Self Poems by Top Critiquers
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Personal poetry about the way you feel about yourself
Poems written by Top Critiquers
DamianDeadLove
Poem Published
18th Dec 2024 6:53am
18th Dec 2024 6:53am
Sinking Down
A jack of all trades and a master of none
Isn’t that what you told me when you were young?
So many restless nights avoiding the sun
Careless whispers spoken with a poison tongue
Sinking down with the lowest of lows
Words are subtle jabs leading to blows
Never throw stones inside this fragile house
When did you stop listening to such sound advice?
An alley cat stalks the unsuspecting mouse
Playing life’s game costs us more than what’s suffice
Sinking down until insanity seizes control
Lies are a cancer that slowly kills...
Isn’t that what you told me when you were young?
So many restless nights avoiding the sun
Careless whispers spoken with a poison tongue
Sinking down with the lowest of lows
Words are subtle jabs leading to blows
Never throw stones inside this fragile house
When did you stop listening to such sound advice?
An alley cat stalks the unsuspecting mouse
Playing life’s game costs us more than what’s suffice
Sinking down until insanity seizes control
Lies are a cancer that slowly kills...
#LifeStruggles
101 reads
21 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
20th Dec 2024 11:13am
20th Dec 2024 11:13am
Identity
I bait my own trap
I'll wait for myself to walk in and trip the mine
I'll wait for myself to walk in and trip the mine
#identity
#myself
#regret #SelfReflection
#regret #SelfReflection
58 reads
15 Comments
fianaturie8
Fia Naturie
Fia Naturie
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:21pm
Yesterday 2:21pm
Discovery
What is the true purpose of
Me
From the day I opened my eyes
Into the unknowing world
The immediate world
Mom, Dad, and Me
Like a bud
Precious and new
Timid to push forth
On a planet that is skewed
With plans for me and you
I grow as I must
Ingest and trust information
To go on and survive
To stay here
To stay alive
Then, the brutality came.
Constant like unforgiving rain
In the form of laughter and judgment
Pain
This is just a season I must endure
To...
Me
From the day I opened my eyes
Into the unknowing world
The immediate world
Mom, Dad, and Me
Like a bud
Precious and new
Timid to push forth
On a planet that is skewed
With plans for me and you
I grow as I must
Ingest and trust information
To go on and survive
To stay here
To stay alive
Then, the brutality came.
Constant like unforgiving rain
In the form of laughter and judgment
Pain
This is just a season I must endure
To...
#confessional
#LifeAsAWriter
#myself #SelfDiscovery
#myself #SelfDiscovery
65 reads
9 Comments
crimsin
Unveiling
Unveiling
Poem Published
26th Oct 2021 10:19pm
26th Oct 2021 10:19pm
idiosyncrasy
chivalrous temptation,
excitable treachery don't leave me
I am in that mood again
defending my anxiety
there is need without reason
it swings inside me constantly
tortured existence I know no other
so it's for you I get on my knees
does that make me weak?
I guess it does
I can't cut it clean
escapism is my vow
I will check out every chance I get
upon your doorstep I sit awaiting my pardon
I wonder once released will I be different,
or is the problem with me?
...
excitable treachery don't leave me
I am in that mood again
defending my anxiety
there is need without reason
it swings inside me constantly
tortured existence I know no other
so it's for you I get on my knees
does that make me weak?
I guess it does
I can't cut it clean
escapism is my vow
I will check out every chance I get
upon your doorstep I sit awaiting my pardon
I wonder once released will I be different,
or is the problem with me?
...
#addiction
#philosophical
594 reads
8 Comments
Ahavati
Tams
Tams
Poem Published
23rd Feb 2024 1:07am
23rd Feb 2024 1:07am
Justice is a nocturnal animal
always watching
unseen, from the shadows
its scales wavering
may take a while
to climb
those karmic steps
but you can be certain
of one thing—
corruption
is on borrowed time
before being dealt
the same fate
that is not demeaning
what we sow we reap
if not in this life
then the next
and those behind the scenes
in...
unseen, from the shadows
its scales wavering
may take a while
to climb
those karmic steps
but you can be certain
of one thing—
corruption
is on borrowed time
before being dealt
the same fate
that is not demeaning
what we sow we reap
if not in this life
then the next
and those behind the scenes
in...
#politics
#confessional
472 reads
17 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
23rd Dec 2024 11:53pm
23rd Dec 2024 11:53pm
Regular / Irregular/ Regulated
Giving thanks this holiday season
Some of you knew
Others didn’t
In early January 2024
I was diagnosed with having a/fib
Atrial Fibrillation
How could that be ?
I never felt the symptoms particularly
Yet it was
Blood thinners immediately prescribed
Other heart drugs too
Then
Complications from drugs
More doctors
Lots of tests
Terrible interrupted sleep
Peeing like no tomorrow
Then
I started to listen to my doctors
Also to myself
Decisions to be...
Some of you knew
Others didn’t
In early January 2024
I was diagnosed with having a/fib
Atrial Fibrillation
How could that be ?
I never felt the symptoms particularly
Yet it was
Blood thinners immediately prescribed
Other heart drugs too
Then
Complications from drugs
More doctors
Lots of tests
Terrible interrupted sleep
Peeing like no tomorrow
Then
I started to listen to my doctors
Also to myself
Decisions to be...
