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Personal poetry about the way you feel about yourself
This area is for personal poetry: poems about yourself and your feelings about who you are. Poems here focus on identity, ego, self confidence, insecurities and personality. For readers it's a chance to get to know the poet better and for writers it's an opportunity to analyse themselves by poetic means. The self poems category encourages the poet to lay themselves bare for all to read about, it can be both a frightening and empowering experience.
drone
Poem Published
Today 12:36pm
Today 12:36pm
Crying Out
Ive got a tired
weary mind
a feeling
of being hollow
inside
Ive got the usual
on my
face book posts
with tacked on group hug
likes
that make me sigh
when i
try to smile
Ive got the newest
trending clothes
Ive got the boardwalk
t.v pose
with a body
that would make
an anorexic
cry
Ive got the standard
plastic smile
and ive got a strong urge
to cry
but ive got no one to cry to
Ive got a lot of face book
friends
where verbal...
weary mind
a feeling
of being hollow
inside
Ive got the usual
on my
face book posts
with tacked on group hug
likes
that make me sigh
when i
try to smile
Ive got the newest
trending clothes
Ive got the boardwalk
t.v pose
with a body
that would make
an anorexic
cry
Ive got the standard
plastic smile
and ive got a strong urge
to cry
but ive got no one to cry to
Ive got a lot of face book
friends
where verbal...
#identity
#LifeStruggles
#honesty
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da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
Today 8:09am
Today 8:09am
Dimmers
It's said that pain is just weakness leaving the body
Based off that sentiment, I should feel rather godly
I can hardly remember the times of stress free days
When I had more time to chill & more time to play
Can't say that my way has been all fire & brimstone
But been through enough hell to call it a 2nd home
Things remain in my dome although I try to forget
Use to try to forgive but, after years, f*ck that sh!t
I pick and choose which battles are worth the fight
Residual effects of prior ones wake me up at night ...
Based off that sentiment, I should feel rather godly
I can hardly remember the times of stress free days
When I had more time to chill & more time to play
Can't say that my way has been all fire & brimstone
But been through enough hell to call it a 2nd home
Things remain in my dome although I try to forget
Use to try to forgive but, after years, f*ck that sh!t
I pick and choose which battles are worth the fight
Residual effects of prior ones wake me up at night ...
#dreams
#LifeStruggles
#hell
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Fetchitnow
Poem Published
Today 7:23am
Today 7:23am
My Blues Are A Lifting
Started noticing it, without much sleep, the entire night
Then would reappear, at the crack of daylight
Fuzzy feelings, fainting and wheezing
Falling asleep at the wheel
Losing ones appetite for a meal
Hot sweats one moment, then went to freezing
My blues are a lifting
‘Cause the way I now feel
They are a shifting
Still take my blue pill
It makes me fit into society
Mind you, not entirely over this anxiety.
Came across the blues
Very early on, in my life
Didn’t know the answer
It came with no clues ...
Then would reappear, at the crack of daylight
Fuzzy feelings, fainting and wheezing
Falling asleep at the wheel
Losing ones appetite for a meal
Hot sweats one moment, then went to freezing
My blues are a lifting
‘Cause the way I now feel
They are a shifting
Still take my blue pill
It makes me fit into society
Mind you, not entirely over this anxiety.
Came across the blues
Very early on, in my life
Didn’t know the answer
It came with no clues ...
#depression
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Kader
Poem Published
Yesterday 9:28pm
Yesterday 9:28pm
Ecem
Someday, when my girl is big enough,
I will look in her eyes and tell her,
“I always needed you more.”
And I hope that when she hears the pain and despair in my voice,
she’ll take my hand and tell me,
“I had never realised before.”
And although I pray she can already feel it,
I will tell her daily how much I love her,
Because before her, I had never even felt seen,
How different my life would have been.
Where there is you to depend on me,
There will always be me also depending on you,
And I swear to support you in...
I will look in her eyes and tell her,
“I always needed you more.”
And I hope that when she hears the pain and despair in my voice,
she’ll take my hand and tell me,
“I had never realised before.”
And although I pray she can already feel it,
I will tell her daily how much I love her,
Because before her, I had never even felt seen,
How different my life would have been.
Where there is you to depend on me,
There will always be me also depending on you,
And I swear to support you in...
#love
#daughter
13 reads
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Chrismathisiam
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:46pm
Yesterday 8:46pm
What happens will happen
Love me while you can,
Cause I wont always be around.
Ive been a real bad man,
And when I die I'm going down.
I am a monster and I made myself
Stronger with this pain Ive held.
The longer that I stay in hell,
Ill surly conquer how to fail.
I am disaster of bastard.
My girl hates me you can ask her.
I am disease I am a cancer.
I'm a question with no answer.
I'm disappointment in disguise .
I use every trick when I lie.
But I won't look you in the eyes,
Because I hate to see u cry.
Just...
Cause I wont always be around.
Ive been a real bad man,
And when I die I'm going down.
I am a monster and I made myself
Stronger with this pain Ive held.
The longer that I stay in hell,
Ill surly conquer how to fail.
I am disaster of bastard.
My girl hates me you can ask her.
I am disease I am a cancer.
I'm a question with no answer.
I'm disappointment in disguise .
I use every trick when I lie.
But I won't look you in the eyes,
Because I hate to see u cry.
Just...
