Self Poems Seeking Friendly Advice
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Personal poetry about the way you feel about yourself
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UnleashedHeathen
Poem Published
Today 5:45am
Today 5:45am
Mirror
I looked in the mirror
tossing and turning in the night .
You talked back to me
with cracked glass
and nightmares that I’ll remember
when I wake up.
I close my eyes.
Imperfection, I see.
Who else can spot
the skeletons in my closet
and dirty smudges on my glass
but you?
I look to you, through you
and stare at the lies we tell.
But hope that one day
I’ll see what I am
instead of who I hope to be.
tossing and turning in the night .
You talked back to me
with cracked glass
and nightmares that I’ll remember
when I wake up.
I close my eyes.
Imperfection, I see.
Who else can spot
the skeletons in my closet
and dirty smudges on my glass
but you?
I look to you, through you
and stare at the lies we tell.
But hope that one day
I’ll see what I am
instead of who I hope to be.
#mirror
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Jade-Pandora
jade tiger
jade tiger
Poem Published
Today 4:28am
Today 4:28am
As Summer Gets Personal
( a Sonnet )
My bedding stripped down to a single sheet,
With two fans at cross purpose in the room.
Warm currents twisting overhead that meet,
Both rain upon my scantie’s print of bloom.
A silhouette of sweat shows off my form
Upon the mattress as I soak the sheet.
I beg your pardon I was misinformed,
It’s truckers from the runoff-flooded street.
So many round the world are feeling Fall.
For people in the southwest of the States
Who water lawns & endless shop the malls,
Enjoy the A/C till day’s heat...
My bedding stripped down to a single sheet,
With two fans at cross purpose in the room.
Warm currents twisting overhead that meet,
Both rain upon my scantie’s print of bloom.
A silhouette of sweat shows off my form
Upon the mattress as I soak the sheet.
I beg your pardon I was misinformed,
It’s truckers from the runoff-flooded street.
So many round the world are feeling Fall.
For people in the southwest of the States
Who water lawns & endless shop the malls,
Enjoy the A/C till day’s heat...
#summer
#fall
#Halloween #sonnet
#Halloween #sonnet
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5 Comments
ThroughTheVeil
Poem Published
Today 3:14am
Today 3:14am
Let Me Drift Away in Dreams
Let me drift away in dreams.
That's what my life's become it seems.
Let me drift away in dreams,
free from strife and thoughts that haunt me.
That's what my life's become it seems.
Free me from the terrors of my mind,
Allow for a moment for me to be free.
Let me drift away in dreams.
My reality has been outlined,
only finding salvation in things I can't see.
That's what my life's become it seems.
Escaping the world's ties that bind,
to a kingdom to which I alone hold the key.
Let me drift away in dreams. ...
That's what my life's become it seems.
Let me drift away in dreams,
free from strife and thoughts that haunt me.
That's what my life's become it seems.
Free me from the terrors of my mind,
Allow for a moment for me to be free.
Let me drift away in dreams.
My reality has been outlined,
only finding salvation in things I can't see.
That's what my life's become it seems.
Escaping the world's ties that bind,
to a kingdom to which I alone hold the key.
Let me drift away in dreams. ...
#dreams
#freedom
#escape
#FeelingTrapped
#emotional
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I_IS_ME
Poem Published
Yesterday 9:33pm
Yesterday 9:33pm
My Mind's I
We had cried on each other's shoulders, benefiting from being friends
I've told you my life story, up until, but not the end
You were receptive and unselfish, you did the exact same thing
We found that we both shared the exact same pain
You were lurking in the shadows hiding from the shame
When you bumped into me feeling exactly the same
We had both known love or at least thought that we did
But when it came to a true connection love always hid
It was the pain that always wanted to stay
That deep dark depression that never...
I've told you my life story, up until, but not the end
You were receptive and unselfish, you did the exact same thing
We found that we both shared the exact same pain
You were lurking in the shadows hiding from the shame
When you bumped into me feeling exactly the same
We had both known love or at least thought that we did
But when it came to a true connection love always hid
It was the pain that always wanted to stay
That deep dark depression that never...
