Self Poems by Members Last Online
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Personal poetry about the way you feel about yourself
Poems published by members most recently online.
case28
Poem Published
9th Feb 2014 10:23pm
9th Feb 2014 10:23pm
winter swells
The horizon bares its teeth
rip sawn by winter swells
reflections of burly point breaks
beckon the brave through howling winds
where monsters merge upon the coast
when I see the majesty of mayhem
my guts churn in rocky rips
and despite this feeling
I'll paddle out over mountains
until the waves are rolling hills
pulsating perpetual heart beats of the sea
I sit out the back
beyond the breakers
alone
far enough
so my brothers can’t hear my bones tremble
I know they taunt me ...
rip sawn by winter swells
reflections of burly point breaks
beckon the brave through howling winds
where monsters merge upon the coast
when I see the majesty of mayhem
my guts churn in rocky rips
and despite this feeling
I'll paddle out over mountains
until the waves are rolling hills
pulsating perpetual heart beats of the sea
I sit out the back
beyond the breakers
alone
far enough
so my brothers can’t hear my bones tremble
I know they taunt me ...
1110 reads
9 Comments
goldenmyst
Poem Published
20th Jul 2024 10:46pm
20th Jul 2024 10:46pm
Angel of My Lyceum Dreams
Angel of My Lyceum Dreams
Caravansary of souls
Where my tender sprout of youth
Lived after the steam of tears
Misted into ghosts in the crystal ball
Of a womanly vision
For my future dream
Of return to the lost carousel
Of the doctorate dreams
I’d left for dead
The corpse of a hope
So long on life support
Whose plug I’d pulled ...
Caravansary of souls
Where my tender sprout of youth
Lived after the steam of tears
Misted into ghosts in the crystal ball
Of a womanly vision
For my future dream
Of return to the lost carousel
Of the doctorate dreams
I’d left for dead
The corpse of a hope
So long on life support
Whose plug I’d pulled ...
#college
#despair
#dreams
#hope
#women
188 reads
0 Comments
Nevermindthegaps
Poem Published
11th Apr 2025 11:27am
11th Apr 2025 11:27am
I Worry Boy
once we were warriors filled
with fierce pride
banging our fists to chest
we would shake with the need to bleed
or make bleed
we were men that knew the language of protection
we were men that knew the language of love
toward our family
that knew how to nurture
our hard curbed by their soft
but
warped by booze
violence turned inward
we directed hate at ourselves
letting it spill over our loved ones
and our pride
died
became a curse
cheap piss and beer breath ...
with fierce pride
banging our fists to chest
we would shake with the need to bleed
or make bleed
we were men that knew the language of protection
we were men that knew the language of love
toward our family
that knew how to nurture
our hard curbed by their soft
but
warped by booze
violence turned inward
we directed hate at ourselves
letting it spill over our loved ones
and our pride
died
became a curse
cheap piss and beer breath ...
#childhood
#memories
#parent #son
#parent #son
101 reads
7 Comments
InDreamz
Poem Published
19th Oct 2024 4:41pm
19th Oct 2024 4:41pm
Why?
When I see you cry,
I see an ocean
in your eyes,
drowning you from inside.
A tempest raging;
scarlet scarring your skies...
Heat of your pain
like a thick fog
damping your sight...
A silent scream
"O god why..."
I see an ocean
in your eyes,
drowning you from inside.
A tempest raging;
scarlet scarring your skies...
Heat of your pain
like a thick fog
damping your sight...
A silent scream
"O god why..."
#despair
#LifeStruggles
#loneliness #SelfReflection
#loneliness #SelfReflection
245 reads
16 Comments
SatInUGal
Kumar
Kumar
Poem Published
30th Mar 2023 4:36pm
30th Mar 2023 4:36pm
2/16/23
I am a sap
The blood of a tree
I'm weeping you see
The blood of a tree
I'm weeping you see
#trees
#emotions
322 reads
1 Comment
UbiquitousVoid
Poem Published
4th Oct 2024 6:38pm
4th Oct 2024 6:38pm
APPRAISAL OF JOY
Life becomes brighter
Beyond the storm of reason
The toil of seasons
Success, a book without closure
No eyes to read upon the words
A prison of dull days
Reaped fruit, empty room
Eyes hang like a chandelier
Breath robotic, never attuned
A striving bloom, sheared coccoon
Effort from apathy
No answers
Perpetual stream of empty moments
Such yearn for struggle
When satisfaction is gained
Paradox of the open soul
The hunger never slows
Our pockets ever expand
To...
Beyond the storm of reason
The toil of seasons
Success, a book without closure
No eyes to read upon the words
A prison of dull days
Reaped fruit, empty room
Eyes hang like a chandelier
Breath robotic, never attuned
A striving bloom, sheared coccoon
Effort from apathy
No answers
Perpetual stream of empty moments
Such yearn for struggle
When satisfaction is gained
Paradox of the open soul
The hunger never slows
Our pockets ever expand
To...
#emptiness
#happiness
#hope #money
#hope #money
149 reads
0 Comments
Duende
Poem Published
28th Mar 2025 2:00pm
28th Mar 2025 2:00pm
Escape Ink
as a way to survive
distract myself or
"escape poetry"
as i like to call it
i started to put
my poems, the
older and new
ones in images
& some pictures
though i don't like
socials and dislike
instagram i made
the decision to get
them out there as a
legacy so to speak
it's not a community
& not DUP it's less
interactive or better
said: not interactive
but has to do for now
i may find another way ...
distract myself or
"escape poetry"
as i like to call it
i started to put
my poems, the
older and new
ones in images
& some pictures
though i don't like
socials and dislike
instagram i made
the decision to get
them out there as a
legacy so to speak
it's not a community
& not DUP it's less
interactive or better
said: not interactive
but has to do for now
i may find another way ...
