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
13th Jan 2016 8:10pm
13th Jan 2016 8:10pm
Loving Yourself
Take a look into the mirror,
Really take a hard look.
Do you see her?
She’s an important person.
She’s you and she’s me.
For a moment,
Forget about being there
For other people.
You need to be there
For yourself.
People, they come
And go. They leave
And some of them
Never come back.
But there will be
One person with you
Every day and that’s
Yourself. You can be
The only one to pick
Yourself up when
You’re surrounded
By darkness.
She’ll see your
Worth and
Determination
Even when nobody
Else...
Really take a hard look.
Do you see her?
She’s an important person.
She’s you and she’s me.
For a moment,
Forget about being there
For other people.
You need to be there
For yourself.
People, they come
And go. They leave
And some of them
Never come back.
But there will be
One person with you
Every day and that’s
Yourself. You can be
The only one to pick
Yourself up when
You’re surrounded
By darkness.
She’ll see your
Worth and
Determination
Even when nobody
Else...
1013 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
6th Jan 2016 9:33pm
6th Jan 2016 9:33pm
Poetry
Be careful with my thoughts
And feelings because they are
Not as unbreakable as
You think they are.
Words are hard to
Come by talking.
For me they float around
On pieces of paper.
Thoughts and feelings
Unspoken. Unsaid.
Sure, they may be crumbled
And thrown away in the trash,
But they are forever embedded
In my head and in my mind.
And feelings because they are
Not as unbreakable as
You think they are.
Words are hard to
Come by talking.
For me they float around
On pieces of paper.
Thoughts and feelings
Unspoken. Unsaid.
Sure, they may be crumbled
And thrown away in the trash,
But they are forever embedded
In my head and in my mind.
642 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Jan 2016 9:29pm
6th Jan 2016 9:29pm
Words Being Said
I’m beautiful on
The outside but
It’s my personality
That is so much more.
I’m me and that’s all
That matters.
I’m beautiful on the
Outside but I’m also
Beautiful on the inside
Even when it feels like
Things are messy.
I want to see and feel
All the mess because
It’s better than perfectly
Pieced puzzles. It’s better
To accept the messy
And imperfect parts
Than to accept absolute
Perfection. I would rather
See chaos rather than
The calm before the storm.
That’s what we are.
We’re accepted because
Of...
The outside but
It’s my personality
That is so much more.
I’m me and that’s all
That matters.
I’m beautiful on the
Outside but I’m also
Beautiful on the inside
Even when it feels like
Things are messy.
I want to see and feel
All the mess because
It’s better than perfectly
Pieced puzzles. It’s better
To accept the messy
And imperfect parts
Than to accept absolute
Perfection. I would rather
See chaos rather than
The calm before the storm.
That’s what we are.
We’re accepted because
Of...
707 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
6th Jan 2016 1:16am
6th Jan 2016 1:16am
Real Feelings
Feelings cannot be pushed
Away and shoved aside
Because feelings are real.
They aren’t to be judged
Or criticized. I can try to
Fight those feelings and
Pretend they don’t exist
Or I can show them
For people to see.
Don’t you feel them too?
It’s like putting your hand
Over my heart and hearing
It beat. You have control
Over it as much as I do.
It’s a rhythm that won’t stop
Until I take my last breath.
These feelings for you
Don’t and won’t go away.
They only grow stronger
With more connection
And force. It’s...
Away and shoved aside
Because feelings are real.
They aren’t to be judged
Or criticized. I can try to
Fight those feelings and
Pretend they don’t exist
Or I can show them
For people to see.
Don’t you feel them too?
It’s like putting your hand
Over my heart and hearing
It beat. You have control
Over it as much as I do.
It’s a rhythm that won’t stop
Until I take my last breath.
These feelings for you
Don’t and won’t go away.
They only grow stronger
With more connection
And force. It’s...
1121 reads
4 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Jan 2016 1:06am
6th Jan 2016 1:06am
Happy
Life has its ups and downs.
Sometimes it throws us off
The edge and hoping we’ll live.
Sometime life hurts and
Makes us unhappy.
That’s why we leave things,
Places and people behind.
It’s not because
They’re completely bad
And awful. It’s because we
Keep on walking forward.
They teach us what we want
And don’t want in life.
We know there’s something
Better out there for us.
Doors keep opening
And closing. That’s
Why they’re revolving doors.
Life keeps going and we’re
Given new hope every day. ...
Sometimes it throws us off
The edge and hoping we’ll live.
Sometime life hurts and
Makes us unhappy.
That’s why we leave things,
Places and people behind.
It’s not because
They’re completely bad
And awful. It’s because we
Keep on walking forward.
They teach us what we want
And don’t want in life.
We know there’s something
Better out there for us.
Doors keep opening
And closing. That’s
Why they’re revolving doors.
Life keeps going and we’re
Given new hope every day. ...
903 reads
4 Comments
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