#humankind
#SelfReflection
#SelfDiscovery
28 reads
3 Comments
Tenderloin
Poem Published
Yesterday 1:46pm
Yesterday 1:46pm
Spouses, Partners and Dream Lovers
I neglected the fantasy
when the shackles of reality
required my complete attention
to put the baggage
of a previous disappointment
behind me
We hadn't spoken
since I was asked to leave
and that stung
but despite all reservations
and the dismay of my current partner
the former reached out
Ignoring the initial communication
and secretly speculative of the motive,
it seemed I would never summon
to resolve this feud
in which I would always be the victim
But when things stay with you, ...
when the shackles of reality
required my complete attention
to put the baggage
of a previous disappointment
behind me
We hadn't spoken
since I was asked to leave
and that stung
but despite all reservations
and the dismay of my current partner
the former reached out
Ignoring the initial communication
and secretly speculative of the motive,
it seemed I would never summon
to resolve this feud
in which I would always be the victim
But when things stay with you, ...
#courage
#relationships
#ImSorry
#forgiveness
#TimeHeals
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AltairEndian
Poem Published
Yesterday 1:23pm
Yesterday 1:23pm
Seven wishes
Beyond the doors of my heart
I feel them once again
I feel the pain
Of seven wishes
One is for a child and a wife
One just for an enjoyable life
One for the greatest song and rhyme
One for ever more and more time
One for those who passed to live again
One for a life without suffering and pain
One for my efforts to not be in vain
The fifth and the sixth
Are the greatest of them
When will this feeling go away
Of never enough, never enough
More more more!
It is such a chore
To chase...
I feel them once again
I feel the pain
Of seven wishes
One is for a child and a wife
One just for an enjoyable life
One for the greatest song and rhyme
One for ever more and more time
One for those who passed to live again
One for a life without suffering and pain
One for my efforts to not be in vain
The fifth and the sixth
Are the greatest of them
When will this feeling go away
Of never enough, never enough
More more more!
It is such a chore
To chase...
#humankind
#SelfReflection
#gratitude
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AspergerPoet56
Poem Published
Yesterday 12:21pm
Yesterday 12:21pm
No More
No!!
No….
I no longer wish to hear
Your whispers are toxic
Just like acid on skin
Burning the logic from me
Quiet!!
Be quiet…
I have had enough
Listening has brought me pain
Sneering laughter
Bitter twisted words
Silence!!
Give me silence…
And all I hear
Is my own heartbeat
The very breath from my lips
Me holding on to sanity
No….
I no longer wish to hear
Your whispers are toxic
Just like acid on skin
Burning the logic from me
Quiet!!
Be quiet…
I have had enough
Listening has brought me pain
Sneering laughter
Bitter twisted words
Silence!!
Give me silence…
And all I hear
Is my own heartbeat
The very breath from my lips
Me holding on to sanity
#SelfReflection
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11 Comments
emilyrose1995
Poem Published
Yesterday 5:42am
Yesterday 5:42am
Dreaming
I'm surrounded by wildflowers
And a sky that's blue
I look into the distance
And am glad to see you're here too
Because this is a safe place
It had been so long
I'd forgotten the sunny look of your face
I pick myself up
Towards you I begin to run
A dark cloud rolls in
And consumes the shining sun
As the sky begins to turn
The life around us
Is beginning to burn
The sky opens up
A downpour ensues
But it cannot help the trees
Scorched at the roots
I scratch, claw, and crawl
To get...
And a sky that's blue
I look into the distance
And am glad to see you're here too
Because this is a safe place
It had been so long
I'd forgotten the sunny look of your face
I pick myself up
Towards you I begin to run
A dark cloud rolls in
And consumes the shining sun
As the sky begins to turn
The life around us
Is beginning to burn
The sky opens up
A downpour ensues
But it cannot help the trees
Scorched at the roots
I scratch, claw, and crawl
To get...
#love
#family
#dreams
42 reads
4 Comments
Eerie
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:29am
Yesterday 3:29am
Loss For Gain
The pain.
I don’t talk about it too much.
It sounds like a skip in
the crackle of a scratched record.
