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.
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Aug 2022 8:57pm
6th Aug 2022 8:57pm
Soft like Velvet
Just like flower petals you open up.
When life is feeling empty and
Extremely heavy you are the cup
That always remains full. You hand
Me parts of your soul and spirit
When mine is giving up. Your words
Bring hope. They are my one ticket
To the light in the darkness. Like birds
You fly me to a safer place. So my
Darling, I hope you never stop letting
The words float across the page die
Away. You are the soft and safe netting,
Protecting everyone. You are the ying
To my yang and the sweet to...
When life is feeling empty and
Extremely heavy you are the cup
That always remains full. You hand
Me parts of your soul and spirit
When mine is giving up. Your words
Bring hope. They are my one ticket
To the light in the darkness. Like birds
You fly me to a safer place. So my
Darling, I hope you never stop letting
The words float across the page die
Away. You are the soft and safe netting,
Protecting everyone. You are the ying
To my yang and the sweet to...
#inspirational
#gratitude
498 reads
12 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
18th Jul 2022 5:35am
18th Jul 2022 5:35am
The Meaning of Poetry to Me
As the words flow across the pages
Something within my soul lifts and life
Becomes easier to bear. The stages
Of love, pain, happiness and the knife
In my heart become whole again.
The words that come down like rain
Lifts someone’s spirit and makes them
Realize they are not so alone in how they
Feel. Just like a flower stem, poetry holds
Onto me tight and waits for me to bloom
In every beautiful moment. It stays
With me during those sleepless nights.
It sparkle with specks of golds.
It dances with me when the lights
Go...
Something within my soul lifts and life
Becomes easier to bear. The stages
Of love, pain, happiness and the knife
In my heart become whole again.
The words that come down like rain
Lifts someone’s spirit and makes them
Realize they are not so alone in how they
Feel. Just like a flower stem, poetry holds
Onto me tight and waits for me to bloom
In every beautiful moment. It stays
With me during those sleepless nights.
It sparkle with specks of golds.
It dances with me when the lights
Go...
#home
#MyInspiration
#WritingPoetry
484 reads
3 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
17th Mar 2022 00:46am
17th Mar 2022 00:46am
War Survior
When you came home,
Fresh from the war with
Scars all over you, I still
Loved you as a whole.
Even as you try to comb
Or glance over the myth
Of recover the war filled
You with fear as it stole
Something precious to
You… a sense of hope.
Fresh from the war with
Scars all over you, I still
Loved you as a whole.
Even as you try to comb
Or glance over the myth
Of recover the war filled
You with fear as it stole
Something precious to
You… a sense of hope.
#war
370 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Feb 2022 11:05pm
22nd Feb 2022 11:05pm
The Purest Love
All I wanted was for you to do was to take me
Home, but every time I look into your eyes
I am already there. With your clothes
Thrown around my room and in this bed
With my head against your chest I think
To myself… this is all I ever really wanted.
With you in my head and my lungs I see
A bright future. All the other guys
Could have me, but with all the oaths
I made to you the oaths stand true. I sink
To my knees because you are in my head
And heart. Others have never haunted
My dreams quite like you do....
Home, but every time I look into your eyes
I am already there. With your clothes
Thrown around my room and in this bed
With my head against your chest I think
To myself… this is all I ever really wanted.
With you in my head and my lungs I see
A bright future. All the other guys
Could have me, but with all the oaths
I made to you the oaths stand true. I sink
To my knees because you are in my head
And heart. Others have never haunted
My dreams quite like you do....
#love
#relationships
#marriage #FallingInLove
#marriage #FallingInLove
683 reads
3 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
25th Jan 2022 11:53pm
25th Jan 2022 11:53pm
In the Haze
Maybe I should have held on
For a little longer but you are
The one to let go. You are gone
Into the abyss where the star
Died that night. I regret not
Loving you until our last days,
Knowing that it is you I forgot
Out in the haze.
For a little longer but you are
The one to let go. You are gone
Into the abyss where the star
Died that night. I regret not
Loving you until our last days,
Knowing that it is you I forgot
Out in the haze.
#love
#regret
#memories
595 reads
3 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
29th Dec 2021 5:17am
29th Dec 2021 5:17am
When Love Saved Me
You loved me in the darkest hour
Because as the world became sour
You became my strength and hope.
I really wanted to let go of the rope
But with your smile and pure heart
You gave me a new chance to start
Over without having to up my guard.
Because as the world became sour
You became my strength and hope.
I really wanted to let go of the rope
But with your smile and pure heart
You gave me a new chance to start
Over without having to up my guard.
