Submissions by WoundedHeart
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Writing is my therapy, my escape and one of the very few things in life that feels right to me.
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
16th Jul 2021 6:55pm
16th Jul 2021 6:55pm
Evolving
I feel like I took too long to get to this place
But I know the fact I'm here is all that really matters
I can beat myself up about how I'm ridiculously late
And dismiss the motions I've been through in all of my life chapters
But shame is a feeling I have no time for
And self blame is often unworthy of my attention
They seek to invalidate all the new things I've learned
They only serve as hindrances to growth and progression
I hope through evolution I become bigger than their voices
And that I rise above the height they sometimes stand
I hope...
But I know the fact I'm here is all that really matters
I can beat myself up about how I'm ridiculously late
And dismiss the motions I've been through in all of my life chapters
But shame is a feeling I have no time for
And self blame is often unworthy of my attention
They seek to invalidate all the new things I've learned
They only serve as hindrances to growth and progression
I hope through evolution I become bigger than their voices
And that I rise above the height they sometimes stand
I hope...
#strength
#motivational
#learning
#SelfReflection
#healing
482 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
16th Jul 2021 6:47pm
16th Jul 2021 6:47pm
New Version of Me
I feel like a different version of myself
Probably because there's new elements to me now
Some unfortunate realizations lead me down a different path
And some important ones got me on a much better track
I realized the value of life and what it means to be alive
How you can choose to let things kill you or make a choice to survive
There's something profound about that flash before your eyes
That can cause you to see your life in a whole new light
You can't control circumstance but you can control how you deal with it
You can decide to let it define...
Probably because there's new elements to me now
Some unfortunate realizations lead me down a different path
And some important ones got me on a much better track
I realized the value of life and what it means to be alive
How you can choose to let things kill you or make a choice to survive
There's something profound about that flash before your eyes
That can cause you to see your life in a whole new light
You can't control circumstance but you can control how you deal with it
You can decide to let it define...
#strength
#inspirational
#LifeChangingMoment
#SelfReflection
#determination
345 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
27th Jan 2021 00:47am
27th Jan 2021 00:47am
Stupid, Insecure Thought
I cherish the time we spend together
And all of the moments we share
Days good or bad, you make them better
And I can tell that you care
But sometimes I think of the depth of your affection
And if it truly compares to mine
I remember your doubts and how you get with tension
How it feels like you wanna hit decline
See I never stop wanting to receive you
Even when times get sad and aren't easy
But you get so focused on how you don't need to
And it seems like you could quickly leave me
I don't know how you can do that because
I...
And all of the moments we share
Days good or bad, you make them better
And I can tell that you care
But sometimes I think of the depth of your affection
And if it truly compares to mine
I remember your doubts and how you get with tension
How it feels like you wanna hit decline
See I never stop wanting to receive you
Even when times get sad and aren't easy
But you get so focused on how you don't need to
And it seems like you could quickly leave me
I don't know how you can do that because
I...
#relationships
#rhyming
#emotional
#sadness
#confusion
643 reads
4 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Dec 2020 1:58am
13th Dec 2020 1:58am
Love Is a Journey
Love is an ongoing journey
A process of discovery and learning
A path that slowly builds, mostly happiness with some hurting
A search for balance among all the twists and turning
Love is not a one stop destination
But a goal to reach for, an endless creation
A collaborative effort to make something great and
A practice of gratitude and appreciation
Love is a choice that we must constantly make
Not a future written in stars that a good feeling dictates
Smooth pavement doesn't guarantee satisfaction
It is through rough terrain...
A process of discovery and learning
A path that slowly builds, mostly happiness with some hurting
A search for balance among all the twists and turning
Love is not a one stop destination
But a goal to reach for, an endless creation
A collaborative effort to make something great and
A practice of gratitude and appreciation
Love is a choice that we must constantly make
Not a future written in stars that a good feeling dictates
Smooth pavement doesn't guarantee satisfaction
It is through rough terrain...
