Poems about Self Worth and Self Esteem
#SelfWorth
Poems about self worth, self confidence and self esteem. Here you'll find poems about self worth and self respect, and what it means to believe in your own worth and abilities.
reflections of teenage love
I cringe at the thought
of being engaged at 18
like marriage would have
made our broken love whole
like I didn't punish you with silence
and you didn't hurt me
with your wandering hands
I thought I could force forever
into an eternal rose
gifted to your heart
I thought if I could learn
to love you better
you wouldn't find solace
in other lips and fingertips
I didn't know then
that I wasn't at fault
for they way your broke
every hollow promise
to love me and me alone
...
of being engaged at 18
like marriage would have
made our broken love whole
like I didn't punish you with silence
and you didn't hurt me
with your wandering hands
I thought I could force forever
into an eternal rose
gifted to your heart
I thought if I could learn
to love you better
you wouldn't find solace
in other lips and fingertips
I didn't know then
that I wasn't at fault
for they way your broke
every hollow promise
to love me and me alone
...
#love
#betrayal
#SelfReflection #SelfWorth
#SelfReflection #SelfWorth
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Obstinate Patterns
Beware, his eyes
Dissociated, I can’t resist
Oh… the deep, spellbinding indigo
Those waters run deep, like my own scars that outline abused veins
No tears, only oceans
He summons waves that drag my ankles into another world
His world, familiar
I know the place as if it were my own
What a life to live
In shadowed swells
It’s not that I can’t tread water
There’s treasure in the trenches
I could never dive there again
So I wait on a sandy shore of uncertainty
I could dance with fate elsewhere
But destiny...
Dissociated, I can’t resist
Oh… the deep, spellbinding indigo
Those waters run deep, like my own scars that outline abused veins
No tears, only oceans
He summons waves that drag my ankles into another world
His world, familiar
I know the place as if it were my own
What a life to live
In shadowed swells
It’s not that I can’t tread water
There’s treasure in the trenches
I could never dive there again
So I wait on a sandy shore of uncertainty
I could dance with fate elsewhere
But destiny...
#love
#relationships
#abuse
#SelfWorth
#NaPoWriMo2024
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Becoming Homeless
love died that night
working late
16 walking home at two
seriously didn't have a clue
that no one gave a fuck
slept in some bushes
freezing
curled up
just a cat nap
then kept moving
got home after four
mom had gone out you see
fucking a beau
"I didn't realize you had no way home"
a fucking lie to hide the guilt
I was on my own
the night love cried
after that it didn't much matter
where I lived or died
working late
16 walking home at two
seriously didn't have a clue
that no one gave a fuck
slept in some bushes
freezing
curled up
just a cat nap
then kept moving
got home after four
mom had gone out you see
fucking a beau
"I didn't realize you had no way home"
a fucking lie to hide the guilt
I was on my own
the night love cried
after that it didn't much matter
where I lived or died
#identity
#SelfReflection
#emptiness
#apathy
#SelfWorth
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The Tongue Tip
When you told me
that you'd been feeling low
I took it upon myself,
one article at a time
to place my mouth upon
what you didn't like about yourself
and that mood certainly shifted
dragging it out
nice and slow
and so quickly
you forgot.
that you'd been feeling low
I took it upon myself,
one article at a time
to place my mouth upon
what you didn't like about yourself
and that mood certainly shifted
dragging it out
nice and slow
and so quickly
you forgot.
#healing
#SelfWorth
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Take Care of Yourself First
The days feel like they are shorter
and we seem to be even busier
Constantly running from place to place
Moving from one task to another
without having time to pause
And before we know it
another day goes away
This ceaseless cycle can easily lead into a burnout
Spinning out of control and into a precipice
And once at the bottom
Only then do we reflect
Asking “how did I get here?”
We should look inward now
And start taking care of ourselves first
Body and mind
And this will...
and we seem to be even busier
Constantly running from place to place
Moving from one task to another
without having time to pause
And before we know it
another day goes away
This ceaseless cycle can easily lead into a burnout
Spinning out of control and into a precipice
And once at the bottom
Only then do we reflect
Asking “how did I get here?”
We should look inward now
And start taking care of ourselves first
Body and mind
And this will...
#identity
#SelfReflection
#SelfWorth #NaPoWriMo2024
#SelfWorth #NaPoWriMo2024
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My Heart Is A Bonfire
I voyage onward
Somewhere between the wreckage and the destination
Trying to decipher it all in the analytics of a fractured observation
Overshadowed by the light of days coinciding
The thunder of these moments, memories fighting
Trying to find my spotlight in the sun
Get me over my self
When the heart beat is heavy for ego driven reflections
In these broken record serenades of acceptance cravings for the damages of rejections
My thoughts betray me to heartache
Overdosing on overrated highs
There’s blood on my hands...
Somewhere between the wreckage and the destination
Trying to decipher it all in the analytics of a fractured observation
Overshadowed by the light of days coinciding
The thunder of these moments, memories fighting
Trying to find my spotlight in the sun
Get me over my self
When the heart beat is heavy for ego driven reflections
In these broken record serenades of acceptance cravings for the damages of rejections
My thoughts betray me to heartache
Overdosing on overrated highs
There’s blood on my hands...
