Poetry About Courage
#courage
Poems about bravery and courage. Here you'll find poetry describing feelings and acts of courage, including the strength to tackle painful experiences. Also, poems about facing up to challenging situations, fears and phobias.
Ewayne
Poem Published
26th Feb 2025 8:08pm
26th Feb 2025 8:08pm
The Girl Who Ran
Small hands, big eyes,
A little Black girl in a world too heavy for her bones.
A world that didn’t feel like hers,
A body that didn’t feel like home.
She moved through life like a shadow,
Silent, unseen,
Scared of the darkness that crept into her room at night,
That smelled like liquor and sweat and evil.
She had no words for what happened to her,
No voice to scream,
Only silence,
Only the sound of her breath disappearing into nothing.
Her mother was always working,
Always gone,
And when she was home,
Her hands were...
A little Black girl in a world too heavy for her bones.
A world that didn’t feel like hers,
A body that didn’t feel like home.
She moved through life like a shadow,
Silent, unseen,
Scared of the darkness that crept into her room at night,
That smelled like liquor and sweat and evil.
She had no words for what happened to her,
No voice to scream,
Only silence,
Only the sound of her breath disappearing into nothing.
Her mother was always working,
Always gone,
And when she was home,
Her hands were...
#abuse
#courage
#fear
#freedom
#spiritual
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4 Comments
Ewayne
Poem Published
25th Feb 2025 6:43pm
25th Feb 2025 6:43pm
She Rose in Power
I swear I died one day.
Not in a grave, not in the flesh,
But something in me left.
Like my spirit packed its bags and said,
"I can't live here no more."
Three years before the world shut down,
I was already a ghost in my own life,
Trapped in a body that ain’t feel like mine.
Seventeen years deep with love that outgrew me.
Since 11th grade, I called it home—
But home ain’t supposed to suffocate you.
One morning, I woke up,
And the love that held me together?
It felt like chains.
So I let it go. Had to.
And...
Not in a grave, not in the flesh,
But something in me left.
Like my spirit packed its bags and said,
"I can't live here no more."
Three years before the world shut down,
I was already a ghost in my own life,
Trapped in a body that ain’t feel like mine.
Seventeen years deep with love that outgrew me.
Since 11th grade, I called it home—
But home ain’t supposed to suffocate you.
One morning, I woke up,
And the love that held me together?
It felt like chains.
So I let it go. Had to.
And...
#courage
#faith
#inspirational
#spiritual
#strength
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Ewayne
Poem Published
25th Feb 2025 6:10pm
25th Feb 2025 6:10pm
She Was Never Alone
She was seven.
A little Black girl in a world too heavy for her small frame,
Too sharp for her soft hands,
Too cruel for a heart that only wanted love.
She didn’t belong...at least, that’s what it felt like.
Floating through her own life, a ghost in her own skin,
Scared. Lost. Disconnected.
The nights swallowed her whole,
Darkness pressed against her like an unwanted touch.
The world wasn’t safe.
The monsters weren’t just under the bed.
They had keys to the front door.
Spoke in whispers when Mama wasn’t home.
Mama was always...
A little Black girl in a world too heavy for her small frame,
Too sharp for her soft hands,
Too cruel for a heart that only wanted love.
She didn’t belong...at least, that’s what it felt like.
Floating through her own life, a ghost in her own skin,
Scared. Lost. Disconnected.
The nights swallowed her whole,
Darkness pressed against her like an unwanted touch.
The world wasn’t safe.
The monsters weren’t just under the bed.
They had keys to the front door.
Spoke in whispers when Mama wasn’t home.
Mama was always...
#courage
#emotions
#hope
#strength
#TimeHeals
143 reads
7 Comments
oskar
Poem Published
23rd Feb 2025 10:59am
23rd Feb 2025 10:59am
stage fright
Stage Fright
This has been a long Sunday it started off with two toasts with cheese and the glucose rose to stratospheric, insulin is needed where the heck
Is the bloody needle, mlg if you please followed by a thundering heart and unwanted anxiety, I have tried to overcome for over 60 years
In my younger days, I tried to overcome my nerves by drinking whisky as a calmer which made me annoyed with anxiety-riddled myself
My wish was and still is to be a brave person, who is able to express himself with confidence But, no deal baby, I ended up alone in a room
It is not...
This has been a long Sunday it started off with two toasts with cheese and the glucose rose to stratospheric, insulin is needed where the heck
Is the bloody needle, mlg if you please followed by a thundering heart and unwanted anxiety, I have tried to overcome for over 60 years
In my younger days, I tried to overcome my nerves by drinking whisky as a calmer which made me annoyed with anxiety-riddled myself
My wish was and still is to be a brave person, who is able to express himself with confidence But, no deal baby, I ended up alone in a room
It is not...
#admiration
#courage
#gratitude
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brokenheart201725
Poem Published
22nd Feb 2025 10:01pm
22nd Feb 2025 10:01pm
Hope
"When darkness fills your sky and
swallows all your hope,
I'll be your beacon in the night,
burning bright, so you'll never be alone.
Let me guide you to a place of safety,
beyond all your worries and
the darkness that threatens
to consume your hope.
I'll be your shelter, your sanctuary,
keeping you away from harm,
until your hope shines bright again. And
together, we'll build new hope,
in the light of a brighter day,
a hope so strong that even
the darkest of darkness cannot take away."
swallows all your hope,
I'll be your beacon in the night,
burning bright, so you'll never be alone.
