Confessional Poems
#confessional
Confessional poetry gets inside the head of the author, exploring their repressed anguish or deepest emotions. Revealing and personal poems, which often describe parts of the author's life which are not usually in the public domain. Confessional poetry is a style of writing which emerged in the 1950s and 1960s.
MalcolmG
Poem Published
18th Mar 2025 12:58pm
18th Mar 2025 12:58pm
Who am i
I wear the masks they whisper about,
Words spoken in the hush of broken corridors,
Light bringers or public enemy number one,
black for the night, white for the oath,
red when the wires scream.
I walk unseen through the veins of the world,
The shape shifter that walks amongst the wolves and sheep,
a pulse, a fracture, a glitch in the circuit.
I am the ghost that never stays dead,
Messiah that rises time and time again,
They call me a keyboard cowboy,
I know the dark because I had to.
You don’t track a predator by standing...
Words spoken in the hush of broken corridors,
Light bringers or public enemy number one,
black for the night, white for the oath,
red when the wires scream.
I walk unseen through the veins of the world,
The shape shifter that walks amongst the wolves and sheep,
a pulse, a fracture, a glitch in the circuit.
I am the ghost that never stays dead,
Messiah that rises time and time again,
They call me a keyboard cowboy,
I know the dark because I had to.
You don’t track a predator by standing...
#confessional
61 reads
2 Comments
WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
17th Mar 2025 5:27pm
17th Mar 2025 5:27pm
I got baggage...
don't even pretend you don't
I'm not buying it
so don't try to go there
you know you do
it's not even a question
but this is...
how compatible is it with mine
is your dominant strong enough
...to counter my submissive
your structure firm enough
...to withstand my chaos
are you bold enough
...to encourage my timidity
is your patience up to the task
...of calming my uncertainty
do our interests coincide
we're not meant to be duplicates
but can we share
& enjoy each other's minds ...
I'm not buying it
so don't try to go there
you know you do
it's not even a question
but this is...
how compatible is it with mine
is your dominant strong enough
...to counter my submissive
your structure firm enough
...to withstand my chaos
are you bold enough
...to encourage my timidity
is your patience up to the task
...of calming my uncertainty
do our interests coincide
we're not meant to be duplicates
but can we share
& enjoy each other's minds ...
#confessional
#relationships
170 reads
22 Comments
WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
16th Mar 2025 3:34pm
16th Mar 2025 3:34pm
if you look hard enough...
you spend your whole life with someone
think you know them
but what percentage of your belief is real
& how much...illusion
created perhaps...
by the damage unintentionally inflicted
& it's the only remaining thing still coloring your view
all because...they hurt you
& now it's all you're willing to remember
it was a hard lesson...for sure
seeing from her side of reality
that kinda vision is painful
coming to terms with my own bias
my own fallible humanity
my mother was buttoned down so tight ...
think you know them
but what percentage of your belief is real
& how much...illusion
created perhaps...
by the damage unintentionally inflicted
& it's the only remaining thing still coloring your view
all because...they hurt you
& now it's all you're willing to remember
it was a hard lesson...for sure
seeing from her side of reality
that kinda vision is painful
coming to terms with my own bias
my own fallible humanity
my mother was buttoned down so tight ...
#confessional
#healing
#learning #mother
#learning #mother
163 reads
16 Comments
Mercurial
Poem Published
16th Mar 2025 7:12am
16th Mar 2025 7:12am
Confessions of a Dying Reality
This fear I hold onto so dear,
Blocks my eyes I can't see the road clear,
I feel it but I know it ain't mine,
Generations of conviction made it shine.
Struggling to create my own domain,
Travelling into the unknown,
Receiving codes hard to decipher,
I'm piercing my heart with a sharp knife.
These dreams make me question my identity,
I feel like a demon among men,
I feel like an angel in my own den,
I've realized i do not exist.
What i perceive is illusory,
With judgements that...
Blocks my eyes I can't see the road clear,
I feel it but I know it ain't mine,
Generations of conviction made it shine.
Struggling to create my own domain,
Travelling into the unknown,
Receiving codes hard to decipher,
I'm piercing my heart with a sharp knife.
These dreams make me question my identity,
I feel like a demon among men,
I feel like an angel in my own den,
I've realized i do not exist.
What i perceive is illusory,
With judgements that...
#acceptance
#confessional
#healing
#learning
#MovingOn
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WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
15th Mar 2025 3:34pm
15th Mar 2025 3:34pm
mirror of hidden reflections
hardest lesson I've had to learn
is the distance between a mistake
& growth
is owning it
most especially to one's self
even with nothing obvious to be gained
there are things far more important
than pride
& being right
because sometimes right is subjective
& the cost beyond reckoning
leaving chasms in the spirit
where honesty once resided
I don't fear being wrong
it's a frequent occurrence
but causing another harm...
it terrifies me
so I'm always watching
honing my inward eye ...
is the distance between a mistake
& growth
is owning it
most especially to one's self
even with nothing obvious to be gained
there are things far more important
than pride
& being right
because sometimes right is subjective
& the cost beyond reckoning
leaving chasms in the spirit
where honesty once resided
I don't fear being wrong
it's a frequent occurrence
but causing another harm...
it terrifies me
so I'm always watching
honing my inward eye ...
