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!!
Connections
Writing of how I feel,
How I sense so many worlds about me,
Both new and old, and so varied
I find a sense of my fellow humankind.
Inside we are too alone
Yet we are of God,
If we would but raise our heads and hearts
And put them into His care.
O, what then we could be.
Clear away the mist from our souls,
And make our paths shine clear.
Its what the soul knows, innately is best.
Our arms sit lightly and hard
On those who we love in this life,
Compassion is clearly the best thing for strife.
Let our children grow in freedom to be who they must.
Help every child in every way
Then the race will already have been won
By them and their love and their amazing potential fulfilled.
Do for others, dont stint,
On the precious and valuable
Resource of self, which stems from our Lord.
I am an ocean, deep and dark
A mystery, a journey for you to embark
Upon, with secrets I keep hidden
For 20 thousand leagues beneath the skin
My sunken treasure lies below
Of tales that only I can know
Don't get to close, these stormy seas
Are filled with lonely refugees
Their ships have sunk, their broken hearts
The storm has ripped their lives apart
The world makes waves crashing in
And 20 thousand leagues beneath the skin
The tide of thought won't let me sleep
For I am an ocean, dark and deep
She is sad,
the girl
with her big brown eyes
she is sad,
the girl
with that wobbly smile
she is sad,
the girl
with her fists all clenched
she is sad,
the girl
with her heart all spent
she is sad,
the girl
with her pain so deep
she is sad,
the girl
whos forgotten how to sleep
she is sad,
the girl
all alone with her memories
she is sad,
the girl
who cant stop worrying
she is sad,
the girl
whose silence is deafening
she is sad,
the girl
whos given up on everything
she is sad,
the girl
whos struggling to breathe
she is sad,
the girl
will you help her please?
This is practically describing my girlfriend! I love this one. Nice rhythm too! Good job!
Memories
Its not people which are hard to let go,
Its the memories left that I have a strong grip on.
I have forgotten all their faces,
but I cannot forget the pain.
Everytime I look back,
the faces are already gone,
but the words,
the scratches,
the caresses,
the kisses,
they all still have the same effect on me.
I wonder if hell could still surprise me.
Dark clouds, gentle skies
Wish I was with you watching the world go by.
Pessimistic lion heart,
you watched me fall apart.
Hearing the rain hit my roof
Thinking when is the storming going to pass
Rocking back and forth
because the call hasn't come in yet
The rain is getting louder
And the room is getting smaller
I can't find the reason why
But the phone starts to ring
Hands are shaking
Like the trees outside this house
Everything goes quite
My heart just stopped
He's gone
No, no,
This has to be a joke
He was just here
I-i-i can't lose him
A scream suddenly rims through my throat
I can't believe how loud that sounded
It feels like the rain just stopped
And the wind increased
There is no air in the room
I guess this is how you feel
When someone that's been in your life gets ripped out
I saw this section of the forum and thought to post my poem (originally it's a lyric for a song I wrote but then scrapped because making the melodies was too hard XD). The inspiration came from Linkin Park songs, hence, the (probably exaggerated) metaphores. I wasn't depressed or sad when writing the song though :3
Here it is:
---V1
shattered promises only bring despair
like crumbled glass, broken beyond repair
i'm letting blood through my mind
i thought everything was meant to last
until i suffered what we had in the past
memories of you i've left behind
---C
leaving me in bones, leaving me alone
leaving me enslaved by your thorns
what is left of you? the things that we've gone through?
pain with no remedy, fragment of memories
---V2
i picked up pieces of you with my hand
and buried them deep in cold white sand
the wound is more than i can take
i stood up and begin to take distance
escaping from memories, denying your existence
cause my insides are about to break
---C
leaving me in bones, leaving me alone
leaving me enslaved by your thorns
what is left of you? the things that we've gone through?
pain with no remedy, fragment of memories
---B
where i am now is trapped in my own imagination
but the light still shines through the window
in the end all that's left is just me
break my chains and unbound me free
---C
leaving me in bones, leaving me alone
leaving me enslaved by your thorns
what is left of you? the things that we've gone through?
pain with no remedy, fragment of memories
@Annie thanks! i think they're kinda emo though hahaha. but i'm glad you find it interesting :D. sorry for the late reply, i went on a hiatus due to super busy school
Hats on walls,
calls and squalls,
the neighbor dog
is loud.