#love
#relationships
#motivational #wisdom
#motivational #wisdom
515 reads
0 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
4th Dec 2020 3:34am
4th Dec 2020 3:34am
Embracing The Feeling
I need to embrace the feeling
Where I could fly higher than the ceiling
Because I'm better than I was before
And I'm not miserable anymore
I took a break before I crumbled
Sought known love when I fell towards trouble
Going to a place where I was seen and loved for being me
Was undoubtedly exactly where I needed to be
And meeting new people who liked me more than I expected
Was the additional piece I needed to get out of my head
It helped me regroup and refocus
And gain the clarity I needed to notice
That sometimes people just want...
Where I could fly higher than the ceiling
Because I'm better than I was before
And I'm not miserable anymore
I took a break before I crumbled
Sought known love when I fell towards trouble
Going to a place where I was seen and loved for being me
Was undoubtedly exactly where I needed to be
And meeting new people who liked me more than I expected
Was the additional piece I needed to get out of my head
It helped me regroup and refocus
And gain the clarity I needed to notice
That sometimes people just want...
#strength
#uplifting
#SelfReflection #SelfWorth
#SelfReflection #SelfWorth
398 reads
0 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Aug 2020 4:04am
23rd Aug 2020 4:04am
Agent Orange
Love has always been in my roots
You felt like soil to my heart
Filled with nutrients
That could help me grow
It seemed like you felt the same
That I was a secure place for plantation
That you believed that all my offerings
Could replenish and nourish all you are
I thought we would fertilize the foundation
With raw authentic ingredients
Developed from mutual honesty
And emotions that freely flourished
You felt like sunlight in my darkness
And refreshing rain when I got too heated
Crisp leaves for me to land on...
You felt like soil to my heart
Filled with nutrients
That could help me grow
It seemed like you felt the same
That I was a secure place for plantation
That you believed that all my offerings
Could replenish and nourish all you are
I thought we would fertilize the foundation
With raw authentic ingredients
Developed from mutual honesty
And emotions that freely flourished
You felt like sunlight in my darkness
And refreshing rain when I got too heated
Crisp leaves for me to land on...
#sadness
#regret
#betrayal
#memories
#MovingOn
744 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
7th Aug 2020 3:52am
7th Aug 2020 3:52am
Love, and You
I've spent too long hating love being wrapped around your name
So deeply, in fact, that I created self trick games
I said I used the word because it fit better in poems and songs
Some of that may be true, but how much of it is wrong?
I've spent such little time really thinking about the facts
Because the last place I wanted to go was anywhere that led me back
I've been plagued with affliction in fear of that position
But there's no solution in fiction, just mind body friction
Now I know how holding onto this
kept me holding onto remnants
Of...
So deeply, in fact, that I created self trick games
I said I used the word because it fit better in poems and songs
Some of that may be true, but how much of it is wrong?
I've spent such little time really thinking about the facts
Because the last place I wanted to go was anywhere that led me back
I've been plagued with affliction in fear of that position
But there's no solution in fiction, just mind body friction
Now I know how holding onto this
kept me holding onto remnants
Of...
#love
#strength
#memories
#acceptance
#healing
635 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
12th May 2020 9:44am
12th May 2020 9:44am
Release the Exes
Trauma buried alive survives
Dig up the grave and kill it for good
It doesn't matter how long the process takes
Just do what you never thought you could
I have exhibits that get revisits
That first were "run and dismiss it"
Displays of broken where there was no fix
Threads from blankets of shame that I hid
Some would think it might cause me to regress
And that if I view them I'd get depressed
When really it shines light on my progress
To see where I'm no longer scared to reflect
So when bullshit would try to resurface ...
