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.
SELF POEM
Published
19th May 2020 00:13am
19th May 2020 00:13am
Where I Bloom From
I bloom from all the cracks in the sidewalk
And where people step all over me, but do
Not take the time to admire the little things.
I bloom from the imperfections people balk
At and are too scared to see. I bloom into
Words flowers are jealous of. One springs
And blooms from all the light, but I bloom
From the darkness too. I bloom from the ash
As it led me to have new skin, hope, and life.
I bloom from a sacred and protective womb.
I bloom from the choices that left me to crash
And burn, but allowed me...
And where people step all over me, but do
Not take the time to admire the little things.
I bloom from the imperfections people balk
At and are too scared to see. I bloom into
Words flowers are jealous of. One springs
And blooms from all the light, but I bloom
From the darkness too. I bloom from the ash
As it led me to have new skin, hope, and life.
I bloom from a sacred and protective womb.
I bloom from the choices that left me to crash
And burn, but allowed me...
#WritingPoetry
#SelfDiscovery
602 reads
10 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
16th May 2020 2:40am
16th May 2020 2:40am
To My Beautiful Mama
You gave me life and love when I could
Barely breathe or move on with my life.
In a world with hate you always stood
There with the weight, but still in strife
You never complained once about pain
Or hardship. You stand strong and firm
Like the earth’s dirt. In all the wind, rain,
Storms and chaos you are there to affirm
What I knew all along, that I am one of
The lucky ones. I have always wanted to
Follow in your footsteps, but like a dove
I must fly my way by following the blue
Sky to wherever I can find my...
Barely breathe or move on with my life.
In a world with hate you always stood
There with the weight, but still in strife
You never complained once about pain
Or hardship. You stand strong and firm
Like the earth’s dirt. In all the wind, rain,
Storms and chaos you are there to affirm
What I knew all along, that I am one of
The lucky ones. I have always wanted to
Follow in your footsteps, but like a dove
I must fly my way by following the blue
Sky to wherever I can find my...
#love
#mother
441 reads
6 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
15th May 2020 7:08am
15th May 2020 7:08am
Note to Myself
I can never forget where I came from,
Fresh from the womb and 28 years later
I am no longer a tiny or singular crumb
On the horizon. I can never be a traitor
To my parents who gave me life, nor can
I betray my heart that never gave up on
Me. I can never be dependent on a man
To give me happiness or love and gone
Are days of darkness as the light streams
In. People think they can be the ones to
Steer me away from the dreary dreams
Keeping me up late, but I constantly grew
Tired of people thinking they know me ...
Fresh from the womb and 28 years later
I am no longer a tiny or singular crumb
On the horizon. I can never be a traitor
To my parents who gave me life, nor can
I betray my heart that never gave up on
Me. I can never be dependent on a man
To give me happiness or love and gone
Are days of darkness as the light streams
In. People think they can be the ones to
Steer me away from the dreary dreams
Keeping me up late, but I constantly grew
Tired of people thinking they know me ...
#happiness
#uplifting
#SelfReflection #rap
#SelfReflection #rap
652 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
12th May 2020 5:55am
12th May 2020 5:55am
No Proper Closure
Screw closure because every time we talk
I get sucked back into past memories and
Know why I fell in love with you. You walk
Me back to a place where I would hand
You my heart all over again. I wish that we
Could go back sometimes when it was so
Much simpler and lighter. I wanted to see
Our night conversations and hot tub glow
Again. I picture it like how it was supposed
To be before the big blowups and walking
Away from you. My insecurities bulldozed
Any hope for a brighter future, talking
As if everything was...
I get sucked back into past memories and
Know why I fell in love with you. You walk
Me back to a place where I would hand
You my heart all over again. I wish that we
Could go back sometimes when it was so
Much simpler and lighter. I wanted to see
Our night conversations and hot tub glow
Again. I picture it like how it was supposed
To be before the big blowups and walking
Away from you. My insecurities bulldozed
Any hope for a brighter future, talking
As if everything was...
#memories
#learning
#MovingOn
397 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
9th May 2020 6:35am
9th May 2020 6:35am
To Demi - The Warrior Queen
Like a skyscraper that emerges from the dust
You come completely from the ground up.
The hurtful words and pain may dig into your
Skin like tattoos or scars, but never combust
Into smaller pieces, hoping you can be a cup
That is empty. Demi, you are constantly at war
With yourself in the hopes of being perfect like
Everyone else, wanting to be skinny and pretty,
But don’t you know you are perfect like a gem?
You may think you are down to your last strike
Of the game, longing for its close, but the city
Lights still shine...
You come completely from the ground up.
The hurtful words and pain may dig into your
Skin like tattoos or scars, but never combust
Into smaller pieces, hoping you can be a cup
That is empty. Demi, you are constantly at war
With yourself in the hopes of being perfect like
Everyone else, wanting to be skinny and pretty,
But don’t you know you are perfect like a gem?
You may think you are down to your last strike
Of the game, longing for its close, but the city
Lights still shine...
#courage
#inspirational
#MyInspiration
520 reads
6 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
9th May 2020 2:45am
9th May 2020 2:45am
My Happiness
The sunshine that radiates from your smiles
You save just for me at the end of each day.
That one millionth “I love you” as the miles
Between us can never truly get in the way.
It is all those little moments we should not
Have to broadcast to the rest of the world
Just to show that we are happy as I forgot
About being sad. As I whirled and twirled
The laughter comes spilling out like some
Forgotten or hidden melody. The tiny gem
That fits right into our hands. Coming from
Pure chaos, but ending up far from mayhem
...
