Submissions by eswaller
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I have been writing poetry since middle school and it has stuck with me since then. I tend to write about real life situations and everything in between.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
4th Dec 2024 7:44pm
4th Dec 2024 7:44pm
Magical Winter
winter
fall leaves falling
quietness in the air
this is a winter wonderland
be still
fall leaves falling
quietness in the air
this is a winter wonderland
be still
#cinquain
#magic
#nature #winter
#nature #winter
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3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
27th Nov 2024 7:43am
27th Nov 2024 7:43am
Finding My Ego
My ego was broken into little fragments
And pieces. How was I even able to find it?
It is only when I started walking again that
Maybe I could find some peace with never
Trying to find my ego again. You walked all
Over my ego and you get to keep it. My pride
Was too wounded to try to reclaim it.
And pieces. How was I even able to find it?
It is only when I started walking again that
Maybe I could find some peace with never
Trying to find my ego again. You walked all
Over my ego and you get to keep it. My pride
Was too wounded to try to reclaim it.
#heartbroken
#identity
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2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
29th Oct 2024 5:58am
29th Oct 2024 5:58am
No Longer Home
I wish I could forget you like a photo that
Has been torn and lost in the fire, but how
Can one throw away years of friendship
And a deep attraction? When you flat
Out told me that you would never allow
Yourself to hurt me, but you did. Like a ship
Wreck all you can do is watch and hope
For the best all the while you ruined any
Chance for redemption. The memories
Are still there, but the truth is the rope
To hold them together is frayed. As many
Months went by, there were no remedies
To the pain I was feeling or all the...
Has been torn and lost in the fire, but how
Can one throw away years of friendship
And a deep attraction? When you flat
Out told me that you would never allow
Yourself to hurt me, but you did. Like a ship
Wreck all you can do is watch and hope
For the best all the while you ruined any
Chance for redemption. The memories
Are still there, but the truth is the rope
To hold them together is frayed. As many
Months went by, there were no remedies
To the pain I was feeling or all the...
#acceptance
#hurt
#memories #MovingOn
#memories #MovingOn
107 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
20th Oct 2024 1:00am
20th Oct 2024 1:00am
Never Doubt My Love
I loved you even when I was at my worst.
It is like you saw the good in me even when
My world was falling apart. You loved me
Like I was a precious jewel. I was cursed
When it comes to love, but you were my twin
Flame burning bright. I love deep like the sea
And river that flows right through me. If only
You could see my heart in its finest form, not
All battered or blue like a person who died for
The last time. When you feel weary and lonely
Remember that my love is the one you unknot
And handle with extra gentleness....
It is like you saw the good in me even when
My world was falling apart. You loved me
Like I was a precious jewel. I was cursed
When it comes to love, but you were my twin
Flame burning bright. I love deep like the sea
And river that flows right through me. If only
You could see my heart in its finest form, not
All battered or blue like a person who died for
The last time. When you feel weary and lonely
Remember that my love is the one you unknot
And handle with extra gentleness....
#FallingInLove
#love
202 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
11th Oct 2024 3:52am
11th Oct 2024 3:52am
No One to Replace You
There are the unfinished poems and unread texts.
They become the story of my life when everything
Has loose ends and there is nothing that connects
To my current or next chapter. I am trying to fling
Myself into work and diversions, but nothing could
Ever fill the empty hole like you do. No one can lift
Me up when all I want to do is melt away like wood
Floating down the river. No one understands the drift
And wind I feel in my bones when they are telling me
That I am going in the wrong direction. No one to tell
Me that the...
They become the story of my life when everything
Has loose ends and there is nothing that connects
To my current or next chapter. I am trying to fling
Myself into work and diversions, but nothing could
Ever fill the empty hole like you do. No one can lift
Me up when all I want to do is melt away like wood
Floating down the river. No one understands the drift
And wind I feel in my bones when they are telling me
That I am going in the wrong direction. No one to tell
Me that the...
#FallingInLove
#LifeStruggles
186 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
7th Jul 2024 6:09am
7th Jul 2024 6:09am
Love Like Cashmere
Does he constantly keep you warm
Like the luxurious cashmere you wear?
Does he keep every internal storm
At bay? Does he love you with your hair
In the wind and the windows down?
Does he whisper how much he loves you
When you are asleep or when your frown
Deepens? Because you always deserve to
Be loved that way. The love that gives
You the world and something you outlive.
Like the luxurious cashmere you wear?
Does he keep every internal storm
At bay? Does he love you with your hair
In the wind and the windows down?
Does he whisper how much he loves you
When you are asleep or when your frown
Deepens? Because you always deserve to
Be loved that way. The love that gives
You the world and something you outlive.
