Long Self Poems
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Personal poetry about the way you feel about yourself
Long poems (300 words or more), most recently posted poems first.
Sonneteer
Poem Published
7th Oct 2024 6:25pm
7th Oct 2024 6:25pm
The Portrait of the Poetaster as a Man - Prologue
I speak of now - the state I find I'm in
And try to justify my ways to all,
In doing so I'll speak of failed fusion,
Which leaves me partitioned, whilst you unite.
I notice faults between myself and most
And so within myself where most know peace:
The latter kind may generate the first
But both are obstacles to normal life.
I am not whole - I have no sense of self -
Partly because I have no membership
Of one or other group or social class:
I can't assert for certain who I am.
I lose myself in situation's grasp -
Myself collapses...
And try to justify my ways to all,
In doing so I'll speak of failed fusion,
Which leaves me partitioned, whilst you unite.
I notice faults between myself and most
And so within myself where most know peace:
The latter kind may generate the first
But both are obstacles to normal life.
I am not whole - I have no sense of self -
Partly because I have no membership
Of one or other group or social class:
I can't assert for certain who I am.
I lose myself in situation's grasp -
Myself collapses...
209 reads
9 Comments
jenny_is_hungry
Poem Published
4th Oct 2024 8:53am
4th Oct 2024 8:53am
What Lonely, Hopeless Alphas Don't Understand
Imagine this: you're living alone, you begin to think of companionship and simply not being alone. Your goal is to be honest about who you are and to be accepted for the shortcomings you are working towards fixing. So, alone you stay, making a space you can love so you may have one to learn how to love yourself, and you learn. Little by little, you learn how to make yourself feel secure and safe. You do so by being financially responsible enough to live a life that gives you freedom to do what you want. Your bills aren't just manageable, they're almost nonexistent with no credit card balances...
#hypocrisy
#men
#prose
#women
#dating
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3 Comments
MySmile
Besma
Besma
Poem Published
30th Sep 2024 10:13pm
30th Sep 2024 10:13pm
Thank You
Thank you
How I keep saying
Deep gratitude showing
Generosity, kindness, beauty
The wonder and joy of giving..
What would I consider or measure
The value of what is received, the feeling of pleasure
Unable to weigh or count
What is given, a flowing fount..
Thank you
A word too much used and said
Nothing equal back could be paid
Just the sweet taste in hearts we pass to mankind
And a legacy for Humanity of being good and kind..
Thank you
How I keep believing
In words converted to...
How I keep saying
Deep gratitude showing
Generosity, kindness, beauty
The wonder and joy of giving..
What would I consider or measure
The value of what is received, the feeling of pleasure
Unable to weigh or count
What is given, a flowing fount..
Thank you
A word too much used and said
Nothing equal back could be paid
Just the sweet taste in hearts we pass to mankind
And a legacy for Humanity of being good and kind..
Thank you
How I keep believing
In words converted to...
#emotions
#gratitude
#kindness
#love
#respect
144 reads
8 Comments
Pinkdreams
Poem Published
29th Sep 2024 00:07am
29th Sep 2024 00:07am
The Dreaded Question
The Swedish man knew me as a dog lover
though I happily took over the job of feeding the stray kitties
gathered by his country house door every evening
But yeah,
dogs.
I loved my beagle, Brandy Joy
and Swedish man's Rottweiler, Daisy
and his friends' dogs
and my friends' dogs
and strangers' dogs
and dogs on TV
and the dog I met once
who had a perfect German shepherd head
on a corgi body.
The only dog I can think of,
that I couldn't quite bring myself to love,
was a friend's...
though I happily took over the job of feeding the stray kitties
gathered by his country house door every evening
But yeah,
dogs.
I loved my beagle, Brandy Joy
and Swedish man's Rottweiler, Daisy
and his friends' dogs
and my friends' dogs
and strangers' dogs
and dogs on TV
and the dog I met once
who had a perfect German shepherd head
on a corgi body.
The only dog I can think of,
that I couldn't quite bring myself to love,
was a friend's...
#animals
#anxiety
#choices
140 reads
8 Comments
Darkness_Fiend
Poem Published
25th Sep 2024 1:34pm
25th Sep 2024 1:34pm
(40) Inside 01.22.2024 @ 10:47pm
Reminiscing my first time getting caught.