You save just for me at the end of each day.
That one millionth “I love you” as the miles
Between us can never truly get in the way.
It is all those little moments we should not
Have to broadcast to the rest of the world
Just to show that we are happy as I forgot
About being sad. As I whirled and twirled
The laughter comes spilling out like some
Forgotten or hidden melody. The tiny gem
That fits right into our hands. Coming from
Pure chaos, but ending up far from mayhem
...
#happiness
#hope
#uplifting #SelfReflection
#uplifting #SelfReflection
463 reads
9 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Apr 2020 7:01am
17th Apr 2020 7:01am
Beacon of Hope
Hope shines bright like a beacon of light
On the horizon. Do not give in and fight
For every last breath life gives to you.
Fear wraps its hands around you, blue
And cold, but let hope be stronger than
Darkness. Let hope be a part of the plan.
On the horizon. Do not give in and fight
For every last breath life gives to you.
Fear wraps its hands around you, blue
And cold, but let hope be stronger than
Darkness. Let hope be a part of the plan.
#hope
#uplifting
587 reads
8 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
14th Apr 2020 6:22am
14th Apr 2020 6:22am
Water Under the Bridge
You popped back up in my life after years
Of not talking and this time there are no
Expectations. But I do not expect things
To go back to like what they were before
The storm, chaos and without any tears
Or fears in the way. We continue to grow
Every day despite the setbacks and flings
With other people. What life has in store
For us, especially during these weird and
Strange times is forgiveness. No one can
Ever replace the hole you left behind, but
No one could ever mend the love we used
To have either. No one...
Of not talking and this time there are no
Expectations. But I do not expect things
To go back to like what they were before
The storm, chaos and without any tears
Or fears in the way. We continue to grow
Every day despite the setbacks and flings
With other people. What life has in store
For us, especially during these weird and
Strange times is forgiveness. No one can
Ever replace the hole you left behind, but
No one could ever mend the love we used
To have either. No one...
#love
#forgiveness
#memories
522 reads
10 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Apr 2020 2:49am
11th Apr 2020 2:49am
HOPE
As cities are crumbling and falling
Something emerges from the thick
Fog and ashes, our hero of HOPE.
We all come crawling
Back from the edge. Brick by brick
We begin rebuilding and with rope
We repair all that we have lost in
The fire. We always have hope within.
Something emerges from the thick
Fog and ashes, our hero of HOPE.
We all come crawling
Back from the edge. Brick by brick
We begin rebuilding and with rope
We repair all that we have lost in
The fire. We always have hope within.
#hope
554 reads
8 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
8th Apr 2020 7:04am
8th Apr 2020 7:04am
Reappearing Ghost
The virus got people who I thought died
And vanished like a ghost re-emerging
From the shadows of yesterday. I already
Wasted many sleepless nights and cried
Too much. I saved myself from the surging
Waves as you could not stay, be steady,
And hold me this time. I was the heroine
Of my own story with no hero or prince
On the white horse and I was doing just
Fine without you. I survived our harrowing
Ending. Every memory was on wash, rinse,
And repeat, but still I moved on as I adjust
The crown that was...
And vanished like a ghost re-emerging
From the shadows of yesterday. I already
Wasted many sleepless nights and cried
Too much. I saved myself from the surging
Waves as you could not stay, be steady,
And hold me this time. I was the heroine
Of my own story with no hero or prince
On the white horse and I was doing just
Fine without you. I survived our harrowing
Ending. Every memory was on wash, rinse,
And repeat, but still I moved on as I adjust
The crown that was...
#ghosts
#TruthOfLife
466 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
16th Feb 2020 00:52am
16th Feb 2020 00:52am
Never Again
I hope you remember that I was the one who stuck
By your side through all the rain and rough patches,
But when I was the one who was really in the muck
You just left me to sink to rock bottom. The matches
Burned out and you left me all alone in the darkness
With no way to see or claw my way out. The scratches
And bruises made me feel ugly. I felt lonely, heartless
And lashed out on people who were just trying to assist.
I used to believe in the stars and moon, but the starless
Nights taught me to never trust when I was in the...
By your side through all the rain and rough patches,
But when I was the one who was really in the muck
You just left me to sink to rock bottom. The matches
Burned out and you left me all alone in the darkness
With no way to see or claw my way out. The scratches
And bruises made me feel ugly. I felt lonely, heartless
And lashed out on people who were just trying to assist.
I used to believe in the stars and moon, but the starless
Nights taught me to never trust when I was in the...
#sadness
#heartbroken
#LifeStruggles #hurt
#LifeStruggles #hurt
826 reads
12 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
31st Jan 2020 3:33am
31st Jan 2020 3:33am
No Space for You
I would write poems about you
But you do not even have space
When the night sky is dark blue
And I am alone again. Your face
Is something within the distance
That I remember but it has faded
Away weeks ago. Your existence
In my life is gone. Yes, life is jaded
And so is love but it does not give
You a right to walk away like what
I gave you did not matter. Forgive
Me for being harsh but in a flat
World I am the realest anyone is
Going to be. I am the closest thing
You find to peace and to who says
The truth. When you...
But you do not even have space
When the night sky is dark blue
And I am alone again. Your face
Is something within the distance
That I remember but it has faded
Away weeks ago. Your existence
In my life is gone. Yes, life is jaded
And so is love but it does not give
You a right to walk away like what
I gave you did not matter. Forgive
Me for being harsh but in a flat
World I am the realest anyone is
Going to be. I am the closest thing
You find to peace and to who says
The truth. When you...
#love
#relationships
#MovingOn
746 reads
13 Comments
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