Popular Self Poems
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Personal poetry about the way you feel about yourself
Popular poems, listed in order of their popularity this month.
Back to the Old Me
Is it truth or fantasy?
From now on
That’s the way it will be
Going back to the old me
Gotta keep ya’ll guessing
No longer in a cage
I’ve been set free
I don’t have the need
To spill all my honesty
Anymore
From now on
That’s the way it will be
Going back to the old me
Gotta keep ya’ll guessing
No longer in a cage
I’ve been set free
I don’t have the need
To spill all my honesty
Anymore
#myself
109 reads
22 Comments
Collage #2 - Outsider Looking In
I was always on the outside
Looking in
Wasn’t much I wanted in there
Loner type
Like the song by Bob Dylan
Off the album BLONDE ON BLONDE
“Just Like a Woman”
The line … ‘I can’t fit”
So Art called
I jumped in
Many years later I remain
A movement for outside artists
Platform to stand tall
Malcontents, nonconformists, freaks
It’s like your warm embrace
Finally… I fit
Looking in
Wasn’t much I wanted in there
Loner type
Like the song by Bob Dylan
Off the album BLONDE ON BLONDE
“Just Like a Woman”
The line … ‘I can’t fit”
So Art called
I jumped in
Many years later I remain
A movement for outside artists
Platform to stand tall
Malcontents, nonconformists, freaks
It’s like your warm embrace
Finally… I fit
#courage
#inspirational
#LifeCycle
#art
#passion
122 reads
26 Comments
I'm not listening...
3 of 30
put others first
they said
{I do...}
stop overthinking
they said
{I can't...}
don't curse so much
they said
{fuck that...}
lose some weight
they said
{I did...}
don't be so sensitive
they said
{I wish...}
act with compassion
they said
{always...}
keep quiet
they said
{as if...}
you daydream too much
they said
{so what...}
use your head...but not like that
they said
{then how...}
...
put others first
they said
{I do...}
stop overthinking
they said
{I can't...}
don't curse so much
they said
{fuck that...}
lose some weight
they said
{I did...}
don't be so sensitive
they said
{I wish...}
act with compassion
they said
{always...}
keep quiet
they said
{as if...}
you daydream too much
they said
{so what...}
use your head...but not like that
they said
{then how...}
...
#confessional
#SelfWorth
#NaPoWriMo2024
99 reads
18 Comments
Journey to the Stars
There are no more holes
to bury secrets.
Standing in the chasm between
body and spirit, I am unbroken.
Taking back my time, my being,
my every last piece that once was dismantled,
walking into a new life
here, or into another dimension
replete with love:
this is the measure of life.
Emerging in starlight as
dust to earth
heat to fire
breath to air
weightless to water.
My journey to the stars
may be long…
But it is healing.
to bury secrets.
Standing in the chasm between
body and spirit, I am unbroken.
Taking back my time, my being,
my every last piece that once was dismantled,
walking into a new life
here, or into another dimension
replete with love:
this is the measure of life.
Emerging in starlight as
dust to earth
heat to fire
breath to air
weightless to water.
My journey to the stars
may be long…
But it is healing.
#death
#stars
#TruthOfLife #LifeCycle
#TruthOfLife #LifeCycle
132 reads
7 Comments
My Lifeline
there were days
when i felt utterly
lost & in despair
i was suicidal
it's music and
mostly placebo
& archive that
kept me alive
it's my saviour
the air i exhale
i speak in music
& dream in music
it's a soft breeze
a beacon in the
darkest of nights
a kind embrace
my only lifeline
and safe space
without my music
i would most likely
have ended this life
when i felt utterly
lost & in despair
i was suicidal
it's music and
mostly placebo
& archive that
kept me alive
it's my saviour
the air i exhale
i speak in music
& dream in music
it's a soft breeze
a beacon in the
darkest of nights
a kind embrace
my only lifeline
and safe space
without my music
i would most likely
have ended this life
#guitars
#music
90 reads
19 Comments
Disorder
an ED is an
adaptable
disorder it
Truly fits in
many boxes
it's a flight
addiction
obsession
and a curse
i'm trying to
restore my
relationship
with food via
photography
capturing my
self with fruits
and veggies
create poetry
with my ED in
the lead role
use food as
a verb & play
with the words
using my curse
as a step to cure
adaptable
disorder it
Truly fits in
many boxes
it's a flight
addiction
obsession
and a curse
i'm trying to
restore my
relationship
with food via
photography
capturing my
self with fruits
and veggies
create poetry
with my ED in
the lead role
use food as
a verb & play
with the words
using my curse
as a step to cure
#food
#EatingDisorder
102 reads
14 Comments
Anxious Poetics
Spun of sugared fables and salted truths
I can easily fall prey to Anxiety's
penitent thoughts.
