Submissions by kathyrivers (Kathy Rivers)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
poetry is a necessity for me. it's a part of my soul... It's what makes me who I am... and it's what keeps me whole... when I'm struggling to breathe... and when I'm struggling to think... I write myself a poem and all my fears just shrink.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th May 2020 10:16pm
19th May 2020 10:16pm
my speech
People of this earth, I’d like to thank you for giving me a chance by listening to this speech. If you noticed how I didn’t start out with the classic “ladies and gentleman” introduction then you should know I have my reasons for doing so. My first reason is that I don’t believe that phrase works anymore, there are too many new categories for that to be sufficient. My second reason? Well... it’s because I’m just weird like that!! (pause for laughter) Today, there are so many new categories of people… if you can give me a second, I’d like to list them all. Okay, here they are: Cisgender,...
#anger
#BestFriend
#LGBT #bisexual
#LGBT #bisexual
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SELF POEM
Published
8th May 2020 8:23pm
8th May 2020 8:23pm
keep in mind
I never chose to be this way
This hollow, fragile husk
a cold and sad reminder
of the person I once was
I used to hold the sunshine
right inside my hands
till I found myself in a darkened place
that no one understands
it wasn't by decision
I didn't have a say
I guess my mind just decided
it had to be this way
This hollow, fragile husk
a cold and sad reminder
of the person I once was
I used to hold the sunshine
right inside my hands
till I found myself in a darkened place
that no one understands
it wasn't by decision
I didn't have a say
I guess my mind just decided
it had to be this way
#sadness
#loneliness
#heartbroken
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SELF POEM
Published
30th Apr 2020 9:50pm
30th Apr 2020 9:50pm
Hating the distance
Hey... I really need you right now-
makes me wish we didn't live so far apart
cuz maybe if we could cry together
we could mend each other's hearts...
it kinda sucks sometimes...
being so far away...
it makes it harder to communicate
or to know if you're okay
and it also makes me sad...
cuz sometimes I wish I could hug you
but when you're feeling down so far away
there's not much that I can do
but one day I know we'll see each other
not just know each other here
and I know it'll be wonderful
and we both will shed a tear...
makes me wish we didn't live so far apart
cuz maybe if we could cry together
we could mend each other's hearts...
it kinda sucks sometimes...
being so far away...
it makes it harder to communicate
or to know if you're okay
and it also makes me sad...
cuz sometimes I wish I could hug you
but when you're feeling down so far away
there's not much that I can do
but one day I know we'll see each other
not just know each other here
and I know it'll be wonderful
and we both will shed a tear...
#loneliness
#teens
#dreams
#LifeGoals
#escape
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SELF POEM
Published
30th Apr 2020 9:48pm
30th Apr 2020 9:48pm
I need...
I– I don’t know…
I just need something.
I don’t know what it is
all I know is something’s missing
like there’s a part of me that’s gone,
like there’s this empty space,
like there’s a little piece of me,
I somehow just misplaced…
I– I don’t know
I’m not sure what to do.
I know I’m missing SOMETHING
but as to what, I have no clue…
there’s just this voice inside of me
that urges me to look
to do my best to...
I just need something.
I don’t know what it is
all I know is something’s missing
like there’s a part of me that’s gone,
like there’s this empty space,
like there’s a little piece of me,
I somehow just misplaced…
I– I don’t know
I’m not sure what to do.
I know I’m missing SOMETHING
but as to what, I have no clue…
there’s just this voice inside of me
that urges me to look
to do my best to...
#loneliness
#heartbroken
#confusion
#despair
#emptiness
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SELF POEM
Published
29th Apr 2020 7:26pm
29th Apr 2020 7:26pm
mechanics of my body
thoughts
in my head, they’re racing
while in my heart
the demons are pacing
rattling my bones
now my back is aching
from the battles, I’ve fought
when there was no escaping
I pushed and pulled my way through
stitching myself up
when I ran out of glue
always without choice
never had a say
when you have no voice
how can things be okay?
in my head, they’re racing
while in my heart
the demons are pacing
rattling my bones
now my back is aching
from the battles, I’ve fought
when there was no escaping
I pushed and pulled my way through
stitching myself up
when I ran out of glue
always without choice
never had a say
when you have no voice
how can things be okay?
#sadness
#LifeStruggles
#MentalHealth
#despair
#FeelingLost
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
29th Apr 2020 7:23pm
29th Apr 2020 7:23pm
The Forgotten
Lately, the news just keeps getting worse
there's more cases reported every day
i'm starting to think that a certain word
is actually all they know how to say
They say all of these different things
about who really deserves the blame
but instead of actually doing something to stop it
they treat it like some kind of political game
Lately, I've begun to think more about this
and something has come to my mind...
everyone's so busy with people that have houses
that they forget about the ones stuck outside
Yes, the...
there's more cases reported every day
i'm starting to think that a certain word
is actually all they know how to say
They say all of these different things
about who really deserves the blame
but instead of actually doing something to stop it
they treat it like some kind of political game
Lately, I've begun to think more about this
and something has come to my mind...
everyone's so busy with people that have houses
that they forget about the ones stuck outside
Yes, the...
#anger
#LifeStruggles
#homelessness
#ignorance
#inequality
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
28th Apr 2020 5:31pm
28th Apr 2020 5:31pm
This is who I am
Listen okay?
THIS IS ME.
This is who I am
I'm laying it out for all to see
praying someone will understand...
