Submissions by delanee
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
As you can tell, I am a woman of very little words. I choose them carefully and make them sharp as knives.
Dear Past Self
there will come an end to
this exhaustive night
no darkness can rest
in the brilliance of your light
one morning you will wake
to the sun caressing your face
and how can you resist
a touch of fortifying grace
the following night
when you go back to sleep
the fear you've harbored of waking up
will no longer reach so deep
I fear it makes no sense
yet I urge you to believe me
I remember just how tough that is to do
in time you will come to see
I know the story because I was you
this exhaustive night
no darkness can rest
in the brilliance of your light
one morning you will wake
to the sun caressing your face
and how can you resist
a touch of fortifying grace
the following night
when you go back to sleep
the fear you've harbored of waking up
will no longer reach so deep
I fear it makes no sense
yet I urge you to believe me
I remember just how tough that is to do
in time you will come to see
I know the story because I was you
#anxiety
#depression
#hope
#MentalHealth
#myself
1201 reads
9 Comments
A Friend When You Need One
most days were too heavy
I didn't feel like lifting them
all on my own
sometimes getting up
pouring myself a cup of pitch black coffee
were the biggest achievements
other times
getting out of bed
just seemed pointless
but you were there for most of these
and I'm still here
because of you
I didn't feel like lifting them
all on my own
sometimes getting up
pouring myself a cup of pitch black coffee
were the biggest achievements
other times
getting out of bed
just seemed pointless
but you were there for most of these
and I'm still here
because of you
#depression
#BestFriend
#friendship #MentalHealth
#friendship #MentalHealth
434 reads
4 Comments
Grow into Yourself
my whole life I didn't feel the need to
find my place in this forest
of a thousand identical trees
with slender branches
wearing only the colors of the season
growing in the same direction
at a very young age
I realized we could only ever pretend
to be the same
for our roots are all
unique
find my place in this forest
of a thousand identical trees
with slender branches
wearing only the colors of the season
growing in the same direction
at a very young age
I realized we could only ever pretend
to be the same
for our roots are all
unique
#misunderstood
#learning
#freedom #SelfDiscovery
#freedom #SelfDiscovery
431 reads
6 Comments
Smell the Roses
let a flower soak
in equal parts of rain and sun
then see how fast it grows
how ravishingly it blooms
and above all
how rare it is to see it wither
in equal parts of rain and sun
then see how fast it grows
how ravishingly it blooms
and above all
how rare it is to see it wither
#happiness
#sadness
#nature
#SelfReflection
#metaphor
540 reads
3 Comments
The Beauty in Her Strength
Her body was a ruin
time's havoc in plain sight
Her heart a vault
victim to ages of pillaging
Her mind a hospital
tending to injured thoughts
But her soul remained fresh
braving the world with a lover's patience
time's havoc in plain sight
Her heart a vault
victim to ages of pillaging
Her mind a hospital
tending to injured thoughts
But her soul remained fresh
braving the world with a lover's patience
#hope
#SelfHarm
#MentalHealth #hurt
#MentalHealth #hurt
580 reads
9 Comments
My Silent Voice
please don’t ask me to share with you
my overruling aches and fears
for if I would
you would want to run but never make it to the hills
my shadows swallowing you whole
I have become chronically terrified of losing
every shiny thing that comes into my life
so scared to death of not ever being good enough
wouldn't know what sufficient is supposed to be
so let me keep these sorrows to myself
suffering in silence
I make them into art
my overruling aches and fears
for if I would
you would want to run but never make it to the hills
my shadows swallowing you whole
I have become chronically terrified of losing
every shiny thing that comes into my life
so scared to death of not ever being good enough
wouldn't know what sufficient is supposed to be
so let me keep these sorrows to myself
suffering in silence
I make them into art
#loneliness
#rejection
#courage #LifeAsAWriter
#courage #LifeAsAWriter
496 reads
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Self Preservation
no amount of smoke
would ever fill that void left inside your chest
no kind of liquor
could ever wash away the hurt that runs through your veins
no false attention
should ever make up for the love you're lacking
this is why we must care for ourselves
in all that we are
and will never be
because in the end
who else will?
would ever fill that void left inside your chest
no kind of liquor
could ever wash away the hurt that runs through your veins
no false attention
should ever make up for the love you're lacking
this is why we must care for ourselves
in all that we are
and will never be
because in the end
who else will?
#sadness
#inspirational
#emptiness #SelfDiscovery
#emptiness #SelfDiscovery
464 reads
6 Comments
Ode to Peace
there is no bravery in kill
or be killed
no heroism in fighting
someone else's fight
when all's said and done
no glory or fame awaits anyone
those who live
have also lost
or be killed
no heroism in fighting
someone else's fight
when all's said and done
no glory or fame awaits anyone
those who live
have also lost
#politics
#war
#peace #humankind
#peace #humankind
519 reads
6 Comments
No-Show
when you refuse to show up
for the final curtain call
someone else
is bound to take
that bow
my love
for the final curtain call
someone else
is bound to take
that bow
my love
#relationships
#frustration
#disappointment #passion
#disappointment #passion
412 reads
7 Comments
The Heart's Direction
this part of the story is going to be incredibly sad
all because this heart of mine took a chance
on someone who wasn't worth the gamble
people tell me to listen to my heart
let it guide me
don't they realize my heart is a coward
and therefore so am I?
all because this heart of mine took a chance
on someone who wasn't worth the gamble
people tell me to listen to my heart
let it guide me
don't they realize my heart is a coward
and therefore so am I?
#anxiety
#heartbroken
#UnrequitedLove
563 reads
5 Comments
Lessons on Loving Oneself
it has taken me too long
to realize I can be all those things
I started looking for in others
hoping for them to fill the gap
should this not be enough
to be exactly what I need in my life
so anyone else joining me on my journey
can add more depth to the story
to realize I can be all those things
I started looking for in others
hoping for them to fill the gap
should this not be enough
to be exactly what I need in my life
so anyone else joining me on my journey
can add more depth to the story
#hope
#learning
#SelfWorth
479 reads
3 Comments
It's a Trap
tell me
do you ever wish that we never met?
or find yourself thinking now and then
that things would be easier if I
answered to the word 'normal'?
because this is a wish they never granted me
I am sorry
maybe my disclaimer wasn't alarming
so you felt no need to escape
tell me
do you wish you had?
do you ever wish that we never met?
or find yourself thinking now and then
that things would be easier if I
answered to the word 'normal'?
because this is a wish they never granted me
I am sorry
maybe my disclaimer wasn't alarming
so you felt no need to escape
tell me
do you wish you had?
#anxiety
#love
#hurt #SelfWorth
#hurt #SelfWorth
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