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.
2019 New Year's Resolutions
With 2019 just around the corner I resolve to be loving myself
And be selfish because my love for others is on the high shelf,
Just out of reach. I resolve to be kind to my mind, body and
Gentle soul. I resolve to be patient because I fully understand
That time is precious. I resolve to live every day to the fullest
With sunshine and laughter. I resolve to never let the dullest
Of moments fade away into nothingness. I resolve to let all
The bad memories go and to hang onto the good ones. I fall
But then to get back up and keep going. Life is a...
And be selfish because my love for others is on the high shelf,
Just out of reach. I resolve to be kind to my mind, body and
Gentle soul. I resolve to be patient because I fully understand
That time is precious. I resolve to live every day to the fullest
With sunshine and laughter. I resolve to never let the dullest
Of moments fade away into nothingness. I resolve to let all
The bad memories go and to hang onto the good ones. I fall
But then to get back up and keep going. Life is a...
#myself
#SelfReflection
542 reads
4 Comments
Christmas 2018
Peace and joy.
Love and laughter.
Warmth in my stomach
Like sitting in front of
The fireplace with my
Full heart and realizing
This is when my life
Is like a blessing.
Love and laughter.
Warmth in my stomach
Like sitting in front of
The fireplace with my
Full heart and realizing
This is when my life
Is like a blessing.
#happiness
#Christmas
#holiday
461 reads
6 Comments
All the Places You'll Go! (A Take on Dr. Seuss)
You are traveling to cities and meeting new faces.
You are exploring every new culture and lose traces
Of your previous life. You find new people to fall
In love with and you will have stories to tell. The wall
Will be crumbling and is falling at your awaiting feet.
There are many snow-capped mountains you can defeat.
You conquer anything. Oh, the places you’ll go! And
Yes, you will be on your merry way to stand
Tall against the naysayer’s nonsense. You have smarts
Locked in that big brain of yours and have many hearts
Made of...
You are exploring every new culture and lose traces
Of your previous life. You find new people to fall
In love with and you will have stories to tell. The wall
Will be crumbling and is falling at your awaiting feet.
There are many snow-capped mountains you can defeat.
You conquer anything. Oh, the places you’ll go! And
Yes, you will be on your merry way to stand
Tall against the naysayer’s nonsense. You have smarts
Locked in that big brain of yours and have many hearts
Made of...
#love
#travel
#DrSeuss
578 reads
4 Comments
Northern Lights - Visual Poetry
A little boy who looks so completely lost,
But when he sits down and looks up he
Finds all the Northern Lights twinkling.
The evening snow and morning’s frost
All forgotten about in that moment. Be
Where you are. Stay present. An inkling
As he is always watching and listening.
But when he sits down and looks up he
Finds all the Northern Lights twinkling.
The evening snow and morning’s frost
All forgotten about in that moment. Be
Where you are. Stay present. An inkling
As he is always watching and listening.
#memories
#FeelingLost
865 reads
My Last Note to You
If you are reading this note you are holding now, then that means the difficult goodbye
And my final hour has come. I know this is going to be it. Everything in my mind, soul,
Heart and body has given up the fight to keep living here, but when you look to the sky
I will never be too far away for you to feel my lingering presence. The gaping bullet hole
Within my chest cannot be repaired or fixed again. Just know that I have already forgiven
The people who hurt me and I have already made my amends with those I hurt. The pain
Will eventually subside and...
And my final hour has come. I know this is going to be it. Everything in my mind, soul,
Heart and body has given up the fight to keep living here, but when you look to the sky
I will never be too far away for you to feel my lingering presence. The gaping bullet hole
Within my chest cannot be repaired or fixed again. Just know that I have already forgiven
The people who hurt me and I have already made my amends with those I hurt. The pain
Will eventually subside and...
#love
#confessional
574 reads
Coming Home - Visual Poetry
You are my home as I am following the road
Directly into your waiting arms and directly to
Your pulsing heart. Familiarity of your laugh
And smile as I remember everything flowed
So easily for us. Home is never always you,
But is a feeling like holding an old photograph.
Directly into your waiting arms and directly to
Your pulsing heart. Familiarity of your laugh
And smile as I remember everything flowed
So easily for us. Home is never always you,
But is a feeling like holding an old photograph.
#home
515 reads
6 Comments
Discovery
1.
Washing and scrubbing
All the errant tears.
I am smiling through it all.
2.
Endless miles of sky
Above my head with sunshine
And lots of laughter.
3.
I follow the path
And find home within myself.
There lies my beauty.
4.
Like the growing weeds
I cut away the toxins
and I am home free.
5.
A world we live in
With less pain and broken love.
We can live and learn.
Washing and scrubbing
All the errant tears.
I am smiling through it all.
2.
