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.
fields_broke
Poem Published
Today 3:08pm
Today 3:08pm
Writings from a well prepared delusion.
incoherent rambling.
#SelfReflection
#SelfWorth
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Appl3
Poem Published
Today 12:03pm
Today 12:03pm
Emotions
The bitter smell of sick,
The resentful pang of hunger,
I am emotionless.
My dead and despaired brain aches,
In the bold and brutal roars of greed,
Yearning for the warmth of sentiment.
I beg for passion and intensity back,
And a prick of sentience too,
Living merely with faith in benevolence,
And an urgency to gratify my howling hunger.
My body rattles in the shrieks of demand,
From the swarms of emotions at my gates,
And valour runs as desperation swells,
Bursting the dam and releasing the horde,
Who strive to brim...
The resentful pang of hunger,
I am emotionless.
My dead and despaired brain aches,
In the bold and brutal roars of greed,
Yearning for the warmth of sentiment.
I beg for passion and intensity back,
And a prick of sentience too,
Living merely with faith in benevolence,
And an urgency to gratify my howling hunger.
My body rattles in the shrieks of demand,
From the swarms of emotions at my gates,
And valour runs as desperation swells,
Bursting the dam and releasing the horde,
Who strive to brim...
#depression
#emptiness
#FeelingTrapped
#hurt
#emotions
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Morganpoet
Poem Published
Today 9:40am
Today 9:40am
FINDING THE FOCUS
No more distractions,
time wasting interactions,
attention scattered
all over the place,
lack of focus
due to limited space,
internal as well
as external.
Self imposed boundaries,
invisibles barriers,
subconscious limitations,
just needing to
find the focus,
exclude distractions,
attain the goal.
Morganpoet
time wasting interactions,
attention scattered
all over the place,
lack of focus
due to limited space,
internal as well
as external.
Self imposed boundaries,
invisibles barriers,
subconscious limitations,
just needing to
find the focus,
exclude distractions,
attain the goal.
Morganpoet
#WritingPoetry
14 reads
1 Comment
MJ-SWIM
Poem Published
Today 8:03am
Today 8:03am
A whom I?
I struggle to identify with myself
I struggle to identify anything else
We live in the same town but I don't know you
You live on my home block but I haven't been shown you
I get real down sometimes because
I hang up and put on my faces
Without reason and without cause
Upsettingly abruptly in certain cases
I struggle to identify anything else
We live in the same town but I don't know you
You live on my home block but I haven't been shown you
I get real down sometimes because
I hang up and put on my faces
Without reason and without cause
Upsettingly abruptly in certain cases
#identity
#SelfReflection
15 reads
1 Comment
TheUninspiredPoet
Poem Published
Today 6:20am
Today 6:20am
PTSD
I have flashbacks of that day
That awful day it happened
That terrible day when he took it all away
“Please, no, don’t!”
It didn’t matter what I said
It didn’t matter as he slipped my shirt above my head
At first I tried with all my might but it didn’t matter how hard I tried to fight
He still slid off my underwear and threw them out of sight
He hit and choked me as I tried to resist
Sometimes I swear that I can still feel his hands squeezing my wrists
So then I laid there frozen
Not sure of what to do
I...
That awful day it happened
That terrible day when he took it all away
“Please, no, don’t!”
It didn’t matter what I said
It didn’t matter as he slipped my shirt above my head
At first I tried with all my might but it didn’t matter how hard I tried to fight
He still slid off my underwear and threw them out of sight
He hit and choked me as I tried to resist
Sometimes I swear that I can still feel his hands squeezing my wrists
So then I laid there frozen
Not sure of what to do
I...
#abuse
#MeToo
#PTSD
25 reads
3 Comments
Everyday_Author
Randall
Randall
Poem Published
Today 3:57am
Today 3:57am
Stoicism and Sunsets: Insomnia and Growth
My stoicism sets like the sun
a thin wall
a changing of the guard occurs
when the moon rises up
All stability crumbles
beneath her gaze
within these woods
a man I became
My composure
it waxes and wanes
built up and destroyed
again and again
Broken, calloused and cracked
so much time I've spent
filling the void with concrete truths
only to have new light seep in
This is the cycle I cursed in my youth
This is the cycle I still sometimes do
this is the cycle that made me who I am ...
a thin wall
a changing of the guard occurs
when the moon rises up
All stability crumbles
beneath her gaze
within these woods
a man I became
My composure
it waxes and wanes
built up and destroyed
again and again
Broken, calloused and cracked
so much time I've spent
filling the void with concrete truths
only to have new light seep in
This is the cycle I cursed in my youth
This is the cycle I still sometimes do
this is the cycle that made me who I am ...
#anxiety
#identity
#insomnia
#myself
#symbolism
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_Ani_
Poem Published
Today 3:11am
Today 3:11am
I was never the child with daffodils in her hair
I was never the child with daffodils in her hair
I never had the chance to play like that
to go to the park or anywhere
to have friends
laugh and share
I dreamed of oceans and stars
things that were deep
places I could get lost
tall grass and a cool breeze
I dreamed of these
I could never have dreamed
of the simple things
I could never have hoped
to have a true friend
I chased bees
craving their sting
and jellyfish in the oceans
all those pretty hurtful things
I was never the child ...