Therapy demands a discomfort
that gets worse before it subsides;
even then, pain syndrome might
oblige me to find a switch
in my brain to flicker off—
There is no guarantee for relief.
I find myself steeped in quiet
contemplation; lost in a spinning
kaleidoscope of colors that
mock my reserves.
I am not built for pain—
yet it kisses me everyday with
its injurious...
I don’t talk about it too much.
It sounds like a skip in
the crackle of a scratched record.
Therapy demands a discomfort
that gets worse before it subsides;
even then, pain syndrome might
oblige me to find a switch
in my brain to flicker off—
There is no guarantee for relief.
I find myself steeped in quiet
contemplation; lost in a spinning
kaleidoscope of colors that
mock my reserves.
I am not built for pain—
yet it kisses me everyday with
its injurious...
#grief
#strength
#courage #illness
#courage #illness
42 reads
15 Comments
babajava
Poem Published
24th Aug 2019 11:14pm
24th Aug 2019 11:14pm
Lonely Planet Earth
I was born in a white man's skin
I never thought anything about it
until one day while traveling in a land
far away I had a sudden revelation
Are we really that much different
or are we just alike I wondered in despair
I tried to speak in my foreign tongue
but no one heard I feared
Like I was from another planet
So how can we bridge this gap
twixt me and all the others
A clash of many cultures
Our blood is the same color
We have the same hopes
dreams and desires
We live to love each other
Make no mistake we...
I never thought anything about it
until one day while traveling in a land
far away I had a sudden revelation
Are we really that much different
or are we just alike I wondered in despair
I tried to speak in my foreign tongue
but no one heard I feared
Like I was from another planet
So how can we bridge this gap
twixt me and all the others
A clash of many cultures
Our blood is the same color
We have the same hopes
dreams and desires
We live to love each other
Make no mistake we...
#humankind
#culture
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4 Comments
jenjames
Poem Published
24th Aug 2019 7:40pm
24th Aug 2019 7:40pm
Word is Bond
I’m bringing back
WORD IS BOND
What you say defines who you are, at least to me
I was taught
Say what you mean, and mean what you say
It’s a promise that what I am saying to you bonds us
It used to mean
I am telling you the absolute truth *circa 1980*
That was when men took pride in the words they spoke
Men like my father, who isn’t perfect
But if he says it!!!
His Word is as good as gold
WORD IS BOND
Was to any and everyone
He didn’t make promises, he knew he
Couldn’t
or
better...
WORD IS BOND
What you say defines who you are, at least to me
I was taught
Say what you mean, and mean what you say
It’s a promise that what I am saying to you bonds us
It used to mean
I am telling you the absolute truth *circa 1980*
That was when men took pride in the words they spoke
Men like my father, who isn’t perfect
But if he says it!!!
His Word is as good as gold
WORD IS BOND
Was to any and everyone
He didn’t make promises, he knew he
Couldn’t
or
better...
#identity
#LifeStruggles
#myself #SelfReflection
#myself #SelfReflection
35 reads
2 Comments
Kingvirky
Poem Published
22nd Aug 2019 8:15pm
22nd Aug 2019 8:15pm
Yes I am Emotional
I am not strong...
according to your definition.
You even call me irrational,
an illogical beast
always needing a leash...
Well I am tired of your leash.
I am sick of acting cool,
Putting facts before heart.
Don't tell me to smile and say everything is okay,
When deep down I burn with grief.
"Hey!" I am sick of appearances.
When down, let me cry.
I only ask for your shoulders.
When happy, let me scream.
I only ask that you do not stop me.
When next I cross the line,
When next I do not conform,
When next I...
according to your definition.
You even call me irrational,
an illogical beast
always needing a leash...
Well I am tired of your leash.
I am sick of acting cool,
Putting facts before heart.
Don't tell me to smile and say everything is okay,
When deep down I burn with grief.
"Hey!" I am sick of appearances.
When down, let me cry.
I only ask for your shoulders.
When happy, let me scream.
I only ask that you do not stop me.
When next I cross the line,
When next I do not conform,
When next I...
#strength
#LifeStruggles
#inspirational
#humankind
#respect
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