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.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Sep 2020 7:28am
18th Sep 2020 7:28am
Released Regrets
I am sorry that I had you stay for too long
Because the truth is that you really belong
To someone else. I was hanging onto our
Love for eternity and as the midnight hour
Came in the light I could not keep clinging
On for dear life anymore as it kept raining.
Whatever sunlight and happiness we once
Faded away. The days turning into months
And the months turning into years meant
Nothing if the love we had was totally bent
Out of shape or empty. I am sorry for all of
The times I could have been able to love
Sometime...
Because the truth is that you really belong
To someone else. I was hanging onto our
Love for eternity and as the midnight hour
Came in the light I could not keep clinging
On for dear life anymore as it kept raining.
Whatever sunlight and happiness we once
Faded away. The days turning into months
And the months turning into years meant
Nothing if the love we had was totally bent
Out of shape or empty. I am sorry for all of
The times I could have been able to love
Sometime...
#regret
#breakup
445 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Sep 2020 6:03am
9th Sep 2020 6:03am
Virgo Goddess
Everyone has always underestimated her.
She was always told she was too pretty
To be smart. She was too shy to be loud.
She was too ambitious and driven to deter
From her dreams. Too much of a kitty cat
To be a dog. Her head was in the clouds
Instead of on earth like everyone else. No
One realized she was an angel in disguise
Under all the clothes and layers. Stripped
To the core and she is a lot like the glow
You have. She was facing the dark skies.
Her eyes saw gold. She constantly dipped
Her feet in the...
She was always told she was too pretty
To be smart. She was too shy to be loud.
She was too ambitious and driven to deter
From her dreams. Too much of a kitty cat
To be a dog. Her head was in the clouds
Instead of on earth like everyone else. No
One realized she was an angel in disguise
Under all the clothes and layers. Stripped
To the core and she is a lot like the glow
You have. She was facing the dark skies.
Her eyes saw gold. She constantly dipped
Her feet in the...
#women
#feminism
450 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
6th Sep 2020 2:41am
6th Sep 2020 2:41am
When Loneliness Takes Over
Every day she puts on a brave smile,
But no one notices the loneliness she
Feels steeping into her bones late at
Night when there is no one else to talk
To. Every day it always the same cycle
Over and over again like a dishwasher
Or washing machine that will not stop
Running. No one realizes she misses
Someone who will hold her tight and
Keep the bad nightmares away. She
Laughs but no one is there to laugh
At her silly and corny jokes. No one
Is there to come home to and vent to
About her bad day at work. No one is
There...
But no one notices the loneliness she
Feels steeping into her bones late at
Night when there is no one else to talk
To. Every day it always the same cycle
Over and over again like a dishwasher
Or washing machine that will not stop
Running. No one realizes she misses
Someone who will hold her tight and
Keep the bad nightmares away. She
Laughs but no one is there to laugh
At her silly and corny jokes. No one
Is there to come home to and vent to
About her bad day at work. No one is
There...
#loneliness
476 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Aug 2020 3:50pm
23rd Aug 2020 3:50pm
Steps Forward (Without You)
It is hard imaging you not being here
Right now, but for both of us I have to
Walk towards a better tomorrow, one
Foot in front of the other like you have
Always taught me. You always steer
Me, not in the direction where you
Were laid to rest, but where the sun
Still shines the brightest. Your valve
And battery decided to give up, but
I will keep living. I will keep thriving if
It means I can still remember you and
Your smiles. I never knew it was love
Until I saw your eyes and in this rut
You held...
Right now, but for both of us I have to
Walk towards a better tomorrow, one
Foot in front of the other like you have
Always taught me. You always steer
Me, not in the direction where you
Were laid to rest, but where the sun
Still shines the brightest. Your valve
And battery decided to give up, but
I will keep living. I will keep thriving if
It means I can still remember you and
Your smiles. I never knew it was love
Until I saw your eyes and in this rut
You held...
#love
#MovingOn
#acceptance
547 reads
8 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Aug 2020 6:55am
23rd Aug 2020 6:55am
Chained Heart
The truth is I wanted you from day one,
But my heart was chained and on the run
When it came down to love. Because who
Would love me as I can never have you?
I would have jumped over the fence and
Straight into your arms as you will stand
There waiting for me, but I was too afraid
To take the big jump. In my soul I prayed
For someone like you, but my heart has
Been played for far too long to know topaz
Or gold. My heart could never appreciate
Real love. He broke my love. I would hate
Him for that, but I realized...
But my heart was chained and on the run
When it came down to love. Because who
Would love me as I can never have you?
I would have jumped over the fence and
Straight into your arms as you will stand
There waiting for me, but I was too afraid
To take the big jump. In my soul I prayed
For someone like you, but my heart has
Been played for far too long to know topaz
Or gold. My heart could never appreciate
Real love. He broke my love. I would hate
Him for that, but I realized...
#love
#emotional
467 reads
8 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
17th Aug 2020 00:54am
17th Aug 2020 00:54am
Losing Everything to Addiction
Pills and potions could never fix
The unfixable. I was looking into
Your bloodshot eyes and realized
That I was losing you to the pain
You were trying to hide. You mix
And stir everything up. You drew
Me in, but you always despised
My sunshine and smiles. The rain
And cloudy skies were becoming
Too pitch black and ominous for
A twisted soul like yours to deal
With. You turned to your demons
Instead. They take the incoming
Light somewhere else. The floor
Becomes your home as you feel
The weight of the...
