Popular Poems About Identity

I see my ego, bold and wild,
getting involved with the world, deceived.
He boasts and brags,
feeds on praise, under the spotlight,
longs and remains.

With each triumph, his stature grows.
A cycle that flows infinitely.
Yet in the mirror I realize,
the fragile core that cannot deceive.

Into the mouth of war
Break through the walls of shadow
From the fires we will rise
Silence the ones who hide

We are the faithless! We are those who stay, nameless!

Into the gates of blackness
Now the pain is rising
Tortured, hallowed in hate!
We stand alone
Into the graves of eternity
This world fills with hate
Slowly we make our ways
The time has begun
Consumed by greed and anger
Now the time is near
Callused are the minds of the world
We hide ourselves
Consumed by fear and secrets
The...

I think in my last lifetime I was somewhere soft
Somewhere that normalized peace
This life felt cold as soon as I entered the womb
This soul aches for a home that cannot exist in this reality
Not by lack of resources, but by lack of kindness
Although it has been colorful and full of excruciating pain and wonder
It has been lonely no matter how tightly I’m held
This life has broke me and built me back up again
But I feel my soul is soft and yearns for rest
Since a child, I’ve always had naps
But if I had peaceful past lives
My...

Hello,
You are called by someone else’s name
But, still, you recognize your own reflection in the distance
You know that you are there, somewhere, and you are worth
Galaxies of stardust, troves of pink gemstones that pulse
As fast as your little heart
The shadows take the shape of mouths at night and
You are so brave, you find ways to shield yourself from them
using no magic
You are so brave, you taught us how to be our own
Nightlight in abject darkness
You are my Joan of Arc, you are not afraid
You are born to do this
With no...