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.
adamtherapy69
adam templar
adam templar
Poem Published
Today 2:45pm
Today 2:45pm
behind the pen
BEHIND THE PEN
The smell was always there
damp rags and stale dog faeces
cigarette smoke and olbas oil
A smell filled with noise
crying dogs
screaming adults
and the ever present
television
Nothing clean
no peace
no sanctuary
no rest for my soul
That was my childhood
Ridiculed shamed
beaten outcast
betrayed neglected
abused abandoned
words on the shrine
of old pain
I learnt how to hate
at a very early age
Counting the minutes
that needed to become...
The smell was always there
damp rags and stale dog faeces
cigarette smoke and olbas oil
A smell filled with noise
crying dogs
screaming adults
and the ever present
television
Nothing clean
no peace
no sanctuary
no rest for my soul
That was my childhood
Ridiculed shamed
beaten outcast
betrayed neglected
abused abandoned
words on the shrine
of old pain
I learnt how to hate
at a very early age
Counting the minutes
that needed to become...
#childhood
#LifeStruggles
#despair
2 reads
0 Comments
RexDurkin
Poem Published
Today 3:26am
Today 3:26am
I've turned into a chick
Holy mother fucking shit
I’ve turned into a chick
What the hell is going on
and where the hell’s my dick
My body’s gone all soft
and I have lost my beard
My voice is now a soprano
‘Cos my balls have disappeared
O.K, O.K, lets stay calm
Don’t stress out, don't fret
Let's take a look in the mirror
God Damn! I’m a hot brunette!
But I distinctly recollect
growing up as a boy
How...
I’ve turned into a chick
What the hell is going on
and where the hell’s my dick
My body’s gone all soft
and I have lost my beard
My voice is now a soprano
‘Cos my balls have disappeared
O.K, O.K, lets stay calm
Don’t stress out, don't fret
Let's take a look in the mirror
God Damn! I’m a hot brunette!
But I distinctly recollect
growing up as a boy
How...
#anxiety
#funny
#confusion #sexy
#confusion #sexy
13 reads
2 Comments
WhispersWeKeep
Poem Published
Today 3:01am
Today 3:01am
Pull the Trigger
The pen is the gun
The writing hand is the trigger
The words are the bullets
My heart is the victim
The writing hand is the trigger
The words are the bullets
My heart is the victim
#honesty
16 reads
2 Comments
brokentitanium
Poem Published
Today 2:48am
Today 2:48am
Letting Go....
You don’t matter so much anymore
I’m convinced -
Just another friend.
We laugh, we chat,
Reminisce and agree
That all eras end.
Feels good to be free
Of wanting to impress,
Ready to live my reality
Without your ghost.
But then
each time I see you
Why do I
still
cry myself to sleep?
I’m convinced -
Just another friend.
We laugh, we chat,
Reminisce and agree
That all eras end.
Feels good to be free
Of wanting to impress,
Ready to live my reality
Without your ghost.
But then
each time I see you
Why do I
still
cry myself to sleep?
#friendship
#TimeHeals
#emptiness
21 reads
6 Comments
taggyoureit
tagg
tagg
Poem Published
Today 2:00am
Today 2:00am
Dedications
I’d like to dedicate the shoes on my feet
To every boy who felt so much missing with me
That they needed to seek more affection
between someone else’s sheets.
I hope for the strength to tie these laces
and learn to walk away from behavior I don’t deserve.
Pound the pavement so hard that the earth shakes from my steps
Jolting them out of their lovers' arms and reminding them of my face.
I’d like to dedicate my period underwear
To every boy who cared more about
The euphoric explosion from between their legs
Than the specks of blood...
To every boy who felt so much missing with me
That they needed to seek more affection
between someone else’s sheets.
I hope for the strength to tie these laces
and learn to walk away from behavior I don’t deserve.
Pound the pavement so hard that the earth shakes from my steps
Jolting them out of their lovers' arms and reminding them of my face.