Dig up the grave and kill it for good
It doesn't matter how long the process takes
Just do what you never thought you could
I have exhibits that get revisits
That first were "run and dismiss it"
Displays of broken where there was no fix
Threads from blankets of shame that I hid
Some would think it might cause me to regress
And that if I view them I'd get depressed
When really it shines light on my progress
To see where I'm no longer scared to reflect
So when bullshit would try to resurface ...
#love
#strength
#relationships
#healing
#emotions
574 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
28th Feb 2020 7:33am
28th Feb 2020 7:33am
Dreams, Dreams, Go Away
At my hardest moments I still look for you subconsciously
And it's fucked up because I find you always
I didn't even know I'd been seeking you out
Till I woke up this morning with the way that I felt
And the memories flooding in of things you said
Things you'd probably never say
And how you found me once again
It felt like you wanted to stay
If dreams were indicative of anything supernatural in reality
I'd be convinced that we're meant to be connected
And that when I'm in distress you can sense it
And you're trying to send me messages ...
And it's fucked up because I find you always
I didn't even know I'd been seeking you out
Till I woke up this morning with the way that I felt
And the memories flooding in of things you said
Things you'd probably never say
And how you found me once again
It felt like you wanted to stay
If dreams were indicative of anything supernatural in reality
I'd be convinced that we're meant to be connected
And that when I'm in distress you can sense it
And you're trying to send me messages ...
#dreams
#sadness
#depression
536 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
5th Jan 2020 9:48am
5th Jan 2020 9:48am
Motions of Change
It used to be amazing that we got where we were
Now it's just crazy how we got to where we are
I noticed changes you denied with your words
Then your actions told the opposite by going too far
You probably don't even know how I'm feeling
And I can't be bothered to even say
I've tried to talk to you before, and then the damage
From neglecting me when I could have used someone that day
And I hate myself for being vulnerable
For remembering why you were someone I could trust
It was a mistake, and I regret it
Because it caused unspoken...
Now it's just crazy how we got to where we are
I noticed changes you denied with your words
Then your actions told the opposite by going too far
You probably don't even know how I'm feeling
And I can't be bothered to even say
I've tried to talk to you before, and then the damage
From neglecting me when I could have used someone that day
And I hate myself for being vulnerable
For remembering why you were someone I could trust
It was a mistake, and I regret it
Because it caused unspoken...
#sadness
#friendship
#disappointment
#hurt
#regret
667 reads
16 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
23rd Oct 2019 9:25am
23rd Oct 2019 9:25am
Ointment
There's an ache in my soul tonight
That maybe can't be satiated
I'm searching so deep into the night for someone to hear
And to touch the parts of me that are burning with rawness
I feel like some sort of lost wanderer
Confined to the walls of my trembling bits of flesh
I'm carving paths with uncried tears
And leaving trails of concealed emotion
Walking wherever my silent footsteps take me
I'm always alone
I'm calling out to the people around me
But they don't know, and probably won't
Because I feel like I'm screaming but I am...
That maybe can't be satiated
I'm searching so deep into the night for someone to hear
And to touch the parts of me that are burning with rawness
I feel like some sort of lost wanderer
Confined to the walls of my trembling bits of flesh
I'm carving paths with uncried tears
And leaving trails of concealed emotion
Walking wherever my silent footsteps take me
I'm always alone
I'm calling out to the people around me
But they don't know, and probably won't
Because I feel like I'm screaming but I am...
#sadness
#FeelingLost
#emotional
#loneliness
#MentalHealth
673 reads
8 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
21st Sep 2019 9:10pm
21st Sep 2019 9:10pm
A Floating Question
Heavy mind trapped within questioning
I become marked by confusion
Until I become the question
Who has no answer
They say some questions are just too big
And some of them will go unanswered
What if one of them is me?
Just a question without an answer
I become marked by confusion
Until I become the question
Who has no answer
They say some questions are just too big
And some of them will go unanswered
What if one of them is me?
Just a question without an answer
#sadness
#loneliness
#misunderstood #confusion
#misunderstood #confusion
602 reads
6 Comments
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