Let me guide you to a place of safety,
beyond all your worries and
the darkness that threatens
to consume your hope.
I'll be your shelter, your sanctuary,
keeping you away from harm,
until your hope shines bright again. And
together, we'll build new hope,
in the light of a brighter day,
a hope so strong that even
the darkest of darkness cannot take away."
#courage
#happiness
#hope
#love
#strength
89 reads
2 Comments
oskar
Poem Published
21st Feb 2025 10:43am
21st Feb 2025 10:43am
the white wall
The white wall
To begin a new cycle is hard not much happens around here, the street is the same as yesterday Rui, the English, is still working the till at the local supermarket, smiles, speaks upper-class English, And carries a secret, I would like to know about
I think he is from a wealthy family, but a scandal broke out, he made the housemaid pregnant, and in his circle, it was seen as the apogee of horror, or he was involved in financial fraud and had to leave, hide, and change his name to Rui
At lunch, in the café on the first floor of our building, the old couple...
To begin a new cycle is hard not much happens around here, the street is the same as yesterday Rui, the English, is still working the till at the local supermarket, smiles, speaks upper-class English, And carries a secret, I would like to know about
I think he is from a wealthy family, but a scandal broke out, he made the housemaid pregnant, and in his circle, it was seen as the apogee of horror, or he was involved in financial fraud and had to leave, hide, and change his name to Rui
At lunch, in the café on the first floor of our building, the old couple...
#admiration
#courage
#kindness #love
#kindness #love
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Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
19th Feb 2025 00:08am
19th Feb 2025 00:08am
Get back to what's important
Let's get back to love honor and respect that is what's important, to clean up the mess of the truth of the nonsense and negativity.
THAT almost destroyed us mentally and emotionally and physically and spiritually. For it's necessary to truly understand, that we have the ability and power to eliminate, the deepness of the hurt and pain. THAT has been inflicted upon our soul, and tapping into our own mind. THOUGHTS but yet you still have to believe in your faith which can't no one take that away from you. For sure what is more important to you than putting love back in your life and world...
THAT almost destroyed us mentally and emotionally and physically and spiritually. For it's necessary to truly understand, that we have the ability and power to eliminate, the deepness of the hurt and pain. THAT has been inflicted upon our soul, and tapping into our own mind. THOUGHTS but yet you still have to believe in your faith which can't no one take that away from you. For sure what is more important to you than putting love back in your life and world...
#courage
#kindness
#love
#respect
#strength
95 reads
6 Comments
TheOralizer
Poem Published
18th Feb 2025 3:16pm
18th Feb 2025 3:16pm
THE JOY OF BEING ECLECTIC
#courage
#gratitude
#happiness
#inspirational
#motivational
156 reads
9 Comments
summultima
uma
uma
Poem Published
17th Feb 2025 6:30pm
17th Feb 2025 6:30pm
~my gallant spelunker
You had seen death &... felt it
all through its mysteries & pain..
challenged it like an Avatar..
& had come back .. here again..
kicking alive.. it’s a miraculous
divinity.. You are nothing but
God.. “
the flying sparks of this fiery
towering bonfire… of this a messy
rainy day over this steepy hill slope
of a difficult terrain… you are carried
here by your loving souls’ in their
palanquin of united hands.. you
wrapped up in...
all through its mysteries & pain..
challenged it like an Avatar..
& had come back .. here again..
kicking alive.. it’s a miraculous
divinity.. You are nothing but
God.. “
the flying sparks of this fiery
towering bonfire… of this a messy
rainy day over this steepy hill slope
of a difficult terrain… you are carried
here by your loving souls’ in their
palanquin of united hands.. you
wrapped up in...
#courage
#healing
#love #spiritual
#love #spiritual
90 reads
6 Comments
Hashman
Poem Published
17th Feb 2025 11:38am
17th Feb 2025 11:38am
together...
i'm learning to fly
day by day
into the night
don't know how
but i know i will
one day
heehaw
up and down
hard life
soft times
learning to fly
day by day
look and see
touch and smell
feel it all
all in front
leave it behind
no looking back
come with me
be my wings
day by day
into the night
don't know how
but i know i will
one day
heehaw
up and down
hard life
soft times
learning to fly
day by day
look and see
touch and smell
feel it all
all in front
leave it behind
no looking back
come with me
be my wings
#courage
#love
#strength
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TheOralizer
Poem Published
16th Feb 2025 7:46pm
16th Feb 2025 7:46pm
YES, I HAVE A MOTIVE
#admiration
#courage
#emotions
#inspirational
#respect
172 reads
10 Comments
xthan
Poem Published
16th Feb 2025 12:04pm
16th Feb 2025 12:04pm
My secret weapon is a teaspoon
today demanded
I take myself apart,
scrub out my insides
then polish them
let everything shine
all the way through.
I wasn't about
polished matter
while sleeping
on floorboards
in broken down
factories turned
into squats,
occupying worn
out sofas left in
crowded council
flat drug dosses.
I can shave carrot
skins down with
an edge of a
teaspoon
because my hands
could not behave
themselves around
anything resembling
sharp...
I take myself apart,
scrub out my insides
then polish them
let everything shine
all the way through.
I wasn't about
polished matter
while sleeping
on floorboards
in broken down
factories turned
into squats,
occupying worn
out sofas left in
crowded council
flat drug dosses.
I can shave carrot
skins down with
an edge of a
teaspoon
because my hands
could not behave
themselves around
anything resembling
sharp...
#LifeCycle
#courage
#hope
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