Self Poems by Top Critiquers
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Personal poetry about the way you feel about yourself
Poems written by Top Critiquers
Shh - Wally is Sleeping
#funny
#MentalHealth
#WritingPoetry
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Epitaph
Yesterday my Epitaph read...
Unknown to some for he has died
Beware to others for he's still alive
His revenge will come, when you least suspect
Ponder your thoughts now, time to reflect
You smothered and silenced him throughout life
Victimized his family, causing pain and strife
He leaves you now with one more warning
Confession will heal in time of mourning
Unknown to some for he has died
Beware to others for he's still alive
His revenge will come, when you least suspect
Ponder your thoughts now, time to reflect
You smothered and silenced him throughout life
Victimized his family, causing pain and strife
He leaves you now with one more warning
Confession will heal in time of mourning
#grief
#death
#silence #revenge
#silence #revenge
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It’s Time
Someone here said it perfectly
“Grief and loss
Get more attention than joy”
I no longer want to be guilty
Of giving grief more of my time
Than it deserves
It’s about time for me
To pull my head
Out of my ass
Stop wallowing
And get on
With the business
Of living
And loving again
I could concentrate
On the pain
But I’d rather
Pay attention
To...
“Grief and loss
Get more attention than joy”
I no longer want to be guilty
Of giving grief more of my time
Than it deserves
It’s about time for me
To pull my head
Out of my ass
Stop wallowing
And get on
With the business
Of living
And loving again
I could concentrate
On the pain
But I’d rather
Pay attention
To...
#happiness
#love
#breakup
#SelfReflection
#gratitude
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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
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WHAT HAPPENED?
We used to defy
all taboos, cross
all barriers, dare
to take a risk,
say yes against
the odds, taste the
forbidden, indulge
in decadence, and
pick ourselves up after
we were down for the count;
loose our shirt and have
to hitchhike home.
YES! Vegas is what happened
to us and we didn't let
it stay there but we brought
empty pockets with us.
BUT
we're on our way back to
the bright lights and winning
and losing....WOW! Life
gets more exciting every day,
win, lose, or draw...
all taboos, cross
all barriers, dare
to take a risk,
say yes against
the odds, taste the
forbidden, indulge
in decadence, and
pick ourselves up after
we were down for the count;
loose our shirt and have
to hitchhike home.
YES! Vegas is what happened
to us and we didn't let
it stay there but we brought
empty pockets with us.
BUT
we're on our way back to
the bright lights and winning
and losing....WOW! Life
gets more exciting every day,
win, lose, or draw...
#anger
#regret
#frustration
#disappointment
#bittersweet
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Cruising The Death of Time
There is a desolate highway
that cuts through
my mind's haunting pines.
A scull and crossbone
on the exit sign.
Through rugged terrain
of yesterday's.
Counting the monotonous lines.
Driving back
through the death of time.
Cruising to days
you perished being mine.
Back to you holding my hand,
absolutely inconceivable,
you would ever let go.
It's heart tugging to visit
those memories now,
the heart still gives,
a phantom swell.
I drove back
and parked in tomorrow.
Into the deep...
that cuts through
my mind's haunting pines.
A scull and crossbone
on the exit sign.
Through rugged terrain
of yesterday's.
Counting the monotonous lines.
Driving back
through the death of time.
Cruising to days
you perished being mine.
Back to you holding my hand,
absolutely inconceivable,
you would ever let go.
It's heart tugging to visit
those memories now,
the heart still gives,
a phantom swell.
I drove back
and parked in tomorrow.
Into the deep...
#memories
#MovingOn
#emotional
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The Woman You See
Ever the happy-go-lucky child
Idyllic upbringing into womanhood
Strong and self assured
Or
The façade of such a person
Checking off each passing day
Akin to the doomed Iphigenia
With no
fairy godmother
to
rescue
her
Idyllic upbringing into womanhood
Strong and self assured
Or
The façade of such a person
Checking off each passing day
Akin to the doomed Iphigenia
With no
fairy godmother
to
rescue
her
#sadness
#loneliness
#SelfReflection #sacrifice
#SelfReflection #sacrifice
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Happily
I see no future.
Defined only by memories,
knowing full well they are
slowly dying, and I with them.
No solace.
Even the greatest fade.
A dust to be exhaled,
dead skin that falls away.
Will I be remembered?
For a time perhaps, a blink
of an eye. Eroding into extinction
I become nothing.
Happily.
Defined only by memories,
knowing full well they are
slowly dying, and I with them.
No solace.
Even the greatest fade.
A dust to be exhaled,
dead skin that falls away.
Will I be remembered?
For a time perhaps, a blink
of an eye. Eroding into extinction
I become nothing.
Happily.
#memories
#LifeCycle
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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
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cold coffee
my mind
hotly
concentrates
on writing
words,
stretching
thousands
of miles,
never
stepping away
from
my chair,
now,
my coffee
has turned
cold.
hotly
concentrates
on writing
words,
stretching
thousands
of miles,
never
stepping away
from
my chair,
now,
my coffee
has turned
cold.
#coffee
#uplifting
#minimalist
#emotional
#metaphor
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My Little Pond
Looking out of the glass
my life's aquarium
so pretty around me
coral reefs and fishes
I sit here feeling happy
looking at you magnified
and wishing you were real
but I am just sitting here
looking out and smiling
at You
my life's aquarium
so pretty around me
coral reefs and fishes
I sit here feeling happy
looking at you magnified
and wishing you were real
but I am just sitting here
looking out and smiling
at You
#SelfReflection
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LAY IT ALL DOWN
You need to be willing to lay it all down
Be brutally honest and tell yourself straight
Blinders off and scale all those walls
You once built inside with such haste
Take a look inside what is it you feel
Is it truly just nothing or is it in fact real
answer those questions in your heart
Begin again with a future that's a fresh start
Remember lessons from your past
Are you moving forward or stuck in slow
Gotta figure out the way you're to go
You need to be willing to lay it all down
Be...
Be brutally honest and tell yourself straight
Blinders off and scale all those walls
You once built inside with such haste
Take a look inside what is it you feel
Is it truly just nothing or is it in fact real
answer those questions in your heart
Begin again with a future that's a fresh start
Remember lessons from your past
Are you moving forward or stuck in slow
Gotta figure out the way you're to go
You need to be willing to lay it all down
Be...
#strength
#courage
#motivational
#respect
#bittersweet
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