Self Poems
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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.
MissQuinn81
Cindy A
Cindy A
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:20pm
Yesterday 8:20pm
I Am The Storm
I am the storm
I am the thunder and the rain
I'm tired of being weak
I'm tired of being in pain
I will shout when I need to
I will stand up for myself
I may be sick but I am smart
I know when to ask for help
I am the storm
I am the lightning strike
There are so many in my back as it is
It won't matter if you add another spike
I will be hurt
But I will not show fear
I'm tired of them judging
They don't deserve anymore of my tears
I am the storm
I am the tornado that spins
Whoever chooses to...
I am the thunder and the rain
I'm tired of being weak
I'm tired of being in pain
I will shout when I need to
I will stand up for myself
I may be sick but I am smart
I know when to ask for help
I am the storm
I am the lightning strike
There are so many in my back as it is
It won't matter if you add another spike
I will be hurt
But I will not show fear
I'm tired of them judging
They don't deserve anymore of my tears
I am the storm
I am the tornado that spins
Whoever chooses to...
#strength
#motivational
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3 Comments
Kaylor1967
Ruben
Ruben
Poem Published
Yesterday 7:43pm
Yesterday 7:43pm
Mind tears
Tears.
Running freely.
A heart cracking.
Breaking silently.
Slow motion emotion.
Distress beyond compare.
Falling.
Onto broken knees.
Begging for mercy.
Please, please!!
Mind
Closing down.
Going into a spin.
Giving in.
Terrible reality.
Thoughts twisting.
Voices....
Screaming throughout.
Vision blurred.
Get out get out.
Eyes.
Red raw.
Sleep creeping over.
Drifting down.....
To deepest depths.
Into the abyss of dreams..
That scatter.
Killing joy ...
Running freely.
A heart cracking.
Breaking silently.
Slow motion emotion.
Distress beyond compare.
Falling.
Onto broken knees.
Begging for mercy.
Please, please!!
Mind
Closing down.
Going into a spin.
Giving in.
Terrible reality.
Thoughts twisting.
Voices....
Screaming throughout.
Vision blurred.
Get out get out.
Eyes.
Red raw.
Sleep creeping over.
Drifting down.....
To deepest depths.
Into the abyss of dreams..
That scatter.
Killing joy ...
#sadness
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0 Comments
EdibleWords
Poem Published
Yesterday 7:20pm
Yesterday 7:20pm
The Othered Family
Not autism, close enough
that's gifted, with C-PTSD
I dunno... maybe
How about an extra helping
of being on the outside
loving things found boring
or just too extra bright?
...maybe ADHD
Vaccines, who needs em
when the military says
they damaged Daddy?
inhereted weaknesses
Hospitals for birth?
When you pop
healthy children out
like a toaster strudel
before you could
pack a bag?
Who needs school
when undersized talent
makes such good
punching bags?
...
that's gifted, with C-PTSD
I dunno... maybe
How about an extra helping
of being on the outside
loving things found boring
or just too extra bright?
...maybe ADHD
Vaccines, who needs em
when the military says
they damaged Daddy?
inhereted weaknesses
Hospitals for birth?
When you pop
healthy children out
like a toaster strudel
before you could
pack a bag?
Who needs school
when undersized talent
makes such good
punching bags?
...
#despair
10 reads
2 Comments
Bluelulu
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:17pm
Yesterday 6:17pm
This is my life
This is my life, it is what it is.
I've won, I've lost, and still I don't have answers to this quiz.
Mistakes I've made many.
Regrets I have plenty.
Life is a gamble you make with every decision.
You bet with your happiness, so make them with precision.
One wrong turn can change you fate.
One short cut to your life path, and a new ending you'll create.
I've had a hard life, and some things I couldn't change.
I accept my part and I've tried so hard to rearrange.
I've always felt like I had to make all the people around me happy. ...
I've won, I've lost, and still I don't have answers to this quiz.
Mistakes I've made many.
Regrets I have plenty.
Life is a gamble you make with every decision.
You bet with your happiness, so make them with precision.
One wrong turn can change you fate.
One short cut to your life path, and a new ending you'll create.
I've had a hard life, and some things I couldn't change.
I accept my part and I've tried so hard to rearrange.
I've always felt like I had to make all the people around me happy. ...
#family
#inspirational
#learning #determination
#learning #determination
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0 Comments
Viscous
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:00am
Yesterday 8:00am
Wasted time
Years; that's the time
that I've wasted-
Wasted on searching for
something that no one else can
help me find.
The time that I've wasted
is time never replaced-
Almost sickening
Like a slap in the face
From one man to another-
One week to the other,
All I hear is the ticking
Of my souls clock...
From the edge of the razor,
To the scars of the cut,
Damn, how the hell did I
Get myself into this rut?...
My cries and screams
Obviously muted,
Alone in this prison...
So...
that I've wasted-
Wasted on searching for
something that no one else can
help me find.
The time that I've wasted
is time never replaced-
Almost sickening
Like a slap in the face
From one man to another-
One week to the other,
All I hear is the ticking
Of my souls clock...
From the edge of the razor,
To the scars of the cut,
Damn, how the hell did I
Get myself into this rut?...
My cries and screams
Obviously muted,
Alone in this prison...
So...
#anger
#loneliness
#heartbroken #confusion
#heartbroken #confusion
18 reads
7 Comments
MissTess
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:51am
Yesterday 6:51am
Looking Beyond
Peering out the window of my soul
All I see are bags.
Bags left behind from the past.