#love
#LifeChangingMoment
1582 reads
11 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Dec 2021 4:04am
11th Dec 2021 4:04am
Starting the Day with Tea
They always say it starts with a fresh, hot cup of tea
Because that is all I could think about with you and me
On the forefront of my mind. Just like the tea kettle
That is whistling and the tea leaves that begin to settle
On the bottom of my mug, you stir those forbidden
Thoughts rattling through my heart. Those hidden
Memories are brought back to the murky surface
With every sip and swallow. I just want to trace
Your face one last time with my fingers like I follow
The mug’s rim, watching and feeling the hollow
Sound of your heartbeat. But...
Because that is all I could think about with you and me
On the forefront of my mind. Just like the tea kettle
That is whistling and the tea leaves that begin to settle
On the bottom of my mug, you stir those forbidden
Thoughts rattling through my heart. Those hidden
Memories are brought back to the murky surface
With every sip and swallow. I just want to trace
Your face one last time with my fingers like I follow
The mug’s rim, watching and feeling the hollow
Sound of your heartbeat. But...
#TruthOfLife
#tea
399 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
8th Dec 2021 10:32pm
8th Dec 2021 10:32pm
All Too Well
You will remember this moment all too well
As I stood in front of you like the pouring
Rain, but you did not catch me as I fell.
The truth is that you were not soaring
Or flying to rescue me from the pain
I felt in my bones. You were not restoring
My faith in love as in the falling rain
You were not holding my lifeless frame.
You did everything you could to stain
My reputation that along with my name
Was tarnished and torn apart. You will
Think that this was all just a game
To forget about your...
As I stood in front of you like the pouring
Rain, but you did not catch me as I fell.
The truth is that you were not soaring
Or flying to rescue me from the pain
I felt in my bones. You were not restoring
My faith in love as in the falling rain
You were not holding my lifeless frame.
You did everything you could to stain
My reputation that along with my name
Was tarnished and torn apart. You will
Think that this was all just a game
To forget about your...
#love
#breakup
#MovingOn
535 reads
8 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
25th Nov 2021 2:08am
25th Nov 2021 2:08am
Thankful for It All
There is laughter on the tip of the tongue.
I am thankful for the better memories in
The middle of all the uncertainty and
Chaos. I feel the strength of my lungs
As I am thankful for where I have been
And for the firmness of your hand
In mine as I navigate this treacherous
Thing called life. I am thankful I can
Call on those who are a part of my tribe.
I am thankful for my adventurous
Spirit as it is open to a different plan.
Mostly I am thankful for all good vibes.
I am thankful for the better memories in
The middle of all the uncertainty and
Chaos. I feel the strength of my lungs
As I am thankful for where I have been
And for the firmness of your hand
In mine as I navigate this treacherous
Thing called life. I am thankful I can
Call on those who are a part of my tribe.
I am thankful for my adventurous
Spirit as it is open to a different plan.
Mostly I am thankful for all good vibes.
#gratitude
377 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
17th Nov 2021 4:03am
17th Nov 2021 4:03am
After You
You and I have a complicated history.
I loved the chemistry and mystery
Between us before I learned that love
Is a losing game. I used to dream of
A future for the two of us. I used to
Think that I had a chance with you,
But nothing could prepare me for
The turmoil or tears to come. Before
I fell apart I walked away knowing
That some part of me was showing
That I was still in love with you. I
Tried to forget you but as I cried
Over who you used to be I could
No longer do this to myself. I would
Have run away from...
I loved the chemistry and mystery
Between us before I learned that love
Is a losing game. I used to dream of
A future for the two of us. I used to
Think that I had a chance with you,
But nothing could prepare me for
The turmoil or tears to come. Before
I fell apart I walked away knowing
That some part of me was showing
That I was still in love with you. I
Tried to forget you but as I cried
Over who you used to be I could
No longer do this to myself. I would
Have run away from...
#breakup
#MovingOn
557 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Oct 2021 1:23am
23rd Oct 2021 1:23am
Flowing Lava
Luscious lava spilling from her center
Like an explosion. People run away
In terror but it is how this earth was
Built, from spilled lava and tremors
Like an earthquake. The earth sways
And tilts but somehow like a vase
Or a sailing ship we keep steady.
Like an explosion. People run away
In terror but it is how this earth was
Built, from spilled lava and tremors
Like an earthquake. The earth sways
And tilts but somehow like a vase
Or a sailing ship we keep steady.
#earth
#environment
490 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
13th Oct 2021 00:08am
13th Oct 2021 00:08am
Survival
Some might say it is as easy as taking
breaths, but nothing can prepare
you for the unexpected uncertainty.
You think you are okay and making
progress, but then through the stair
Step crack you lose your harmony.
Suddenly you are crashing through
glass and somehow you have to
survive.
breaths, but nothing can prepare
you for the unexpected uncertainty.
You think you are okay and making
progress, but then through the stair
Step crack you lose your harmony.
Suddenly you are crashing through
glass and somehow you have to
survive.
#MentalHealth
1043 reads
4 Comments
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