I'm still the person I once was!!
there's just some things I've figured out
how can your heart which so trusted me
now be filled with so much doubt?
I haven't changed you know...
at least not here inside
I'm still the same friend
that for all these years
you've always stood beside
Yeah, maybe my hair looks different
maybe my body does too
but I know where it counts
I haven't changed...
THIS IS ME.
This is who I am
I'm laying it out for all to see
praying someone will understand...
I'm still the person I once was!!
there's just some things I've figured out
how can your heart which so trusted me
now be filled with so much doubt?
I haven't changed you know...
at least not here inside
I'm still the same friend
that for all these years
you've always stood beside
Yeah, maybe my hair looks different
maybe my body does too
but I know where it counts
I haven't changed...
#anger
#lesbian
#gay
#LGBT
#bisexual
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SELF POEM
Published
28th Apr 2020 5:27pm
28th Apr 2020 5:27pm
Were you there?
Oh god... were you there by her side?
my sweet and wonderful grandma...
were you there when she died?
What about my brother?
Were you there as he bled?
Was it really painful?
Is he really dead?
And what about the others?
Hailey and the little boy?
you know... the one who died?
running after a favorite toy?
And Hailey, was it scary?
did it hurt you really bad?
and when you died of cancer
were your parents really sad?
And what about my aunt
and the other relative too?
That boy who died of cancer
and I...
my sweet and wonderful grandma...
were you there when she died?
What about my brother?
Were you there as he bled?
Was it really painful?
Is he really dead?
And what about the others?
Hailey and the little boy?
you know... the one who died?
running after a favorite toy?
And Hailey, was it scary?
did it hurt you really bad?
and when you died of cancer
were your parents really sad?
And what about my aunt
and the other relative too?
That boy who died of cancer
and I...
#sadness
#grief
#Christian
#despair
#fear
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SELF POEM
Published
27th Apr 2020 11:54pm
27th Apr 2020 11:54pm
How Can I Last?
Every day...
life gets a little harder for me...
harder to breathe...
harder to think...
harder to get out of bed
and just keep going...
I feel like I'm fighting a war
within my own mind
trying to push back the dark cloud
that surrounds me all the time
whispering in my head
all these haunting little thoughts
urging me to succumb
beneath its onslaught
while my fragile heart
already so abused
gets beaten and battered
until it's black and blue
and the dragon in my life...
she only makes it worse ...
life gets a little harder for me...
harder to breathe...
harder to think...
harder to get out of bed
and just keep going...
I feel like I'm fighting a war
within my own mind
trying to push back the dark cloud
that surrounds me all the time
whispering in my head
all these haunting little thoughts
urging me to succumb
beneath its onslaught
while my fragile heart
already so abused
gets beaten and battered
until it's black and blue
and the dragon in my life...
she only makes it worse ...
#sadness
#grief
#dark
#heartbroken
#despair
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6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
27th Apr 2020 11:52pm
27th Apr 2020 11:52pm
Crying In The Shower
outside the bathroom window
the sun shines bright today
i don't really pay attention to it though
inside i have other things to deal with
like the storm inside me that needs to be let out
so i step into the shower
and turn the water on
as hot as it can go
and i sit beneath its scalding spray
letting my back turn dark red
I hardly notice the sting
over the crashing tsunami
of overwhelming pain within me
sitting with my knees up to my chest
my arms wrapped tightly around them
the water stabbing my back
like bits of...
the sun shines bright today
i don't really pay attention to it though
inside i have other things to deal with
like the storm inside me that needs to be let out
so i step into the shower
and turn the water on
as hot as it can go
and i sit beneath its scalding spray
letting my back turn dark red
I hardly notice the sting
over the crashing tsunami
of overwhelming pain within me
sitting with my knees up to my chest
my arms wrapped tightly around them
the water stabbing my back
like bits of...
#sadness
#grief
#heartbroken
#despair
#bittersweet
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SELF POEM
Published
2nd Apr 2020 2:21am
2nd Apr 2020 2:21am
NO ESCAPE
lost and desperate
trying to get out... but you
can't escape yourself
trapped inside a maze
but the maze is your mind... you
can't escape your brain
running from demons
and the demons are your thoughts...
nowhere left to run...
i guess there really is no escape....
trying to get out... but you
can't escape yourself
trapped inside a maze
but the maze is your mind... you
can't escape your brain
running from demons
and the demons are your thoughts...
nowhere left to run...
i guess there really is no escape....
#dark
#fear
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SELF POEM
Published
30th Mar 2020 00:17am
30th Mar 2020 00:17am
Silly Little Dreamer
I've always had the biggest dreams
the biggest goals
ever since i was a little kid
everyone always told me i set the bar too high
but i know i did
still they continued to tell me the same thing
silly little dreamer
they tell me
don't you know,
you're aiming much too high?
if you're not careful, they tell me
you just might find
while you've sat there and dreamt
your silly little dreams
the whole world has passed you by
and yet, while they stand there
and rebuke me
laughing all the while ...
the biggest goals
ever since i was a little kid
everyone always told me i set the bar too high
but i know i did
still they continued to tell me the same thing
silly little dreamer
they tell me
don't you know,
you're aiming much too high?
if you're not careful, they tell me
you just might find
while you've sat there and dreamt
your silly little dreams
the whole world has passed you by
and yet, while they stand there
and rebuke me
laughing all the while ...
#motivational
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