Bags of insecurity.
Bags of sadness.
Bags on top of bags.
It’s starting to stink up my reality.
I’m starting not to see
The horizon in the distance.
The Son is shining brightly,
But the bags are providing shade.
Blocking the beauty the Lord has made.
I’ve become a collector of trash.
Hoarding it in my heart.
It’s against God’s will.
He tried to clear it all away,
But I wouldn’t let Him.
How do I expect to heal
If...
All I see are bags.
Bags left behind from the past.
Bags of insecurity.
Bags of sadness.
Bags on top of bags.
It’s starting to stink up my reality.
I’m starting not to see
The horizon in the distance.
The Son is shining brightly,
But the bags are providing shade.
Blocking the beauty the Lord has made.
I’ve become a collector of trash.
Hoarding it in my heart.
It’s against God’s will.
He tried to clear it all away,
But I wouldn’t let Him.
How do I expect to heal
If...
#spiritual
#SelfReflection
11 reads
2 Comments
Kaylor1967
Ruben
Ruben
Poem Published
Yesterday 5:48am
Yesterday 5:48am
Wasted.
Let me facilitate....
Everything else will have to wait.
Strike accord with spirit and soul.
Pumping waste in through a black hole.
Looking deep into terrified eyes.
Cut a figure of total despise.
Tell the truth come what may.
Don’t get caught on the judgement day.
Shedding skin.
Bleeding hearts, next of kin.
Abusive mind.
The wonderful, the unkind.
Tripping memories.
Military ceremonies.
Shoot to the moon.
Breath taking, don’t come too soon.
Breaking verse.
Bound to this earth’s curse. ...
Everything else will have to wait.
Strike accord with spirit and soul.
Pumping waste in through a black hole.
Looking deep into terrified eyes.
Cut a figure of total despise.
Tell the truth come what may.
Don’t get caught on the judgement day.
Shedding skin.
Bleeding hearts, next of kin.
Abusive mind.
The wonderful, the unkind.
Tripping memories.
Military ceremonies.
Shoot to the moon.
Breath taking, don’t come too soon.
Breaking verse.
Bound to this earth’s curse. ...
#addiction
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0 Comments
EdibleWords
Poem Published
Yesterday 5:27am
Yesterday 5:27am
Recipe for a Good Wife
Take one heaping
of responsibility
Stir well with passion
Add sprinkles
of life experience
Bake in full sun on high
for about twenty years
(Or to taste)
Then remove from
oven and cool
top with
with
redeeming values
Done!
Depending on altitude and weather
you may need to bake longer...
or with stronger drugs...
Serve with tall glass of sarcasm
Feeds about one
of responsibility
Stir well with passion
Add sprinkles
of life experience
Bake in full sun on high
for about twenty years
(Or to taste)
Then remove from
oven and cool
top with
with
redeeming values
Done!
Depending on altitude and weather
you may need to bake longer...
or with stronger drugs...
Serve with tall glass of sarcasm
Feeds about one
#love
26 reads
3 Comments
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
Yesterday 5:13am
Yesterday 5:13am
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
Hello
Unused knob
To an unused door
To an unused room
Guess I better
Polish you
Unused knob
To an unused door
To an unused room
Guess I better
Polish you
#loneliness
18 reads
3 Comments
Northern_Panic
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:01am
Yesterday 3:01am
Dynamite and Doormats
There are so many things,
I want to say to you.
So many things I want to yell at you.
And all of my words,
Are yelling confidently-
From under a doormat.
Screaming at you to stop talking
And just listen for once.
You never stop ranting.
Talking, yelling, screaming, and debating.
Your sentences can last hours,
Occasional breaths and pauses.
Pauses not ment for my words,
But for your mouth to catch up.
Your mind is an ever-growing tree,
Spawning branches off branches.
Each one an idea, an...
I want to say to you.
So many things I want to yell at you.
And all of my words,
Are yelling confidently-
From under a doormat.
Screaming at you to stop talking
And just listen for once.
You never stop ranting.
Talking, yelling, screaming, and debating.
Your sentences can last hours,
Occasional breaths and pauses.
Pauses not ment for my words,
But for your mouth to catch up.
Your mind is an ever-growing tree,
Spawning branches off branches.
Each one an idea, an...
#father
#conflict
#secrets
25 reads
1 Comment
direlegion
dire legion
dire legion
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:53am
Yesterday 2:53am
[KILLER ROBOTS]
#love
#girlfriend
#relationships
#honesty
#support
20 reads
1 Comment
EdibleWords
Poem Published
23rd Jan 2020 10:20pm
23rd Jan 2020 10:20pm
Blood in the Water
Pretend it's just ice burgs
just normal evil mistakes
puttin the holes
into your sinking cruise
Truth is, the ice-burgs
are really pirates
surrounding
aiming smoking cannons!
What to do?
Two overboard...
one floats, half frozen
on splintering hopes
while the rest stare
darkly out
and there's blood
wafting... in the water
Bandage the damage
for the red horses
already out
of your marks
If we hadn't started sinking
in bloody
battled waters ...
just normal evil mistakes
puttin the holes
into your sinking cruise
Truth is, the ice-burgs
are really pirates
surrounding
aiming smoking cannons!
What to do?
Two overboard...
one floats, half frozen
on splintering hopes
while the rest stare
darkly out
and there's blood
wafting... in the water
Bandage the damage
for the red horses
already out
of your marks
If we hadn't started sinking
in bloody
battled waters ...
#LifeStruggles
22 reads
12 Comments
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