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
16th Apr 2024 6:59am
16th Apr 2024 6:59am
Do Whatever the Hell You Want To
I hope you look in the mirror and
Fall in love with the jagged, broken
And imperfect pieces of you. Your hair,
Body and skin may not be perfect, but
You, my darling, were never handed
A map for perfection. You have awoken
From a deep slumber as your love affair
With yourself is beautiful. Trust your gut
Instinct life is beautiful and so are you.
Your mind and body go to war, but fall
In love with your life instead of worrying
About who is going to love you. Some
Day you will fall in love with someone who
Is meant for you,...
Fall in love with the jagged, broken
And imperfect pieces of you. Your hair,
Body and skin may not be perfect, but
You, my darling, were never handed
A map for perfection. You have awoken
From a deep slumber as your love affair
With yourself is beautiful. Trust your gut
Instinct life is beautiful and so are you.
Your mind and body go to war, but fall
In love with your life instead of worrying
About who is going to love you. Some
Day you will fall in love with someone who
Is meant for you,...
#inspirational
#confessional
176 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Apr 2024 6:22am
15th Apr 2024 6:22am
Poetry as a Lifeline
You gave me a clean conscious and slate
To start over again. It is like everything in
My mind and things piled high on my plate
Have suddenly disappeared. You have been
There constantly through the highs, lows
And everything in between. You gave me
Every breath and you gave me every rose
When all of mine faded and died. You see
Me standing there and made me realize
That I am never alone. You are my lifeline
Day in and day out. You made me alive
When I am barely there. Like a skyline
Above my head you are there on...
To start over again. It is like everything in
My mind and things piled high on my plate
Have suddenly disappeared. You have been
There constantly through the highs, lows
And everything in between. You gave me
Every breath and you gave me every rose
When all of mine faded and died. You see
Me standing there and made me realize
That I am never alone. You are my lifeline
Day in and day out. You made me alive
When I am barely there. Like a skyline
Above my head you are there on...
#inspirational
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
142 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
14th Apr 2024 6:15pm
14th Apr 2024 6:15pm
Spring
There must be something in the spring air
As the ice and frost melts from our bones.
Winter is far behind us in the rearview
Mirror. Rosy cheeks and happiness that
Creep in like splattered sunshine. Our hair
Blowing in the wind as there are unknowns
In world, but just like we know spring to
The core we know that there is attraction
To warmer days and flowers blossoming.
There is something truly magical coming.
As the ice and frost melts from our bones.
Winter is far behind us in the rearview
Mirror. Rosy cheeks and happiness that
Creep in like splattered sunshine. Our hair
Blowing in the wind as there are unknowns
In world, but just like we know spring to
The core we know that there is attraction
To warmer days and flowers blossoming.
There is something truly magical coming.
#spring
153 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
13th Mar 2024 10:49pm
13th Mar 2024 10:49pm
Every Reason to Love
It was when he truly looked at me that I knew
I was falling head over heels for him. It is not
About the person who makes you feel butterflies
In your stomach, but about the one person who
Calms your heart and spirit. It was when the knot
In my mind became untangled and my dark skies
Became light again. I felt it right there in my bones
That he is my person. He is the reason I can breathe
And become myself all over again. It is never about
The person who broke my heart, but the sharp stones
That become loosened as there is...
I was falling head over heels for him. It is not
About the person who makes you feel butterflies
In your stomach, but about the one person who
Calms your heart and spirit. It was when the knot
In my mind became untangled and my dark skies
Became light again. I felt it right there in my bones
That he is my person. He is the reason I can breathe
And become myself all over again. It is never about
The person who broke my heart, but the sharp stones
That become loosened as there is...
#love
#romantic
#FallingInLove
405 reads
10 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Mar 2024 5:13pm
13th Mar 2024 5:13pm
Girl Power
My dear, I see the pain and suffering in your eyes,
But you are the movers and shakers of the world.
You are the reason why I have the blood running in
My strong veins. Your pain is my pain and the guys?
They do not know what it is like to hold the curled
Words and watch them disappear into thick skin
So no one else sees their wounds. You are a warrior
And goddess no one else can ever become. Through
And through you are tough like leather. Like a star
You shine. You are becoming a healer and worrier
Because that is what the generations...
But you are the movers and shakers of the world.
You are the reason why I have the blood running in
My strong veins. Your pain is my pain and the guys?
They do not know what it is like to hold the curled
Words and watch them disappear into thick skin
So no one else sees their wounds. You are a warrior
And goddess no one else can ever become. Through
And through you are tough like leather. Like a star
You shine. You are becoming a healer and worrier
Because that is what the generations...
#women
#power
#feminism
162 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Feb 2024 9:51pm
15th Feb 2024 9:51pm
Blooming Butterfly
From the cocoon she grows
Into something big, lovely,
Bold and majestic. She shows
Us that life is about recovery
And surviving through any
Storm. How I want to be like
Her, flying and even with many
People doubting her despite
Her strength – she conquers all.
She breaks through every wall.
Into something big, lovely,
Bold and majestic. She shows
Us that life is about recovery
And surviving through any
Storm. How I want to be like
Her, flying and even with many
People doubting her despite
Her strength – she conquers all.
She breaks through every wall.