I’d like to dedicate my period underwear
To every boy who cared more about
The euphoric explosion from between their legs
Than the specks of blood...
#strength
#motivational
#TimeHeals #MovingOn
#TimeHeals #MovingOn
15 reads
3 Comments
Heezy_Voice
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:12pm
Yesterday 8:12pm
WITHOUT THE CHAOS
I change each year just a little,
Shedding the skin I grew to know.
That's part of growing up,
You reap what you sow.
I have freedom now,
But I miss the structure of the past.
Does that make me weak,
To want something to last?
Things look different to me, now,
The world shifting around me.
I recognize none of this,
And yet memories only make me bleed.
Is it wrong to miss the chaos?
Is it wrong to want to go back?
I grew up in fear,
I was always under attack,
I'm not sure how to exist...
Shedding the skin I grew to know.
That's part of growing up,
You reap what you sow.
I have freedom now,
But I miss the structure of the past.
Does that make me weak,
To want something to last?
Things look different to me, now,
The world shifting around me.
I recognize none of this,
And yet memories only make me bleed.
Is it wrong to miss the chaos?
Is it wrong to want to go back?
I grew up in fear,
I was always under attack,
I'm not sure how to exist...
#memories
22 reads
2 Comments
SoulzGirl69
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:07pm
Yesterday 8:07pm
Sage
I hand you
A little posy
The smell of
Sage burning
I offer my arms
A comforting hug
I thank you
For being so wonderful.
A little posy
The smell of
Sage burning
I offer my arms
A comforting hug
I thank you
For being so wonderful.
#kindness
#inspirational
#respect
38 reads
10 Comments
Bender
Jarlath
Jarlath
Poem Published
Yesterday 7:11pm
Yesterday 7:11pm
Restless
Born from a cosmic remnant,
thoughts swimming in celestial monasteries.
Past lives swirling in disarray,
in the mind of today's shell.
Unable to find unity,
a particular kind of hell.
thoughts swimming in celestial monasteries.
Past lives swirling in disarray,
in the mind of today's shell.
Unable to find unity,
a particular kind of hell.
#universe
#spiritual
#memories #historical
#memories #historical
28 reads
6 Comments
SoulzGirl69
Poem Published
Yesterday 12:56pm
Yesterday 12:56pm
Sir Chopin
The way you
The sound of you
Make me
Feel...really feel
Making coffee
Consulting
Writing
Walking
I hear your fingers
Dancing
On ivory
Bars of magic
Chopin,
You, Frëderic Chopin
You, Inspire me
Ballad after magical ballad
The sound of you
Make me
Feel...really feel
Making coffee
Consulting
Writing
Walking
I hear your fingers
Dancing
On ivory
Bars of magic
Chopin,
You, Frëderic Chopin
You, Inspire me
Ballad after magical ballad
#inspirational
#admiration
42 reads
10 Comments
SoulzGirl69
Poem Published
Yesterday 12:02pm
Yesterday 12:02pm
The rebel in me
I hold wildflowers
In my pockets
Just to remind
Myself about
The girl inside me
I am
Full of soul
Kindness and empathy but
Above all
...respect
I am constantly revealing
The rebel in me
Hidden inside
A beautiful woman
In my pockets
Just to remind
Myself about
The girl inside me
I am
Full of soul
Kindness and empathy but
Above all
...respect
I am constantly revealing
The rebel in me
Hidden inside
A beautiful woman
#happiness
#kindness
#hope
#admiration
#respect
54 reads
17 Comments
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:26am
Yesterday 3:26am
CRAZY PILLS
Her medicine
Drives me crazy
I guess it's
My medicine too
Drives me crazy
I guess it's
My medicine too
#drugs
#SelfDiscovery
#healing
22 reads
3 Comments
LadyLaura
Poem Published
Yesterday 1:51am
Yesterday 1:51am
Excuse ma Scottish
#LifeStruggles
#PowerOfWords
#freedom
#ignorance
#tolerance
20 reads
4 Comments
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