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
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
397 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Jan 2023 00:34am
21st Jan 2023 00:34am
Unknown Changes
Sometimes it is not as simple as leaving
Things behind in the rearview mirror as
I move forward, but that is what I have
To do; onward and upward to something
New around the corner with no grieving
Over someone I used to be. The topaz
Colored water called my name as half
Of me is terrified and the other is jumping
Headfirst into the waves of the unknown.
The waves of change that are at my feet.
Just take a deep breath and let it sink
Into my heart. This is what I have always
Wanted; an...
Things behind in the rearview mirror as
I move forward, but that is what I have
To do; onward and upward to something
New around the corner with no grieving
Over someone I used to be. The topaz
Colored water called my name as half
Of me is terrified and the other is jumping
Headfirst into the waves of the unknown.
The waves of change that are at my feet.
Just take a deep breath and let it sink
Into my heart. This is what I have always
Wanted; an...
#LifeChangingMoment
404 reads
4 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
8th Jan 2023 6:58am
8th Jan 2023 6:58am
Out With the Old, In With the New
I say goodbye to all the people and things weigh me down
Because if life taught us anything it is the fact that we do not
Deserve it when our megawatt smiles turn into sullen frowns.
Say goodbye to the things that turn our stomachs into knots
Much like a lasso that does not untangle or come undone.
Sometimes we miss the people we used to know and spots
Where we used to hang out. We are more worthy of the sun,
Moon and stars when we trust the people who give them to us
Instead of questioning their motives. Some days we have spun
...
Because if life taught us anything it is the fact that we do not
Deserve it when our megawatt smiles turn into sullen frowns.
Say goodbye to the things that turn our stomachs into knots
Much like a lasso that does not untangle or come undone.
Sometimes we miss the people we used to know and spots
Where we used to hang out. We are more worthy of the sun,
Moon and stars when we trust the people who give them to us
Instead of questioning their motives. Some days we have spun
...
#LifeGoals
#NewYear
353 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
8th Jan 2023 6:44am
8th Jan 2023 6:44am
Dead but Never Gone
Something about you just standing there,
So alive and well in my memories comes
Roaring back into my lungs like the air
I breathe every day. You left the crumbs
Behind for me to follow because even
Though you are as dead as the soft soil
Beneath my delicate feet and the coffin
Buried deep you still make my blood boil
And my heart race. You still remind me
I am never alone as the strong whispers
Of the wind tell me we are finally free.
I always remember interlacing our fingers
Together like we finally belonged to
Each other. I...
So alive and well in my memories comes
Roaring back into my lungs like the air
I breathe every day. You left the crumbs
Behind for me to follow because even
Though you are as dead as the soft soil
Beneath my delicate feet and the coffin
Buried deep you still make my blood boil
And my heart race. You still remind me
I am never alone as the strong whispers
Of the wind tell me we are finally free.
I always remember interlacing our fingers
Together like we finally belonged to
Each other. I...
#death
#memories
#rhyming
320 reads
3 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Dec 2022 8:00am
18th Dec 2022 8:00am
My Rock Through It All
As the loneliness and pain
Seeped through my bones
You were there to hold my
Hand through it all. The rain
And the different time zones
Never kept us from every high
Or feeling every low. You were
The very reason I felt so sure
About this world and better.
Seeped through my bones
You were there to hold my
Hand through it all. The rain
And the different time zones
Never kept us from every high
Or feeling every low. You were
The very reason I felt so sure
About this world and better.
#mother
#family
#MyInspiration
433 reads
10 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
28th Nov 2022 3:12am
28th Nov 2022 3:12am
A Place Like Home
With a piece of paradise between
My fingertips I am finally home.
The place that kept me warm when
There was no warmth in the bright
City lights. The place where a Queen
And peasant are welcome to roam.
A place where the women and men
Are created equal. But as the night
Fades away and turns into the early
Morning daylight I face the harsh
Reality that I cannot always get
What I want. Paradise sounds easy
On the tip of the tongue as the pearly
Gates open up and I stand in the marsh
All alone as home is never easy to...
My fingertips I am finally home.
The place that kept me warm when
There was no warmth in the bright
City lights. The place where a Queen
And peasant are welcome to roam.
A place where the women and men
Are created equal. But as the night
Fades away and turns into the early
Morning daylight I face the harsh
Reality that I cannot always get
What I want. Paradise sounds easy
On the tip of the tongue as the pearly
Gates open up and I stand in the marsh
All alone as home is never easy to...
