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james-scanlan
20/M Poetry gives me peace
A Dead Heart is a Simple Thing Give it a little Hope And it will want to Live Again
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Feb 28
Feb 28, 2026 at 6:37 AM UTC
A Dead Heart
Living without Love Is an Endeavor to Exist Chasing the Moments of Forgetting
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Feb 28
Feb 28, 2026 at 6:26 AM UTC
Fleeting Pleasures
I wasn't supposed to Survive They had wives, Children, Mothers. I had nothing, No one. I wasn't supposed to Survive But the Truth is THEY knew what I did not THEY knew my mother's tears THEY knew my wife's mourning dress THEY knew my children's cries Just as I would sacrifice myself THEY would sacrifice Themselves For me So that I could see my wife My kids My mother They are why I am here They are why I go on They are why I am a Survivor
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May 10, 2020
May 10, 2020 at 1:15 AM UTC
Survivor
It likes the quiet Those silent moments of Reflection And then, as your mind stills And idle, your hands become It pounces! It thrusts its icy fingers through my back And tightens its grip around my heart Then yanks backward And down, down I fall Into unending blackness Bleakness Lonliness It likes the quiet
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Jan 5, 2019
Jan 5, 2019 at 10:05 PM UTC
It likes the quiet
As the day grows long And lonely I dream of Love I dream of a Perfect Kiss And Delightful Dates Leading to Wedding Bliss Oh how I wait How I wait For my missing half One to share Life's sorrow and laughs But while I wait for love Love meant to be I can't but think Is she waiting for me?
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Mar 24, 2018
Mar 24, 2018 at 1:46 AM UTC
Waiting for Love
They sneak and creep And ambush me In the dead of night During day's bright light Within a whisper Of silent screams Subtle sister Of midnight dreams Bringer of tears Smiles and fears A lifetimes worth Of sorrow and mirth They are mine They belong to me My bittersweet Memories
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Feb 10, 2018
Feb 10, 2018 at 10:54 PM UTC
Memories
I am a time traveler Not really, but I might as well be You see, my heart lives in the past No more than a few decades ago Yet it might as well be centuries We have changed that much Where today, can you find a woman And a man Who court each other? Who spend time getting to know each other Before making love? When I say time I am talking months Not weeks Or days Or even hours Months where two strangers talk Go on adventures Watch movies, sports, and even theater Until they are no longer strangers Until they know each other Until they love each other And only then Do they express that love This is the time in which my heart lives And I do not see it today So how can I help but say I am a time traveler
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Nov 29, 2017
Nov 29, 2017 at 12:19 AM UTC
Time Traveler
I heard a story Some time ago Of an Elephant Powerful and Wise And a String Thin as a hair But the Elephant Was not always Powerful Nor Wise And the String had begun As an Iron Chain From birth the Elephant Strained and struggled Against the Iron Chain But always failed To be free of it Then came the day The Elephant gave up And tried no more Not long after The Iron Chain Shriveled into String And til this day That Elephant Who grew to be Powerful And Wise Is held back By a frail and weak Piece of String
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Nov 14, 2017
Nov 14, 2017 at 3:20 PM UTC
A Piece of String
I told her I loved her And her silence Spoke louder than words
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Nov 14, 2017
Nov 14, 2017 at 3:00 PM UTC
Louder Than Words
Problems I know them well But not well enough To know their answers
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Oct 11, 2017
Oct 11, 2017 at 12:56 AM UTC
Problems