The unfixable. I was looking into
Your bloodshot eyes and realized
That I was losing you to the pain
You were trying to hide. You mix
And stir everything up. You drew
Me in, but you always despised
My sunshine and smiles. The rain
And cloudy skies were becoming
Too pitch black and ominous for
A twisted soul like yours to deal
With. You turned to your demons
Instead. They take the incoming
Light somewhere else. The floor
Becomes your home as you feel
The weight of the...
#LifeStruggles
#addiction
808 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
16th Aug 2020 5:05am
16th Aug 2020 5:05am
Sipping Tea
Tea soothes you like camomile in the veins
As you sit and forget about life’s stains.
Tea heals something inside of you feeling
So broken and bruised as it is peeling
Back all the layers and you feel more at
Home with every sip, ready for combat.
As you sit and forget about life’s stains.
Tea heals something inside of you feeling
So broken and bruised as it is peeling
Back all the layers and you feel more at
Home with every sip, ready for combat.
#tea
925 reads
10 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
11th Aug 2020 00:28am
11th Aug 2020 00:28am
Beautiful Memories (Ocean Vuong Tribute)
I see the lust and hunger in your eyes,
green like the meadows we spend our
summers trampling through as children.
Home… Who would have thought we
would come back to the place where we
began and started. Memories filter in like
all the times we sat on the front porch
waiting and watching. Or when we laid
down on the soft grass and we would
see the stars shatter and break like
bullets going straight for the heart.
Did you know how many times I saw
you cry and how I wished I could do
something about it? I never saw...
green like the meadows we spend our
summers trampling through as children.
Home… Who would have thought we
would come back to the place where we
began and started. Memories filter in like
all the times we sat on the front porch
waiting and watching. Or when we laid
down on the soft grass and we would
see the stars shatter and break like
bullets going straight for the heart.
Did you know how many times I saw
you cry and how I wished I could do
something about it? I never saw...
#love
#memories
#OceanVuong
574 reads
9 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Aug 2020 2:15am
6th Aug 2020 2:15am
Next Girl
I keep trying to keep my jealousy in check
But you make it really difficult when you
Went from wanting nothing serious with
Me to wanting to marry the next girl after
Me. What made you change your mind?
Maybe I never truly got to know the real
You under the layers and life’s complexity.
You wanted to remain friends despite not
Talking for months and we would settle for
Keeping tabs on each other through social
Media instead. We were not on the same
Page when we first met. I missed someone
Who would keep me company and fight ...
But you make it really difficult when you
Went from wanting nothing serious with
Me to wanting to marry the next girl after
Me. What made you change your mind?
Maybe I never truly got to know the real
You under the layers and life’s complexity.
You wanted to remain friends despite not
Talking for months and we would settle for
Keeping tabs on each other through social
Media instead. We were not on the same
Page when we first met. I missed someone
Who would keep me company and fight ...
#MovingOn
#acceptance
388 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
3rd Jul 2020 7:43am
3rd Jul 2020 7:43am
My Last Day
As a new morning and the day is breaking
On the far horizon will you remember me?
I hope you do not forget me my darling as
I know my time on this big earth is coming
To an end and I am free from the aching
Pain. I am drifting closer to the vast sea’s
Shoreline. I am following the tiny compass
As I could hear the monotonous humming
And I feel way closer to home. I know that
We will be reunited some day as the days
And the nights are filled with promises or
Dreams. In these final moments it is just
Us as...
On the far horizon will you remember me?
I hope you do not forget me my darling as
I know my time on this big earth is coming
To an end and I am free from the aching
Pain. I am drifting closer to the vast sea’s
Shoreline. I am following the tiny compass
As I could hear the monotonous humming
And I feel way closer to home. I know that
We will be reunited some day as the days
And the nights are filled with promises or
Dreams. In these final moments it is just
Us as...
#love
#death
#memories
429 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
2nd Jul 2020 6:17am
2nd Jul 2020 6:17am
This is Love
In another world I would be lost without
His voice and touch, but in the big world
I am perfectly happy as I wipe away my
Own tears. There would be no doubts
As I look at his smile. I feel his body curled
Next to me, but did he see the tears I cry?
So quiet that he does not hear one drop.
There are parts of me he still did not quite
Understand. He got the happy parts of
Me, but did not get the sadness or stop
To understand what is gone too. The fight
I used to have is no longer there. The love
I felt with my...
His voice and touch, but in the big world
I am perfectly happy as I wipe away my
Own tears. There would be no doubts
As I look at his smile. I feel his body curled
Next to me, but did he see the tears I cry?
So quiet that he does not hear one drop.
There are parts of me he still did not quite
Understand. He got the happy parts of
Me, but did not get the sadness or stop
To understand what is gone too. The fight
I used to have is no longer there. The love
I felt with my...
#love
#FallingInLove
508 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Jul 2020 5:27am
1st Jul 2020 5:27am
Understanding Me Through Poetry
I want to fall in love with a poet someday
As he is the only one who could come to
Understand everything from the pain and
Heartbreak to the sadness and happiness
I feel in my heart. He understands my ray
Of sunshine may not be coming with blue
Skies and megawatt smiles. As my hand
Is held gently in his, it is the tenderness
In his words or actions that are displayed
Front of a world that is filled with empty
Words and actions. He knows words are
Easier to come by on paper as he scibbles
His thoughts. He has...
As he is the only one who could come to
Understand everything from the pain and
Heartbreak to the sadness and happiness
I feel in my heart. He understands my ray
Of sunshine may not be coming with blue
Skies and megawatt smiles. As my hand
Is held gently in his, it is the tenderness
In his words or actions that are displayed
Front of a world that is filled with empty
Words and actions. He knows words are
Easier to come by on paper as he scibbles
His thoughts. He has...
#WritingPoetry
444 reads
4 Comments
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