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
6th Nov 2023 7:03am
6th Nov 2023 7:03am
Losing Me
I thought that losing you would really hurt me,
But it was when I lost myself, piece by piece
That ended up hurting the most because people
Can come and go, but I could never get another
Me. I know deep down there is no magical key
Or solution to getting rid of every single crease
That built me from scratch. Your loss was lethal
Like a bullet to the heart, but mine was what other
Words could not describe… bottomless and little
Hope to remain intact. Even after the dark and
Gloomy days ended there was a real chance for
Hope,...
But it was when I lost myself, piece by piece
That ended up hurting the most because people
Can come and go, but I could never get another
Me. I know deep down there is no magical key
Or solution to getting rid of every single crease
That built me from scratch. Your loss was lethal
Like a bullet to the heart, but mine was what other
Words could not describe… bottomless and little
Hope to remain intact. Even after the dark and
Gloomy days ended there was a real chance for
Hope,...
#breakup
#SelfReflection
#FeelingLost
494 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
28th Oct 2023 4:21am
28th Oct 2023 4:21am
Being Alone In This World
What are you most afraid of?
Being alone I replied. Why?
Because I could be surrounded
By people yet still feel alone.
People can give me all their love
Yet they do not see the tears I cry.
I can be stable and be well grounded
Yet the dirt and every single stone
Beneath my feet may give and no
One would care. Give up your fears,
But how can I trust everyone when
They give me no reason to be free?
Maybe I am afraid of losing my glow
And to be dull. It is losing the years
I spent building myself with the pen...
Being alone I replied. Why?
Because I could be surrounded
By people yet still feel alone.
People can give me all their love
Yet they do not see the tears I cry.
I can be stable and be well grounded
Yet the dirt and every single stone
Beneath my feet may give and no
One would care. Give up your fears,
But how can I trust everyone when
They give me no reason to be free?
Maybe I am afraid of losing my glow
And to be dull. It is losing the years
I spent building myself with the pen...
#fear
208 reads
3 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
25th Oct 2023 10:22pm
25th Oct 2023 10:22pm
Drowning
I am drowning in your love, but you are
Not there to pull me in closer and assure
Me that everything is going to be okay.
I am in way over my head as there is no star
To guide me to the shore. There is an allure
To the water that calls my name. The rays
Of sunshine disappear beneath the waves
As I am now drowning without you to save
Me like you always do. Just keep swimming.
But what if I cannot do this anymore?
Because just simply surviving is not enough
Anymore. The unspoken eyes brimming
With unshed tears...
Not there to pull me in closer and assure
Me that everything is going to be okay.
I am in way over my head as there is no star
To guide me to the shore. There is an allure
To the water that calls my name. The rays
Of sunshine disappear beneath the waves
As I am now drowning without you to save
Me like you always do. Just keep swimming.
But what if I cannot do this anymore?
Because just simply surviving is not enough
Anymore. The unspoken eyes brimming
With unshed tears...
#sadness
186 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Oct 2023 00:59am
21st Oct 2023 00:59am
Drowning in Life
As life’s waves pull me under, I can
Barely breathe to keep myself afloat.
What is life without air or oxygen?
I am drowning but there is no plan
For anyone to save me from the load
Weighing me down or the dungeon
Waiting for me at rock bottom. I may
Wear a smile as the happy-go-lucky
Girl but no one knows the struggle
To stay alive above the waves. Stay
With the flow I try but it becomes fuzzy,
Hazy and murky as all my core muscle
Memories forget how to swim. No one
Is going to remember her, the girl...
Barely breathe to keep myself afloat.
What is life without air or oxygen?
I am drowning but there is no plan
For anyone to save me from the load
Weighing me down or the dungeon
Waiting for me at rock bottom. I may
Wear a smile as the happy-go-lucky
Girl but no one knows the struggle
To stay alive above the waves. Stay
With the flow I try but it becomes fuzzy,
Hazy and murky as all my core muscle
Memories forget how to swim. No one
Is going to remember her, the girl...
#depression
#LifeCycle
277 reads
8 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
28th Jun 2023 4:42am
28th Jun 2023 4:42am
Sweet Revenge
You wanted her pretty and submissive,
But she was wild and followed her
Own rules. She lived for the danger,
But to you she is sweet and addictive.
It is too bad that she was truly never
Yours because you were only a traitor.
Little did you know that all she wanted
Was revenge and she was dressed for
The kill, never stopping until she gets
What her heart wants. She outsmarted
You in the games and in the endless war.
You think that she would have regrets,
But she has none. She stole...
But she was wild and followed her
Own rules. She lived for the danger,
But to you she is sweet and addictive.
It is too bad that she was truly never
Yours because you were only a traitor.
Little did you know that all she wanted
Was revenge and she was dressed for
The kill, never stopping until she gets
What her heart wants. She outsmarted
You in the games and in the endless war.
You think that she would have regrets,
But she has none. She stole...
#LifeChangingMoment
#revenge
259 reads
6 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
22nd Jun 2023 1:50am
22nd Jun 2023 1:50am
Temptation
She is temptation in the flesh
With with her megawatt smile
And fire crackers hidden in her
Ocean blue eyes. Be careful
Of her charm and the way she
Sucks you in with the sin written
On her heart. Her facade may be
Tempting but she will pull you under.
With with her megawatt smile
And fire crackers hidden in her
Ocean blue eyes. Be careful
Of her charm and the way she
Sucks you in with the sin written
On her heart. Her facade may be
Tempting but she will pull you under.