I never had the chance to play like that
to go to the park or anywhere
to have friends
laugh and share
I dreamed of oceans and stars
things that were deep
places I could get lost
tall grass and a cool breeze
I dreamed of these
I could never have dreamed
of the simple things
I could never have hoped
to have a true friend
I chased bees
craving their sting
and jellyfish in the oceans
all those pretty hurtful things
I was never the child ...
#SelfDiscovery
32 reads
12 Comments
poetryaccident
Poem Published
Today 2:52am
Today 2:52am
Kissed a Girl
I kissed a girl who was like me
affirmed by two identities
each knowing their inner truth
reveling in the shared salute
each a deviation from the norm
by percentages expressed in math
this doesn’t matter when the fates
have brought together much the same
the quick embrace of impassioned lips
asks if more should persist
a smooch to bless connections found
confirming fondness linked to love
only time may yet convey
where the kiss may finally lead
with this girl I’d do much more
top to bottom to explore....
affirmed by two identities
each knowing their inner truth
reveling in the shared salute
each a deviation from the norm
by percentages expressed in math
this doesn’t matter when the fates
have brought together much the same
the quick embrace of impassioned lips
asks if more should persist
a smooch to bless connections found
confirming fondness linked to love
only time may yet convey
where the kiss may finally lead
with this girl I’d do much more
top to bottom to explore....
#lesbian
15 reads
1 Comment
NewBeginnings
Poem Published
Today 00:54am
Today 00:54am
Acceptance
I was always a little bit shy,
Never understanding why
It's been so difficult to vocalize
My inability to socialize.
"You do just fine!" they always say;
Yet, I can’t keep these thoughts at bay:
'Don’t talk to me, just stay away.
Come back again another day.'
As the anxious feelings grew,
And from society, I withdrew;
I began to question my behavior
Trying to be some kind of savior.
I pondered every diagnosis
From depression to psychosis,
And convinced myself that...
Never understanding why
It's been so difficult to vocalize
My inability to socialize.
"You do just fine!" they always say;
Yet, I can’t keep these thoughts at bay:
'Don’t talk to me, just stay away.
Come back again another day.'
As the anxious feelings grew,
And from society, I withdrew;
I began to question my behavior
Trying to be some kind of savior.
I pondered every diagnosis
From depression to psychosis,
And convinced myself that...
#anxiety
#depression
#MentalHealth
#acceptance
#SelfDiscovery
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12 Comments
EdibleWords
Poem Published
Today 00:30am
Today 00:30am
I Irk the Ones I Love
Here at DUP
my friends far outweigh
any potential enemy
If I even have any
How shocked I am at
the wise ones care
...sometimes I can
only blink and stare
but that's just
the best case
scenario
The other half the time...
I shock the ones that care!
(Sorry!)
my friends far outweigh
any potential enemy
If I even have any
How shocked I am at
the wise ones care
...sometimes I can
only blink and stare
but that's just
the best case
scenario
The other half the time...
I shock the ones that care!
(Sorry!)
#friendship
#respect
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
28 reads
5 Comments
bcpoet
Lawrence
Lawrence
Poem Published
Yesterday 9:03pm
Yesterday 9:03pm
2 am (Howling at the Moon)
it's 2 am
and I've awoken
in darkness, I'm aware
all that I have left
unspoken
now I need to share
wake up wake up
we have been sleeping
it's time that we let go
wake up wake up
we've all been deep in
a dream, we must let go
to rise above
the confusing
visions which unfold
wake up and see
what's so amusing
in what we have been told
wake up with me
or is it only
time for me to go
wake up with me
I'm feeling lonely
as only you can know
and I've awoken
in darkness, I'm aware
all that I have left
unspoken
now I need to share
wake up wake up
we have been sleeping
it's time that we let go
wake up wake up
we've all been deep in
a dream, we must let go
to rise above
the confusing
visions which unfold
wake up and see
what's so amusing
in what we have been told
wake up with me
or is it only
time for me to go
wake up with me
I'm feeling lonely
as only you can know
#dreams
21 reads
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wallyroo92
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:40pm
Yesterday 6:40pm
Drums of Praise and Worship
Every Sunday morning
I’d arrive at church ten minutes early before service
For a small rehearsal with the group
But I always wanted to play in the evening service
They had longer louder livelier set
And a bigger congregation
Yet somehow as I was beginning to question my faith
I was asked if I would be interested in being a youth pastor
But I knew deep down I was not a good example
My Monday through Saturday self was different than my Sunday self
I left that congregation a year or so later
Joined a church that was starting and...
I’d arrive at church ten minutes early before service
For a small rehearsal with the group
But I always wanted to play in the evening service
They had longer louder livelier set
And a bigger congregation
Yet somehow as I was beginning to question my faith
I was asked if I would be interested in being a youth pastor
But I knew deep down I was not a good example
My Monday through Saturday self was different than my Sunday self
I left that congregation a year or so later
Joined a church that was starting and...
#sadness
#religion
#faith
#music
#YehudaAmichai
20 reads
2 Comments
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