Watching monochrome yesterday's
and the million tomorrow's
that already haunt.
Feeding Melancholy laughter and smiles
in avoidance of cursed uncertainty
to be Apathy's pitiful child.
Becoming Happy's pretty 'lil liar
while living on stale breaths of courage
'til the taut corset of butterflies flee.
I can easily fall prey to Anxiety's
penitent thoughts.
Watching monochrome yesterday's
and the million tomorrow's
that already haunt.
Feeding Melancholy laughter and smiles
in avoidance of cursed uncertainty
to be Apathy's pitiful child.
Becoming Happy's pretty 'lil liar
while living on stale breaths of courage
'til the taut corset of butterflies flee.
#anxiety
#courage
#MentalHealth
#FeelingTrapped
#metaphor
110 reads
12 Comments
Addicted
I'll accept the love filled cards
The chocolate and the gorgeous gifts
All dressed up in pretty wrap
lovely ribbons all hanging down
Kisses in the dead of night
The embraces oh so tight
But there's one thing you
Actually should know
I'm addicted to romance
And that's the way I roll
The chocolate and the gorgeous gifts
All dressed up in pretty wrap
lovely ribbons all hanging down
Kisses in the dead of night
The embraces oh so tight
But there's one thing you
Actually should know
I'm addicted to romance
And that's the way I roll
#addiction
#passion
#Romanticism
109 reads
21 Comments
On the Verge
Every day
Slips
Further away
I no longer
Know what
To say
Nothing
Makes
These tears
Go away
Somehow
Love
Never stays
Poems
Fall
Right off
The page
As life
Remains
The same
Someday
Things
Have to
Change
Because
My heart
Needs
A clean slate
Slips
Further away
I no longer
Know what
To say
Nothing
Makes
These tears
Go away
Somehow
Love
Never stays
Poems
Fall
Right off
The page
As life
Remains
The same
Someday
Things
Have to
Change
Because
My heart
Needs
A clean slate
#sadness
98 reads
Heard
I couldn't speak
I didn't dare
For there was
Tension everywhere
So, instead
I poured all
My pain onto paper
Put my ego
To one side
With each word
Filled with satisfaction
Now that I've been heard
I didn't dare
For there was
Tension everywhere
So, instead
I poured all
My pain onto paper
Put my ego
To one side
With each word
Filled with satisfaction
Now that I've been heard
#confessional
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
60 reads
12 Comments
Poetry is the kind of friend
tapping me on
my shoulders
convincing me
that I matter,
looks straight
into my eyes
saying you
will outlive
this storm.
my shoulders
convincing me
that I matter,
looks straight
into my eyes
saying you
will outlive
this storm.
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
#minimalist
162 reads
5 Comments
Too Late
i weep for
the mistakes
i made, for the
pain i faced
the scars
i can’t erase
...
i weep for
the times
i fled, for the
self destruction
the damage
that can’t
be undone
...
i weep for
years
of solitude
...
i weep for
virginity stolen
...
i weep for
the little girl
that was
scared
& alone
no love
no safety
no place
to call home
...
i...
the mistakes
i made, for the
pain i faced
the scars
i can’t erase
...
i weep for
the times
i fled, for the
self destruction
the damage
that can’t
be undone
...
i weep for
years
of solitude
...
i weep for
virginity stolen
...
i weep for
the little girl
that was
scared
& alone
no love
no safety
no place
to call home
...
i...
#grief
#confessional
112 reads
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