Los Angeles County, I was distraught.
“How did I get myself in this?”
I really got myself into some shit.
I’m strapped to a chair like a damn animal.
Police sirens began creeping behind me.
I’m coked out, I subconsciously started fleeing.
The judge considered my behavior nonrational.
I was stuck behind bars feeling foolishly.
Karma acts accordingly.
This wasn’t how I planned my day to be.
Caught up in inglewood with my first felony.
I feel suicidal as time slowly passes. ...
Los Angeles County, I was distraught.
“How did I get myself in this?”
I really got myself into some shit.
I’m strapped to a chair like a damn animal.
Police sirens began creeping behind me.
I’m coked out, I subconsciously started fleeing.
The judge considered my behavior nonrational.
I was stuck behind bars feeling foolishly.
Karma acts accordingly.
This wasn’t how I planned my day to be.
Caught up in inglewood with my first felony.
I feel suicidal as time slowly passes. ...
#SelfReflection
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krasaldo
Aldo Kraas
Aldo Kraas
Poem Published
17th Sep 2024 1:56pm
17th Sep 2024 1:56pm
Bien venido
God’s children
Bien venido
To a beautiful day
Let’s not waste that day
By sleep in
If we sleep in we will
Not sleep at night
So we must enjoy this day
That our father gave to us
Here on earth
yes we are having the Summer
Here on earth
that our father create for us
With his holy hands
Also We took a look in the sky
And there was no sign of rain
We don’t like the rain at all
Because when it is
There is lighting and thunder
The noise of lightning and thunder
Wake us up when we are sleeping during...
Bien venido
To a beautiful day
Let’s not waste that day
By sleep in
If we sleep in we will
Not sleep at night
So we must enjoy this day
That our father gave to us
Here on earth
yes we are having the Summer
Here on earth
that our father create for us
With his holy hands
Also We took a look in the sky
And there was no sign of rain
We don’t like the rain at all
Because when it is
There is lighting and thunder
The noise of lightning and thunder
Wake us up when we are sleeping during...
#courage
#gratitude
#hope
#respect
#TimeHeals
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MYSTERIOUS_GIRL
Lizzy_3164
Lizzy_3164
Poem Published
17th Sep 2024 1:28am
17th Sep 2024 1:28am
Angel Of Death
Angel Of Death
Ive been feeling kind of disconnected
from my mind a lot these days
Its like I cant seem to shut the voices off
I cant get them to behave
I'm not really sure how much more
of this shit I can even take
Before this mask that I am forced
to wear just disintegrates
And losing family doesn't help
So now Im scaling the edge of a skyscraper
And no ones screaming save her
So Im wavering back and forth
between this life or something greater
Taking steps to reach the top
And Ill slip and fall if I ever...
Ive been feeling kind of disconnected
from my mind a lot these days
Its like I cant seem to shut the voices off
I cant get them to behave
I'm not really sure how much more
of this shit I can even take
Before this mask that I am forced
to wear just disintegrates
And losing family doesn't help
So now Im scaling the edge of a skyscraper
And no ones screaming save her
So Im wavering back and forth
between this life or something greater
Taking steps to reach the top
And Ill slip and fall if I ever...
#anger
#myself
#SelfReflection
187 reads
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OyateInyanNajin
Poem Published
16th Sep 2024 10:26pm
16th Sep 2024 10:26pm
2 B (9-16-2024, 1:00pm; Palm Springs, California)
to be
do be
could be
should be
might be
may be
do be
is
tear drops
rain drops
fall like
seasons
fall like
lifetimes
come
and gone
fall like countless
fallen feathers
forever lost
to winds
of timeless time
lost to rhyme
lost to reason
when all
time
for reason s
flown
...
do be
could be
should be
might be
may be
do be
is
tear drops
rain drops
fall like
seasons
fall like
lifetimes
come
and gone
fall like countless
fallen feathers
forever lost
to winds
of timeless time
lost to rhyme
lost to reason
when all
time
for reason s
flown
...
#fate
#misunderstood
#philosophical
#SelfReflection
#spiritual
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ChloesPoeticInk
Poem Published
14th Sep 2024 7:38pm
14th Sep 2024 7:38pm
They don't know
They don’t know I’m packing pieces of my soul away,
Carefully folding each fragment of my heart.