#home
421 reads
4 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Nov 2022 4:37am
19th Nov 2022 4:37am
Good Blessings
I tumbled headfirst yet I still keep
My footing on stable ground.
The light was there as I was deep
In the darkness. I was crowned
With so many blessings even as
The blessings turned ugly and had
Thorns, but my foot was on the gas
Pedal going through all the bad
Patches and weeds trying to slow
Me down. I held my head high
As the constant ebb and flow
Was trickling. Saying goodbye
Was right there on my tongue,
But the blessings kept coming
And made me forever young.
I was walking instead of running ...
My footing on stable ground.
The light was there as I was deep
In the darkness. I was crowned
With so many blessings even as
The blessings turned ugly and had
Thorns, but my foot was on the gas
Pedal going through all the bad
Patches and weeds trying to slow
Me down. I held my head high
As the constant ebb and flow
Was trickling. Saying goodbye
Was right there on my tongue,
But the blessings kept coming
And made me forever young.
I was walking instead of running ...
#hope
#gratitude
388 reads
3 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Oct 2022 11:26pm
19th Oct 2022 11:26pm
Simple Gratitude
You are my one saving Grace
Even as the sun goes down
Every night and you trace
The imperfections. The frown
That marred my face blooms
And turns into wearing a crown.
Nothing is as simple as gratitude
Or for the lightness that looms
Above us like the full moon.
Even as the sun goes down
Every night and you trace
The imperfections. The frown
That marred my face blooms
And turns into wearing a crown.
Nothing is as simple as gratitude
Or for the lightness that looms
Above us like the full moon.
#gratitude
440 reads
4 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
28th Sep 2022 4:29am
28th Sep 2022 4:29am
Do Not Lose Hope
You may have lost the sparkle in your eyes
Or the pep in your step, but do not forget
That people still love you. You hold regrets,
But do not forget that although goodbyes
Are easier for you, your hellos and smiles
Are what makes this world a better place.
You may want to leave without a trace
Or leave this earth with all these miles
Between you and everyone else, but no
One else could ever be like you. So when
The words slip away, hold onto that pen
Tight as your story has not lost its glow.
Do not...
Or the pep in your step, but do not forget
That people still love you. You hold regrets,
But do not forget that although goodbyes
Are easier for you, your hellos and smiles
Are what makes this world a better place.
You may want to leave without a trace
Or leave this earth with all these miles
Between you and everyone else, but no
One else could ever be like you. So when
The words slip away, hold onto that pen
Tight as your story has not lost its glow.
Do not...
#hope
#courage
#inspirational #suicide
#inspirational #suicide
579 reads
6 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Sep 2022 6:33am
11th Sep 2022 6:33am
New Place, New Beginning
It was hard leaving one’s hometown,
But someone has to put one foot in
Front of the other as they leave and
Spread their roots in a new town.
Where she and everyone has been
Does not compare to the hand
Everyone places over their heart
As there is a new chapter and a new
Beginning from the ashes that blew
Them to the place where they are
Supposed to be and bright like a star.
But someone has to put one foot in
Front of the other as they leave and
Spread their roots in a new town.
Where she and everyone has been
Does not compare to the hand
Everyone places over their heart
As there is a new chapter and a new
Beginning from the ashes that blew
Them to the place where they are
Supposed to be and bright like a star.
#home
#SelfReflection
821 reads
8 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
4th Sep 2022 10:42pm
4th Sep 2022 10:42pm
Inner Light
They think they can diminish your inner
Light, but you still glow like the 4th of
July. They portray you as a sinner
Or non believer when you got that love
And pray for the light running through
Your veins. You hope for someone else to
Be the protector of your light and energy,
But no one knows your heart or spirit
Like you do. No one knows the memories
Of bad things keeping you awake
Or the foundation that keeps shaking.
No one can ever take your inner light
Just remember that. All the nights
Will fade away and you will be...
Light, but you still glow like the 4th of
July. They portray you as a sinner
Or non believer when you got that love
And pray for the light running through
Your veins. You hope for someone else to
Be the protector of your light and energy,
But no one knows your heart or spirit
Like you do. No one knows the memories
Of bad things keeping you awake
Or the foundation that keeps shaking.
No one can ever take your inner light
Just remember that. All the nights
Will fade away and you will be...
#hope
#SelfDiscovery
378 reads
2 Comments
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