#LifeAsAWriter
#myself
184 reads
13 Comments
oldmanG
Poem Published
Yesterday 5:23pm
Yesterday 5:23pm
Curtain Call
As the lights grow dim
And the curtain comes down
We are vagabond wordsmiths
Looking for somewhere to lay our words
Just by serendipity I stumbled upon a magic place
It felt like Home where we could express freely
Our hidden fears and desires and all in between
A place to be nurtured by like souls completely
It felt like paradise on earth to me
But even the best things go away sadly
I feel like I lost a crucial part of me
And the curtain comes down
We are vagabond wordsmiths
Looking for somewhere to lay our words
Just by serendipity I stumbled upon a magic place
It felt like Home where we could express freely
Our hidden fears and desires and all in between
A place to be nurtured by like souls completely
It felt like paradise on earth to me
But even the best things go away sadly
I feel like I lost a crucial part of me
#DeepUndergroundPoetry
#grief
#love
#respect
#sadness
30 reads
2 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
19th Apr 2025 2:15pm
19th Apr 2025 2:15pm
Morning Rituals
I lie awake
about ten minutes before the first alarm goes off
thinking about what I’m going to do that day
before I force myself to put on my running shoes
and go into the darkness
after an hour
or about when Clockwork Angels is coming to a close
the feeling of accomplishment Rushes through me
I notice I’m getting slower
and the distances are shorter
but I’m OK with it
after breakfast
after doing the dishes
I down my hot cup of coffee
(with my blood pressure meds)
but my body temperature goes up again ...
about ten minutes before the first alarm goes off
thinking about what I’m going to do that day
before I force myself to put on my running shoes
and go into the darkness
after an hour
or about when Clockwork Angels is coming to a close
the feeling of accomplishment Rushes through me
I notice I’m getting slower
and the distances are shorter
but I’m OK with it
after breakfast
after doing the dishes
I down my hot cup of coffee
(with my blood pressure meds)
but my body temperature goes up again ...
#confessional
#LifeAsAWriter
#LifeCycle
#myself
#SelfReflection
23 reads
1 Comment
Carpe_Noctem
Poem Published
23rd Feb 2025 5:44pm
23rd Feb 2025 5:44pm
I'm in love
I'm in love with something my soul can not reflect
Seen by those that play admonishment
Drinking those that fall like some cheap refreshment
I'm in love with more than this physical concept
Those that grasp come off as inept
The physical is all they deem to protect
I'm in love with flying high
Fear not baby don't cry
Some folks like to point and say that's the bad guy
I'm in love with all the flaws
Fallen yet unbroken picked up off the floor ...
Seen by those that play admonishment
Drinking those that fall like some cheap refreshment
I'm in love with more than this physical concept
Those that grasp come off as inept
The physical is all they deem to protect
I'm in love with flying high
Fear not baby don't cry
Some folks like to point and say that's the bad guy
I'm in love with all the flaws
Fallen yet unbroken picked up off the floor ...
#SelfDiscovery
#SelfReflection
#spiritual
88 reads
0 Comments
dimpy
dimpsmoon
dimpsmoon
Poem Published
12th Apr 2025 8:02am
12th Apr 2025 8:02am
at the last stop
my past used to be scattered
on the green grass
my past used to shine
with pearl-studded fireflies
he used to paint my waist
with a golden-red brush
he used to secretly fill my ears
with cool perfumed breeze
he used to decorate my hair
with newly bloomed roses wrapped in green
like the earth welcomes the drops
he used to respect the affection falling from my lips
when my eyes used to shrink
from the brightness of the late afternoon
he used to stand in front of me ...
on the green grass
my past used to shine
with pearl-studded fireflies
he used to paint my waist
with a golden-red brush
he used to secretly fill my ears
with cool perfumed breeze
he used to decorate my hair
with newly bloomed roses wrapped in green
like the earth welcomes the drops
he used to respect the affection falling from my lips
when my eyes used to shrink
from the brightness of the late afternoon
he used to stand in front of me ...
#heartbroken
#sadness
99 reads
4 Comments
JAZZMANOR
Poem Published
21st Aug 2024 6:45am
21st Aug 2024 6:45am
Leading Me On
"My love is in league with the freeway
its passion will rise as the cities fly by
and the tail lights dissolve in the coming of night
And the questions and thousands take flight"
The dove flies high over valleys
avoids the depths of the dark gloom
tries to blend all the conflicts
that guts bonds of dimensions of love
"My love is a-miles in awaiting
the eyes that just stare and the glance at the clock
and the secret that burns, and the pain that grows dark
and it's you once again"
Your glance...
its passion will rise as the cities fly by
and the tail lights dissolve in the coming of night
And the questions and thousands take flight"
The dove flies high over valleys
avoids the depths of the dark gloom
tries to blend all the conflicts
that guts bonds of dimensions of love
"My love is a-miles in awaiting
the eyes that just stare and the glance at the clock
and the secret that burns, and the pain that grows dark
and it's you once again"
Your glance...
#admiration
#love
#philosophical
231 reads
4 Comments
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