheating heart
Behind a flurry of complicated syndromes
Convinced me that you were ill, damaged, wretched,
But it was a ruse, a cover
So you could dilly dally with all the pretty things that came your way
So you could take that power trip without hurdles,
Have your fragile ego stroked
While I sat and waited and loved from afar
And cared about how damaged you were
And sympathized how your life had molded you
What an awful hand in life you had been dealt
That I was lucky to...
How you hid your cheating heart
Behind a flurry of complicated syndromes
Convinced me that you were ill, damaged, wretched,
But it was a ruse, a cover
So you could dilly dally with all the pretty things that came your way
So you could take that power trip without hurdles,
Have your fragile ego stroked
While I sat and waited and loved from afar
And cared about how damaged you were
And sympathized how your life had molded you
What an awful hand in life you had been dealt
That I was lucky to...
#betrayal
#MovingOn
#acceptance
#healing
#deception
198 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
15th Apr 2023 7:15pm
15th Apr 2023 7:15pm
Reflection
The stars were all present
When I looked to the sky
Watching the world
From their place up high
And so I thought and I reflected on all that has been
I want only good things said about me
That I was kind and helpful
A true friend in need
That I didn’t act selfishly
Or try to deceive
To those who meant most to me
I was loyal and true
I didn’t gossip unduly
Or divert from my path
Which was to love and protect you
From all that was unfair
From the evil in the shadows
And the ugly...
When I looked to the sky
Watching the world
From their place up high
And so I thought and I reflected on all that has been
I want only good things said about me
That I was kind and helpful
A true friend in need
That I didn’t act selfishly
Or try to deceive
To those who meant most to me
I was loyal and true
I didn’t gossip unduly
Or divert from my path
Which was to love and protect you
From all that was unfair
From the evil in the shadows
And the ugly...
#myself
#SelfReflection
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SELF POEM
Published
11th Apr 2023 5:05pm
11th Apr 2023 5:05pm
Doing it for the likes
The art of listening
Is a skill I’m working on
The talent of painting my life
To show vivid colors instead of drab hues, ongoing
I’m improving, I’m growing
Always self critiquing
Working on lowering my heart rate, my glucose levels
Trying to stay alive
Hoping to be the very best version
Not accepting failure
But enduring it all the same
It’s complicated, I’m confused
Do I do it for the likes?
No that doesn’t matter
But I’m shallow as hell
I need approval
I want to read a book again
But I’m obsessed...
Is a skill I’m working on
The talent of painting my life
To show vivid colors instead of drab hues, ongoing
I’m improving, I’m growing
Always self critiquing
Working on lowering my heart rate, my glucose levels
Trying to stay alive
Hoping to be the very best version
Not accepting failure
But enduring it all the same
It’s complicated, I’m confused
Do I do it for the likes?
No that doesn’t matter
But I’m shallow as hell
I need approval
I want to read a book again
But I’m obsessed...
#anxiety
#identity
#peace
#SelfReflection
#obsession
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LOVE POEM
Published
9th Apr 2023 3:14pm
9th Apr 2023 3:14pm
Remember me
Remember how we used to be,
In love, happy so carefree
But behind the scenes you were discontent
I never knew how deep that went
Until that day you blindsided me
You took my future, no more were we
And now I scrabble for the bits you give
That’s no life, no way to live
So leave me please,walk away
I beg you do this for me pray
I need your strength to begin to heal
Not your pity that’s no deal
But the final thing I plea,
Is one day you remember me
Fondly, kindly, lovingly
As the one who got away
In love, happy so carefree
But behind the scenes you were discontent
I never knew how deep that went
Until that day you blindsided me
You took my future, no more were we
And now I scrabble for the bits you give
That’s no life, no way to live
So leave me please,walk away
I beg you do this for me pray
I need your strength to begin to heal
Not your pity that’s no deal
But the final thing I plea,
Is one day you remember me
Fondly, kindly, lovingly
As the one who got away
#love
#breakup
#hurt
252 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
4th Apr 2023 6:16pm
4th Apr 2023 6:16pm
Change
I quite like me
I’m rounded at the edges
I’m Imperfect and a little messy
I talk too loudly and too much
I love too hard, maybe I’m needy
You want me but not this version
And I love you so much I’m trying
But the me that’s left won’t really be me
It will look like me and talk like me
But the persona I become will be hollow and false
A pretty vessel that’s lost it’s way
Other people love me why can’t you
I quite like me why can’t you?
I’m rounded at the edges
I’m Imperfect and a little messy
I talk too loudly and too much
I love too hard, maybe I’m needy
You want me but not this version
And I love you so much I’m trying
But the me that’s left won’t really be me
It will look like me and talk like me
But the persona I become will be hollow and false
A pretty vessel that’s lost it’s way
Other people love me why can’t you
I quite like me why can’t you?
#love
#relationships
#conflict #confusion
#conflict #confusion
107 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
23rd Mar 2023 3:20pm
23rd Mar 2023 3:20pm
The Goodbye
I’m here to tell you goodbye
It’s been so hard for me to accept
I’ve clung to the hope of us
Our love has made this so difficult
Our calmness in this storm so confusing
But I want a life of emotion
I want to feel deeply, not skim the surface
I want to risk, to experience, to live
I want to love hard
I want to love securely
I’m here for the ride of my life
Not a gentle amble
I don’t want a safety net
So it’s best we go now and heal
Separately and begin to forget
Meet new people eventually and fall in love again ...
It’s been so hard for me to accept
I’ve clung to the hope of us
Our love has made this so difficult
Our calmness in this storm so confusing
But I want a life of emotion
I want to feel deeply, not skim the surface
I want to risk, to experience, to live
I want to love hard
I want to love securely
I’m here for the ride of my life
Not a gentle amble
I don’t want a safety net
So it’s best we go now and heal
Separately and begin to forget
Meet new people eventually and fall in love again ...
#relationships
#heartbroken
#breakup
#TimeHeals
#acceptance
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3 Comments
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