Toys and books
in dirty nooks
my thoughts and lights
are dimmed.
(By the way, this poem hasn't been edited at all. I just wanted to post it because I hate editing )
Scarlet
And one day,
May the roses bloom.
Sending a red fire across the distance.
The scarlet blood may not be of a bleeding thing,
But of the magnificent buds opening eyes.
And one day,
May the roses grow,
Sending their thorns out to attack the unworthy.
The scarlet blood may not be of a bleeding thing,
But of the magnificent flowers that reach out.
And one day,
May the roses wilt.
Sending their Light far away, to a world anew.
The scarlet blood may not be of a bleeding thing,
but how would we know now?
Lametation for the Common Man
Man, oh men, oh mortal man your true name is sorrow
Thy life spent in short days illuminated by the fear of the next
And the next day spent in fear of death the awaiting God of all
Man thy foolish self will you ever learn
How many days are spent in fear of things that pass
Thy few short days of mortal life, and all will be spent in pointless worry
Man, oh men, oh mortal man your true name is solitude
Thy life spent with thy self, and death spent forever with thy self
Watch as you will stand upon the mountain side
and shout to village below
Hear me world my name is insignificance
And how the world will turn its ears deaf to you o mortal
But note how it shall watch you descend from mountainside
and how it will note the absence of followers
Man, oh men, oh mortal man your true name is selfish
Thy life spent with thyself, with thoughts of only thyself
What good are actions wasted if not wasted upon you
Cry of your insignificance thy foolish man
All know the reason that you weep, for thyself
How many of the short days of life are spent with you
Fear not for in death you will spend eternity with thyself
In eternity perhaps man may realize
Thy name is sorrow
Thy name is solitude
Thy name is selfish
Thy name is human.
The emptiness fills up inside
darkness engulfs from either side
give to the shadow why even try
out of last resorts I close my eyes
that was the moment you came alive
This is a poem I wrote as a preteen. It's not very good, but even reading it now makes me remember what I went through and what I've accomplished so maybe it'll make some of you feel something too. You may think it was written about losing someone else, but I actually wrote it about missing the person I used to be.
This is How it Feels
This is what crying feels like.
I forgot how it felt to truly cry;
When sadness controls your eyes.
Your vision is blurred.
It's impossible to breathe correctly.
Your eyes burn,
But the water does nothing to soothe the fiery pain
This is what pain feels like.
Forgetting pain was easy
Because I wanted to forget it all;
The tight knot in your chest
Making its way slowly up your throat,
The headache from the lack of oxygen,
The fire in your eyes from crying,
The cramps in your fingers from trying to hold yourself together.
This is what despair feels like.
The empty pit in your stomach.
Your head erupting with thoughts.
Your throat burning
With the words you want to say but can't manage to get enough strength to whisper.
This is what depression feels like.
The feeling of "what's the point?"
Knowing it's the end; game over.
Knowing there will forever be a hole in your life
Where there shouldn't ever be one.
This is what the end feels like.
Where the road had been smooth
Up to this sudden point.
Where the dead end has come,
However, there is nothing there.
This is what missing you feels like,
Where I remember how it feels.
To cry,
To be pained,
To feel despair,
To be depressed,
To remember the end;
To have lost the battle you have forgotten.
Trust me, I am an insanely good poet (not to brag..) HOWEVER I don't want to risk people stealing my poetry and copyrighting it so oops! Im taking up space in the forum now... I appreciate that there is a poetry forum her nevertheless. Good luck and happy writing!
Plus my poetry would bring people to tears and wouldn't be helpful for this site-
I dreamt I found the light,
Remembered whispering to myself, "No longer do you have to hide."
Tried to touch it but it slipped through my fingers like sand.
Another false alarm, no harm done.