#identity
#confessional
#SelfReflection
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfWorth
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The mouth, a violent thing
The mouth, Osho claims to be a violent thing,
Keeping busy- the moving, talking, chewing
And yes, I do know what you are saying
Yet I wanted to ask if you heard the humming
Much farther down beneath all words,
A motor awake, and unmoving
An example of something
Not quite quiet but benevolent
Unlike waves cascading,
Or water falling upon soft forest floor,
Remaining still beyond the always doing
Endless smashing, chewing...
Distractingly sorting unsorted meanings
Behind the make believe meaning. ...
Keeping busy- the moving, talking, chewing
And yes, I do know what you are saying
Yet I wanted to ask if you heard the humming
Much farther down beneath all words,
A motor awake, and unmoving
An example of something
Not quite quiet but benevolent
Unlike waves cascading,
Or water falling upon soft forest floor,
Remaining still beyond the always doing
Endless smashing, chewing...
Distractingly sorting unsorted meanings
Behind the make believe meaning. ...
#love
#loneliness
#spiritual #SelfWorth
#spiritual #SelfWorth
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Silky Shield
strong and tall the barrier stand
as soft as love resilient as steel
guards my heart from falls and spills
a wire around to hold all still
holding away from fear and pain
shields held up against all sorrow
no heartaches or cuts to attend
protected from any forms of disdain
Within this fortress I reside
smiling with love from the other side
to live and yearn is better yet
than to hurt when love's unreturned
left behind in love and joy
forever wrapped in self care
to never let emotions destroy ...
as soft as love resilient as steel
guards my heart from falls and spills
a wire around to hold all still
holding away from fear and pain
shields held up against all sorrow
no heartaches or cuts to attend
protected from any forms of disdain
Within this fortress I reside
smiling with love from the other side
to live and yearn is better yet
than to hurt when love's unreturned
left behind in love and joy
forever wrapped in self care
to never let emotions destroy ...
#WritingPoetry
#SelfWorth
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belief
9 of 30
when I was at my lowest point
he asked me what I believe in
I said I didn't really know anymore & he snorted
no wonder you're such a fucking mess
you have to believe in something
do more than just exist
point taken...and yet...
since that conversation
I've done a lot of thinking on the matter
gone over in mind what feels right
as an emotional creature...I follow my instincts
I now have a partial answer...
it will expand over time...you understand...
when I was at my lowest point
he asked me what I believe in
I said I didn't really know anymore & he snorted
no wonder you're such a fucking mess
you have to believe in something
do more than just exist
point taken...and yet...
since that conversation
I've done a lot of thinking on the matter
gone over in mind what feels right
as an emotional creature...I follow my instincts
I now have a partial answer...
it will expand over time...you understand...
#SelfReflection
#SelfWorth
#NaPoWriMo2024
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Get Out Of My Way
Chances for success,
not gone.
Peace of mind, still achievable.
True love, still waiting in the wings.
What prevents these
heartfelt fantasies
from becoming
tangible realities?
Under whose thumb
am I opressed?
Someone who, ostensibly
knows me best.
One who constantly
pierces me
with arrows of insecurity.
Convinces me
that no one could
ever truly love me
with my life
in such a mess.
Tells me when
I see my reflection
that mirrors don't lie.
You'll never be
fit, or...
not gone.
Peace of mind, still achievable.
True love, still waiting in the wings.
What prevents these
heartfelt fantasies
from becoming
tangible realities?
Under whose thumb
am I opressed?
Someone who, ostensibly
knows me best.
One who constantly
pierces me
with arrows of insecurity.
Convinces me
that no one could
ever truly love me
with my life
in such a mess.
Tells me when
I see my reflection
that mirrors don't lie.
You'll never be
fit, or...
#confessional
#SelfReflection
#SelfDiscovery #SelfWorth
#SelfDiscovery #SelfWorth
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Back Drop Of Life
We all have a history
The back drop of
Our own life
Giving it substance
For better or worse
It is ours
And ours alone
We cannot change
The way it was
But it's in our power
To paint a new chapter
Richer with the cascading
Words that fill our minds
The back drop of
Our own life
Giving it substance
For better or worse
It is ours
And ours alone
We cannot change
The way it was
But it's in our power
To paint a new chapter
Richer with the cascading
Words that fill our minds
#kindness
#inspirational
#SelfWorth
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Dramatis Personae
Raised on movies and TV
Taught to type cast.
memorizing mannerisms,
tonality of speech, general bearing
of numberless character actors,
and stars in
the celluloid firmament
Knowing beforehand
who will be cast
as a kind or mean
mom or dad.
Who will play the role
of the corrupt or honest
cop or politician.
who is evil as Hitler,
good as Mr. Rogers
in his mythical neighborhood.
who done it, who didn't
~spoiler alert~
In the ubiquitous,
oh so enjoyable,
murder mystery,
the famous...
Taught to type cast.
memorizing mannerisms,
tonality of speech, general bearing
of numberless character actors,
and stars in
the celluloid firmament
Knowing beforehand
who will be cast
as a kind or mean
mom or dad.
Who will play the role
of the corrupt or honest
cop or politician.
who is evil as Hitler,
good as Mr. Rogers
in his mythical neighborhood.
who done it, who didn't
~spoiler alert~
In the ubiquitous,
oh so enjoyable,
murder mystery,
the famous...
#identity
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfWorth
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