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.
faithmairee
Poem Published
Today 9:05am
Today 9:05am
Antisocial Butterfly
You couldn't say
that i'm
a people person
although I have
compassion for them
but I'd much rather
be alone at home
with my dog
writing poems
on my cellphone
do or die
I'm just a little
antisocial butterfly
that i'm
a people person
although I have
compassion for them
but I'd much rather
be alone at home
with my dog
writing poems
on my cellphone
do or die
I'm just a little
antisocial butterfly
#WritingPoetry
22 reads
4 Comments
Whimsy_Ginger
Poem Published
Today 7:06am
Today 7:06am
Tell Me
Tell me I'm needed
Tell me I'm smart
Tell me I'm loved
Tell me I'm beautiful
Tell me I'm special
Tell me I'm worth something
Tell me I'm desirable
Tell me I'm funny
Tell me I'm unique
Tell me I'm understood
Tell me I'm sexy
Tell me all those lies
Tell me as you hold me
Tell me in a gentle voice
Tell me and I will listen
I'll listen to your words
I need to hear them from you
Because at this moment
This very moment
I'm not okay
Tell me I'm smart
Tell me I'm loved
Tell me I'm beautiful
Tell me I'm special
Tell me I'm worth something
Tell me I'm desirable
Tell me I'm funny
Tell me I'm unique
Tell me I'm understood
Tell me I'm sexy
Tell me all those lies
Tell me as you hold me
Tell me in a gentle voice
Tell me and I will listen
I'll listen to your words
I need to hear them from you
Because at this moment
This very moment
I'm not okay
#love
#depression
#FeelingLost #SelfWorth
#FeelingLost #SelfWorth
12 reads
1 Comment
Aaron90
Poem Published
Today 6:02am
Today 6:02am
A Deeper Look
Rain, Rain, Go away
Well, looks as though you’re here to stay
Watch you trickle down the glass
Trace your veins by finger’s path
So fill the lakes, fill the streams
Let rivers run and hearts redeem
Wash him from my skin, so kind
Will you wash him from my mind?
He lures them in, 2 and 2
The truth sinks in when I see you
So tie the anchor to my feet
Harsh tone sings of my defeat
Rain, Rain, wash away
all that blood and fever stain
Sad tales of the lost at sea
Jokes on them, for I am free
Well, looks as though you’re here to stay
Watch you trickle down the glass
Trace your veins by finger’s path
So fill the lakes, fill the streams
Let rivers run and hearts redeem
Wash him from my skin, so kind
Will you wash him from my mind?
He lures them in, 2 and 2
The truth sinks in when I see you
So tie the anchor to my feet
Harsh tone sings of my defeat
Rain, Rain, wash away
all that blood and fever stain
Sad tales of the lost at sea
Jokes on them, for I am free
#sadness
#LifeStruggles
#TruthOfLife
#MovingOn
#acceptance
8 reads
0 Comments
Jerzgrrrl
Poem Published
Today 5:22am
Today 5:22am
Lost in life
I’m fine.
Just walk away
Leave me where you found me
Alone
Struggling
I don’t need you or
Anyone
Anything
sometimes I am lost in my head
Missing you
Wanting you
Afraid of you
All I can do now is
Try to piece everything together
Trying to find
Meaning
purpose
In this chaos we call life
Just walk away
Leave me where you found me
Alone
Struggling
I don’t need you or
Anyone
Anything
sometimes I am lost in my head
Missing you
Wanting you
Afraid of you
All I can do now is
Try to piece everything together
Trying to find
Meaning
purpose
In this chaos we call life
#confusion
#MovingOn
#FeelingLost
11 reads
1 Comment
Stillalive1971
Poem Published
Today 4:33am
Today 4:33am
A Perfect Man
Teeth all white
Don’t mind staying up at night
Board shoulders
Don’t need much money
But can help provide
Love the fact he wakes up alive
No jeans down low
Need to be straight
A clean heart,
not one bit of hate
Speaks well enough so I understand
Always reminds me he loves being a man
No insecurities when I go
I’m a faithful women who already know
Don't raise your hand
cause you can’t get your way
No second chance on that day
Talk me to me
even if we don’t agree
Unless your my...
Don’t mind staying up at night
Board shoulders
Don’t need much money
But can help provide
Love the fact he wakes up alive
No jeans down low
Need to be straight
A clean heart,
not one bit of hate
Speaks well enough so I understand
Always reminds me he loves being a man
No insecurities when I go
I’m a faithful women who already know
Don't raise your hand
cause you can’t get your way
No second chance on that day
Talk me to me
even if we don’t agree
Unless your my...
#humankind
19 reads
2 Comments
CosiestPrism273
Poem Published
Today 4:09am
Today 4:09am
What I see
I walk outside and hear the laughter
I look at all and hate my life
I see the beauty without my destruction
I hear the voices but can't make it right
I see the purity and the endless love
I hear the wind and the storm surrounding me
I feel the chill and the ice cold water beneath my feet
I close my eyes; it's so hard to breathe
The night casts a shadow upon the mountains peak
The moon's shiny glow and the brightest light
The wolves sudden growl or the lion's silent roar
The start of day or the dawn of night ...
I look at all and hate my life
I see the beauty without my destruction
I hear the voices but can't make it right
I see the purity and the endless love
I hear the wind and the storm surrounding me
I feel the chill and the ice cold water beneath my feet
I close my eyes; it's so hard to breathe
The night casts a shadow upon the mountains peak
The moon's shiny glow and the brightest light
The wolves sudden growl or the lion's silent roar
The start of day or the dawn of night ...
#emptiness
22 reads
2 Comments
Viddax
Lord Viddax
Lord Viddax
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:20pm
Yesterday 10:20pm
Masks
Currently
protect you physically,
but have kept
mind and soul safe for aeons.