I love these kinds of poems - short yet beautiful - right to the point
Until
Im doing alright w myself/ Doing my own thing/ Something I always wanted/ Hustling all night and day/ I'm all good, all good
Until You came/ Pushing me away/ As if I'm doing nothing but nonsense/ Pricking every corner of my strength/ Harassing inch by inch of my weakness/ Brainwashing my good into bad/ I tried so hard to compromise/ To make you feel at ease/ Pushed myself to please you/ And do the things your way/ I let go of the things I like/ Just to make you happy and all that
I keep quiet/ For you to have the spotlight/ I didn't argue/ For you to have the last word/ I played lesser/ For you to become greater/ I didn't struggle w you/ But I'm struggling inside of me
Until I come back to my own/ Understand that my home is ain't you/ I'm done, I'm done, I'm done/ I'm not gonna replace myself just for you/ Not even be like you, oh no please/ I don't want to be like you/ Atleast I know who to emulate/ And how to treat people around me/ That's the opposite of what you did to me
She Still Remains The Same
I knew her as a young girl
Emotions driven by the rain
No one quite really understood her
Yet she never once complained
Her fate was sealed in plastic
Yet she was made of fragile glass
Though many thought they knew her
She was the only one in her class
She reached out to all that cared to listen
With hopes that they'd understand
That her suffering was kept in silence
For there was no one to hold her hand
They all spoke of her intelligence
Never once reflecting on her pain
She vowed in all her misery
That her dignity would always remain
I knew her then and I know her now
Life has never been fun and games
She has encompassed all that she knows how
And yet she still remains the same
YOU TOLD ME
You told me to go away, but you won't let go of my hand when I tried to leave
You told me that it's over, but you are keeping me close
You told me that you don't love me anymore, but you are kissing me as if you love me to eternity
You told me we don't have a future, but you show me that how wonderful we are together
You told me that I cannot be understood, but you know most of the thing I wanted as if you are reading my mind
You told me this is wrong, but you keep indulging in this mistake
You told me I'm cold, but you are hugging me tight
You told me that you had enough, but you keep searching for my presence
You told me thousand things that you contradict yourself. You make me at loss with what you say and what you do.
And if you tell me you love me, would you leave me instead?
I am like the ocean, calm and pure.
Gently guiding turtles back to their home.
Radiating beauty to the world with my works, even though mankind has been cruel.
But there are times where I lose myself, too caught up in situations that I cannot control.
I am like a storm, I will destroy. I will be merciless. I will kill.
But I am also the poor fisherman on his boat, fighting against the storm.
I am at war with myself.
TRIGGER WARNING
SUICIDE -- SELF HARM
She felt so much emotionally, she would say, that a physical outlet - physical pain - was the only way to make her internal pain go away. It was the only way she could control it.
Due to the emotional pain inflicted on a lot of people i have talked to on 7 cups many have resorted to cutting , heres hoping that some of them read this and find solace.
SHE
Another day,
With it another tear that rolls down her eye,
As all her cries get lost…
In the noisy emptiness of the world,
And the deafening silence inside.
Shes an empty shell,
One more flame,
Burnt out before her time,
Battling the winds of the worldly crimes.
She once had the brightest smile,
Now just dark lifeless eyes.
Lost her spark to the world,
That broke her down piece by piece until only fear survived.
She fights pain with pain,
As cold metal presses against her skin,
Bringing out the warmth…
Her drug, to the raging tempest within.
Getting ready to cut again,
She looks back at the time gone by.
When a thought comes to her mind-
What If I end my worthless life?
With that in mind, she writes a note-
‘I love you mom, but I cant take this anymore.
I hope I didn't die in vain…
I wish the world learns and bows its head in shame.
And then she splits her wrists!
The last drops drip down,
Painting the picture of a wasted life.
Mumbling the words-
Bring the motionless veil ‘O heaven
She finally smiles, breathing her last sigh.
@AngadSW
This brought tears to my eyes. I used to cut for many years and have been struggling much more recently. Though the poem is sad, I appreciate how real and raw it is. I feel the connection to your words. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing what you had in mind. It always feels good to have your work appreciated.
And yeah, if ever you want to talk about it feel free to drop me a message. Take care and i hope you find the answers to your pain. :)
**trigger: abuse**
hit or miss
near deadly mistakes
fatally flawed
but it will never be the death of me
so sad
night after night
under the sheets
the bed holds
sinful needs that cannot be quelled
he will not stop
everything is dark
except a spotlight
and it's shining down on me
it's burning bright
destroying pieces of a child
pure and good
now i'm waiting for my next disgraced act
and a little snicker escapes his lips
an evil grin
the dreaded twisted half smile
and a silhouette I will never forget
but i'm not allowed a reprieve
no breaks or spare moments
to catch my breath
we are lying under a starless sky
where there is no rest for the weary
only greedy hands and whispering
hush tones and insecure remarks
only you
a shell of me
I will smile involuntarily
things are so perfect, if asked
when questioned, I'll lie
but I cannot crave your insatiable appetite
the stars in my eyes die down
when you have a change of heart
day and night collides
these are the rolling tides of my life
everything changes
until there's nothing but yourself to change
and you refuse to change anything
a little girl is begging you
pleading for you to stop
with her silent screams
her tear stained cheeks
with all her insecurities
she's not okay at all
there is no safety
only my pain
your pleasure
maddening thoughts...
