Submissions by senid
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I say that I write for myself, but I am also realizing my poems want to be shared. Only recently started to think of myself as a writer. Frequently write trying to find some resolution to all the things inside of me.
SELF POEM
Published
3rd Jun 2021 5:40pm
3rd Jun 2021 5:40pm
No more poems
No more poems
written March 22nd 2021
This is it, I am quite sure
today is the day
there are no more poems
Inspiration is gone
not even a mirage of it
left in the desert of my mind
I will forever
read other people's poems
and there will be no spark in me
No answering yes Yes YES!
What a lovely word, idea, image
that makes me want to write
In the past inspiration was often my friend
lighting up my days and nights
but now no more mine
This is it, I am quite sure
today is...
written March 22nd 2021
This is it, I am quite sure
today is the day
there are no more poems
Inspiration is gone
not even a mirage of it
left in the desert of my mind
I will forever
read other people's poems
and there will be no spark in me
No answering yes Yes YES!
What a lovely word, idea, image
that makes me want to write
In the past inspiration was often my friend
lighting up my days and nights
but now no more mine
This is it, I am quite sure
today is...
#WritersBlock
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
308 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
2nd Jun 2021 3:13pm
2nd Jun 2021 3:13pm
Time reveals
Time reveals
written May 25th, 2021
Time gradually reveals
treasures dear
lines of poetry
flows of water
buds on the tree
they feed the soul
if patience perseveres
polishing
raw painful shards
until they crack open
revealing glorious brilliance
that shines briefly
time dearest
just another day
another second
hold on
for time to reveal
her treasures.
written May 25th, 2021
Time gradually reveals
treasures dear
lines of poetry
flows of water
buds on the tree
they feed the soul
if patience perseveres
polishing
raw painful shards
until they crack open
revealing glorious brilliance
that shines briefly
time dearest
just another day
another second
hold on
for time to reveal
her treasures.
#hope
#healing
255 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
1st Jun 2021 8:26pm
1st Jun 2021 8:26pm
For you I would build
For you I would build
written May 9th, 2021
If I could build a life
if I was that kind of architect
I'd build days filled with sun
soft colors - soft light - soft surfaces
you would always have shelter
and never be cold
your nightlight
would be the steady stars in the sky
your world would be filled
with food music and books
to help you grow healthy and strong
nourished with delight
I'd be every kind of person
to hold you
to make you laugh
to inspire you with wonders ...
written May 9th, 2021
If I could build a life
if I was that kind of architect
I'd build days filled with sun
soft colors - soft light - soft surfaces
you would always have shelter
and never be cold
your nightlight
would be the steady stars in the sky
your world would be filled
with food music and books
to help you grow healthy and strong
nourished with delight
I'd be every kind of person
to hold you
to make you laugh
to inspire you with wonders ...
#home
#PTSD
362 reads
7 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
31st May 2021 3:47am
31st May 2021 3:47am
I want to go home (ptsd related poem)
I want to go home
started April 7th, 2020
I sit in a corner
a small child
and cry, saying:
I want to go home.
I have a lovely safe home
but I'm not sure
I always live here.
I want to go home.
What does 2020 or Atlanta mean?
Sometimes it feels like
they have no context.
I want to go home.
My first definition of home
was built of opposites:
comfort-pain
violate-nurture
shaping-shattering
love-hurt.
When everything
is tainted what is left?
What is the...
started April 7th, 2020
I sit in a corner
a small child
and cry, saying:
I want to go home.
I have a lovely safe home
but I'm not sure
I always live here.
I want to go home.
What does 2020 or Atlanta mean?
Sometimes it feels like
they have no context.
I want to go home.
My first definition of home
was built of opposites:
comfort-pain
violate-nurture
shaping-shattering
love-hurt.
When everything
is tainted what is left?
What is the...
#home
#PTSD
#healing
393 reads
10 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
31st May 2021 2:42am
31st May 2021 2:42am
I want to know why? (ptsd related poem)
I want to know why?
written March 31st, 2021
I want to know why
you had to do
the things you did.
I know you hated yourself
and everything about your world
and I know
you loved me.
I know there were generations
of alcoholism and abuse.
Nobody told me,
but I know.
I want to know why
I have to live like this
the chaos and fracturing inside
on these bad days.
I want to know why
there isn't any answer
no balm or salve to sooth
this rampant infection in me.
I...
written March 31st, 2021
I want to know why
you had to do
the things you did.
I know you hated yourself
and everything about your world
and I know
you loved me.
I know there were generations
of alcoholism and abuse.
Nobody told me,
but I know.
I want to know why
I have to live like this
the chaos and fracturing inside
on these bad days.
I want to know why
there isn't any answer
no balm or salve to sooth
this rampant infection in me.
I...
#PTSD
342 reads
6 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
30th May 2021 12:26pm
30th May 2021 12:26pm
Some songs have no name
Some songs have no name
written October 19th, 2020
I come back to the same theme
of pain and the past
manifesting in my present.
I have tried ignoring them.
I have tried fighting them.
I have sought therapists and seers
who teach me new ways to battle,
but what I fight and avoid
just seems to get stronger.
Forgive they say.
I WILL NOT
say it was ok
tell you to go peacefully to your death
with no stain on your conscience.
I try accepting
living with the demons and...
written October 19th, 2020
I come back to the same theme
of pain and the past
manifesting in my present.
I have tried ignoring them.
I have tried fighting them.
I have sought therapists and seers
who teach me new ways to battle,
but what I fight and avoid
just seems to get stronger.