Endless miles of sky
Above my head with sunshine
And lots of laughter.
3.
I follow the path
And find home within myself.
There lies my beauty.
4.
Like the growing weeds
I cut away the toxins
and I am home free.
5.
A world we live in
With less pain and broken love.
We can live and learn.
#SelfReflection
462 reads
2 Comments
Home In Between Pages - Visual Poetry
I find my home between your naked and bare
Pages, trembling without your warmth. It
Is all right there, the words staring at me and
Feelings that become easier to express. A prayer
That eases the burden and makes my load a bit
Lighter. My home that makes life understandable.
Pages, trembling without your warmth. It
Is all right there, the words staring at me and
Feelings that become easier to express. A prayer
That eases the burden and makes my load a bit
Lighter. My home that makes life understandable.
#home
#LifeAsAWriter
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All Is Not Fair In Love and War
You took a bullet for me and I took all the physical pain
For you. An eye for an eye or so they say. The whispers
That stay behind closed doors as they watch all the rain
Pouring down, soaking the earth. We used to be sisters
And brothers, always arm in arm, but they are having us
Fight against our comrades in this long bloodshed war.
What the hell are we all fighting for? Food? Less muss?
Freedom and love? Peace? Justice? Settling the score?
A place we call home? The spilled blood of our ancestors
Are running deep. We dig trenches to ease our...
For you. An eye for an eye or so they say. The whispers
That stay behind closed doors as they watch all the rain
Pouring down, soaking the earth. We used to be sisters
And brothers, always arm in arm, but they are having us
Fight against our comrades in this long bloodshed war.
What the hell are we all fighting for? Food? Less muss?
Freedom and love? Peace? Justice? Settling the score?
A place we call home? The spilled blood of our ancestors
Are running deep. We dig trenches to ease our...
#love
#conflict
#war
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Who Elena Is
With every damaged heart and broken love, I try to fix it all.
I am the healer. I try to patch it all up and mend what cannot
Always be fixed. I am like the moon that brightens everyone
Up in all the darkest hours of the night. I am like a solid wall
That is keeping everyone safe and fully protected. You forgot
What it was like to smile so I give you mine. I am like the sun
That is peaking behind the clouds on a rainy day. So who am I?
Elena, the healer and fixer. Elena, the empath. Elena, the quiet
And shy one. Elena, the one who cares a lot and...
I am the healer. I try to patch it all up and mend what cannot
Always be fixed. I am like the moon that brightens everyone
Up in all the darkest hours of the night. I am like a solid wall
That is keeping everyone safe and fully protected. You forgot
What it was like to smile so I give you mine. I am like the sun
That is peaking behind the clouds on a rainy day. So who am I?
Elena, the healer and fixer. Elena, the empath. Elena, the quiet
And shy one. Elena, the one who cares a lot and...
#identity
#confessional
#myself #SelfReflection
#myself #SelfReflection
429 reads
4 Comments
I Had to Kill Her
I will admit to killing her, but wouldn’t you be doing the same?
I just could not let her keep poisoning and ruining my dear life.
She was spreading doubt and stabbed me with her sharp knife.
You see that I am not who I used to be, but instead I am a flame,
Bolder and wiser. She was addicted to the pain. I was addicted
To letting the truth come out, spilling over into the bloody streets.
So I had to murder her in cold blood, wrapping her body in sheets
And then tossed into the trash like everything else. No one predicted
It to be...
I just could not let her keep poisoning and ruining my dear life.
She was spreading doubt and stabbed me with her sharp knife.
You see that I am not who I used to be, but instead I am a flame,
Bolder and wiser. She was addicted to the pain. I was addicted
To letting the truth come out, spilling over into the bloody streets.
So I had to murder her in cold blood, wrapping her body in sheets
And then tossed into the trash like everything else. No one predicted
It to be...
#murder
#confessional
407 reads
2 Comments
Having Faith
When you are standing on the other side of the mountain and are thinking
To yourself that you will never make it, but then you have heard this voice
That rings louder than anything else in your head. My darling, stop sinking
Even if you are facing a big army and all the naysayers. You have a choice
To make, but do not waste it on that negativity and drama that gets you
Nowhere fast. Someday all of your hope, happiness, faith, and the rejoice
Is going to multiply, growing stronger with every breath you. Your blue
Sky will become brighter. You...
To yourself that you will never make it, but then you have heard this voice
That rings louder than anything else in your head. My darling, stop sinking
Even if you are facing a big army and all the naysayers. You have a choice
To make, but do not waste it on that negativity and drama that gets you
Nowhere fast. Someday all of your hope, happiness, faith, and the rejoice
Is going to multiply, growing stronger with every breath you. Your blue
Sky will become brighter. You...
#religion
#faith
#honesty
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