of wanting relief
praying
planning
finding ways to end her life
end her pain
so she wishes and dreams
escapes and makes believe
travels far away in her own mind
but never too far away
to crawl back through the twisted remains
she loses herself
and finds you
and makes her way back
to the remnants of...
unconventional love
the unconditional kind
the unspoken pain of euphoria
all with your secret games
and living for the high
crashing down on me
drowning me with its love
so cold to the touch
and frayed at the ends
frozen outside
the hot acid melting me inside
burning me to my core
fire and ice raging a war
all consuming
please pick me apart
make me someone new
just let me burn out
be born again into someone different
let me die down
or waste away
build me back up
make me worth it
cause i'm only a sweet smile away
a reminder of how good I am
a blissful 'i love you'
inches away from innocence
but you never cared enough to try to fix me
all you did was kiss me
then mumble goodnight
am I still your babygirl
because every night i still lie here
awake
alone
scared
hurt
wide eyed waiting for your return
your footsteps
the creaking door
the light from the hall shining through
heavy breathing
terrified
feelings never change
i'm still so afraid of everything
i'm still very afraid of you
ITS MY HEART ITS NOT YOU
Its my heart.. Its not u..
Not ur wits, not ur charms
None of your crooked ways
Could get me in your arms
You may never know.. But ohh so true
Its my heart.. Its not you
You ain't nothing more
Than a shining star
Only good when
Away so far
While Getting your ways with a maiden heart
Ever you wondered?
What took you through
Well again.. Its my heart.. Its not you...
Love anyway
you got many scars and got many bruises
this world was really brutal and silence cruises
body giving up and mind shattering
nothing could calm you but you still fighting
just hold on cuz you will find a way
this world has just hatred but you love anyway
they can tear your skin and break your heart
play on your mind and you may fall..
But you rise and shine cuz your soul they can't touch
soul is your strength to rebuild you up
just listen to your heart and do what it say
world is so unfair but you love anyway
I once knew a dreamer
With hope in her heart
And love in her hands
I once knew a dreamer
With defiance in her eyes
But kindness in her stance
She is far far away now
I'm not sure I'll ever meet her again
I used to know her very well
Now she's more like a distant friend
I used to see her, this dreamer
When I looked in the mirror
But now she's far far away
Someday I'll be like her again.
She is like a fish.
when cornered, she
Immediately distances herself.
The more you try
to hold on to her,
the harder she struggles
to swim away;
to breathe.
She is the gentle but commanding drop of water in a sea of noise.
She is the little voice inside your heart that feeds you with doubt.
She is the twitching of your eyes that reminds you that you are not always in control.
She is the smell of your surroundings when you feel like everything you know is going to end.
She is the dryness in your mouth, the burning sensation in your throat.
She is the numbness in your fingertips as your world turns cold.
She is the itching feeling in your bones that something can and will go wrong.
She is the agitation in your feet that pushes you to run away.
She is panic. She is anxiety.
And she will devour you whole.
Mother, Mother - A poem about a female to male transgender
You always said you'd love me
A mother's love it knows no bounds
No restrictions, no conditions
Why is it then my mother dear
I see your eyes, they're filled with fear
Disgust and loathing, all those dirty things
Mother mother
I'm still the same
Mother mother
You are not to blame
I'm still the child you raised within your womb
Why is it then maternal instinct
Has turned me down and won't forgive me
Was that love reserved only for a little girl?
Mother Mother
Mother won't you tell me why
You shun me cold and make me cry
With words that bite like blades upon my soul
Why won't you now, mother dear
Take me close and hold me near
My heart is bared and I need your loving arms
But you don't care you'll do me harm
Take those words and spin the yarn
That stings and rips into your baby's heart
I'm not the same, I'm not your boy
Mother, was I just a toy
To live a fantasy you never knew?
Mother mother
I'm still the same
Mother mother
You are not to blame
I'm still the child you raised within your womb
Why is it then maternal instinct
Has turned me down and won't forgive me
Was that love reserved only for a little girl?
Mother Mother