#humankind
#temptation
303 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
9th Jun 2023 4:28am
9th Jun 2023 4:28am
Battleground
It all starts with one step.
One heartbeat. One breath.
I am a soldier ready for battle.
No one knows the fight like I do.
One heartbeat. One breath.
I am a soldier ready for battle.
No one knows the fight like I do.
#SelfReflection
185 reads
6 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
6th May 2023 4:40am
6th May 2023 4:40am
Written In Gold
Remember the women who came before you.
The ones that carried the weight of the world
On their shoulders. The ones who walked so
You could run. The ones who built bridges
So you could walk over them. The ones who
Gave birth to you so you could breathe and
Be thankful you are alive. They have given
Their blood, sweat and tears so you could
Continue the cycle. They left footprints for
You to follow yet you can forge your own
Path. They left their words and stories so you
Do not forget their legacy. They shed their
Tears so you could...
The ones that carried the weight of the world
On their shoulders. The ones who walked so
You could run. The ones who built bridges
So you could walk over them. The ones who
Gave birth to you so you could breathe and
Be thankful you are alive. They have given
Their blood, sweat and tears so you could
Continue the cycle. They left footprints for
You to follow yet you can forge your own
Path. They left their words and stories so you
Do not forget their legacy. They shed their
Tears so you could...
#women
#feminism
202 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
19th Apr 2023 3:46am
19th Apr 2023 3:46am
Misaligned Love
He brought me flowers, but I never wanted
Him or the love he was so willing to hand
To me. How was I supposed to tell him
That I was going to break his heart when
I loved someone else? He was a solid
Presence when all the waves slammed
Into me hard, but I would rather spin
Out of control rather than see the rain
Tarnish love he cannot control. I would
Rather him be safe in someone else’s
Embrace than letting my reckless spirit
Destroy him from the inside out. I want
To see him happy with a love I could
Give to him, but with no...
Him or the love he was so willing to hand
To me. How was I supposed to tell him
That I was going to break his heart when
I loved someone else? He was a solid
Presence when all the waves slammed
Into me hard, but I would rather spin
Out of control rather than see the rain
Tarnish love he cannot control. I would
Rather him be safe in someone else’s
Embrace than letting my reckless spirit
Destroy him from the inside out. I want
To see him happy with a love I could
Give to him, but with no...
#love
#MovingOn
#healing
269 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
25th Feb 2023 6:58am
25th Feb 2023 6:58am
Faded Love
I loved you through it all,
The highs, the lows and
Everything in between but
Even as every single wall
Came down with your hand
In mine perfectly it was what
Tore our love into tiny pieces.
Some love is right there like
A shiny new toy and reaches
The stars but ours is on strike
And sits on an abandoned
Shelf, all alone and collecting
Dust along with the flattened
Sense of hope. It is reflecting
On you, not me as I always
Loved you, but you loved me
Far too late when yesterdays
Fade away into weeks. You...
The highs, the lows and
Everything in between but
Even as every single wall
Came down with your hand
In mine perfectly it was what
Tore our love into tiny pieces.
Some love is right there like
A shiny new toy and reaches
The stars but ours is on strike
And sits on an abandoned
Shelf, all alone and collecting
Dust along with the flattened
Sense of hope. It is reflecting
On you, not me as I always
Loved you, but you loved me
Far too late when yesterdays
Fade away into weeks. You...
#love
#breakup
#healing
522 reads
10 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Feb 2023 3:26am
23rd Feb 2023 3:26am
Loving You to Infinity
We sleep under the same stars every night
And I crave you like the morning light
That seeps through the tree’s branches.
Your energy from your soul matches
Mine so perfectly that we might have been
Lovers in the previous life. When your skin
Touches mine it feels like I am finally home
Amid the stars and roots that have grown
Beneath my feet all this time. I can feel
Your love in your fingertips as you steal
That breath with your touch. I love you
Many times even as it faded away to blue.
And I crave you like the morning light
That seeps through the tree’s branches.
Your energy from your soul matches
Mine so perfectly that we might have been
Lovers in the previous life. When your skin
Touches mine it feels like I am finally home
Amid the stars and roots that have grown
Beneath my feet all this time. I can feel
Your love in your fingertips as you steal
That breath with your touch. I love you
Many times even as it faded away to blue.
#love
#nature
290 reads
7 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
29th Jan 2023 7:08am
29th Jan 2023 7:08am
Simply Me
Some might say I come from the earth
Or my mother’s womb, but I am something
More than skin and bones. Some might
Say I am a daughter or a friend or a sister,
But I am worth far more than the hearth
You lay your feet at. I am the one sculpting
Words so people sleep better late at night.
I am the bright sun in the middle of winter.
So be careful for what you wish for when
You say you want to be just like me as
I can be a daydream or your single worst
Nightmare. I am the changes in the wind.
To the world I am the...
Or my mother’s womb, but I am something
More than skin and bones. Some might
Say I am a daughter or a friend or a sister,
But I am worth far more than the hearth
You lay your feet at. I am the one sculpting
Words so people sleep better late at night.
I am the bright sun in the middle of winter.
So be careful for what you wish for when
You say you want to be just like me as
I can be a daydream or your single worst
Nightmare. I am the changes in the wind.
To the world I am the...
#sister
#identity
#myself #daughter
#myself #daughter
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2 Comments
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