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.
NP_NP
Poem Published
11th Feb 2025 6:12am
11th Feb 2025 6:12am
African Proverb
I am that African proverb,
the child that burned down
the whole village just to feel
it's warmth. Sometimes I can
still hear my brothers
childhood screams.
All I ever wanted was to protect him.
To stand tall against our torturers.
My mother's family were
and still are insisting on keeping
family secrets.
But not I, now I speak about
all the pain that afflicted my soul.
I see it so often people keeping
the family demons hidden. ...
the child that burned down
the whole village just to feel
it's warmth. Sometimes I can
still hear my brothers
childhood screams.
All I ever wanted was to protect him.
To stand tall against our torturers.
My mother's family were
and still are insisting on keeping
family secrets.
But not I, now I speak about
all the pain that afflicted my soul.
I see it so often people keeping
the family demons hidden. ...
#identity
#PersonalGrowth
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfReflection
#SelfWorth
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NP_NP
Poem Published
11th Feb 2025 5:29am
11th Feb 2025 5:29am
Old
You loved the old me,
The girl who was satisfied
with scraps, The love you called
love— How did I lose myself in your trap?
I made you my whole world,
Sacrificed pieces of me to make
you whole, But now I see,
clear and bold, I’ll never let
another take that toll.
11:11, a sign on this road,
I’m swerving through life,
free from your hold,
Not drunk, just high on this
freedom I’ve found,
No leash will chain me,
no ties will bind me down.
I once feared the drama,
The wreckage...
The girl who was satisfied
with scraps, The love you called
love— How did I lose myself in your trap?
I made you my whole world,
Sacrificed pieces of me to make
you whole, But now I see,
clear and bold, I’ll never let
another take that toll.
11:11, a sign on this road,
I’m swerving through life,
free from your hold,
Not drunk, just high on this
freedom I’ve found,
No leash will chain me,
no ties will bind me down.
I once feared the drama,
The wreckage...
#confessional
#love
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfReflection
#SelfWorth
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Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
8th Feb 2025 8:36pm
8th Feb 2025 8:36pm
You are the key
Why do you keep doing the same things over and over again, for don't you think that you have a choice to choose what you want, your own life to be in high sight of what you choose not to believe, within your own abilities to learn how to think for thyself. Why do you keep saying that you can't make it, for you still refuse to believe within thyself, and the possibility that you have the perseverance to survive, through anything that you have to face head in your own life. Why do you continue to keep repeating situations, that you know aren't what you want or need. BUT yet you still take that...
#philosophical
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfReflection
#SelfWorth
#StreamOfConsciousness
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Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
8th Feb 2025 1:00am
8th Feb 2025 1:00am
Final Thoughts
Have you ever had a moment in your own life, when you reach that point in your life where you find thyself. FEELING trapped in a place, that has been proven time after time, to not be for you. Have you ever been in a relationship, that seems in the very beginning, pretended to be apart of you for me and I for you in life. YET that was far from the truth yet beneath the surface, you find out that is from the truth. Have you ever been in a situation, that made you feel uncomfortable that, you were so afraid to even move far away. THAT the drama and chaos and confusion, made it worser and...
#confusion
#FeelingLost
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfReflection
#SelfWorth
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Jade72
Poem Published
7th Feb 2025 3:24pm
7th Feb 2025 3:24pm
Unchained
I once conformed to the beaten path,
Believing solitude was a life unfulfilled.
The weight of expectation, a burden to bear,
Each failed relationship a reflection of my worthlessness to share.
But in stillness, I discovered a truth profound,
The emptiness I felt was not solitude, but a love unreciprocated, unbound.
I toiled in relationships, pouring heart and soul,
Only to find myself alone, my spirit growing old.
Now, I shed the chains that society dictates,
Embracing my individuality, no longer hesitant.
I rediscover myself, my...
Believing solitude was a life unfulfilled.
The weight of expectation, a burden to bear,
Each failed relationship a reflection of my worthlessness to share.
But in stillness, I discovered a truth profound,
The emptiness I felt was not solitude, but a love unreciprocated, unbound.
I toiled in relationships, pouring heart and soul,
Only to find myself alone, my spirit growing old.
Now, I shed the chains that society dictates,
Embracing my individuality, no longer hesitant.
I rediscover myself, my...
#determination
#PersonalGrowth
#relationships #SelfWorth
#relationships #SelfWorth
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NP_NP
Poem Published
7th Feb 2025 00:32am
7th Feb 2025 00:32am
My Time
I want to be me again,
To dance in the street, no
shame, no end, Who cares if
anyone's watching?
This is my moment, my joy,
my trend.
I long to hike alone, Just me,
the sky, the earth, the unknown,
The fresh air whispers my name,
As I embrace the peace
I’ve never known.