#strength
#butterfly
#nature
202 reads
12 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Jan 2024 00:44am
13th Jan 2024 00:44am
Embedded in Nature
Forever sequoia as I keep myself wrapped around
Your tree branches. You keep me protected when
I want a break from reality. Without any sounds
You lift me up when I am down. Deep in my skin
You are embedded and remain there. A reminder
To myself that there is simplicity in every breath.
There is simplicity in being much gentler and kinder
To the earth and trees that give us both life and death.
Your tree branches. You keep me protected when
I want a break from reality. Without any sounds
You lift me up when I am down. Deep in my skin
You are embedded and remain there. A reminder
To myself that there is simplicity in every breath.
There is simplicity in being much gentler and kinder
To the earth and trees that give us both life and death.
#trees
#nature
155 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
10th Jan 2024 7:33am
10th Jan 2024 7:33am
A World of Possibilities
We were nothing more than friends,
But something shifted for us that
Night. It is like being in a dark room
And then someone turns on the light.
Suddenly I see every possibility with
You and us. We do not know the ends,
Only all the beginnings and all the paths
We travel on. When the flowers bloom
We cannot stop them. As we take flight
Above the scene it is like the wordsmith
In me finally stays quiet and enjoys every
Moment with you. Within your embrace
I feel safe and secure. With every kiss and
Laugh I...
But something shifted for us that
Night. It is like being in a dark room
And then someone turns on the light.
Suddenly I see every possibility with
You and us. We do not know the ends,
Only all the beginnings and all the paths
We travel on. When the flowers bloom
We cannot stop them. As we take flight
Above the scene it is like the wordsmith
In me finally stays quiet and enjoys every
Moment with you. Within your embrace
I feel safe and secure. With every kiss and
Laugh I...
#happiness
#hope
#dating
261 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
6th Jan 2024 2:01am
6th Jan 2024 2:01am
Love as a One-Way Street
We were like embers in the night sky
Burning bright only for us to see, but
How is it that our signals got tangled?
In hindsight you were the wrong guy
For I wanted to get you out of the rut
You were stuck in while you handled
Me like a dynamite stick… too damn
Cautious and shut down a possibility
To rekindle what we lost in the fire.
You wanted to move on as I slammed
The door closed. I take no responsibility
For your happiness as I have no desire
To love someone who stopped loving
Me in return. You got...
Burning bright only for us to see, but
How is it that our signals got tangled?
In hindsight you were the wrong guy
For I wanted to get you out of the rut
You were stuck in while you handled
Me like a dynamite stick… too damn
Cautious and shut down a possibility
To rekindle what we lost in the fire.
You wanted to move on as I slammed
The door closed. I take no responsibility
For your happiness as I have no desire
To love someone who stopped loving
Me in return. You got...
#heartbroken
#MovingOn
199 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
5th Jan 2024 10:40pm
5th Jan 2024 10:40pm
Forgiveness
I am sorry… the words that are dripping
From the mouth that should taste sweet
Like honey, but in the heart they taste like
Blood, full of copper and salt. Do you truly
Mean those simple words or are you tripping
Over false words and promises? Your feet
Carry you to the ocean where you dislike
The waves, but drowning in your newly
Found duty to be honest with yourself and
Those you hurt should mean something.
How can you live with yourself when you
Can feel the flames on your skin? How can
You forgive others when you cannot...
From the mouth that should taste sweet
Like honey, but in the heart they taste like
Blood, full of copper and salt. Do you truly
Mean those simple words or are you tripping
Over false words and promises? Your feet
Carry you to the ocean where you dislike
The waves, but drowning in your newly
Found duty to be honest with yourself and
Those you hurt should mean something.
How can you live with yourself when you
Can feel the flames on your skin? How can
You forgive others when you cannot...
#regret
#ImSorry
#forgiveness
199 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Nov 2023 2:14am
18th Nov 2023 2:14am
Ode to Sea Otters
I am floating down the river-bend
And the water is my own kingdom.
Rocks are my tools and I have wisdom
In cracking shells. I swim with my friend
And companion with no worries. There
Is no destination in life. Just breathing air.
And the water is my own kingdom.
Rocks are my tools and I have wisdom
In cracking shells. I swim with my friend
And companion with no worries. There
Is no destination in life. Just breathing air.
#animals
175 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
17th Nov 2023 00:06am
17th Nov 2023 00:06am
Saying Goodbye
How can I say goodbye to the guy who
Had my heart in the palm of his hand?
I wanted to follow him into the dark, but
I had to protect my happiness and light.
He was one of the few people who knew
Me inside and out. He always planned
Out our life like constellations, but I shut
Him out even when light faded to night
And I wanted to remember all the good
Memories. He is not my future and is not
The one who has my soul anymore. I tried
To forget him like a song on repeat. How
Can I forget someone who understood ...
Had my heart in the palm of his hand?
I wanted to follow him into the dark, but
I had to protect my happiness and light.
He was one of the few people who knew
Me inside and out. He always planned
Out our life like constellations, but I shut
Him out even when light faded to night
And I wanted to remember all the good
Memories. He is not my future and is not
The one who has my soul anymore. I tried
To forget him like a song on repeat. How
Can I forget someone who understood ...
#MovingOn
#acceptance
217 reads
5 Comments
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