OUR ORIGINAL POETRY: Share It Here
Hello there everyone!
If you're reading this it means that you probably are quite fond of poetry and writing it to. This is a thread to post all and any poetry that you may have, be it happy, sad, angry or just silly. All styles are welcome (free verse, couplets, slam) and it would be great to have at least one poem up a day for all of us to enjoy together!!
She stared at that mirror.
She was a beautiful visual,
Yet all she saw was emptiness.
An empty body,
An empty soul.
Evidently worthless.
Staring at that mirror,
She saw an empty shell.
Worthless,
She was nothing but a visual.
Pretty to view,
But no personality.
No worth,
No help.
All she saw was lies.
For she was more than beauty,
Looking deeper,
Deeper than skin.
She was truly stunning.
The words she shared,
A true beauty.
Her insight,
Proved glamorous/ held glamour
She was beautiful inside-out.
Yet she only saw out...
@Mizpah, This poem will resonate with so many women, I think. Well done!
This is some of a Korean song called Scream (Korean: 욏임, or Oechim), sung for a movie soundtrack for a movie called Cart. I've put the English and Korean versions of the song below. Sorry if there are faults in the Korean version!
English Translation
On a long and tiring day
I got together my heart that was filled with sighs
Today and tomorrow, I will get up again
And live through the day
Vague expectations, dry laughter
They change as time goes by
My sad heart and apparent scars
They wont disappear
Can you hear our sad cries?
We held it in and endured through endlessly
Even when darkness came while walking on this far path
We held hands and were always together
In a dark room, a single ray of light comes through the windows
Some day, I hope it will shine brightly
If I hope and hope, it will be fulfilled
Thats what I believed and waited for
Korean Lyrics
곧않안 욱아 긹오 길얻던
한숨 갇윽 짗인 맘을 닺압아
온을도 내일도 또 닷이 일언아
울 살아 각엗
막엲안 긷앧오 멤알은 웃음도
찿음 볂 식안이 진악앋오
설어운 매움은 돋안안 상천은
살앚잊이 않 오
석읇은 울이 욏임이 들린 오
한없이 참 또 견뎓
먼 길을 걷다 얻움이 찾아왇오
두 손을 잡곳어 늘 함께언는데
붉겆인 창문 듬 사이 핝욹이 빋
얹엥안은 홚이 빛웢욱일을
발악오 발암연 꼭 일웢읽얼아
믿 긷알연는데
@MONARDA! Amazing!!
Some song lyrics I wrote (sounds a lot better out loud) possible tw
Damage came in olive skin
Wrapped around in sorrow sin
Loved the mess that she was in
No where to stop, no where to begin
Damage came in French tips
In her power sinking ships
Bit her nails and licked her lips
It's her ----ing mouth that drips
Damage came in ruby red
Burned her skin she had to shed
Filled her drinks with poisoned lead
Until her ego had been fed
Would you kiss her feet for me?
Would you kiss her feet for me?
Would you kiss her feet for me?
Darlin, darlin, baby
This sounds great! Have you thought of collaborating with other members to transform it into a song? Be sure to tell us all about it if you do. I would love to hear your work.
A Goddess To Me
By Honey Herrera. Dedicated to Kali Carrera.
If there is a day
A day of end
It would be made
@politeSpring1022, This is a beautiful tribute to an extraordinary person.
@politespring1022, there's a lot here that I like . . . but the phrase "mind ajar" keeps echoing in my mind.
This is kinda old, but still applicable.
Thoughts of hate and rage fill my mind
I'm finding it incredibly hard to find
A way to escape reality
I'm locked in my room
Just a glorified cage
And all I can do is scream and rage
And embrace something of my former self
@Kordric
What a simple yet clear passage. There is so much truth in what you've said. I love especially how you refer to the room as a glorified cage, what an interesting perspective indeed!
I would love to say
That you make me
Weak in the knees
But
To be quite upfront
And completely
truthful
You make me feel
Like I have no knees at all.
:) I like this one it has style
@Tornapart. This poem makes me smile, makes me remember a time when my knees disappeared . . . .
Trigger Warning: Self harm
Something I wrote earlier this week when I relapsed:
Battle Scars
Razor
Wrists
Quick
Slit
Trickle
Blood
Broken
Heart
Tears
Drip
Cries
Wept
Little
Marks
Battle
Scars
@MidniteAngel, You've got a lot of wonderful poems in this forum, but -- wow -- I think this is one of your best!
Thank you @Annie <3
When i walk into that court room
my eyes behold a great sight.
A flag that means equality,
a seal that means justice
and a door that means brilliance.
But my soul
much older than my eyes
sees the criminal injustice system.
Alpha with his foot on omega's head.
@politespring1022, This poem is very interesting to me. I love the symbolism. You say a great deal with few words; my favorite kind of poetry.
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A haiku from avatar the las airbender
Chattering monkey
In the spring he climbs tree tops
And thinks himself large.
Actually not bad for an animation poem.
@politespring1022,
Actually a charming and deft haiku! 
What do they want to see
What do they want to get from me
This empty soul has grown so cold
This ludicrous is just too bold
I'm not sorry what do you expect
You need to have a little more respect
Just going around twisting animals legs
Then putting them in cages with babies
Will their mother just wait
What are they bait
One of us has to bite
It was going to happen some time
And now I've got a fine
I get it, it was wrong
But I was just stupid and lost
I wanted to know who i was
But i wasn't any of us
I wasn't me myself or i
Just some stupid guy
Named madness who i now despise
Still love the gory prize
But not destruction of the mind
And not the cost of 2 years probation out of my life.
@politeSpring1022, Wow, this poem has power and honesty!