#confessional
#ImSorry
#learning
116 reads
12 Comments
WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
13th Mar 2025 10:37am
13th Mar 2025 10:37am
Home
the walls
cradling my screams
as revelations ripped through me
teaching me...
to be stronger...if not better
amplifying laughter
that I might better hear it
through the anguish of haunting memory
a silent reminder...
there will be light
all the brighter
...having survived the night
the pillow
where I whispered of love
{& lust}
in equal measure
saturated
with the sweat of passion's endeavors
stained
by the tears of hopes that walked away
leaving me desolate
clutched to my...
cradling my screams
as revelations ripped through me
teaching me...
to be stronger...if not better
amplifying laughter
that I might better hear it
through the anguish of haunting memory
a silent reminder...
there will be light
all the brighter
...having survived the night
the pillow
where I whispered of love
{& lust}
in equal measure
saturated
with the sweat of passion's endeavors
stained
by the tears of hopes that walked away
leaving me desolate
clutched to my...
#confessional
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
#gratitude
202 reads
13 Comments
Green_Arrow
Poem Published
13th Mar 2025 10:33am
13th Mar 2025 10:33am
You're Really What?!
#confessional
#fiction
#ignorance
#lies
#lover
139 reads
0 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
13th Mar 2025 6:05am
13th Mar 2025 6:05am
Asking for Forgiveness
In a fit of rage and lust
I sped away without looking in the rearview mirror
I left everything to chance amidst the dust
Until it settled down and I was able to see clearer
I was an angry young man
Not paying attention to the curves on the road
Through red lights flashing skidding and crashing
I went over the edge watching the vessel explode
Then came a physical pain
Something that I thought of as karma or punishment
Making me reflect in the way I had been and behaved
Like some mystical lesson for whatever that ..ish meant ...
I sped away without looking in the rearview mirror
I left everything to chance amidst the dust
Until it settled down and I was able to see clearer
I was an angry young man
Not paying attention to the curves on the road
Through red lights flashing skidding and crashing
I went over the edge watching the vessel explode
Then came a physical pain
Something that I thought of as karma or punishment
Making me reflect in the way I had been and behaved
Like some mystical lesson for whatever that ..ish meant ...
#confessional
#forgiveness
#myself
#redemption
#SelfReflection
148 reads
6 Comments
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
10th Mar 2025 8:53am
10th Mar 2025 8:53am
Tapestry of Time...
I love to weave this tapestry of time
weaving it tightly rhyme after rhyme
using only words so ever pure
leaving all doubt to be forever sure
Briefest of seconds to eternal hours
this perfect blending like sun showers
provide the very fabric I need
dyed by this very ink that I bleed
Pulled in until they are then tight
conceived within the darkest night
in order that I may then reveal
these deep dark secrets I conceal
For these deeds that I have done
laying in shadows for the warm sun
keeping their safe...
weaving it tightly rhyme after rhyme
using only words so ever pure
leaving all doubt to be forever sure
Briefest of seconds to eternal hours
this perfect blending like sun showers
provide the very fabric I need
dyed by this very ink that I bleed
Pulled in until they are then tight
conceived within the darkest night
in order that I may then reveal
these deep dark secrets I conceal
For these deeds that I have done
laying in shadows for the warm sun
keeping their safe...
#confessional
22 reads
4 Comments
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
9th Mar 2025 5:45pm
9th Mar 2025 5:45pm
A March Rain
Funny how I still feel the pain
from this cold March rain
how all these chilled tears
have been distilled through the years
Sitting here on the cusp of spring
I once more feel this sting
the loneliness of the season
from love and all of its treason
For I am so sad to say
how I have given myself away
was someone else's clay
meant for amusement and play
Never really standing up for me
always afraid of being truly free
afraid of the consequences
of jump down from these fences
Wallowing in this...
from this cold March rain
how all these chilled tears
have been distilled through the years
Sitting here on the cusp of spring
I once more feel this sting
the loneliness of the season
from love and all of its treason
For I am so sad to say
how I have given myself away
was someone else's clay
meant for amusement and play
Never really standing up for me
always afraid of being truly free
afraid of the consequences
of jump down from these fences
Wallowing in this...
#confessional
9 reads
2 Comments
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
9th Mar 2025 12:59pm
9th Mar 2025 12:59pm
Around the Edges...
It is where I love to stay
where I love to always play
here at the edge of the page
crafting lines fine and sage
Taking my sweet old time
within the realm of pure rhyme
letting the words just flow
call forth all that I still know
For the parchment will not lie
no matter how hard I true
this truth must have its say
in darkest night or brightest day
Within words that I are complete
these verses again do repeat
echo deep for all to hear
for this most intrepid seer
One who now understands ...
where I love to always play
here at the edge of the page
crafting lines fine and sage
Taking my sweet old time
within the realm of pure rhyme
letting the words just flow
call forth all that I still know
For the parchment will not lie
no matter how hard I true
this truth must have its say
in darkest night or brightest day
Within words that I are complete
these verses again do repeat
echo deep for all to hear
for this most intrepid seer
One who now understands ...
#confessional
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4 Comments
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
8th Mar 2025 11:20pm
8th Mar 2025 11:20pm
Span the World
I live to set out on the open sea
set a course for the true me
not this one I do show…
the one only I do truly know
Crossing every single ocean
in this life of perpetual motion
never sure what all I will find
sailing into each maelstrom blind
Yet still knowing in my heart
how these waves will then part
when I am again near
to where these charts are clear
As this voyage does commence
no longer stuck in future tense
as I consult with the stars
with my Mercury in Mars
A true mariner until the...
set a course for the true me
not this one I do show…
the one only I do truly know
Crossing every single ocean
in this life of perpetual motion
never sure what all I will find
sailing into each maelstrom blind
Yet still knowing in my heart
how these waves will then part
when I am again near
to where these charts are clear
As this voyage does commence
no longer stuck in future tense
as I consult with the stars
with my Mercury in Mars
A true mariner until the...
#confessional
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