Forgive they say.
I WILL NOT
say it was ok
tell you to go peacefully to your death
with no stain on your conscience.
I try accepting
living with the demons and...
#PTSD
#healing
343 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
29th May 2021 5:35pm
29th May 2021 5:35pm
Lamentation
Lamentation
written May 25th, 2021
I want to weep
for all those lost
I rend my garments
for those without hope
I tear at my hair
for those in pain now
I bow my head
for those who will hurt
(which is all of us)
my lamentation sings out
so they know they are not alone
my words rise up
as my tears spill down
onto the page
let my tears - this lamentation
purchase a moment of relief from the gods
for the lost, without hope
hurting and in pain
the gift...
written May 25th, 2021
I want to weep
for all those lost
I rend my garments
for those without hope
I tear at my hair
for those in pain now
I bow my head
for those who will hurt
(which is all of us)
my lamentation sings out
so they know they are not alone
my words rise up
as my tears spill down
onto the page
let my tears - this lamentation
purchase a moment of relief from the gods
for the lost, without hope
hurting and in pain
the gift...
#sadness
#grief
#redemption
306 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
29th May 2021 3:51pm
29th May 2021 3:51pm
The singing sun
the singing sun
written December 9th, 2020
the sun sings to me
of sweet shoots and stems
while darkness dictates descriptions
of decay and disintegration
i have spent lifetimes
concealed in the dark
now i want to walk
from the darkness
into the singing sun.
written December 9th, 2020
the sun sings to me
of sweet shoots and stems
while darkness dictates descriptions
of decay and disintegration
i have spent lifetimes
concealed in the dark
now i want to walk
from the darkness
into the singing sun.
#myself
#SelfReflection
326 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
26th May 2021 10:30am
26th May 2021 10:30am
Are you like me?
Can someone just hold me?
Don't fix me, don't try to change me
Can someone just know me?
Cause underneath, I'm broken and it's beautiful
—"Broken & Beautiful", Sung by Kelly Clarkson. Written by Steve Mac, John Mcdaid, Alecia B Moore, Marshmello
Are you like me?
written May 25th, 2021
I look for
reflections of myself
in the world
that aren't apologies
or clinical definitions of hurt
more than
an easy cliche in a song
but it is a start.
I listen to songs
read books and poems ...
Don't fix me, don't try to change me
Can someone just know me?
Cause underneath, I'm broken and it's beautiful
—"Broken & Beautiful", Sung by Kelly Clarkson. Written by Steve Mac, John Mcdaid, Alecia B Moore, Marshmello
Are you like me?
written May 25th, 2021
I look for
reflections of myself
in the world
that aren't apologies
or clinical definitions of hurt
more than
an easy cliche in a song
but it is a start.
I listen to songs
read books and poems ...
#identity
365 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
26th May 2021 10:27am
26th May 2021 10:27am
Written on my soul
Written on my soul
written May 17th, 2021
Some poems
are written
with pen and paper
in the light of day.
Other poems
are written on my soul
when the night is so thick
no light will pierce it.
They all come from the same place
and must be written
either easily or through hard labor
with trembling and tears
ink the color of blood
waiting for dawn
to reveal what was written
the night before.
Often I am scared to look
and fold it away
to look at another day
when I am...
written May 17th, 2021
Some poems
are written
with pen and paper
in the light of day.
Other poems
are written on my soul
when the night is so thick
no light will pierce it.
They all come from the same place
and must be written
either easily or through hard labor
with trembling and tears
ink the color of blood
waiting for dawn
to reveal what was written
the night before.
Often I am scared to look
and fold it away
to look at another day
when I am...
#night
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
387 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
23rd May 2021 7:32pm
23rd May 2021 7:32pm
My work
My work
written December 16th, 2020
When I was young
I thought I would have children
work I dutifully showed up for
and a home
maybe not with a white picket fence
but you get the idea.
The children - the home - the work
did not come.
I thought I had failed
not tried hard enough
fallen off track.
I did not realize
that life had diverted me
put me on a different path
which I am still discovering.
My children are different from yours
my home and my work
things that only I would...
written December 16th, 2020
When I was young
I thought I would have children
work I dutifully showed up for
and a home
maybe not with a white picket fence
but you get the idea.
The children - the home - the work
did not come.
I thought I had failed
not tried hard enough
fallen off track.
I did not realize
that life had diverted me
put me on a different path
which I am still discovering.
My children are different from yours
my home and my work
things that only I would...
#identity
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry #SelfReflection
#WritingPoetry #SelfReflection
334 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
23rd May 2021 7:26pm
23rd May 2021 7:26pm
For you
but you dart through the future
which is memory
your boys voice shouting out
the remainder of poems
of which I know
simply beginnings
—Carolyn Kizer, "For Sappho/After Sappho," Gift of Tongues
For you
written January 18th, 2021
My future self
I want you to have
songs in your heart
and words on your tongue.
I need to see you
darting through the future
boldly singing chanting screaming crying
words that today are unimagined and unborn.
Beginnings are anything but simple
but for...
which is memory
your boys voice shouting out
the remainder of poems
of which I know
simply beginnings
—Carolyn Kizer, "For Sappho/After Sappho," Gift of Tongues
For you
written January 18th, 2021
My future self
I want you to have
songs in your heart
and words on your tongue.
I need to see you
darting through the future
boldly singing chanting screaming crying
words that today are unimagined and unborn.
Beginnings are anything but simple
but for...
#identity
#LifeAsAWriter
#myself #SelfReflection
#myself #SelfReflection
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