Self Poems Seeking Friendly Advice
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Personal poetry about the way you feel about yourself
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Duende
Poem Published
Today 3:00pm
Today 3:00pm
Broken Girl
at first it looks like
i'm a confident and
independent lady
while deep inside
there is this lonely
little girl who has
never felt loved
at times all that
she wants is for
someone to take
her hand, guide
her and lead her
through the battle
fields called life
show her the way
protect her tell her
she'll be okay, that
she's safe, that she
is and will always be
perfect exactly as she is
i'm a confident and
independent lady
while deep inside
there is this lonely
little girl who has
never felt loved
at times all that
she wants is for
someone to take
her hand, guide
her and lead her
through the battle
fields called life
show her the way
protect her tell her
she'll be okay, that
she's safe, that she
is and will always be
perfect exactly as she is
#inspirational
#women
21 reads
1 Comment
WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
Today 12:15pm
Today 12:15pm
labyrinth
18 of 30
I've been exploring the labyrinthine maze of my soul
following each path to see where it goes
yeah...there's a lot of tragic crap in my past
but a lot more than that went into my forming
pain is just a fragment of what made me who I am
but I need to know all my facets
the beauty as well as the ugly
how they developed & if they're potentially cracking
which tears eroded into deep trenches
what fuel does it take to ignite my passionate sparks
keeping my feet in a forwardly direction
I move along...
I've been exploring the labyrinthine maze of my soul
following each path to see where it goes
yeah...there's a lot of tragic crap in my past
but a lot more than that went into my forming
pain is just a fragment of what made me who I am
but I need to know all my facets
the beauty as well as the ugly
how they developed & if they're potentially cracking
which tears eroded into deep trenches
what fuel does it take to ignite my passionate sparks
keeping my feet in a forwardly direction
I move along...
#confessional
#NaPoWriMo2024
#SelfReflection
18 reads
2 Comments
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
Yesterday 00:04am
Yesterday 00:04am
The NO! machine malfunction
Eeny meenie miney moe,
my day is flying – watch it go!
The to-do list is like a rope
around my neck – there is no hope…
…that I can get out of this heap
when every task is layers deep
and messages won’t quit – BEEP BEEP!
and people keep on asking me…
…to do the things I promised them.
What was I thinking way back then??
My stupid optimistic mind
has bit me in my own behind!
There’s only one thing this could mean --
I have to fix my NO! machine.
my day is flying – watch it go!
The to-do list is like a rope
around my neck – there is no hope…
…that I can get out of this heap
when every task is layers deep
and messages won’t quit – BEEP BEEP!
and people keep on asking me…
…to do the things I promised them.
What was I thinking way back then??
My stupid optimistic mind
has bit me in my own behind!
There’s only one thing this could mean --
I have to fix my NO! machine.
#anxiety
#choices
#NaPoWriMo2024 #responsibility
#NaPoWriMo2024 #responsibility
36 reads
12 Comments
moony_
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:20pm
Yesterday 10:20pm
Quiet And Loud
I don’t quite know myself yet
I don’t think anyone ever knows the full extent
Of their true being
No matter how long they have been on
This earth
But what I do know
Is that I am happy
And proud
I can be wholly and undeniably me
I’m so grateful for everything.
I don’t think anyone ever knows the full extent
Of their true being
No matter how long they have been on
This earth
But what I do know
Is that I am happy
And proud
I can be wholly and undeniably me
I’m so grateful for everything.
#gratitude
#myself
34 reads
6 Comments
Diaryofabasketcase
Poem Published
Yesterday 7:46pm
Yesterday 7:46pm
Forgotten
I’m drinking on a Wednesday
And it isn’t even noon
I try to make the hurt go away
Want to fly over the moon
Each morning when I wake up
This shit starts up again
When the hurting stop?
When will this torture end?
When will I forget what you did?
Replay it all the time
Betrayal that I guess I earned
Deserved it for the lies
Karma found its way to me
And now I have to pay
Pay the price for evil deeds
I pay it every day
I know that I don’t deserve you
Or all you put me through
I...
And it isn’t even noon
I try to make the hurt go away
Want to fly over the moon
Each morning when I wake up
This shit starts up again
When the hurting stop?
When will this torture end?
When will I forget what you did?
Replay it all the time
Betrayal that I guess I earned
Deserved it for the lies
Karma found its way to me
And now I have to pay
Pay the price for evil deeds
I pay it every day
I know that I don’t deserve you
Or all you put me through
I...
#betrayal
#conflict
#heartbroken
#ImSorry
#sadness
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0 Comments
AspergerPoet56
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:29pm
Yesterday 6:29pm
Stay Tuned In
no hidden
agenda
behind these eyes
straight
in your face
honesty
please
don't curb
my voice
it always
needs to say
those things
tiny
exploding
tine bomb thoughts
are simply
mine traps
i step on
just making
normal connections
becomes harder
wondering
what barriers will be
smashed this day
stay tuned
for another
horror show
as bloody
words keep
popping out
agenda
behind these eyes
straight
in your face
honesty
please
don't curb
my voice
it always
needs to say
those things
tiny
exploding
tine bomb thoughts
are simply
mine traps
i step on
just making
normal connections
becomes harder
wondering
what barriers will be
smashed this day
stay tuned
for another
horror show
as bloody
words keep
popping out
#Autism
#NaPoWriMo2024
35 reads
3 Comments
oskar
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:23pm
Yesterday 6:23pm
the forest man
The forest man
He had bought a cabin in the woods near a lake
he planned to go there after his divorce
with no demand on his time, life would be simpler
first of all, he needed a dog, the one he had
was a poodle, his ex-wife could take the mooch
he needed a strong dog that could feed itself
catching rabbits in the glen
The cabin only had one room, a big room he could
make a kitchen in a corner, for the he needed
a hand pump and dig a Hole for a cisterna.
bedroom and living room together was ok, he had
a sofa bed but needed...
