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.
Take You Home (Scottish Sonnet)
The days, so dreary and dark.
The hours, desolate and stark
Like the first days of winter.
All the minutes have splintered
And broke apart like fractured
Sunlight. There is manufactured
Love and happiness to make
The world happy, but one takes
It away. The real smile is there
Between the cracks and I swear
One day that the world will be
Happy again. One day the sea
Takes you home after long days.
There you will feel sunshine rays.
The hours, desolate and stark
Like the first days of winter.
All the minutes have splintered
And broke apart like fractured
Sunlight. There is manufactured
Love and happiness to make
The world happy, but one takes
It away. The real smile is there
Between the cracks and I swear
One day that the world will be
Happy again. One day the sea
Takes you home after long days.
There you will feel sunshine rays.
#home
#sonnet
445 reads
4 Comments
Wolf's Blood
No one yet knows that there is wolf blood
In my veins, guiding me to the place one
Calls home. I am among my brothers and
Sisters, a part of the pack. Snow like crud
On my paws, but still I trek into clear sun-
Light and harsh winters. I feel all this land
Standing so still beneath me, but I move
Like a stealthy warrior and goddess lurking
In the shadows. I wait silently as my prey
Do not know as I am watching. I will prove
My enemies wrong again as I am working
Hard to disarm everyone. They always pray
For my...
In my veins, guiding me to the place one
Calls home. I am among my brothers and
Sisters, a part of the pack. Snow like crud
On my paws, but still I trek into clear sun-
Light and harsh winters. I feel all this land
Standing so still beneath me, but I move
Like a stealthy warrior and goddess lurking
In the shadows. I wait silently as my prey
Do not know as I am watching. I will prove
My enemies wrong again as I am working
Hard to disarm everyone. They always pray
For my...
#dark
#moon
485 reads
6 Comments
Our Forbidden Love
I loved you, but I would never tell
The world including you because
Although we were lovers there
Was nothing else. My heart swelled
With so much hatred because claws
Scratched me and I could not swear
To tell you that I was bleeding from
The pain. I could never tell you that
I was tired from loving the wrong
Person who only showed their warm
Smile, but never the war or combat
They face every day. I was the song
That cheered you up and the place
You went to when you needed to ...
The world including you because
Although we were lovers there
Was nothing else. My heart swelled
With so much hatred because claws
Scratched me and I could not swear
To tell you that I was bleeding from
The pain. I could never tell you that
I was tired from loving the wrong
Person who only showed their warm
Smile, but never the war or combat
They face every day. I was the song
That cheered you up and the place
You went to when you needed to ...
#love
#emptiness
#ForbiddenLove
484 reads
6 Comments
(Mount) Shasta Cinquain
Shasta
has emerged from
the ground as the clouds part
for a stunning, picturesque
landscape
has emerged from
the ground as the clouds part
for a stunning, picturesque
landscape
#nature
#mountains
#cinquain
2243 reads
2 Comments
Message to My Future Husband/Life Partner
Please be patient with me as I still
Try to find the right light to follow.
Some days it feels as if all the thrill
Has left my body and as I swallow
Every breath, sometimes the poison
Has entered as an unwanted guest.
I know and realize you are chosen
For me only. Others have undressed
Me in the hopes of finding gold, but
I know you will find it in my eyes and
My heart. Every guy now is just a rut
Or temporary until you and I stand
On common ground together. You
Will find me when you least expect ...
Try to find the right light to follow.
Some days it feels as if all the thrill
Has left my body and as I swallow
Every breath, sometimes the poison
Has entered as an unwanted guest.
I know and realize you are chosen
For me only. Others have undressed
Me in the hopes of finding gold, but
I know you will find it in my eyes and
My heart. Every guy now is just a rut
Or temporary until you and I stand
On common ground together. You
Will find me when you least expect ...
#love
#husband
#marriage #FallingInLove
#marriage #FallingInLove
688 reads
4 Comments
Eswaller Explained
E as in Elena, named after my dad’s cousin.
S as in Salniker, a family name that crossed
Oceans and escaped persecution years ago.
Waller, another family name that crossed
State and borderlines. Together that makes
Eswaller, unmasked and ready to set my
Pen to paper, living a life I have chosen.
I am proud of the family I comes from.
S as in Salniker, a family name that crossed
Oceans and escaped persecution years ago.
Waller, another family name that crossed
State and borderlines. Together that makes
Eswaller, unmasked and ready to set my
Pen to paper, living a life I have chosen.
I am proud of the family I comes from.
#family
#identity
460 reads
0 Comments
Autumn Cinquain
autumn
leaves are falling
yellow, green, red, orange
the days become shorter and cold
foliage
leaves are falling
yellow, green, red, orange
the days become shorter and cold
foliage
#fall
#cinquain
2041 reads
4 Comments
Bad-Ass Woman
She is bad-ass with her armor made
Of stone and glass. She disarms any
Man that walks by. They only know
Her based on all her outer layers.
The world took her smile. She fades
Away because there are so many
Days in which she can never show
Any signs of weakness. Her prayers
Go unanswered because no one
Knows she is a good girl with a good
Reputation beneath. She is walking
Around with a protected heart and
A terrible attitude that makes us run
Away. She had a rough childhood.
Her parents...
Of stone and glass. She disarms any
Man that walks by. They only know
Her based on all her outer layers.
The world took her smile. She fades
Away because there are so many
Days in which she can never show
Any signs of weakness. Her prayers
Go unanswered because no one
Knows she is a good girl with a good
Reputation beneath. She is walking
Around with a protected heart and
A terrible attitude that makes us run
Away. She had a rough childhood.
Her parents...
#women
#fire
#temptation
857 reads
5 Comments
Body Love Letter (Rupi Kaur Tribute)
Dear Body,
Thank you for giving me a body that is only mine
And no one else’s. You are taught to be skinny
Or curvy because there is no place in between.
Why should it ever be a boy or man to intertwine
With to make your soul more whole? It is a pity
To be taught you need a man’s love to be a queen.
You are no one’s pit stop or someone’s temporary
Home. Thank you for your kindness and for carrying
Life into tomorrow as well as for many years to follow.
You deserve a multitude of rest when you...
Thank you for giving me a body that is only mine
And no one else’s. You are taught to be skinny
Or curvy because there is no place in between.
Why should it ever be a boy or man to intertwine
With to make your soul more whole? It is a pity
To be taught you need a man’s love to be a queen.
You are no one’s pit stop or someone’s temporary
Home. Thank you for your kindness and for carrying
Life into tomorrow as well as for many years to follow.
You deserve a multitude of rest when you...
#gratitude
#SelfWorth
#RupiKaur
603 reads
10 Comments
Autumn Breath
She takes the smell of
Autumn into her lungs as
She breathes a new breath
Autumn into her lungs as
She breathes a new breath
#fall
#nature
#haiku
472 reads
4 Comments
Sound of Autumn
The rustling of leaves
Crunching like ice beneath her
Feet is beautiful
Crunching like ice beneath her
Feet is beautiful
#fall
#nature
#haiku
386 reads
1 Comment
Rose’s Petals
Rain nor sun matters
As a rose’s petals curl
Like a crooked smile
As a rose’s petals curl
Like a crooked smile
#rose
#nature
#haiku
436 reads
2 Comments
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