#love
#romantic
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3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Jul 2024 5:42am
7th Jul 2024 5:42am
Dark and Stormy
You lure me in with your deep
And dark mysteries. You keep
Pulling me into your storm and
I want to stay. With your hands
All over my body you keep me
Grounded. Within your sea
Green and stormy eyes I am
Safe. You open me like a clam
That can be found on the ocean
Floor. Every bad opinion and notion
Of you goes flying out the door.
You bring me back to the shore
Where it all began when I first
Loved you. The colors that burst
Apart at the seams and you...
And dark mysteries. You keep
Pulling me into your storm and
I want to stay. With your hands
All over my body you keep me
Grounded. Within your sea
Green and stormy eyes I am
Safe. You open me like a clam
That can be found on the ocean
Floor. Every bad opinion and notion
Of you goes flying out the door.
You bring me back to the shore
Where it all began when I first
Loved you. The colors that burst
Apart at the seams and you...
#alcohol
#dark
#storm
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4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Jun 2024 5:21am
11th Jun 2024 5:21am
With Renewed Strength (Written with Verdonna)
And what could I say
That wasn’t already said
Swallowing the words
Come back to me, but it is
Too late as you left me here
Broken in pieces
Unable to recover
Mortally wounded
I was not the same person
You once knew and could control
I outgrew your hold
and I attempt to patch work
myself whole again.
You will never break me down
As I will come back swinging
Landing blow by blow
Crushing you under my fist
Feel the rage I felt
I will cut you down...
That wasn’t already said
Swallowing the words
Come back to me, but it is
Too late as you left me here
Broken in pieces
Unable to recover
Mortally wounded
I was not the same person
You once knew and could control
I outgrew your hold
and I attempt to patch work
myself whole again.
You will never break me down
As I will come back swinging
Landing blow by blow
Crushing you under my fist
Feel the rage I felt
I will cut you down...
#collaboration
#strength
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4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
15th May 2024 6:36pm
15th May 2024 6:36pm
Moving On from Heartbreak
I stood waiting for my heart to repair
Itself but little did you know you had
The power to break it. That despair
I felt did nothing to replace the bad
Feeling I had that this was the end,
But I still have to protect and clad
Myself in the finest armor to send
A message you could never break
Me or my heart. You left me to fend
For myself as the wolves would take
Everything I once held sacred. You
Mistook my kindness for a snake
You can easily get rid of. As my blue
Sky came back to life I knew in this ...
Itself but little did you know you had
The power to break it. That despair
I felt did nothing to replace the bad
Feeling I had that this was the end,
But I still have to protect and clad
Myself in the finest armor to send
A message you could never break
Me or my heart. You left me to fend
For myself as the wolves would take
Everything I once held sacred. You
Mistook my kindness for a snake
You can easily get rid of. As my blue
Sky came back to life I knew in this ...
#heartbroken
#MovingOn
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3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
2nd May 2024 7:30am
2nd May 2024 7:30am
Left Unwritten
The poem unwritten
As I put the pen to paper.
As I close my eyes all
I can picture is you,
My muse and knight.
All the spilled emotions
And feelings I try to hide
From everyone else.
But you and the paper
Know all my secrets.
You read me like you
Read my poems, able
To grasp everything I say
And do not say out loud.
You and I are like
The poem unwritten.
As I put the pen to paper.
As I close my eyes all
I can picture is you,
My muse and knight.
All the spilled emotions
And feelings I try to hide
From everyone else.
But you and the paper
Know all my secrets.
You read me like you
Read my poems, able
To grasp everything I say
And do not say out loud.
You and I are like
The poem unwritten.
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
197 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
26th Apr 2024 8:59am
26th Apr 2024 8:59am
My Happy Place
I love his good heart
And everything about him.
He is my sunshine.
And everything about him.
He is my sunshine.
#haiku
#happiness
#love #sun
#love #sun
198 reads
5 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Apr 2024 8:55am
21st Apr 2024 8:55am
When I Lost You Forever
I thought that you were my forever home,
But all of that has now turned into charred
Ashes. Darling, what happened to our
Foundation? We would search and roam
This town to find our roots, near and far.
You want to switch directions in this hour
When the sun is barely up, leaving it all
Behind. You let things crumble and fall
So you could finally find your happiness
Somewhere else, even if it was no longer
Me. I lost you to the voice in my head that
Said to stay as the words that will carry us
To the place that made us much stronger...
But all of that has now turned into charred
Ashes. Darling, what happened to our
Foundation? We would search and roam
This town to find our roots, near and far.
You want to switch directions in this hour
When the sun is barely up, leaving it all
Behind. You let things crumble and fall
So you could finally find your happiness
Somewhere else, even if it was no longer
Me. I lost you to the voice in my head that
Said to stay as the words that will carry us
To the place that made us much stronger...
#FeelingLost
#home
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3 Comments
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