So close the door, don’t try to follow,
This is my time, my heart's
hollow— Filling now with laughter,
with light, With moments that
make everything right.
I’ll visit Austin, feel the carnival glow,
Let the...
To dance in the street, no
shame, no end, Who cares if
anyone's watching?
This is my moment, my joy,
my trend.
I long to hike alone, Just me,
the sky, the earth, the unknown,
The fresh air whispers my name,
As I embrace the peace
I’ve never known.
So close the door, don’t try to follow,
This is my time, my heart's
hollow— Filling now with laughter,
with light, With moments that
make everything right.
I’ll visit Austin, feel the carnival glow,
Let the...
#LifeAsAWriter
#LifeChangingMoment
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfWorth
#WritingPoetry
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13
Poem Published
4th Feb 2025 6:11pm
4th Feb 2025 6:11pm
Why bother?
It's simpler to just stay here, stay put. nothing ever happens the way you want it to in life. there are always some elements that interfere with the intentions you've shared with the aether. you've been told many great things about how rewarding overcoming the challenges can be and such, but in the end you've been had. forced to conform to the normalcy, the inadequacy, of the circumstances unfolding before you. a stronger infusion of the tea of opportunity, forgetting that opportunity was the prize and instead becoming merely a tribute to what you truly wanted. "Expect disappointment...
#despair
#regret
#SelfWorth
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Pete_25
Poem Published
3rd Feb 2025 8:10am
3rd Feb 2025 8:10am
Adorn
Things I've heard
The eyes have seen
In sugar coated
Crystal dreams
Cipher old
High, below
From the top
In-between
Figures shape
Start to form
{My effigy cries a storm}
Adhering to 'The Golden Rules'
My mirror, I adorn
The eyes have seen
In sugar coated
Crystal dreams
Cipher old
High, below
From the top
In-between
Figures shape
Start to form
{My effigy cries a storm}
Adhering to 'The Golden Rules'
My mirror, I adorn
#emotions
#love
#SelfWorth #strength
#SelfWorth #strength
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missjem56
Poem Published
2nd Feb 2025 10:27pm
2nd Feb 2025 10:27pm
The Paper Dragon
The Paper Dragon
Sits by my windowsill
Glancing forever skywards
Cursing the curse
That turned her to paper
As her story, lies writ
Upon her paper wings
Charcoaled memories
Etched, and ingrained
Then stained, in distain
She flies into a raging fire
To die
A dragons death
by Jemia
Sits by my windowsill
Glancing forever skywards
Cursing the curse
That turned her to paper
As her story, lies writ
Upon her paper wings
Charcoaled memories
Etched, and ingrained
Then stained, in distain
She flies into a raging fire
To die
A dragons death
by Jemia
#curse
#dragons
#philosophical #SelfWorth
#philosophical #SelfWorth
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DarkPopPrincess
Poem Published
1st Feb 2025 6:37pm
1st Feb 2025 6:37pm
Underneath All This Confidence
Underneath all this confidence and all this self work and self love still sits a girl curling into herself. Scared about being kicked down more, being called stupid, being treated like I'll never be successful, being underestimated, being called "too young" for an intellectual conversation, being that girl who couldn't debate well in school, being that girl constantly overlooked and undervalued.
Shut down. It is the reason why I'm shut down, hate looking others in the eyes for fear there will be another soul who's trying to manipulate or backstab.
And...
Shut down. It is the reason why I'm shut down, hate looking others in the eyes for fear there will be another soul who's trying to manipulate or backstab.
And...
#SelfReflection
#SelfWorth
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Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
31st Jan 2025 7:48pm
31st Jan 2025 7:48pm
Go Ahead, TRY IT!
Go ahead
Nothing can kill me
No one can kill me
You can put a fucking bullet through my head and end my life
But NO ONE or NOTHING can kill me except ME!
REMEMBER THAT FOR THE NEXT TIME!
Nothing can kill me
No one can kill me
You can put a fucking bullet through my head and end my life
But NO ONE or NOTHING can kill me except ME!
REMEMBER THAT FOR THE NEXT TIME!
#identity
#PersonalGrowth
#SelfReflection #SelfWorth
#SelfReflection #SelfWorth
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KittyFromHell
Poem Published
30th Jan 2025 4:43am
30th Jan 2025 4:43am
In Between Selves
The mirror image flickers again
Like a buffering screen shorting out.
I watch ghosts of me fade away
As if I am caught in the veil
Waiting for resurrection at last.
Like a buffering screen shorting out.
I watch ghosts of me fade away
As if I am caught in the veil
Waiting for resurrection at last.
#identity
#memories
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfReflection
#SelfWorth
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