Self Poems by New Members
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Personal poetry about the way you feel about yourself
- Published by new DU Poetry members.
Resilient Bloom
In fields of sorrow, a lone flower weeps,
Petals hanging heavy, with secrets to keep.
Its vibrant colors muted, by the weight of despair,
A reminder of beauty lost, beyond repair.
Each petal a tear, shed in silent grief,
A symbol of love that fades like a leaf.
Bent beneath unspoken, heavy strain,
The flower wilts, its spirit drained.
In sorrow's grasp, its spirit true,
Unyielding strength, in all it knew.
Through trials and tears, in the gloom,
A guiding light, a resilient bloom.
Petals hanging heavy, with secrets to keep.
Its vibrant colors muted, by the weight of despair,
A reminder of beauty lost, beyond repair.
Each petal a tear, shed in silent grief,
A symbol of love that fades like a leaf.
Bent beneath unspoken, heavy strain,
The flower wilts, its spirit drained.
In sorrow's grasp, its spirit true,
Unyielding strength, in all it knew.
Through trials and tears, in the gloom,
A guiding light, a resilient bloom.
#sadness
#hope
#flowers
#nature
#emptiness
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The Outside World
Always under construction
Racing, smoking, buzzing
Always for a profit
Chopping, selling, consuming
Always thinking of the self
Yearning, criticizing, idolizing
The outside world seems so dirty and cruel
It is the cleanest mirror I have ever seen
Racing, smoking, buzzing
Always for a profit
Chopping, selling, consuming
Always thinking of the self
Yearning, criticizing, idolizing
The outside world seems so dirty and cruel
It is the cleanest mirror I have ever seen
#environment
#pollution
#job
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2 Comments
tripping downhill
the descent is rising;
my features are freezing,
I find myself staring at nothing in particular,
there's a numbness creeping about.
apathy is increasing and my thoughts are turning bitter,
my mind is becoming distrustful of all things good.
my heart shelters in place.
I'm empty and devoid of feeling.
I see you darkness,
you always know how to greet me old friend.
can you pencil me in?
I think I'll stay awhile.
darkness will you hold me?
I have missed the solemn solace of your embrace.
you filter the world...
my features are freezing,
I find myself staring at nothing in particular,
there's a numbness creeping about.
apathy is increasing and my thoughts are turning bitter,
my mind is becoming distrustful of all things good.
my heart shelters in place.
I'm empty and devoid of feeling.
I see you darkness,
you always know how to greet me old friend.
can you pencil me in?
I think I'll stay awhile.
darkness will you hold me?
I have missed the solemn solace of your embrace.
you filter the world...
#depression
#dark
#bipolar #MentalHealth
#bipolar #MentalHealth
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one last relapse
i lie there
lifeless.
a million thoughts rush in at once,
each more disturbing than the last.
reunited with my glistening savior,
to lead me down this inevitable path.
a crimson river rapidly flows,
welcoming repose.
when will it end?
i scream and cry for some sort of understanding
but suddenly i’m no longer standing,
i can hear my mother demanding,
“OPEN THE DOOR!”
i hear her no more.
i lie there,
lifeless.
lifeless.
a million thoughts rush in at once,
each more disturbing than the last.
reunited with my glistening savior,
to lead me down this inevitable path.
a crimson river rapidly flows,
welcoming repose.
when will it end?
i scream and cry for some sort of understanding
but suddenly i’m no longer standing,
i can hear my mother demanding,
“OPEN THE DOOR!”
i hear her no more.
i lie there,
lifeless.
#SelfHarm
#bipolar
#MentalHealth #SelfReflection
#MentalHealth #SelfReflection
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I can’t cope, no joke
I feel lost, worn down
Smushed into the ground
It’s impossible to turn
This frown upside down
I feel scared and afraid
Running around a maze
Swept up in the madness
Beginning to fade
I’m exhausted, I feel heavy
Like I’m ready
To be buried
Can’t this shit end already?
No hope or dope
Will realign the scope
Of feeling as though
I can actually cope
Smushed into the ground
It’s impossible to turn
This frown upside down
I feel scared and afraid
Running around a maze
Swept up in the madness
Beginning to fade
I’m exhausted, I feel heavy
Like I’m ready
To be buried
Can’t this shit end already?
No hope or dope
Will realign the scope
Of feeling as though
I can actually cope
#LifeStruggles
#confessional
#despair
#FeelingLost
#emptiness
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5 Comments
My mind in depression mode
#depression
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5 Comments
Invisible
So translucent,
Oh this is the time to bear all arms,
Dare all norms to become complex,
We mind fetch,
The lines etched in my skin,
Blessed from within,
This fatality is unhinged, ill die like a mortal if you slay thee,
Take seats in my coven, its cold and,
Solidified this sin of mine so sick and tired,
I need a blessing...
Please caress and bleed,
affective reasons to stretch and breathe life,
This gleam nice,
Ill kill for that demon,
Shrills in my being,
Real as the meaning of,
This meanings cuffed like short...
Oh this is the time to bear all arms,
Dare all norms to become complex,
We mind fetch,
The lines etched in my skin,
Blessed from within,
This fatality is unhinged, ill die like a mortal if you slay thee,
Take seats in my coven, its cold and,
Solidified this sin of mine so sick and tired,
I need a blessing...
Please caress and bleed,
affective reasons to stretch and breathe life,
This gleam nice,
Ill kill for that demon,
Shrills in my being,
Real as the meaning of,
This meanings cuffed like short...
#emotions
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Validation
The pinnacle of triumph and
perceived success for many.
Stay
I maybe realized how many a
person
wanted me to stay.
Leave
But then I left those
people
it wasn't all for play.
Crave
I craved their validation but then
really
noticed they wanted it, true.
Validation
I then gave to myself so that
they
would remember they could do it too.
perceived success for many.
Stay
I maybe realized how many a
person
wanted me to stay.
Leave
But then I left those
people
it wasn't all for play.
Crave
I craved their validation but then
really
noticed they wanted it, true.
Validation
I then gave to myself so that
they
would remember they could do it too.
#kindness
#respect
#SelfWorth
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4 Comments
Simple Deadly Changes
Change is such a funny little thing.
Our daily repetitive burnt out lives, longing for a slight difference in what is brought onto tomorrow.
Because one simple change can be all it takes for somebody to completely hit rock bottom.
But it also ought to be one of the most unexpected, subtly frightening things.
Because that night you see, things had changed so much for me.
Your soothing words flow like the lullaby of death and the silent impact is most disastrous.
For that night what seemed so simple, was far more impactful than anyone ever could have...
Our daily repetitive burnt out lives, longing for a slight difference in what is brought onto tomorrow.
Because one simple change can be all it takes for somebody to completely hit rock bottom.
But it also ought to be one of the most unexpected, subtly frightening things.
Because that night you see, things had changed so much for me.
Your soothing words flow like the lullaby of death and the silent impact is most disastrous.
For that night what seemed so simple, was far more impactful than anyone ever could have...
#love
#honesty
#MovingOn
#acceptance
#healing
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1 Comment
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