What lies behind,
you may well ask...
Outside can be chaos
but inside
it is so delightful
and so insightful.
protect you physically,
but have kept
mind and soul safe for aeons.
What lies behind,
you may well ask...
Outside can be chaos
but inside
it is so delightful
and so insightful.
#identity
#SelfReflection
15 reads
0 Comments
Tracey_Leigh
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:06pm
Yesterday 10:06pm
Exquisite Surrender~
There is a sacred space where the fear based world
doesn't exist
A place where doubt doesn't rule our immobile selves
leaving us comatose
Day to day we ache for righteousness and fairness
yet the birthing place of that is within not out
Chemicals burn our beauty leaving behind
pitted flesh and scared souls
Empowerment has been lost
to the easy road of escapism
The battle of beauty and beast lives inside us all
the journey is ours to navigate
Today I choose to embrace my exquisite surrender
...
doesn't exist
A place where doubt doesn't rule our immobile selves
leaving us comatose
Day to day we ache for righteousness and fairness
yet the birthing place of that is within not out
Chemicals burn our beauty leaving behind
pitted flesh and scared souls
Empowerment has been lost
to the easy road of escapism
The battle of beauty and beast lives inside us all
the journey is ours to navigate
Today I choose to embrace my exquisite surrender
...
#courage
#forgiveness
#gratitude
#redemption
#admiration
33 reads
5 Comments
beanbandit
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:54pm
Yesterday 8:54pm
odd walk
was a odd walk
Through the dark park
Where the dog parks
His log art
And androids
That scan voids
Take a sample of
canned toys
I can't avoid
That damned joy
If people peep me
on the street
And say damn boy
So sweetly
So i leap
In my feetsies
Pins and needles
Im sleepy
That’s a old world
That needs me
But I buried
Now I’m bean me
And what I see
Discreetly
Become thinks i’ve
Been thinking
On my weird walk
Walking veering
Let the beer talk
Talking to...
Through the dark park
Where the dog parks
His log art
And androids
That scan voids
Take a sample of
canned toys
I can't avoid
That damned joy
If people peep me
on the street
And say damn boy
So sweetly
So i leap
In my feetsies
Pins and needles
Im sleepy
That’s a old world
That needs me
But I buried
Now I’m bean me
And what I see
Discreetly
Become thinks i’ve
Been thinking
On my weird walk
Walking veering
Let the beer talk
Talking to...
#StreamOfConsciousness
11 reads
1 Comment
Deadsie
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:10am
Yesterday 6:10am
Contentment
I am content
Content to find further sensation
Content like a captive fish
Content to sustain this cycle
Content like a wheel on the edge of a cliff
Content to have all that I grasp fade away
Content like a withered blossom
Contentment, resentment
Absence not found
A maze without the lost
Forgotten yet remembered
With contact fleeting
I caress the darkness inside of my mind.
Content to find further sensation
Content like a captive fish
Content to sustain this cycle
Content like a wheel on the edge of a cliff
Content to have all that I grasp fade away
Content like a withered blossom
Contentment, resentment
Absence not found
A maze without the lost
Forgotten yet remembered
With contact fleeting
I caress the darkness inside of my mind.
#regret
#loneliness
#frustration
#greed
#emptiness
15 reads
1 Comment
BigVirge
Big Virge
Big Virge
Poem Published
Yesterday 4:20am
Yesterday 4:20am
"Vibes" ... A Poem written by Big Virge 7/11/2005
Can You Feel ... " My Vibe " ... ?
Because Mine's About ...
Connecting Lives ...
Through Use of Rhyme ... !!!
I Think THAT Way ...
Is BETTER Than Fights ... !!!
And BETTER Than WARS ...
Where Blood Stains Floors ... !!!
Kind of Like ... " JAWS " ...
NO ... NOT The SHARK ... !!!!!
That ... BIG Retard ...
Who NEVER Scored ... ?!?
When Trying To KILL BOND ... !!!
Well ... " Roger Moore " ... !!!
That Flow Was RAW ...
But Here's Some More ...
I'm Vibing'...
Because Mine's About ...
Connecting Lives ...
Through Use of Rhyme ... !!!
I Think THAT Way ...
Is BETTER Than Fights ... !!!
And BETTER Than WARS ...
Where Blood Stains Floors ... !!!
Kind of Like ... " JAWS " ...
NO ... NOT The SHARK ... !!!!!
That ... BIG Retard ...
Who NEVER Scored ... ?!?
When Trying To KILL BOND ... !!!
Well ... " Roger Moore " ... !!!
That Flow Was RAW ...
But Here's Some More ...
I'm Vibing'...
#happiness
#inspirational
#rhyming
#WritingPoetry
#gratitude
14 reads
0 Comments
Shadow_wood5487
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:08am
Yesterday 3:08am
Senseless Emotions
I’m choking on all the words to say
All of the pain of being this betrayed
Living in a place full of lies and deceit
Has left me believing I can’t be complete
Well this perception is seeping through
That I am the gift and the curse is you
I can see what you tried to blind
I can hear what you tried to mute
I can taste the good inside my mind
I can feel all that is within the taproot
All the senseless emotions I gave away for you
I’m putting myself for once & you call me selfish
Honestly I put a false belief...
All of the pain of being this betrayed
Living in a place full of lies and deceit
Has left me believing I can’t be complete
Well this perception is seeping through
That I am the gift and the curse is you
I can see what you tried to blind
I can hear what you tried to mute
I can taste the good inside my mind
I can feel all that is within the taproot
All the senseless emotions I gave away for you
I’m putting myself for once & you call me selfish
Honestly I put a false belief...
#LifeStruggles
#SelfReflection
#MovingOn
#acceptance
#hurt
31 reads
2 Comments
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