#friendship
#healing
#LifeCycle
#MentalHealth
#TimeHeals
71 reads
22 Comments
Solomon_Song
Poem Published
6th Nov 2024 10:05pm
6th Nov 2024 10:05pm
THE APPEAL OF THE NATURIST BEACH
#beach
#holiday
#inspirational
#motivational
#sea
49 reads
0 Comments
Honoria
Poem Published
20th Aug 2024 11:49am
20th Aug 2024 11:49am
The Cycling Self
There is an
emptiness
that never
seems to…
empty…
itself
No matter
the groups
or therapies
encountered
to relieve
A pain
Always present
in some niggling
manner I loathe
because
I thought
I conquered it
Finding peace
in nature
and gratitude
amongst loved ones
can ease
the burden
of this…
Cross
BUT
It’s ever present
and always
carried
on my
Left
shoulder
...
emptiness
that never
seems to…
empty…
itself
No matter
the groups
or therapies
encountered
to relieve
A pain
Always present
in some niggling
manner I loathe
because
I thought
I conquered it
Finding peace
in nature
and gratitude
amongst loved ones
can ease
the burden
of this…
Cross
BUT
It’s ever present
and always
carried
on my
Left
shoulder
...
#betrayal
#cancer
#marriage #WritingPoetry
#marriage #WritingPoetry
470 reads
52 Comments
WillowsWhimsies
Poem Published
24th Dec 2024 4:25pm
24th Dec 2024 4:25pm
keepin' it movin'
I'll be honest
I don't know my full purpose
why I'm here
as fractured as a cracked egg
held together only by the tissues inside
but that's life...isn't it
an enigma tattooed in damage & stigmas
steps sometimes faltering
...others defiant
I don't know what tomorrow holds in its fist
only that it won't offer me an early glimpse
so I fumble...stumble...trundle along
one foot after the other
picking myself up when I'm beaten down
& limp off to try again
no...I don't know why I'm here
what I'm put on this...
I don't know my full purpose
why I'm here
as fractured as a cracked egg
held together only by the tissues inside
but that's life...isn't it
an enigma tattooed in damage & stigmas
steps sometimes faltering
...others defiant
I don't know what tomorrow holds in its fist
only that it won't offer me an early glimpse
so I fumble...stumble...trundle along
one foot after the other
picking myself up when I'm beaten down
& limp off to try again
no...I don't know why I'm here
what I'm put on this...
#confessional
#honesty
#SelfReflection
92 reads
20 Comments
Pete_25
Poem Published
4th Dec 2024 9:16am
4th Dec 2024 9:16am
Poetic Blues
Many a time
Writing a rhyme
Now I can't string
A damn bleedin' line
Emptying rooms
Chin hitting floor
Whining and grinding
Staring at walls
A dry thirsty mouth
Numb tingling lips
Body, head shaking
Cold fingertips
Words have dried up
Oh what to do?
Needing some love
Please help me though
Writing a rhyme
Now I can't string
A damn bleedin' line
Emptying rooms
Chin hitting floor
Whining and grinding
Staring at walls
A dry thirsty mouth
Numb tingling lips
Body, head shaking
Cold fingertips
Words have dried up
Oh what to do?
Needing some love
Please help me though
#despair
#emptiness
115 reads
20 Comments
Duende
Poem Published
18th Oct 2024 2:00pm
18th Oct 2024 2:00pm
D's Poetry
about the writing
process in here
& how it goes
it usually starts
with music a pic
and concept or
favorite quote
words on paper
left to simmer for
a couple of days
at times weeks
adding pieces &
deleting bits next
is over and over
finetuning lines
it's a nightmare
a perfectionist to
the core the bar
is set high and
the control freak
doesn't make any
concessions to the
content, format & flow
process in here
& how it goes
it usually starts
with music a pic
and concept or
favorite quote
words on paper
left to simmer for
a couple of days
at times weeks
adding pieces &
deleting bits next
is over and over
finetuning lines
it's a nightmare
a perfectionist to
the core the bar
is set high and
the control freak
doesn't make any
concessions to the
content, format & flow
#OCD
#WritingPoetry
318 reads
44 Comments
TheOralizer
Poem Published
22nd May 2024 3:55pm
22nd May 2024 3:55pm
I CANNOT SAY NO
SOMETIMES
it's difficult for me to come
face-to-face with the
truth about a secret or
hidden fantasy I have about
YOU that I believe for
some reason, imposed by
by society, is "wrong."
BUT
as I dare to be honest with
myself and taking new courage
to say YES...PLEASE ...
I cannot and will not say NO
to burning and lustful desires
to pleasure you from the crown
of your head to the soles of your feet.
I will taste you, nibble, suck and
explore every gift you offer me
your body...oh, what a body. ...
it's difficult for me to come
face-to-face with the
truth about a secret or
hidden fantasy I have about
YOU that I believe for
some reason, imposed by
by society, is "wrong."
BUT
as I dare to be honest with
myself and taking new courage
to say YES...PLEASE ...
I cannot and will not say NO
to burning and lustful desires
to pleasure you from the crown
of your head to the soles of your feet.
I will taste you, nibble, suck and
explore every gift you offer me
your body...oh, what a body. ...
#courage
#inspirational
#love
#motivational
#strength
283 reads
19 Comments
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