They don’t see me creating distance,
So my absence will be less of a jagged start.
They don’t know how soon the end will come,
When I offer a final farewell masked in light.
They don’t understand that each goodbye
Is a silent prayer for a less painful night.
They don’t know I hide beneath a veil,
A facade of warmth that’s not truly mine.
They don’t know I’m kind because I crave
A touch of compassion, so...
Carefully folding each fragment of my heart.
They don’t see me creating distance,
So my absence will be less of a jagged start.
They don’t know how soon the end will come,
When I offer a final farewell masked in light.
They don’t understand that each goodbye
Is a silent prayer for a less painful night.
They don’t know I hide beneath a veil,
A facade of warmth that’s not truly mine.
They don’t know I’m kind because I crave
A touch of compassion, so...
#despair
#emptiness
#grief
#sadness
#shame
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OyateInyanNajin
Poem Published
12th Sep 2024 3:37am
12th Sep 2024 3:37am
SUBCONSCIOUS INNER SKETCHINGS BEYOND THE VEIL OF MASKLESS TIME (4:00am, 8-17-2001; Galveston Island, Texas)
stirred up from out of
stone deep sleep
i suddenly find myself
somewhere between
still half asleep
and half awake
stumbling through
three rooms of darkness
to quench my body s
inner call of thirst
which lured me up
from out of my now already
unremembered dreams
into this present limbo
of silent blankness
everywhere all around me
with my eyes still lightly closed
my bare feet carefully feel
each softly carpeted step
as i make my braille like...
stone deep sleep
i suddenly find myself
somewhere between
still half asleep
and half awake
stumbling through
three rooms of darkness
to quench my body s
inner call of thirst
which lured me up
from out of my now already
unremembered dreams
into this present limbo
of silent blankness
everywhere all around me
with my eyes still lightly closed
my bare feet carefully feel
each softly carpeted step
as i make my braille like...
#identity
#insomnia
#LifeAsAWriter
#SelfReflection
#WritingPoetry
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OyateInyanNajin
Poem Published
7th Sep 2024 4:17am
7th Sep 2024 4:17am
LIKE LACTOSE LAVA FLOW (11-9-1995; Galveston Island, Texas)
wordz circle
wordz spiral
in thermal helixez
like spiraling d n a
as they drift and fall out
of mind z sky z
in a sudden spontaneous
gushing release
of incontinent subliminal wordz
in theze frequent language spillz
az iz the case
in this one here
like lactoze lava flow
like the black ink buzzardz they are
opportunistically scavenging themzelvez
and anything else
they can sink their insatiable
lettered teeth into
az an effectively therapeutic
survival strategic devize
to pick my life...
wordz spiral
in thermal helixez
like spiraling d n a
as they drift and fall out
of mind z sky z
in a sudden spontaneous
gushing release
of incontinent subliminal wordz
in theze frequent language spillz
az iz the case
in this one here
like lactoze lava flow
like the black ink buzzardz they are
opportunistically scavenging themzelvez
and anything else
they can sink their insatiable
lettered teeth into
az an effectively therapeutic
survival strategic devize
to pick my life...
#cancer
#fate
#PTSD
#rebirth
#spiritual
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DarkPopPrincess
Poem Published
6th Sep 2024 7:31am
6th Sep 2024 7:31am
My Worth
My worth is merely on a post it note
that says, "You are amazing."
My worth to others,
that is.
My worth in myself is
even higher than that,
I feel.
But my worth to others
is like
a birthday card,
collected in dust
eating away in my closet,
that I need to throw away.
It means nothing.
And it is nothing.
I'm supposed to feel anger or sadness or anything at all.
But I feel exhaustion.
Exhaustion of a life
where I don't know how I ended up here.
Paling through a dream ...
that says, "You are amazing."
My worth to others,
that is.
My worth in myself is
even higher than that,
I feel.
But my worth to others
is like
a birthday card,
collected in dust
eating away in my closet,
that I need to throw away.
It means nothing.
And it is nothing.
I'm supposed to feel anger or sadness or anything at all.
But I feel exhaustion.
Exhaustion of a life
where I don't know how I ended up here.
Paling through a dream ...
#hope
#strength
#TimeHeals
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