#rejection
#heartbroken
#shame
#disappointment
#emptiness
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cabcool
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:43pm
Yesterday 8:43pm
chOix
♪a rhymed, mirrored octet♪
you
take the
lofty w a y
i will take the
way not travelled much
if you choose the darkness
i will s e t t l e for the l i g h t
if you prefer songs of s a d n e s s
i will sing the s o n g s of gladness
on the eagle’s w i n g my flight
tho’ the ocean’s starkness
is your perfect touch
while you fancy
night to day
i’ll b e
true
© Copyright 2019 October 13
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
you
take the
lofty w a y
i will take the
way not travelled much
if you choose the darkness
i will s e t t l e for the l i g h t
if you prefer songs of s a d n e s s
i will sing the s o n g s of gladness
on the eagle’s w i n g my flight
tho’ the ocean’s starkness
is your perfect touch
while you fancy
night to day
i’ll b e
true
© Copyright 2019 October 13
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
#dreams
#fate
#LifeGoals #choices
#LifeGoals #choices
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BlueBeastGirl
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:39pm
Yesterday 8:39pm
Stitched together
It seems I'm always falling apart
Thrown across the landscape
I've thrown myself on another landmine
Broke myself apart for another bleeding heart
Looking frantically for my needle and thread
So that I might pull my self together again
Stitched together always with good intentions
And with self depreciation and self hatred
With bleeding parts and broken hands
With busted fingers I grip that needle
And thread that finely wrapped twine
Of love and hate of mental health and persistence
I weep as I crawl for those pieces I've lost ...
Thrown across the landscape
I've thrown myself on another landmine
Broke myself apart for another bleeding heart
Looking frantically for my needle and thread
So that I might pull my self together again
Stitched together always with good intentions
And with self depreciation and self hatred
With bleeding parts and broken hands
With busted fingers I grip that needle
And thread that finely wrapped twine
Of love and hate of mental health and persistence
I weep as I crawl for those pieces I've lost ...
#hope
#heartbroken
#TimeHeals
#despair
#disappointment
18 reads
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PeaceFlpw
Peace Flow
Peace Flow
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:26pm
Yesterday 6:26pm
my only prayer
the thought of a merciful experience beyond here; the thought of no more despair; it's the only thing worth a single prayer; if "you" were always there; you've known my existence is a waste here; I have no place here....
would like to erase clear, every trace of where I've been placed here; up til the day I was never born.... if you are who they say you are; or beyond their limited human intellect, you've already known my desire to exit this fire before I "burn"(suffer in agony)....
would like to erase clear, every trace of where I've been placed here; up til the day I was never born.... if you are who they say you are; or beyond their limited human intellect, you've already known my desire to exit this fire before I "burn"(suffer in agony)....
#spiritual
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marina2020
Rain Woman
Rain Woman
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:05pm
Yesterday 3:05pm
Yes I Know
Yes I know
I take on more than I can handle
Yes I know
I stress myself out
Yes I know
I complain about what I get myself into
Yes I know
I give myself stress headaches
Yes I know
I get angry when I have too much to do
Yes I know
This is all my own fault
Have you ever stopped to consider
I do this to myself for a reason
I'd rather get headaches
and complain
and be angry
and be stressing over so many things
than let my anxiety and depression take over
I take on more than I can handle
Yes I know
I stress myself out
Yes I know
I complain about what I get myself into
Yes I know
I give myself stress headaches
Yes I know
I get angry when I have too much to do
Yes I know
This is all my own fault
Have you ever stopped to consider
I do this to myself for a reason
I'd rather get headaches
and complain
and be angry
and be stressing over so many things
than let my anxiety and depression take over
#anxiety
#depression
#myself
30 reads
6 Comments
Flayed_And_Display
Poem Published
Yesterday 1:38pm
Yesterday 1:38pm
Devourment
Grey water... I'm stuck in the mirth again, the dark. I'm stuck on you again, the mud. Please give me the clarity I sought after, I'm begging you. I'm tired of the arms of hate and I can't give it up. How can I let you go when your all of me. I'm stuck in grey water, which way is up? Breach the water, get me out before I drown. If you can't do it, that's alright, I've never had a reliance on you.
#depression
14 reads
1 Comment
Lagertha
Legertha
Legertha
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:00am
Yesterday 6:00am
Sorry
Elton John sings "What do I say when it's all over?
and Sorry seems to be the hardest word
It's sad, so sad (so sad)
It's a sad, sad situation"
It's 1 word, 5 letters
If you take a moment and own your piece
It shows that it wasn't all for nothing
and Sorry seems to be the hardest word
It's sad, so sad (so sad)
It's a sad, sad situation"
It's 1 word, 5 letters
If you take a moment and own your piece
It shows that it wasn't all for nothing
#sadness
#disappointment
21 reads
1 Comment
DeeDeeSweetness
Poem Published
Yesterday 5:36am
Yesterday 5:36am
Lost - N - Found
There is a storm in my
Heart 💙
It tears my insides apart I am
Bleeding and I am hurt
Like a wingless little
Bird
Then it turns dark and for
A moment I see the pain
That was inside of
Me
And on a journey I
Embark
In search of answers
In search of truth
In search of understanding
In search of you
My guiding star in
Darkness
Like a little stream in
The desert
Everything about you seems
Flawless
But that is what causes the
Hurt
Your perfect features do not belong ...
Heart 💙
It tears my insides apart I am
Bleeding and I am hurt
Like a wingless little
Bird
Then it turns dark and for
A moment I see the pain
That was inside of
Me
And on a journey I
Embark
In search of answers
In search of truth
In search of understanding
In search of you
My guiding star in
Darkness
Like a little stream in
The desert
Everything about you seems
Flawless
But that is what causes the
Hurt
Your perfect features do not belong ...
#love
#TimeHeals
29 reads
4 Comments
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