He had bought a cabin in the woods near a lake
he planned to go there after his divorce
with no demand on his time, life would be simpler
first of all, he needed a dog, the one he had
was a poodle, his ex-wife could take the mooch
he needed a strong dog that could feed itself
catching rabbits in the glen
The cabin only had one room, a big room he could
make a kitchen in a corner, for the he needed
a hand pump and dig a Hole for a cisterna.
bedroom and living room together was ok, he had
a sofa bed but needed...
#admiration
#courage
#emotions
#forgiveness
#gratitude
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0 Comments
nightbirdblue
enbyblue
enbyblue
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:22pm
Yesterday 6:22pm
How To Disappear Completely
Darkness breathes
Like a living thing
Thrumming rib bones
Exhaling smoke
And I can smell your
Breath for days
It’s getting harder
Just to breath
I am stagnant in stale air
Visiting my hollow stare
Upon a world of pain
Of predictable delusions
I dilute my presence
As my pupils dilate
Into distant dimensions
I can’t look away
I fade
Into the shadows
And d i s a p p e a r . . .
Like a living thing
Thrumming rib bones
Exhaling smoke
And I can smell your
Breath for days
It’s getting harder
Just to breath
I am stagnant in stale air
Visiting my hollow stare
Upon a world of pain
Of predictable delusions
I dilute my presence
As my pupils dilate
Into distant dimensions
I can’t look away
I fade
Into the shadows
And d i s a p p e a r . . .
#abuse
#depression
#emptiness
#MentalHealth
#NaPoWriMo2024
43 reads
10 Comments
Diaryofabasketcase
Poem Published
Yesterday 4:37pm
Yesterday 4:37pm
Hiding My Pain
Hiding My Pain
I thought that I could let it go
This pain I have inside
I thought I could release it all
Relief to a crazed mind
I thought in time it’d go away
Just fade like memories
This pain is changing who I am
Not who I used to be
I miss when smiles came with ease
Cause now they just feel forced
I miss the way I loved freely
To trust is now a curse
I feel that I am juggling me
The old one with the new
Pretending that I am okay
This lie is now my truth
The secrets they keep...
I thought that I could let it go
This pain I have inside
I thought I could release it all
Relief to a crazed mind
I thought in time it’d go away
Just fade like memories
This pain is changing who I am
Not who I used to be
I miss when smiles came with ease
Cause now they just feel forced
I miss the way I loved freely
To trust is now a curse
I feel that I am juggling me
The old one with the new
Pretending that I am okay
This lie is now my truth
The secrets they keep...
#bittersweet
#confusion
#dark
#heartbroken
#sadness
27 reads
13 Comments
Her
Poem Published
Yesterday 4:26pm
Yesterday 4:26pm
Disorganized Attachment and BPD, the Beast Within
Intensely craving
What I’m viscerally
Afraid of
Your offered safety
Becomes a threat
Distrust
Idealization
Sabotage
Fear of abandonment
Impulsivity
Chronic emptiness
Shifting identity
Learning balance
Has been a long
Process
I’m not a quiet storm
My love and anger
Intensely passionate
Often misplaced
I’ve blamed life, others
For the things
I’m afraid of
When what I feared most
Was myself
What I’m viscerally
Afraid of
Your offered safety
Becomes a threat
Distrust
Idealization
Sabotage
Fear of abandonment
Impulsivity
Chronic emptiness
Shifting identity
Learning balance
Has been a long
Process
I’m not a quiet storm
My love and anger
Intensely passionate
Often misplaced
I’ve blamed life, others
For the things
I’m afraid of
When what I feared most
Was myself
#confessional
#MentalHealth
#acceptance #fear
#acceptance #fear
70 reads
28 Comments
WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
Yesterday 1:21pm
Yesterday 1:21pm
Russian roulette
17 of 30
it's never been my immediate go-to
drowning my emotions in the contents of a bottle
not much point...
when it takes so little to knock me on my ass
& when I do...it's equal odds...
it might distance me from the haunting...
...or it could cause me to wallow
no way to be sure
still...
I load that weapon with a single shot
take my chances & spin the chamber
just on the off chance I might escape the pain
then reel off toward whichever death it leads me
if...even for a minute...there's any hope to be...
it's never been my immediate go-to
drowning my emotions in the contents of a bottle
not much point...
when it takes so little to knock me on my ass
& when I do...it's equal odds...
it might distance me from the haunting...
...or it could cause me to wallow
no way to be sure
still...
I load that weapon with a single shot
take my chances & spin the chamber
just on the off chance I might escape the pain
then reel off toward whichever death it leads me
if...even for a minute...there's any hope to be...
#alcohol
#confessional
#escape #NaPoWriMo2024
#escape #NaPoWriMo2024
39 reads
4 Comments
a_methyste
hlightdroid
hlightdroid
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:39am
Yesterday 10:39am
Ants affairs
An ant with long
And strong legs
Has taken me slave in its nest.
I can not get out.
My legs are thin and brittle.
I ask it what he does want.
It does not know.
And strong legs
Has taken me slave in its nest.
I can not get out.
My legs are thin and brittle.
I ask it what he does want.
It does not know.
#confessional
32 reads
4 Comments
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